added feature gate test

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diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/feature-gate-static-in-const.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/feature-gate-static-in-const.rs
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+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+static FOO: &str = "this will work once static_in_const is stable";
+//~^ ERROR: this needs a `'static` lifetime or the `static_in_const` feature
+
+fn main() {}