Robin Becker wrote:
self.__class__.__name__
Unless I misunderstood the question, that won't work. That will
give you the name of the class the object is an instance is of.
I think he wants the name of the class the method was defined in.
Here's a way to do that using metaclasses and Python's magic
double-underscore attribute-mangling feature:
"""
class SelfKnowledge(type):
def __init__(cls, name, bases, dict):
setattr(cls, "_%s__%s" % (name, "class_name"), name)
type.__init__(cls, name, bases, dict)
class Nietzsche(object):
__metaclass__ = SelfKnowledge
def __init__(self, text):
self.spam = text
print "In the constructor of the %s class" % self.__class_name
class Kierkegaard(Nietzsche):
def __init__(self, text):
print "Now in the constructor of %s" % self.__class_name
Nietzsche.__init__(self, text)
Nietzsche("Thus Spake Zarathustra")
print
Kierkegaard("Fear and Trembling")
"""
$ python test1.py
In the constructor of the Nietzsche class
Now in the constructor of Kierkegaard
In the constructor of the Nietzsche class
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