[swift-evolution] [Discussion] Adopting a new common error type outside the bounds of NSError

[Adam Sharp]

On 7 Mar 2016, at 4:17 AM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> A source location including a fully qualified module, ..., and column number (although I sincerely do not understand the point of column number)

On 7 Mar 2016, at 6:32 AM, David Owens II via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> As for column number, you'll be happy to have it for the cases you have two throwing calls on the same line.

A column number could also potentially be useful in an editor to jump directly to the location of a fatal error.

–Adam