get current function name in Python

get_current_function_name_in_python.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
#
# Note: This may only work in CPython. For more info please see python doc about sys._getframe

import sys


# This will also show that function name(co_name) in python is bounded to function code(f_code).
# i.e., function assignment will not change the attribute of "co_name", function name
def get_current_func_name():
    “”Get current func name.”“”
    
    print sys._getframe.f_code.co_name

# print "get_current_func_name"
get_current_func_name()

another_func = get_current_func_name()
# print "get_current_func_name"
another_func()


######################Inspect========================
# Note: This may only work in CPython. For more info please see python doc about inspect.currentframe

import inspect

def get_current_func_name():
    “”Get current func name.”“”
    cur_frame = inspect.currentfram()
    try:
        print cur_frame.f_code.co_name
    finally:
        del frame
    # do not use below code to get the current frame. It will get all the frames back and then select 
    # current one.
    # frames = inspect.stack()
    # try：
    #     print frames[0][3]
    # finally:
    #    del frames