[fpc-pascal] Name of a var

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Rainer Stratmann wrote:

> 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.

And as I answered, I can't possibly imagine why this would matter in the least.

Michael.