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/**
 * JDK-8013325: function named 'arguments' should still access arguments object within itself.
 * Its parent should however see the function and not an arguments object.
 *
 * @test
 * @run
 */

function x() {
  // x doesn't see an arguments object as it has a nested function with that name
  // so it'll invoke the function.
  arguments("a", "b", "c");
  
  function arguments(x, y, z) {
      // The function 'arguments' OTOH can't see itself; if it uses the 
      // identifier 'arguments', it'll see its own arguments object.
      print(arguments)
      print(x + " " + y + " " + z)
  }
}
x()