PrettyBacktrace

Pretty your exception backtrace.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pretty_backtrace'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pretty_backtrace

Usage

Use like that:

require 'pretty_backtrace'
PrettyBacktrace.enable

def recursive n
  str = "Hi #{n}!!  " * 128
  if n > 0
    recursive n - 1
  else
    raise "bottom of recursive"
  end
end

recursive 3

and you can see prettier backtrace (you can see local variable names and values).

test.rb:10:in `recursive' (n = 0, str = "Hi 0!!  Hi 0!!  Hi 0...): bottom of recursive (RuntimeError)
        from test.rb:9:in `recursive' (n = 1, str = "Hi 1!!  Hi 1!!  Hi 1...)
        from test.rb:9:in `recursive' (n = 2, str = "Hi 2!!  Hi 2!!  Hi 2...)
        from test.rb:9:in `recursive' (n = 3, str = "Hi 3!!  Hi 3!!  Hi 3...)
        from test.rb:15:in `<main>'

You only need to require "pretty_backtrace/enable" to eliminate "PrettyBacktrace.enable call".

PrettyBacktrace::CONFIG can change behaviour. See source code files for details.

Multi-line mode

You can use multi-line mode with the following configuration.

PrettyBacktrace.multi_line = true

Multi-line mode enable to show file contents and all variables (and pointing values) in each lines like that:

test.rb:11:in `recursive'
          [FILE]
             9|    recursive n - 1
            10|  else
        ->  11|    raise "bottom of recursive"
            12|  end
            13|end

          [LOCAL VARIABLES]
            n = 0
            str = "Hi 0!!  Hi 0!!  Hi 0!!  Hi 0!!  Hi 0!!  Hi 0!!  Hi 0!!  Hi 0...
: bottom of recursive (RuntimeError)
        from test.rb:9:in `recursive'
          [FILE]
             7|  str = "Hi #{n}!!  " * 128
             8|  if n > 0
        ->   9|    recursive n - 1
            10|  else
            11|    raise "bottom of recursive"

          [LOCAL VARIABLES]
            n = 1
            str = "Hi 1!!  Hi 1!!  Hi 1!!  Hi 1!!  Hi 1!!  Hi 1!!  Hi 1!!  Hi 1...

        from test.rb:9:in `recursive'
          [FILE]
             7|  str = "Hi #{n}!!  " * 128
             8|  if n > 0
        ->   9|    recursive n - 1
            10|  else
            11|    raise "bottom of recursive"

          [LOCAL VARIABLES]
            n = 2
            str = "Hi 2!!  Hi 2!!  Hi 2!!  Hi 2!!  Hi 2!!  Hi 2!!  Hi 2!!  Hi 2...

        from test.rb:9:in `recursive'
          [FILE]
             7|  str = "Hi #{n}!!  " * 128
             8|  if n > 0
        ->   9|    recursive n - 1
            10|  else
            11|    raise "bottom of recursive"

          [LOCAL VARIABLES]
            n = 3
            str = "Hi 3!!  Hi 3!!  Hi 3!!  Hi 3!!  Hi 3!!  Hi 3!!  Hi 3!!  Hi 3...

        from test.rb:15:in `<main>'

Contributing

There are no spec tests. I love to get your contributions!

Fork it ( https://github.com/ko1/pretty_backtrace/fork )
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
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