2 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/error.py b/scripts/qapi/error.py
index d0bc7af6e7..6723c5a9d9 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/error.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/error.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# QAPI error classes
-#
 # Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # Authors:
@@ -11,6 +9,14 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
 # See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
+"""
+QAPI error classes
+
+Common error classes used throughout the package.  Additional errors may
+be defined in other modules.  At present, `QAPIParseError` is defined in
+parser.py.
+"""
+
 
 class QAPIError(Exception):
     """Base class for all exceptions from the QAPI package."""
@@ -33,17 +39,5 @@ class QAPISourceError(QAPIError):
         return loc + ': ' + self.msg
 
 
-class QAPIParseError(QAPISourceError):
-    """Error class for all QAPI schema parsing errors."""
-    def __init__(self, parser, msg):
-        col = 1
-        for ch in parser.src[parser.line_pos:parser.pos]:
-            if ch == '\t':
-                col = (col + 7) % 8 + 1
-            else:
-                col += 1
-        super().__init__(parser.info, msg, col)
-
-
 class QAPISemError(QAPISourceError):
     """Error class for semantic QAPI errors."""
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/parser.py b/scripts/qapi/parser.py
index 58267c3db9..ca5e8e18e0 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/parser.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/parser.py
@@ -18,10 +18,22 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 import os
 import re
 
-from .error import QAPIParseError, QAPISemError
+from .error import QAPISemError, QAPISourceError
 from .source import QAPISourceInfo
 
 
+class QAPIParseError(QAPISourceError):
+    """Error class for all QAPI schema parsing errors."""
+    def __init__(self, parser, msg):
+        col = 1
+        for ch in parser.src[parser.line_pos:parser.pos]:
+            if ch == '\t':
+                col = (col + 7) % 8 + 1
+            else:
+                col += 1
+        super().__init__(parser.info, msg, col)
+
+
 class QAPISchemaParser:
 
     def __init__(self, fname, previously_included=None, incl_info=None):