RE: [sv-bc] A proposal for 1588 `__FILE__ and `__LINE__

Geoffrey,

This is already covered by the section on macros:

"All compiler directives shall be considered predefined macro names;"

"The macro text can contain usages of other text macros. Such usages
shall be substituted after the original macro is substituted, not when
it is defined."

Dave


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> From: Geoffrey.Coram [mailto:geoffrey.coram@analog.com]
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> Subject: Re: [sv-bc] A proposal for 1588 `__FILE__ and `__LINE__
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> Does anything need to be said about what `__LINE__ does when it
> appears in a macro?  I think I expect it to expand to the line
> where the macro is invoked, rather than the line of the definition.
> 
> -Geoffrey
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