small modifications to collections.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/Global.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/Global.scala
index 3771ede167..4422a8b1ba 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/Global.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/Global.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import java.nio.charset._
 import compat.Platform.currentTime
 import scala.tools.nsc.io.{SourceReader, AbstractFile}
 import scala.tools.nsc.reporters._
-import scala.tools.nsc.util.{ClassPath, SourceFile, BatchSourceFile}
+import scala.tools.nsc.util.{ClassPath, SourceFile, BatchSourceFile, OffsetPosition}
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.{HashSet, HashMap, ListBuffer}
 
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class Global(var settings: Settings, var reporter: Reporter) extends SymbolTable
   def inform(msg: String) = Console.err.println(msg)
   def inform[T](msg: String, value: T): T = { inform(msg+value); value }
 
+  def rangePos(source: SourceFile, start: Int, mid: Int, end: Int) = OffsetPosition(source, mid)
+
   //reporter.info(null, msg, true)
 
   def informProgress(msg: String) =