A simpler version:

(defmacro show [f & args] 
  (let [f-var# (resolve f)] 
    `(println ~f-var# (~f ~@args))))

On Friday, May 2, 2014 8:04:30 AM UTC-4, Toby Crawley wrote:
>
> You could implement show as a macro that resolves the var before calling 
> the fn: 
>
> (defmacro show [f & args] 
>   (let [f-var# (resolve f)] 
>     `(let [r# (~f ~@args)] 
>        (println ~f-var# r#)))) 
>
> user> (show + 1 2) 
> #'clojure.core/+ 3 
>
> - Toby 
>
> unlo...@bytopia.org writes: 
>
> > You need to pass not the function itself, but its Var. Because Vars are 
> the 
> > ones that hold metadata. 
> > 
> > (show #'elementary/nothing-but-the-truth true) 
> > 
> > On Friday, May 2, 2014 4:28:49 AM UTC+2, Erlis Vidal wrote: 
> >> 
> >> Hi guys, 
> >> 
> >> I want to write a function (show) that will receive a function as 
> >> parameter. How can print the original name of that function? I've tried 
> >> with meta, resolve, name but none of them give me the result I want. 
> >> 
> >> The goal is that I want to write a function that print the name of the 
> >> function that will be executed then the result of that execution. If 
> >> there's a better way to achieve this I'll appreciate your suggestions. 
> >> 
> >> Thanks! 
> >> Erlis 
> >> 
> >> (defn show [f sol] 
> >>   (print (meta f))) 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> (defn -main [] 
> >>    (show elementary/nothing-but-the-truth true)) 
> >> 
> >> 
>

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