It turns out that (caller 0)[3]
got me pretty close to what I was looking for. Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Showalter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:06 AM > To: 'Tomasi, Chuck'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Name of current sub? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tomasi, Chuck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:02 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: Name of current sub? > > > > > > I find myself writing this sort of thing a lot: > > > > print STDERR "program.pl: subname(): debug statement\n"; > > > > I know $0 can be used for programname.pl (except it returns > > the full path to > > the program), is there some cool variable to get my hands on > > the name of the > > current sub? > > perldoc -f caller > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]