Python - can function call itself without explicitly using name?

Question

Or a broader question: how to make a recursive function in python and, when changing its name, it only has to be changed in the declaration?

Answer 1

I found a simple, working solution.

from functools import wraps

def recfun(f):
    @wraps(f)
    def _f(*a, **kwa): return f(_f, *a, **kwa)
    return _f

@recfun
# it's a decorator, so a separate class+method don't need to be defined
# for each function and the class does not need to be instantiated,
# as with Alex Hall's answer
def fact(self, n):
    if n > 0:
        return n * self(n-1)  # doesn't need to be self(self, n-1),
                              # as with lkraider's answer
    else:
        return 1

print(fact(10))  # works, as opposed to dursk's answer