doc: libimagutil: Add error-tracing utility documentation

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Matthias Beyer 2016-02-21 20:07:14 +01:00
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The `KeyValue` type implementes `Into<(K, V)>` for convenience. The `KeyValue` type implementes `Into<(K, V)>` for convenience.
## Error tracing {#sec:libutil:errortrace}
The error tracing functions are functions which help printing an error chain
to the user.
It allows to trace nested errors like @lst:errtrace:exampleerror to the user
in a backtrace-ish way (@lst:errtrace:exampletrace).
```{#lst:errtrace:exampleerror.rust .numberLines caption="Error chain"}
ErrA::new(a_errorkind,
Some(Box::new(ErrB::new(b_errorkind,
Some(Box::new(ErrC::new(c_errorkind,
None)))
)))
)
```
The variants of the function allow limiting the trace to a certain depth or
printing the error trace to the debug output stream.
```{#lst:errtrace:exampletrace .numberLines caption="Error trace"}
[Error][c_errorkind]: Some C-error text -- caused:
[Error][b_errorkind]: Some B-error text -- caused:
[Error][a_errorkind]: Some A-error text
```