line number tracking in the parser

[John W. Eaton]

On  4-Feb-2009, Daniel J Sebald wrote:

| I seem to recall recently running across the situation where the line number is incorrect when there's an error in a non-function script file.  The line number was reported as -1.
| 
| Does a -1 seem possible?  Is that the initialized value?

Yes.

If you see a message that displays -1 as the line or column number and
you can send a test case that demonstrates the problem, then please
report the problem and include the test case in the report.

Thanks,

jwe