fix(tvix/eval): propagate catchable errors at the top of an eval r/7577

(Re-)Adds an error variant that wraps a catchable error kind, which is
used for returning the result of an evaluation.

Previously this would return the internal catchable value, which would
lead to panics if users tried to use these. Somehow this was missed; I
think we need error output tests.

Change-Id: Id6e24aa2ce4ea4358a29b2e1cf4a6749986baf8c
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/10991
Tested-by: BuildkiteCI
Autosubmit: tazjin <tazjin@tvl.su>
Reviewed-by: flokli <flokli@flokli.de>

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/errors.rs b/tvix/eval/src/errors.rs
index 262757021187..db02093b8d65 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/errors.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/errors.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ use crate::{SourceCode, Value};
 /// ... where T is any type other than Value.  This is unfortunate,
 /// because Rust's magic `?`-syntax does not work on nested Result
 /// values like this.
-///
-/// TODO(amjoseph): investigate result<T,Either<CatchableErrorKind,ErrorKind>>
-///
+// TODO(amjoseph): investigate result<T,Either<CatchableErrorKind,ErrorKind>>
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum CatchableErrorKind {
     Throw(Box<str>),
@@ -47,6 +45,21 @@ pub enum CatchableErrorKind {
     NixPathResolution(Box<str>),
 }
 
+impl Display for CatchableErrorKind {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            CatchableErrorKind::Throw(s) => write!(f, "error thrown: {}", s),
+            CatchableErrorKind::AssertionFailed => write!(f, "assertion failed"),
+            CatchableErrorKind::UnimplementedFeature(s) => {
+                write!(f, "feature {} is not implemented yet", s)
+            }
+            CatchableErrorKind::NixPathResolution(s) => {
+                write!(f, "Nix path entry could not be resolved: {}", s)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum ErrorKind {
     /// These are user-generated errors through builtins.
@@ -208,6 +221,14 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
 
     /// Unexpected context string
     UnexpectedContext,
+
+    /// Top-level evaluation result was a catchable Nix error, and
+    /// should fail the evaluation.
+    ///
+    /// This variant **must** only be used at the top-level of
+    /// tvix-eval when returning a result to the user, never inside of
+    /// eval code.
+    CatchableError(CatchableErrorKind),
 }
 
 impl error::Error for Error {
@@ -508,6 +529,10 @@ to a missing value in the attribute set(s) included via `with`."#,
             ErrorKind::UnexpectedContext => {
                 write!(f, "unexpected context string")
             }
+
+            ErrorKind::CatchableError(inner) => {
+                write!(f, "{}", inner)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -795,7 +820,8 @@ impl Error {
             | ErrorKind::TvixError(_)
             | ErrorKind::TvixBug { .. }
             | ErrorKind::NotImplemented(_)
-            | ErrorKind::WithContext { .. } => return None,
+            | ErrorKind::WithContext { .. }
+            | ErrorKind::CatchableError(_) => return None,
         };
 
         Some(label.into())
@@ -805,11 +831,14 @@ impl Error {
     /// used to refer users to documentation.
     fn code(&self) -> &'static str {
         match self.kind {
+            ErrorKind::CatchableError(CatchableErrorKind::Throw(_)) => "E001",
             ErrorKind::Abort(_) => "E002",
+            ErrorKind::CatchableError(CatchableErrorKind::AssertionFailed) => "E003",
             ErrorKind::InvalidAttributeName { .. } => "E004",
             ErrorKind::AttributeNotFound { .. } => "E005",
             ErrorKind::TypeError { .. } => "E006",
             ErrorKind::Incomparable { .. } => "E007",
+            ErrorKind::CatchableError(CatchableErrorKind::NixPathResolution(_)) => "E008",
             ErrorKind::DynamicKeyInScope(_) => "E009",
             ErrorKind::UnknownStaticVariable => "E010",
             ErrorKind::UnknownDynamicVariable(_) => "E011",
@@ -848,7 +877,8 @@ impl Error {
             ErrorKind::TvixBug { .. } => "E998",
 
             // Placeholder error while Tvix is under construction.
-            ErrorKind::NotImplemented(_) => "E999",
+            ErrorKind::CatchableError(CatchableErrorKind::UnimplementedFeature(_))
+            | ErrorKind::NotImplemented(_) => "E999",
 
             // Chained errors should yield the code of the innermost
             // error.