Re: how to get stacktrace

[David Jeske <jeske@...>]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:07:04PM +0300, Max Ischenko wrote:
> I use call() to safely run a Lua function.
> If an error occurs during the call, I want to dump stacktrace and
> continue.
> 
> Currently I'm using the following code.
> Would anyone mind to help me improve it?

Interesting how that's really close to a try/except block... (hint,
hint)
 
> 
> 	local handler = function(errstr)
> 		local t = getinfo(2) or getinfo(3)
> 		local s = format("Lua error %s at %s%s", 
> 			errstr, t.currentline or '?', t.source or '?')
> 		mark_failed(%test, s)
> 	end
> 	local code, msg = call(dispatch_command, 
> 		{cmd}, 'x', handler)

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