Naresh on Tue, 24 Sep 2002 02:00:09 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] [C QUESTION] how to tell caller of a function


Isn't it bad programming practice to call a function (other then main())
inside a function?

Naresh


On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Sean Finney wrote:

> how about compiling with debugging symbols, loading it up in gcc,
> breaking in the suspect function, and then calling bt (backtrace)?
>
> --sean
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 06:52:46PM -0400, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
> > In C, how may a C function determine which function called it?
> >
> > If I have a function called by lots of other function and there's an
> > error, I might want to know where the call came from so I can trace it
> > back.
> >
> > Fred Ollinger (follinge@sas.upenn.edu)
> > CCN sysadmin
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