Method formatSimple

errbase/format_error.go:577–593

formatSimple performs a best effort at extracting the details at a given level of wrapping when the error object does not implement the Formatter interface. Returns true if we want to elide errors from causal chain.

(err, cause error)

// the Formatter interface.
// Returns true if we want to elide errors from causal chain.
func (s *state) formatSimple(err, cause error) bool {
	var pref string
	elideCauses := false
	if cause != nil {
		var messageType MessageType
		pref, messageType = extractPrefix(err, cause)
		if messageType == FullMessage {
			elideCauses = true
		}
	} else {
		pref = err.Error()
	}
	if len(pref) > 0 {
		s.Write([]byte(pref))
	}
	return elideCauses
}

// finishDisplay renders s.finalBuf into s.State.
func (p *state) finishDisplay(verb rune) {