trace-error
===========
Extensions to Rust's error system to automatically include backtraces
to the exact location an error originates.
Consider this a more lightweight and less macro-based alternative to `error_chain` and similar crates. This crate
does not take care of actually defining the errors and their varieties, but only focuses on a thin container
for holding the errors and a backtrace to their origin.
`Trace` and `TraceResult` should usually be used in place of `Result` using the macros
`throw!`, `try_throw!`, and `try_rethrow!`
Although the `?` syntax was just introduced, `trace-error` is not yet compatible with it until the `Carrier` trait is stabilized. As a result,
all instances of `try!` and `?` should be replaced with `try_throw!` if you intend to use this crate to its fullest. However, the `?` operator
can be used for `Result<_, Trace<E>>` when the return value is also a `Result` using `Trace<E>`, just because `From` is implemented for types for itself.
Additionally, if you must use the `Result<T, Trace<E>>` directly instead of immediately returning it, you can use the `trace_error!` macro to create it with the desired error value.
If the `Trace` being returned in a result does **NOT** contain the same error type, but they are convertible, use `try_rethrow!` to convert the inner error type.
Example:
```rust
#[macro_use]
extern crate trace_error;
use std::error::Error;
use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult};
use std::io;
use std::fs::File;
use trace_error::TraceResult;
pub type MyResultType<T> = TraceResult<T, MyErrorType>;
#[derive(Debug)]
pub enum MyErrorType {
Io(io::Error),
ErrorOne,
ErrorTwo,
//etc
}
impl Display for MyErrorType {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> FmtResult {
write!(f, "{}", self.description())
}
}
impl Error for MyErrorType {
fn description(&self) -> &str {
match *self {
MyErrorType::Io(ref err) => err.description(),
MyErrorType::ErrorOne => "Error One",
MyErrorType::ErrorTwo => "Error Two",
}
}
}
impl From<io::Error> for MyErrorType {
fn from(err: io::Error) -> MyErrorType {
MyErrorType::Io(err)
}
}
fn basic() -> MyResultType<i32> {
Ok(42)
}
fn example() -> MyResultType<()> {
// Note the use of try_rethrow! for TraceResult results
let meaning = try_rethrow!(basic());
// Prints 42 if `basic` succeeds
println!("{}", meaning);
// Note the use of try_throw! for non-TraceResult results
let some_file = try_throw!(File::open("Cargo.toml"));
Ok(())
}
fn main() {
match example() {
Ok(_) => println!("Success!"),
// Here, err is the Trace<E>, which can be printed normally,
// showing both the error and the backtrace.
Err(err) => println!("Error: {}", err)
}
}
```