Function name from function pointer

[Paul D Anderson via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 19:08:50 UTC, Marco Leise wrote:
> Am Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:28:35 +0000
> schrieb "Paul D Anderson" <claude.reins at msnmail.com>:
>
>> Is there a way to return the name of a function (a string) 
>> from a pointer to that function?
>> 
>> Function pointer example from D Reference:
>> ---
>> int function() fp;
>> 
>> void test()
>> {
>>      static int a = 7;
>>      static int foo() { return a + 3; }
>> 
>>      fp = &foo;
>> }
>> 
>> void bar()
>> {
>>      test();
>>      int i = fp();       // i is set to 10
>> }
>> ---
>> 
>> Can I get "foo" from fp?
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> 
>
> Nope, that would require that fp not only contains a pointer
> to the function but also a pointer to the name. That's not how
> it works. But continuing that thought, you could add the
> function's name as an additional variable and set that every
> time you set fp.

Okay, thanks, I can see that.

Paul