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2024-12-19


2908. Counting physical source lines for __LINE__

Section: 15.7  [cpp.line]     Status: DR     Submitter: Alisdair Meredith     Date: 2024-06-17

[Accepted as a DR at the November, 2024 meeting.]

Given the existing implementation divergence, it should be clarified that __LINE__ counts physical source lines, not logical ones.

Proposed resolution (approved by CWG 2024-08-16):

Change in 15.7 [cpp.line] paragraph 2 as follows:

The line number of the current source line is the line number of the current physical source line, i.e. it is one greater than the number of new-line characters read or introduced in translation phase 1 (5.2 [lex.phases]) while processing the source file to the current token.