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+// Copyright 2009 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.
+
+package scanner
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"go/token"
+	"io"
+	"sort"
+)
+
+// In an ErrorList, an error is represented by an *Error.
+// The position Pos, if valid, points to the beginning of
+// the offending token, and the error condition is described
+// by Msg.
+//
+type Error struct {
+	Pos token.Position
+	Msg string
+}
+
+// Error implements the error interface.
+func (e Error) Error() string {
+	if e.Pos.Filename != "" || e.Pos.IsValid() {
+		// don't print "<unknown position>"
+		// TODO(gri) reconsider the semantics of Position.IsValid
+		return e.Pos.String() + ": " + e.Msg
+	}
+	return e.Msg
+}
+
+// ErrorList is a list of *Errors.
+// The zero value for an ErrorList is an empty ErrorList ready to use.
+//
+type ErrorList []*Error
+
+// Add adds an Error with given position and error message to an ErrorList.
+func (p *ErrorList) Add(pos token.Position, msg string) {
+	*p = append(*p, &Error{pos, msg})
+}
+
+// Reset resets an ErrorList to no errors.
+func (p *ErrorList) Reset() { *p = (*p)[0:0] }
+
+// ErrorList implements the sort Interface.
+func (p ErrorList) Len() int      { return len(p) }
+func (p ErrorList) Swap(i, j int) { p[i], p[j] = p[j], p[i] }
+
+func (p ErrorList) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	e := &p[i].Pos
+	f := &p[j].Pos
+	// Note that it is not sufficient to simply compare file offsets because
+	// the offsets do not reflect modified line information (through //line
+	// comments).
+	if e.Filename < f.Filename {
+		return true
+	}
+	if e.Filename == f.Filename {
+		if e.Line < f.Line {
+			return true
+		}
+		if e.Line == f.Line {
+			return e.Column < f.Column
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Sort sorts an ErrorList. *Error entries are sorted by position,
+// other errors are sorted by error message, and before any *Error
+// entry.
+//
+func (p ErrorList) Sort() {
+	sort.Sort(p)
+}
+
+// RemoveMultiples sorts an ErrorList and removes all but the first error per line.
+func (p *ErrorList) RemoveMultiples() {
+	sort.Sort(p)
+	var last token.Position // initial last.Line is != any legal error line
+	i := 0
+	for _, e := range *p {
+		if e.Pos.Filename != last.Filename || e.Pos.Line != last.Line {
+			last = e.Pos
+			(*p)[i] = e
+			i++
+		}
+	}
+	(*p) = (*p)[0:i]
+}
+
+// An ErrorList implements the error interface.
+func (p ErrorList) Error() string {
+	switch len(p) {
+	case 0:
+		return "no errors"
+	case 1:
+		return p[0].Error()
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (and %d more errors)", p[0], len(p)-1)
+}
+
+// Err returns an error equivalent to this error list.
+// If the list is empty, Err returns nil.
+func (p ErrorList) Err() error {
+	if len(p) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+// PrintError is a utility function that prints a list of errors to w,
+// one error per line, if the err parameter is an ErrorList. Otherwise
+// it prints the err string.
+//
+func PrintError(w io.Writer, err error) {
+	if list, ok := err.(ErrorList); ok {
+		for _, e := range list {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", e)
+		}
+	} else if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", err)
+	}
+}