# The verbatim associated text in the source-file
	fun text: String
	do
		var res = self.text_cache
		if res != null then return res
		var l = self
		var pstart = self.pstart
		var pend = self.pend
		res = l.file.string.substring(pstart, pend-pstart+1)
		self.text_cache = res
		return res
	end