1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/std/builtin.zig b/lib/std/builtin.zig
index 2504b8fe2f..a3f3e791e6 100644
--- a/lib/std/builtin.zig
+++ b/lib/std/builtin.zig
@@ -38,20 +38,17 @@ pub const StackTrace = struct {
     index: usize,
     instruction_addresses: []usize,
 
-    pub fn format(self: StackTrace, writer: *std.Io.Writer) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
+    pub fn format(st: *const StackTrace, writer: *std.Io.Writer) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
         // TODO: re-evaluate whether to use format() methods at all.
         // Until then, avoid an error when using GeneralPurposeAllocator with WebAssembly
         // where it tries to call detectTTYConfig here.
         if (builtin.os.tag == .freestanding) return;
 
-        const debug_info = std.debug.getSelfDebugInfo() catch |err| {
-            return writer.print("\nUnable to print stack trace: Unable to open debug info: {s}\n", .{@errorName(err)});
-        };
-        const tty_config = std.Io.tty.detectConfig(std.fs.File.stderr());
+        // TODO: why on earth are we using stderr's ttyconfig?
+        // If we want colored output, we should just make a formatter out of `writeStackTrace`.
+        const tty_config = std.Io.tty.detectConfig(.stderr());
         try writer.writeAll("\n");
-        std.debug.writeStackTrace(self, writer, debug_info, tty_config) catch |err| {
-            try writer.print("Unable to print stack trace: {s}\n", .{@errorName(err)});
-        };
+        try std.debug.writeStackTrace(st, writer, tty_config);
     }
 };