On Dec 28, 8:40 pm, Steven D'Aprano <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:27:21 -0800, Joel Davis wrote: > > For posterity, I figured out a solution: > > > > #!/usr/bin/python > > > > import sys > > > from traceback import extract_stack > > > > varPassed="varName get" > > > > def MyFunc(varPassed): > > > try: > > > raise None > > > except: > > > frame = sys._getframe(1) > > > print extract_stack(frame,2)[0][3] > > > > MyFunc(varPassed) > > Incorrect. Here's a copy-and-paste from an interactive session using that > code: > > >>> import sys > >>> from traceback import extract_stack > > >>> varPassed="varName get" > > >>> def MyFunc(varPassed): > > ... try: > ... raise None > ... except: > ... frame = sys._getframe(1) > ... print extract_stack(frame,2)[0][3] > ... > > >>> MyFunc(varPassed) > None > > > the print statement returns the full function call including parameters > > as they were written in the script (variable names and all) > > I'm afraid not. I don't know what testing you did, but it doesn't work as > you think it works. > > Also, I notice that you've called the variable local to the function the > same name as the variable in the outer scope. What happens when you do > this? > > >>> x = "something else" > >>> MyFunc(x) > > None > > > at first glance the solution i came up with seems to be in general the > > same as the one presented there, are there any portability issues > > you're aware of? > > Yes. > > sys._getframe is a PRIVATE function, which means it is subject to change > without notice. You're using an internal function clearly marked as > private. It is unlikely to even exist at all in other implementations of > Python (e.g. Jython, IronPython, PyPy, CLPython, etc.), and it might not > even exist in future versions of CPython. > > > also, when can one _not_ get the name? > > When the object doesn't have a name at all, or when it has multiple > names. Which is "the" name? > > -- > Steven
steven, when I said that's what the code returned I was explaining what I saw when I ran it, if you're having trouble running it in the interactive terminal, then that's probably because it can't be ran in the interactive terminal. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
