[Issue 1211] mixin("__LINE__") gives incorrect value

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d-bugmail at puremagic.com wrote:
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1211
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> smjg at iname.com changed:
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>            What    |Removed                     |Added
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>                  CC|                            |smjg at iname.com
>            Keywords|                            |wrong-code
>             Summary|mixin("__LINE__")           |mixin("__LINE__") gives
>                    |                            |incorrect value
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> ------- Comment #2 from smjg at iname.com  2007-05-05 08:27 -------
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>>writef("%\n", mixin(string)); // 1, 3 or 4? what about generated strings?
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> What is %\n? 

a typeo

 > And how is 3 a plausible value in your example?

1 is the line of the mixin
3 is the line in the string
4 is the file line where __LINE__ is
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>>how about a dotted form?
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>><mixin_line>.<line_in_mixin>
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> Then how would we distinguish between 2.1 and 2.10?
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__LINE__.typeof == int, != char[]  // Oops!!