Index: src/InitTweak/FixInit.cc
===================================================================
--- src/InitTweak/FixInit.cc	(revision b3fc977b83cebcccac7afdd7798a7f808ffa5889)
+++ src/InitTweak/FixInit.cc	(revision 24c3b67550eca781abfb52c30ecc1c675eb98ba5)
@@ -282,5 +282,4 @@
 					translationUnit.splice( i, fixer.pass.staticDtorDecls );
 				} catch( SemanticError &e ) {
-					e.set_location( (*i)->location );
 					errors.append( e );
 				} // try
@@ -895,5 +894,5 @@
 			)
 			if ( ! diff.empty() ) {
-				throw SemanticError( std::string("jump to label '") + stmt->get_target().get_name() + "' crosses initialization of " + (*diff.begin())->get_name() + " ", stmt );
+				throw SemanticError( stmt, std::string("jump to label '") + stmt->get_target().get_name() + "' crosses initialization of " + (*diff.begin())->get_name() + " " );
 			} // if
 			// S_G-S_L results in set of objects that must be destructed
@@ -1111,6 +1110,5 @@
 		template< typename Visitor, typename... Params >
 		void error( Visitor & v, CodeLocation loc, const Params &... params ) {
-			SemanticError err( toString( params... ) );
-			err.set_location( loc );
+			SemanticError err( loc, toString( params... ) );
 			v.errors.append( err );
 		}
Index: src/InitTweak/GenInit.cc
===================================================================
--- src/InitTweak/GenInit.cc	(revision b3fc977b83cebcccac7afdd7798a7f808ffa5889)
+++ src/InitTweak/GenInit.cc	(revision 24c3b67550eca781abfb52c30ecc1c675eb98ba5)
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 		if ( tryConstruct( objDecl ) && ( managedTypes.isManaged( objDecl ) || ((! inFunction || objDecl->get_storageClasses().is_static ) && ! isConstExpr( objDecl->get_init() ) ) ) ) {
 			// constructed objects cannot be designated
-			if ( isDesignated( objDecl->get_init() ) ) throw SemanticError( "Cannot include designations in the initializer for a managed Object. If this is really what you want, then initialize with @=.\n", objDecl );
+			if ( isDesignated( objDecl->get_init() ) ) throw SemanticError( objDecl, "Cannot include designations in the initializer for a managed Object. If this is really what you want, then initialize with @=.\n" );
 			// constructed objects should not have initializers nested too deeply
-			if ( ! checkInitDepth( objDecl ) ) throw SemanticError( "Managed object's initializer is too deep ", objDecl );
+			if ( ! checkInitDepth( objDecl ) ) throw SemanticError( objDecl, "Managed object's initializer is too deep " );
 
 			objDecl->set_init( genCtorInit( objDecl ) );
Index: src/InitTweak/InitTweak.cc
===================================================================
--- src/InitTweak/InitTweak.cc	(revision b3fc977b83cebcccac7afdd7798a7f808ffa5889)
+++ src/InitTweak/InitTweak.cc	(revision 24c3b67550eca781abfb52c30ecc1c675eb98ba5)
@@ -225,5 +225,5 @@
 					// xxx - this shouldn't be an error, but need a way to
 					// terminate without creating output, so should catch this error
-					throw SemanticError( "unbalanced list initializers" );
+					throw SemanticError( init->location, "unbalanced list initializers" );
 				}