PEP 3155 / issue #13448: Qualified name for classes and functions.
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for piece in food:
print(piece)
+ qualified name
+ A dotted name showing the "path" from a module's global scope to a
+ class, function or method defined in that module, as defined in
+ :pep:`3155`. For top-level functions and classes, the qualified name
+ is the same as the object's name::
+
+ >>> class C:
+ ... class D:
+ ... def meth(self):
+ ... pass
+ ...
+ >>> C.__qualname__
+ 'C'
+ >>> C.D.__qualname__
+ 'C.D'
+ >>> C.D.meth.__qualname__
+ 'C.D.meth'
+
reference count
The number of references to an object. When the reference count of an
object drops to zero, it is deallocated. Reference counting is