Add field diffing on failed push

piker/data/_sharedmem.py

@@ -194,9 +194,30 @@ class ShmArray:
         # TODO: use .index for actual ring logic?
         index = self._i.value
         end = index + length
+        try:
             self._array[index:end] = data[:]
             self._i.value = end
             return end
+        except ValueError as err:
+            # reraise with any field discrepancy
+            our_fields, their_fields = (
+                set(self._array.dtype.fields),
+                set(data.dtype.fields),
+            )
+
+            only_in_ours = our_fields - their_fields
+            only_in_theirs = their_fields - our_fields
+
+            if only_in_ours:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"Input array is missing field(s): {only_in_ours}"
+                )
+            elif only_in_theirs:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"Input array has unknown field(s): {only_in_theirs}"
+                )
+            else:
+                raise err
 
     def close(self) -> None:
         self._i._shm.close()