How to define a __str__ method for a class?

Question

In Python, the object class serves as the root superclass for all the (new-style) classes. By default at least, applying str and repr

Answer 1

You can also set the default metaclass for a whole module like this

class fancytype(type):
    def __str__(self):
        return self.__name__

__metaclass__ = fancytype

class ham:
    pass
print ham