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[#98026] [Ruby master Bug#16809] ruby testsuite fails on s390x alpine (musl) with --with-coroutine=copy — ncopa@...

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[#98044] [Ruby master Bug#16814] Segmentation fault in GC while running test/ruby/test_fiber.rb on s390x — Rei.Odaira@...

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[#98059] [Ruby master Bug#16816] Prematurely terminated Enumerator should stay terminated — headius@...

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[#98066] [Ruby master Feature#16818] Rename `Range#%` to `Range#/` — sawadatsuyoshi@...

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[ruby-core:98013] [CommonRuby Feature#8661] Add option to print backtrace in reverse order (stack frames first and error last)

From: mame@...
Date: 2020-04-22 01:19:59 UTC
List: ruby-core #98013
Issue #8661 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh).


I agree with `--backtrace-limit`, and actually I use `rb_backtrace_length_limit` in my patch :-)
I'll update my patch if I get a reply from matz.

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Feature #8661: Add option to print backtrace in reverse order (stack frames first and error last)
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8661#change-85244

* Author: gary4gar (Gaurish Sharma)
* Status: Assigned
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
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Currently, the way ruby prints backtrace is that the error comes first and then the stack frames, like this:

```
  Main Error Message
stack frame 1
stack frame 2
stack frame 3
.....
```

This is perfectly fine provided:

1. Backtraces are short, and fits in terminal, hence, there is no need to scroll.
2. You read it from top to bottom.

But, I am a rails developer where 

1. Backtraces are HUGE, therefore seldom fit in terminal, which means that a LOT of scrolling is needed every time I get an error.
2. In terminal, I tend to read backtraces from bottom to top, especially when tailing (tail -f) production logs. 
3. I practice test-driven development, and spend most of my time scrolling to read backtraces, and ended up buying a larger display.

Proposed Solution:
Please add a way to configure backtraces to be printed in reverse order so that if I am reading from the bottom, say from the terminal, I can get to the main error message without scrolling, like this:

```
stack frame 3
stack frame 2
stack frame 1
 Main Error Message
..... 
```

This would save a lot of time because when the error message is printed at the bottom, there would be no need to scroll to read it. I am not sure if this can be done today. I tried overriding `Exception#backtrace`, but it caused a stack level too deep and illegal hardware instruction error.

Attached is a comparison of how a backtrace currently looks like and how I want the option to make it look.

---Files--------------------------------
current.log (5.13 KB)
proposed.log (4.9 KB)


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