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Is there any method to get a stack trace as a string?

Looking at the debug package (https://golang.org/pkg/runtime/debug/) it can only be printed to standard output.

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runtime.Stack() puts a formatted stack trace into a supplied []byte. You can then convert that to a string.

You can also use debug.Stack(), which allocates a large enough buffer to hold the entire stack trace, puts the trace in it using runtime.Stack, and returns the buffer ([]byte).

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Thanks! I should've looked at the source for PrintStack ( golang.org/src/runtime/debug/stack.go ). The function debug.Stack relies on runtime.Stack but catpures the entire buffer. I think that should ideally be used. Can you edit your answer, and I'll mark it as such?

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