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+package scala.reflect.reify
+package codegen
+
+trait Positions {
+  self: Reifier =>
+
+  import mirror._
+  import definitions._
+  import treeInfo._
+
+  // we do not reify positions because this inflates resulting trees, but doesn't buy as anything
+  // where would one use positions? right, in error messages
+  // but I can hardly imagine when one would need a position that points to the reified code
+  // usually reified trees are used to compose macro expansions or to be fed to the runtime compiler
+  // however both macros and toolboxes have their own means to report errors in synthetic trees
+  def reifyPosition(pos: Position): Tree =
+    reifyMirrorObject(NoPosition)
+}
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