Re: The best thing/greatest feature summary

["jacob navia" <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr>]

When you use lcc-win32 (a C compiler) with the -g4 option, any trap/error,
etc will be displayed in the screen with:
    Trap in function foo foo.c line 243
    called from baz baz.c line 45
    called from yyy yyy.c line 77
    etc

There is a function _stacktrace() that allows you to show that when you want
in your code

> Here's a simple example where I'd find it useful:
>
> Quite often in user written Ada error handling packages, it is nice to be
> able to increase the detail in the error message, and be able to print or
> log the name of the routine or class in which it occured. A 'debug' mode
so
> to speak.
>
> In ada I've seen this done by declaring constant strings which match (at
the
> time of writing) the text to be displayed or logged. However there is
> nothing to link the content of these strings to the items they refer, so
> during the life of an application mismatches can occur.
>
> java.lang.reflect has getName, getDeclaringClass, to name but two.
>
> OK, at first sight, it won't be THE Best/Greatest feature of the language,
> but small practical improvements do help to popularise a language.
>
> PS. Maybe there is an equivalent 'Name attribute for a routine, or
> 'Parent_Class_Name attribute, which I've not been able to find. Please
> advise!
>
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