Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Steven Bosscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>     system.h:#define abort() fancy_abort (__FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__)
>
>     where fancy_abort is a, well, fancy abort that prints some more
>     information about what happened, and where.  IMVHO any moderately
>     large piece of software that uses abort should consider using this
>     kind of construct, or use assert.
>
> Look at the irony of this recommendation.
>
> This technique will work, but it is rather wasteful.  Each abort call,
> if handled this way, requires two string constants that are redundant

The __FILE__ strings will be combined, so you get a most one of it for
each object file.

Andreas.

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