Self-identifying functions and macro-ish behavior

[Duncan Booth]

Michael wrote:

> def func2():
>     <do some stuff 2>
>     print <self-name>
>     return True
> 
> I imagine this means things like closures which I'm not familiar with
> (I'm not a CS person).  In this case, each function is part of a class,
> so I imagine I can take a dir() of the class if necessary.

Use the inspect module to find out what you need.

> 
> This leads into my next related question, which is How do I get some
> sort of macro behavior so I don't have to write the same thing over and
> over again, but which is also not neatly rolled up into a function,
> such as combining the return statements with a printing of <self-name>?

By rolling it up neatly in a function?

>>> def printcaller():
    print inspect.stack()[1][3]
    return True

>>> def func1():
    return printcaller()

>>> func1()
func1
True

But remember this prints the name under which the function was created, not 
the name of the variable in which it is stored:

>>> func2 = func1
>>> func2()
func1