In python how to get name of a class inside its static method

Question

how to get name of a class inside static method, i have inheritance and want name of derived class

IN following example what shall be there in place of XXX in method my_name()

class snake()
   @staticmethod
   def my_name():  
      print XXX.__name___

class python (snake)
   pass
class cobra (snake)
   pass

python.my_name()
# I want output to be python

cobra.my_name()   
# I want output to be cobra

Possible duplicate of [How to get (sub)class name from a static method in Python?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3596641/how-to-get-subclass-name-from-a-static-method-in-python) — Mr_and_Mrs_D, Apr 27 '17 at 09:21

score 62 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '11 at 14:17

62

I'm pretty sure that this is impossible for a static method. Use a class method instead:

class Snake(object):
    @classmethod
    def my_name(cls):  
        print cls.__name__

answered Jan 14 '11 at 14:17

Sven Marnach

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As Lennart said, it's not "impossible", but it's a very bad idea. Pretend I never said the following, but ... you could do it using the `inspect` module with `inspect.currentframe()`, and then loading and searching through the source file to find the name of the function and then its class. :-) – Ben Hoyt Jan 14 '11 at 14:38

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '11 at 14:26

A static method in Python is for all intents and purposes just a function. It knows nothing about the class, so you should not do it. It's probably possible, most things tend do be. But it's Wrong. :)

And in this case, you clearly do care about the class, so you don't want a static method. So use a class method.

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