use chainerror::Context as _; use std::error::Error; use std::io; fn do_some_io() -> Result<(), Box> { Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?; Ok(()) } chainerror::str_context!(Func2Error); fn func2() -> Result<(), Box> { let filename = "foo.txt"; do_some_io().context(Func2Error(format!("Error reading '{}'", filename)))?; Ok(()) } enum Func1ErrorKind { Func2, IO(String), } impl ::std::fmt::Display for Func1ErrorKind { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -> ::std::fmt::Result { match self { Func1ErrorKind::Func2 => write!(f, "func1 error calling func2"), Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename) => write!(f, "Error reading '{}'", filename), } } } impl ::std::fmt::Debug for Func1ErrorKind { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -> ::std::fmt::Result { write!(f, "{}", self) } } impl ::std::error::Error for Func1ErrorKind {} fn func1() -> chainerror::Result<(), Func1ErrorKind> { func2().context(Func1ErrorKind::Func2)?; let filename = String::from("bar.txt"); do_some_io().context(Func1ErrorKind::IO(filename))?; Ok(()) } fn handle_func1errorkind(e: &Func1ErrorKind) { match e { Func1ErrorKind::Func2 => eprintln!("Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2"), Func1ErrorKind::IO(ref filename) => { eprintln!("Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'", filename) } } } fn main() -> Result<(), Box> { if let Err(e) = func1() { match *e { Func1ErrorKind::Func2 => eprintln!("Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2"), Func1ErrorKind::IO(ref filename) => { eprintln!("Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'", filename) } } handle_func1errorkind(&e); if let Some(e) = e.find_chain_cause::() { eprintln!("\nError reported by Func2Error: {}", e) } eprintln!("\nDebug Error:\n{:?}", e); std::process::exit(1); } Ok(()) }