nushell/crates/nu-std
Ian Manske 62e56d3581
Rework operator type errors (#14429)
# Description

This PR adds two new `ParseError` and `ShellError` cases for type errors
relating to operators.
- `OperatorUnsupportedType` is used when a type is not supported by an
operator in any way, shape, or form. E.g., `+` does not support `bool`.
- `OperatorIncompatibleTypes` is used when a operator is used with types
it supports, but the combination of types provided cannot be used
together. E.g., `filesize + duration` is not a valid combination.

The other preexisting error cases related to operators have been removed
and replaced with the new ones above. Namely:

- `ShellError::OperatorMismatch`
- `ShellError::UnsupportedOperator`
- `ParseError::UnsupportedOperationLHS`
- `ParseError::UnsupportedOperationRHS`
- `ParseError::UnsupportedOperationTernary`

# User-Facing Changes

- `help operators` now lists the precedence of `not` as 55 instead of 0
(above the other boolean operators). Fixes #13675.
- `math median` and `math mode` now ignore NaN values so that `[NaN NaN]
| math median` and `[NaN NaN] | math mode` no longer trigger a type
error. Instead, it's now an empty input error. Fixing this in earnest
can be left for a future PR.
- Comparisons with `nan` now return false instead of causing an error.
E.g., `1 == nan` is now `false`.
- All the operator type errors have been standardized and reworked. In
particular, they can now have a help message, which is currently used
for types errors relating to `++`.

```nu
[1] ++ 2
```
```
Error: nu::parser::operator_unsupported_type

  × The '++' operator does not work on values of type 'int'.
   ╭─[entry #1:1:5]
 1 │ [1] ++ 2
   ·     ─┬ ┬
   ·      │ ╰── int
   ·      ╰── does not support 'int'
   ╰────
  help: if you meant to append a value to a list or a record to a table, use the `append` command or wrap the value in a list. For example: `$list ++ $value` should be
        `$list ++ [$value]` or `$list | append $value`.
```
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src Custom command attributes (#14906) 2025-02-11 06:34:51 -06:00
std Rework operator type errors (#14429) 2025-02-12 20:03:40 -08:00
std-rfc docs(std-rfc): use actual examples rather than doc comments (#15097) 2025-02-11 16:33:27 -06:00
tests Update std-rfc tests for to use @test attributes (#15098) 2025-02-12 06:48:41 -05:00
Cargo.toml Move std-rfc into Nushell (#15042) 2025-02-09 09:03:37 -05:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Surprising symlink resolution for std path add (#13258) 2024-06-28 18:11:48 -05:00
LICENSE add LICENSE to nu-std (#8803) 2023-04-07 13:39:21 -07:00
README.md Change the usage misnomer to "description" (#13598) 2024-08-22 12:02:08 +02:00
testing.nu Update std-rfc tests for to use @test attributes (#15098) 2025-02-12 06:48:41 -05:00

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To see what's here:

> use std
> scope commands | select name description | where name =~ "std "
#┬───────────name────────────┬───────────────────description───────────────────
0│std assert                 │Universal assert command
1│std assert equal           │Assert $left == $right
2│std assert error           │Assert that executing the code generates an error
3│std assert greater         │Assert $left > $right
4│std assert greater or equal│Assert $left >= $right
             ...                                     ...
─┴───────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────

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All commands in the standard library must be "imported" into the running environment (the interactive read-execute-print-loop (REPL) or a .nu script) using the use command.

You can choose to import the whole module, but then must refer to individual commands with a std prefix, e.g:

use std

std log debug "Running now"
std assert (1 == 2)

Or you can enumerate the specific commands you want to import and invoke them without the std prefix.

use std ["log debug" assert]

log debug "Running again"
assert (2 == 1)

This is probably the form of import you'll want to add to your env.nu for interactive use.

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