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From: Jake Donham <jake@donham.org>
To: "C. Fr" <newsgroups.fr@gmail.com>
Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Backtracting exceptions in toplevel
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:45:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c7e4e9f1003291545k67237b54v23164b7fbd1cb7b6@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4bb0fc46.11b38c0a.3fb3.7cee@mx.google.com>

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:15 PM, C. Fr <newsgroups.fr@gmail.com> wrote:
> It there a way to get a backtrace for exceptions occurring in the toplevel
> (for example, getting more information when the stack blows)? I’ve read that
> there was an equivalent of the -b option that ocamlrun uses, but I couldn’t
> find any subsequent information on it.

In 3.11.x there is Printexc.record_backtrace which controls the -b
flag, and Printexc.get_backtrace to get the trace of the last
exception.

If you want to see backtraces printed automatically in the toplevel,
try my patch:

  http://ambassadortothecomputers.blogspot.com/2010/03/updated-backtrace-patch.html

Jake


      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-03-29 22:46 UTC|newest]

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2010-03-29 19:15 ` C. Fr
2010-03-29 20:58   ` [Caml-list] " Yoann Padioleau
2010-03-29 22:45   ` Jake Donham [this message]

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