Getting the class name of an instance?

Question

How do I find out a name of class that created an instance of an object in Python if the function I am doing this from is the base class of which the class of the instance h

Answer 1

type() ?

>>> class A(object):
...    def whoami(self):
...       print type(self).__name__
...
>>>
>>> class B(A):
...    pass
...
>>>
>>>
>>> o = B()
>>> o.whoami()
'B'
>>>