diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/struct-order-of-eval-1.rs b/src/test/run-pass/struct-order-of-eval-1.rs
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+// Copyright 2013 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.
+
+struct S { f0: ~str, f1: int }
+
+pub fn main() {
+    let s = ~"Hello, world!";
+    let _s = S { f0: str::from_slice(s), ..S { f0: s, f1: 23 } };
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/struct-order-of-eval-2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/struct-order-of-eval-2.rs
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+// Copyright 2013 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.
+
+struct S { f0: ~str, f1: ~str }
+
+pub fn main() {
+    let s = ~"Hello, world!";
+    let _s = S { f1: str::from_slice(s), f0: s };
+}