walkback

See also: walk back

English

Etymology

Deverbal from walk back.

Noun

walkback (plural walkbacks)

  1. (programming) A stack trace.
    • 1990, NASA Tech Briefs, page 98:
      AdaRAID supports multiple CPUs running concurrently, Ada data types, features include break points, watchpoints, timing, tracing, stepping, walkbacks, and histories of last n executions.
    • 1992, UNIX Review, volume 10, page 42:
      Walkbacks, inspectors, and debuggers are the heart of Smalltalk's debugging facilities. Walkbacks are displayed when Smalltalk detects an error or a breakpoint. The debugger offers many tools for detecting and correcting code errors.
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