ether with the position of the <code class="fsharp"><a
      href="../reference/charstream.html#CharStream"><span class="ci">CharStream</span></a></code> as it is when the parser returns.
     </p>
    </div>
   </div>
  </div>
  <div id="the-parser-state-and-the-line-and-column-count" class="section s3">
   <h2 class="title h3"><span><span class="section-number">5.3.3</span> The parser state and the line and column count</span></h2>
   <div class="intro i3">
    <div class="para _1">
     <p>
      Usually