Get a Swift Variable’s Actual Name as String

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This is officially supported in Swift 3 using #keyPath()

https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0062-objc-keypaths.md

Example usage would look like:

NSPredicate(format: "%K == %@", #keyPath(Person.firstName), "Wendy")

In Swift 4 we have something even better: \KeyPath notation

https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0161-key-paths.md

NSPredicate(format: "%K == %@", \Person.mother.firstName, "Wendy")

// or

let keyPath = \Person.mother.firstName
NSPredicate(format: "%K == %@", keyPath, "Andrew")

The shorthand is a welcome addition, and being able to reference keypaths from a variable is extremely powerful

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