Unless you're dealing with 1) binary data or 2) structured data (ie. XML) where a path is more appropriate, then I think line / column is the way to go.
Now, is this a clojure parser? Or a clojure parser generator library that consumes a BNF-like file that defines another lang? As far as I can tell, clojure doesn't have one. I have a recent project where clojure is pointing to a SableCC BNF generated Lexer and Parser file. That project might give you some ideas. HTH Tim On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:29 PM, joshua-choi <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm making a parsing library that can keep track of its location in a > stream of tokens, and the tokens can be of any type—character, map, > and so forth. I need advice on this question: > > Can you think of an instance where the location would not be a line > number and column number, such as {:line 3, :column 25}? > > I'm deciding if I should bother with the trouble of making the > location data structure independent and pluggable with my parser, or > if I should make it always a line-column pair, which would make the > API much simpler. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<clojure%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
