Clojure doesn't give you direct access to the name of the function you're 
defining.  However, you could use a macro to get that.  Here’s one way.  This 
macro binds the strange symbol %0 to  the symbol naming the current function.

;; %0 is bound to the function's symbolic name within the function.  Useful for 
pre-conditions,
;; logging and error reporting.
(defmacro defn0 [fname & fdcls]
  `(let [~'%0 (symbol (name (ns-name *ns*)) (name '~fname))]
     (defn ~fname ~@fdcls)))

;; For example...
(defn0 my-func [x]  
  (println "calling" %0 x)  
  (+ x 3))

user=> (my-func 11)
calling user/my-func 11
14

The downside to using something like this is that other people might have a 
harder time reading your code.  I thought it was clever when I wrote it, but I 
don't actually use it much.


> On Feb 14, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Cecil Westerhof <cldwester...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In Bash I use the following construct:
>     printf "${FUNCNAME} needs an expression\n"
> 
> In this way I do not have to change the print statement when the name of the 
> function changes. Is something like this also possible in clojure?

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