17 Language support library [support]

17.8 Source location [support.srcloc]

17.8.2 Class source_location [support.srcloc.class]

17.8.2.2 Creation [support.srcloc.cons]

static consteval source_location current() noexcept;
Returns:
  • When invoked by a function call whose postfix-expression is a (possibly parenthesized) id-expression naming current, returns a source_location with an implementation-defined value.
    The value should be affected by #line ([cpp.line]) in the same manner as for __LINE__ and __FILE__.
    The values of the exposition-only data members of the returned source_location object are indicated in Table 43.
    Table 43: Value of object returned by current[tab:support.srcloc.current]
    Element
    Value
    line_
    A presumed line number ([cpp.predefined]).
    Line numbers are presumed to be 1-indexed; however, an implementation is encouraged to use 0 when the line number is unknown.
    column_
    An implementation-defined value denoting some offset from the start of the line denoted by line_.
    Column numbers are presumed to be 1-indexed; however, an implementation is encouraged to use 0 when the column number is unknown.
    file_name_
    A presumed name of the current source file ([cpp.predefined]) as an ntbs.
    function_name_
    A name of the current function such as in __func__ ([dcl.fct.def.general]) if any, an empty string otherwise.
  • Otherwise, when invoked in some other way, returns a source_location whose data members are initialized with valid but unspecified values.
Remarks: Any call to current that appears as a default member initializer ([class.mem]), or as a subexpression thereof, should correspond to the location of the constructor definition or aggregate initialization that uses the default member initializer.
Any call to current that appears as a default argument ([dcl.fct.default]), or as a subexpression thereof, should correspond to the location of the invocation of the function that uses the default argument ([expr.call]).
[Example 1: struct s { source_location member = source_location::current(); int other_member; s(source_location loc = source_location::current()) : member(loc) // values of member refer to the location of the calling function ([dcl.fct.default]) {} s(int blather) : // values of member refer to this location other_member(blather) {} s(double) // values of member refer to this location {} }; void f(source_location a = source_location::current()) { source_location b = source_location::current(); // values in b refer to this line } void g() { f(); // f's first argument corresponds to this line of code source_location c = source_location::current(); f(c); // f's first argument gets the same values as c, above } — end example]
constexpr source_location() noexcept;
Effects: The data members are initialized with valid but unspecified values.