# HG changeset patch
# User Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
# Date 1598614859 -3600
# Node ID 51be24b16e8aebdb44061e67bb82bbaa23f443cc
# Parent  f103f59ea2b56453ad94a244bc308a2d12fa965c
util.error: Allow optional tracebacks to be injected on errors

This allows extra debug info to be provided for development purposes.

diff -r f103f59ea2b5 -r 51be24b16e8a util/error.lua
--- a/util/error.lua	Tue Aug 25 15:59:04 2020 +0100
+++ b/util/error.lua	Fri Aug 28 12:40:59 2020 +0100
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 	return getmetatable(e) == error_mt;
 end
 
+local auto_inject_traceback = false;
+
+local function configure(opt)
+	if opt.auto_inject_traceback ~= nil then
+		auto_inject_traceback = opt.auto_inject_traceback;
+	end
+end
+
 -- Do we want any more well-known fields?
 -- Or could we just copy all fields from `e`?
 -- Sometimes you want variable details in the `text`, how to handle that?
@@ -17,6 +25,12 @@
 
 local function new(e, context, registry)
 	local template = (registry and registry[e]) or e or {};
+	context = context or template.context or { _error_id = e };
+
+	if auto_inject_traceback then
+		context.traceback = debug.traceback("error stack", 2);
+	end
+
 	return setmetatable({
 		type = template.type or "cancel";
 		condition = template.condition or "undefined-condition";
@@ -57,4 +71,5 @@
 	coerce = coerce;
 	is_err = is_err;
 	from_stanza = from_stanza;
+	configure = configure;
 }
diff -r f103f59ea2b5 -r 51be24b16e8a util/startup.lua
--- a/util/startup.lua	Tue Aug 25 15:59:04 2020 +0100
+++ b/util/startup.lua	Fri Aug 28 12:40:59 2020 +0100
@@ -546,6 +546,10 @@
 	return true;
 end
 
+function startup.init_errors()
+	require "util.error".configure(config.get("*", "error_library"));
+end
+
 function startup.make_host(hostname)
 	return {
 		type = "local",
@@ -577,6 +581,7 @@
 	startup.force_console_logging();
 	startup.init_logging();
 	startup.init_gc();
+	startup.init_errors();
 	startup.setup_plugindir();
 	-- startup.setup_plugin_install_path();
 	startup.setup_datadir();
@@ -600,6 +605,7 @@
 	startup.read_config();
 	startup.init_logging();
 	startup.init_gc();
+	startup.init_errors();
 	startup.sanity_check();
 	startup.sandbox_require();
 	startup.set_function_metatable();