What is the problem exactly? Do you somewhere rely on exact position in the complete string?

What you could do is just keep line + column number since that stays fixed. Just increment newline on the systems newline sequence, and set column back to 0.

On Apr 28, 2011 10:48 AM, "Tudor Girba" <tudor.girba@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I have a small problem related to file line endings and storing the token information of PetitParser.
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> Sometimes, we parse the sources on Windows and then manipulate the model on Linux or Mac. In this context, if I store the token positions in a string, I encounter problems because CR and LF are considered characters, but the line endings can vary.
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> ('abc', Character cr asString , 'd') findString: 'd'.
> ==> 5
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> ('abc', Character cr asString , Character lf asString, 'd') findString: 'd'.
> ==> 6
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> How would you approach this problem?
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> Cheers,
> Doru
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