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eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) writes:

>One possible advantage of the "\<function>" syntax is its backward
>compatibility: it would work with traditional C compilers without change,
>though it would just yield `<function>' instead of the function name.

Backwards compatibility wouldn't cause much trouble with the __FUNC__
syntax either: if the compiler doesn't support it, just compile with
-D__FUNC__="<function>" or -D__FUNC__="" or the equivalent.

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