From 5e837b50c4ae7e1062571ff655d30802dfed17f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Hofman <erik@ehofman.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 15:19:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a fubction which converts a template typename to a string

---
 simgear/structure/intern.hxx | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/simgear/structure/intern.hxx b/simgear/structure/intern.hxx
index 5a1c0e47..3d3e1ef9 100644
--- a/simgear/structure/intern.hxx
+++ b/simgear/structure/intern.hxx
@@ -3,12 +3,33 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include <typeinfo>
+#if __linux__
+#include <cxxabi.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace simgear
 {
+
+/* return the template name as a string */
+template <typename T>
+std::string getTypeName(void)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  std::string name = typeid(T).name();
+#else // __linux__
+  int error = 0;
+  char *type = abi::__cxa_demangle(typeid(T).name(), 0, 0, &error);
+  std::string name = type;
+  free(type);
+#endif
+
+  return name;
+}
+
 /**
  * Return a pointer to a single string object for a given string.
  */
-
 const std::string* intern(const std::string& str);
 }
 #endif