### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/Scanner.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/Scanner.java,v
retrieving revision 1.179
diff -u -r1.179 Scanner.java
--- compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/Scanner.java	29 Mar 2006 02:47:34 -0000	1.179
+++ compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/Scanner.java	18 Oct 2006 12:59:27 -0000
@@ -853,10 +853,10 @@
 				unicodePtr = this.withoutUnicodePtr;
 				offset = this.currentPosition;
 				this.startPosition = this.currentPosition;
-				try {
-					checkIfUnicode = ((this.currentCharacter = this.source[this.currentPosition++]) == '\\')
-						&& (this.source[this.currentPosition] == 'u');
-				} catch(IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+				if (currentPosition++ < source.length) {
+					this.currentCharacter = this.source[this.currentPosition];
+					checkIfUnicode = currentCharacter == '\\' && (currentCharacter == 'u');
+				} else{
 					if (this.tokenizeWhiteSpace && (whiteStart != this.currentPosition - 1)) {
 						// reposition scanner in case we are interested by spaces as tokens
 						this.currentPosition--;