[R] Line numbers in error messages

[A.J. Rossini]

Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> Webb Sprague wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have searched but to know avail.  Is there a way to get a line number
>> when a function crashes?  I am doing an edit->source->run cycle.
>
> I don't think so, but traceback(), debug() and options(error = recover)
> are your friends.
> Also, you might want to check out the CRAN package "debug".
>

There is always ESS's "load-source" command (C-c C-l, if I recall
correctly).


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