1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/meta.zig b/src/meta.zig
index afc502d58..c104e378d 100644
--- a/src/meta.zig
+++ b/src/meta.zig
@@ -10,3 +10,17 @@ pub fn ReturnOfType(comptime Type: type) type {
     const typeinfo: std.builtin.TypeInfo.Fn = @typeInfo(Type);
     return typeinfo.return_type orelse void;
 }
+
+// partially emulates behaviour of @typeName in previous Zig versions,
+// converting "some.namespace.MyType" to "MyType"
+pub fn typeBaseName(comptime fullname: []const u8) []const u8 {
+
+    // leave type name like "namespace.WrapperType(namespace.MyType)" as it is
+    const baseidx = comptime std.mem.indexOf(u8, fullname, "(");
+    if (baseidx != null) return fullname;
+
+    const idx = comptime std.mem.lastIndexOf(u8, fullname, ".");
+
+    const name = if (idx == null) fullname else fullname[(idx.? + 1)..];
+    return comptime std.fmt.comptimePrint("{s}", .{name});
+}