Re: "self" keyword

[Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>]

"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