From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-11-12T06:45:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Hiding backtrace with "x levels"

On 11.11.2007 22:22, Brian Takita wrote:
> I must say hiding the backtrace with x levels is a major annoyance.
> I know the "solution" is to "simply put begin/rescue around the
> error", but thats asinine.

Since when is proper error handling "asinine"?

> I noticed that the code that does this is deep in ruby's C implementation.
> Has anybody made ruby show the entire backtrace? I guess I could on my
> machine, but I'd rather not have to change the C code.

Then just do it in Ruby code - you even know the implementation already.

> Can this be resolved Ruby 1.9, if it is not already?

I can only speculate about the reasons for the current implementation 
(for example, to not clutter logfiles with the default stack dump) but I 
find the grounds on which you request a change which potentially affects 
the whole community very weak.

	robert