Separation of error information from error propagation information

A display device for displaying information related to the propagation history of an exception, the exception having been thrown during the execution of software, the display device displaying:

• a first graphical representation of a first function and a second function of a first call stack, the first graphical representation comprising:
• diagnostic information related to an error that occurred in the first function;
• first exception information related to an exception that was thrown by the first function in response to the error;
• and
• first propagation information related to a propagation of the exception from the first function to the second function of the first call stack;
• a second graphical representation of a third function and a fourth function of a second call stack, the second graphical representation comprising:
• second exception information related to the exception that was re-thrown by the third function;
• and
• second propagation information related to the propagation of the exception from the third function to the fourth function of the second call stack;
• and
• a third graphical representation of a discontinuity between the first call stack and the second call stack, the third graphical representation comprising:
• third propagation information related to the propagation of the exception from the first call stack to the second call stack.

At least one computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor of a computer system, perform a method comprising:

• receiving exception propagation information from a propagation information object, the exception propagation information comprising information pertaining to an exception originally thrown by a first function of a first thread;
• re-throwing the exception while executing a second function of a second thread;
• propagating the exception from the second function of the second thread to a third function of the second thread;
• and
• concatenating new information related to the propagation of the exception through a second call stack of the second thread to the propagation information object that was created by the first function of the first thread.