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-rw-r--r--src/nix/eval.cc4
-rw-r--r--tests/functional/eval.sh9
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/eval.cc b/src/nix/eval.cc
index a9e4c8968..469ff7391 100644
--- a/src/nix/eval.cc
+++ b/src/nix/eval.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#include "command-installable-value.hh"
#include "common-args.hh"
+#include "print-options.hh"
#include "shared.hh"
#include "store-api.hh"
#include "eval.hh"
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ struct CmdEval : MixJSON, InstallableValueCommand, MixReadOnlyOption
*v,
PrintOptions {
.force = true,
- .derivationPaths = true
+ .derivationPaths = true,
+ .errors = ErrorPrintBehavior::ThrowTopLevel,
}
)
);
diff --git a/tests/functional/eval.sh b/tests/functional/eval.sh
index 0e789cc47..2b34caddb 100644
--- a/tests/functional/eval.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/eval.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ nix eval -E 'assert 1 + 2 == 3; true'
[[ $(nix eval int -f - < "./eval.nix") == 123 ]]
[[ "$(nix eval --expr '{"assert"=1;bar=2;}')" == '{ "assert" = 1; bar = 2; }' ]]
+# Top-level eval errors should be printed to stderr with a traceback.
+topLevelThrow="$(expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'throw "a sample throw message"')"
+[[ "$topLevelThrow" =~ "a sample throw message" ]]
+[[ "$topLevelThrow" =~ "while calling the 'throw' builtin" ]]
+
+# But errors inside something should print an elided version, and exit with 0.
+outputOfNestedThrow="$(nix eval --expr '{ throws = throw "a sample throw message"; }')"
+[[ "${outputOfNestedThrow}" == "{ throws = «error: a sample throw message»; }" ]]
+
# Check if toFile can be utilized during restricted eval
[[ $(nix eval --restrict-eval --expr 'import (builtins.toFile "source" "42")') == 42 ]]