How to get the function name from within that function?

Question

How can I access a function name from inside that function?

// parasitic inheritance
var ns.parent.child = function() {
  var parent = new ns.parent();
  p         


        

Answer 1

as part as ECMAScript 6 you can use Function.name method

function doSomething() {}

alert(doSomething.name); // alerts "doSomething"