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Self-Identify a function by name
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selfIdentifyingFunction
function getFunctionName() {
var re = /function (.*?)\(/
var s = getFunctionName.caller.toString();
var m = re.exec( s )
return m[1];
}
function me() {
console.log( getFunctionName() );
}
me();
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This hack/answer by James Hugard on StackOverflow is better than the adaptation I had written, since his does not rely on .callee ...It's still, as he said, a hack, but it's better!

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