origin

NAME

origin() - determine how the current function was called

SYNOPSIS

string origin(void);

DESCRIPTION

Returns a string specifying how the current function was called.
Current values are:

"driver"            Driver (heart_beats, etc)
"local"             Local function call
"call_other"        call_other()
"simul"             simul_efun object via a simul_efun call
"internal"          call_out(), etc
"efun"              called by an efun (sort_array, etc)
"function pointer"  function_pointer
"functional"        functional

SEE ALSO

previous_object(3), /include/origin.h