[0.17.42] pcall protects other mods event handlers

[eradicator]

What?

pcall(some_function) will protect event handlers of other mods than the pcall'ing mod if some_function triggers an event.

Reproduction

Just start a new game and see the error being printed.

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Test Mod A:

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script.on_event(defines.events.on_player_created,function(e)
  local A,B = pcall(function() game.players[e.player_index].force = 'neutral' end)
  game.print('A:'..tostring(A))
  game.print('B:'..tostring(B))
  end)

Test Mod B:

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script.on_event(defines.events.on_player_changed_force,function(e)
  error('This should not be protected?.')
  end)

Expected Behavior

I'm not even sure this is really a bug. It just *feels* wrong. I kinda expected pcall to only protect code inside my own mod.

[Rseding91]

Thanks for the report however that's what pcall does: it traps all errors that result from code executed inside of the pcall.

Unless you're parsing input from the player you never want to use pcall as it will just hide bugs in your code. If that 1 scenario didn't exist I would disallow the use of pcall in mods.

[eradicator]

Unless you're parsing input from the player

That is exactly what i was doing. It's my "/sudo" mod. I was just suprised that it catches event handlers in *other* mods. Thanks for confirming it's not a bug.