diff --git a/spec/spectator/core/location_spec.cr b/spec/spectator/core/location_spec.cr
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+require "../../spec_helper"
+
+describe Spectator::Core::Location do
+  describe ".parse" do
+    it "parses a location" do
+      location = Spectator::Core::Location.parse("foo:10")
+      location.file.should eq("foo")
+      location.line?.should eq(10)
+    end
+
+    it "parses a location with no line number" do
+      location = Spectator::Core::Location.parse("foo")
+      location.file.should eq("foo")
+      location.line?.should be_nil
+    end
+
+    it "parses a Windows path with a colon" do
+      location = Spectator::Core::Location.parse("C:\\foo:10")
+      location.file.should eq("C:\\foo")
+      location.line?.should eq(10)
+    end
+
+    it "parses a Windows path with no line number" do
+      location = Spectator::Core::Location.parse("C:\\foo")
+      location.file.should eq("C:\\foo")
+      location.line?.should be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#to_s" do
+    it "constructs a string representation" do
+      location = Spectator::Core::Location.new("foo", 10)
+      location.to_s.should eq("foo:10")
+    end
+
+    it "constructs a string representation with no line number" do
+      location = Spectator::Core::Location.new("foo")
+      location.to_s.should eq("foo")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/src/spectator/core/location.cr b/src/spectator/core/location.cr
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+module Spectator::Core
+  # Information about a location in the source code.
+  struct Location
+    # Name of the source file.
+    getter file : String
+
+    # Line number in the source file.
+    getter! line : Int32
+
+    # Creates a new location.
+    def initialize(@file, @line = nil)
+    end
+
+    # Parses a string into a location.
+    def self.parse(string : String) : self
+      # Avoid issues on Windows with colons in filenames (drive letters).
+      colon_index = string.rindex(':')
+      return new(string) unless colon_index
+      file = string[0...colon_index]
+      line = string[colon_index + 1, string.size - colon_index - 1].to_i?
+      # Use the whole string if the line number can't be parsed.
+      # This likely means it is a Windows path with a colon and no line number.
+      line ? new(file, line) : new(string)
+    end
+
+    # Constructs a string representation of the location.
+    def to_s(io : IO) : Nil
+      io << @file
+      if line = @line
+        io << ':' << line
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end