Error.prototype.stack

stack

• Firefox Error.prototype
• Chrome Safari Error

JavaScript

function foo() {
  bar();
}

function bar() {
  baz();
}

function baz() {
  console.log(new Error().stack);
}

foo();

#### JavaScriptCore
baz@filename.js:10:24
bar@filename.js:6:6
foo@filename.js:2:6
global code@filename.js:13:4

#### SpiderMonkey
baz@filename.js:10:15
bar@filename.js:6:3
foo@filename.js:2:3
@filename.js:13:1

#### V8
Error
    at baz (filename.js:10:15)
    at bar (filename.js:6:3)
    at foo (filename.js:2:3)
    at filename.js:13:1

V8 API Error.captureStackTrace()Error.stackTraceLimitError.prepareStackTrace() API

Error

function foo() {
  console.log(new Error().stack);
}

throw

eval() Function

console.log(new Function("return new Error('Function failed')")().stack);
console.log("====");
console.log(eval("new Error('eval failed')").stack);

#### JavaScriptCore
anonymous@
global code@filename.js:1:65
====
eval code@
eval@[native code]
global code@filename.js:3:17

#### SpiderMonkey
anonymous@filename.js line 1 > Function:1:8
@filename.js:1:65

====
@filename.js line 3 > eval:1:1
@filename.js:3:13

#### V8
Error: Function failed
    at eval (eval at <anonymous> (filename.js:1:13), <anonymous>:1:8)
    at filename.js:1:65
====
Error: eval failed
    at eval (eval at <anonymous> (filename.js:3:13), <anonymous>:1:1)
    at filename.js:3:13

Firefox //# sourceURL eval Firefox eval

stack

stack

<div id="output"></div>

#output {
  white-space: pre;
  font-family: monospace;
}

function trace() {
  throw new Error("trace() failed");
}
function b() {
  trace();
}
function a() {
  b(3, 4, "\n\n", undefined, {});
}
try {
  a("first call, first arg");
} catch (e) {
  document.getElementById("output").textContent = e.stack;
}

• TraceKit (GitHub)
• stacktrace.js (GitHub)
• Stack trace API (V8 docs)