[fpc-pascal] Name of a var

[Rainer Stratmann]

Am Tuesday 22 November 2011 10:13:20 schrieb 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 ?
Compiler check of the name as Sven also mentioned. This check is very 
important.
> Michael.