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+// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/5917
+//@ run-pass
+#![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
+
+struct T (&'static [isize]);
+static t : T = T (&[5, 4, 3]);
+pub fn main () {
+    let T(ref v) = t;
+    assert_eq!(v[0], 5);
+}