1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/jvm/GenJVM.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/jvm/GenJVM.scala
index 5a02de0907..7afa36c0ba 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/jvm/GenJVM.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/jvm/GenJVM.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import scala.tools.nsc.symtab._
 import scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileConstants._
 
 import ch.epfl.lamp.fjbg._
+import FJBGContext.FJBGWrapper
+import JCode.OffsetTooBigException
 import JAccessFlags._
 import JObjectType.{ JAVA_LANG_STRING, JAVA_LANG_OBJECT }
 import java.io.{ DataOutputStream }
@@ -138,6 +140,15 @@ abstract class GenJVM extends SubComponent {
     val emitLines  = debugLevel >= 2
     val emitVars   = debugLevel >= 3
 
+    def analyzeException(culprit: String, t: Throwable): Unit = t match {
+      case x: FJBGWrapper =>
+        analyzeException(x.culprit, x.getCause())
+      case _: OffsetTooBigException =>
+        clasz.cunit.error(clasz.symbol.pos, "cannot emit bytecode for " + culprit + ": " + t.getMessage)
+      case x =>
+        throw x
+    }
+
     /** Write a class to disk, adding the Scala signature (pickled type
      *  information) and inner classes.
      *
@@ -148,8 +159,10 @@ abstract class GenJVM extends SubComponent {
       addInnerClasses(jclass)
       val outfile = getFile(sym, jclass, ".class")
       val outstream = new DataOutputStream(outfile.bufferedOutput)
-      jclass.writeTo(outstream)
-      outstream.close()
+      try jclass.writeTo(outstream)
+      catch { case x  => analyzeException(jclass.getName(), x) }
+      finally outstream.close()
+
       informProgress("wrote " + outfile)
     }