IronPython getting function code as string at runtime

Question

i am implementing a function framework in python to be accessed from C#.

As a requirement, i have to provide a "string representation" of the function at runtime.

Is there a way to get the code definition of a function as a string? something like:

def sum(a,b): 
    return a + b

def ToString(sum):
    # would return "def sum(a,b): return a+b" or something alike.

Thank you very much!

Does the representation actually have to indicate what the source code of the function is? What are you going to do with the representation? — Karl Knechtel
– Karl Knechtel, Commented Mar 16, 2012 at 22:41

Sven Marnach · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-16 22:06:30Z

1

The function you are looking for is inspect.getsource(). Note that it will only work if the source file is accessible, so it won't work in the interactive console.

answered Mar 16, 2012 at 22:06

Sven Marnach

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