Get identifier of a variable as String

Haxe
#1

How can I get the identifier of a variable as a String?

For example:
var myVar:Int = 0;
var myFunction:Void -> Void;

How do I get “myVar” or “myFunction” as a String?

#2

I don’t think that’s possible :confused:

https://api.haxe.org/Reflect.html

#3

It’s pretty simple to do with an expression macro actually:

class Main {
	static var field:Int = 0;

	static function main() {
		var localVar:Int = 0;
		trace(nameof(field)); // field
		trace(nameof(localVar)); // localVar
	}

	macro static function nameof(e:haxe.macro.Expr):haxe.macro.Expr {
		return switch e.expr {
			case EConst(CIdent(ident)): macro $v{ident};
			case _: throw "identifier expected";
		}
	}
}
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