Re: expanding backtrace

[Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>]

Cameron Stone wrote:
> I'm trying to write a script to print an expanded backtrace. It's basically:
> 
> while loop_condition
> 	print frame
> 	print local variables
> 	print list (context)
> 	up-silently
> end
> 
> However, I can't figure out how to implement the loop condition. All the 
> functions in the manual are about how to print that information, but can't 
> figure out how to get it into a variable or something that can be used to 
> break the loop.
> 
> Apologies if this has already been dealt with. I couldn't find it in the list 
> archives.

You could write something like

while $pc != 0

or

while $sp <= $topofmem

It depends how your backtraces end.