Changeset

9746:848fd204708c

util.error: Add new util library for structured errors
author Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
date Sun, 30 Dec 2018 12:55:58 +0000 (2018-12-30)
parents 9745:0dbb285f903e
children 9747:c8240f931a68
files util/error.lua
diffstat 1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/util/error.lua	Sun Dec 30 12:55:58 2018 +0000
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+local error_mt = { __name = "error" };
+
+function error_mt:__tostring()
+	return ("error<%s:%s:%s>"):format(self.type, self.condition, self.text);
+end
+
+local function is_err(e)
+	return getmetatable(e) == error_mt;
+end
+
+local function new(e, context, registry)
+	local template = (registry and registry[e]) or e or {};
+	return setmetatable({
+		type = template.type or "cancel";
+		condition = template.condition or "undefined-condition";
+		text = template.text;
+
+		context = context or template.context or { _error_id = e };
+	}, error_mt);
+end
+
+local function coerce(ok, err, ...)
+	if ok or is_err(err) then
+		return ok, err, ...;
+	end
+
+	local new_err = setmetatable({
+		native = err;
+
+		type = "cancel";
+		condition = "undefined-condition";
+	}, error_mt);
+	return ok, new_err, ...;
+end
+
+return {
+	new = new;
+	coerce = coerce;
+	is_err = is_err;
+}