On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > It seems I don't completely understand how getsource works, as I > expect that I should get the source code of class A. But I don't. > Would you please let me know what I am wrong? > > $ cat main.py > #!/usr/bin/env python > > import inspect > > class A: > pass > > a=A() > > print inspect.getsource(a)
You passed in an instance of the class, not the class itself. The following will work: print inspect.getsource(A) As will: print inspect.getsource(a.__class__) Cheers, Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
