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+use std::fmt;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+/// Errors that can occur during the pathfinding process for Rust module resolution.
+///
+/// This enum captures all possible failure modes when traversing the module graph
+/// of a Rust project, including I/O failures, missing modules, invalid path
+/// attributes, missing entry points, and syntax parsing errors.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum MinglingPathfinderError {
+    /// An underlying I/O error occurred (e.g., file not found, permission denied).
+    IoError(std::io::Error),
+
+    /// A specific module declaration could not be resolved.
+    ///
+    /// `parent` is the directory containing the file that declared the module.
+    /// `module_name` is the name of the module that could not be found.
+    ModuleNotFound {
+        parent: PathBuf,
+        module_name: String,
+    },
+
+    /// A `#[path = "..."]` attribute points outside the project root.
+    ///
+    /// `file` is the file containing the invalid attribute.
+    /// `path_attr` is the value of the `#[path]` attribute.
+    PathPointsOutside {
+        file: PathBuf,
+        path_attr: String,
+    },
+
+    /// No entry point file (`main.rs`, `lib.rs`, or any file under `bin/`) was found.
+    NoEntryPointFound,
+
+    /// Failed to parse a Rust source file into its syntax tree.
+    ///
+    /// `path` is the file that failed to parse.
+    /// `message` contains details from the parser.
+    SynError {
+        path: PathBuf,
+        message: String,
+    },
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for MinglingPathfinderError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::IoError(e) => write!(f, "IO error: {e}"),
+            Self::ModuleNotFound { parent, module_name } => {
+                write!(f, "Module `{module_name}` not found relative to {}", parent.display())
+            }
+            Self::PathPointsOutside { file, path_attr } => {
+                write!(f, "#[path = \"{path_attr}\"] in {} points outside the project", file.display())
+            }
+            Self::NoEntryPointFound => write!(f, "No entry point found (main.rs, lib.rs, or bin/*.rs)"),
+            Self::SynError { path, message } => {
+                write!(f, "Failed to parse {}: {message}", path.display())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for MinglingPathfinderError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        match self {
+            Self::IoError(e) => Some(e),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for MinglingPathfinderError {
+    fn from(e: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::IoError(e)
+    }
+}