How can I access the current executing module or class name in Python?

Question

I would like to be able to dynamically retrieve the current executing module or class name from within an imported module. Here is some code:

foo.py:

Answer 1

To get the current file module, containing folder, here is what worked for me:

 import os
 parts = os.path.splitext(__name__)
 module_name = parts[len(parts) - 2]