Getting the name of the file that imported current module

[kedra marbun]

On Jul 5, 6:29 am, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:05:56 +0000, Tobiah wrote:
> > foo.py:
>
> > import bar
> > bar.show_importer()
>
> > output:
>
> > 'foo' or 'foo.py' or 'path/to/foo' etc.
>
> > Possible?
>
> I don't think so. Your question isn't even well-defined. Given three
> modules:
>
> # a.py
> import b
> import d
>
> # b.py
> import d
>
> # c.py
> import a
> import d
> import b
> print d.show_importer()
>
> and you run c.py, what do you expect d.show_importer() to return?
>
> And what about "from d import show_importer" -- does that count as
> "importing d"?
>
> Why do you think that a module needs to know what other modules imported
> it? I can't imagine why this would be necessary, what are you intending
> to do with it?
>
> --
> Steven

i guess he just likes to play things around, entertains his
imagination, no need for practical reason for that