My solution, using a preprocessor define.
You can check this code on https://repl.it/@JomaCorpFX/nameof#main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <regex>
typedef std::string String;
using namespace std::literals::string_literals;
class Strings
{
public:
static String TrimStart(const std::string& data)
{
String s = data;
s.erase(s.begin(), std::find_if(s.begin(), s.end(), [](unsigned char ch) {
return !std::isspace(ch);
}));
return s;
}
static String TrimEnd(const std::string& data)
{
String s = data;
s.erase(std::find_if(s.rbegin(), s.rend(), [](unsigned char ch) {
return !std::isspace(ch);
}).base(),
s.end());
return s;
}
static String Trim(const std::string& data)
{
return TrimEnd(TrimStart(data));
}
static String Replace(const String& data, const String& toFind, const String& toReplace)
{
String result = data;
size_t pos = 0;
while ((pos = result.find(toFind, pos)) != String::npos)
{
result.replace(pos, toFind.length(), toReplace);
pos += toReplace.length();
pos = result.find(toFind, pos);
}
return result;
}
};
static String Nameof(const String& name)
{
std::smatch groups;
String str = Strings::Trim(name);
if (std::regex_match(str, groups, std::regex(u8R"(^&?([_a-zA-Z]\w*(->|\.|::))*([_a-zA-Z]\w*)$)")))
{
if (groups.size() == 4)
{
return groups[3];
}
}
throw std::invalid_argument(Strings::Replace(u8R"(nameof(#). Invalid identifier "#".)", u8"#", name));
}
#define nameof(name) Nameof(u8## #name ## s)
#define cnameof(name) Nameof(u8## #name ## s).c_str()
enum TokenType {
COMMA,
PERIOD,
Q_MARK
};
struct MyClass
{
enum class MyEnum : char {
AAA = -8,
BBB = '8',
CCC = AAA + BBB
};
};
int main() {
String greetings = u8"Hello"s;
std::cout << nameof(COMMA) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(TokenType::PERIOD) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(TokenType::Q_MARK) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(int) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(std::string) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(Strings) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(String) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(greetings) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(&greetings) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(greetings.c_str) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(std::string::npos) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(MyClass::MyEnum::AAA) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(MyClass::MyEnum::BBB) << std::endl;
std::cout << nameof(MyClass::MyEnum::CCC) << std::endl;
std::cin.get();
return 0;
}
Output
COMMA
PERIOD
Q_MARK
int
string
Strings
String
greetings
greetings
c_str
npos
AAA
BBB
CCC
Clang
Visual C++
