How to get a reference to a module inside the module itself?

Question

How can I get a reference to a module from within that module? Also, how can I get a reference to the package containing that module?

Answer 1

One more technique, which doesn't import the sys module, and arguably - depends on your taste - simpler:

current_module = __import__(__name__)

Be aware there is no import. Python imports each module only once.