[PATCH v2 11/50] helper-to-tcg: Add simple error creation helper

Simple function for creating Expected<> with nice error messages.

Signed-off-by: Anton Johansson <[email protected]>
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 subprojects/helper-to-tcg/include/Error.hpp | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 subprojects/helper-to-tcg/include/Error.hpp

diff --git a/subprojects/helper-to-tcg/include/Error.hpp b/subprojects/helper-to-tcg/include/Error.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..835610d83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/helper-to-tcg/include/Error.hpp
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+//
+//  Copyright(c) 2026 rev.ng Labs Srl. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+//  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <llvm/IR/Value.h>
+#include <llvm/Support/Error.h>
+
+inline llvm::Error mkError(const llvm::StringRef Msg) {
+    return llvm::createStringError(llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode(), Msg);
+}
+
+// TODO: Usage of `mkError()` and `dbgs()` for serializing `Value`s is
+// __really__ slow, and should only occur for error reporting.
+// `ModuleSlotTracker` could be used which would speed up repeated serialization
+// of a `Value`.
+inline llvm::Error mkError(const llvm::StringRef Msg, const llvm::Value *V) {
+    std::string Str;
+    llvm::raw_string_ostream Stream(Str);
+    Stream << Msg;
+    Stream << *V;
+    Stream.flush();
+    return llvm::createStringError(llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode(), Str);
+}
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