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

Here's the new answer for Python 3. Basically, you pass in a metaclass as a keyword parameter to the class definition.

class fancytype(type):
    def __str__(self):
        return self.__name__
class ham(metaclass=fancytype):
    pass
print(ham)

prints

ham