diff -r f8be8bf150c3 -r 9dd34ed62341 test/tools/javac/T6882235.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/T6882235.java	Tue Sep 15 12:20:55 2009 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 6882235
+ * @summary invalid exponent causes silent javac crash
+ *
+ * @compile/fail T6882235.java
+ * @compile/fail/ref=T6882235.out -XDrawDiagnostics T6882235.java
+ */
+
+class T6882235 {
+    int i = ;           // invalid expression
+    float f = 0e*;      // invalid exponent, should not crash compiler
+    int j = ;           // invalid expression
+}