src/kernel/errors.jam

# Copyright 2003 Dave Abrahams
# Copyright 2004 Vladimir Prus
# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

# Print a stack backtrace leading to this rule's caller. Each argument
# represents a line of output to be printed after the first line of the
# backtrace.
#
rule backtrace ( skip-frames prefix messages * : * )
{
    local frame-skips = 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 65 69 73 77 81 ;
    local drop-elements = $(frame-skips[$(skip-frames)]) ;
    if ! ( $(skip-frames) in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 )
    {
        ECHO "warning: backtrace doesn't support skipping $(skip-frames) "
            "frames; using 1 instead." ;
        drop-elements = 5 ;
    }

    local args = $(.args) ;
    if $(.user-modules-only)
    {
        local bt = [ nearest-user-location ] ;
        if $(bt)
        {
            ECHO $(prefix) at $(bt) ;
        }
        for local n in $(args)
        {
            if $($(n))-is-defined
            {
                ECHO $(prefix) $($(n)) ;
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        # Get the whole backtrace, then drop the initial quadruples
        # corresponding to the frames that must be skipped.
        local bt = [ BACKTRACE ] ;
        bt = $(bt[$(drop-elements)-]) ;

        while $(bt)
        {
            local m = [ MATCH ^(.+)\\.$ : $(bt[3]) ] ;
            ECHO "$(bt[1]):$(bt[2]):" "in" $(bt[4]) "from module" $(m) ;

            # The first time through, print each argument on a separate line.
            for local n in $(args)
            {
                if $($(n))-is-defined
                {
                    ECHO $(prefix) $($(n)) ;
                }
            }
            args = ;  # Kill args so that this never happens again.

            # Move on to the next quadruple.
            bt = $(bt[5-]) ;
        }
    }
}

.args ?= messages 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ;
.disabled ?= ;
.last-error-$(.args) ?= ;


# try-catch --
#
# This is not really an exception-handling mechanism, but it does allow us to
# perform some error-checking on our error-checking. Errors are suppressed after
# a try, and the first one is recorded. Use catch to check that the error
# message matched expectations.

# Begin looking for error messages.
#
rule try ( )
{
    .disabled += true ;
    .last-error-$(.args) = ;
}


# Stop looking for error messages; generate an error if an argument of messages
# is not found in the corresponding argument in the error call.
#
rule catch ( messages * : * )
{
    .disabled = $(.disabled[2-]) ;  # Pop the stack.

    import sequence ;

    if ! $(.last-error-$(.args))-is-defined
    {
        error-skip-frames 3 expected an error, but none occurred ;
    }
    else
    {
        for local n in $(.args)
        {
            if ! $($(n)) in $(.last-error-$(n))
            {
                local v = [ sequence.join $($(n)) : " " ] ;
                v ?= "" ;
                local joined = [ sequence.join $(.last-error-$(n)) : " " ] ;

                .last-error-$(.args) = ;
                error-skip-frames 3 expected \"$(v)\" in argument $(n) of error
                    : got \"$(joined)\" instead ;
            }
        }
    }
}


rule error-skip-frames ( skip-frames messages * : * )
{
    if ! $(.disabled)
    {
        backtrace $(skip-frames) "error:" $(messages) : $(2) : $(3) : $(4) : $(5)
            : $(6) : $(7) : $(8) : $(9) : $(10) : $(11) : $(12) : $(13) : $(14)
            : $(15) : $(16) : $(17) : $(18) : $(19) ;
        EXIT ;
    }
    else if ! $(.last-error-$(.args))
    {
        for local n in $(.args)
        {
            # Add an extra empty string so that we always have something in the
            # event of an error.
            .last-error-$(n) = $($(n)) "" ;
        }
    }
}

if --no-error-backtrace in [ modules.peek : ARGV ]
{
    .no-error-backtrace = true ;
}


# Print an error message with a stack backtrace and exit.
#
rule error ( messages * : * )
{
    if $(.no-error-backtrace)
    {
        local first-printed ;
        # Print each argument on a separate line.
        for local n in $(.args)
        {
            if $($(n))-is-defined
            {
                if ! $(first-printed)
                {
                    ECHO "error:" $($(n)) ;
                    first-printed = true ;
                }
                else
                {
                    ECHO $($(n)) ;
                }
            }
        }
        EXIT ;
    }
    else
    {
        error-skip-frames 3 $(1) : $(2) : $(3) : $(4) : $(5) : $(6) : $(7) :
            $(8) : $(9) : $(10) : $(11) : $(12) : $(13) : $(14) : $(15) : $(16)
            : $(17) : $(18) : $(19) ;
    }
}


# Same as 'error', but the generated backtrace will include only user files.
#
rule user-error ( messages * : * )
{
    .user-modules-only = 1 ;
    error-skip-frames 3 $(1) : $(2) : $(3) : $(4) : $(5) : $(6) : $(7) : $(8) :
        $(9) : $(10) : $(11) : $(12) : $(13) : $(14) : $(15) : $(16) : $(17) :
        $(18) : $(19) ;
}


# Print a warning message with a stack backtrace and exit.
#
rule warning
{
    backtrace 2 "warning:" $(1) : $(2) : $(3) : $(4) : $(5) : $(6) : $(7) : $(8) :
        $(9) : $(10) : $(11) : $(12) : $(13) : $(14) : $(15) : $(16) : $(17) :
        $(18) : $(19) ;
}


# Convert an arbitrary argument list into a list with ":" separators and quoted
# elements representing the same information. This is mostly useful for
# formatting descriptions of arguments with which a rule was called when
# reporting an error.
#
rule lol->list ( * )
{
    local result ;
    local remaining = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ;
    while $($(remaining))
    {
        local n = $(remaining[1]) ;
        remaining = $(remaining[2-]) ;

        if $(n) != 1
        {
            result += ":" ;
        }
        result += \"$($(n))\" ;
    }
    return $(result) ;
}


# Return the file:line for the nearest entry in backtrace which correspond to a
# user module.
#
rule nearest-user-location ( )
{
    local bt = [ BACKTRACE ] ;

    local result ;
    while $(bt) && ! $(result)
    {
        local m = [ MATCH ^(.+)\\.$ : $(bt[3]) ] ;
        local user-modules = "([Jj]amroot(.jam|.v2|)|([Jj]amfile(.jam|.v2|)|user-config.jam|site-config.jam|project-config.jam|project-root.jam)" ;

        if [ MATCH $(user-modules) : $(bt[1]:D=) ]
        {
            result = "$(bt[1]):$(bt[2])" ;
        }
        bt = $(bt[5-]) ;
    }
    return $(result) ;
}


# If optimized rule is available in Jam, use it.
if NEAREST_USER_LOCATION in [ RULENAMES ]
{
    rule nearest-user-location ( )
    {
        local r = [ NEAREST_USER_LOCATION ] ;
        return "$(r[1]):$(r[2])" ;
    }
}


rule __test__ ( )
{
    # Show that we can correctly catch an expected error.
    try ;
    {
        error an error occurred : somewhere ;
    }
    catch an error occurred : somewhere ;

    # Show that unexpected errors generate real errors.
    try ;
    {
        try ;
        {
            error an error occurred : somewhere ;
        }
        catch an error occurred : nowhere ;
    }
    catch expected \"nowhere\" in argument 2 ;

    # Show that not catching an error where one was expected is an error.
    try ;
    {
        try ;
        {
        }
        catch ;
    }
    catch expected an error, but none occurred ;
}