Re: "self" keyword

["Rick C. Hodgin" <foxmuldrster at yahoo dot com>]

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"<foxmuldrster@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