From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-04-02T02:47:38+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 28274-28600

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> I'm not sure what you meant.  Do you mean both should print
> ["-e", 1] ?  If so, what do you want to print by:
>
>  p "__FILE__ __LINE__"
>
> ?  Or what if
>
>  def foo(x)
>    eval(x)
>  end
>
> ... and in some other file...
>  foo("p [__FILE__, __LINE__]")
>
> ?
> 							matz.

sorry i wasn't clear.

i just meant that even though ruby does not have real functions using
__FUNCTION__ (and alias __METHOD__) seems to be o.k. since

   - it inherits idea from c like __FILE__ and __LINE__

   - __FILE__ and __LINE__ work even when there is no 'real' file or line
     (unlike c) so it seems ok that __FUNCTION__ might work even though there
     is no 'real' function ;-)


btw. whatever it is called this will be a very nice feature to have!

regards.

-a
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