diff -r 4ebc2e2fb97c -r 71c04702a3d5 test/nashorn/script/basic/JDK-8006983.js
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+++ b/test/nashorn/script/basic/JDK-8006983.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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * 8006983: Introduce a command line option to switch off syntactic extensions of nashorn
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @option -scripting
+ * @option --no-syntax-extensions
+ * @run
+ */
+
+try {
+    eval("var r = new java.lang.Runnable() { run: function(){} }");
+    fail("should have thrown error for anon-class-style new");
+} catch (e) {
+    if (! (e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+        fail("SyntaxError expected, got " + e);
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    eval("var sqr = function(x) x*x ");
+    fail("should have thrown error for expression closures");
+} catch (e) {
+    if (! (e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+        fail("SyntaxError expected, got " + e);
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    eval("function() {};");
+    fail("should have thrown error for anonymous function statement");
+} catch (e) {
+    if (! (e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+        fail("SyntaxError expected, got " + e);
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    eval("for each (i in [22, 33, 33]) { print(i) }");
+    fail("should have thrown error for-each statement");
+} catch (e) {
+    if (! (e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+        fail("SyntaxError expected, got " + e);
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    eval("# shell style comment");
+    fail("should have thrown error for shell style comment");
+} catch (e) {
+    if (! (e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+        fail("SyntaxError expected, got " + e);
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    eval("print(<<EOF);\nhello\nworld\nEOF\n");
+    fail("should have thrown error heredoc");
+} catch (e) {
+    if (! (e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+        fail("SyntaxError expected, got " + e);
+    }
+}