"BCS" <BCS at pathlink.com> wrote in message news:f1j0hj$t6t$1 at digitalmars.com... >> 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 <snip> No it isn't. It's in line 4 of the string, and line 5 of the file. Stewart.