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DateWed, 2 May 2007 12:41:54 -0700
FromAndrew Morton <>
SubjectRe: checkpatch, a patch checking script.
On Wed, 2 May 2007 17:32:49 +0200 (CEST)
Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2 May 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 04:28:27PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > - Check for GNU extension __FUNCTION__
> >
> > __FUNCTION__ is prefered over __func__
>
> Is there a reason for that?
> - __FUNCTION__ is a GNU extension
> - __func__ is C99
> - __func__ is shorter to type ;-)
>

In that case we should use __func__.

But we discussed this at some length 3-4 years ago and decided to use
__FUNCTION__. I don't remember why. Perhaps problems with gcc support for
__func__?


(It could have been that compile-time string concatenation was involved:


printf("xxx" __FILE__); /* works */
printf("xxx" __FUNCTION__); /* doesn't */
Or not.)

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