tor-error 0.41.0

Provides the unified type-erased error type returned by many (esp. high-level) Tor APIs.
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//! The Report type which reports errors nicely

use std::error::Error as StdError;
use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};

use crate::sealed::Sealed;

/// Wraps any Error, providing a nicely-reporting Display impl
#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
#[allow(clippy::exhaustive_structs)] // this is a transparent wrapper
pub struct Report<E>(pub E)
where
    E: AsRef<dyn StdError>;

impl<E> Display for Report<E>
where
    E: AsRef<dyn StdError>,
{
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        /// Non-generic inner function avoids code bloat
        fn inner(e: &dyn StdError, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
            write!(f, "error: ")?;
            retry_error::fmt_error_with_sources(e, f)?;
            Ok(())
        }

        inner(self.0.as_ref(), f)
    }
}

/// Report the error E to stderr, and exit the program
///
/// Does not return.  Return type is any type R, for convenience with eg `unwrap_or_else`.
#[allow(clippy::print_stderr)] // this is the point of this function
pub fn report_and_exit<E, R>(e: E) -> R
where
    E: AsRef<dyn StdError>,
{
    /// Non-generic inner function avoids code bloat
    fn eprint_progname() {
        if let Some(progname) = std::env::args().next() {
            eprint!("{}: ", progname);
        }
    }

    eprint_progname();
    eprintln!("{}", Report(e));
    std::process::exit(127)
}

/// Helper type for reporting errors that are concrete implementors of `StdError`
///
/// This is an opaque type, only constructable via the [`ErrorReport`] helper trait
/// and only usable via its `AsRef` implementation.
//
// We need this because Rust's trait object handling rules, and provided AsRef impls,
// are rather anaemic.  We cannot simply put a &dyn Error into Report, because
// &dyn Error doesn't impl AsRef<dyn Error> even though the implementation is trivial.
// We can't provide that AsRef impl ourselves due to trait coherency rules.
// So instead, we wrap up the &dyn Error in a newtype, for which we *can* provide the AsRef.
pub struct ReportHelper<'e>(&'e (dyn StdError + 'static));
impl<'e> AsRef<dyn StdError + 'static> for ReportHelper<'e> {
    fn as_ref(&self) -> &(dyn StdError + 'static) {
        self.0
    }
}

/// Extension trait providing `.report()` method on concrete errors
///
/// This is implemented for types that directly implement [`std::error::Error`]` + 'static`.
///
/// For types like `anyhow::Error` that `impl Deref<Target = dyn Error...>`,
/// you can use `tor_error::Report(err)` directly,
/// but you can also call `.report()` via the impl of this trait for `dyn Error`.
pub trait ErrorReport: Sealed + StdError + 'static {
    /// Return an object that displays the error and its causes
    //
    // We would ideally have returned `Report<impl AsRef<...>>` but that's TAIT.
    fn report(&self) -> Report<ReportHelper>;
}
impl<E: StdError + Sized + 'static> Sealed for E {}
impl<E: StdError + Sized + 'static> ErrorReport for E {
    fn report(&self) -> Report<ReportHelper> {
        Report(ReportHelper(self as _))
    }
}
impl Sealed for dyn StdError + Send + Sync {}
/// Implementation for `anyhow::Error`, which derefs to `dyn StdError`.
impl ErrorReport for dyn StdError + Send + Sync {
    fn report(&self) -> Report<ReportHelper> {
        Report(ReportHelper(self))
    }
}
impl Sealed for dyn StdError + 'static {}
impl ErrorReport for dyn StdError + 'static {
    fn report(&self) -> Report<ReportHelper> {
        Report(ReportHelper(self))
    }
}

/// Defines `AsRef<dyn StdError + 'static>` for a type implementing [`StdError`]
///
/// This trivial `AsRef` impl enables use of `tor_error::Report`.
// Rust don't do this automatically, sadly, even though
// it's basically `impl AsRef<dyn Trait> for T where T: Trait`.
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! define_asref_dyn_std_error { { $ty:ty } => {
// TODO: It would nice if this could be generated more automatically;
// TODO wouldn't it be nice if this was a `derive` (eg using derive-deftly)
    impl AsRef<dyn std::error::Error + 'static> for $ty {
        fn as_ref(&self) -> &(dyn std::error::Error + 'static) {
            self as _
        }
    }
} }

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
    // @@ begin test lint list maintained by maint/add_warning @@
    #![allow(clippy::bool_assert_comparison)]
    #![allow(clippy::clone_on_copy)]
    #![allow(clippy::dbg_macro)]
    #![allow(clippy::mixed_attributes_style)]
    #![allow(clippy::print_stderr)]
    #![allow(clippy::print_stdout)]
    #![allow(clippy::single_char_pattern)]
    #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
    #![allow(clippy::unchecked_time_subtraction)]
    #![allow(clippy::useless_vec)]
    #![allow(clippy::needless_pass_by_value)]
    //! <!-- @@ end test lint list maintained by maint/add_warning @@ -->
    use super::*;
    use std::io;
    use thiserror::Error;

    #[derive(Error, Debug)]
    #[error("terse")]
    struct TerseError {
        #[from]
        source: Box<dyn StdError>,
    }

    #[derive(Error, Debug)]
    #[error("verbose - {source}")]
    struct VerboseError {
        #[from]
        source: Box<dyn StdError>,
    }

    #[derive(Error, Debug)]
    #[error("shallow")]
    struct ShallowError;

    fn chk<E: StdError + 'static>(e: E, expected: &str) {
        let e: Box<dyn StdError> = Box::new(e);
        let got = Report(&e).to_string();
        assert_eq!(got, expected, "\nmismatch: {:?}", &e);
    }

    #[test]
    #[rustfmt::skip] // preserve layout of chk calls
    fn test() {
        chk(ShallowError,
            "error: shallow");

        let terse_1 = || TerseError { source: ShallowError.into() };
        chk(terse_1(),
            "error: terse: shallow");

        let verbose_1 = || VerboseError { source: ShallowError.into() };
        chk(verbose_1(),
            "error: verbose - shallow");

        chk(VerboseError { source: terse_1().into() },
            "error: verbose - terse: shallow");

        chk(TerseError { source: verbose_1().into() },
            "error: terse: verbose - shallow");

        chk(io::Error::other(ShallowError),
            "error: shallow");
    }
}