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diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.h b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
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@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
-/* Version 2.4 and later of GCC define a magical variable `__PRETTY_FUNCTION__'
+/* If possible, define FUNCTION_NAME, a macro containing the name of
+ the function being defined. Since this macro may not always be
+ defined, all uses must be protected by appropriate macro definition
+ checks (Eg: "#ifdef FUNCTION_NAME").
+
+ Version 2.4 and later of GCC define a magical variable `__PRETTY_FUNCTION__'
which contains the name of the function currently being defined.
This is broken in G++ before version 2.6.
C9x has a similar variable called __func__, but prefer the GCC one since