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

Alternatively you can use the classmethod decorator:

class A:
    @classmethod
    def get_classname(cls):
        return cls.__name__

    def use_classname(self):
        return self.get_classname()

Usage:

>>> A.get_classname()
'A'
>>> a = A()
>>> a.get_classname()
'A'
>>> a.use_classname()
'A'