anyhow/lib.rs
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2//!
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6//!
7//! <br>
8//!
9//! This library provides [`anyhow::Error`][Error], a trait object based error
10//! type for easy idiomatic error handling in Rust applications.
11//!
12//! <br>
13//!
14//! # Details
15//!
16//! - Use `Result<T, anyhow::Error>`, or equivalently `anyhow::Result<T>`, as
17//! the return type of any fallible function.
18//!
19//! Within the function, use `?` to easily propagate any error that implements
20//! the [`std::error::Error`] trait.
21//!
22//! ```
23//! # pub trait Deserialize {}
24//! #
25//! # mod serde_json {
26//! # use super::Deserialize;
27//! # use std::io;
28//! #
29//! # pub fn from_str<T: Deserialize>(json: &str) -> io::Result<T> {
30//! # unimplemented!()
31//! # }
32//! # }
33//! #
34//! # struct ClusterMap;
35//! #
36//! # impl Deserialize for ClusterMap {}
37//! #
38//! use anyhow::Result;
39//!
40//! fn get_cluster_info() -> Result<ClusterMap> {
41//! let config = std::fs::read_to_string("cluster.json")?;
42//! let map: ClusterMap = serde_json::from_str(&config)?;
43//! Ok(map)
44//! }
45//! #
46//! # fn main() {}
47//! ```
48//!
49//! - Attach context to help the person troubleshooting the error understand
50//! where things went wrong. A low-level error like "No such file or
51//! directory" can be annoying to debug without more context about what higher
52//! level step the application was in the middle of.
53//!
54//! ```
55//! # struct It;
56//! #
57//! # impl It {
58//! # fn detach(&self) -> Result<()> {
59//! # unimplemented!()
60//! # }
61//! # }
62//! #
63//! use anyhow::{Context, Result};
64//!
65//! fn main() -> Result<()> {
66//! # return Ok(());
67//! #
68//! # const _: &str = stringify! {
69//! ...
70//! # };
71//! #
72//! # let it = It;
73//! # let path = "./path/to/instrs.json";
74//! #
75//! it.detach().context("Failed to detach the important thing")?;
76//!
77//! let content = std::fs::read(path)
78//! .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read instrs from {}", path))?;
79//! #
80//! # const _: &str = stringify! {
81//! ...
82//! # };
83//! #
84//! # Ok(())
85//! }
86//! ```
87//!
88//! ```console
89//! Error: Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
90//!
91//! Caused by:
92//! No such file or directory (os error 2)
93//! ```
94//!
95//! - Downcasting is supported and can be by value, by shared reference, or by
96//! mutable reference as needed.
97//!
98//! ```
99//! # use anyhow::anyhow;
100//! # use std::fmt::{self, Display};
101//! # use std::task::Poll;
102//! #
103//! # #[derive(Debug)]
104//! # enum DataStoreError {
105//! # Censored(()),
106//! # }
107//! #
108//! # impl Display for DataStoreError {
109//! # fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
110//! # unimplemented!()
111//! # }
112//! # }
113//! #
114//! # impl std::error::Error for DataStoreError {}
115//! #
116//! # const REDACTED_CONTENT: () = ();
117//! #
118//! # let error = anyhow!("...");
119//! # let root_cause = &error;
120//! #
121//! # let ret =
122//! // If the error was caused by redaction, then return a
123//! // tombstone instead of the content.
124//! match root_cause.downcast_ref::<DataStoreError>() {
125//! Some(DataStoreError::Censored(_)) => Ok(Poll::Ready(REDACTED_CONTENT)),
126//! None => Err(error),
127//! }
128//! # ;
129//! ```
130//!
131//! - If using Rust ≥ 1.65, a backtrace is captured and printed with the
132//! error if the underlying error type does not already provide its own. In
133//! order to see backtraces, they must be enabled through the environment
134//! variables described in [`std::backtrace`]:
135//!
136//! - If you want panics and errors to both have backtraces, set
137//! `RUST_BACKTRACE=1`;
138//! - If you want only errors to have backtraces, set `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE=1`;
139//! - If you want only panics to have backtraces, set `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` and
140//! `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE=0`.
141//!
142//! [`std::backtrace`]: std::backtrace#environment-variables
143//!
144//! - Anyhow works with any error type that has an impl of `std::error::Error`,
145//! including ones defined in your crate. We do not bundle a `derive(Error)`
146//! macro but you can write the impls yourself or use a standalone macro like
147//! [thiserror].
148//!
149//! [thiserror]: https://github.com/dtolnay/thiserror
150//!
151//! ```
152//! use thiserror::Error;
153//!
154//! #[derive(Error, Debug)]
155//! pub enum FormatError {
156//! #[error("Invalid header (expected {expected:?}, got {found:?})")]
157//! InvalidHeader {
158//! expected: String,
159//! found: String,
160//! },
161//! #[error("Missing attribute: {0}")]
162//! MissingAttribute(String),
163//! }
164//! ```
165//!
166//! - One-off error messages can be constructed using the `anyhow!` macro, which
167//! supports string interpolation and produces an `anyhow::Error`.
168//!
169//! ```
170//! # use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
171//! #
172//! # fn demo() -> Result<()> {
173//! # let missing = "...";
174//! return Err(anyhow!("Missing attribute: {}", missing));
175//! # Ok(())
176//! # }
177//! ```
178//!
179//! A `bail!` macro is provided as a shorthand for the same early return.
180//!
181//! ```
182//! # use anyhow::{bail, Result};
183//! #
184//! # fn demo() -> Result<()> {
185//! # let missing = "...";
186//! bail!("Missing attribute: {}", missing);
187//! # Ok(())
188//! # }
189//! ```
190//!
191//! <br>
192//!
193//! # No-std support
194//!
195//! In no_std mode, almost all of the same API is available and works the same
196//! way. To depend on Anyhow in no_std mode, disable our default enabled "std"
197//! feature in Cargo.toml. A global allocator is required.
198//!
199//! ```toml
200//! [dependencies]
201//! anyhow = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
202//! ```
203//!
204//! With versions of Rust older than 1.81, no_std mode may require an additional
205//! `.map_err(Error::msg)` when working with a non-Anyhow error type inside a
206//! function that returns Anyhow's error type, as the trait that `?`-based error
207//! conversions are defined by is only available in std in those old versions.
208
209#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/anyhow/1.0.97")]
210#![cfg_attr(error_generic_member_access, feature(error_generic_member_access))]
211#![no_std]
212#![deny(dead_code, unused_imports, unused_mut)]
213#![cfg_attr(
214 not(anyhow_no_unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn_lint),
215 deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)
216)]
217#![cfg_attr(anyhow_no_unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn_lint, allow(unused_unsafe))]
218#![allow(
219 clippy::doc_markdown,
220 clippy::elidable_lifetime_names,
221 clippy::enum_glob_use,
222 clippy::explicit_auto_deref,
223 clippy::extra_unused_type_parameters,
224 clippy::incompatible_msrv,
225 clippy::let_underscore_untyped,
226 clippy::missing_errors_doc,
227 clippy::missing_panics_doc,
228 clippy::module_name_repetitions,
229 clippy::must_use_candidate,
230 clippy::needless_doctest_main,
231 clippy::needless_lifetimes,
232 clippy::new_ret_no_self,
233 clippy::redundant_else,
234 clippy::return_self_not_must_use,
235 clippy::struct_field_names,
236 clippy::unused_self,
237 clippy::used_underscore_binding,
238 clippy::wildcard_imports,
239 clippy::wrong_self_convention
240)]
241
242#[cfg(all(
243 anyhow_nightly_testing,
244 feature = "std",
245 not(error_generic_member_access)
246))]
247compile_error!("Build script probe failed to compile.");
248
249extern crate alloc;
250
251#[cfg(feature = "std")]
252extern crate std;
253
254#[macro_use]
255mod backtrace;
256mod chain;
257mod context;
258mod ensure;
259mod error;
260mod fmt;
261mod kind;
262mod macros;
263mod ptr;
264mod wrapper;
265
266use crate::error::ErrorImpl;
267use crate::ptr::Own;
268use core::fmt::Display;
269
270#[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), anyhow_no_core_error))]
271use core::fmt::Debug;
272
273#[cfg(feature = "std")]
274use std::error::Error as StdError;
275
276#[cfg(not(any(feature = "std", anyhow_no_core_error)))]
277use core::error::Error as StdError;
278
279#[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), anyhow_no_core_error))]
280trait StdError: Debug + Display {
281 fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn StdError + 'static)> {
282 None
283 }
284}
285
286#[doc(no_inline)]
287pub use anyhow as format_err;
288
289/// The `Error` type, a wrapper around a dynamic error type.
290///
291/// `Error` works a lot like `Box<dyn std::error::Error>`, but with these
292/// differences:
293///
294/// - `Error` requires that the error is `Send`, `Sync`, and `'static`.
295/// - `Error` guarantees that a backtrace is available, even if the underlying
296/// error type does not provide one.
297/// - `Error` is represented as a narrow pointer — exactly one word in
298/// size instead of two.
299///
300/// <br>
301///
302/// # Display representations
303///
304/// When you print an error object using "{}" or to_string(), only the outermost
305/// underlying error or context is printed, not any of the lower level causes.
306/// This is exactly as if you had called the Display impl of the error from
307/// which you constructed your anyhow::Error.
308///
309/// ```console
310/// Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
311/// ```
312///
313/// To print causes as well using anyhow's default formatting of causes, use the
314/// alternate selector "{:#}".
315///
316/// ```console
317/// Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json: No such file or directory (os error 2)
318/// ```
319///
320/// The Debug format "{:?}" includes your backtrace if one was captured. Note
321/// that this is the representation you get by default if you return an error
322/// from `fn main` instead of printing it explicitly yourself.
323///
324/// ```console
325/// Error: Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
326///
327/// Caused by:
328/// No such file or directory (os error 2)
329/// ```
330///
331/// and if there is a backtrace available:
332///
333/// ```console
334/// Error: Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
335///
336/// Caused by:
337/// No such file or directory (os error 2)
338///
339/// Stack backtrace:
340/// 0: <E as anyhow::context::ext::StdError>::ext_context
341/// at /git/anyhow/src/backtrace.rs:26
342/// 1: core::result::Result<T,E>::map_err
343/// at /git/rustc/src/libcore/result.rs:596
344/// 2: anyhow::context::<impl anyhow::Context<T,E> for core::result::Result<T,E>>::with_context
345/// at /git/anyhow/src/context.rs:58
346/// 3: testing::main
347/// at src/main.rs:5
348/// 4: std::rt::lang_start
349/// at /git/rustc/src/libstd/rt.rs:61
350/// 5: main
351/// 6: __libc_start_main
352/// 7: _start
353/// ```
354///
355/// To see a conventional struct-style Debug representation, use "{:#?}".
356///
357/// ```console
358/// Error {
359/// context: "Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json",
360/// source: Os {
361/// code: 2,
362/// kind: NotFound,
363/// message: "No such file or directory",
364/// },
365/// }
366/// ```
367///
368/// If none of the built-in representations are appropriate and you would prefer
369/// to render the error and its cause chain yourself, it can be done something
370/// like this:
371///
372/// ```
373/// use anyhow::{Context, Result};
374///
375/// fn main() {
376/// if let Err(err) = try_main() {
377/// eprintln!("ERROR: {}", err);
378/// err.chain().skip(1).for_each(|cause| eprintln!("because: {}", cause));
379/// std::process::exit(1);
380/// }
381/// }
382///
383/// fn try_main() -> Result<()> {
384/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
385/// ...
386/// # };
387/// # Ok(())
388/// }
389/// ```
390#[repr(transparent)]
391pub struct Error {
392 inner: Own<ErrorImpl>,
393}
394
395/// Iterator of a chain of source errors.
396///
397/// This type is the iterator returned by [`Error::chain`].
398///
399/// # Example
400///
401/// ```
402/// use anyhow::Error;
403/// use std::io;
404///
405/// pub fn underlying_io_error_kind(error: &Error) -> Option<io::ErrorKind> {
406/// for cause in error.chain() {
407/// if let Some(io_error) = cause.downcast_ref::<io::Error>() {
408/// return Some(io_error.kind());
409/// }
410/// }
411/// None
412/// }
413/// ```
414#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
415#[derive(Clone)]
416pub struct Chain<'a> {
417 state: crate::chain::ChainState<'a>,
418}
419
420/// `Result<T, Error>`
421///
422/// This is a reasonable return type to use throughout your application but also
423/// for `fn main`; if you do, failures will be printed along with any
424/// [context][Context] and a backtrace if one was captured.
425///
426/// `anyhow::Result` may be used with one *or* two type parameters.
427///
428/// ```rust
429/// use anyhow::Result;
430///
431/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
432/// fn demo1() -> Result<T> {...}
433/// // ^ equivalent to std::result::Result<T, anyhow::Error>
434///
435/// fn demo2() -> Result<T, OtherError> {...}
436/// // ^ equivalent to std::result::Result<T, OtherError>
437/// # };
438/// ```
439///
440/// # Example
441///
442/// ```
443/// # pub trait Deserialize {}
444/// #
445/// # mod serde_json {
446/// # use super::Deserialize;
447/// # use std::io;
448/// #
449/// # pub fn from_str<T: Deserialize>(json: &str) -> io::Result<T> {
450/// # unimplemented!()
451/// # }
452/// # }
453/// #
454/// # #[derive(Debug)]
455/// # struct ClusterMap;
456/// #
457/// # impl Deserialize for ClusterMap {}
458/// #
459/// use anyhow::Result;
460///
461/// fn main() -> Result<()> {
462/// # return Ok(());
463/// let config = std::fs::read_to_string("cluster.json")?;
464/// let map: ClusterMap = serde_json::from_str(&config)?;
465/// println!("cluster info: {:#?}", map);
466/// Ok(())
467/// }
468/// ```
469pub type Result<T, E = Error> = core::result::Result<T, E>;
470
471/// Provides the `context` method for `Result`.
472///
473/// This trait is sealed and cannot be implemented for types outside of
474/// `anyhow`.
475///
476/// <br>
477///
478/// # Example
479///
480/// ```
481/// use anyhow::{Context, Result};
482/// use std::fs;
483/// use std::path::PathBuf;
484///
485/// pub struct ImportantThing {
486/// path: PathBuf,
487/// }
488///
489/// impl ImportantThing {
490/// # const IGNORE: &'static str = stringify! {
491/// pub fn detach(&mut self) -> Result<()> {...}
492/// # };
493/// # fn detach(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
494/// # unimplemented!()
495/// # }
496/// }
497///
498/// pub fn do_it(mut it: ImportantThing) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
499/// it.detach().context("Failed to detach the important thing")?;
500///
501/// let path = &it.path;
502/// let content = fs::read(path)
503/// .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read instrs from {}", path.display()))?;
504///
505/// Ok(content)
506/// }
507/// ```
508///
509/// When printed, the outermost context would be printed first and the lower
510/// level underlying causes would be enumerated below.
511///
512/// ```console
513/// Error: Failed to read instrs from ./path/to/instrs.json
514///
515/// Caused by:
516/// No such file or directory (os error 2)
517/// ```
518///
519/// Refer to the [Display representations] documentation for other forms in
520/// which this context chain can be rendered.
521///
522/// [Display representations]: Error#display-representations
523///
524/// <br>
525///
526/// # Effect on downcasting
527///
528/// After attaching context of type `C` onto an error of type `E`, the resulting
529/// `anyhow::Error` may be downcast to `C` **or** to `E`.
530///
531/// That is, in codebases that rely on downcasting, Anyhow's context supports
532/// both of the following use cases:
533///
534/// - **Attaching context whose type is insignificant onto errors whose type
535/// is used in downcasts.**
536///
537/// In other error libraries whose context is not designed this way, it can
538/// be risky to introduce context to existing code because new context might
539/// break existing working downcasts. In Anyhow, any downcast that worked
540/// before adding context will continue to work after you add a context, so
541/// you should freely add human-readable context to errors wherever it would
542/// be helpful.
543///
544/// ```
545/// # use anyhow::bail;
546/// # use thiserror::Error;
547/// #
548/// # #[derive(Error, Debug)]
549/// # #[error("???")]
550/// # struct SuspiciousError;
551/// #
552/// # fn helper() -> Result<()> {
553/// # bail!(SuspiciousError);
554/// # }
555/// #
556/// use anyhow::{Context, Result};
557///
558/// fn do_it() -> Result<()> {
559/// helper().context("Failed to complete the work")?;
560/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
561/// ...
562/// # };
563/// # unreachable!()
564/// }
565///
566/// fn main() {
567/// let err = do_it().unwrap_err();
568/// if let Some(e) = err.downcast_ref::<SuspiciousError>() {
569/// // If helper() returned SuspiciousError, this downcast will
570/// // correctly succeed even with the context in between.
571/// # return;
572/// }
573/// # panic!("expected downcast to succeed");
574/// }
575/// ```
576///
577/// - **Attaching context whose type is used in downcasts onto errors whose
578/// type is insignificant.**
579///
580/// Some codebases prefer to use machine-readable context to categorize
581/// lower level errors in a way that will be actionable to higher levels of
582/// the application.
583///
584/// ```
585/// # use anyhow::bail;
586/// # use thiserror::Error;
587/// #
588/// # #[derive(Error, Debug)]
589/// # #[error("???")]
590/// # struct HelperFailed;
591/// #
592/// # fn helper() -> Result<()> {
593/// # bail!("no such file or directory");
594/// # }
595/// #
596/// use anyhow::{Context, Result};
597///
598/// fn do_it() -> Result<()> {
599/// helper().context(HelperFailed)?;
600/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
601/// ...
602/// # };
603/// # unreachable!()
604/// }
605///
606/// fn main() {
607/// let err = do_it().unwrap_err();
608/// if let Some(e) = err.downcast_ref::<HelperFailed>() {
609/// // If helper failed, this downcast will succeed because
610/// // HelperFailed is the context that has been attached to
611/// // that error.
612/// # return;
613/// }
614/// # panic!("expected downcast to succeed");
615/// }
616/// ```
617pub trait Context<T, E>: context::private::Sealed {
618 /// Wrap the error value with additional context.
619 fn context<C>(self, context: C) -> Result<T, Error>
620 where
621 C: Display + Send + Sync + 'static;
622
623 /// Wrap the error value with additional context that is evaluated lazily
624 /// only once an error does occur.
625 fn with_context<C, F>(self, f: F) -> Result<T, Error>
626 where
627 C: Display + Send + Sync + 'static,
628 F: FnOnce() -> C;
629}
630
631/// Equivalent to `Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(value)`.
632///
633/// This simplifies creation of an `anyhow::Result` in places where type
634/// inference cannot deduce the `E` type of the result — without needing
635/// to write`Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(value)`.
636///
637/// One might think that `anyhow::Result::Ok(value)` would work in such cases
638/// but it does not.
639///
640/// ```console
641/// error[E0282]: type annotations needed for `std::result::Result<i32, E>`
642/// --> src/main.rs:11:13
643/// |
644/// 11 | let _ = anyhow::Result::Ok(1);
645/// | - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cannot infer type for type parameter `E` declared on the enum `Result`
646/// | |
647/// | consider giving this pattern the explicit type `std::result::Result<i32, E>`, where the type parameter `E` is specified
648/// ```
649#[allow(non_snake_case)]
650pub fn Ok<T>(value: T) -> Result<T> {
651 Result::Ok(value)
652}
653
654// Not public API. Referenced by macro-generated code.
655#[doc(hidden)]
656pub mod __private {
657 use self::not::Bool;
658 use crate::Error;
659 use alloc::fmt;
660 use core::fmt::Arguments;
661
662 #[doc(hidden)]
663 pub use crate::ensure::{BothDebug, NotBothDebug};
664 #[doc(hidden)]
665 pub use alloc::format;
666 #[doc(hidden)]
667 pub use core::result::Result::Err;
668 #[doc(hidden)]
669 pub use core::{concat, format_args, stringify};
670
671 #[doc(hidden)]
672 pub mod kind {
673 #[doc(hidden)]
674 pub use crate::kind::{AdhocKind, TraitKind};
675
676 #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
677 #[doc(hidden)]
678 pub use crate::kind::BoxedKind;
679 }
680
681 #[doc(hidden)]
682 #[inline]
683 #[cold]
684 pub fn format_err(args: Arguments) -> Error {
685 #[cfg(anyhow_no_fmt_arguments_as_str)]
686 let fmt_arguments_as_str = None::<&str>;
687 #[cfg(not(anyhow_no_fmt_arguments_as_str))]
688 let fmt_arguments_as_str = args.as_str();
689
690 if let Some(message) = fmt_arguments_as_str {
691 // anyhow!("literal"), can downcast to &'static str
692 Error::msg(message)
693 } else {
694 // anyhow!("interpolate {var}"), can downcast to String
695 Error::msg(fmt::format(args))
696 }
697 }
698
699 #[doc(hidden)]
700 #[inline]
701 #[cold]
702 #[must_use]
703 pub fn must_use(error: Error) -> Error {
704 error
705 }
706
707 #[doc(hidden)]
708 #[inline]
709 pub fn not(cond: impl Bool) -> bool {
710 cond.not()
711 }
712
713 mod not {
714 #[doc(hidden)]
715 pub trait Bool {
716 fn not(self) -> bool;
717 }
718
719 impl Bool for bool {
720 #[inline]
721 fn not(self) -> bool {
722 !self
723 }
724 }
725
726 impl Bool for &bool {
727 #[inline]
728 fn not(self) -> bool {
729 !*self
730 }
731 }
732 }
733}