getting object name and function name

Question

It is actually 2 questions. 1) Is there a generic way to get the class name of an instance, so if I have a class

class someClass(object):

Answer 1

the function part has already been answered at this SO post. The code would be:

import sys
print sys._getframe().f_code.co_name

For the class part, use: A.__name__ or A().__class__.__name (for an instance)