Question

Is there any way to get a pointer to the current function, maybe through gcc extensions or some other trickery?

Edit I’m curious whether it is possible to get the function pointer without ever explicitly using the function’s name. I thought I had a good reason for wanting this, realized that I didn’t really, but am still curious if it is possible.

Answer 1

This isn’t especially portable, but should work on at least some platforms (i.e., Linux and OSX, where I can check the documentation; it definitely doesn’t work on Windows which lacks the API):

#include <dlfcn.h>

// ...
void *handle = dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
void *thisfunction = handle ? dlsym(handle, __FUNCTION__) : NULL;
if (handle) dlclose(handle); // remember to close!

There are a number of other less-portable shortcuts that work on some platforms but not others. This is also not fast; cache it (e.g., in a local static variable) if you need speed.