On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:51:43 -0700, Aaron \"Castironpi\" Brady wrote:
> If you're sure it's unique, why not just scan through the pairs in > locals()? > > for k, v in locals(): > if v is the_object_im_looking_for: > name_im_looking_for= k > > This method can sometimes return more than one name, due to the variable > ordering of objects in dictionaries. Because: (1) in general, objects can have no name at all, or multiple names, so this won't work in general (although it may work in a specific case); (2) it's awfully inefficient if you are doing it a lot; and (3) even if it works and you can afford to pay the cost, it is almost certainly the Wrong Way to solve the problem at hand. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
