From: Phlip <phlip_cpp@...>
Date: 2004-10-16T11:39:28+09:00
Subject: retrieve column # of calling function

Florian Gross wrote:

> Phlip wrote:
>
> > require 'trace'
> >
> > def foo()
> >     complicatedThing = "simple thing"
> >     trace_{complicatedThing}
> > end
>
> You can also do that with Binding.of_caller (see attachment), btw:
>
> def trace(code)
>    Binding.of_caller do |context|
>      file, line = eval("[__FILE__, __LINE__]", context)
>      result = eval(code.to_s, context)
>      STDERR.puts "In #{file} at #{line}: #{code} => #{result}"
>    end
> end
>
> something = 5
> trace :something
> trace "[self, something]"

Thanks; that's good to know. But...

....I'm primarily interested in the _column_number_. Upgrading trace_{} is a
nice second.

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