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diff --git a/lib/pure/typetraits.nim b/lib/pure/typetraits.nim
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+#
+#
+#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2012 Nimrod Contributors
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This module defines compile-time reflection procs for
+## working with types
+
+proc name*(t: typedesc): string {.magic: "TypeTrait".}
+  ## Returns the name of the given type
+
diff --git a/tests/run/ttypetraits.nim b/tests/run/ttypetraits.nim
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+discard """
+  msg:    "int\nstring\nTBar[int]"
+  output: "int\nstring\nTBar[int]"
+"""
+
+import typetraits
+
+proc foo(x) =
+  static:
+    var t = type(x)
+    echo t.name
+
+  echo x.type.name
+
+type
+  TBar[U] = object
+    x: U
+
+var bar: TBar[int]
+
+foo 10
+foo "test"
+foo bar
+