Use Display instead of Debug in the default error handler (#18629)

# Objective

Improve error messages for missing resources.  

The default error handler currently prints the `Debug` representation of
the error type instead of `Display`. Most error types use
`#[derive(Debug)]`, resulting in a dump of the structure, but will have
a user-friendly message for `Display`.

Follow-up to #18593

## Solution

Change the default error handler to use `Display` instead of `Debug`.  

Change `BevyError` to include the backtrace in the `Display` format in
addition to `Debug` so that it is still included.

## Showcase

Before: 

```
Encountered an error in system `system_name`: SystemParamValidationError { skipped: false, message: "Resource does not exist", param: "bevy_ecs::change_detection::Res<app_name::ResourceType>" }

Encountered an error in system `other_system_name`: "String message with\nmultiple lines."
```

After

```
Encountered an error in system `system_name`: Parameter `Res<ResourceType>` failed validation: Resource does not exist

Encountered an error in system `other_system_name`: String message with
multiple lines.
```
This commit is contained in:
Chris Russell 2025-03-31 14:28:19 -04:00 committed by François Mockers
parent d5d57bbd26
commit d5c5de20b1
4 changed files with 48 additions and 42 deletions

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@ -34,48 +34,11 @@ impl BevyError {
pub fn downcast_ref<E: Error + 'static>(&self) -> Option<&E> {
self.inner.error.downcast_ref::<E>()
}
}
/// This type exists (rather than having a `BevyError(Box<dyn InnerBevyError)`) to make [`BevyError`] use a "thin pointer" instead of
/// a "fat pointer", which reduces the size of our Result by a usize. This does introduce an extra indirection, but error handling is a "cold path".
/// We don't need to optimize it to that degree.
/// PERF: We could probably have the best of both worlds with a "custom vtable" impl, but thats not a huge priority right now and the code simplicity
/// of the current impl is nice.
struct InnerBevyError {
error: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>,
#[cfg(feature = "backtrace")]
backtrace: std::backtrace::Backtrace,
}
// NOTE: writing the impl this way gives us From<&str> ... nice!
impl<E> From<E> for BevyError
where
Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>: From<E>,
{
#[cold]
fn from(error: E) -> Self {
BevyError {
inner: Box::new(InnerBevyError {
error: error.into(),
#[cfg(feature = "backtrace")]
backtrace: std::backtrace::Backtrace::capture(),
}),
}
}
}
impl Display for BevyError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
writeln!(f, "{}", self.inner.error)?;
Ok(())
}
}
impl Debug for BevyError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
writeln!(f, "{:?}", self.inner.error)?;
fn format_backtrace(&self, _f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
#[cfg(feature = "backtrace")]
{
let f = _f;
let backtrace = &self.inner.backtrace;
if let std::backtrace::BacktraceStatus::Captured = backtrace.status() {
let full_backtrace = std::env::var("BEVY_BACKTRACE").is_ok_and(|val| val == "full");
@ -123,7 +86,50 @@ impl Debug for BevyError {
}
}
}
Ok(())
}
}
/// This type exists (rather than having a `BevyError(Box<dyn InnerBevyError)`) to make [`BevyError`] use a "thin pointer" instead of
/// a "fat pointer", which reduces the size of our Result by a usize. This does introduce an extra indirection, but error handling is a "cold path".
/// We don't need to optimize it to that degree.
/// PERF: We could probably have the best of both worlds with a "custom vtable" impl, but thats not a huge priority right now and the code simplicity
/// of the current impl is nice.
struct InnerBevyError {
error: Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>,
#[cfg(feature = "backtrace")]
backtrace: std::backtrace::Backtrace,
}
// NOTE: writing the impl this way gives us From<&str> ... nice!
impl<E> From<E> for BevyError
where
Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>: From<E>,
{
#[cold]
fn from(error: E) -> Self {
BevyError {
inner: Box::new(InnerBevyError {
error: error.into(),
#[cfg(feature = "backtrace")]
backtrace: std::backtrace::Backtrace::capture(),
}),
}
}
}
impl Display for BevyError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
writeln!(f, "{}", self.inner.error)?;
self.format_backtrace(f)?;
Ok(())
}
}
impl Debug for BevyError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
writeln!(f, "{:?}", self.inner.error)?;
self.format_backtrace(f)?;
Ok(())
}
}

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@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ pub fn default_error_handler() -> fn(BevyError, ErrorContext) {
macro_rules! inner {
($call:path, $e:ident, $c:ident) => {
$call!(
"Encountered an error in {} `{}`: {:?}",
"Encountered an error in {} `{}`: {}",
$c.kind(),
$c.name(),
$e

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@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ mod tests {
}
#[test]
#[should_panic = "Encountered an error in system `bevy_ecs::system::system_param::tests::missing_resource_error::res_system`: SystemParamValidationError { skipped: false, message: \"Resource does not exist\", param: \"bevy_ecs::change_detection::Res<bevy_ecs::system::system_param::tests::missing_resource_error::MissingResource>\" }"]
#[should_panic = "Encountered an error in system `bevy_ecs::system::system_param::tests::missing_resource_error::res_system`: Parameter `Res<MissingResource>` failed validation: Resource does not exist"]
fn missing_resource_error() {
#[derive(Resource)]
pub struct MissingResource;

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@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fn main() {
// If we run the app, we'll see the following output at startup:
//
// WARN Encountered an error in system `fallible_systems::failing_system`: "Resource not initialized"
// WARN Encountered an error in system `fallible_systems::failing_system`: Resource not initialized
// ERROR fallible_systems::failing_system failed: Resource not initialized
// INFO captured error: Resource not initialized
app.run();