use std::thread;
use std::panic;

pub fn main(){
    thread::spawn(move || {
        panic::catch_unwind(|| {
            // panic!("Oh no! A horrible error.");
            let s: Option<u32> = None;
            s.expect("Nothing was there!");
        })
    })
    .join()
    .and_then(|result| {
        match result {
            Ok(ref val) => {
                println!("No problems. Result was: {:?}", val);
            }
            Err(ref err) => {
                if let Some(err) = err.downcast_ref::<&'static str>() {
                    println!("Error: {}", err);
                } else {
                    println!("Unknown error type: {:?}", err);
                }
            }
        }
        result
    });
}

Error: Oh no! A horrible error.

Unknown error type: Any