From 8e73c43d9a8730725fc8970a1daf9d8fdb67242b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alvin Wan <hi@alvinwan.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:24:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] convert to str type

---
 TexSoup/utils.py | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/TexSoup/utils.py b/TexSoup/utils.py
index 66fbb69..a8b0bc1 100644
--- a/TexSoup/utils.py
+++ b/TexSoup/utils.py
@@ -50,16 +50,24 @@ def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
 #########################
 
 
-class TokenWithPosition(object):
-    def __init__(self, text, position):
+class TokenWithPosition(str):
+    """Enhanced string object with knowledge of global position."""
+
+    def __new__(cls, text, position):
+        """Initializer for pseudo-string object.
+
+        :param text: The original string
+        :param position: Position in the original buffer
+        """
+        self = str.__new__(cls, text)
         if isinstance(text, TokenWithPosition):
             self.text, self.position = text.text, text.position
         else:
             self.text = text
             self.position = position
+        return self
 
     def __repr__(self):
-#         return '{}:{}'.format(self.position, repr(self.text))
         return repr(self.text)
 
     def __str__(self):