syntax: Display spans for open delimiters when a file ends prematurely

It's more helpful to list the span of each open delimiter seen so far
than to print out an error with the span of the last position in the file.

Closes #2354

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index cad19543608..e9f55c62b6c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ pub fn Parser(sess: @mut ParseSess,
         quote_depth: @mut 0,
         obsolete_set: @mut HashSet::new(),
         mod_path_stack: @mut ~[],
+        open_braces: @mut ~[]
     }
 }
 
@@ -336,6 +337,8 @@ pub struct Parser {
     obsolete_set: @mut HashSet<ObsoleteSyntax>,
     /// Used to determine the path to externally loaded source files
     mod_path_stack: @mut ~[@str],
+    /// Stack of spans of open delimiters. Used for error message.
+    open_braces: @mut ~[@Span]
 }
 
 #[unsafe_destructor]
@@ -2022,12 +2025,18 @@ impl Parser {
 
         match *self.token {
             token::EOF => {
-                self.fatal("file ended with unbalanced delimiters");
+                for sp in self.open_braces.iter() {
+                    self.span_note(**sp, "Did you mean to close this delimiter?");
+                }
+                // There shouldn't really be a span, but it's easier for the test runner
+                // if we give it one
+                self.fatal("This file contains an un-closed delimiter ");
             }
             token::LPAREN | token::LBRACE | token::LBRACKET => {
                 let close_delim = token::flip_delimiter(&*self.token);
 
                 // Parse the open delimiter.
+                (*self.open_braces).push(@*self.span);
                 let mut result = ~[parse_any_tt_tok(self)];
 
                 let trees =
@@ -2038,6 +2047,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
                 // Parse the close delimiter.
                 result.push(parse_any_tt_tok(self));
+                self.open_braces.pop();
 
                 tt_delim(@mut result)
             }