nameof_module/doc/limitations.md

Limitations

Nameof

• If the argument does not have a name, the compilation error "Expression does not have a name." occurs.

Nameof Type

• This library uses a compiler-specific hack (based on __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ / __FUNCSIG__).

• nameof_type and nameof_type_rtti return a compiler-specific type name.

• To check if nameof_type is supported by your compiler use the macro NAMEOF_TYPE_SUPPORTED or constexpr constant nameof::is_nameof_type_supported.
  If nameof_type is used on an unsupported compiler, a compilation error occurs. To suppress the error define the macro NAMEOF_TYPE_NO_CHECK_SUPPORT.

• To check if nameof_type_rtti is supported by your compiler use macro NAMEOF_TYPE_RTTI_SUPPORTED or constexpr constant nameof::is_nameof_type_rtti_supported.
  If nameof_type_rtti is used on an unsupported compiler, a compilation error occurs. To suppress the error define the macro NAMEOF_TYPE_NO_CHECK_SUPPORT.

• To check is nameof_member supported compiler use macro NAMEOF_MEMBER_SUPPORTED or constexpr constant nameof::is_nameof_member_supported.
  If nameof_member used on unsupported compiler, occurs the compilation error. To suppress error define macro NAMEOF_TYPE_NO_CHECK_SUPPORT.

• To check is nameof_pointer supported compiler use macro NAMEOF_POINTER_SUPPORTED or constexpr constant nameof::is_nameof_pointer_supported.
  If nameof_pointer used on unsupported compiler, occurs the compilation error. To suppress error define macro NAMEOF_TYPE_NO_CHECK_SUPPORT.

Nameof Enum

• This library uses a compiler-specific hack (based on __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ / __FUNCSIG__), which works on Clang >= 5, MSVC >= 15.3 and GCC >= 9.

• Do not use nameof and magic_enum in the same project to get enum name.

• To check if nameof_enum is supported by your compiler use the macro NAMEOF_ENUM_SUPPORTED or constexpr constant nameof::is_nameof_enum_supported.
  If nameof_enum is used on an unsupported compiler, a compilation error occurs. To suppress the error define the macro NAMEOF_ENUM_NO_CHECK_SUPPORT.

• Enum value must be in range [NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MIN, NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MAX].

  • By default NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MIN = -128, NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MAX = 128.

  • NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MIN must be less than or equal to 0 and must be greater than INT16_MIN.

  • NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MAX must be greater than 0 and must be less than INT16_MAX.

  • If another range is needed for all enum types by default, redefine the macro NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MIN and NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MAX.

    #define NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MIN 0
    #define NAMEOF_ENUM_RANGE_MAX 256
    #include <nameof.hpp>
    

  • If another range is needed for a specific enum type, add specialization enum_range for necessary enum type. Specialization of enum_range must be injected in namespace nameof::customize.

    #include <nameof.hpp>
    
    enum class number { one = 100, two = 200, three = 300 };
    
    template <>
    struct nameof::customize::enum_range<number> {
      static constexpr int min = 100;
      static constexpr int max = 300;
    };
    

• Won't work if a value is aliased, support for enum-aliases is compiler-implementation-defined.

• Won't work if the enum is a forward declaration.

• Intellisense Visual Studio may have some problems analyzing nameof.