diff -r 4026dece07e8 -r 37551dc0f591 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/util/JCDiagnostic.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/util/JCDiagnostic.java	Thu Aug 14 22:17:02 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/util/JCDiagnostic.java	Fri Aug 22 11:46:29 2008 +0100
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
             line = column = -1;
         else {
             line = source.getLineNumber(n);
-            column = source.getColumnNumber(n);
+            column = source.getColumnNumber(n, true);
         }
     }