Problems reported:

parser/patterns/declaredVariable_inPatternAssignment_usingVar:2:11: Variable 'd' can't be declared in a pattern assignment.
  [a, var d] = y;
          ^

beginCompilationUnit(void)
  beginMetadataStar(void)
  endMetadataStar(0)
  beginTopLevelMember(void)
    beginTopLevelMethod(, null, null)
      handleVoidKeyword(void)
      handleIdentifier(f, topLevelFunctionDeclaration)
      handleNoTypeVariables(()
      beginFormalParameters((, MemberKind.TopLevelMethod)
      endFormalParameters(0, (, ), MemberKind.TopLevelMethod)
      handleAsyncModifier(null, null)
      beginBlockFunctionBody({)
        beginPattern({)
          handleNoTypeArguments([)
          beginPattern([)
            handleAssignedVariablePattern(a)
          endPattern(a)
          beginPattern(,)
            handleNoType(var)
            handleRecoverableError(Message[Template(PatternAssignmentDeclaresVariable), Variable 'd' can't be declared in a pattern assignment., Try using a preexisting variable or changing the assignment to a pattern variable declaration., {variableName: d}], d, d)
            handleDeclaredVariablePattern(var, d, true)
          endPattern(d)
          handleListPattern(2, [, ])
        endPattern(])
        handleIdentifier(y, expression)
        handleNoTypeArguments(;)
        handleNoArguments(;)
        handleSend(y, y)
        handlePatternAssignment(=)
        handleExpressionStatement([, ;)
      endBlockFunctionBody(1, {, })
    endTopLevelMethod(void, null, })
  endTopLevelDeclaration(})
endCompilationUnit(1, )