Re: "self" keyword

[Rick C. Hodgin]

Ian,

I was thinking C and C++.

int myclass::foo(int a)
{
    // recursion
    self(a + 1);
}

Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't it be accepted back into mainline?

Thanks for your help. :-)

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin

On 06/14/2012 12:48 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

"Rick C. Hodgin"<foxmuldrs...@yahoo.com>  writes:

How hard would it be to implement a "self" keyword extension which
references the contextual function name wherein it was referenced?

int foo(int a)
{
     // recursion
     self(a + 1);
}

int food(int a)
{
     // recursion
     self(a + 1);
}

Obviously not a useful example, but demonstrates that to call each
function it's in again that it can be done without knowing the
function name.

I assume you are asking about C?  It would be easy to implement.  The
compiler always know what function it is compiling.  But I don't think
the extension would be accepted back into GCC mainline.

Ian