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+// |reftest| error:SyntaxError
+// Copyright (c) 2012 Ecma International.  All rights reserved.
+// This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/*---
+esid: sec-assignment-operators-static-semantics-early-errors
+description: >
+    simple assignment throws SyntaxError if LeftHandSide is not a
+    reference (string)
+info: |
+    AssignmentExpression : LeftHandSideExpression = AssignmentExpression
+
+    It is an early Syntax Error if LeftHandSideExpression is neither an
+    ObjectLiteral nor an ArrayLiteral and AssignmentTargetType of
+    LeftHandSideExpression is invalid or strict.
+negative:
+  phase: parse
+  type: SyntaxError
+---*/
+
+$DONOTEVALUATE();
+
+'x' = 42;