Function to print the current module name, also when called from another module

Question

def a():
    print __name__

Is there a chance I might have such a function, but print the "correct" module name if imported by another module and called from here?

"Fixed" the name of the module should always be the one from which it is called.

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user975135 Jan 30 13 at 5:46 am

1 answer

Raymond Hettinger · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-30T06:02:04+0000

The sys module provides a CPython-specific way to find your caller:

sys._getframe(1).f_globals.get('__name__', '__main__')

The _getframe () function is documented here and the frame objects are documented.