nit: Added link to `CONTRIBUTING.md` from the README

[nit.git] / src / location.nit

diff --git a/src/location.nit b/src/location.nit
index 0c5b55d..99083ad 100644 (file)
--- a/src/location.nit
+++ b/src/location.nit
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ class Location
                end
        end
 
+       # Initialize a location corresponding to an opaque file.
+       #
+       # The path is used as is and is not open nor read.
+       init opaque_file(path: String)
+       do
+               var source = new SourceFile.from_string(path, "")
+               init(source, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+       end
+
        # The index in the start character in the source
        fun pstart: Int do return file.line_starts[line_start-1] + column_start-1