Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: How could HHH report on the behavior of its caller? Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 22:02:13 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: <1003lfm$2u41h$1@dont-email.me> References: <1003g30$2pfv4$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 05:02:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="66a8f7019eb14522c3a913b396c0eecb"; logging-data="3084337"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/XctvIltbjwr3wNIEi+z7r" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:P5xzEYHWep87iL7PT+nM7fGEwYc= X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250514-4, 5/14/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2008 On 5/14/2025 9:54 PM, Richard Damon wrote: > On 5/14/25 9:30 PM, olcott wrote: >> void DDD() >> { >>    HHH(DDD); >>    return; >> } >> >> int main() >> { >>    DDD(); >> } >> >> If HHH cannot report on the behavior of its caller >> because this is a ridiculous requirement then how >> can HHH report on the direct execution of DDD() >> (AKA its caller). >> > > Because it is given the code of DDD, and thus doesn't need to know about > "It caller" > Unless it does know about its caller The only directly executed DDD() that actually exists no HHH can possibly know about any directly executed DDD(). -- Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer