Module Exninfo

Additional information worn by exceptions.

type 'a t

Information containing a given type.

type info

All information

type iexn = exn * info

Information-wearing exceptions

val make : unit -> 'a t

Create a new piece of information.

val null : info

No information

val add : info -> 'a t -> 'a -> info

Add information to an exception.

val get : info -> 'a t -> 'a option

Get information worn by an exception. Returns None if undefined.

val info : exn -> info

Retrieve the information of the last exception raised.

type backtrace
val get_backtrace : info -> backtrace option

get_backtrace info does get the backtrace associated to info

val backtrace_to_string : backtrace -> string

backtrace_to_string info does get the backtrace associated to info

val record_backtrace : bool -> unit
val capture : exn -> iexn

Add the current backtrace information to the given exception.

The intended use case is of the form:

try foo
with
| Bar -> bar
| exn ->
  let exn = Exninfo.capture err in
  baz

where baz should re-raise using iraise below.

WARNING: any intermediate code between the with and the handler may modify the backtrace. Yes, that includes when clauses. Ideally, what you should do is something like:

try foo
with exn ->
  let exn = Exninfo.capture exn in
  match err with
  | Bar -> bar
  | err -> baz

I admit that's a bit heavy, but there is not much to do...

val iraise : iexn -> 'a

Raise the given enriched exception.

val reify : unit -> info