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post	publish	true	Simply print current function name	Julien Lengrand-Lambert	jlengrand	julien@lengrand.fr	http://www.lengrand.fr	476	http://www.lengrand.fr/?p=476	2011-12-28 16:55:21.000000000 +01:00	Python	function name print debug

Hi all,

When developing, I hate having to search in which portion of my code I am. For Tippy, I searched for a way to always display the function name in case of an error.

Hopefully, Python offers a simple (but curious) way to perform this.

Here is how to print your function name as a string in Python :

{% highlight python %} import sys

def tutut(): """ Dum function displaying its name! """ print sys._getframe().f_code.co_name

if name == 'main': tutut() {% endhighlight %}

And here is the result

{% highlight bash %} [airballman@ubuntu:~]$ python tutut.py tutut {% endhighlight %}

There it is !

You can also find this tip in my Programming Tips page, in the Python section.