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channel: Implement Display and Error for TryReadyError and ReadyTimeoutError - #1327
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TryReadyError and ReadyTimeoutError are public error types, re-exported
from crossbeam-channel/src/lib.rs:383 and returned by Select::try_ready,
Select::ready_timeout and Select::ready_deadline. They were the only
error types in crossbeam-channel/src/err.rs that implement neither
fmt::Display nor std::error::Error, so `sel.ready_timeout(d)?` fails to
compile in a function returning Box<dyn Error>, and the error cannot be
printed with `{}`.
Their select counterparts, TrySelectError and SelectTimeoutError at
crossbeam-channel/src/err.rs:340-354, carry doc comments that are word
for word identical, so this reuses their messages: "all operations in
select would block" and "timed out waiting on select". The new impls go
at the end of err.rs, keeping the impl order the same as the order in
which the types are declared.
The new error_impls test in crossbeam-channel/tests/ready.rs boxes both
errors as Box<dyn Error> and checks the rendered text. It fails to
compile without the impls (E0277) and uses no threads, sleeps or timing.
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TryReadyErrorandReadyTimeoutErrorare public, re-exported fromcrossbeam-channel/src/lib.rs:383, and are whatSelect::try_ready,Select::ready_timeoutandSelect::ready_deadlinereturn. They are the only error types incrossbeam-channel/src/err.rsthat implement neitherfmt::Displaynorstd::error::Error, so the select side works and the ready side does not:In practice that means
sel.ready_timeout(d)?does not compile in a function returningBox<dyn Error>oranyhow::Result, whilesel.select_timeout(d)?does, andprintln!("{err}")on either ready error does not compile at all. Today onlyDebugis available, from thederiveon the two structs.This adds the two
Displayimpls and the two emptyerror::Errorimpls at the end oferr.rs, which keeps the impls in the order the types are declared. The messages are the ones already used by the select counterparts atcrossbeam-channel/src/err.rs:340-354.TrySelectErrorandTryReadyErrorcarry the same doc line, "Failed because none of the channel operations were ready.", so both say "all operations in select would block";SelectTimeoutErrorandReadyTimeoutErrorcarry the same doc line, "Failed because none of the channel operations became ready before the timeout.", so both say "timed out waiting on select".error_implsincrossbeam-channel/tests/ready.rsboxes each error asBox<dyn Error>and asserts the rendered text. It runs on one thread with no sleeps and no timing assumptions, so it is fine under Miri and on every CI target.ready_timeout(ms(0))reaches the deadline branch ofrun_readydeterministically, becauseready_timeoutcomputes the deadline asInstant::now()before the readiness scan and the scan is what advances the clock past it. The sender stays bound as_sso the channel is connected and never ready.Verified on macOS aarch64 with cargo 1.95.0:
err.rschange,cargo test -p crossbeam-channel --test ready error_implsfails to build with twoerror[E0277], one per type.test error_impls ... ok.cargo test -p crossbeam-channel: 400 passed, 0 failed, 1 ignored across 15 test binaries, plus 74 doctests passed.cargo clippy -p crossbeam-channel --lib --tests -- -D warnings: clean.--all-targetscannot be used on stable here becausebenches/crossbeam.rsopens with#![feature(test)]; that fails identically on an unmodified checkout.cargo fmt --all -- --check: clean.Nothing public is removed or changed, so the addition is backwards compatible.