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src/CallBlock.css

@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@
 .functionBlock.unifyError  > .functionParams > .outputParam > .inputParam > .inputParam > .inputParam:after {
   border-left-color: pink;
 }
+.functionBlock.unifyError > .functionParams > .outputParam > .inputParam > .inputParam > .inputParam > .inputParam {
+  background-color: pink;
+  color: black;
+}
+.functionBlock.unifyError  > .functionParams > .outputParam > .inputParam > .inputParam > .inputParam > .inputParam:after {
+  border-left-color: pink;
+}
 
 .inputParam.offending {
   background-color: darkred !important;

src/CallBlock.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,16 @@ import type { Dynamic, SetStateFn, State2Props } from "./util/extra";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import "./CallBlock.css";
 
-type ResolvedType = Dynamic | Error | undefined;
+export class DeepError {
+  e: Error;
+  depth: number;  
+  constructor(e, depth) {
+    this.e = e;
+    this.depth = depth;
+  }
+};
+
+type ResolvedType = Dynamic | DeepError | undefined;
 
 export interface CallBlockState<
   FnState=EditorState,
@@ -27,7 +36,7 @@ interface CallBlockProps<
 
 
 function have(resolved: ResolvedType) {
-  return resolved && !(resolved instanceof Error);
+  return resolved && !(resolved instanceof DeepError);
 }
 
 function headlessCallBlock({state, setState}: CallBlockProps) {
@@ -53,17 +62,16 @@ function headlessCallBlock({state, setState}: CallBlockProps) {
         if (!(e instanceof UnifyError) && !(e instanceof NotAFunctionError)) {
           throw e;
         }
-        setResolved(() => e as Error); // eval error
+        setResolved(() => new DeepError(e, 0)); // eval error
       }
     }
-    else if (input.resolved instanceof Error) {
+    else if (input.resolved instanceof DeepError) {
       setResolved(() => input.resolved); // bubble up the error
     }
-    else if (fn.resolved instanceof Error) {
+    else if (fn.resolved instanceof DeepError) {
-      // @ts-ignore
       setResolved(() => {
         // @ts-ignore
-        return Object.assign(fn.resolved, {depth: (fn.resolved.depth || 0) + 1});
+        return new DeepError(fn.resolved.e, fn.resolved.depth+1);
       }); // bubble up the error
     }
     else {
@@ -82,13 +90,8 @@ function headlessCallBlock({state, setState}: CallBlockProps) {
 
 export function CallBlock({ state, setState }: CallBlockProps) {
   const {setFn, setInput, onFnCancel, onInputCancel}
-    = headlessCallBlock({ state, setState });
+    = headlessCallBlock({ state, setState });  
-
+  return <span className={"functionBlock" + ((state.resolved instanceof DeepError) ? " unifyError" : "")}>
-
-  // @ts-ignore
-  console.log('depth:', state.resolved?.depth);
-  
-  return <span className={"functionBlock" + ((state.resolved instanceof Error) ? " unifyError" : "")}>
     <FunctionHeader
       fn={state.fn}
       setFn={setFn}
@@ -102,18 +105,17 @@ export function CallBlock({ state, setState }: CallBlockProps) {
           input={state.input} setInput={setInput}
           onInputCancel={onInputCancel}
           depth={0}
-          // @ts-ignore
+          errorDepth={state.resolved instanceof DeepError ? (state.resolved.depth) : -1}
-          errorDepth={state.resolved instanceof Error ? (state.resolved.depth || 0) : -1}
           />
         {/* Output (or Error) */}
-        { state.resolved instanceof Error && state.resolved.toString()
+        { state.resolved instanceof DeepError && state.resolved.e.toString()
         || state.resolved && <><Value dynamic={state.resolved} />&#x2611;</>}
       </div>
     </div>
   </span>;
 }
 
-function filterFnInputs(fn: Dynamic|Error|undefined, input: Dynamic|Error|undefined) {
+function filterFnInputs(fn: ResolvedType, input: ResolvedType) {
   if (!have(fn) || !have(input)) {
     return false;
   }

src/Editor.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { getSymbol, getType, symbolFunction } from "dope2";
 
 import { useContext, useEffect, useReducer, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { CallBlock, type CallBlockState } from "./CallBlock";
+import { CallBlock, DeepError, type CallBlockState } from "./CallBlock";
 import { InputBlock, type InputBlockState } from "./InputBlock";
 import { Type } from "./Type";
 import { type Dynamic, type State2Props } from "./util/extra";
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export function Editor({state, setState, onCancel, filter}: EditorProps) {
   return <>
     {renderBlock()}
     {
-      (state.resolved && !(state.resolved instanceof Error))
+      (state.resolved && !(state.resolved instanceof DeepError))
       ? <div className="typeSignature">
           :: <Type type={getType(state.resolved)} />
         </div>

src/EnvContext.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { getDefaultTypeParser, module2Env, ModuleStd } from "dope2";
 const mkType = getDefaultTypeParser();
 export const extendedEnv = module2Env(ModuleStd.concat([
   ["functionWith3Params", { i: i => j => k => i + j + k, t: mkType("Int->Int->Int->Int") }],
+  ["functionWith4Params", { i: i => j => k => l => i+j+k+l, t: mkType("Int->Int->Int->Int->Int")}]
 ]));
 
 export const EnvContext = createContext(extendedEnv);

src/configurations.ts

@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ export const nonEmptyEditorState: EditorState = {
   resolved: undefined,
 };
 
-const functionWith3Params = trie.get(extendedEnv.name2dyn)("functionWith3Params");
+const functionWith4Params = trie.get(extendedEnv.name2dyn)("functionWith4Params");
 const fourtyThree = { i: 43n, t: Int };
 const fourtyFour = { i: 44n, t: Int };
+const fourtyFive = { i: 45n, t: Int };
 
 export const tripleFunctionCallEditorState: EditorState = {
   kind: "call",
@@ -53,33 +54,43 @@ export const tripleFunctionCallEditorState: EditorState = {
     fn: {
       kind: "call",
       fn: {
-        kind: "input",
+        kind: "call",
-        text: "functionWith3Params",
+        fn: {
-        resolved: functionWith3Params,
+          kind: "input",
-        focus: false,
+          text: "functionWith4Params",
+          resolved: functionWith4Params,
+          focus: false,
+        },
+        input: {
+          kind: "input",
+          text: "42",
+          resolved: fourtyTwo,
+          focus: false,
+        },
+        resolved: apply(fourtyTwo)(functionWith4Params),
       },
       input: {
         kind: "input",
-        text: "42",
+        text: "43",
-        resolved: fourtyTwo,
+        resolved: fourtyThree,
         focus: false,
       },
-      resolved: apply(fourtyTwo)(functionWith3Params),
+      resolved: apply(fourtyThree)(apply(fourtyTwo)(functionWith4Params)),
     },
     input: {
       kind: "input",
-      text: "43",
+      text: "44",
-      resolved: fourtyThree,
+      resolved: fourtyFour,
       focus: false,
     },
-    resolved: apply(fourtyThree)(apply(fourtyTwo)(functionWith3Params)),
+    resolved: apply(fourtyFour)(apply(fourtyThree)(apply(fourtyTwo)(functionWith4Params))),
   },
   input: {
     kind: "input",
-    text: "44",
+    text: "45",
-    resolved: fourtyFour,
+    resolved: fourtyFive,
     focus: false,
   },
-  resolved: apply(fourtyFour)(apply(fourtyThree)(apply(fourtyTwo)(functionWith3Params))),
+  resolved: apply(fourtyFive)(apply(fourtyFour)(apply(fourtyThree)(apply(fourtyTwo)(functionWith4Params)))),
 };