# Module Printexc

    module Printexc: sig .. end

Facilities for printing exceptions.

    val to_string : exn -> string

`Printexc.to_string e` returns a string representation of the exception `e`.

    val print : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b

`Printexc.print fn x` applies `fn` to `x` and returns the result. If the evaluation of `fn x` raises any exception, the name of the exception is printed on standard error output, and the exception is raised again. The typical use is to catch and report exceptions that escape a function application.

    val catch : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b

`Printexc.catch fn x` is similar to `Printexc.print`, but aborts the program with exit code 2 after printing the uncaught exception. This function is deprecated: the runtime system is now able to print uncaught exceptions as precisely as `Printexc.catch` does. Moreover, calling `Printexc.catch` makes it harder to track the location of the exception using the debugger or the stack backtrace facility. So, do not use `Printexc.catch` in new code.

    val print_backtrace : out_channel -> unit

`Printexc.print_backtrace oc` prints an exception backtrace on the output channel `oc`. The backtrace lists the program locations where the most-recently raised exception was raised and where it was propagated through function calls.

    val get_backtrace : unit -> string

`Printexc.get_backtrace ()` returns a string containing the same exception backtrace that `Printexc.print_backtrace` would print.

    val record_backtrace : bool -> unit

`Printexc.record_backtrace b` turns recording of exception backtraces on (if `b = true`) or off (if `b = false`). Initially, backtraces are not recorded, unless the `b` flag is given to the program through the `OCAMLRUNPARAM` variable.

    val backtrace_status : unit -> bool

`Printexc.backtrace_status()` returns `true` if exception backtraces are currently recorded, `false` if not.