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Can I get the variable name of an object instance?

Mar 1st, 2000 21:50
Nathan Wallace, Fredrik Lundh

Sorry, you can't do that.

Names are just names, not identities.  Any object can have lots of
different names, or none at all.

an example:

    clown = Hello(1)
    bobo = clown
    # here, bobo and clown both point to
    # the same instance
    del clown
    # now, only bobo points to that instance
    mylist = [bobo]
    del bobo
    # and here, nobody points directly to the
    # instance.

If you want to get the name of the class for an object instance, see
here:

  http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/1328/fid/242