# Get rid of "... XX levels..." in error backtrace

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-rid-of-xx-levels-in-error-backtrace/136724>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 5, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-rid-of-xx-levels-in-error-backtrace/136724 "2008-05-05T21:54:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Victor\_SZverokS\_She](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Victor\_SZverokS\_She](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Victor_SZverokS_She)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-rid-of-xx-levels-in-error-backtrace/136724/1 "2008-05-05T21:54:05Z")

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Hello all.

The question seems simple, but I can’t neither found interpreter switch  
nor  
documentation/discussion about: Can I get rid of those “… XX  
levels…” in  
error message backtraces and receive full backtrace, even if it’s  
lengthy?

Thanks.

V.

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**Author:** ![Victor\_SZverokS\_She](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Victor\_SZverokS\_She](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Victor_SZverokS_She)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-rid-of-xx-levels-in-error-backtrace/136724/2 "2008-05-06T01:47:44Z")

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Victor ‘Zverok’ Shepelev wrote:

> Hello all.
> 
> The question seems simple, but I can’t neither found interpreter switch nor  
> documentation/discussion about: Can I get rid of those “… XX levels…” in  
> error message backtraces and receive full backtrace, even if it’s lengthy?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> V.

Oh, it has definitely been discussed:

[http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/search?q=backtrace+levels](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/search?q=backtrace+levels)