From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2007-11-12T06:49:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Hiding backtrace with "x levels"

Robert Klemme wrote:
> 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.
I obviously can't speak for the OP, but I'd find a command-line option 
to switch the console stack dump to full depth very handy.

-- 
Alex