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```fun x(a: String) {
    print(::a.name) // References to variables aren't supported yet.
}
val someVar = 1;
x(someVar) // ::a.name should be someVar```
 Is there a way to know the name of a property or a variable passed to the function by reflection?

Maybe something like this could help you:

```fun x(a: String = "") {
    println(this::x.parameters.first().name)
}

x()
// prints: a```

I.e. a reference to the function and then get its parameters, but then you must know the parameter's index (or just take the first like I did here)

Ah, I see you've edited your question and my answer is probably not what you're looking for

It seems to me that if you need the name of something from outside of the function's scope, then you should pass that name in as a parameter. It's the outside scope that knows this name, after all. If there even is a name.

Because

```val name = ""
x(name)```
and
```x("")```
behave the same, but in your case you probably want different behaviour in `x`.