src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java

*** 3178,3194 ****
          JCTree elemType = TreeInfo.innermostType(type, true);
          int startPos = Position.NOPOS;
          if (elemType.hasTag(IDENT)) {
              Name typeName = ((JCIdent)elemType).name;
              if (isRestrictedLocalVarTypeName(typeName, pos, !compound && localDecl)) {
!                 if (compound) {
!                     //error - 'var' in compound local var decl
!                    reportSyntaxError(pos, Errors.VarNotAllowedCompound);
!                 } else if (type.hasTag(TYPEARRAY)) {
                      //error - 'var' and arrays
                      reportSyntaxError(pos, Errors.VarNotAllowedArray);
                  } else {
                      startPos = TreeInfo.getStartPos(mods);
                      if (startPos == Position.NOPOS)
                          startPos = TreeInfo.getStartPos(type);
                      //implicit type
                      type = null;
--- 3178,3194 ----
          JCTree elemType = TreeInfo.innermostType(type, true);
          int startPos = Position.NOPOS;
          if (elemType.hasTag(IDENT)) {
              Name typeName = ((JCIdent)elemType).name;
              if (isRestrictedLocalVarTypeName(typeName, pos, !compound && localDecl)) {
!                 if (type.hasTag(TYPEARRAY) && !compound) {
                      //error - 'var' and arrays
                      reportSyntaxError(pos, Errors.VarNotAllowedArray);
                  } else {
+                     if(compound)
+                         //error - 'var' in compound local var decl
+                         reportSyntaxError(pos, Errors.VarNotAllowedCompound);
                      startPos = TreeInfo.getStartPos(mods);
                      if (startPos == Position.NOPOS)
                          startPos = TreeInfo.getStartPos(type);
                      //implicit type
                      type = null;