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Get the line and column numbers of parsed elements

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3-5 days
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35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start with the Item class and the existing method used to obtain line numbers for parsing errors, then trace how elements are created during parsing. Done means every parsed TOML element exposes its line and column numbers without losing the existing error-reporting behavior.

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Description

enhancement

It would be helpful if we could get the line numbers of every parsed toml element.
We could probably add it as a new parameter to the Item class.
The line and column numbers could be stored during parsing. The method used to get line numbers for reporting parsing error can be used to get the line numbers.

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