Merge pull request #9914 from 9999years/debugger-on-trace

Enter debugger on `builtins.trace` with an option

doc/manual/rl-next/debugger-on-trace.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+synopsis: Enter the `--debugger` when `builtins.trace` is called if `debugger-on-trace` is set
+prs: 9914
+---
+
+If the `debugger-on-trace` option is set and `--debugger` is given,
+`builtins.trace` calls will behave similarly to `builtins.break` and will enter
+the debug REPL. This is useful for determining where warnings are being emitted
+from.

src/libexpr/eval-settings.hh

@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
 
     Setting<unsigned int> maxCallDepth{this, 10000, "max-call-depth",
         "The maximum function call depth to allow before erroring."};
+
+    Setting<bool> builtinsTraceDebugger{this, false, "debugger-on-trace",
+        R"(
+          If set to true and the `--debugger` flag is given,
+          [`builtins.trace`](@docroot@/language/builtins.md#builtins-trace) will
+          enter the debugger like
+          [`builtins.break`](@docroot@/language/builtins.md#builtins-break).
+
+          This is useful for debugging warnings in third-party Nix code.
+        )"};
 };
 
 extern EvalSettings evalSettings;

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -986,6 +986,10 @@ static void prim_trace(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, Valu
         printError("trace: %1%", args[0]->string_view());
     else
         printError("trace: %1%", ValuePrinter(state, *args[0]));
+    if (evalSettings.builtinsTraceDebugger && state.debugRepl && !state.debugTraces.empty()) {
+        const DebugTrace & last = state.debugTraces.front();
+        state.runDebugRepl(nullptr, last.env, last.expr);
+    }
     state.forceValue(*args[1], pos);
     v = *args[1];
 }
@@ -997,6 +1001,12 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_trace({
       Evaluate *e1* and print its abstract syntax representation on
       standard error. Then return *e2*. This function is useful for
       debugging.
+
+      If the
+      [`debugger-on-trace`](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-debugger-on-trace)
+      option is set to `true` and the `--debugger` flag is given, the
+      interactive debugger will be started when `trace` is called (like
+      [`break`](@docroot@/language/builtins.md#builtins-break)).
     )",
     .fun = prim_trace,
 });