no strack trace in callback errors
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Description
Currently when an error occurs inside a callback, it displays the error message via a gtk warning, but it doesn't display a proper stack trace like a normal Lua error. This makes debugging problems inside callbacks hard.
Example code:
local lgi = require "lgi"
local Gtk = lgi.Gtk
local function evil_code(w)
w:add(nil)
end
local function some_stuff(w)
evil_code(w)
end
local window = Gtk.Window{
on_destroy = Gtk.main_quit,
Gtk.Button{
label = "Click to crash",
margin = 10,
on_clicked = function(w)
some_stuff(w)
end
}
}
window:show_all()
Gtk.main()
example output after causing an error:
(lua:4090): Lgi-WARNING **: Error raised while calling 'lgi.cbk (function: 0x1001410): GObject': /usr/local/share/lua/5.1/lgi/override/Gtk.lua:139: bad argument #3 to 'add' (Gtk.Widget expected, got nil)
expected output: a full stack trace similar to this
lua: ./error_test.lua:6: attempt to index local 'w' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
./error_test.lua:6: in function 'evil_code'
./error_test.lua:10: in function 'some_stuff'
./error_test.lua:14: in function <./error_test.lua:13>
./error_test.lua:15: in main chunk
Using lgi 0.9.0 under Gentoo Linux x86_64, with Gtk 3.16.7
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Research direction
Reproduce the callback failure using the Lua/Gtk example and the stated lgi 0.9.0 environment, then trace how callback errors are reported. Done means the warning includes a full Lua stack traceback showing the callback's calling functions, rather than only the error message.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100