From accf5288696945ed80e5842d06bdda9ad5c25d44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sasha Koshka <sashakoshka@tebibyte.media>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:51:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Locations and tokens are now capable of creating errors on
 their own

---
 file/error.go    | 4 ++--
 file/location.go | 5 +++++
 lexer/token.go   | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/file/error.go b/file/error.go
index cfdb853..7cb437b 100644
--- a/file/error.go
+++ b/file/error.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ func NewError (
 	message string,
 	kind ErrorKind,
 ) (
-	err *Error,
+	err Error,
 ) {
-	return &Error {
+	return Error {
 		Location: location,
 		message:  message,
 		kind:     kind,
diff --git a/file/location.go b/file/location.go
index e20abb5..1be5ff6 100644
--- a/file/location.go
+++ b/file/location.go
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ type Location struct {
 	column int
 	width  int
 }
+
+// NewError creates a new error at this location.
+func (location Location) NewError (message string, kind ErrorKind) (err Error) {
+	return NewError(location, message, kind)
+}
diff --git a/lexer/token.go b/lexer/token.go
index 6247031..8e171ed 100644
--- a/lexer/token.go
+++ b/lexer/token.go
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ func (token Token) Location () (location file.Location) {
 	return token.location
 }
 
+// NewError creates a new error at this token's location.
+func (token Token) NewError (message string, kind file.ErrorKind) (err file.Error) {
+	return token.location.NewError(message, kind)
+}
+
 // Describe generates a textual description of the token to be used in debug
 // logs.
 func (token Token) Describe () (description string) {