Equivalent of C

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Re: Equivalent of C by dpuu (Chaplain) on Aug 24, 2004 at 00:39 UTC
If you were to try using them, you'd quickly find that the answer is "yes" (and there's also __PACKAGE__). More generally, you can use caller to inspect the files/functions in your call stack. --Dave Opinions my own; statements of fact may be in error.	[reply]
Re: Equivalent of C by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Aug 24, 2004 at 00:41 UTC
Yes, they're called `__FILE__` and `__LINE__`. See also the `#line` directive, which lets you reset them at whim. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]
Re: Equivalent of C by bart (Canon) on Aug 24, 2004 at 12:11 UTC
Documented in perldata, somewhere under "Scalar value constructors": The special literals __FILE__, __LINE__, and __PACKAGE__ represent the current filename, line number, and package name at that point in your program. They may be used only as separate tokens; they will not be interpolated into strings. If there is no current package (due to an empty `package;` directive), __PACKAGE__ is the undefined value.	[reply] [d/l]