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walkback en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from walk back.

Meanings

1. A stack trace.
   • 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. 1992, UNIX Review, volume 10, page 42:
   • AdaRAID supports multiple CPUs running concurrently, Ada data types, features include break points, watchpoints, timing, tracing, stepping, walkbacks, and histories of last n executions. 1990, NASA Tech Briefs, page 98:

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