python: how to refer to the class from within it ( like the recursive function)

Question

For a recursive function we can do:

def f(i):
  if i<0: return
  print i
  f(i-1)

f(10)

However is there a way to do the following thin

Answer 1

Maybe you could try calling __class__. Right now I'm writing a code that calls a class method from within the same class. It is working well so far.

I'm creating the class methods using something like:

@classmethod
    def my_class_method(cls):
       return None

And calling then by using:

x = __class__.my_class_method()