diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/fn-bare-bind.rs b/src/test/run-pass/fn-bare-bind.rs
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index 000000000000..de3db272beb2
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+++ b/src/test/run-pass/fn-bare-bind.rs
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+fn# f(i: int) {
+    assert i == 10;
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // Binding a bare function turns it into a shared closure
+    let g: fn() = bind f(10);
+    g();
+}
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