tests/testthat/test-problems.R

test_that("problems returns a detailed warning message", {
  expect_snapshot(vroom(I("a,b,c\nx,y,z,,"), altrep = FALSE, col_types = "ccc"))
})

test_that("problems with data parsing works for single files", {
  expect_warning(
    x <- vroom(I("x,y\n1,2\n1,1.x\n"), col_types = "dd", altrep = FALSE),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  probs <- problems(x)

  expect_equal(probs$row, 3)
  expect_equal(probs$col, 2)
  expect_equal(probs$expected, "a double")
  expect_equal(probs$actual, "1.x")
})

test_that("problems works for multiple files", {
  out1 <- file.path(tempdir(), "out1.txt")
  out2 <- file.path(tempdir(), "out2.txt")
  on.exit(unlink(c(out1, out2)))

  writeLines("x,y\n1,2\n1,1.x\n2,2", out1)
  writeLines("x,y\n3.x,4\n1,2\n2,2", out2)

  expect_warning(
    x <- vroom(c(out1, out2), delim = ",", col_types = "dd", altrep = F),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  probs <- problems(x)

  expect_equal(probs$row, c(3, 2))
  expect_equal(probs$col, c(2, 1))
  expect_equal(probs$expected, c("a double", "a double"))
  expect_equal(probs$actual, c("1.x", "3.x"))
  expect_equal(basename(probs$file), basename(c(out1, out2)))
})

test_that("problems with number of columns works for single files", {
  expect_warning(
    probs3 <- problems(vroom(
      I("x,y,z\n1,2\n"),
      col_names = TRUE,
      col_types = "ddd",
      altrep = FALSE
    )),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  expect_equal(probs3$row, 2)
  expect_equal(probs3$col, 2)
  expect_equal(probs3$expected, "3 columns")
  expect_equal(probs3$actual, "2 columns")

  expect_warning(
    probs3 <- problems(vroom(
      I("x,y,z\n1,2\n"),
      col_names = FALSE,
      col_types = "ddd",
      altrep = FALSE
    )),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  expect_equal(probs3$row[[4]], 2)
  expect_equal(probs3$col[[4]], 2)
  expect_equal(probs3$expected[[4]], "3 columns")
  expect_equal(probs3$actual[[4]], "2 columns")

  expect_warning(
    probs4 <- problems(vroom(
      I("x,y\n1,2,3,4\n"),
      col_names = TRUE,
      col_types = "dd",
      altrep = FALSE
    )),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  expect_equal(probs4$row[[2]], 2)
  expect_equal(probs4$col[[2]], 4)
  expect_equal(probs4$expected[[2]], "2 columns")
  expect_equal(probs4$actual[[2]], "4 columns")

  expect_warning(
    probs2 <- problems(vroom(
      I("x,y\n1,2,3,4\n"),
      col_names = FALSE,
      col_types = "dd",
      altrep = FALSE
    )),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  expect_equal(probs2$row[[4]], 2)
  expect_equal(probs2$col[[4]], 4)
  expect_equal(probs2$expected[[4]], "2 columns")
  expect_equal(probs2$actual[[4]], "4 columns")
})

test_that("parsing problems are shown for all datatypes", {
  types <- list(
    "an integer" = col_integer(),
    "a big integer" = col_big_integer(),
    "a double" = col_double(),
    "a number" = col_number(),
    "value in level set" = col_factor(levels = "foo"),
    "date in ISO8601" = col_date(),
    "date in ISO8601" = col_datetime(),
    "time in ISO8601" = col_time()
  )

  for (i in seq_along(types)) {
    type <- types[[i]]
    expected <- names(types)[[i]]

    res <- vroom(
      I("x\nxyz\n"),
      delim = ",",
      col_types = list(type),
      altrep = TRUE
    )

    # This calls the type_Elt function
    expect_warning(res[[1]][[1]], class = "vroom_parse_issue")
    expect_equal(problems(res)$expected, expected)

    res <- vroom(
      I("x\nxyz\n"),
      delim = ",",
      col_types = list(type),
      altrep = TRUE
    )

    # This calls the read_type function
    expect_warning(
      vroom_materialize(res, replace = FALSE),
      class = "vroom_parse_issue"
    )
    expect_equal(problems(res)$expected, expected)
  }

  expect_warning(
    res <- vroom(I("x\nxyz\n"), delim = ",", col_types = list(col_logical())),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
})

test_that("problems that are generated more than once are not duplicated", {
  res <- vroom(I("x\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\na"), col_types = "i", delim = ",")

  # generate first problem
  expect_warning(res[[1]][[6]], class = "vroom_parse_issue")

  # generate the same problem again
  res[[1]][[6]]

  probs <- problems(res)
  expect_equal(probs$row, 7)
  expect_equal(probs$col, 1)
  expect_equal(probs$expected, "an integer")
})

test_that("problems return the proper row number", {
  expect_warning(
    x <- vroom(I("a,b,c\nx,y,z,,"), altrep = FALSE, col_types = "ccc"),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  expect_equal(problems(x)$row, 2)

  expect_warning(
    y <- vroom(I("a,b,c\nx,y,z\nx,y,z,,"), altrep = FALSE, col_types = "ccc"),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  expect_equal(problems(y)$row, 3)

  expect_warning(
    z <- vroom(
      I("a,b,c\nx,y,z,,\nx,y,z,,\n"),
      altrep = FALSE,
      col_types = "ccc"
    ),
    class = "vroom_parse_issue"
  )
  expect_equal(problems(z)$row, c(2, 3))
})

# https://github.com/tidyverse/vroom/pull/441#discussion_r883611090
test_that("can promote vroom parse warning to error", {
  make_warning <- function() {
    x <- vroom(
      I("a\nx\n"),
      delim = ",",
      col_types = "d",
      altrep = TRUE
    )

    # Trigger vroom parse warning while inside R's internal C code for `[` and ensure it doesn't crash R.
    # `[` -> R's C function `do_subset()` -> ALTREP calls `vroom::real_Elt()` -> `vroom::warn_for_errors()`
    # To avoid calling `cpp11::unwind_protect()` (which throws on longjmp, i.e. on `abort()`) while inside
    # R's internal C code (which doesn't catch C++ exceptions), `vroom::warn_for_errors()` warns
    # with cli called from base R's machinery, rather than from `cpp11::package()`
    # https://github.com/r-lib/cpp11/issues/274
    # https://github.com/tidyverse/vroom/pull/441#discussion_r883611090
    x$a[1]
  }

  # This fails hard if we unwind protect the warning (aborts RStudio)
  # - Try to throw error after catching the warning
  expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, {
    withCallingHandlers(
      expr = make_warning(),
      vroom_parse_issue = function(cnd) {
        abort("oh no")
      }
    )
  })
})

test_that("emits an error message if provided incorrect input", {
  # user provides something other than a data frame
  a_vector <- c(1, 2, 3)
  expect_snapshot(problems(a_vector), error = TRUE)

  # user provides a data frame from an incorrect source
  a_tibble <- tibble::tibble(x = c(1), y = c(2))
  expect_snapshot(problems(a_tibble), error = TRUE)
})

# https://github.com/tidyverse/vroom/issues/535
test_that("problems are correct even if print is first encounter", {
  foo <- vroom(
    I("a\n1\nz\n3\nF\n5"),
    delim = ",",
    col_types = "d",
    show_col_types = FALSE
  )

  expect_output(expect_warning(print(foo), class = "vroom_parse_issue"))

  probs <- problems(foo)
  expect_equal(probs$row, c(3, 5))
  expect_equal(probs$actual, c("z", "F"))

  foo <- vroom(
    I("1\nz\n3\nF\n5"),
    delim = ",",
    col_names = FALSE,
    col_types = "d",
    show_col_types = FALSE
  )

  expect_output(expect_warning(print(foo), class = "vroom_parse_issue"))

  probs <- problems(foo)
  expect_equal(probs$row, c(2, 4))
  expect_equal(probs$actual, c("z", "F"))
})

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