# Objective
Create a `When` system param wrapper for skipping systems that fail
validation.
Currently, the `Single` and `Populated` parameters cause systems to skip
when they fail validation, while the `Res` family causes systems to
error. Generalize this so that any fallible parameter can be used either
to skip a system or to raise an error. A parameter used directly will
always raise an error, and a parameter wrapped in `When<P>` will always
cause the system to be silently skipped.
~~Note that this changes the behavior for `Single` and `Populated`. The
current behavior will be available using `When<Single>` and
`When<Populated>`.~~
Fixes#18516
## Solution
Create a `When` system param wrapper that wraps an inner parameter and
converts all validation errors to `skipped`.
~~Change the behavior of `Single` and `Populated` to fail by default.~~
~~Replace in-engine use of `Single` with `When<Single>`. I updated the
`fallible_systems` example, but not all of the others. The other
examples I looked at appeared to always have one matching entity, and it
seemed more clear to use the simpler type in those cases.~~
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Zachary Harrold <zac@harrold.com.au>
Co-authored-by: François Mockers <mockersf@gmail.com>
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