Use pointers to nested variant errors to avoid compilation errors

bindgen/src/gen_go/mod.rs

@@ -444,10 +444,30 @@ pub mod filters {
         Ok(nm.to_string().to_upper_camel_case())
     }
 
+    // Return the runtime type cast of this field if it is an Enum type. In most cases
+    // we want to pass around the `error` interface and let the caller type cast, but in
+    // some cases (e.g when writing nested errors) we need to work with concrete error types
+    // which involve type casting from `error` to `ConcreteError`.
+    pub fn error_type_cast(type_: &impl AsType) -> Result<String, askama::Error> {
+        let result = match type_.as_type() {
+            Type::Enum { .. } => format!(".(*{})", oracle().find(type_).type_label()),
+            _ => String::from(""),
+        };
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+
     pub fn type_name(type_: &impl AsType) -> Result<String, askama::Error> {
         Ok(oracle().find(type_).type_label())
     }
 
+    pub fn variant_type_name(type_: &impl AsType) -> Result<String, askama::Error> {
+        let result = match type_.as_type() {
+            Type::Enum { .. } => format!("*{}", oracle().find(type_).type_label()),
+            _ => oracle().find(type_).type_label(),
+        };
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+
     pub fn canonical_name(type_: &impl AsType) -> Result<String, askama::Error> {
         Ok(oracle().find(type_).canonical_name())
     }

bindgen/templates/ErrorTemplate.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type {{ variant_class_name }} struct {
 	message string
 	{%- else %}
 	{%- for field in variant.fields() %}
-	{{ field.name()|error_field_name }} {{ field|type_name}}
+	{{ field.name()|error_field_name }} {{ field|variant_type_name}}
 	{%- endfor %}
 	{%- endif %}
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type {{ variant_class_name }} struct {
 func New{{ variant_class_name }}(
 	{%- if !e.is_flat() %}
 	{%- for field in variant.fields() %}
-	{{ field.name()|var_name }} {{ field|type_name}},
+	{{ field.name()|var_name }} {{ field|variant_type_name}},
 	{%- endfor %}
 	{%- endif %}
 ) *{{ type_name.clone() }} {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (c {{ e|ffi_converter_name }}) Read(reader io.Reader) error {
 	case {{ loop.index }}:
 		return &{{ type_name|class_name }}{&{{ type_name|class_name }}{{ variant.name()|class_name }}{
 			{%- for field in variant.fields() %}
-			{{ field.name()|error_field_name }}: {{ field|read_fn }}(reader),
+			{{ field.name()|error_field_name }}: {{ field|read_fn }}(reader){{field|error_type_cast}},
 			{%- endfor %}
 		}}
 	{%- endfor %}

binding_tests/errors_test.go

@@ -151,3 +151,13 @@ func TestErrorNamedError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.ErrorAs(t, err, &expectedError)
 	assert.Equal(t, "it's an error", expectedError.Unwrap().(*errors.ErrorNamedErrorError).Error_)
 }
+
+func TestNestedError(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, errors.TryNested(false))
+	err := errors.TryNested(true)
+	var expectedError *errors.NestedError
+	assert.ErrorAs(t, err, &expectedError)
+	var expectedNestedError *errors.NestedErrorNested
+	assert.ErrorAs(t, expectedError.Unwrap(), &expectedNestedError)
+	assert.Equal(t, "ValidationError: UnknownError", expectedNestedError.Source.Error())
+}

fixtures/errors/src/errors.udl

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ enum BoobyTrapError {
   "HotDoorKnob",
 };
 
+[Error]
+interface NestedError {
+  Nested(ValidationError source);
+};
+
+
 [Error]
 interface ValidationError {
   InvalidUser(i32 user_id);

fixtures/errors/src/lib.rs

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ pub enum ComplexError {
     },
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum NestedError {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Nested { source: ValidationError },
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Vec2 {
     x: f64,
@@ -57,6 +63,17 @@ impl Vec2 {
     }
 }
 
+#[uniffi::export]
+fn try_nested(trip: bool) -> Result<(), NestedError> {
+    if trip {
+        Err(NestedError::Nested {
+            source: ValidationError::UnknownError,
+        })
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 fn try_void(trip: bool) -> Result<(), BoobyTrapError> {
     if trip {
         Err(BoobyTrapError::IceSlip)