[erlang-questions] How to get the line number of current executable code?

[Ulf Wiger]

Why sure, you just do this:

-module(m).
-export([f/0]).

-define(FUNCTION, hd(element(2,element(2,catch erlang:error([]))))).

f() ->
  {current_function, ?FUNCTION}.



Eshell V5.5.4  (abort with ^G)
1> c(m).
{ok,m}
2> m:f().
{current_function,{m,f,0}}
3>

BR,
Ulf W  ;-)

2008/8/15 Edwin Fine <erlang-questions_efine@REDACTED>:
> Something I've wished for in numerous languages over the years is a macro
> that expands to the current function, something like ?MODULE. I don't
> suppose there is one lurking somewhere in Erlang...?
>
> 2008/8/15 Matt Williamson <dawsdesign@REDACTED>
>>
>> You should trust the macro. It must use a similar method to Python's
>> because they are both compiled to bytecode and thus there wouldn't *really*
>> be line numbers in either one.
>>
>> 2008/8/15 devdoer bird <devdoer2@REDACTED>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> How can I do this without macro? I know python supply some tools to
>>> determine the line number in run time,like inspect module.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/8/16, Anders Nygren <anders.nygren@REDACTED>:
>>>>
>>>> 2008/8/15 devdoer bird <devdoer2@REDACTED>:
>>>> > HI:
>>>> >
>>>> > I want to implement a function like "get_current_lineno()/0" to get
>>>> > the
>>>> > current line number of the calling point?
>>>> > Eg.
>>>> > .....
>>>> > ....
>>>> > io:format("current line is ~w\n",[get_current_lineno()])
>>>> > .....
>>>> >
>>>> > the above code will print the line number of the calling point in the
>>>> > source
>>>> > file.
>>>> >
>>>> > How can I do this  in erlang?
>>>>
>>>> There is a predefined macro ?LINE that does that
>>>> so
>>>> io:format("current line is ~w\n",[?LINE])
>>>>
>>>> /Anders
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