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  • New Features
    • Expanded native exception management with APIs to set, clear, match, fetch, and restore exceptions, manage handled exceptions, and handle signals, interrupts, and fatal errors.
    • Added helpers to create operating-system errors from errno and Windows error codes, including optional filename details.
    • Added APIs to create and inspect Unicode decode errors, and to inspect and update Unicode decode, encode, and translate errors.
    • Added accessors for exception arguments.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Added validation and normalization for exception state and Unicode error fields, including bounds checks for error positions.

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📝 Walkthrough

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The C-API adds exception state operations and helpers for errno, Unicode, and Windows errors. The VM adds errno-based exception construction and exposes its topmost exception. FFI conversion now handles PyResult<Infallible> by setting the Python exception and returning a null pointer.

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Exception and error C-API

Layer / File(s) Summary
Exception state and FFI error plumbing
crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs, crates/capi/src/util.rs, crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs
Adds exception fetch and restore, handled-exception operations, signal and fatal-error helpers, exception argument access, and pointer-returning FFI error conversion. Makes topmost_exception public.
Errno exception construction
crates/capi/src/pyerrors/errno.rs, crates/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs
Adds errno exception helpers with optional filenames. The VM checks signals for EINTR on supported targets.
Unicode error accessors
crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs, crates/capi/src/pyerrors/unicode.rs
Moves decode-error construction to unicode.rs and adds getters and setters for decode, encode, and translate errors.
Windows error construction
crates/capi/src/pyerrors/windows.rs
Adds Windows error helpers with optional filenames and exception types.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant C_API
  participant VirtualMachine
  participant Exception
  C_API->>VirtualMachine: fetch, restore, or update exception state
  VirtualMachine->>Exception: normalize or inspect exception values
  VirtualMachine-->>C_API: return exception pointers or null
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 774d8

Exception-state changes may interfere with pending errors, while Unicode and Windows error helpers retain compatibility risks. Resolve or explicitly accept these issues before merging.

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crates/capi/src/pyerrors/errno.rs (1)

18-56: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reduce duplication by delegating to the object-based helper.

PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename re-implements the errno read, EINTR handling, message construction, downcast, and call logic that already exists in PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObjects. As in CPython, this can decode the filename and then delegate to PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObject, keeping the errno/message logic in one place.

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In `@crates/capi/src/pyerrors/errno.rs` around lines 18 - 56, Refactor
PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename to only decode the optional C filename, convert
it to a Python object, and delegate to PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObject.
Remove its duplicated errno retrieval, EINTR handling, message construction,
exception downcast, and call logic so the object-based helper remains the single
implementation.
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In `@crates/capi/src/pyerrors/windows.rs`:
- Around line 69-84: In the Windows error conversion branch, avoid leaking the
decoded filename created by decode_fsdefault_and_size. Update the
Some(Ok(filename)) handling to keep the PyObjectRef alive locally and pass its
borrowed raw pointer to set_windows_error, rather than calling into_raw();
preserve the existing error and None handling.

---

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In `@crates/capi/src/pyerrors/errno.rs`:
- Around line 18-56: Refactor PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename to only decode the
optional C filename, convert it to a Python object, and delegate to
PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObject. Remove its duplicated errno retrieval,
EINTR handling, message construction, exception downcast, and call logic so the
object-based helper remains the single implementation.
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crates/capi/src/pyerrors/errno.rs (1)

23-34: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle EINTR before decoding the filename. Match the PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObjects ordering here: check EINTR immediately after reading errno, before decode_fsdefault_and_size(...). Otherwise a decode failure can bypass vm.check_signals() and return the wrong exception.

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In `@crates/capi/src/pyerrors/errno.rs` around lines 23 - 34, Move the errno ==
libc::EINTR handling immediately after retrieving errno in the
PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObjects flow, before any filename null check or
decode_fsdefault_and_size call. Preserve vm.check_signals()? behavior, then
decode the filename only after signal handling completes.
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In `@crates/capi/src/pyerrors/errno.rs`:
- Around line 23-34: Move the errno == libc::EINTR handling immediately after
retrieving errno in the PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObjects flow, before any
filename null check or decode_fsdefault_and_size call. Preserve
vm.check_signals()? behavior, then decode the filename only after signal
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In `@crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs`:
- Around line 545-555: Update the PyErr_SetExcInfo handling around exc_val and
vm.set_exception so Py_None is treated the same as NULL, producing an empty
handled-exception state instead of being downcast as PyBaseException. Preserve
the existing TypeError for non-None values that are not exception instances, and
keep valid exception restoration unchanged.
- Around line 481-486: Update PyErr_GetHandledException and PyErr_GetExcInfo to
use topmost_exception() instead of current_exception(), so both APIs find the
oldest active handled exception past empty stack slots. Preserve
PyErr_GetExcInfo’s existing behavior of writing NULL values when no exception is
active; apply the changes at crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs lines 481-486 and
507-535.
- Around line 490-497: Update PyErr_SetHandledException in
crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs lines 490-497 to retain the incoming exception
rather than consume the raw pointer, while clearing handled-exception state for
NULL or Py_None. In the corresponding handled-exception setter at
crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs lines 545-555, continue stealing type and traceback,
but treat value == NULL or Py_None as an empty handled state instead of
downcasting it.
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crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs (1)

508-535: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fix memory leaks when out-pointers are NULL.

When ptype, pvalue, or ptraceback is passed as NULL, the corresponding PyObjectRef references obtained from vm.split_exception() are converted to raw pointers via into_raw().as_ptr() but never written out or decremented. This causes the objects to leak because their reference counts are never decremented.

Keep the references as Option<PyObjectRef> until they are actually written to the non-NULL destination pointers. This ensures that any discarded references automatically decrement their reference counts when the options are dropped at the end of the block.

🐛 Proposed fix
-        let (ty, value, tb) = vm.topmost_exception().map_or_else(
-            || {
-                (
-                    core::ptr::null_mut(),
-                    core::ptr::null_mut(),
-                    core::ptr::null_mut(),
-                )
-            },
-            |exc| {
-                let (ty, value, tb) = vm.split_exception(exc);
-                let tb = if vm.is_none(&tb) {
-                    core::ptr::null_mut()
-                } else {
-                    tb.into_raw().as_ptr()
-                };
-                (ty.into_raw().as_ptr(), value.into_raw().as_ptr(), tb)
-            },
-        );
-
-        if let Some(ptype) = NonNull::new(ptype) {
-            unsafe { ptype.write(ty) };
-        }
-        if let Some(pvalue) = NonNull::new(pvalue) {
-            unsafe { pvalue.write(value) };
-        }
-        if let Some(ptraceback) = NonNull::new(ptraceback) {
-            unsafe { ptraceback.write(tb) };
-        }
+        let (ty, value, tb) = vm.topmost_exception().map_or_else(
+            || (None, None, None),
+            |exc| {
+                let (ty, value, tb) = vm.split_exception(exc);
+                let tb = if vm.is_none(&tb) { None } else { Some(tb) };
+                (Some(ty), Some(value), tb)
+            },
+        );
+
+        if let Some(ptype) = NonNull::new(ptype) {
+            unsafe { ptype.write(ty.map_or(core::ptr::null_mut(), |x| x.into_raw().as_ptr())) };
+        }
+        if let Some(pvalue) = NonNull::new(pvalue) {
+            unsafe { pvalue.write(value.map_or(core::ptr::null_mut(), |x| x.into_raw().as_ptr())) };
+        }
+        if let Some(ptraceback) = NonNull::new(ptraceback) {
+            unsafe { ptraceback.write(tb.map_or(core::ptr::null_mut(), |x| x.into_raw().as_ptr())) };
+        }

Note: Please ensure PyErr_Fetch (around line 416) is also updated if it uses the same pattern of calling into_raw() before checking for NULL pointers, as this would result in identical memory leaks.

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In `@crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs` around lines 508 - 535, Update the
exception-fetching logic around vm.split_exception and PyErr_Fetch to retain
each extracted PyObjectRef as an Option until its corresponding out-pointer is
validated; only call into_raw when ptype, pvalue, or ptraceback is non-NULL,
allowing unconsumed references to drop and decrement their counts.
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- Around line 508-535: Update the exception-fetching logic around
vm.split_exception and PyErr_Fetch to retain each extracted PyObjectRef as an
Option until its corresponding out-pointer is validated; only call into_raw when
ptype, pvalue, or ptraceback is non-NULL, allowing unconsumed references to drop
and decrement their counts.

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crates/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs (1)

946-948: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

Prevent VM panics by safely propagating Python exceptions.

invoke_exception executes Python-level constructors (__new__/__init__), which can fail at runtime (e.g., due to a MemoryError or RecursionError). Using .expect() here will cause a Rust panic and crash the interpreter.

Since invoke_exception returns Result<PyBaseExceptionRef, PyBaseExceptionRef>, you can safely fall back to the thrown exception using .unwrap_or_else(|err| err). This gracefully propagates the failure into the VM's normal error-handling flow.

🔒️ Proposed fix
         let exc = self.invoke_exception(stop_iteration_error, args);
 
-        exc.expect("StopIteration is a BaseException Subclass.")
+        exc.unwrap_or_else(|err| err)
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In `@crates/vm/src/vm/vm_new.rs` around lines 946 - 948, Update the StopIteration
handling in the VM method containing invoke_exception to avoid expect-induced
panics: replace the infallible assertion with Result fallback logic that returns
the thrown PyBaseExceptionRef when construction fails, preserving normal VM
exception propagation.
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- Around line 946-948: Update the StopIteration handling in the VM method
containing invoke_exception to avoid expect-induced panics: replace the
infallible assertion with Result fallback logic that returns the thrown
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let exc_type = exc.try_downcast_ref::<PyType>(vm)?;
let message = Error::from_raw_os_error(winerror).to_string();

let args = vec![
0.to_pyobject(vm),
vm.ctx.new_str(message).into(),
vm.unwrap_or_none(filename),
winerror.to_pyobject(vm),
vm.unwrap_or_none(filename2),
];
let os_err = exc_type.as_object().call(args, vm)?.try_downcast(vm)?;

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this one probably in vm too with same logic

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@bschoenmaeckers could you doublecheck we are splitting logic and capi well in general, in this patch and out of this patch? The shared logic must live in vm, not in capi side

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Review comments at @crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs:
- Around line 412-415: Update PyErr_NoMemory to use vm.no_memory_error() instead
of vm.new_memory_error(""), preserving the empty args behavior and reusing the
MemoryError freelist instance.

Review comments at @crates/capi/src/pyerrors/unicode.rs:
- Around line 22-27: Update the VM constructor `new_unicode_decode_error` to
accept `isize` for `start` and `end`, and pass those signed values through
without converting them to `usize` or rejecting negatives. Keep `length`
validation non-negative.

Review comments at @crates/capi/src/pyerrors/windows.rs:
- Line 24: Update PyErr_SetFromWindowsErr so the VM translates winerror to errno
before OSError subclass selection, while preserving the C-API argument order and
passing the original Windows error code through for exception initialization.
- Line 21: Update the `Error::from_raw_os_error(winerror)` message construction
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) -> *mut PyObject {
with_vm::<PyResult<Infallible>, _>(|vm| {
let exc_type = exc.try_downcast_ref::<PyType>(vm)?;
let message = Error::from_raw_os_error(winerror).to_string();

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove Rust’s extra suffix from strerror.

For a known Windows error, Error::from_raw_os_error(winerror).to_string() adds (os error N) to the system message. Every exception built here exposes that extra text through strerror and str(exc). Extract the Windows message without Rust’s display suffix, and remove its trailing punctuation to match the C-API message. (doc.rust-lang.org)

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Review comment at @crates/capi/src/pyerrors/windows.rs at line 21:
Update the `Error::from_raw_os_error(winerror)` message construction to extract
the Windows system message without Rust’s `(os error N)` suffix and remove its
trailing punctuation, so exceptions expose the C-API-style message through
`strerror` and `str(exc)`.

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Review comments at @crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs:
- Around line 489-498: Update PyErr_SetHandledException to use a VM operation
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Comment on lines +489 to +498
pub unsafe extern "C" fn PyErr_SetHandledException(exc: *mut PyObject) {
with_vm(|vm| {
if exc.is_null() || vm.is_none(unsafe { exc.assume_borrowed() }) {
vm.set_exception(None);
} else {
let exception = unsafe { exc.assume_borrowed().to_owned().downcast_unchecked() };
vm.set_exception(Some(exception));
}
})
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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rg -n -A15 'fn (set_exception|current_exception|topmost_exception|take_raised_exception)\b' crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs

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Separate handled-exception state from raised-exception state.

PyErr_SetHandledException calls vm.set_exception, which replaces the last entry in the VM's shared exception stack. take_raised_exception consumes that same entry, while topmost_exception() can return an older non-empty entry. Setting the handled exception, including setting it to NULL, can therefore alter the pending raised exception or expose an older exception.

Move this separation into the VM and use a VM operation for updating the handled-exception entry instead of vm.set_exception.

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Review comment at @crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs around lines 489 - 498:
Update PyErr_SetHandledException to use a VM operation that sets or clears the
handled-exception entry independently of the shared raised-exception stack;
implement that separation in the VM so this call cannot replace a pending raised
exception or expose an older one.

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