Simple implementation of __FUNCTION

[Rob T]

On Friday, 2 November 2012 at 22:33:37 UTC, Rob T wrote:
> I discovered it fails to compile when inside a function with 
> "auto" as the return type.
>
> auto test()
> {
>    throw new Exception(  mixin(__FUNCTION) );
>    return 0;
> }
>
> Error: forward reference to test
>
> but this works
>
> int test()
> {
>    throw new Exception(  mixin(__FUNCTION) );
>    return 0;
> }
>
> So we're kinda sunk for inclusion in phobos unless this error 
> can be resolved.
>
> I'll try the enum idea to see if that works.
>
> --rt

An update on this problem. I found out that the error when using 
auto as return type has nothing to do with the mixin. The 
compiler error persists when you take mixin out and put in the 
__traits( ... ) code directly.

Does anyone else think that this is a compiler bug? If it is a 
bug then I'll report it in the bug tracker.

--rt