How do I get the method name at compile time?

Question

How do I get the enclosing method name at compile time?

And why has it been difficult for me to figure this out? Why wouldn't Java want me to do this? I don't see any inherent problems with a feature like this, and it's useful for logging method names without duplication between the method signature and the string constant like so:

private void methodName() {
   final String MN = "methodName";
   ...

Someone might change the method name without changing the MN constant, and then I can't find it in the log.

I know Java has a (reflective?) method for doing this, but why anyone would want to over-complicate things and create the possibility of errors with a run-time solution (for this particular problem) is beyond me.

Apparently macros are bad practice, but I think this is a pretty good use case for them. That's what I'm basically going for, something like a macro, a constant.

Btw, this question is pretty similar:

Getting the name of the current executing method

None of the solutions are constants derived at compile time, though. They're all run-time computations.

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EDIT: Why can't it be done at compile time?

Please don't give a trivial answer like "that's the way Java was designed", because then I'll just ask "why ?"

Answer 1

From the answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/5891326/4353712:

String name = new Object(){}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();

However, as mentioned in the answer, this generates a new .class file every time you use it.