cmd/cover, cmd/go: go test reports wrong compiler error line numbers when using -coverprofile #6329
Description
What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Create a test containing a syntax error, such as http://play.golang.org/p/cIDNFBtU7Z 2. go test . 3. go test . -coverprofile=c.out What is the expected output? Both invocations of go test report the syntax error in the same place. What do you see instead? $ go test . ... ./simpletest.go:8: undefined: hi ... $ go test . -coverprofile=c.out ... /var/folders/jw/xrvq7wz95p5bwvjyx9yc2npm09k844/T/go-build500502516/.../simpletest.go:9: undefined: hi ... Note that with -coverprofile, the error is (incorrectly) reported as being on line 9. Which version are you using? (run 'go version') go version devel +6b0ef65315eb Wed Sep 04 13:26:49 2013 -0700 darwin/amd64 Please provide any additional information below. Introduced since go 1.1.1.