identof || toIdent - feature suggestion / question

[John Reimer]

Tom S wrote:
> Would it be hard to add a construct to D that would convert a 
> compile-time string to an identifier ?
> 
> E.g.
> 
> int identof("foo");
> // would be equivalent to:
> int foo;
> // and
> identof("int") foo;
> // and
> identof("int") identof("foo");
> 
> 


That's a neato idea.  These start to look like features that make 
languages like Lisp so powerful.