= Meta tags (!__FILE!__, !__LINE!__, etc.) =

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== Description ==

These "special tokens" embedded helpful information into the program at compile time.

== Example ==

{{{
#!d
/* Tested with DMD 0.118 */
/* Tested with DMD 1.0 */

import std.stdio;

int main (char[][] args)
{
    writef("Testing the D Code\n");
    writef("File:                %s\n",__FILE__);
    writef("Line:                %s\n",__LINE__);
    writef("Date:                %s\n",__DATE__);
    writef("Time:                %s\n",__TIME__);
    writef("TimeStamp:   %s\n",__TIMESTAMP__);

    return 0;
}
}}}

== Source ==

Based on [http://www.digitalmars.com/pnews/read.php?server=news.digitalmars.com&group=digitalmars.D&artnum=19553 digitalmars.D:19553].