C++ Get name of type in template

Question

I\'m writing some template classes for parseing some text data files, and as such it is likly the great majority of parse errors will be due to errors in the data file, whic

Answer 1

The answer of Logan Capaldo is correct but can be marginally simplified because it is unnecessary to specialize the class every time. One can write:

// in header
template
struct TypeParseTraits
{ static const char* name; };

// in c-file
#define REGISTER_PARSE_TYPE(X) \
    template <> const char* TypeParseTraits::name = #X

REGISTER_PARSE_TYPE(int);
REGISTER_PARSE_TYPE(double);
REGISTER_PARSE_TYPE(FooClass);
// etc...

This also allows you to put the REGISTER_PARSE_TYPE instructions in a C++ file...