anyhow/

error.rs

use crate::backtrace::Backtrace;
use crate::chain::Chain;
#[cfg(error_generic_member_access)]
use crate::nightly::{self, Request};
#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
use crate::ptr::Mut;
use crate::ptr::{Own, Ref};
use crate::{Error, StdError};
use alloc::boxed::Box;
use core::any::TypeId;
use core::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
use core::mem::ManuallyDrop;
#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
use core::panic::{RefUnwindSafe, UnwindSafe};
use core::ptr;
use core::ptr::NonNull;

impl Error {
    /// Create a new error object from any error type.
    ///
    /// The error type must be threadsafe and `'static`, so that the `Error`
    /// will be as well.
    ///
    /// If the error type does not provide a backtrace, a backtrace will be
    /// created here to ensure that a backtrace exists.
    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[cold]
    #[must_use]
    pub fn new<E>(error: E) -> Self
    where
        E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let backtrace = backtrace_if_absent!(&error);
        Error::construct_from_std(error, backtrace)
    }

    /// Create a new error object from a printable error message.
    ///
    /// If the argument implements std::error::Error, prefer `Error::new`
    /// instead which preserves the underlying error's cause chain and
    /// backtrace. If the argument may or may not implement std::error::Error
    /// now or in the future, use `anyhow!(err)` which handles either way
    /// correctly.
    ///
    /// `Error::msg("...")` is equivalent to `anyhow!("...")` but occasionally
    /// convenient in places where a function is preferable over a macro, such
    /// as iterator or stream combinators:
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # mod ffi {
    /// #     pub struct Input;
    /// #     pub struct Output;
    /// #     pub async fn do_some_work(_: Input) -> Result<Output, &'static str> {
    /// #         unimplemented!()
    /// #     }
    /// # }
    /// #
    /// # use ffi::{Input, Output};
    /// #
    /// use anyhow::{Error, Result};
    /// use futures::stream::{Stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
    ///
    /// async fn demo<S>(stream: S) -> Result<Vec<Output>>
    /// where
    ///     S: Stream<Item = Input>,
    /// {
    ///     stream
    ///         .then(ffi::do_some_work) // returns Result<Output, &str>
    ///         .map_err(Error::msg)
    ///         .try_collect()
    ///         .await
    /// }
    /// ```
    #[cold]
    #[must_use]
    pub fn msg<M>(message: M) -> Self
    where
        M: Display + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        Error::construct_from_adhoc(message, backtrace!())
    }

    /// Construct an error object from a type-erased standard library error.
    ///
    /// This is mostly useful for interop with other error libraries.
    ///
    /// # Example
    ///
    /// Here is a skeleton of a library that provides its own error abstraction.
    /// The pair of `From` impls provide bidirectional support for `?`
    /// conversion between `Report` and `anyhow::Error`.
    ///
    /// ```
    /// use std::error::Error as StdError;
    ///
    /// pub struct Report {/* ... */}
    ///
    /// impl<E> From<E> for Report
    /// where
    ///     E: Into<anyhow::Error>,
    ///     Result<(), E>: anyhow::Context<(), E>,
    /// {
    ///     fn from(error: E) -> Self {
    ///         let anyhow_error: anyhow::Error = error.into();
    ///         let boxed_error: Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static> = anyhow_error.into();
    ///         Report::from_boxed(boxed_error)
    ///     }
    /// }
    ///
    /// impl From<Report> for anyhow::Error {
    ///     fn from(report: Report) -> Self {
    ///         let boxed_error: Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static> = report.into_boxed();
    ///         anyhow::Error::from_boxed(boxed_error)
    ///     }
    /// }
    ///
    /// impl Report {
    ///     fn from_boxed(boxed_error: Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>) -> Self {
    ///         todo!()
    ///     }
    ///     fn into_boxed(self) -> Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static> {
    ///         todo!()
    ///     }
    /// }
    ///
    /// // Example usage: can use `?` in both directions.
    /// fn a() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    ///     b()?;
    ///     Ok(())
    /// }
    /// fn b() -> Result<(), Report> {
    ///     a()?;
    ///     Ok(())
    /// }
    /// ```
    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[cold]
    #[must_use]
    pub fn from_boxed(boxed_error: Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>) -> Self {
        let backtrace = backtrace_if_absent!(&*boxed_error);
        Error::construct_from_boxed(boxed_error, backtrace)
    }

    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[cold]
    pub(crate) fn construct_from_std<E>(error: E, backtrace: Option<Backtrace>) -> Self
    where
        E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let vtable = &ErrorVTable {
            object_drop: object_drop::<E>,
            object_ref: object_ref::<E>,
            object_boxed: object_boxed::<E>,
            object_reallocate_boxed: object_reallocate_boxed::<E>,
            object_downcast: object_downcast::<E>,
            object_drop_rest: object_drop_front::<E>,
            #[cfg(all(
                not(error_generic_member_access),
                any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
            ))]
            object_backtrace: no_backtrace,
        };

        // Safety: passing vtable that operates on the right type E.
        unsafe { Error::construct(error, vtable, backtrace) }
    }

    #[cold]
    pub(crate) fn construct_from_adhoc<M>(message: M, backtrace: Option<Backtrace>) -> Self
    where
        M: Display + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        use crate::wrapper::MessageError;
        let error: MessageError<M> = MessageError(message);
        let vtable = &ErrorVTable {
            object_drop: object_drop::<MessageError<M>>,
            object_ref: object_ref::<MessageError<M>>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_boxed: object_boxed::<MessageError<M>>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_reallocate_boxed: object_reallocate_boxed::<MessageError<M>>,
            object_downcast: object_downcast::<M>,
            object_drop_rest: object_drop_front::<M>,
            #[cfg(all(
                not(error_generic_member_access),
                any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
            ))]
            object_backtrace: no_backtrace,
        };

        // Safety: MessageError is repr(transparent) so it is okay for the
        // vtable to allow casting the MessageError<M> to M.
        unsafe { Error::construct(error, vtable, backtrace) }
    }

    #[cold]
    pub(crate) fn construct_from_display<M>(message: M, backtrace: Option<Backtrace>) -> Self
    where
        M: Display + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        use crate::wrapper::DisplayError;
        let error: DisplayError<M> = DisplayError(message);
        let vtable = &ErrorVTable {
            object_drop: object_drop::<DisplayError<M>>,
            object_ref: object_ref::<DisplayError<M>>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_boxed: object_boxed::<DisplayError<M>>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_reallocate_boxed: object_reallocate_boxed::<DisplayError<M>>,
            object_downcast: object_downcast::<M>,
            object_drop_rest: object_drop_front::<M>,
            #[cfg(all(
                not(error_generic_member_access),
                any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
            ))]
            object_backtrace: no_backtrace,
        };

        // Safety: DisplayError is repr(transparent) so it is okay for the
        // vtable to allow casting the DisplayError<M> to M.
        unsafe { Error::construct(error, vtable, backtrace) }
    }

    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[cold]
    pub(crate) fn construct_from_context<C, E>(
        context: C,
        error: E,
        backtrace: Option<Backtrace>,
    ) -> Self
    where
        C: Display + Send + Sync + 'static,
        E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let error: ContextError<C, E> = ContextError { context, error };

        let vtable = &ErrorVTable {
            object_drop: object_drop::<ContextError<C, E>>,
            object_ref: object_ref::<ContextError<C, E>>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_boxed: object_boxed::<ContextError<C, E>>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_reallocate_boxed: object_reallocate_boxed::<ContextError<C, E>>,
            object_downcast: context_downcast::<C, E>,
            object_drop_rest: context_drop_rest::<C, E>,
            #[cfg(all(
                not(error_generic_member_access),
                any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
            ))]
            object_backtrace: no_backtrace,
        };

        // Safety: passing vtable that operates on the right type.
        unsafe { Error::construct(error, vtable, backtrace) }
    }

    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[cold]
    pub(crate) fn construct_from_boxed(
        error: Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>,
        backtrace: Option<Backtrace>,
    ) -> Self {
        use crate::wrapper::BoxedError;
        let error = BoxedError(error);
        let vtable = &ErrorVTable {
            object_drop: object_drop::<BoxedError>,
            object_ref: object_ref::<BoxedError>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_boxed: object_boxed::<BoxedError>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_reallocate_boxed: object_reallocate_boxed::<BoxedError>,
            object_downcast: object_downcast::<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>,
            object_drop_rest: object_drop_front::<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>,
            #[cfg(all(
                not(error_generic_member_access),
                any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
            ))]
            object_backtrace: no_backtrace,
        };

        // Safety: BoxedError is repr(transparent) so it is okay for the vtable
        // to allow casting to Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>.
        unsafe { Error::construct(error, vtable, backtrace) }
    }

    // Takes backtrace as argument rather than capturing it here so that the
    // user sees one fewer layer of wrapping noise in the backtrace.
    //
    // Unsafe because the given vtable must have sensible behavior on the error
    // value of type E.
    #[cold]
    unsafe fn construct<E>(
        error: E,
        vtable: &'static ErrorVTable,
        backtrace: Option<Backtrace>,
    ) -> Self
    where
        E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let inner: Box<ErrorImpl<E>> = Box::new(ErrorImpl {
            vtable,
            backtrace,
            _object: error,
        });
        // Erase the concrete type of E from the compile-time type system. This
        // is equivalent to the safe unsize coercion from Box<ErrorImpl<E>> to
        // Box<ErrorImpl<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>> except that the
        // result is a thin pointer. The necessary behavior for manipulating the
        // underlying ErrorImpl<E> is preserved in the vtable provided by the
        // caller rather than a builtin fat pointer vtable.
        let inner = Own::new(inner).cast::<ErrorImpl>();
        Error { inner }
    }

    /// Wrap the error value with additional context.
    ///
    /// For attaching context to a `Result` as it is propagated, the
    /// [`Context`][crate::Context] extension trait may be more convenient than
    /// this function.
    ///
    /// The primary reason to use `error.context(...)` instead of
    /// `result.context(...)` via the `Context` trait would be if the context
    /// needs to depend on some data held by the underlying error:
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
    /// #
    /// # type T = ();
    /// #
    /// # impl std::error::Error for ParseError {}
    /// # impl Debug for ParseError {
    /// #     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
    /// #         unimplemented!()
    /// #     }
    /// # }
    /// # impl Display for ParseError {
    /// #     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
    /// #         unimplemented!()
    /// #     }
    /// # }
    /// #
    /// use anyhow::Result;
    /// use std::fs::File;
    /// use std::path::Path;
    ///
    /// struct ParseError {
    ///     line: usize,
    ///     column: usize,
    /// }
    ///
    /// fn parse_impl(file: File) -> Result<T, ParseError> {
    ///     # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
    ///     ...
    ///     # };
    ///     # unimplemented!()
    /// }
    ///
    /// pub fn parse(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<T> {
    ///     let file = File::open(&path)?;
    ///     parse_impl(file).map_err(|error| {
    ///         let context = format!(
    ///             "only the first {} lines of {} are valid",
    ///             error.line, path.as_ref().display(),
    ///         );
    ///         anyhow::Error::new(error).context(context)
    ///     })
    /// }
    /// ```
    #[cold]
    #[must_use]
    pub fn context<C>(self, context: C) -> Self
    where
        C: Display + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let error: ContextError<C, Error> = ContextError {
            context,
            error: self,
        };

        let vtable = &ErrorVTable {
            object_drop: object_drop::<ContextError<C, Error>>,
            object_ref: object_ref::<ContextError<C, Error>>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_boxed: object_boxed::<ContextError<C, Error>>,
            #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
            object_reallocate_boxed: object_reallocate_boxed::<ContextError<C, Error>>,
            object_downcast: context_chain_downcast::<C>,
            object_drop_rest: context_chain_drop_rest::<C>,
            #[cfg(all(
                not(error_generic_member_access),
                any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
            ))]
            object_backtrace: context_backtrace::<C>,
        };

        // As the cause is anyhow::Error, we already have a backtrace for it.
        let backtrace = None;

        // Safety: passing vtable that operates on the right type.
        unsafe { Error::construct(error, vtable, backtrace) }
    }

    /// Get the backtrace for this Error.
    ///
    /// In order for the backtrace to be meaningful, one of the two environment
    /// variables `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE=1` or `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` must be defined
    /// and `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE` must not be `0`. Backtraces are somewhat
    /// expensive to capture in Rust, so we don't necessarily want to be
    /// capturing them all over the place all the time.
    ///
    /// - If you want panics and errors to both have backtraces, set
    ///   `RUST_BACKTRACE=1`;
    /// - If you want only errors to have backtraces, set
    ///   `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE=1`;
    /// - If you want only panics to have backtraces, set `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` and
    ///   `RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE=0`.
    ///
    /// # Stability
    ///
    /// Standard library backtraces are only available when using Rust &ge;
    /// 1.65. On older compilers, this function is only available if the crate's
    /// "backtrace" feature is enabled, and will use the `backtrace` crate as
    /// the underlying backtrace implementation. The return type of this
    /// function on old compilers is `&(impl Debug + Display)`.
    ///
    /// ```toml
    /// [dependencies]
    /// anyhow = { version = "1.0", features = ["backtrace"] }
    /// ```
    #[cfg(any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace"))]
    pub fn backtrace(&self) -> &impl_backtrace!() {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::backtrace(self.inner.by_ref()) }
    }

    /// An iterator of the chain of source errors contained by this Error.
    ///
    /// This iterator will visit every error in the cause chain of this error
    /// object, beginning with the error that this error object was created
    /// from.
    ///
    /// # Example
    ///
    /// ```
    /// use anyhow::Error;
    /// use std::io;
    ///
    /// pub fn underlying_io_error_kind(error: &Error) -> Option<io::ErrorKind> {
    ///     for cause in error.chain() {
    ///         if let Some(io_error) = cause.downcast_ref::<io::Error>() {
    ///             return Some(io_error.kind());
    ///         }
    ///     }
    ///     None
    /// }
    /// ```
    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[cold]
    pub fn chain(&self) -> Chain {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::chain(self.inner.by_ref()) }
    }

    /// The lowest level cause of this error &mdash; this error's cause's
    /// cause's cause etc.
    ///
    /// The root cause is the last error in the iterator produced by
    /// [`chain()`][Error::chain].
    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[allow(clippy::double_ended_iterator_last)]
    pub fn root_cause(&self) -> &(dyn StdError + 'static) {
        self.chain().last().unwrap()
    }

    /// Returns true if `E` is the type held by this error object.
    ///
    /// For errors with context, this method returns true if `E` matches the
    /// type of the context `C` **or** the type of the error on which the
    /// context has been attached. For details about the interaction between
    /// context and downcasting, [see here].
    ///
    /// [see here]: crate::Context#effect-on-downcasting
    pub fn is<E>(&self) -> bool
    where
        E: Display + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        self.downcast_ref::<E>().is_some()
    }

    /// Attempt to downcast the error object to a concrete type.
    pub fn downcast<E>(mut self) -> Result<E, Self>
    where
        E: Display + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let target = TypeId::of::<E>();
        let inner = self.inner.by_mut();
        unsafe {
            // Use vtable to find NonNull<()> which points to a value of type E
            // somewhere inside the data structure.
            let addr = match (vtable(inner.ptr).object_downcast)(inner.by_ref(), target) {
                Some(addr) => addr.by_mut().extend(),
                None => return Err(self),
            };

            // Prepare to read E out of the data structure. We'll drop the rest
            // of the data structure separately so that E is not dropped.
            let outer = ManuallyDrop::new(self);

            // Read E from where the vtable found it.
            let error = addr.cast::<E>().read();

            // Drop rest of the data structure outside of E.
            (vtable(outer.inner.ptr).object_drop_rest)(outer.inner, target);

            Ok(error)
        }
    }

    /// Downcast this error object by reference.
    ///
    /// # Example
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use anyhow::anyhow;
    /// # use std::fmt::{self, Display};
    /// # use std::task::Poll;
    /// #
    /// # #[derive(Debug)]
    /// # enum DataStoreError {
    /// #     Censored(()),
    /// # }
    /// #
    /// # impl Display for DataStoreError {
    /// #     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
    /// #         unimplemented!()
    /// #     }
    /// # }
    /// #
    /// # impl std::error::Error for DataStoreError {}
    /// #
    /// # const REDACTED_CONTENT: () = ();
    /// #
    /// # let error = anyhow!("...");
    /// # let root_cause = &error;
    /// #
    /// # let ret =
    /// // If the error was caused by redaction, then return a tombstone instead
    /// // of the content.
    /// match root_cause.downcast_ref::<DataStoreError>() {
    ///     Some(DataStoreError::Censored(_)) => Ok(Poll::Ready(REDACTED_CONTENT)),
    ///     None => Err(error),
    /// }
    /// # ;
    /// ```
    pub fn downcast_ref<E>(&self) -> Option<&E>
    where
        E: Display + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let target = TypeId::of::<E>();
        unsafe {
            // Use vtable to find NonNull<()> which points to a value of type E
            // somewhere inside the data structure.
            let addr = (vtable(self.inner.ptr).object_downcast)(self.inner.by_ref(), target)?;
            Some(addr.cast::<E>().deref())
        }
    }

    /// Downcast this error object by mutable reference.
    pub fn downcast_mut<E>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut E>
    where
        E: Display + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
    {
        let target = TypeId::of::<E>();
        unsafe {
            // Use vtable to find NonNull<()> which points to a value of type E
            // somewhere inside the data structure.
            let addr =
                (vtable(self.inner.ptr).object_downcast)(self.inner.by_ref(), target)?.by_mut();
            Some(addr.cast::<E>().deref_mut())
        }
    }

    /// Convert to a standard library error trait object.
    ///
    /// This is implemented as a cheap pointer cast that does not allocate or
    /// deallocate memory. Like [`anyhow::Error::from_boxed`], it's useful for
    /// interop with other error libraries.
    ///
    /// The same conversion is also available as
    /// <code style="display:inline;white-space:normal;">impl From&lt;anyhow::Error&gt;
    /// for Box&lt;dyn Error + Send + Sync + &apos;static&gt;</code>.
    ///
    /// If a backtrace was collected during construction of the `anyhow::Error`,
    /// that backtrace remains accessible using the standard library `Error`
    /// trait's provider API, but as a consequence, the resulting boxed error
    /// can no longer be downcast to its original underlying type.
    ///
    /// ```
    #[cfg_attr(not(error_generic_member_access), doc = "# _ = stringify! {")]
    /// #![feature(error_generic_member_access)]
    ///
    /// use anyhow::anyhow;
    /// use std::backtrace::Backtrace;
    /// use thiserror::Error;
    ///
    /// #[derive(Error, Debug)]
    /// #[error("...")]
    /// struct MyError;
    ///
    /// let anyhow_error = anyhow!(MyError);
    /// println!("{}", anyhow_error.backtrace());  // has Backtrace
    /// assert!(anyhow_error.downcast_ref::<MyError>().is_some());  // can downcast
    ///
    /// let boxed_dyn_error = anyhow_error.into_boxed_dyn_error();
    /// assert!(std::error::request_ref::<Backtrace>(&*boxed_dyn_error).is_some());  // has Backtrace
    /// assert!(boxed_dyn_error.downcast_ref::<MyError>().is_none());  // can no longer downcast
    #[cfg_attr(not(error_generic_member_access), doc = "# };")]
    /// ```
    ///
    /// [`anyhow::Error::from_boxed`]: Self::from_boxed
    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[must_use]
    pub fn into_boxed_dyn_error(self) -> Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static> {
        let outer = ManuallyDrop::new(self);
        unsafe {
            // Use vtable to attach ErrorImpl<E>'s native StdError vtable for
            // the right original type E.
            (vtable(outer.inner.ptr).object_boxed)(outer.inner)
        }
    }

    /// Convert to a standard library error trait object.
    ///
    /// Unlike `self.into_boxed_dyn_error()`, this method relocates the
    /// underlying error into a new allocation in order to make it downcastable
    /// to `&E` or `Box<E>` for its original underlying error type. Any
    /// backtrace collected during construction of the `anyhow::Error` is
    /// discarded.
    ///
    /// ```
    #[cfg_attr(not(error_generic_member_access), doc = "# _ = stringify!{")]
    /// #![feature(error_generic_member_access)]
    ///
    /// use anyhow::anyhow;
    /// use std::backtrace::Backtrace;
    /// use thiserror::Error;
    ///
    /// #[derive(Error, Debug)]
    /// #[error("...")]
    /// struct MyError;
    ///
    /// let anyhow_error = anyhow!(MyError);
    /// println!("{}", anyhow_error.backtrace());  // has Backtrace
    /// assert!(anyhow_error.downcast_ref::<MyError>().is_some());  // can downcast
    ///
    /// let boxed_dyn_error = anyhow_error.reallocate_into_boxed_dyn_error_without_backtrace();
    /// assert!(std::error::request_ref::<Backtrace>(&*boxed_dyn_error).is_none());  // Backtrace lost
    /// assert!(boxed_dyn_error.downcast_ref::<MyError>().is_some());  // can downcast to &MyError
    /// assert!(boxed_dyn_error.downcast::<MyError>().is_ok());  // can downcast to Box<MyError>
    #[cfg_attr(not(error_generic_member_access), doc = "# };")]
    /// ```
    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    #[must_use]
    pub fn reallocate_into_boxed_dyn_error_without_backtrace(
        self,
    ) -> Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static> {
        let outer = ManuallyDrop::new(self);
        unsafe {
            // Use vtable to attach E's native StdError vtable for the right
            // original type E.
            (vtable(outer.inner.ptr).object_reallocate_boxed)(outer.inner)
        }
    }

    #[cfg(error_generic_member_access)]
    pub(crate) fn provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>) {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::provide(self.inner.by_ref(), request) }
    }

    // Called by thiserror when you have `#[source] anyhow::Error`. This provide
    // implementation includes the anyhow::Error's Backtrace if any, unlike
    // deref'ing to dyn Error where the provide implementation would include
    // only the original error's Backtrace from before it got wrapped into an
    // anyhow::Error.
    #[cfg(error_generic_member_access)]
    #[doc(hidden)]
    pub fn thiserror_provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>) {
        Self::provide(self, request);
    }
}

#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
impl<E> From<E> for Error
where
    E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
{
    #[cold]
    fn from(error: E) -> Self {
        let backtrace = backtrace_if_absent!(&error);
        Error::construct_from_std(error, backtrace)
    }
}

#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
impl Deref for Error {
    type Target = dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static;

    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::error(self.inner.by_ref()) }
    }
}

#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
impl DerefMut for Error {
    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::error_mut(self.inner.by_mut()) }
    }
}

impl Display for Error {
    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::display(self.inner.by_ref(), formatter) }
    }
}

impl Debug for Error {
    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::debug(self.inner.by_ref(), formatter) }
    }
}

impl Drop for Error {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        unsafe {
            // Invoke the vtable's drop behavior.
            (vtable(self.inner.ptr).object_drop)(self.inner);
        }
    }
}

struct ErrorVTable {
    object_drop: unsafe fn(Own<ErrorImpl>),
    object_ref: unsafe fn(Ref<ErrorImpl>) -> Ref<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>,
    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    object_boxed: unsafe fn(Own<ErrorImpl>) -> Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>,
    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    object_reallocate_boxed: unsafe fn(Own<ErrorImpl>) -> Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>,
    object_downcast: unsafe fn(Ref<ErrorImpl>, TypeId) -> Option<Ref<()>>,
    object_drop_rest: unsafe fn(Own<ErrorImpl>, TypeId),
    #[cfg(all(
        not(error_generic_member_access),
        any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
    ))]
    object_backtrace: unsafe fn(Ref<ErrorImpl>) -> Option<&Backtrace>,
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<E>.
unsafe fn object_drop<E>(e: Own<ErrorImpl>) {
    // Cast back to ErrorImpl<E> so that the allocator receives the correct
    // Layout to deallocate the Box's memory.
    let unerased_own = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>();
    drop(unsafe { unerased_own.boxed() });
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<E>.
unsafe fn object_drop_front<E>(e: Own<ErrorImpl>, target: TypeId) {
    // Drop the fields of ErrorImpl other than E as well as the Box allocation,
    // without dropping E itself. This is used by downcast after doing a
    // ptr::read to take ownership of the E.
    let _ = target;
    let unerased_own = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ManuallyDrop<E>>>();
    drop(unsafe { unerased_own.boxed() });
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<E>.
unsafe fn object_ref<E>(e: Ref<ErrorImpl>) -> Ref<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>
where
    E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
{
    // Attach E's native StdError vtable onto a pointer to self._object.
    let unerased_ref = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>();
    Ref::from_raw(unsafe {
        NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr::addr_of!((*unerased_ref.as_ptr())._object).cast_mut())
    })
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<E>.
#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
unsafe fn object_boxed<E>(e: Own<ErrorImpl>) -> Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>
where
    E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
{
    // Attach ErrorImpl<E>'s native StdError vtable. The StdError impl is below.
    let unerased_own = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>();
    unsafe { unerased_own.boxed() }
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<E>.
#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
unsafe fn object_reallocate_boxed<E>(e: Own<ErrorImpl>) -> Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>
where
    E: StdError + Send + Sync + 'static,
{
    // Attach E's native StdError vtable.
    let unerased_own = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>();
    Box::new(unsafe { unerased_own.boxed() }._object)
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<E>.
unsafe fn object_downcast<E>(e: Ref<ErrorImpl>, target: TypeId) -> Option<Ref<()>>
where
    E: 'static,
{
    if TypeId::of::<E>() == target {
        // Caller is looking for an E pointer and e is ErrorImpl<E>, take a
        // pointer to its E field.
        let unerased_ref = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<E>>();
        Some(
            Ref::from_raw(unsafe {
                NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr::addr_of!((*unerased_ref.as_ptr())._object).cast_mut())
            })
            .cast::<()>(),
        )
    } else {
        None
    }
}

#[cfg(all(
    not(error_generic_member_access),
    any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
))]
fn no_backtrace(e: Ref<ErrorImpl>) -> Option<&Backtrace> {
    let _ = e;
    None
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, E>>.
#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
unsafe fn context_downcast<C, E>(e: Ref<ErrorImpl>, target: TypeId) -> Option<Ref<()>>
where
    C: 'static,
    E: 'static,
{
    if TypeId::of::<C>() == target {
        let unerased_ref = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, E>>>();
        let unerased = unsafe { unerased_ref.deref() };
        Some(Ref::new(&unerased._object.context).cast::<()>())
    } else if TypeId::of::<E>() == target {
        let unerased_ref = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, E>>>();
        let unerased = unsafe { unerased_ref.deref() };
        Some(Ref::new(&unerased._object.error).cast::<()>())
    } else {
        None
    }
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, E>>.
#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
unsafe fn context_drop_rest<C, E>(e: Own<ErrorImpl>, target: TypeId)
where
    C: 'static,
    E: 'static,
{
    // Called after downcasting by value to either the C or the E and doing a
    // ptr::read to take ownership of that value.
    if TypeId::of::<C>() == target {
        let unerased_own = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ContextError<ManuallyDrop<C>, E>>>();
        drop(unsafe { unerased_own.boxed() });
    } else {
        let unerased_own = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, ManuallyDrop<E>>>>();
        drop(unsafe { unerased_own.boxed() });
    }
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, Error>>.
unsafe fn context_chain_downcast<C>(e: Ref<ErrorImpl>, target: TypeId) -> Option<Ref<()>>
where
    C: 'static,
{
    let unerased_ref = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, Error>>>();
    let unerased = unsafe { unerased_ref.deref() };
    if TypeId::of::<C>() == target {
        Some(Ref::new(&unerased._object.context).cast::<()>())
    } else {
        // Recurse down the context chain per the inner error's vtable.
        let source = &unerased._object.error;
        unsafe { (vtable(source.inner.ptr).object_downcast)(source.inner.by_ref(), target) }
    }
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, Error>>.
unsafe fn context_chain_drop_rest<C>(e: Own<ErrorImpl>, target: TypeId)
where
    C: 'static,
{
    // Called after downcasting by value to either the C or one of the causes
    // and doing a ptr::read to take ownership of that value.
    if TypeId::of::<C>() == target {
        let unerased_own = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ContextError<ManuallyDrop<C>, Error>>>();
        // Drop the entire rest of the data structure rooted in the next Error.
        drop(unsafe { unerased_own.boxed() });
    } else {
        let unerased_own = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, ManuallyDrop<Error>>>>();
        let unerased = unsafe { unerased_own.boxed() };
        // Read the Own<ErrorImpl> from the next error.
        let inner = unerased._object.error.inner;
        drop(unerased);
        let vtable = unsafe { vtable(inner.ptr) };
        // Recursively drop the next error using the same target typeid.
        unsafe { (vtable.object_drop_rest)(inner, target) };
    }
}

// Safety: requires layout of *e to match ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, Error>>.
#[cfg(all(
    not(error_generic_member_access),
    any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace")
))]
#[allow(clippy::unnecessary_wraps)]
unsafe fn context_backtrace<C>(e: Ref<ErrorImpl>) -> Option<&Backtrace>
where
    C: 'static,
{
    let unerased_ref = e.cast::<ErrorImpl<ContextError<C, Error>>>();
    let unerased = unsafe { unerased_ref.deref() };
    let backtrace = unsafe { ErrorImpl::backtrace(unerased._object.error.inner.by_ref()) };
    Some(backtrace)
}

// NOTE: If working with `ErrorImpl<()>`, references should be avoided in favor
// of raw pointers and `NonNull`.
// repr C to ensure that E remains in the final position.
#[repr(C)]
pub(crate) struct ErrorImpl<E = ()> {
    vtable: &'static ErrorVTable,
    backtrace: Option<Backtrace>,
    // NOTE: Don't use directly. Use only through vtable. Erased type may have
    // different alignment.
    _object: E,
}

// Reads the vtable out of `p`. This is the same as `p.as_ref().vtable`, but
// avoids converting `p` into a reference.
unsafe fn vtable(p: NonNull<ErrorImpl>) -> &'static ErrorVTable {
    // NOTE: This assumes that `ErrorVTable` is the first field of ErrorImpl.
    unsafe { *(p.as_ptr() as *const &'static ErrorVTable) }
}

// repr C to ensure that ContextError<C, E> has the same layout as
// ContextError<ManuallyDrop<C>, E> and ContextError<C, ManuallyDrop<E>>.
#[repr(C)]
pub(crate) struct ContextError<C, E> {
    pub context: C,
    pub error: E,
}

impl<E> ErrorImpl<E> {
    fn erase(&self) -> Ref<ErrorImpl> {
        // Erase the concrete type of E but preserve the vtable in self.vtable
        // for manipulating the resulting thin pointer. This is analogous to an
        // unsize coercion.
        Ref::new(self).cast::<ErrorImpl>()
    }
}

impl ErrorImpl {
    pub(crate) unsafe fn error(this: Ref<Self>) -> &(dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static) {
        // Use vtable to attach E's native StdError vtable for the right
        // original type E.
        unsafe { (vtable(this.ptr).object_ref)(this).deref() }
    }

    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
    pub(crate) unsafe fn error_mut(this: Mut<Self>) -> &mut (dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static) {
        // Use vtable to attach E's native StdError vtable for the right
        // original type E.
        unsafe {
            (vtable(this.ptr).object_ref)(this.by_ref())
                .by_mut()
                .deref_mut()
        }
    }

    #[cfg(any(std_backtrace, feature = "backtrace"))]
    pub(crate) unsafe fn backtrace(this: Ref<Self>) -> &Backtrace {
        // This unwrap can only panic if the underlying error's backtrace method
        // is nondeterministic, which would only happen in maliciously
        // constructed code.
        unsafe { this.deref() }
            .backtrace
            .as_ref()
            .or_else(|| {
                #[cfg(error_generic_member_access)]
                return nightly::request_ref_backtrace(unsafe { Self::error(this) });
                #[cfg(not(error_generic_member_access))]
                return unsafe { (vtable(this.ptr).object_backtrace)(this) };
            })
            .expect("backtrace capture failed")
    }

    #[cfg(error_generic_member_access)]
    unsafe fn provide<'a>(this: Ref<'a, Self>, request: &mut Request<'a>) {
        if let Some(backtrace) = unsafe { &this.deref().backtrace } {
            nightly::provide_ref_backtrace(request, backtrace);
        }
        nightly::provide(unsafe { Self::error(this) }, request);
    }

    #[cold]
    pub(crate) unsafe fn chain(this: Ref<Self>) -> Chain {
        Chain::new(unsafe { Self::error(this) })
    }
}

impl<E> StdError for ErrorImpl<E>
where
    E: StdError,
{
    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn StdError + 'static)> {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::error(self.erase()).source() }
    }

    #[cfg(error_generic_member_access)]
    fn provide<'a>(&'a self, request: &mut Request<'a>) {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::provide(self.erase(), request) }
    }
}

impl<E> Debug for ErrorImpl<E>
where
    E: Debug,
{
    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        unsafe { ErrorImpl::debug(self.erase(), formatter) }
    }
}

impl<E> Display for ErrorImpl<E>
where
    E: Display,
{
    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        unsafe { Display::fmt(ErrorImpl::error(self.erase()), formatter) }
    }
}

#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
impl From<Error> for Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static> {
    #[cold]
    fn from(error: Error) -> Self {
        error.into_boxed_dyn_error()
    }
}

#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
impl From<Error> for Box<dyn StdError + Send + 'static> {
    #[cold]
    fn from(error: Error) -> Self {
        error.into_boxed_dyn_error()
    }
}

#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
impl From<Error> for Box<dyn StdError + 'static> {
    #[cold]
    fn from(error: Error) -> Self {
        error.into_boxed_dyn_error()
    }
}

#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
impl AsRef<dyn StdError + Send + Sync> for Error {
    fn as_ref(&self) -> &(dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static) {
        &**self
    }
}

#[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(anyhow_no_core_error)))]
impl AsRef<dyn StdError> for Error {
    fn as_ref(&self) -> &(dyn StdError + 'static) {
        &**self
    }
}

impl UnwindSafe for Error {}
impl RefUnwindSafe for Error {}