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libexpr: Support structured error classes

While preparing PRs like #9753, I've had to change error messages in
dozens of code paths. It would be nice if instead of

    EvalError("expected 'boolean' but found '%1%'", showType(v))

we could write

    TypeError(v, "boolean")

or similar. Then, changing the error message could be a mechanical
refactor with the compiler pointing out places the constructor needs to
be changed, rather than the error-prone process of grepping through the
codebase. Structured errors would also help prevent the "same" error
from having multiple slightly different messages, and could be a first
step towards error codes / an error index.

This PR reworks the exception infrastructure in `libexpr` to
support exception types with different constructor signatures than
`BaseError`. Actually refactoring the exceptions to use structured data
will come in a future PR (this one is big enough already, as it has to
touch every exception in `libexpr`).

The core design is in `eval-error.hh`. Generally, errors like this:

    state.error("'%s' is not a string", getAttrPathStr())
      .debugThrow<TypeError>()

are transformed like this:

    state.error<TypeError>("'%s' is not a string", getAttrPathStr())
      .debugThrow()

The type annotation has moved from `ErrorBuilder::debugThrow` to
`EvalState::error`.
This commit is contained in:
Rebecca Turner 2024-01-22 17:08:29 -08:00
parent c62c21e29a
commit c6a89c1a16
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@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void yyerror(YYLTYPE * loc, yyscan_t scanner, ParserState * state, const char *
{
throw ParseError({
.msg = hintfmt(error),
.errPos = state->positions[state->at(*loc)]
.pos = state->positions[state->at(*loc)]
});
}
@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ expr_function
{ if (!$2->dynamicAttrs.empty())
throw ParseError({
.msg = hintfmt("dynamic attributes not allowed in let"),
.errPos = state->positions[CUR_POS]
.pos = state->positions[CUR_POS]
});
$$ = new ExprLet($2, $4);
}
@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ expr_simple
if (noURLLiterals)
throw ParseError({
.msg = hintfmt("URL literals are disabled"),
.errPos = state->positions[CUR_POS]
.pos = state->positions[CUR_POS]
});
$$ = new ExprString(std::string($1));
}
@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ attrs
} else
throw ParseError({
.msg = hintfmt("dynamic attributes not allowed in inherit"),
.errPos = state->positions[state->at(@2)]
.pos = state->positions[state->at(@2)]
});
}
| { $$ = new AttrPath; }