Populate the sourceLocation field properly in standard JSON on errors

3 files changed, 43 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index e2325a0c..361fee9c 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Features:
 
 Bugfixes:
  * Parser: Disallow event declarations with no parameter list.
+ * Standard JSON: Populate the ``sourceLocation`` field in the error list.
  * Type Checker: Suggest the experimental ABI encoder if using ``struct``s as function parameters
    (instead of an internal compiler error).
 
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
index ad01821e..d44254ed 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ Json::Value formatErrorWithException(
 	else
 		message = _message;
 
+	Json::Value sourceLocation;
 	if (location && location->sourceName)
 	{
-		Json::Value sourceLocation = Json::objectValue;
 		sourceLocation["file"] = *location->sourceName;
 		sourceLocation["start"] = location->start;
 		sourceLocation["end"] = location->end;
 	}
 
-	return formatError(_warning, _type, _component, message, formattedMessage, location);
+	return formatError(_warning, _type, _component, message, formattedMessage, sourceLocation);
 }
 
 set<string> requestedContractNames(Json::Value const& _outputSelection)
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/StandardCompiler.cpp b/test/libsolidity/StandardCompiler.cpp
index 091207e8..dd0478c5 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/StandardCompiler.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/StandardCompiler.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,46 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(basic_compilation)
 	);
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(compilation_error)
+{
+	char const* input = R"(
+	{
+		"language": "Solidity",
+		"settings": {
+			"outputSelection": {
+				"fileA": {
+					"A": [
+						"abi"
+					]
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		"sources": {
+			"fileA": {
+				"content": "contract A { function }"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	)";
+	Json::Value result = compile(input);
+	BOOST_CHECK(result.isMember("errors"));
+	BOOST_CHECK(result["errors"].size() >= 1);
+	for (auto const& error: result["errors"])
+	{
+		BOOST_REQUIRE(error.isObject());
+		BOOST_REQUIRE(error["message"].isString());
+		if (error["message"].asString().find("pre-release compiler") == string::npos)
+		{
+			BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(
+				dev::jsonCompactPrint(error),
+				"{\"component\":\"general\",\"formattedMessage\":\"fileA:1:23: ParserError: Expected identifier, got 'RBrace'\\n"
+				"contract A { function }\\n                      ^\\n\",\"message\":\"Expected identifier, got 'RBrace'\","
+				"\"severity\":\"error\",\"sourceLocation\":{\"end\":22,\"file\":\"fileA\",\"start\":22},\"type\":\"ParserError\"}"
+			);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(output_selection_explicit)
 {
 	char const* input = R"(