DocStringParser: Fix error message for empty parameter description.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/libsolidity/parsing/DocStringParser.cpp b/libsolidity/parsing/DocStringParser.cpp
index 0409de72..d058d556 100644
--- a/libsolidity/parsing/DocStringParser.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/parsing/DocStringParser.cpp
@@ -119,21 +119,17 @@ DocStringParser::iter DocStringParser::parseDocTagParam(iter _pos, iter _end)
 		return _end;
 	}
 	auto nameEndPos = firstSpaceOrTab(nameStartPos, _end);
-	if (nameEndPos == _end)
-	{
-		appendError("End of param name not found: " + string(nameStartPos, _end));
-		return _end;
-	}
 	auto paramName = string(nameStartPos, nameEndPos);
 
 	auto descStartPos = skipWhitespace(nameEndPos, _end);
-	if (descStartPos == _end)
+	auto nlPos = find(descStartPos, _end, '\n');
+
+	if (descStartPos == nlPos)
 	{
 		appendError("No description given for param " + paramName);
 		return _end;
 	}
 
-	auto nlPos = find(descStartPos, _end, '\n');
 	auto paramDesc = string(descStartPos, nlPos);
 	newTag("param");
 	m_lastTag->paramName = paramName;