pcall on newImage Function Returns string Type

[Helvecta]

Been doing some testing on 0.9.2 and it seems that pcall on the newImage function returns a string

Tasty example:

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function love.load()
   meow = love.graphics.newImage("test.png")
   error(type(meow))
end

returns:

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main.lua:3: userdata

but then:

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function love.load()
   err, meow = pcall(love.graphics.newImage("test.png"))
   error(type(meow))
end

returns:

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main.lua:3: string

Using :type() raises more questions. Without pcall, meow:type() returns "Image", but with pcall meow:type() returns "attempt to call method 'type' (a nil value)". I want to use pcall to check if an image cannot be decoded, if anyone's curious (I thought that would be a good way to check if an image is truncated/malformed). Any ideas why this is happening?

[bartbes]

You should read that string, it will tell you you're trying to call a userdata object, and err (which isn't the error, rather a flag) will be false.
Now, the reason why this is happening is that you're using pcall wrong. You see, like most things in lua, pcall isn't some magic, it's just a function, if you give it the result of a call.. well, it can only do things with the result, not the call. So instead:

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success, meow = pcall(love.graphics.newImage, "test.png")

And note that if success is false, meow will contain the error message.

[Helvecta]

Oh, that's embarrassing, I'm a dumby.. I forgot that pcall functions that way. I know that "err" is a boolean, though, but it flows better than "isNotError". Thanks for letting me know, though! And sorry for wasting your time.