__qualname__ — Easy Examples

Qualified name of a class or function (includes enclosing scope)

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Accessing __qualname__

How to access and use __qualname__.

python
# __qualname__ holds the qualified name
class Outer:
    class Inner:
        def method(self):
            pass

print(Outer.__qualname__)
print(Outer.Inner.__qualname__)
print(Outer.Inner.method.__qualname__)

__qualname__ is a special attribute that qualified name of a class or function (includes enclosing scope).

__qualname__ in practice

Using __qualname__ in everyday code.

python
# More __qualname__ examples
print("__qualname__ is a special Python attribute")

# Every object has certain dunder attributes
obj = object()
attrs = [a for a in dir(obj) if a.startswith("__")]
print(f"object has {len(attrs)} dunder attributes")

Understanding __qualname__ helps you introspect and debug Python objects.

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