Better error messages for calling non-callable objects

When available, use the calling code to find a suitable name for what
was being called; this is particularly useful for errors of non-callable
metamethods. This commit also improved the debug information for
order metamethods.
This commit is contained in:
Roberto Ierusalimschy
2020-12-29 13:15:54 -03:00
parent 59e565d955
commit 4bd10b6fe8
6 changed files with 52 additions and 11 deletions

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@@ -823,8 +823,10 @@ assert(a + 30000 == "add" and a - 3.0 == "sub" and a * 3.0 == "mul" and
-a == "unm" and #a == "len" and a & 3 == "band")
assert(a|3 == "bor" and 3~a == "bxor" and a<<3 == "shl" and a>>1 == "shr")
assert (a==b and a.op == "eq")
assert (a>=b and a.op == "order")
assert (a>b and a.op == "order")
assert (a>=b and a.op == "le")
assert ("x">=a and a.op == "le")
assert (a>b and a.op == "lt")
assert (a>10 and a.op == "lt")
assert(~a == "bnot")
do -- testing for-iterator name

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@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ local function doit (s)
end
local function checkmessage (prog, msg)
local function checkmessage (prog, msg, debug)
local m = doit(prog)
if debug then print(m) end
assert(string.find(m, msg, 1, true))
end
@@ -120,6 +121,17 @@ assert(not string.find(doit"a={13}; local bbbb=1; a[bbbb](3)", "'bbbb'"))
checkmessage("a={13}; local bbbb=1; a[bbbb](3)", "number")
checkmessage("a=(1)..{}", "a table value")
-- calls
checkmessage("local a; a(13)", "local 'a'")
checkmessage([[
local a = setmetatable({}, {__add = 34})
a = a + 1
]], "metamethod 'add'")
checkmessage([[
local a = setmetatable({}, {__lt = {}})
a = a > a
]], "metamethod 'lt'")
-- tail calls
checkmessage("local a={}; return a.bbbb(3)", "field 'bbbb'")
checkmessage("a={}; do local a=1 end; return a:bbbb(3)", "method 'bbbb'")

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@@ -459,7 +459,22 @@ do -- errors due to non-closable values
getmetatable(xyz).__close = nil -- remove metamethod
end
local stat, msg = pcall(foo)
assert(not stat and string.find(msg, "attempt to call a nil value"))
assert(not stat and string.find(msg, "metamethod 'close'"))
local function foo ()
local a1 <close> = func2close(function (_, msg)
assert(string.find(msg, "number value"))
error(12)
end)
local a2 <close> = setmetatable({}, {__close = print})
local a3 <close> = func2close(function (_, msg)
assert(msg == nil)
error(123)
end)
getmetatable(a2).__close = 4 -- invalidate metamethod
end
local stat, msg = pcall(foo)
assert(not stat and msg == 12)
end