"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"<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
>