Add position based error reporting to dottydoc

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc-tool/src/dotty/tools/dottydoc/util/syntax.scala b/doc-tool/src/dotty/tools/dottydoc/util/syntax.scala
index dd3d21f8d..005545d67 100644
--- a/doc-tool/src/dotty/tools/dottydoc/util/syntax.scala
+++ b/doc-tool/src/dotty/tools/dottydoc/util/syntax.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import dotc.core.Contexts.Context
 import dotc.core.Comments._
 import model.Package
 import core.ContextDottydoc
+import dotc.core.Symbols._
+
+import dotc.util.{ SourcePosition, SourceFile }
+import dotc.util.Positions.Position
+import scala.io.Codec
 
 object syntax {
   implicit class ContextWithContextDottydoc(val ctx: Context) extends AnyVal {
@@ -13,4 +18,10 @@ object syntax {
       throw new IllegalStateException("DocBase must be set before running dottydoc phases")
     }.asInstanceOf[ContextDottydoc]
   }
+
+  implicit class SymbolExtensions(val sym: Symbol) extends AnyVal {
+    def sourcePosition(pos: Position)(implicit ctx: Context): SourcePosition =
+      new SourceFile(sym.sourceFile, Codec(ctx.settings.encoding.value)) atPos pos
+
+  }
 }