Print function log /stack trace for entire program using firebug

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amccormack picture amccormack · Jan 12, 2011 · Viewed 63k times · Source

Firebug has the ability to log calls to a particular function name. I'm looking for a bug that sometimes stops a page from rendering, but doesn't cause any errors or warnings. The bug only appears about half the time. So how do I get a list of all the function calls for the entire program, or some kind of stack trace for the execution of the entire program?

Answer

Matt Schwartz picture Matt Schwartz · Apr 7, 2012

Firefox provides console.trace() which is very handy to print the call stack. It is also available in Chrome and IE 11.

Alternatively try something like this:

function print_call_stack() {
  var stack = new Error().stack;
  console.log("PRINTING CALL STACK");
  console.log( stack );
}

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