fix: make compiler error extend from Error

We originally didn't extend from `Error` anymore because its fields are of no real value to us, and has problems with serialization in a worker context.

Turns out this was a mistake, because various build tools rely on errors being thrown as something that extends Error, else they try to wrap it in their own error.

We therefore revert that change while still trying to preserve most of the advantages of not extending `Error`, namely nuking the useless stack trace and making sure the message is enumerable.

Author: dummdidumm

.changeset/wet-timers-shop.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: make compiler error extend from `Error`

packages/svelte/scripts/process-messages/templates/compile-errors.js

@@ -2,16 +2,34 @@ import { CompileDiagnostic } from './utils/compile_diagnostic.js';
 
 /** @typedef {{ start?: number, end?: number }} NodeLike */
 
-class InternalCompileError extends CompileDiagnostic {
+class InternalCompileError extends Error {
 	name = 'CompileError';
+	message = ''; // ensure this property is enumerable
+	#diagnostic;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param {string} code
 	 * @param {string} message
 	 * @param {[number, number] | undefined} position
 	 */
 	constructor(code, message, position) {
-		super(code, message, position);
+		super(message);
+		this.message = message; // needs to be set explicitly because we did set it to an empty string above and the super call doesn't change that
+		this.stack = ''; // avoid unnecessary noise; don't set it as a class property or it becomes enumerable
+
+		// We want to extend from Error so that various bundler plugins properly handle it.
+		// But we also want to share the same object shape with that of warnings, therefore
+		// we create an instance of the shared class an copy over its properties.
+		this.#diagnostic = new CompileDiagnostic(code, message, position);
+		Object.assign(this, this.#diagnostic);
+	}
+
+	toString() {
+		return this.#diagnostic.toString();
+	}
+
+	toJSON() {
+		return this.#diagnostic.toJSON();
 	}
 }
 

packages/svelte/src/compiler/errors.js

@@ -3,16 +3,33 @@
 import { CompileDiagnostic } from './utils/compile_diagnostic.js';
 
 /** @typedef {{ start?: number, end?: number }} NodeLike */
-class InternalCompileError extends CompileDiagnostic {
+class InternalCompileError extends Error {
 	name = 'CompileError';
+	message = ''; // ensure this property is enumerable
+	#diagnostic;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param {string} code
 	 * @param {string} message
 	 * @param {[number, number] | undefined} position
 	 */
 	constructor(code, message, position) {
-		super(code, message, position);
+		super(message);
+		this.message = message; // needs to be set explicitly because we did set it to an empty string above and the super call doesn't change that
+		this.stack = ''; // avoid unnecessary noise; don't set it as a class property or it becomes enumerable
+		// We want to extend from Error so that various bundler plugins properly handle it.
+		// But we also want to share the same object shape with that of warnings, therefore
+		// we create an instance of the shared class an copy over its properties.
+		this.#diagnostic = new CompileDiagnostic(code, message, position);
+		Object.assign(this, this.#diagnostic);
+	}
+
+	toString() {
+		return this.#diagnostic.toString();
+	}
+
+	toJSON() {
+		return this.#diagnostic.toJSON();
 	}
 }
 

packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/compile_diagnostic.js

@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ function get_code_frame(source, line, column) {
 /** @implements {ICompileDiagnostic} */
 export class CompileDiagnostic {
 	name = 'CompileDiagnostic';
-	// adding an empty stack so that vite will show the file and frame during build
-	stack = '';
 
 	/**
 	 * @param {string} code