keep original error message (#29)

hjson · Feb 13, 2020 · db4467e · db4467e
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commit db4467e
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/src/hjson_decode.cpp b/src/hjson_decode.cpp
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static Value _hasTrailing(Parser *p) {
 // Braces for the root object are optional
 static Value _rootValue(Parser *p) {
   Value res;
+  std::string errMsg;
 
   _white(p);
 
@@ -519,7 +520,9 @@ static Value _rootValue(Parser *p) {
     if (!_hasTrailing(p)) {
       return res;
     }
-  } catch(syntax_error e) {}
+  } catch(syntax_error e) {
+    errMsg = std::string(e.what());
+  }
 
   // test if we are dealing with a single JSON value instead (true/false/null/num/"")
   _resetAt(p);
@@ -528,6 +531,10 @@ static Value _rootValue(Parser *p) {
     return res;
   }
 
+  if (!errMsg.empty()) {
+    throw syntax_error(errMsg);
+  }
+
   throw syntax_error(_errAt(p, "Syntax error, found trailing characters"));
 }