[antlr-interest] ANTLR 3.0.1: invalid character column in a mismatch character error message.

[Terence Parr]

On Aug 11, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Gavin Lambert wrote:

> At 03:44 12/08/2008, Terence Parr wrote:
> >Havent seen the thread but are we talking about lines 1... and
> >char position 0... ?  If so, char position is not column so I
> >went with C-derivative language indexing as it is the relative
> >position from start of line not the column.  Columns start with 1.
>
> Yes, and the issue being discussed is that when printing error  
> messages ANTLR seems to display the char position in a format where  
> you're expecting to see the column.

oh, right.  Well, yeah, people expect column...problem is what to do  
with tabs etc...can override message handler though

Ter