Callstack

Description

Callstack is a simple gem that bundles a C extension to provide better stack traces on Ruby 1.8. Based on: eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?ruby+backtrace+data

Installation

sudo gem install dtsato-callstack --source http://gems.github.com

Dependencies

Ruby 1.8
C compiler

Usage

To get the call stack trace, simply require use the callstack method, as such:

require 'rubygems'
require 'callstack'

def foo; bar end
def bar; p callstack end

class Moo
  def initialize
    foo
  end
end

Moo.new

This will output the following stack:

[[Object, :bar, "example.rb", 5], [Object, :foo, "example.rb", 4], [Moo, :initialize, "example.rb", 9], [nil, nil, "example.rb", 13]]

The callstack method also accepts an optional integer argument that specifies the desired depth of the stack call trace. Using callstack(2) on the previous example would output:

[[Object, :bar, "example.rb", 5], [Object, :foo, "example.rb", 4]]

Git

Public clone URL: git://github.com/dtsato/callstack.git

License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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