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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/src/io.erl20
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/io.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/io.erl
index 1d0f9374bc..78412ab2bc 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/io.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/io.erl
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
-type device() :: atom() | pid().
-type prompt() :: atom() | string().
+-type error_description() :: term(). % Whatever the io-server sends.
+-type request_error() :: {'error',error_description()}.
%% XXX: Some uses of line() in this file may need to read erl_scan:location()
-type line() :: pos_integer().
@@ -299,32 +301,32 @@ format(Io, Format, Args) ->
%% Scanning Erlang code.
--spec scan_erl_exprs(prompt()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result().
+-spec scan_erl_exprs(prompt()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result() | request_error().
scan_erl_exprs(Prompt) ->
scan_erl_exprs(default_input(), Prompt, 1).
--spec scan_erl_exprs(device(), prompt()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result().
+-spec scan_erl_exprs(device(), prompt()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result() | request_error().
scan_erl_exprs(Io, Prompt) ->
scan_erl_exprs(Io, Prompt, 1).
--spec scan_erl_exprs(device(), prompt(), line()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result().
+-spec scan_erl_exprs(device(), prompt(), line()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result() | request_error().
scan_erl_exprs(Io, Prompt, Pos0) ->
request(Io, {get_until,unicode,Prompt,erl_scan,tokens,[Pos0]}).
--spec scan_erl_form(prompt()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result().
+-spec scan_erl_form(prompt()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result() | request_error().
scan_erl_form(Prompt) ->
scan_erl_form(default_input(), Prompt, 1).
--spec scan_erl_form(device(), prompt()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result().
+-spec scan_erl_form(device(), prompt()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result() | request_error().
scan_erl_form(Io, Prompt) ->
scan_erl_form(Io, Prompt, 1).
--spec scan_erl_form(device(), prompt(), line()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result().
+-spec scan_erl_form(device(), prompt(), line()) -> erl_scan:tokens_result() | request_error().
scan_erl_form(Io, Prompt, Pos0) ->
request(Io, {get_until,unicode,Prompt,erl_scan,tokens,[Pos0]}).
@@ -335,7 +337,8 @@ scan_erl_form(Io, Prompt, Pos0) ->
-type parse_ret() :: {'ok', erl_parse_expr_list(), line()}
| {'eof', line()}
- | {'error', erl_scan:error_info(), line()}.
+ | {'error', erl_scan:error_info(), line()}
+ | request_error().
-spec parse_erl_exprs(prompt()) -> parse_ret().
@@ -364,7 +367,8 @@ parse_erl_exprs(Io, Prompt, Pos0) ->
-type parse_form_ret() :: {'ok', erl_parse_absform(), line()}
| {'eof', line()}
- | {'error', erl_scan:error_info(), line()}.
+ | {'error', erl_scan:error_info(), line()}
+ | request_error().
-spec parse_erl_form(prompt()) -> parse_form_ret().