fix(load): preserve init-file identity and raw symbol errors - #269
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Replace user-init-file=t with the resolved filename before evaluating the init file, matching GNU load semantics. Format raw and unibyte symbol names without UTF-8 assumptions so reporting an underlying Lisp load error cannot trigger a secondary Rust panic.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change makes symbol and load error formatting handle raw unibyte names. It also updates ChangesSymbol and load handling
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In `@neovm-core/src/emacs_core/load.rs`:
- Line 5: Update the after-load error handling near the sig.symbol diagnostic to
use format_symbol_name_for_error(sig.symbol) instead of resolve_sym(sig.symbol),
and add a regression test covering an after-load hook that signals a raw unibyte
symbol.
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| use super::builtins::collections::builtin_make_hash_table; | ||
| use super::error::{EvalError, Flow, map_flow, signal}; | ||
| use super::intern::{intern, resolve_sym}; | ||
| use super::intern::{SymId, intern, resolve_sym}; |
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Use the byte-aware formatter in the after-load error path.
Line 2544 still calls resolve_sym(sig.symbol). A raw unibyte condition symbol from do-after-load-evaluation reaches this path. This bypasses format_symbol_name_for_error and can still panic while formatting the diagnostic.
Replace that call with format_symbol_name_for_error(sig.symbol). Add a regression that signals a raw unibyte symbol from an after-load hook.
Proposed fix
-use super::intern::{SymId, intern, resolve_sym};
+use super::intern::{SymId, intern};
- let sym = super::intern::resolve_sym(sig.symbol);
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In `@neovm-core/src/emacs_core/load.rs` at line 5, Update the after-load error
handling near the sig.symbol diagnostic to use
format_symbol_name_for_error(sig.symbol) instead of resolve_sym(sig.symbol), and
add a regression test covering an after-load hook that signals a raw unibyte
symbol.
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Pull request overview
This PR improves GNU Emacs compatibility in the load subsystem. First, it replicates GNU's startup handshake where user-init-file is temporarily t and load must overwrite it with the actually-found filename, so downstream path functions no longer receive a boolean and signal (wrong-type-argument stringp t). Second, it hardens error/diagnostic formatting so raw or unibyte symbol names (not valid UTF-8) render lossily instead of panicking during a resolve_sym/resolve call that assumes valid UTF-8.
Changes:
- In
load_file_with_requested_and_found_options, when the visibleuser-init-filevalue is exactlyt, set it to the resolvedfoundfilename (preserving GNU load identity) before evaluating forms and after completion. - Add
format_symbol_name_for_errorand route load/eval error formatting through it, decoding symbol names lossily; updateSymId'sDebugimpl to render non-UTF-8 names as<N raw byte(s)>rather than panicking. - Add regression tests for the startup handshake and raw/unibyte symbol diagnostics.
One observation outside the changed regions: run_after_load_evaluation (load.rs:2544) still formats a signal symbol via resolve_sym, which panics on non-UTF-8 names — the same failure mode this PR addresses elsewhere. Worth a follow-up so the diagnostic hardening is complete.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| neovm-core/src/emacs_core/load.rs | Adds the user-init-file t→found replacement and a lossy symbol-name formatter used by the error-formatting paths. |
| neovm-core/src/emacs_core/intern.rs | Updates SymId Debug to render non-UTF-8 symbol names without panicking. |
| neovm-core/src/emacs_core/load_test.rs | Adds tests for raw/unibyte symbol error formatting and the init-file identity handshake. |
| neovm-core/src/emacs_core/intern_test.rs | Adds a test that SymId Debug handles raw unibyte names. |
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| /// Format a Value for human-readable error messages, resolving SymIds and heap-backed values. | ||
| fn format_symbol_name_for_error(symbol: SymId) -> String { | ||
| let name = super::intern::resolve_sym_lisp_string(symbol); | ||
| crate::emacs_core::emacs_char::emacs_bytes_to_lossy_string(name.as_bytes(), name.is_multibyte()) | ||
| } | ||
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| fn format_value_for_error(v: &Value) -> String { |
Issue
GNU startup temporarily sets
user-init-filetotand relies onloadto replace it with the filename that was actually found. Neomacs leaves the value ast, so startup or a latereval-buffercan pass a boolean to path functions and signal errors such as(wrong-type-argument stringp t).Load-error reporting also assumes symbol names are valid UTF-8. A raw or unibyte symbol in the original Lisp error can therefore trigger a Rust panic while formatting the diagnostic, hiding the real failure and potentially aborting while processing a panic.
Solution
user-init-filevalue is exactlyt, replace it with the resolvedfoundfilename before evaluating the loaded forms and retain it after load completion.found, rather than the requested or canonical host path.This fixes the demonstrated GNU compatibility errors and the secondary diagnostic panic; it does not claim that the historical native abort had only this one cause.
Verification
load_replaces_t_user_init_file_with_found_filenamepasses.sym_id_debug_handles_raw_unibyte_symbol_namespasses.Summary by CodeRabbit