Bug #12811: SyntaxError does not have a backtrace in 2.3+

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 2.3.1p112 (2016-04-26 revision 54768) [x86_64-darwin15]
• Backport: 2.1: DONTNEED, 2.2: DONTNEED, 2.3: DONE

[ametcalf (Andrew Metcalf)]

SyntaxError's do not have a backtrace in Ruby 2.3.0, 2.3.1 and 2.3.0-preview1. To reproduce, place both of the attached scripts in the same directory and run ruby repro.rb. In Ruby 2.3+ no backtrace is printed. In Ruby 2.2.4p230, a normal backtrace is printed.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset r56363.

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load.c: setup syntax error backtrace

• load.c (rb_require_safe): SyntaxError created by the parser just
  has the mesage and needs to set up the backtrace.
  [ruby-core:77491] [Bug #12811]

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

• Backport changed from 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN to 2.1: DONTNEED, 2.2: DONTNEED, 2.3: REQUIRED

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

• Backport changed from 2.1: DONTNEED, 2.2: DONTNEED, 2.3: REQUIRED to 2.1: DONTNEED, 2.2: DONTNEED, 2.3: DONE

ruby_2_3 r56439 merged revision(s) 56363,56365.