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+++ b/test/nashorn/script/basic/NASHORN-51.js	Tue Sep 12 19:03:39 2017 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * NASHORN-51 :  Post/pre increment and decrement operators should only accept "left hand side" expression.
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @run
+ */
+
+var literals = [1, 0, 3.14, true, false, null];
+
+for (i in literals) {
+    try {
+        eval(literals[i] + "++");
+        print("ERROR!! post increment : " + literals[i]);
+    } catch (e) {
+        printError(e);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        eval(literals[i] + "--");
+        print("ERROR!! post decrement : " + literals[i]);
+    } catch (e) {
+        printError(e);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        eval("++" + literals[i]);
+        print("ERROR!! pre increment : " + literals[i]);
+    } catch (e) {
+        printError(e);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        eval("--" + literals[i]);
+        print("ERROR!! pre decrement : " + literals[i]);
+    } catch (e) {
+        printError(e);
+    }
+}
+