Getting the original name of structs

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I want to write a function get_original_name(::DataType) that returns the original name used when declaring a struct. Is there any way to do this? Is the original name even distinguishable from names that were added later?

struct A end
B = A
@assert get_original_name(B) == :(Main.A)

The goal is to define a function get_original_name so that, the assert is met.

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You may use

julia> nameof(B)
:A

Although this strips the module

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If you want the module as well:

julia> parentmodule(B)
Main
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