///Used to obtain the string name of a variable. #define nameof_variable(name) template_nameof_variable(name, #name) template 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) template const char* template_nameof_type(const char* name) { return name; } //example int test = 0; std::cout << nameof_variable(test) << " " << nameof_type(int) << std::endl; // prints "test int” std::string test_wrong; std::cout << nameof_variable(static_cast(test_wrong.c_str())) << " " << nameof_type(std::string) << std::endl; // prints "static_cast(test_wrong.c_str()) std::string"