[Bug] yue.require does not propagate errors to Lua
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Description
The YueScript documentation says to use yue.require() to perform custom error handling:
local yue = require("yue")
local success, result = xpcall(function()
yue.require("yuescript_module_name")
end, function(err)
return yue.traceback(err)
end)
However, this does not work. When throwing an error in a .yue file, the call to yue.require() will not fail and just return nothing. The error handler defined here will not be called, either. Furthermore, yue.require() always prints a traceback with yue.traceback().
The screenshot shows a file called temp.yue that contains the following code:
const f = () ->
error("Test message")
f()
It is being executed with LuaJIT, with the following code:
yue = require("yue")
print(pcall(yue.require, "temp"))
The output is:
Test message
Stack Traceback
===============
(1) '=(yuescript)':172
(2) global C function 'pcall'
(3) '=stdin':1
(4) C function 'function: 0x7e8c2865c588'
true nil
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with the shown LuaJIT example, using yue.require("temp") and the provided temp.yue error case. Trace the yue.require entry point to determine why the error is swallowed and why a traceback is printed. Done means pcall receives the failure, the custom xpcall handler can run, and yue.require does not print the traceback automatically.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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