libcore/Result - Add an expect method that prints a message and the Err value

src/libcore/result.rs

@@ -731,6 +731,26 @@ impl<T, E: fmt::Debug> Result<T, E> {
                 panic!("called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: {:?}", e)
         }
     }
+
+    /// Unwraps a result, yielding the content of an `Ok`.
+    ///
+    /// Panics if the value is an `Err`, with a panic message including the
+    /// passed message, and the content of the `Err`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    /// ```{.should_panic}
+    /// #![feature(result_expect)]
+    /// let x: Result<u32, &str> = Err("emergency failure");
+    /// x.expect("Testing expect"); // panics with `Testing expect: emergency failure`
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    #[unstable(feature = "result_expect", reason = "newly introduced")]
+    pub fn expect(self, msg: &str) -> T {
+        match self {
+            Ok(t) => t,
+            Err(e) => panic!("{}: {:?}", msg, e),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]

src/libcoretest/lib.rs

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #![feature(cell_extras)]
 #![feature(iter_empty)]
 #![feature(iter_once)]
+#![feature(result_expect)]
 
 extern crate core;
 extern crate test;

src/libcoretest/result.rs

@@ -137,3 +137,16 @@ pub fn test_unwrap_or_else_panic() {
     let bad_err: Result<isize, &'static str> = Err("Unrecoverable mess.");
     let _ : isize = bad_err.unwrap_or_else(handler);
 }
+
+
+#[test]
+pub fn test_expect_ok() {
+    let ok: Result<isize, &'static str> = Ok(100);
+    assert_eq!(ok.expect("Unexpected error"), 100);
+}
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected="Got expected error: \"All good\"")]
+pub fn test_expect_err() {
+    let err: Result<isize, &'static str> = Err("All good");
+    err.expect("Got expected error");
+}