Re: [Libmesh-users] Suggestion: turn some macros into functions

[edgar <edg...@cr...>]

On 2021-03-22 18:26, John Peterson wrote:
> The main reason that libmesh_error_msg() and friends are macros is that
> they use the __FILE__ and __LINE__ preprocessor defines to help direct 
> the
> user to the exact place in the code where the error was triggered. I'm 
> not
> sure if it is possible to do this same trick with inline functions, 
> IIRC it
> will always report the line where the inline function is defined in the
> source rather than the line where it is called.

Thank you very much, John.