I was greeted by `rad patch redact` with
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value:
Error { code: None, message: Some("failed to convert") }
stack backtrace:
[…]
3: core::result::Result<T,E>::unwrap
at …/rust-1.88.0/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/core/src/result.rs:1137:23
4: sqlite::cursor::Row::read
at …/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/sqlite-0.32.0/src/cursor.rs:136:9
5: radicle::cob::patch::cache::query::find_by_revision
at ./crates/radicle/src/cob/patch/cache.rs:624:65
6: <… as radicle::cob::patch::cache::Patches>::find_by_revision
at ./crates/radicle/src/cob/patch/cache.rs:553:9
7: radicle_cli::commands::rad_patch::redact::run
at ./crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch/redact.rs:23:9
8: radicle_cli::commands::rad_patch::run
at ./crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/patch.rs:1026:13
[…]
It turns out that `sqlite::cursor::Row::read` is the panicky version of
`sqlite::cursor::Row::try_read` (which returns a `Result`).
While it is somewhat rare that SQLite reads fail, it is not unheard of.
In `radicle-cli` it might not be critical, but also `radicle-protocol`
and `radicle-fetch` are affected, and they could potentially panic a
`radicle-node` process.
Use `try_read` instead, and propagate down the error handling.
The `fn io_other` disguises all sorts of errors as I/O errors, making
errors in the transport component of `radicle-fetch` harder to
understand.
Instead, expose a new error type that allows to discriminate.
Lorenz Leutgeb