Named... things, in C++

symbol.cpp

#include <cstddef>
#include <iostream>

template<std::size_t N>
struct symbol {
    char name[N];

    constexpr symbol(const char (&str)[N]) noexcept
    {
        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < N; ++i)
            name[i] = str[i];
    }
};

template<symbol S>
constexpr auto operator""_sym() noexcept
{
    return S;
}

template<class T, symbol Name, symbol Repr = Name>
struct named {
    static inline constexpr const char *name = Name.name;
    static inline constexpr const char *repr = Repr.name;

    T value;

    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const named& o)
    {
        return os << o.name << " [aka " << o.repr << "]: " << o.value;
    }
};

int main()
{
    named<int, "x"_sym> x { 5 };
    std::cout << x << '\n';
    named<bool, "the.bool"_sym, "ThaBoole"_sym> b { true };
    std::cout << b << '\n';
}