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                        <a class="header" href="#simple-string-errors" id="simple-string-errors"><h1>Simple String Errors</h1></a>
<p>The most simplest of doing error handling in rust is by returning <code>String</code> as a <code>Box&lt;Error&gt;</code>.</p>
<p>As you can see by running the example (the &quot;Play&quot; button in upper right of the code block), this only
prints out the last <code>Error</code>.</p>
<p>If the rust <code>main</code> function returns an Err(), this Err() will be displayed with <code>std::fmt::Debug</code>.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use std::error::Error;
use std::result::Result;

fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    Err(&quot;do_some_io error&quot;)?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(_) = do_some_io() {
        Err(&quot;func2 error&quot;)?;
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(_) = func2() {
        Err(&quot;func1 error&quot;)?;
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    func1()
}
</code></pre></pre>
<a class="header" href="#simple-chained-string-errors" id="simple-chained-string-errors"><h1>Simple Chained String Errors</h1></a>
<p>Now with the help of the <code>chainerror</code> crate, we can have a nicer output.</p>
<p>Press the play button in the upper right corner and see the nice debug output.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::result::Result;

fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    Err(&quot;do_some_io error&quot;)?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = do_some_io() {
        Err(cherr!(e, &quot;func2 error&quot;))?;
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func2() {
        Err(cherr!(e, &quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    func1()
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<a class="header" href="#what-did-we-do-here" id="what-did-we-do-here"><h3>What did we do here?</h3></a>
<pre><code class="language-rust ignore">    if let Err(e) = do_some_io() {
        Err(cherr!(e, &quot;func2 error&quot;))?;
    }
</code></pre>
<p>The macro <code>cherr!(cause, newerror)</code> stores <code>cause</code> as the source/cause of <code>newerror</code> and returns
<code>newerror</code>, along with the filename (<code>file!()</code>) and line number (<code>line!()</code>).</p>
<p><code>Err(e)?</code> then returns the error <code>e</code> applying <code>e.into()</code>, so that we
again have a <code>Err(Box&lt;Error&gt;)</code> as a result.</p>
<p>The <code>Debug</code> implementation of <code>ChainError&lt;T&gt;</code> (which is returned by <code>cherr!()</code>)
prints the <code>Debug</code> of <code>T</code> prefixed with the stored filename and line number.</p>
<p><code>ChainError&lt;T&gt;</code> is in our case <code>ChainError&lt;String&gt;</code>.</p>
<a class="header" href="#mapping-errors" id="mapping-errors"><h1>Mapping Errors</h1></a>
<p>Now let's get more rust idiomatic by using <code>.map_err()</code>.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::result::Result;

fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    Err(&quot;do_some_io error&quot;)?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, &quot;func2 error&quot;))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, &quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        eprintln!(&quot;{:?}&quot;, e);
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<p>If you compare the output to the previous example, you will see,
that:</p>
<pre><code>Error: src/main.rs:19: &quot;func1 error&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>changed to just:</p>
<pre><code>src/main.rs:16: &quot;func1 error&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>This is, because we caught the error of <code>func1()</code> in <code>main()</code> and print it out ourselves.</p>
<p>We can now control, whether to output in <code>Debug</code> or <code>Display</code> mode.
Maybe depending on <code>--debug</code> as a CLI argument.</p>
<a class="header" href="#saving-coding-chars" id="saving-coding-chars"><h1>Saving coding chars</h1></a>
<p>Because decorating an error with more information should not
let you jump through hoops, <code>chainerror</code> has a quick macro for that.</p>
<p><code>mstrerror!()</code> fits right into <code>.map_err()</code> letting you quickly add
more debug strings.</p>
<p><code>mstrerror!()</code> even understands <code>format!()</code> syntax like <code>println!()</code>.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::result::Result;

fn do_some_io() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    Err(&quot;do_some_io error&quot;)?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    func2().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        eprintln!(&quot;{:?}&quot;, e);
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<a class="header" href="#the-source-of-errors" id="the-source-of-errors"><h1>The source() of Errors</h1></a>
<p>Sometimes you want to inspect the <code>source()</code> of an <code>Error</code>.
<code>chainerror</code> implements <code>std::error::Error::source()</code>, so you can get the cause of an error.</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;

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

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func2() {
        if let Some(s) = e.source() {
            eprintln!(&quot;func2 failed because of '{}'&quot;, s);
            Err(e).map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
        }
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        eprintln!(&quot;{}&quot;, e);
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<p>Note, that we changed the output of the error in <code>main()</code> from <code>Debug</code> to <code>Display</code>, so we don't see
the error backtrace with filename and line number.</p>
<p>To enable the <code>Display</code> backtrace, you have to enable the feature <code>display-cause</code> for <code>chainerror</code>.</p>
<a class="header" href="#downcast-the-errors" id="downcast-the-errors"><h1>Downcast the Errors</h1></a>
<p>[TBD]</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;

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

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    func2().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        eprintln!(&quot;Error: {}&quot;, e);
        let mut s = e.as_ref();
        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;
        }
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<a class="header" href="#the-root-cause-of-all-errors" id="the-root-cause-of-all-errors"><h1>The root cause of all Errors</h1></a>
<p>[TBD]</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;

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

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    func2().map_err(mstrerr!(&quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        eprintln!(&quot;Error: {}&quot;, e);
        if let Some(s) = e.downcast_chain_ref::&lt;String&gt;() {
            if let Some(ioerror) = s.find_cause::&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; {}
                }
            }

            if let Some(e) = s.root_cause() {
                let ioerror = e.downcast_ref::&lt;io::Error&gt;().unwrap();
                eprintln!(&quot;The root cause was: std::io::Error: {:#?}&quot;, ioerror);
            }
        }
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<a class="header" href="#finding-an-error-cause" id="finding-an-error-cause"><h1>Finding an Error cause</h1></a>
<p>[TBD]</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;

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

derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

derive_str_cherr!(Func1Error);

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    func2().map_err(mstrerr!(Func1Error, &quot;func1 error&quot;))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        if let Some(f1err) = e.downcast_chain_ref::&lt;Func1Error&gt;() {
            eprintln!(&quot;Func1Error: {}&quot;, f1err);

            if let Some(f2err) = f1err.find_cause::&lt;ChainError&lt;Func2Error&gt;&gt;() {
                eprintln!(&quot;Func2Error: {}&quot;, f2err);
            }

            if let Some(f2err) = f1err.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
                eprintln!(&quot;Debug Func2Error:\n{:?}&quot;, f2err);
            }
        }
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<a class="header" href="#selective-error-handling" id="selective-error-handling"><h1>Selective Error Handling</h1></a>
<p>[TBD]</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;

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

derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

derive_str_cherr!(Func1ErrorFunc2);
derive_str_cherr!(Func1ErrorIO);

fn func1() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    func2().map_err(mstrerr!(Func1ErrorFunc2, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;))?;
    let filename = &quot;bar.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func1ErrorIO, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        if let Some(s) = e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;Func1ErrorIO&gt;&gt;() {
            eprintln!(&quot;Func1ErrorIO:\n{:?}&quot;, s);
        }

        if let Some(s) = try_cherr_ref!(e, Func1ErrorFunc2) {
            eprintln!(&quot;Func1ErrorFunc2:\n{:?}&quot;, s);
        }
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<a class="header" href="#errorkind-to-the-rescue" id="errorkind-to-the-rescue"><h1>ErrorKind to the rescue</h1></a>
<p>[TBD]</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;

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

derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

#[derive(Debug)]
enum Func1Error {
    Func2,
    IO(String),
}

impl ::std::fmt::Display for Func1Error {
    fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
        match self {
            Func1Error::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
            Func1Error::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
        }
    }
}

fn func1() -&gt; ChainResult&lt;(), Func1Error&gt; {
    func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1Error::Func2))?;
    let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
    do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1Error::IO(filename)))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        match e.kind() {
            Func1Error::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
            Func1Error::IO(filename) =&gt; {
                eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
            }
        }

        if let Some(e) = e.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
            eprintln!(&quot;Error reported by Func2Error: {}&quot;, e)
        }

        eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
</code></pre></pre>
<a class="header" href="#debug-for-the-errorkind" id="debug-for-the-errorkind"><h1>Debug for the ErrorKind</h1></a>
<p>[TBD]</p>
<pre><pre class="playpen"><code class="language-rust">use crate::chainerror::*;
use std::error::Error;
use std::io;
use std::result::Result;

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

derive_str_cherr!(Func2Error);

fn func2() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    let filename = &quot;foo.txt&quot;;
    do_some_io().map_err(mstrerr!(Func2Error, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename))?;
    Ok(())
}

enum Func1Error {
    Func2,
    IO(String),
}

impl ::std::fmt::Display for Func1Error {
    fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
        match self {
            Func1Error::Func2 =&gt; write!(f, &quot;func1 error calling func2&quot;),
            Func1Error::IO(filename) =&gt; write!(f, &quot;Error reading '{}'&quot;, filename),
        }
    }
}

impl ::std::fmt::Debug for Func1Error {
    fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
        write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self)
    }
}

fn func1() -&gt; ChainResult&lt;(), Func1Error&gt; {
    func2().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1Error::Func2))?;
    let filename = String::from(&quot;bar.txt&quot;);
    do_some_io().map_err(|e| cherr!(e, Func1Error::IO(filename)))?;
    Ok(())
}

fn main() -&gt; Result&lt;(), Box&lt;Error&gt;&gt; {
    if let Err(e) = func1() {
        match e.kind() {
            Func1Error::Func2 =&gt; eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error calling func2&quot;),
            Func1Error::IO(filename) =&gt; {
                eprintln!(&quot;Main Error Report: func1 error reading '{}'&quot;, filename)
            }
        }

        if let Some(e) = e.find_chain_cause::&lt;Func2Error&gt;() {
            eprintln!(&quot;Error reported by Func2Error: {}&quot;, e)
        }

        eprintln!(&quot;\nDebug Error:\n{:?}&quot;, e);
    }
    Ok(())
}
# #[allow(dead_code)]
# mod chainerror {
# use std::error::Error;
# use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Result};
# use std::result::Result as StdResult;
# 
# pub struct ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     kind: T,
#     error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
# }
# 
# pub type ChainResult&lt;O, E&gt; = StdResult&lt;O, ChainError&lt;E&gt;&gt;;
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self {
#             occurrence,
#             kind,
#             error_cause,
#         }
#     }
# 
#     #[cfg(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;)]
#     pub fn new(
#         kind: T,
#         error_cause: Option&lt;Box&lt;dyn Error + 'static&gt;&gt;,
#         _occurrence: Option&lt;(u32, &amp;'static str)&gt;,
#     ) -&gt; Self {
#         Self { kind, error_cause }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn root_cause(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         while let Some(c) = cause.source() {
#             cause = c;
#         }
#         Some(cause)
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;U&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;U&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;U&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn find_chain_cause&lt;U: Error + 'static&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt; {
#         let mut cause = self as &amp;(dyn Error + 'static);
#         loop {
#             if cause.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;() {
#                 return cause.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;U&gt;&gt;();
#             }
# 
#             match cause.source() {
#                 Some(c) =&gt; cause = c,
#                 None =&gt; return None,
#             }
#         }
#     }
# 
#     pub fn kind&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a self) -&gt; &amp;'a T {
#         &amp;self.kind
#     }
# }
# 
# pub trait ChainErrorDown {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool;
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;;
# }
# 
# use std::any::TypeId;
# 
# impl&lt;U: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; ChainErrorDown for ChainError&lt;U&gt; {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         TypeId::of::&lt;T&gt;() == TypeId::of::&lt;U&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;*(self as *const dyn Error as *const &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         if self.is_chain::&lt;T&gt;() {
#             unsafe { Some(&amp;mut *(self as *mut dyn Error as *mut &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;)) }
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl ChainErrorDown for dyn Error + 'static + Send + Sync {
#     fn is_chain&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; bool {
#         self.is::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_ref&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# 
#     fn downcast_chain_mut&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt;(&amp;mut self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt; {
#         self.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;T&gt;&gt;()
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Error for &amp;mut ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn source(&amp;self) -&gt; Option&lt;&amp;(dyn Error + 'static)&gt; {
#         if let Some(ref e) = self.error_cause {
#             Some(e.as_ref())
#         } else {
#             None
#         }
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Display for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.kind)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(feature = &quot;display-cause&quot;)]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Display::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# impl&lt;T: 'static + Display + Debug&gt; Debug for ChainError&lt;T&gt; {
#     fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut Formatter) -&gt; Result {
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-fileline&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(o) = self.occurrence {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}:{}: &quot;, o.1, o.0)?;
#             }
#         }
# 
#         Debug::fmt(&amp;self.kind, f)?;
# 
#         #[cfg(not(feature = &quot;no-debug-cause&quot;))]
#         {
#             if let Some(e) = self.source() {
#                 writeln!(f, &quot;\nCaused by:&quot;)?;
#                 Debug::fmt(&amp;e, f)?;
#             }
#         }
#         Ok(())
#     }
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! cherr {
#     ( $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, None, Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $k:expr ) =&gt; {
#         ChainError::&lt;_&gt;::new($k, Some(Box::from($e)), Some((line!(), file!())))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! mstrerr {
#     ( $t:ident, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $t:path, $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, $t (format!($v, $( $more , )* )))
#     };
#     ( $v:expr $(, $more:expr)* ) =&gt; {
#         |e| cherr!(e, format!($v, $( $more , )* ))
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! derive_str_cherr {
#     ($e:ident) =&gt; {
#         struct $e(String);
#         impl ::std::fmt::Display for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}&quot;, self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::fmt::Debug for $e {
#             fn fmt(&amp;self, f: &amp;mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -&gt; ::std::fmt::Result {
#                 write!(f, &quot;{}({})&quot;, stringify!($e), self.0)
#             }
#         }
#         impl ::std::error::Error for $e {}
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_ref {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_ref::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# 
# #[macro_export]
# macro_rules! try_cherr_mut {
#     ( $e:expr, $t:ident ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
#     ( $e:expr, $t:path ) =&gt; {
#         $e.downcast_mut::&lt;ChainError&lt;$t&gt;&gt;()
#     };
# }
# }
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