From: pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Tracing the caller of a function
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:02:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y6lr6guc.fsf@galatea.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f10af0e6-0b04-46d6-b5ce-2de3284a337a@s20g2000yqd.googlegroups.com
Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:
> How can I trace the reason for a function being called many times when
> I have no clue where? In other words how do I trace the caller of a
> function in Emacs?
Put a breakpoint on that function and watch the backtrace.
M-x debug-on-entry RET that-function RET
(do-something)
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-27 17:02 UTC|newest]
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2009-11-27 14:15 Tracing the caller of a function Nordlöw
2009-11-27 17:02 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
2009-11-27 21:39 ` Nordlöw
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