go-delve/delve · error

depth must be a number

Error message

depth must be a number

What it means

Error "depth must be a number" thrown in go-delve/delve.

Source

Thrown at pkg/terminal/command.go:2513

				}
			case "-a":
				i++
				n, err := numarg("-a")
				if err != nil {
					return stackArgs{}, err
				}
				r.ancestors = n
			case "-adepth":
				i++
				n, err := numarg("-adepth")
				if err != nil {
					return stackArgs{}, err
				}
				r.ancestorDepth = n
			default:
				n, err := strconv.Atoi(args[i])
				if err != nil {
					return stackArgs{}, errors.New("depth must be a number")
				}
				r.depth = n
			}
		}
	}
	if r.ancestors > 0 && r.ancestorDepth == 0 {
		r.ancestorDepth = r.depth
	}
	return r, nil
}

// getLocation returns the current location or the locations specified by the argument.
// getLocation is used to process the argument of list and edit commands.
func getLocation(t *Term, ctx callContext, args string, showContext bool) (file string, lineno int, showarrow bool, err error) {
	switch {
	case len(args) == 0 && !ctx.scoped():
		state, err := t.client.GetState()
		if err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/terminal/command.go:2513 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of go-delve/delve@a23773e6c3 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8188e1334f9ccbfb. Report an issue: GitHub.