explore current scope, or other hack

[spir]

Hello,

Is there a way to explore the current scope, meaning the set of currently defined symbols?
(Equivalent of python's vars(), locals(), globals().)

I have 2 use cases for this:

1. name objects automatically
I need some objects to know their name (as field on themselves). the only solution I can else imagine is for the user write:
	x = ...;
	x.name = "x";
I hope you agree this is more than stupid ;-) Exploring the scope would allow providing a tool func that does this automatically, once all objects are known. Is there an alternative I overlook?

2. some tool like format()
Say I wish like to define an alternative approach to variable strings, like
	s = VarString("Hello, 'userName'!");
This requires getting variable values at runtime, I guess, meaning explore the scope. How do format and writefln work (pointer welcome)? Is there an alternative?


Denis
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