Re: [Dev-C++] Demystifying namespace

[Maya <EscalanteCanada netscape net>]

I want to replace the word __func__ with the word file, and you are 
telling me to assign the value of __func__ to the std::string variable?

Gotta check those books again, eh!

pdvz xs4all nl wrote:

> You shouldn't use #defines. #defines are cross-everything, they don't care
> about scope, namespaces, functions, whatever. It's just a simple global
> search&replace operation performed by the preprocessor. If you want your
> namespace code to work, change it to something like:
>
> namespace foo{
>    const std::string file = __func__;
>    const size_t      line = __LINE__;
> } 
>
> Note that I didn't test this though, but it should work (and didn't you mean
> __FILE__ instead of __func__ there?)
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev-cpp-users-admin lists sourceforge net
> [mailto:dev-cpp-users-admin lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of Maya
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 7:49 AM
> To: C/C++ Programmers; Dev - C++
> Subject: [Dev-C++] Demystifying namespace
>
> I have a little bit of a problem with 'namespace'. Here is my problem:
> namespace foo{
>     #define file __func__
>     #define line __LINE__
>     enum error_t {one, two, three};
> }
> namespace foo{
>    class loo{
>       public:
>          loo(){
>             std::string f = foo::file;
>             size_t l = foo::line;
>             std::cout << "file: " << f << " line: " << l << std::endl;
>             std::cout << foo::one << foo::two << foo::three << std::endl;
>          }
>    };
> }
> These std::cout's give me a parse error, what am I doing wrong?
>  

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