mcabbott / mcabbott/AxisKeys.jl

Show list of names in error message

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Description

It would be helpful to show the list of names in the following error message:

  Got exception outside of a @test
  some keywords not in list of names!
  Stacktrace:
   [1] error(::String) at ./error.jl:33
   [2] #getkey#30 at /Users/x/.julia/packages/AxisKeys/YGuuO/src/names.jl:100 [inlined]
   [3] #_#28 at /Users/x/.julia/packages/AxisKeys/YGuuO/src/names.jl:95 [inlined]
   [4] macro expansion at /Users/x/.julia/packages/MutableArithmetics/bPWR4/src/rewrite.jl:276 [inlined]
   [5] macro expansion at /Users/x/.julia/packages/JuMP/y5vgk/src/macros.jl:447 [inlined]

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Research direction

Start in src/names.jl around lines 95-100, where the stack trace shows the error is raised. Reproduce the missing-name error and inspect the existing tests or error-message expectations. Done means the error message includes the list of available names.

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julia
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Feature
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