Re: [boost] BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION

Subject: Re: [boost] BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION
From: Emil Dotchevski (emil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-04 13:08:15

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:24 AM, John Maddock <john_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Emil Dotchevski wrote:
>>>
>>> It appears that BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION returns '(unknown)' on
>>> sun-5.7, sun-5.8 and sun-5.9, I'm looking at
>>>
>>> http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/output/Sandia-sun-boost-bin-v2-libs-exception-test-diagnostic_information_test-test-sun-5-7-debug.html.
>>>
>>> Is this a bug, or is BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION not possible on that
>>> compiler?
>
> Not possible I suspect: it relies on the compiler supporting the
> non-standard __function__ symbol.

Well, current_function.hpp has support for many compilers, using
whatever implementation-specific symbol is available. I can see that
it doesn't specifically address the Sun compiler.

Could someone with access to that compiler take a look?

Emil Dotchevski
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