[Rd] Tracebacks & try

luke at stat.uiowa.edu
Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:04:57 -0000

You can use a calling handler along with sys.calls, something like

     f <- function() g()
     g <- function() stop("A")

     tryCatch(withCallingHandlers(f(),
 				 error = function(e) {
 						  e$calls <- sys.calls()
 				     signalCondition(e)
 				 }),
 	     error = function(e) e)

Best,

luke

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Hadley Wickham wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The help for traceback states:
>
>  Errors which are caught _via_ 'try' or 'tryCatch' do not
generate
>  a traceback, so what is printed is the call sequence for the last
>  uncaught error, and not necessarily for the last error.
>
> Is there any way to get a traceback (or something similar) for an
> error raised inside a try block?
>
> Regards,
>
> Hadley
>
>
>

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