reference to 'self' inside a function

[Rob T]

On Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 19:57:05 UTC, Ben Davis wrote:
> Wild stab in the dark, but would something like this work:
>
> void myfunction() {
> 	int dummy;
> 	auto self = __traits(parent, dummy);
> }
>
> though it would be better if something like __traits(enclosing) 
> were supported.
>


This hack will generate the enclosing function name

void function x()
{
   int dummy;
   auto funcname = __traits( identifier, __traits( parent, dummy ) 
);
   writefln( funcname );
}

Obviously the above solution is not reasonable, esp for a 
language that attempts to provide good reflection abilities.

What would work considerably better is something ike this

void function x()
{
    writeln(self.symbolname);
}