[Tutor] introspection

[Alan Gauld]

On 20/04/15 17:55, Alex Kleider wrote:

>>>>> locals()
>> {'a': 3, 'c': 3, 'b': 6, '__builtins__': <module '__builtin__'
>> (built-in)>, '__package__': None, '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__':
>> None}

> Showing my desired use case might make my question more understandable:
> def debug(var_name):
>      if args["--debug"]:
>          print("Identifier <{}> is bound to: {}"
>              .format(var_name.__name__, repr(var_name)))
> I don't think the built in locals() can help me.

Why not? Provided you pass the required scope into your function:

def debug(var_name, scope):
     if args["--debug"]:
         print("Identifier <{}> is bound to: {}"
               .format(var_name, scope.get(var_name, 'no object'))

debug('a',locals()) # look in local vars


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