2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/io/span.cpp b/src/io/span.cpp
index f4752f0..6d116c7 100644
--- a/src/io/span.cpp
+++ b/src/io/span.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ namespace tmwa
 {
 namespace io
 {
+    io::LineSpan Line::to_span() const
+    {
+        io::LineSpan rv;
+        rv.begin.text = this->text;
+        rv.begin.filename = this->filename;
+        rv.begin.line = this->line;
+        rv.begin.column = 1;
+        rv.end.text = this->text;
+        rv.end.filename = this->filename;
+        rv.end.line = this->line;
+        rv.end.column = this->text.size();
+        return rv;
+    }
+
     AString Line::message_str(ZString cat, ZString msg) const
     {
         MString out;
diff --git a/src/io/span.hpp b/src/io/span.hpp
index e474a7a..9962b7c 100644
--- a/src/io/span.hpp
+++ b/src/io/span.hpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ namespace io
         void note(ZString msg) const { message("note"_s, msg); }
         void warning(ZString msg) const { message("warning"_s, msg); }
         void error(ZString msg) const { message("error"_s, msg); }
+
+        LineSpan to_span() const;
     };
 
     // psst, don't tell anyone