[R] ow to have R automatically print traceback upon errors

[jim holtman]

I use this:

options(error=utils::recover)

and anytime an error occurs in the interactive mode, it will print out
the traceback and then allow you to explore the variables at each
level of the stack; just like putting 'browser()' in the code at the
error point.

Here is what I get in running under Windows:

> x <- function() xyz()  # non-existent function
>
>
> x()  # caa the function
Error in x() : could not find function "xyz"  <== error message

Enter a frame number, or 0 to exit

1: x()     <== traceback

Selection: 0
>


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Hao Cen <hcen at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder how to have R automatically print stack trace produced by
> traceback upon errors during interactive uses. I tried the suggestions on
> http://old.nabble.com/Automatically-execute-traceback-when-execution-of-script-causes-error--td22368483.html#a22368775
>
> and used options(error = recover)
> options(showErrorCalls = T)
>
> It just produces an extra message like "recover called non-interactively;
> frames dumped, use debugger() to view"
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeff
>
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Jim Holtman
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