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+// +build !nacl,!js
+// run
+
+// Copyright 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Ensure that label redefinition errors print out
+// a column number that matches the start of the current label's
+// definition instead of the label delimiting token ":"
+
+package main
+
+import (
+       "bytes"
+       "fmt"
+       "io/ioutil"
+       "log"
+       "os"
+       "os/exec"
+       "path/filepath"
+       "regexp"
+)
+
+func main() {
+       tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "issue26411")
+       if err != nil {
+               log.Fatalf("Failed to create temporary directory: %v", err)
+       }
+       defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+
+       samples := []struct {
+               code       string
+               wantOutput []string
+       }{
+               {
+                       code: `
+package main
+
+func main() {
+foo:
+foo:
+}
+`,
+                       wantOutput: []string{
+                               "^.+:5:1: label foo defined and not used\n",
+                               ".+:6:1: label foo already defined at .+:5:1\n$",
+                       },
+               },
+               {
+                       code: `
+package main
+
+func main() {
+
+            bar:
+   bar:
+bar:
+bar            :
+}
+`,
+
+                       wantOutput: []string{
+                               "^.+:6:13: label bar defined and not used\n",
+                               ".+:7:4: label bar already defined at .+:6:13\n",
+                               ".+:8:1: label bar already defined at .+:6:13\n",
+                               ".+:9:1: label bar already defined at .+:6:13\n$",
+                       },
+               },
+       }
+
+       for i, sample := range samples {
+               filename := filepath.Join(tmpdir, fmt.Sprintf("%d.go", i))
+               if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filename, []byte(sample.code), 0644); err != nil {
+                       log.Printf("#%d: failed to create file %s", i, filename)
+                       continue
+               }
+               output, _ := exec.Command("go", "tool", "compile", filename).CombinedOutput()
+
+               // Now match the output
+               for _, regex := range sample.wantOutput {
+                       reg := regexp.MustCompile(regex)
+                       matches := reg.FindAll(output, -1)
+                       for _, match := range matches {
+                               index := bytes.Index(output, match)
+                               output = bytes.Join([][]byte{output[:index], output[index+len(match):]}, []byte(""))
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if len(output) != 0 {
+                       log.Printf("#%d: did not match all the output\nResidual output:\n\t%s", i, output)
+               }
+       }
+}