Python: can a decorator determine if a function is being defined inside a class?

Question

I\'m writing a decorator, and for various annoying reasons[0] it would be expedient to check if the function it is wrapping is being defined stand-alone or as part of a class (a

Answer 1

Some hacky solution that I've got:

import inspect

def my_decorator(f):
    args = inspect.getargspec(f).args
    defined_in_class = bool(args and args[0] == 'self')
    print "%r: %s" %(f, defined_in_class)

But it relays on the presence of self argument in function.