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Get backtrace from error programmatically

If an error is signalled in Emacs Lisp code, and debug-on-error is t, I get a backtrace buffer that makes it easy to figure out where the error occurred. However, for errors that occur while ...
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Can emacs show formatted backtraces?

When getting an Elisp error and trying to debug the problem, the backtrace buffer is quite hard to read with its long lines. Is there a way to get a pretty-printed backtrace buffer?
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Symbol’s function definition is void: make-closure

I’m trying to split a number stated in scientific notation (6.371e6) and write it as float (6371000) (I’m doing this to learn.) This is the code I have so far A = (car (mapcar #'string-to-number (...
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