logging - Do __LINE__ __FILE__ equivalents exist in C#?

Question

For logging purposes

__LINE__ 
__FILE__ 

were my friends in C/C++. In Java to get that information I had to throw an exception and catch it. Why are these old standbys so neglected in the modern programming languages? There is something magical about their simplicity.

Answer 1

Caller Information has been added to .NET 4.5. This will be compiled, a big improvement over having to examine the stack trace manually.

public void Log(string message,
        [CallerFilePath] string filePath = "",
        [CallerLineNumber] int lineNumber = 0)
{
    // Do logging
}

Simply call it in this manner. The compiler will fill in the file name and line number for you:

logger.Log("Hello!");