func check(t *testing.T, testname string, buf *Buffer, s string) {
	bytes := buf.Bytes()
	str := buf.String()
	if buf.Len() != len(bytes) {
		t.Errorf("%s: buf.Len() == %d, len(buf.Bytes()) == %d", testname, buf.Len(), len(bytes))
	}

	if buf.Len() != len(str) {
		t.Errorf("%s: buf.Len() == %d, len(buf.String()) == %d", testname, buf.Len(), len(str))
	}

	if buf.Len() != len(s) {

The non-blank variable names on the left side of <code>:=</code>
must be <a href="#Uniqueness_of_identifiers">unique</a>.
</p>

<pre>
field1, offset := nextField(str, 0)
field2, offset := nextField(str, offset)  // redeclares offset
x, y, x := 1, 2, 3                        // illegal: x repeated on left side of :=
</pre>

<p>
Short variable declarations may appear only inside functions.