6.12 Stepping

6.12.3 Step out

Choosing Thread > Step Out in a debugger "steps out" of the current function call, that is, it resumes execution of the application until a function returns, and then passes control back to the debugger.

This command is sensitive to the debugger's selected call frame: it always steps out of the function running in that frame.

Consider this stack backtrace:

[-] Thread 1: "Master thread"
    [+] -- presto ()
    [+] -- allegro ()
    [+] -- moderato ()
[+] -- andante () <<<<
    [+] -- adagietto ()
    [+] -- adagio ()
    [+] -- largo ()

The selected frame is andante. Choosing Thread > Step Out resumes execution of the thread until andante returns.