nameof.cpp

@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 ///Used to obtain the string name of a variable.
-
+#define nameof_variable(name) template_nameof_variable(name, #name)
-#define nameof(name) template_nameof((name), #name)
 
 template <typename T>
-const char* template_nameof(const T& validate_type, const char* name)
+const char* template_nameof_variable(const T& validate_type, const char* name)
+{
+    return name;
+}
+///Used to obtain the string name of a type.
+#define nameof_type(name) template_nameof_type<name>(#name)
+
+template <typename T>
+const char* template_nameof_type(const char* name)
 {
     return name;
 }
 
-// int test = 0;
+//example
-// std::cout << nameof(test) << std::endl;
+int test = 0;
-// prints "test”
+std::cout << nameof_variable(test) << " " << nameof_type(int) << std::endl;
+// prints "test int”
+std::string test_wrong;
+std::cout << nameof_variable(static_cast<std::string>(test_wrong.c_str())) << " " << nameof_type(std::string) << std::endl;
+// prints "static_cast<std::string>(test_wrong.c_str()) std::string"