diff -r b3a91921bafc -r 48ec75306997 test/langtools/tools/javac/lvti/ParserTest.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javac/lvti/ParserTest.java	Tue Sep 26 12:52:53 2017 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 8177466
+ * @summary Add compiler support for local variable type-inference
+ * @compile -source 9 ParserTest.java
+ * @compile/fail/ref=ParserTest.out -XDrawDiagnostics ParserTest.java
+ */
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.List;
+
+class ParserTest<var> {
+    static class TestClass {
+        static class var { } //illegal
+    }
+
+    static class TestInterface {
+        interface var { } //illegal
+    }
+
+    static class TestEnum {
+        enum var { } //illegal
+    }
+
+    static class TestAnno {
+        @interface var { } //illegal
+    }
+
+    @Target(ElementType.TYPE_USE)
+    @interface TA { }
+
+    @interface DA { }
+
+    static class var extends RuntimeException { } //illegal
+
+    var x = null; //illegal
+
+    void test() {
+        var[] x1 = null; //illegal
+        var x2[] = null; //illegal
+        var[][] x3 = null; //illegal
+        var x4[][] = null; //illegal
+        var[] x5 = null; //illegal
+        var x6[] = null; //illegal
+        var@TA[]@TA[] x7 = null; //illegal
+        var x8@TA[]@TA[] = null; //illegal
+        var x9 = null, y = null; //illegal
+        final @DA var x10 = m(); //ok
+        @DA final var x11 = m(); //ok
+    }
+
+    var m() { //illegal
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    void test2(var x) { //error
+        List<var> l1; //error
+        List<? extends var> l2; //error
+        List<? super var> l3; //error
+        try {
+            Function<var, String> f = (var x2) -> ""; //error
+        } catch (var ex) { } //error
+    }
+
+    void test3(Object o) {
+        boolean b1 = o instanceof var; //error
+        Object o2 = (var)o; //error
+    }
+}