1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/liballoc/heap.rs b/src/liballoc/heap.rs
index 631b72cb897..8376fc578db 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/heap.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/heap.rs
@@ -116,18 +116,18 @@ pub fn stats_print() {
     }
 }
 
+// The compiler never calls `exchange_free` on ~ZeroSizeType, so zero-size
+// allocations can point to this `static`. It would be incorrect to use a null
+// pointer, due to enums assuming types like unique pointers are never null.
+pub static mut EMPTY: uint = 12345;
+
 /// The allocator for unique pointers.
 #[cfg(not(test))]
 #[lang="exchange_malloc"]
 #[inline]
 unsafe fn exchange_malloc(size: uint, align: uint) -> *mut u8 {
-    // The compiler never calls `exchange_free` on ~ZeroSizeType, so zero-size
-    // allocations can point to this `static`. It would be incorrect to use a null
-    // pointer, due to enums assuming types like unique pointers are never null.
-    static EMPTY: () = ();
-
     if size == 0 {
-        &EMPTY as *() as *mut u8
+        &EMPTY as *uint as *mut u8
     } else {
         allocate(size, align)
     }