David Hirschfield wrote:
> I'm not sure this is possible, but it sure would help me if I could do it.
>
> Can a function learn the name of the variable that the caller used to
> pass it a value? For example:
>
> def test(x):
> print x
>
> val = 100
> test(val)
>
> Is it possible for function "test()" to find out that the variable it is
> passed, "x", was called "val" by the caller?
> Some kind of stack inspection?
Perhaps, but don't try it ;-)
>
> Any help greatly appreciated,
> -David
>
Can't you use keyword arguments?
>>> def test(**kw):
... print kw
...
>>> test(val=3)
{'val': 3}
>>> test(val=3, otherval = 4)
{'otherval': 4, 'val': 3}
>>>
Michael
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