HF-131 (6/7): thrown exceptions name the cell (issue #444)

[marcin-kordas-hoc]

What and why

Stacked on #1765. Closes #444: reading
a formula cell's value before it has been computed threw a plain Error('Value of the formula cell is not computed.') / Error('Array not computed yet.') — no way to trace which cell caused it.

Adds CellValueNotComputedError, a named, exported error class carrying the cell's address:

export class CellValueNotComputedError extends Error {
  constructor(public readonly address: SimpleCellAddress) {
    super(`Value of the formula cell (sheet = ${address.sheet}, row = ${address.row}, col = ${address.col}) is not computed.`)
  }
}

Replaces both throw sites (ScalarFormulaVertex.getCellValue, ArrayFormulaVertex.getCellValue).
Exported from src/index.ts, both as a named export and on the HyperFormula static namespace,
alongside CellError/DetailedCellError.

Verified

• npx tsc --noEmit — clean
• npx eslint src/ — 0 errors
• New test file, 4 cases across both vertex types
• Full private test suite reproduced against this branch's tip — no regressions beyond the same
  pre-existing branch-pinning mismatch as the rest of this stack

Stack

6 of 7 — stacked on #1765. Next: docs/hf-131-types-of-errors.

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Note

Low Risk
Narrow change to error typing at two internal throw sites plus a new public export; callers that relied on exact generic Error message strings may need to catch CellValueNotComputedError instead.

Overview
Reading a formula cell before evaluation used to throw anonymous plain Error messages (Value of the formula cell is not computed. / Array not computed yet.), so callers could not identify which cell failed.

This PR introduces CellValueNotComputedError with a public address field (SimpleCellAddress) and a message that includes sheet, row, and col. ScalarFormulaVertex.getCellValue and ArrayFormulaVertex.getCellValue now throw this type instead of generic errors.

The class is exported from the package entry (named export and HyperFormula.CellValueNotComputedError static), and the unreleased CHANGELOG documents the behavior change for issue #444.

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Task linked: HF-131 Verbose and actionable formula error messages

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The new Unreleased changelog bullet ends with an issue link to #444 rather than a pull-request URL. New engine changelog entries need a [#NNNN](https://github.com/handsontable/hyperformula/pull/NNNN) PR link; an issue-only reference is not a substitute.

 

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Performance comparison of head (1879bbb) vs base (e2ced02)

                                     testName |    base |    head |  change
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Sheet A |  492.38 |  495.18 |  +0.57%
                                      Sheet B |  155.56 |  156.49 |  +0.60%
                                      Sheet T |  139.44 |  136.91 |  -1.81%
                                Column ranges |   466.2 |  468.06 |  +0.40%
                                Sorted lookup | 14051.8 | 13806.5 |  -1.75%
Sheet A:  change value, add/remove row/column |   14.41 |   17.32 | +20.19%
 Sheet B: change value, add/remove row/column |  131.02 |  157.02 | +19.84%
                   Column ranges - add column |  145.92 |  159.83 |  +9.53%
                Column ranges - without batch |  447.95 |  465.54 |  +3.93%
                        Column ranges - batch |  112.34 |   118.1 |  +5.13%

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 97.45%. Comparing base (e2ced02) to head (1879bbb).

Additional details and impacted files

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[Tobiadefami]

The implementation looks good.