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Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217)
# Description

* I was dismayed to discover recently that UnsupportedInput and
TypeMismatch are used *extremely* inconsistently across the codebase.
UnsupportedInput is sometimes used for input type-checks (as per the
name!!), but *also* used for argument type-checks. TypeMismatch is also
used for both.
I thus devised the following standard: input type-checking *only* uses
UnsupportedInput, and argument type-checking *only* uses TypeMismatch.
Moreover, to differentiate them, UnsupportedInput now has *two* error
arrows (spans), one pointing at the command and the other at the input
origin, while TypeMismatch only has the one (because the command should
always be nearby)
* In order to apply that standard, a very large number of
UnsupportedInput uses were changed so that the input's span could be
retrieved and delivered to it.
* Additionally, I noticed many places where **errors are not propagated
correctly**: there are lots of `match` sites which take a Value::Error,
then throw it away and replace it with a new Value::Error with
less/misleading information (such as reporting the error as an
"incorrect type"). I believe that the earliest errors are the most
important, and should always be propagated where possible.
* Also, to standardise one broad subset of UnsupportedInput error
messages, who all used slightly different wordings of "expected
`<type>`, got `<type>`", I created OnlySupportsThisInputType as a
variant of it.
* Finally, a bunch of error sites that had "repeated spans" - i.e. where
an error expected two spans, but `call.head` was given for both - were
fixed to use different spans.

# Example
BEFORE
```
〉20b | str starts-with 'a'
Error: nu:🐚:unsupported_input (link)

  × Unsupported input
   ╭─[entry #31:1:1]
 1 │ 20b | str starts-with 'a'
   ·   ┬
   ·   ╰── Input's type is filesize. This command only works with strings.
   ╰────

〉'a' | math cos
Error: nu:🐚:unsupported_input (link)

  × Unsupported input
   ╭─[entry #33:1:1]
 1 │ 'a' | math cos
   · ─┬─
   ·  ╰── Only numerical values are supported, input type: String
   ╰────

〉0x[12] | encode utf8
Error: nu:🐚:unsupported_input (link)

  × Unsupported input
   ╭─[entry #38:1:1]
 1 │ 0x[12] | encode utf8
   ·          ───┬──
   ·             ╰── non-string input
   ╰────
```
AFTER
```
〉20b | str starts-with 'a'
Error: nu:🐚:pipeline_mismatch (link)

  × Pipeline mismatch.
   ╭─[entry #1:1:1]
 1 │ 20b | str starts-with 'a'
   ·   ┬   ───────┬───────
   ·   │          ╰── only string input data is supported
   ·   ╰── input type: filesize
   ╰────

〉'a' | math cos
Error: nu:🐚:pipeline_mismatch (link)

  × Pipeline mismatch.
   ╭─[entry #2:1:1]
 1 │ 'a' | math cos
   · ─┬─   ────┬───
   ·  │        ╰── only numeric input data is supported
   ·  ╰── input type: string
   ╰────

〉0x[12] | encode utf8
Error: nu:🐚:pipeline_mismatch (link)

  × Pipeline mismatch.
   ╭─[entry #3:1:1]
 1 │ 0x[12] | encode utf8
   · ───┬──   ───┬──
   ·    │        ╰── only string input data is supported
   ·    ╰── input type: binary
   ╰────
```

# User-Facing Changes

Various error messages suddenly make more sense (i.e. have two arrows
instead of one).

# Tests + Formatting

Don't forget to add tests that cover your changes.

Make sure you've run and fixed any issues with these commands:

- `cargo fmt --all -- --check` to check standard code formatting (`cargo
fmt --all` applies these changes)
- `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings -D clippy::unwrap_used -A
clippy::needless_collect` to check that you're using the standard code
style
- `cargo test --workspace` to check that all tests pass

# After Submitting

If your PR had any user-facing changes, update [the
documentation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io) after the
PR is merged, if necessary. This will help us keep the docs up to date.
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bits Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
bytes Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
charting Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
conversions Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
core_commands Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
database Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
dataframe Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
date Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
deprecated Remove shape-directed import pattern parsing (#7570) 2022-12-22 16:36:13 +02:00
env Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
experimental Add more input/output type annotations (#7532) 2022-12-21 20:20:46 +01:00
filesystem Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
filters Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
formats Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
generators Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
hash Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
math Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
misc Add more input/output type annotations (#7532) 2022-12-21 20:20:46 +01:00
network Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
path Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
platform Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
random Add more input/output type annotations (#7532) 2022-12-21 20:20:46 +01:00
shells Add more input/output type annotations (#7532) 2022-12-21 20:20:46 +01:00
strings Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
system Add "fall-through" signatures (#7527) 2022-12-22 00:33:26 +02:00
viewers table: Check stream timeout on every item (#7509) 2022-12-21 14:28:27 -08:00
default_context.rs Initial support for parse-time constants (#7436) 2022-12-22 00:21:03 +02:00
example_test.rs Reduced LOC by replacing several instances of Value::Int {}, Value::Float{}, Value::Bool {}, and Value::String {} with Value::int(), Value::float(), Value::boolean() and Value::string() (#7412) 2022-12-09 11:37:51 -05:00
input_handler.rs Standardise the use of ShellError::UnsupportedInput and ShellError::TypeMismatch and add spans to every instance of the former (#7217) 2022-12-23 01:48:53 -05:00
lib.rs Feature cleanup (#7182) 2022-11-22 16:58:11 -08:00
sort_utils.rs Fix sort-by, path join and size error arrows (#7199) 2022-11-23 19:22:23 +13:00