OpenEuphoria

Re: Another Interpreter Enhancement We'll All Agree On

• Posted by Pete Lomax <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk> Jan 25, 2007
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c.k.lester wrote:
> 
> I would like to see a function like calling_proc() that returns the name of
> the calling procedure.
> This way, I can know which particular function or procedure sent the bad
> parameter.

I had a similar situation when developing pFTP, when reporting a connect error
or similar, I did not want to crash/force the creation of an ex.err.
Just knowing the calling routine probably would not be enough, for example
I call FTPErr after InternetOpen() and InternetConnect() in beginSession(),
likewise in 3 places in routine loadDir(), 2 in routine transfer_one(), 4 in
transfer_directory(), etc.

In the end I just added a simple integer id on each call, and before release ran
through checking they were unique.

Doing it "manually" like this might actually be better than a built-in routine
name/line number mechanism if you're on a "release early, release often" project
and either were not told the version or no longer have the exact source to
hand...

A builtin mechanism is perfectly feasible, though.

Regards,
Pete