You can achieve this now with my executing library:
https://github.com/alexmojaki/executing
```
import ast
import inspect
import executing
def nameof(_):
frame = inspect.currentframe().f_back
call = executing.Source.executing(frame).node
arg = call.args[0]
if isinstance(arg, ast.Name):
return arg.id
elif isinstance(arg, ast.Attribute):
return arg.attr
else:
raise SyntaxError
foo = 3
print(nameof(foo))
print(f"{nameof(ast.Add)} = {ast.Add}")
```
Other tricks of this nature can be found here:
https://github.com/alexmojaki/sorcery
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