how it works??? "__name__"

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Hi I am a new to Python. Can somebody explain me how this program works and particularly the flow of program. Why the output shows as "inner". Regards and Thanks in advance.

def outer():
    x = 3
    def inner(): 
       y = 4
       result = x+y
       return result  
    return inner 

a = outer()
print(a.__name__) 

Output:
output:
inner

Gribouillis write May-31-2023, 07:47 AM:
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