Re: Define a mapping from class types to strings?

Hello world, I'm wondering if it's possible to implement some sort of
class/object that can perform mapping from class types to strings?

I will know the class type at compile time, like so:
const char *s = string_mapper<thetype>();

However I do not know the string to be associated with the type at
compile time, and will need a way to set up the mapping, to be created
at run time, possibly like so:
void foo(char* some_string_from_runtime){
string_mapper_obj<thetype>.setstring(some_string_from_runtime);
}

Possibly I might want to also mix up the string mappings too, haha,
but I suppose I can do that before they even reach the string mapper.

Maybe something crazy like this? Would this work? (I'm purposefully
glossing over the memory management concerns)
template<class T>
const char* string_mapper_base(bool set, const char* set_to){
 static const char* thestring;
 if(set) internal = set_to;
 return thestring;
}
template<class T>
inline const char* string_mapper(){ return string_mapper_base(false,
0);}
template<class T>
inline const char* string_mapper_set(const char* set_to){return
string_mapper_base(true, set_to);}

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