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+// Copyright 2014 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: uint = FOO; //~ ERROR recursive constant
+
+fn main() {
+    let _x: [u8, ..FOO]; // caused stack overflow prior to fix
+    let _y: uint = 1 + {
+        static BAR: uint = BAR; //~ ERROR recursive constant
+        let _z: [u8, ..BAR]; // caused stack overflow prior to fix
+        1
+    };
+}