@magic/error

throw errors with custom code/name.

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$3

``javascript
npm install @magic/error
`

$3

`javascript
import error from '@magic/error'

err = error('message', 'name')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'E_NAME', type: 'E', msg: 'message' }

err = error('message')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'Unknown', code: 'E_UNKNOWN', type: 'E', msg: 'message' }

err = error(new Error('message'))
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'Error', code: 'E_UNKNOWN', type: 'E', msg: 'message' }

err = error('message', 'name with spaces')
// Error {
// message: 'message',
// name: 'name with spaces',
// code: 'E_NAME_WITH_SPACES',
// type: 'E',
// msg: 'message',
// }

err = error(['message', 'name', 'T'])
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'T_NAME', type: T, msg: 'message' }

err = error(['message'], 'name', 'T')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'T_NAME', type: T, msg: 'message' }

err = error(['message', 'name1'], 'name2', 'T')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name1', code: 'T_NAME1', type: T, msg: 'message' }
`

#### error types

errors can have types

`javascript
// E is the default type
err = error('message', 'name')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'E_NAME', type: 'E', msg: 'message' }

// warnings:
err = error('message', 'name', 'W')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'W_NAME', type: 'W', msg: 'message' }

// debug:
err = error('message', 'name', 'D')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'D_NAME', type: 'D', msg: 'message' }
``

##### changelog

##### 0.0.1

first commit

#### 0.0.2

- errors can be passed as first argument
- error.name is unchanged, error.code gets transformed to start with E\_ and be uppercased.
- error.code for passed in errors is E_UNKNOWN.

#### 0.0.3

- error type (third fn argument) can now be set, default is E to keep output the same.
- error name (second fn argument) can now be a string with spaces.
e.code is e.type + e.name, but UPPER_SNAKE_CASED.
- error stack cleanup improved.

#### 0.0.4

- err.msg is no === err.message
- first argument can be an array of [message, name, type]

#### 0.0.5

- fix replacement of : in error name and error message to only replace the ones we want to replace

#### 0.0.6

bump required node version to 14.2.0

#### 0.0.7

update depdendencies

#### 0.0.8

- bump required node version to 14.15.4
- update dependencies

##### 0.0.9

update dependencies

##### 0.0.10

update @magic/types to avoid circular dependency

##### 0.0.11

- use @magic/types internally
- update dependencies

##### 0.0.12

update dependencies

##### 0.0.13

update dependencies

##### 0.0.14

update dependencies

##### 0.0.15

update dependencies

##### 0.0.16

update dependencies

##### 0.0.17

update dependencies

##### 0.0.18

- add typescript types
- update dependencies

##### 0.0.19

- export types from types dir...

##### 0.0.20

- pkg: add types dir to files array

##### 0.0.21

- update dependencies

##### 0.0.22 - unreleased

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