cmd/compile: improve error message for non-final variadic parameter

Previously, when a function signature had defined a non-final variadic
parameter, the error message always referred to the type associated with that
parameter. However, if the offending parameter's name was part of an identifier
list with a variadic type, one could misinterpret the message, thinking the
problem had been with one of the other names in the identifer list.

    func bar(a, b ...int) {}
clear ~~~~~~~^       ^~~~~~~~ confusing

This change updates the error message and sets the column position to that of
the offending parameter's name, if it exists.

Fixes #28450.

Change-Id: I076f560925598ed90e218c25d70f9449ffd9b3ea
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/152417
Run-TryBot: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
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