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The NASHORN-375.js Java example source code

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/**
 * NASHORN-375 : Invalid hex and unicode escapes in strings and identifiers are not reported as error
 *
 * @test
 * @run
 */

function check(code) {
    try {
        eval(code);
        fail("should have thrown SyntaxError for " + name);
    } catch (e) {
        if (! (e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
            print("Expected SyntaxError for " + name + ", got " + e);
        }
    }
}

// invalid hex escape in string
check("var str = '\\xzworld';");

// invalid unicode escape in string
check("var s = '\\uihello';");

// invalid hex escape in string
check("var str = '\\xzworld';");

if ("\x00" !== "\0") {
    fail("'\\x00' != '\\0'");
}