From: Yehuda Katz <wycats@...>
Date: 2009-08-09T03:00:58+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:24830] Re: backtraces expanded?

If we're going to talk about beefing up the backtrace, what about making 
a more expansive object-oriented backtrace available so we don't have to 
do string-parsing. Similarly for caller :)

-- Yehuda

Roger Pack wrote:
> Background:
>
> currently backtraces in ruby provide only ruby-level line numbers and
> information.  This is good [and in most cases, all you need or want
> anyway], however it might be nice to also show the lines of C code
> [ex: through a C extension through which it passed].
> The request is to add addr2line info into exceptions so that they have
> a more verbose backtrace.
> Thoughts?
> -r
>
>