Simple implementation of __FUNCTION

[Rob T]

On Sunday, 4 November 2012 at 13:57:07 UTC, Damian wrote:
> On Saturday, 3 November 2012 at 17:04:31 UTC, Rob T wrote:
>> On Saturday, 3 November 2012 at 11:09:48 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think it would be worth to but in Phobos anyway.
>>
>> I suppose it works as a temp solution until a real one is 
>> finally implemented, or maybe the mixin behaviour is 
>> considered a bug and can be fixed?
>
> I think __FUNCTION__ should be built into the compiler, with 
> it's brothers __FILE__ and __LINE__ . This kinda thing is so 
> useful while debugging and logging :)

I completely agree. Direct compiler support is the only way to 
implement this form of reflection reliably for all cases. Also 
consider that with D we have an opportunity to implement 
reflection features in a more consistent way through a generlized 
form of reflection.

--rt