{"record":{"id":"6122e3833e795528","repo":"sharkdp/bat","slug":"the-file-was-lost-in-the-clircle-identifier-this","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The file was lost in the clircle::Identifier, this should not have happened...","messagePattern":"The file was lost in the clircle::Identifier, this should not have happened\\.\\.\\.","errorType":"panic","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/input.rs","lineNumber":236,"sourceCode":"                reader: {\n                    let path_display =\n                        crate::preprocessor::sanitize_for_terminal(&path.to_string_lossy());\n                    let mut file =\n                        File::open(&path).map_err(|e| format!(\"'{path_display}': {e}\"))?;\n                    if file.metadata()?.is_dir() {\n                        return Err(format!(\"'{path_display}' is a directory.\").into());\n                    }\n\n                    if let Some(stdout) = stdout_identifier {\n                        let input_identifier = Identifier::try_from(file)\n                            .map_err(|e| format!(\"{path_display}: Error identifying file: {e}\"))?;\n                        if stdout.surely_conflicts_with(&input_identifier) {\n                            return Err(format!(\n                                \"IO circle detected. The input from '{path_display}' is also an output. Aborting to avoid infinite loop.\",\n                            )\n                            .into());\n                        }\n                        file = input_identifier.into_inner().expect(\"The file was lost in the clircle::Identifier, this should not have happened...\");\n                    }\n\n                    InputReader::try_new(BufReader::new(file))?\n                },\n            }),\n            InputKind::CustomReader(reader) => Ok(OpenedInput {\n                description,\n                kind: OpenedInputKind::CustomReader,\n                metadata: self.metadata,\n                reader: InputReader::try_new(BufReader::new(reader))?,\n            }),\n        }\n    }\n}\n\npub(crate) struct InputReader<'a> {\n    inner: Box<dyn BufRead + 'a>,\n    pub(crate) first_line: Vec<u8>,","sourceCodeStart":218,"sourceCodeEnd":254,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/blob/b671e53c2cd0177beb357cf6cb997ee4215c7155/src/input.rs#L218-L254","documentation":"Error \"The file was lost in the clircle::Identifier, this should not have happened...\" thrown in sharkdp/bat.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at src/input.rs:236 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"b671e53c2cd0177beb357cf6cb997ee4215c7155","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T08:15:54.742Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-16T13:17:31.715Z"}