Trait eyre::ContextCompat

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pub trait ContextCompat<T>: Sealed {
    fn context<D>(self, msg: D) -> Result<T, Report>
    where
        D: Display + Send + Sync + 'static;
    fn with_context<D, F>(self, f: F) -> Result<T, Report>
    where
        D: Display + Send + Sync + 'static,
        F: FnOnce() -> D;
    fn wrap_err<D>(self, msg: D) -> Result<T, Report>
    where
        D: Display + Send + Sync + 'static;
    fn wrap_err_with<D, F>(self, f: F) -> Result<T, Report>
    where
        D: Display + Send + Sync + 'static,
        F: FnOnce() -> D;
}
Expand description

Provides the context method for Option when porting from anyhow

This trait is sealed and cannot be implemented for types outside of eyre.

Why Doesn’t Eyre impl WrapErr for Option?

eyre doesn’t impl WrapErr for Option because wrap_err implies that you’re creating a new error that saves the previous error as its source. Calling wrap_err on an Option is meaningless because there is no source error. anyhow avoids this issue by using a different mental model where you’re adding “context” to an error, though this not a mental model for error handling that eyre agrees with.

Instead, eyre encourages users to think of each error as distinct, where the previous error is the context being saved by the new error, which is backwards compared to anyhow’s model. In this model you’re encouraged to use combinators provided by std for Option to convert an option to a Result

Example

Instead of:

use eyre::ContextCompat;

fn get_thing(mut things: impl Iterator<Item = u32>) -> eyre::Result<u32> {
    things
        .find(|&thing| thing == 42)
        .context("the thing wasnt in the list")
}

We encourage you to use this:

use eyre::eyre;

fn get_thing(mut things: impl Iterator<Item = u32>) -> eyre::Result<u32> {
    things
        .find(|&thing| thing == 42)
        .ok_or_else(|| eyre!("the thing wasnt in the list"))
}

Required Methods§

Compatibility version of wrap_err for creating new errors with new source on Option when porting from anyhow

Compatibility version of wrap_err_with for creating new errors with new source on Option when porting from anyhow

Compatibility re-export of context for porting from anyhow to eyre

Compatibility re-export of with_context for porting from anyhow to eyre

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