Re: Obtaining type and value of a variable named in another variable

[Paul Backus via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Saturday, 16 October 2021 at 23:07:22 UTC, DLearner wrote:

```d
void main() {

   import std.stdio;

   int fooVar = 4;

   string strVar;

   strVar = "fooVar";
   writeln(typeof(mixin(strVar)));
   writeln(mixin(strVar));
}
```

Failed with 2x "Error: variable `strVar` cannot be read at compile time".

You can fix this by making `strVar` a [manifest constant][1]:

```d
enum strVar = "fooVar";
writeln(typeof(mixin(strVar)).stringof);
writeln(mixin(strVar));
```

[1]: https://dlang.org/spec/enum.html#manifest_constants