From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 31 23:52:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C2AD1065782 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 23:52:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDFBE8FC18 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 23:52:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n4VNrWAS001617; Sun, 31 May 2009 16:53:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 31 May 2009 16:52:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 16:52:23 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Ond??ej Majerech Message-ID: <20090531235222.GA9384@thought.org> References: <20090531223136.GA9212@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: how to i designate the current function...? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 23:52:28 -0000 On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 12:53:39AM +0200, Ond??ej Majerech wrote: > On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:31:40 +0200, Gary Kline wrote: > > > I'm not sure this is std yet, but think it is available in gcc. > > If I'm calling funtion bar(char *, char) with one of the args > > incorrect, is there a way to have gcc name bar() in an error message? > > > > Are you looking for the __FUNCTION__ macro? > > void baz( char yes_no ) { > if ( yes_no == 'Y' || yes_no == 'N' ) { > // Do stuff... > } else { > printf( "%s: %s\n", __FUNCTION__, "I got an invalid arg" ); > } > } > > AFAIK, this isn't standard C, but well supported on GCC. > > Ondra Yes, this is just what I was thinking off. Thanks muchly. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 4.91a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php