Remove some unneeded types and implement an error channel

command-manager.go

@@ -160,18 +160,15 @@ func (c *CommandManager) OnMessage(session *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.Mess
 	guild, _ := session.Guild(m.GuildID)
 
 	context := Context{
-		Session: session,
+		Session:      session,
-		Channel: channel,
+		Channel:      channel,
-		Message: m.Message,
+		Message:      m.Message,
-		User:    m.Author,
+		User:         m.Author,
-		Guild:   guild,
+		Guild:        guild,
-		Member:  m.Member,
+		Member:       m.Member,
-		Invoked: invoked,
+		Invoked:      invoked,
-	}
+		ErrorChannel: c.ErrorChannel,
-
-	err = command.Invoke(context, cmd[1:])
-	if err != nil && c.OnErrorFunc != nil {
-		c.OnErrorFunc(context, cmd[0], err)
 	}
 
+	go command.Invoke(context, cmd[1:])
 }

context.go

@@ -27,3 +27,16 @@ func (c *Context) SendFile(filename string, file io.Reader) (*discordgo.Message,
 }
 
 // TODO Combine these to all use ChannelMessageSendComplex
+
+// SendError makes a CommandError and sends it to the ErrorChannel. This includes the current context in the error.
+// Will block if the channel buffer is full. It is up to the client to implement a channel for the errors as well as
+// a function to handle the errors from said channel. If the ErrorChannel is nil then this does nothing.
+func (c *Context) SendError(message string, err error) {
+	if c.ErrorChannel != nil {
+		c.ErrorChannel <- CommandError{
+			Context: *c,
+			Message: message,
+			Error:   err,
+		}
+	}
+}

structs.go

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ type CommandManager struct {
 	Owners []string
 	// Status Manager which will handle updating the status of the bot
 	StatusManager StatusManager
-	// Function to call when there is an error with a command (not used currently)
+	// Channel to send errors to
-	OnErrorFunc OnErrorFunc
+	ErrorChannel chan CommandError
 	// Map of the command names to the pointer of the command to call
 	Commands map[string]*Command
 	// Should we ignore bots when processing commands
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ type Command struct {
 	Invoke CommandInvokeFunc
 }
 
+// CommandError contains all the information needed to process an error in a command
+type CommandError struct {
+	// The Context the command was run in
+	Context Context
+	// Error Message
+	Message string
+	// The Error object
+	Error error
+}
+
 // Context contains all the context that a command needs to run
 type Context struct {
 	// Discordgo Session Object
@@ -68,4 +78,6 @@ type Context struct {
 	Member *discordgo.Member
 	// Name of the command as it was invoked (this is so you know what alias was used to call the command)
 	Invoked string
+	// Error channel
+	ErrorChannel chan CommandError
 }

types.go

@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@ package disgoman
  */
 
 // CommandInvokeFunc is the function type for commands
-type CommandInvokeFunc func(Context, []string) error
+type CommandInvokeFunc func(Context, []string)
 
 // PrefixesFunc gets the prefixes for the bot.
 type PrefixesFunc func(string) []string
 
-// OnErrorFunc runs upon command error
-type OnErrorFunc func(Context, string, error)
-
 // Permission type to help with managing permissions for commands
 type Permission int