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Re: odd question...how to know variable name

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 01:17
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"Brian Dumas" <brian@kvdco.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way for my constructor, or any class function
> to "know" that the instance name is "AAA"?

Nope.  Variable names don't exist at runtime, they are resolved to memory
addresses at compile time.

> I want o use it for named shared memory.

Just pass a string literal as another parameter to the constructor and use
that instead.


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