Meaning of traceback | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Determination of origin; the process of tracing something back to its source.
   countable, uncountable
2. A stack trace (in some programming languages)
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“... which appears in the top line of the traceback, looking for the point⟳ at which the system is likely to have⟳ become⟳ corrupted . The ability to read⟳ and use⟳ tracebacks is a skill no MOO administrator should be without .”

“In programs where functions can be called from multiple places , the call⟳ stack can help⟳ you determine⟳ which call⟳ led to the error . Python displays the traceback whenever a raised exception goes unhandled . But you can also obtain⟳ it[…]”

“This is a single-stage traceback. It begins by announcing itself as a traceback and then gives a location in line 1 of "<stdin>" (i.e., your typing, or standard input). It also specifies any method that the exception is raised in: in[…]”

CEFR level