### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/ASTConverter.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/ASTConverter.java,v
retrieving revision 1.238
diff -u -r1.238 ASTConverter.java
--- dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/ASTConverter.java	29 Mar 2006 02:54:50 -0000	1.238
+++ dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/ASTConverter.java	7 Apr 2006 13:14:15 -0000
@@ -892,7 +892,20 @@
 		return assertStatement;
 	}
 	
-	public Assignment convert(org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Assignment expression) {
+	public Expression convert(org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Assignment expression) {
+		if(isRHSRemovable(expression.expression)) {
+			return convert(expression.lhs);
+		}
+		if(expression.expression instanceof org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.SingleNameReference) {
+			// check if only the left hand side of the assignment should be returned.
+			org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.SingleNameReference rhs = 
+				(org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.SingleNameReference)expression.expression;
+			if(rhs.token == RecoveryScanner.FAKE_IDENTIFIER && // the rigth hand side must be a fake initializer
+					expression.lhs.sourceEnd == expression.sourceEnd) { // the '=' of th eassigment must be misssing
+				return convert(expression.lhs);
+			}
+		}
+		
 		Assignment assignment = new Assignment(this.ast);
 		if (this.resolveBindings) {
 			recordNodes(assignment, expression);
@@ -2939,7 +2952,8 @@
 		name.setSourceRange(fieldDeclaration.sourceStart, fieldDeclaration.sourceEnd - fieldDeclaration.sourceStart + 1);
 		variableDeclarationFragment.setName(name);
 		int start = fieldDeclaration.sourceEnd;
-		if (fieldDeclaration.initialization != null) {
+		if (fieldDeclaration.initialization != null &&
+				!isRHSRemovable(fieldDeclaration.initialization)) {
 			final Expression expression = convert(fieldDeclaration.initialization);
 			variableDeclarationFragment.setInitializer(expression);
 			start = expression.getStartPosition() + expression.getLength();
@@ -2968,7 +2982,7 @@
 		variableDeclarationFragment.setName(name);
 		int start = localDeclaration.sourceEnd;
 		org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Expression initialization = localDeclaration.initialization;
-		boolean hasInitialization = initialization != null;
+		boolean hasInitialization = initialization != null && !isRHSRemovable(localDeclaration.initialization);
 		if (hasInitialization) {
 			final Expression expression = convert(initialization);
 			variableDeclarationFragment.setInitializer(expression);
@@ -3530,6 +3544,18 @@
 		return false;
 	}
 	
+	private boolean isRHSRemovable(org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Expression rhs) {
+		if(rhs instanceof org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.SingleNameReference) {
+			// check if the right hand side is a fake identifer and can be removed.
+			org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.SingleNameReference singleName = 
+				(org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.SingleNameReference)rhs;
+			if(singleName.token == RecoveryScanner.FAKE_IDENTIFIER) { // the rigth hand side must be a fake initializer
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+		
 	private void lookupForScopes() {
 		if (this.pendingNameScopeResolution != null) {
 			for (Iterator iterator = this.pendingNameScopeResolution.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) {