Re: Calling function name
- From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:51:36 GMT
junky_fellow@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Saroj wrote:
>> Is there an way for a function to know who called him ?
>
> I think it cannot be done portably. You will need to write
> an implementation specific code for that.
> You will need to know the C calling convention for that
> architecture. For eg. in PowerPC, when a function is called
> the return address is put in Link Register (LR).
That will, at best, give you the address of the caller, not its name.
Anything like that is horrendously non-portable, and probably not
worth the effort. If that's the solution, try to redefine the
problem.
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