Write number of bytes read to error position on successful decode

[jansson.git] / src / load.c

diff --git a/src/load.c b/src/load.c
index 3fdec8f..193db45 100644 (file)
--- a/src/load.c
+++ b/src/load.c
@@ -820,9 +820,11 @@ static json_t *parse_json(lex_t *lex, size_t flags, json_error_t *error)
     json_t *result;
 
     lex_scan(lex, error);
-    if(lex->token != '[' && lex->token != '{') {
-        error_set(error, lex, "'[' or '{' expected");
-        return NULL;
+    if(!(flags & JSON_DECODE_ANY)) {
+        if(lex->token != '[' && lex->token != '{') {
+            error_set(error, lex, "'[' or '{' expected");
+            return NULL;
+        }
     }
 
     result = parse_value(lex, flags, error);
@@ -834,10 +836,15 @@ static json_t *parse_json(lex_t *lex, size_t flags, json_error_t *error)
         if(lex->token != TOKEN_EOF) {
             error_set(error, lex, "end of file expected");
             json_decref(result);
-            result = NULL;
+            return NULL;
         }
     }
 
+    if(error) {
+        /* Save the position even though there was no error */
+        error->position = lex->stream.position;
+    }
+
     return result;
 }