From 4a0145f72b67f0dcafca8b1061387c58ee174efb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom French <15848336+TomAFrench@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:17:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(nargo): create a specific error variant for compilation
 (#923)

chore(nargo): create a specifc error variant for compilation
---
 crates/nargo/src/cli/compile_cmd.rs | 2 +-
 crates/nargo/src/errors.rs          | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/nargo/src/cli/compile_cmd.rs b/crates/nargo/src/cli/compile_cmd.rs
index 252e808926b..068451af451 100644
--- a/crates/nargo/src/cli/compile_cmd.rs
+++ b/crates/nargo/src/cli/compile_cmd.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub(crate) fn compile_circuit<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     let mut driver = Resolver::resolve_root_config(program_dir.as_ref(), backend.np_language())?;
     add_std_lib(&mut driver);
 
-    driver.into_compiled_program(show_ssa, allow_warnings).map_err(|_| std::process::exit(1))
+    driver.into_compiled_program(show_ssa, allow_warnings).map_err(|_| CliError::CompilationError)
 }
 
 fn preprocess_with_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(
diff --git a/crates/nargo/src/errors.rs b/crates/nargo/src/errors.rs
index e725fbb01d7..ab2f0b5eb89 100644
--- a/crates/nargo/src/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/nargo/src/errors.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ pub(crate) enum CliError {
     MismatchedAcir(PathBuf),
     #[error("Failed to verify proof {}", .0.display())]
     InvalidProof(PathBuf),
+
+    /// Error while compiling Noir into ACIR.
+    #[error("Failed to compile circuit")]
+    CompilationError,
 }
 
 impl From<OpcodeResolutionError> for CliError {