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();
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Answer 1

You can use name property to get the function name, unless you're using an anonymous function

For example:

var Person = function Person () {
  this.someMethod = function () {};
};

Person.prototype.getSomeMethodName = function () {
  return this.someMethod.name;
};

var p = new Person();
// will return "", because someMethod is assigned with anonymous function
console.log(p.getSomeMethodName());

now let's try with named function

var Person = function Person () {
  this.someMethod = function someMethod() {};
};

now you can use

// will return "someMethod"
p.getSomeMethodName()