On Mar 21, 3:35 pm, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gtb wrote: > > In a function I can use the statement n = > > sys._getframe().f_code.co_name to get the name of the current > > function. Given that I can get the name how can I print the __doc__ > > string? I cant use the following, it will tell me to bugger off as the > > string has no such attribute. > > > def spam(self): > > n = sys._getframe().f_code.co_name > > print n.__doc__ #Wrong > > print __doc__ #No good either > > #.... > >>> import sys > >>> def docstring(): > > ... return sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_consts[0] > ...>>> def foo(): > > ... print "My docstring is %r" % docstring() > ...>>> def bar(): > > ... "bar's docstring" > ... print "My docstring is %r" % docstring() > ...>>> foo() > > My docstring is None>>> bar() > > My docstring is "bar's docstring" > > No idea how brittle that might be, though. > > Peter
Thanks. Pardon my ignorance, but brittle? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
