Easy way to implement a LineCounter

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reading the Event-based XML deserialization path in quick-xml and the existing reader or event documentation; the issue names no file or test. Check how line breaks are represented across events and whether the reader exposes position information. Done means identifying a workable way to report line numbers in errors without reading the file line by line.

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Description

Hello, i am trying to deserialize an XML file using the Event:: functionality. I am looking to implement a linecounter for better error messages. Is there any smooth way to achieve this? All the apporaches i came across yet didn't really work for me. I am trying to avoid having to read the file "line-by-line" and simply counting the lines. My current apporach handles the file by jumping from Event to Event. My attempts to just count the "\n,\r,\r\n"-text events did not really result in a number close to how my file actually looked.
Any ideas are appreciated!

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