Which stack trace option yields the most useful information best?

gistfile1.sh

Note: This part of the discussion is now over, #1 was the "winner" :)
See the other file for Part II of the discussion and the end result.

# Option 1 - Tabular

      5. fail()                       266 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl 
      4. module_dsl()                 236 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/modules/dsl 
      3. source()                       3 /usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dsl 
      2. extension_action()           152 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl 
      1. main()                        76 /usr/local/bin/bdsm 
        
# Option 2 - Nested, by function

main()                        76   /usr/local/bin/bdsm 
  extension_action()          152  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl 
    source()                  3    /usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dsl 
      module_dsl()            236  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/modules/dsl 
        fail()                266  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl 

# Option 3 - Nested, by function, reversed order

        fail()                266  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl 
      module_dsl()            236  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/modules/dsl 
    source()                  3    /usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dsl 
  extension_action()          152  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl 
main()                        76   /usr/local/bin/bdsm 

# Option 4 - Nested, by function, reversed order, reversed nesting

fail()                        266  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl 
  module_dsl()                236  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/modules/dsl 
    source()                  3    /usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dsl 
      extension_action()      152  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl 
        main()                76   /usr/local/bin/bdsm 

# Option 6 - Tabular, Reversed

      1. main()                        76 /usr/local/bin/bdsm 
      2. extension_action()           152 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl 
      3. source()                       3 /usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dsl 
      4. module_dsl()                 236 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/modules/dsl 
      5. fail()                       266 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl 

gistfile2.txt

# BDSM Framework Backtraces (bash)

∴ for editor in ' ' less nano vi vim emacs mvim mate; do   export EDITOR="${editor:-}";   printf "\n\nEDITOR: ${EDITOR:-}\n";   bdsm module dingus; done


EDITOR:  

Action binary/file dingus missing for extension mod
    (/usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dingus)

function()         $   +#   source file                                   
===============================================================================================
fail()             $   +265 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl      
extension_action() $   +84  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl   
main()             $   +76  /usr/local/bin/bdsm                           
===============================================================================================


EDITOR: less

Action binary/file dingus missing for extension mod
    (/usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dingus)

function()         $      +#   source file                                   
===============================================================================================
fail()             $ less +265 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl      
extension_action() $ less +84  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl   
main()             $ less +76  /usr/local/bin/bdsm                           
===============================================================================================


EDITOR: nano

Action binary/file dingus missing for extension mod
    (/usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dingus)

function()         $      +#   source file                                   
===============================================================================================
fail()             $ nano +265 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl      
extension_action() $ nano +84  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl   
main()             $ nano +76  /usr/local/bin/bdsm                           
===============================================================================================


EDITOR: vi

Action binary/file dingus missing for extension mod
    (/usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dingus)

function()         $    +#   source file                                   
===============================================================================================
fail()             $ vi +265 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl      
extension_action() $ vi +84  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl   
main()             $ vi +76  /usr/local/bin/bdsm                           
===============================================================================================


EDITOR: vim

Action binary/file dingus missing for extension mod
    (/usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dingus)

function()         $     +#   source file                                   
===============================================================================================
fail()             $ vim +265 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl      
extension_action() $ vim +84  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl   
main()             $ vim +76  /usr/local/bin/bdsm                           
===============================================================================================


EDITOR: emacs

Action binary/file dingus missing for extension mod
    (/usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dingus)

function()         $       +#   source file                                   
===============================================================================================
fail()             $ emacs +265 /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl      
extension_action() $ emacs +84  /usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl   
main()             $ emacs +76  /usr/local/bin/bdsm                           
===============================================================================================


EDITOR: mvim

Action binary/file dingus missing for extension mod
    (/usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dingus)

function()         Source
===============================================================================================
fail()             mvim://open?url=file:///usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl&line=265
extension_action() mvim://open?url=file:///usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl&line=84
main()             mvim://open?url=file:///usr/local/bin/bdsm&line=76
===============================================================================================


EDITOR: mate

Action binary/file dingus missing for extension mod
    (/usr/local/bdsm/extensions/mod/bin/dingus)

function()         Source
===============================================================================================
fail()             mate://open?url=file:///usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/logging/dsl&line=265
extension_action() mate://open?url=file:///usr/local/bdsm/modules/bash/extensions/dsl&line=84
main()             mate://open?url=file:///usr/local/bin/bdsm&line=76
===============================================================================================

Option 6 because it presents the most useful information at the bottom, which is the first thing I will see in my console. Scrolling up sucks.

You should change the line number syntax to +30 path/to/file. This will allow one to copy/paste it into a vim / emacsclient command:

vim +30 path/to/script.sh

Now that I LOVE :)