On May 1, 9:48 am, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Fri, 01 May 2009 09:24:10 -0700, warpcat wrote: > > I'd like it to print, when instanced, something like this: > > >>>> s = Spam() > > I’m assigned to s! > > > But it seems prohibitively hard (based on my web and forum searches) for > > an object to know what variable name is has been assigned to when > > created. > > Can't be done. Objects don't know what names they are bound to. > > Furthermore, your question is based on an invalid assumption. Objects > aren't necessarily bound to a single name, they can be bound to zero, > one, or more names. > > What name should Spam print in these examples? > > alist = [1, 2, Spam(), 4] > alist.append(Spam()) > x = y = z = Spam() > > -- > Steven
And getting back all the pointers is fine with me. But this sounds like a dead end, and I was just looking for confirmation of that. Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
