Error handling and formatting
I wanted better error formatting, I currently have this:
```
SyntaxError: expecting ';' (greet:3:10)
2 | export function hello(name) {
3 | syntax error
| ^^^^^ expecting ';'
4 | return "Hello, " + name + "!";
5 | }
```
By introducing an error conversion:
```patch
diff --git a/quickjs.go b/quickjs.go
index d2bc90dbc0..274d1b07ed 100644
--- a/quickjs.go
+++ b/quickjs.go
@@ -287,6 +287,25 @@
return "undefined"
}
+// EvalError holds structured information from a JavaScript exception.
+// Use errors.As to access the fields:
+//
+// if e, ok := errors.AsType[*quickjs.EvalError](err); ok {
+// fmt.Println(e.Stack)
+// }
+type EvalError struct {
+ raw string
+
+ Name string // e.g. "ReferenceError", "TypeError"
+ Message string // the error message
+ Stack string // full stack trace
+ LineNumber int // line where the error occurred
+ ColumnNumber int // column where the error occurred
+ FileName string // file name where the error occurred
+}
+
+func (e *EvalError) Error() string { return e.raw }
+
// Object represents the value of a Javascript object, but not the javascript
// object instance itself. Do not compare instances of Object.
type Object struct {
@@ -1022,6 +1041,12 @@
var (
toStringC = [...]byte{'t', 'o', 'S', 't', 'r', 'i', 'n', 'g', 0}
toString = uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&toStringC[0]))
+ messageC = [...]byte{'m', 'e', 's', 's', 'a', 'g', 'e', 0}
+ nameC = [...]byte{'n', 'a', 'm', 'e', 0}
+ stackC = [...]byte{'s', 't', 'a', 'c', 'k', 0}
+ lineNumC = [...]byte{'l', 'i', 'n', 'e', 'N', 'u', 'm', 'b', 'e', 'r', 0}
+ colNumC = [...]byte{'c', 'o', 'l', 'u', 'm', 'n', 'N', 'u', 'm', 'b', 'e', 'r', 0}
+ fileNameC = [...]byte{'f', 'i', 'l', 'e', 'N', 'a', 'm', 'e', 0}
)
// value "unpacks" 'v'. FreeValue(v) is called before returning, 'v' must not
@@ -1089,18 +1114,77 @@
return Unsupported{}, nil
}
+// ErrorFromValue extracts structured error information from a JavaScript error Value.
+// This allows you to inspect caught exceptions or any error Value you hold.
+func ErrorFromValue(v Value) *EvalError {
+ tls := v.vm.runtime.tls
+ ctx := v.vm.cContext
+
+ p := lib.XToCString(tls, ctx, v.v)
+ raw := libc.GoString(p)
+ lib.XJS_FreeCString(tls, ctx, p)
+
+ err := &EvalError{raw: raw}
+
+ vr := lib.XJS_GetPropertyStr(tls, ctx, v.v, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&messageC[0])))
+ if tag(vr) == lib.EJS_TAG_STRING || tag(vr) == lib.EJS_TAG_STRING_ROPE {
+ p := lib.XToCString(tls, ctx, vr)
+ err.Message = libc.GoString(p)
+ lib.XJS_FreeCString(tls, ctx, p)
+ }
+ lib.XFreeValue(tls, ctx, vr)
+
+ vr = lib.XJS_GetPropertyStr(tls, ctx, v.v, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&nameC[0])))
+ if tag(vr) == lib.EJS_TAG_STRING || tag(vr) == lib.EJS_TAG_STRING_ROPE {
+ p := lib.XToCString(tls, ctx, vr)
+ err.Name = libc.GoString(p)
+ lib.XJS_FreeCString(tls, ctx, p)
+ }
+ lib.XFreeValue(tls, ctx, vr)
+
+ vr = lib.XJS_GetPropertyStr(tls, ctx, v.v, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&stackC[0])))
+ if tag(vr) == lib.EJS_TAG_STRING || tag(vr) == lib.EJS_TAG_STRING_ROPE {
+ p := lib.XToCString(tls, ctx, vr)
+ err.Stack = libc.GoString(p)
+ lib.XJS_FreeCString(tls, ctx, p)
+ }
+ lib.XFreeValue(tls, ctx, vr)
+
+ vr = lib.XJS_GetPropertyStr(tls, ctx, v.v, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&lineNumC[0])))
+ switch tag(vr) {
+ case lib.EJS_TAG_INT:
+ err.LineNumber = int(*(*int32)(unsafe.Pointer(&vr)))
+ case lib.EJS_TAG_FLOAT64:
+ err.LineNumber = int(jsvToFloat64(vr))
+ }
+ lib.XFreeValue(tls, ctx, vr)
+
+ vr = lib.XJS_GetPropertyStr(tls, ctx, v.v, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&colNumC[0])))
+ switch tag(vr) {
+ case lib.EJS_TAG_INT:
+ err.ColumnNumber = int(*(*int32)(unsafe.Pointer(&vr)))
+ case lib.EJS_TAG_FLOAT64:
+ err.ColumnNumber = int(jsvToFloat64(vr))
+ }
+ lib.XFreeValue(tls, ctx, vr)
+
+ vr = lib.XJS_GetPropertyStr(tls, ctx, v.v, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&fileNameC[0])))
+ if tag(vr) == lib.EJS_TAG_STRING || tag(vr) == lib.EJS_TAG_STRING_ROPE {
+ p := lib.XToCString(tls, ctx, vr)
+ err.FileName = libc.GoString(p)
+ lib.XJS_FreeCString(tls, ctx, p)
+ }
+ lib.XFreeValue(tls, ctx, vr)
+
+ return err
+}
+
func (m *VM) errFromException() error {
tls := m.runtime.tls
ctx := m.cContext
e := lib.XJS_GetException(tls, ctx)
-
defer lib.XFreeValue(tls, ctx, e)
-
- p := lib.XToCString(tls, ctx, e)
-
- defer lib.XJS_FreeCString(tls, ctx, p)
-
- return fmt.Errorf("%s", libc.GoString(p))
+ return ErrorFromValue(Value{vm: m, v: e})
}
// StdAddHelpers adds the 'print' and 'console' global objects to 'm'.
```
I have a custom formatter that might change, but this error structure should be enough to provide users the ability to implement their own.
`ErrorFromValue` in current state might not be something that you'd want to merge, but I am interested in your opinion, maybe you'd like to merge something similar that'd provide the necessary primitives?
Currently error is converted into a `string` and so it's impossible to retrieve that structured information.
issue
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