Module/file/line for log message generated by a macro

General Usage
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You are looking for the implicit __source__ macro argument (and possibly __module__ if you also want the correct source module).

Foo.jl :

module Foo

export @bar

function _bar(_module, _file, _line, x)
    if x > 0
        @warn "you have been warned" _module = _module _file = _file _line = _line
    end
end

macro bar(x)
    file = String(__source__.file)
    line = __source__.line
    mod = String(__module__)
    quote
        _bar($mod, $file, $line, $x)
    end
end

end # module

demo.jl:

# in /tmp/demo.jl
include("Foo.jl")
using .Foo
@bar 1

This gives:

$ julia demo.jl 
┌ Warning: you have been warned
└ @ Main /tmp/demo.jl:4

This has documentation in Julia >= 1.7 JuliaLang/julia#38987.

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