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//! The Report type which reports errors nicely
use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
/// Wraps any Error, providing a nicely-reporting Display impl
#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
#[allow(clippy::exhaustive_structs)] // this is a transparent wrapper
pub struct Report<E>(pub E)
where
E: AsRef<dyn std::error::Error>;
impl<E> Display for Report<E>
E: AsRef<dyn std::error::Error>,
{
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
/// Non-generic inner function avoids code bloat
fn inner(mut e: &dyn std::error::Error, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
write!(f, "error")?;
let mut last = String::new();
loop {
let this = e.to_string();
if !last.contains(&this) {
write!(f, ": {}", &this)?;
}
last = this;
if let Some(ne) = e.source() {
e = ne;
} else {
break;
Ok(())
inner(self.0.as_ref(), f)
/// Report the error E to stderr, and exit the program
///
/// Does not return. Return type is any type R, for convenience with eg `unwrap_or_else`.
#[allow(clippy::print_stderr)] // this is the point of this function
pub fn report_and_exit<E, R>(e: E) -> R
fn eprint_progname() {
if let Some(progname) = std::env::args().next() {
eprint!("{}: ", progname);
eprint_progname();
eprintln!("{}", Report(e));
std::process::exit(127)
#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
use super::*;
use std::error::Error as StdError;
use std::io;
use thiserror::Error;
#[derive(Error, Debug)]
#[error("terse")]
struct TerseError {
#[from]
source: Box<dyn StdError>,
#[error("verbose - {source}")]
struct VerboseError {
#[error("shallow")]
struct ShallowError;
fn chk<E: StdError + 'static>(e: E, expected: &str) {
let e: Box<dyn StdError> = Box::new(e);
let got = Report(&e).to_string();
assert_eq!(got, expected, "\nmismatch: {:?}", &e);
#[test]
#[rustfmt::skip] // preserve layout of chk calls
fn test() {
chk(ShallowError,
"error: shallow");
let terse_1 = || TerseError { source: ShallowError.into() };
chk(terse_1(),
"error: terse: shallow");
let verbose_1 = || VerboseError { source: ShallowError.into() };
chk(verbose_1(),
"error: verbose - shallow");
chk(VerboseError { source: terse_1().into() },
"error: verbose - terse: shallow");
chk(TerseError { source: verbose_1().into() },
"error: terse: verbose - shallow");
chk(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, ShallowError),