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

What do you want to achieve? It's possible to access a class to tweak its definition using a metaclass, but it's not recommended.

Your code sample can be written simply as:

class A(object):
    pass
some_func(A)