13 Commits
Author SHA1 Message Date
Taylor Yu abd6b70c72 feat: add advanced_errs2
New exercise to demonstrate traits that make it easier for other code
to consume our custom error types.
2021-09-25 11:18:23 +02:00
Taylor Yu 882d535ba8 feat: add advanced_errs1
New section and exercise to demonstrate the `From` trait for errors
and its usefulness with the `?` operator.
2021-09-25 11:18:21 +02:00
Taylor Yu 2dc93cadda fix(from_str, try_from_into): custom error types
Remove the use of trait objects as errors from `from_str` and
`try_from_into`; they seem to have caused a lot of confusion in
practice. (Also, it's considered best practice to use custom error
types instead of boxed errors in library code.) Instead, use custom
error enums, and update hints accordingly. Hints also provide
some guidance about converting errors, which could be covered
more completely in a future advanced errors section.

Also move from_str to directly after the similar exercise `from_into`,
for the sake of familiarity when solving.
2021-06-24 21:33:41 -05:00
Taylor Yu b7ddd09fab address review feedback
Adjust error text and naming to conform with best practices.
Use `map_err()` instead of `or()`. Wrap lower-level errors instead of
ignoring their details.

Also, don't "cheat" by bypassing the `new()` function in tests.

Fix a dangling reference in the try_from_into hints.
2021-06-09 23:27:53 -05:00
Taylor Yu 68d3ac567c feature: improve error_handling exercises
Add new exercises errors5 and errors6, to introduce boxed errors and
custom error enums more gently. Delete errorsn, because it tried to do
too much too soon.
2021-06-06 23:08:57 -05:00
Taylor Yu 50ab289da6 fix: rename result1 to errors4
Also put it in the ERROR HANDLING section where it probably belongs.
2021-06-06 23:08:54 -05:00
Taylor Yu 4e079fdd08 chore(iterators5): conciseness hint 2021-06-06 17:45:35 -05:00
Taylor Yu 91fc9e3118 fix(iterators5): derive Clone, Copy
To allow more flexibility in solutions, derive `Clone` and `Copy`
for `Progress`.
2021-06-06 17:38:02 -05:00
Taylor Yu 1b85828548 fix: move_semantics5 hints
Improve the hints for move_semantics5, as well as the explanatory
comments in the code.

Previously, it was not clear what possible changes were allowed.
It seems that reordering the statements might be the intended solution.
The previous comment about not "adding newlines" doesn't make sense,
so treating it as "adding new lines" makes it more clear.
2021-05-22 22:09:58 -05:00
Taylor Yu 4c46e5e1a3 chore: minor typos in move_semantics5 hints 2021-05-22 21:56:14 -05:00
Taylor Yu 11d2cf0d60 fix(try_from_into, from_str): hints for dyn Error
Add hints about how to return the correct type for functions that
return `Result<_, Box<dyn Error>`. Some feedback from Discord suggests
that people run into trouble with that.
2021-05-15 14:01:17 -05:00
Taylor Yu c3e7b83178 fix: use trait objects for from_str
Use `Box<dyn error::Error>` to allow solutions to use `?` to propagate 
errors.
2021-04-04 18:56:10 -05:00
Taylor Yu 2e93a588e0 fix: use trait objects for try_from_into
Use `Box<dyn error::Error>` to allow solutions to use `?` to propagate
errors.  In the tests, explicitly check `is_ok()` instead of trying to
force the error type to `String` (or other `PartialEq` type) using
`assert_eq!()`.
2021-04-04 12:41:32 -05:00