Determine function name from within that function (without using traceback)

Question

In Python, without using the traceback module, is there a way to determine a function's name from within that function?

Say I have a module foo with a function bar. When executing foo.bar(), is there a way for the bar to know the bar's name? Or better yet, foo.bar's name?

#foo.py

def bar():

   print "my name is", __myname__ # <== how do I calculate this at runtime?

Answer 1

To determine the function name without using traceback within that function you can use the inspect.stack method below is the code for the same:-

import inspectdef foo():

  print(inspect.stack()[0][3])