[Python] Get variable to which an object is assigned from inside the object?

In Python, I'd like to get the variable to which an object is being assigned to. Something like:

class Parent(object):

def __init__(self):
print(???) # Print the variable to which the created instance of
# Parent has been assigned to.

p = Parent() # This should print 'p'.


I have come up with this:

import inspect


class Parent(object):

def __init__(self):
print((inspect.stack()[-1].code_context[-1].split()[0]))


p = Parent()


which, if I understand correctly, literally looks at the outermost call and there takes the left string part, which happens to be the variable - but to me this looks weird. Is there a better way?

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