nushell/crates/nu-std
WindSoilder 724818030d
add type check during eval time (#11475)
# Description
Fixes: #11438 

Take the following as example:
```nushell
def spam [foo: string] {
    $'foo: ($foo | describe)'
}
def outer [--foo: string] {
    spam $foo
}

outer
```
When we call `outer`, type checker only check the all for `outer`, but
doesn't check inside the body of `outer`. This pr is trying to introduce
a type checking process through `Type::is_subtype()` during eval time.

## NOTE
I'm not really sure if it's easy to make a check inside the body of
`outer`. Adding an eval time type checker seems like an easier solution.
As a result: `outer` will be caught by runtime, not parse time type
checker

cc @kubouch 

# User-Facing Changes
After this pr the following call will failed:
```nushell
> outer
Error: nu:🐚:cant_convert

  × Can't convert to string.
   ╭─[entry #27:1:1]
 1 │ def outer [--foo: any] {
 2 │     spam $foo
   ·          ──┬─
   ·            ╰── can't convert nothing to string
 3 │ }
   ╰────
```

# Tests + Formatting
Done

# After Submitting
NaN
2024-01-12 23:48:53 +08:00
..
src add 'from ndjson' into standard library (#10283) 2023-09-11 14:59:07 +02:00
std add type check during eval time (#11475) 2024-01-12 23:48:53 +08:00
tests expand paths and split PATH in std path add (#10710) 2023-10-25 16:43:27 +02:00
Cargo.toml Bump to dev version 0.89.1 (#11513) 2024-01-11 00:19:21 +13:00
CONTRIBUTING.md remove the last mention to let-env (#10718) 2023-10-18 23:15:04 +02:00
LICENSE add LICENSE to nu-std (#8803) 2023-04-07 13:39:21 -07:00
README.md fix nu-std README (#11244) 2023-12-06 16:26:02 +01:00

Welcome to the standard library of `nushell`!

The standard library is a pure-nushell collection of custom commands which provide interactive utilities and building blocks for users writing casual scripts or complex applications.

To see what's here:

> use std
> scope commands | select name usage | where name =~ "std "
#┬───────────name────────────┬──────────────────────usage──────────────────────
0│std assert                 │Universal assert command
1│std assert equal           │Assert $left == $right
2│std assert error           │Assert that executing the code generates an error
3│std assert greater         │Assert $left > $right
4│std assert greater or equal│Assert $left >= $right
             ...                                     ...
─┴───────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────

🧰 Using the standard library in the REPL or in scripts

All commands in the standard library must be "imported" into the running environment (the interactive read-execute-print-loop (REPL) or a .nu script) using the use command.

You can choose to import the whole module, but then must refer to individual commands with a std prefix, e.g:

use std

std log debug "Running now"
std assert (1 == 2)

Or you can enumerate the specific commands you want to import and invoke them without the std prefix.

use std ["log debug" assert]

log debug "Running again"
assert (2 == 1)

This is probably the form of import you'll want to add to your env.nu for interactive use.

✏️ contribute to the standard library

You're invited to contribute to the standard library! See CONTRIBUTING.md for details