C++ questions

[BCC]

Hi,

Is there any way in c++ to:
1. Convert a variable name to a string: int m_x; if (converttostring(m_x) ==
"m_x") {}

or

2. Have an array or vector with pointers or addresses of different primitive
types (ints, doubles, floats, etc.)

I dont think so but thought I would check...

Thanks,
B

 

[Larry Brasfield]

Hi, Greetings.

Is there any way in c++ to:
1. Convert a variable name to a string: int m_x; if (converttostring(m_x) == "m_x") {}

No, not in any way that should be called "in C++".
You can, of course, imagine any sort of processing
to be done upon source files to achieve such a result.

2. Have an array or vector with pointers or addresses of different primitive types (ints, doubles, floats, etc.)

You can have an array or vector of void *, elements of
which can point to any data type. Or the elements could
be a union of whatever typed pointers you like.

 

[Victor Bazarov]

Is there any way in c++ to:
1. Convert a variable name to a string: int m_x; if (converttostring(m_x)
== "m_x") {}

#define converttostring(x) std::string(#x)

But why do you think you need that?

or

2. Have an array or vector with pointers or addresses of different
primitive types (ints, doubles, floats, etc.)

I dont think so but thought I would check...

No to this one.

V

 

[Nate Prouty]

Converting a variable to a string can be very handy for debugging
purposes.

 

[Peter Jansson]

Converting a variable to a string can be very handy for debugging
purposes.

I agree but it would perhaps be better to use debugging tools for this
instead coding the debugging things for yourself.

Regards,
Peter Jansson
http://www.jansson.net/