Determine function name from within that function (without using traceback)

by 
import inspect

def foo():
   print(inspect.stack()[0][3])
   print(inspect.stack()[1][3])  # will give the caller of foos name, if something called foo

foo()

output:

foo
<module_caller_of_foo>

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