Obtaining "the" name of a function/method

[Tim Chase]

On 2013-11-17 11:34, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> Functions have a __name__ attribute, which is the name they were
> defined as:
> 
>     >>> def foo(): pass  
>     ...
>     >>> foo.__name__  
>     'foo'
>     >>> bar = foo
>     >>> bar.__name__  
>     'foo'

which they have even in less-than-useful situations:

  (lambda s: s.lower()).__name__

accurately returns that its name is "<lambda>".  So you get what you
pay for ;-)

-tkc