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import sys
[docs]def get_function_name(parent_idx=0) -> str:
"""
While called inside a function or a class method it returns the name of the function/method that called it as a
string. For example inside method_a() definition, the get_function_name() returns 'method_a'.
"""
return sys._getframe(1 + parent_idx).f_code.co_name