CODEWITHSUNDEEP
rust
Ach113
Ach113

Reputation: 1825

Rust - how can I return error of a different function?

Given two functions like these:

fn foo() -> Result<i32, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // returns an error if something goes wrong
}

fn bar() -> Result<bool, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
   let x = foo(); // could be ok or err
   if x.is_err() {
       return // I want to return whatever error occured in function foo
    }
}

Is it possible to return the exact error that appeared in function foo from function bar? Also notice, the Result<T, E> enum has different T in these functions

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2262

Answers (1)

prog-fh
prog-fh

Reputation: 16805

I would just let the ? operator do all the work.

fn foo(a: i32) -> Result<i32, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    if a < 10 {
        // returns an error if something goes wrong
        Err(Box::from("bad value"))
    } else {
        Ok(a + 2)
    }
}

fn bar(a: i32) -> Result<bool, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let x = foo(a)?;
    Ok(x > 5)
}

fn main() {
    println!("{:?}", bar(2)); //  displays Err("bad value")
    println!("{:?}", bar(12)); // displays Ok(true)
}

Upvotes: 6

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