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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index b59fda7ef7..9b560f04c9 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1282,17 +1282,18 @@ b</pre> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>erlang:get_stacktrace() -> [{Module, Function, Arity | Args}]</name> + <name>erlang:get_stacktrace() -> [{Module, Function, Arity | Args, Location}]</name> <fsummary>Get the call stack back-trace of the last exception</fsummary> <type> <v>Module = Function = atom()</v> <v>Arity = arity()</v> <v>Args = [term()]</v> + <v>Location = [{atom(),term()}]</v> </type> <desc> <p>Get the call stack back-trace (<em>stacktrace</em>) of the last exception in the calling process as a list of - <c>{Module,Function,Arity}</c> tuples. + <c>{Module,Function,Arity,Location}</c> tuples. The <c>Arity</c> field in the first tuple may be the argument list of that function call instead of an arity integer, depending on the exception.</p> @@ -1302,6 +1303,25 @@ b</pre> <p>The stacktrace is the same data as the <c>catch</c> operator returns, for example:</p> <p><c>{'EXIT',{badarg,Stacktrace}} = catch abs(x)</c></p> + <p><c>Location</c> is a (possibly empty) list of two-tuples that + may indicate the location in the source code of the function. + The first element is an atom that describes the type of + information in the second element. Currently the following + items may occur:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>file</c></tag> + <item> + <p>The second element of the tuple is a string (list of + characters) representing the filename of the source file + of the function.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>line</c></tag> + <item> + <p>The second element of the tuple is the line number + (an integer greater than zero) in the source file + where the exception occurred or the function was called.</p> + </item> + </taglist> <p>See also <seealso marker="#error/1">erlang:error/1</seealso> and <seealso marker="#error/2">erlang:error/2</seealso>.</p> @@ -4095,11 +4115,14 @@ os_prompt%</pre> equivalent to <c>erlang:Class(Reason)</c>. <c>Reason</c> is any term and <c>Stacktrace</c> is a list as returned from <c>get_stacktrace()</c>, that is a list of - 3-tuples <c>{Module, Function, Arity | Args}</c> where - <c>Module</c> and <c>Function</c> are atoms and the third - element is an integer arity or an argument list. The - stacktrace may also contain <c>{Fun, Args}</c> tuples where + 4-tuples <c>{Module, Function, Arity | Args, + Location}</c> where <c>Module</c> and <c>Function</c> + are atoms and the third element is an integer arity or an + argument list. The stacktrace may also contain <c>{Fun, + Args, Location}</c> tuples where <c>Fun</c> is a local fun and <c>Args</c> is an argument list.</p> + <p>The <c>Location</c> element at the end is optional. + Omitting it is equivalent to specifying an empty list.</p> <p>The stacktrace is used as the exception stacktrace for the calling process; it will be truncated to the current maximum stacktrace depth.</p> |