At Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:43:25 -0400, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > Question: A number for source location position of a syntax object is > what file-position would say after the first character of the syntax had > been read?
It's what `port-next-location' reports, which is the same as `file-position' afterward only if the source is ASCII or line counting isn't enabled. > I'm double-checking before I code this into an API. I see in > "http://doc.racket-lang.org/reference/linecol.html"; the statement > "Position and line locations are numbered from 1; column locations are > numbered from 0." I would've expected position to be from 0 (like > "file-position"), and line and column to both possibly be from 1 (like > most programming tools use), but at least for line and column to use the > same base. I guess I consulted Emacs for the numbering convention. The top-left corner of an Emacs buffer is line 1, column 0, character (i.e., position) 1. ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
