Made fail! and assert! accept both &'static str and ~str, as well as a fmt! like format list.

Unwinding through macros now happens as a call to the trait function `FailWithCause::fail_with()`, which consumes self, allowing to use a more generic failure object in the future.

src/libcore/sys.rs

@@ -165,7 +165,42 @@ pub fn log_str<T>(t: &T) -> ~str {
     }
 }
 
-/** Initiate task failure */
+/// Trait for initiating task failure.
+pub trait FailWithCause {
+    /// Fail the current task, taking ownership of `cause`
+    fn fail_with(cause: Self, file: &'static str, line: uint) -> !;
+}
+
+impl FailWithCause for ~str {
+    fn fail_with(cause: ~str, file: &'static str, line: uint) -> ! {
+        do str::as_buf(cause) |msg_buf, _msg_len| {
+            do str::as_buf(file) |file_buf, _file_len| {
+                unsafe {
+                    let msg_buf = cast::transmute(msg_buf);
+                    let file_buf = cast::transmute(file_buf);
+                    begin_unwind_(msg_buf, file_buf, line as libc::size_t)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FailWithCause for &'static str {
+    fn fail_with(cause: &'static str, file: &'static str, line: uint) -> ! {
+        do str::as_buf(cause) |msg_buf, _msg_len| {
+            do str::as_buf(file) |file_buf, _file_len| {
+                unsafe {
+                    let msg_buf = cast::transmute(msg_buf);
+                    let file_buf = cast::transmute(file_buf);
+                    begin_unwind_(msg_buf, file_buf, line as libc::size_t)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// NOTE: remove function after snapshot
+#[cfg(stage0)]
 pub fn begin_unwind(msg: ~str, file: ~str, line: uint) -> ! {
     do str::as_buf(msg) |msg_buf, _msg_len| {
         do str::as_buf(file) |file_buf, _file_len| {
@@ -187,6 +222,8 @@ pub fn begin_unwind_(msg: *c_char, file: *c_char, line: size_t) -> ! {
     }
 }
 
+// NOTE: remove function after snapshot
+#[cfg(stage0)]
 pub fn fail_assert(msg: &str, file: &str, line: uint) -> ! {
     let (msg, file) = (msg.to_owned(), file.to_owned());
     begin_unwind(~"assertion failed: " + msg, file, line)
@@ -297,6 +334,14 @@ mod tests {
             assert!(new_f(20) == 30);
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[should_fail]
+    fn fail_static() { FailWithCause::fail_with("cause", file!(), line!())  }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[should_fail]
+    fn fail_owned() { FailWithCause::fail_with(~"cause", file!(), line!())  }
 }
 
 // Local Variables:

src/libsyntax/ext/auto_encode.rs

@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ fn mk_enum_deser_body(
     };
 
     let quoted_expr = copy quote_expr!(
-      ::core::sys::begin_unwind(~"explicit failure", ~"empty", 1);
+      ::core::sys::FailWithCause::fail_with("explicit failure", "empty", 1);
     ).node;
 
     let impossible_case = ast::arm {

src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs

@@ -474,11 +474,12 @@ pub fn mk_unreachable(cx: @ext_ctxt, span: span) -> @ast::expr {
         ~[
             cx.ident_of(~"core"),
             cx.ident_of(~"sys"),
-            cx.ident_of(~"begin_unwind"),
+            cx.ident_of(~"FailWithCause"),
+            cx.ident_of(~"fail_with"),
         ],
         ~[
-            mk_uniq_str(cx, span, ~"internal error: entered unreachable code"),
-            mk_uniq_str(cx, span, loc.file.name),
+            mk_base_str(cx, span, ~"internal error: entered unreachable code"),
+            mk_base_str(cx, span, loc.file.name),
             mk_uint(cx, span, loc.line),
         ]
     )

src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs

@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ pub fn core_macros() -> ~str {
             __log(1u32, fmt!( $($arg),+ ))
         )
     )
+
     macro_rules! warn (
         ($arg:expr) => (
             __log(2u32, fmt!( \"%?\", $arg ))
@@ -423,6 +424,7 @@ pub fn core_macros() -> ~str {
             __log(2u32, fmt!( $($arg),+ ))
         )
     )
+
     macro_rules! info (
         ($arg:expr) => (
             __log(3u32, fmt!( \"%?\", $arg ))
@@ -431,6 +433,7 @@ pub fn core_macros() -> ~str {
             __log(3u32, fmt!( $($arg),+ ))
         )
     )
+
     macro_rules! debug (
         ($arg:expr) => (
             __log(4u32, fmt!( \"%?\", $arg ))
@@ -441,35 +444,48 @@ pub fn core_macros() -> ~str {
     )
 
     macro_rules! fail(
-        ($msg: expr) => (
-            ::core::sys::begin_unwind($msg, file!().to_owned(), line!())
-        );
         () => (
-            fail!(~\"explicit failure\")
+            fail!(\"explicit failure\")
+        );
+        ($msg:expr) => (
+            ::core::sys::FailWithCause::fail_with($msg, file!(), line!())
+        );
+        ($( $arg:expr ),+) => (
+            ::core::sys::FailWithCause::fail_with(fmt!( $($arg),+ ), file!(), line!())
         )
     )
 
     macro_rules! assert(
         ($cond:expr) => {
             if !$cond {
-                ::core::sys::fail_assert(stringify!($cond), file!(), line!())
+                ::core::sys::FailWithCause::fail_with(
+                    ~\"assertion failed: \" + stringify!($cond), file!(), line!())
             }
         };
         ($cond:expr, $msg:expr) => {
             if !$cond {
-                ::core::sys::fail_assert($msg, file!(), line!())
+                ::core::sys::FailWithCause::fail_with($msg, file!(), line!())
+            }
+        };
+        ($cond:expr, $( $arg:expr ),+) => {
+            if !$cond {
+                ::core::sys::FailWithCause::fail_with(fmt!( $($arg),+ ), file!(), line!())
             }
         }
     )
 
     macro_rules! assert_eq (
-        ($given:expr , $expected:expr) =>
-        ({let given_val = $given;
-          let expected_val = $expected;
-          // check both directions of equality....
-          if !((given_val == expected_val) && (expected_val == given_val)) {
-            fail!(fmt!(\"expected: %?, given: %?\",expected_val,given_val));
-        }}))
+        ($given:expr , $expected:expr) => (
+            {
+                let given_val = $given;
+                let expected_val = $expected;
+                // check both directions of equality....
+                if !((given_val == expected_val) && (expected_val == given_val)) {
+                    fail!(fmt!(\"left: %? != right: %?\", given_val, expected_val));
+                }
+            }
+        )
+    )
 
     macro_rules! condition (
 

src/test/compile-fail/die-not-static.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// error-pattern:illegal borrow: borrowed value does not live long enough
+
+fn main() {
+    let v = ~"test";
+    let sslice = str::slice(v, 0, v.len());
+    fail!(sslice);
+}

src/test/compile-fail/die-not-unique.rs

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// error-pattern:mismatched types
-
-fn main() {
-    fail!("test");
-}

src/test/compile-fail/fail-expr.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-// error-pattern:mismatched types
+// error-pattern:failed to find an implementation of trait core::sys::FailWithCause for int
 
 fn main() { fail!(5); }

src/test/compile-fail/fail-type-err.rs

@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-// error-pattern:expected `~str` but found `~[int]`
+// error-pattern:failed to find an implementation of trait core::sys::FailWithCause for ~[int]
 fn main() { fail!(~[0i]); }

src/test/run-fail/assert-eq-macro-fail.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// error-pattern:expected: 15, given: 14
+// error-pattern:left: 14 != right: 15
 
 #[deriving(Eq)]
 struct Point { x : int }