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          instance methods
       
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              backtrace
            
          
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        exc.backtrace
        -> anArray
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      Returns any backtrace associated with the exception. The
      backtrace is an array of strings, each containing
      either ``filename:lineNo: in `method''' or ``filename:lineNo.''
          
            
              
def a
  raise "boom"
end
def b
  a()
end
begin
  b()
rescue => detail
  print detail.backtrace.join("\n")
end
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produces:
          
            
              
prog.rb:2:in `a'
prog.rb:6:in `b'
prog.rb:10
 
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              exception
            
          
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                exc.exception( [
          aString
          ] )
        -> anException or exc
       | 
      
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      With no argument, returns the receiver. Otherwise, creates a new
      exception object of the same class as the receiver, but with a
      different message.
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              message
            
          
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        exc.message -> aString
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      Returns the message associated with this exception.
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              set_backtrace
            
          
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                exc.set_backtrace( anArray )
        -> anArray
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       | 
      
      Sets the backtrace information associated with exc. The
      argument must be an array of String objects in the format
      described in 
          Exception#backtrace
        .
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