[fpc-pascal] Name of a var

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Sven Barth wrote:

> Am 21.11.2011 14:22, schrieb michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be:
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Rainer Stratmann wrote:
>> 
>>> Am Monday 21 November 2011 14:08:43 schrieb michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be:
>>>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Rainer Stratmann wrote:
>>>>> Is it possible to get information of the name of a var?
>>>>> 
>>>>> For Example.
>>>>> 
>>>>> var
>>>>> counter : longint;
>>>>> varname : shortstring;
>>>>> 
>>>>> varname := nameofvar( counter );
>>>>> 
>>>>> The content of varname then is 'counter'.
>>>> 
>>>> There is no way in Pascal.
>>> I think all the necessary information for this function are available.
>>> The compiler knows the names of all vars. So why shouldn't it be
>>> possible to
>>> put the name in a shortstring?
>> 
>> If we choose to implement such a function, yes. My response was based on
>> the compiler as it is.
>
> Seems like I'm not the only one that likes to have such a function. Though I 
> would extend it to convert identifiers in scope to strings (such as functions 
> names etc.)

But what is the use ? As far as I can see, it forces you to type more.

Typing

VarName:=nameofvar( counter );

is more work than

VarName:='counter';

So what's the point ?

Michael.