class MyClass: def myMethod(self): pass myInstance = MyClass() methodReference = myInstance.myMethod
Now can you get a reference to myInstance
if you now only have access to methodReference
?
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Answer
If you are using Python 3:
methodReference.__self__
Otherwise:
methodReference.im_self
and by a similar token, for the class:
methodReference.im_class
For this kind of code discovery you should install iPython and use tab, for instance, in your case myReference.+TAB would give:
In [6]: methodReference. methodReference.im_class methodReference.im_func methodReference.im_self
Hence, you don’t need to worry about remembering things so much – you know that the method is probably provided by the function object and from the suggestions that iPython gives it’s usually obvious what method/attribute you’re looking for.