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Re: Getting sensible information from gdb

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Subject Re: Getting sensible information from gdb
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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
> On 10/11/2015 07:15 PM, Geoff wrote:
> ...
>> Or more simply use:
>>     printf("Error not handled in function: %s \n", __FUNCTION__,
>> __FILE__); 
>> 
>> This is C90 compliant and consistent with your project. You can
>> annotate this with a comment that you're coming back to it later.
>
> Unlike __FILE__, __FUNCTION__ is not one the identifiers that the C
> standard requires an implementation to pre#define, nor is it an
> identifier that the user has permission to define, not in any context.
> __func__ was added in C99, is that what you were thinking of? If
> __FUNCTION__ is a compiler-specific extension to C, you should identify
> at least one of the compilers that supports it.

__FUNCTION__ is a gcc extension, equivalent to __func__.  The gcc
documention mentions that older versions of gcc recognize __FUNCTION__
but not __func__, but recommends using __func__.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 21:21 +0200
  Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 14:47 -0700
    Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 00:07 +0200
      Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 16:15 -0700
        Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-11 21:02 -0400
          Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 18:55 -0700
            Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 04:04 +0200
              Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 19:37 -0700
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 05:16 +0200
            Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 00:01 -0400
              Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 06:06 +0200
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 00:48 -0400
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 07:08 +0200
          Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-11 18:56 -0700
    Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-11 18:14 -0400
      Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 00:20 +0200
        Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-11 21:07 -0400
          Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 03:59 +0200
            Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 23:21 -0700
              Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 23:32 -0700
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 08:42 +0200
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-12 17:13 +0100
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 23:50 +0200
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-13 01:39 +0100
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 03:04 +0200
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-13 14:13 +0100
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 16:26 +0200
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-13 17:16 +0100
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 18:27 +0200
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-14 00:17 +0100
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 02:26 +0200
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 03:59 +0200
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-14 13:04 +0100
                Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 12:48 +0200
              Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 08:41 +0200
      Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 16:18 -0700
        Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 01:22 +0200
          Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 16:42 -0700
            Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 02:16 +0200
  Getting sensible information from gdb "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 18:59 -0700
    Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 04:09 +0200
      Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 19:28 -0700
        Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 04:59 +0200
          Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 07:10 -0700
            Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-12 19:41 +0200
  Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-12 17:59 +1300
    Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 07:36 +0200
      Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-11 22:59 -0700
        Re: Getting sensible information from gdb "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 08:27 +0200
          Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2015-10-12 10:55 +0200
          Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-12 08:04 -0700
          Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-12 17:35 +0100
      Re: Getting sensible information from gdb Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-12 08:00 -0700
      Re: Getting sensible information from gdb James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-12 12:25 -0400

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