2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/minus-string.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/minus-string.rs
index f77756942b1..776d82bf492 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/minus-string.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/minus-string.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-// error-pattern:applying unary minus to non-numeric type `str`
+// error-pattern:can not apply unary operator `-` to type `str`
 
 fn main() { -"foo"; }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/operator-overloading.rs b/src/test/run-pass/operator-overloading.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4265f0023b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/operator-overloading.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+type point = {x: int, y: int};
+
+impl add_point for point {
+    fn op_add(other: point) -> point {
+        {x: self.x + other.x, y: self.y + other.y}
+    }
+    fn op_neg() -> point {
+        {x: -self.x, y: -self.y}
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let p = {x: 10, y: 20};
+    p += {x: 1, y: 2};
+    assert p + {x: 5, y: 5} == {x: 16, y: 27};
+    assert -p == {x: -11, y: -22};
+}