Quality: Unsafe type assertion in panic recovery will re-panic for non-error values - #1295
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Both `FormatterFunc.Format` and `recoveringFormatter.Format` use `perr.(error)` to
convert the recovered panic value to an error. This is a bare type assertion (no comma-ok),
so if the panic value is not an `error` (e.g., `panic("something")`, `panic(42)` — both
common idioms in Go and in third-party code), the type assertion itself panics with
"interface conversion: interface is string, not error". This completely defeats the purpose
of the panic-recovery wrapper, crashing the caller instead of converting the panic to an error.
This affects both recover sites (FormatterFunc at ~line 18 and recoveringFormatter at ~line 30).
Affected files: formatter.go
Signed-off-by: kumburovicbranko682-boop <295886834+kumburovicbranko682-boop@users.noreply.github.com>
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Problem
Both
FormatterFunc.FormatandrecoveringFormatter.Formatuseperr.(error)toconvert the recovered panic value to an error. This is a bare type assertion (no comma-ok),
so if the panic value is not an
error(e.g.,panic("something"),panic(42)— bothcommon idioms in Go and in third-party code), the type assertion itself panics with
"interface conversion: interface is string, not error". This completely defeats the purpose
of the panic-recovery wrapper, crashing the caller instead of converting the panic to an error.
This affects both recover sites (FormatterFunc at ~line 18 and recoveringFormatter at ~line 30).
Severity:
highFile:
formatter.goSolution
Replace the bare type assertion with a type switch or comma-ok pattern at both sites:
In FormatterFunc.Format (line ~18):
Changes
formatter.go(modified)Testing