Finding the name of a class

[bruno desthuilliers]

Tim Chase a écrit :
>>>>> class Foo(object):
>>
>> ...     pass
>> ...
>>
>>>>> b = Foo
>>>>> b.__name__
>>
>> 'Foo'
> 
> 
> While this is surely true, would somebody explain why I had such trouble 
> finding this?

Mmm... Documentation needs update ?

>  >>>> help(dir)
>  > Help on built-in function dir in module __builtin__:
> 
> continuing from your example...
> 
>  >>> dir(b)

> ['__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__getattribute__', 
> '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__new__', '__reduce__', 
> '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__', '__weakref__']
>  >>> '__name__' in dir(b)
> False
> 
> '__name__' *really is* a method

s/method/attribute/

> of b as shown by your example lines, and 
> can be successfully called.  However, it *doesn't* show up when asked 
> for via dir(b).  Grumble.

Yes, as mentionned in the doc, dir() doesn't list *all* names in a 
namespace. DOn't ask me why nor how it chooses which ones it rejects, I 
wonder too.

> Is there a dir_and_i_really_mean_everything() function?

Perhaps in the inspect module...