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                        <h1><a class="header" href="#going-back-to-std" id="going-back-to-std">Going back to std</a></h1>
<p>Not using <code>chainerror</code> and going full <code>std</code> would look like this:</p>
<p>Btw, the code size is bigger than using <code>chainerror</code> :-)</p>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust">pub mod mycrate {
    use std::error::Error as StdError;

    use self::func2mod::{do_some_io, func2};

    pub mod func2mod {
        use std::error::Error as StdError;
        use std::io;

        pub enum ErrorKind {
            IO(String),
        }

        impl std::fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
            fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
                match self {
                    ErrorKind::IO(s) =&gt; std::fmt::Display::fmt(s, f),
                }
            }
        }

        impl std::fmt::Debug for ErrorKind {
            fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
                match self {
                    ErrorKind::IO(s) =&gt; std::fmt::Display::fmt(s, f),
                }
            }
        }

        macro_rules! mcontext {
            ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {{
                |e| {
                    Error(
                        $k,
                        Some(Box::from(e)),
                        Some(concat!(file!(), &quot;:&quot;, line!(), &quot;: &quot;)),
                    )
                }
            }};
        }

        pub struct Error(
            ErrorKind,
            Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
            Option&lt;&amp;'static str&gt;,
        );

        impl Error {
            pub fn kind(&amp;self) -&gt; &amp;ErrorKind {
                &amp;self.0
            }
        }

        impl From&lt;ErrorKind&gt; for Error {
            fn from(e: ErrorKind) -&gt; Self {
                Error(e, None, None)
            }
        }

        impl std::error::Error for Error {
            fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)&gt; {
                self.1.as_ref().map(|e| e.as_ref())
            }
        }

        impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
            fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
                std::fmt::Display::fmt(&amp;self.0, f)
            }
        }

        impl std::fmt::Debug for Error {
            fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
                if let Some(ref o) = self.2 {
                    std::fmt::Display::fmt(o, f)?;
                }

                std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&amp;self.0, f)?;

                if let Some(e) = self.source() {
                    std::fmt::Display::fmt(&quot;\nCaused by:\n&quot;, f)?;
                    std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
                }
                Ok(())
            }
        }

        pub fn do_some_io() -&gt; std::result::Result&lt;(), Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error&gt;&gt; {
            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound))?;
            Ok(())
        }

        pub fn func2() -&gt; std::result::Result&lt;(), Error&gt; {
            let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
            do_some_io().map_err(mcontext!(ErrorKind::IO(format!(
                &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;,
                filename
            ))))?;
            Ok(())
        }
    }

    #[derive(Debug)]
    pub enum ErrorKind {
        Func2,
        IO(String),
    }

    impl std::fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
        fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
            match self {
                ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
                ErrorKind::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
            }
        }
    }

    macro_rules! mcontext {
        ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {{
            |e| {
                Error(
                    $k,
                    Some(Box::from(e)),
                    Some(concat!(file!(), &quot;:&quot;, line!(), &quot;: &quot;)),
                )
            }
        }};
    }

    pub struct Error(
        ErrorKind,
        Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
        Option&lt;&amp;'static str&gt;,
    );

    impl Error {
        pub fn kind(&amp;self) -&gt; &amp;ErrorKind {
            &amp;self.0
        }
    }

    impl From&lt;ErrorKind&gt; for Error {
        fn from(e: ErrorKind) -&gt; Self {
            Error(e, None, None)
        }
    }

    impl std::error::Error for Error {
        fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)&gt; {
            self.1.as_ref().map(|e| e.as_ref())
        }
    }

    impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
        fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
            std::fmt::Display::fmt(&amp;self.0, f)
        }
    }

    impl std::fmt::Debug for Error {
        fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; std::fmt::Result {
            if let Some(ref o) = self.2 {
                std::fmt::Display::fmt(o, f)?;
            }

            std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&amp;self.0, f)?;
            if let Some(e) = self.source() {
                std::fmt::Display::fmt(&quot;\nCaused by:\n&quot;, f)?;
                std::fmt::Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
            }
            Ok(())
        }
    }

    pub type Result&lt;T&gt; = std::result::Result&lt;T, Error&gt;;

    pub fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;()&gt; {
        func2().map_err(mcontext!(ErrorKind::Func2))?;
        let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
        do_some_io().map_err(mcontext!(ErrorKind::IO(filename)))?;
        Ok(())
    }
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync&gt;&gt; {
    use mycrate::func1;
    use mycrate::ErrorKind;
    use std::error::Error;
    use std::io;

    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        match e.kind() {
            ErrorKind::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
            ErrorKind::IO(ref filename) =&gt; {
                eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
            }
        }

        eprintln!();
        let mut s: &amp;dyn Error = &amp;e;
        while let Some(c) = s.source() {
            if let Some(ioerror) = c.downcast_ref::&lt;io::Error&gt;() {
                eprintln!(&quot;caused by: std::io::Error: {}&quot;, ioerror);
                match ioerror.kind() {
                    io::ErrorKind::NotFound =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;of kind: std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound&quot;),
                    _ =&gt; {}
                }
            } else {
                eprintln!(&quot;caused by: {}&quot;, c);
            }
            s = c;
        }

        eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);

        std::process::exit(1);
    }
    Ok(())
}
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