diff --git a/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-struct.rs b/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-struct.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.
+
+// xfail-win32 Broken because of LLVM bug: http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16249
+
+// GDB doesn't know about UTF-32 character encoding and will print a rust char as only its numerical
+// value.
+
+// compile-flags:-Z extra-debug-info
+// debugger:break zzz
+// debugger:run
+// debugger:finish
+
+// debugger:print *stack_val_ref
+// check:$1 = {x = 10, y = 23.5}
+
+// debugger:print *stack_val_interior_ref_1
+// check:$2 = 10
+
+// debugger:print *stack_val_interior_ref_2
+// check:$3 = 23.5
+
+// debugger:print *ref_to_unnamed
+// check:$4 = {x = 11, y = 24.5}
+
+// debugger:print *managed_val_ref
+// check:$5 = {x = 12, y = 25.5}
+
+// debugger:print *managed_val_interior_ref_1
+// check:$6 = 12
+
+// debugger:print *managed_val_interior_ref_2
+// check:$7 = 25.5
+
+// debugger:print *unique_val_ref
+// check:$8 = {x = 13, y = 26.5}
+
+// debugger:print *unique_val_interior_ref_1
+// check:$9 = 13
+
+// debugger:print *unique_val_interior_ref_2
+// check:$10 = 26.5
+
+
+
+struct SomeStruct {
+    x: int,
+    y: f64
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let stack_val: SomeStruct = SomeStruct { x: 10, y: 23.5 };
+    let stack_val_ref : &SomeStruct = &stack_val;
+    let stack_val_interior_ref_1 : &int = &stack_val.x;
+    let stack_val_interior_ref_2 : &f64 = &stack_val.y;
+    let ref_to_unnamed : &SomeStruct = &SomeStruct { x: 11, y: 24.5 };
+
+    let managed_val = @SomeStruct { x: 12, y: 25.5 };
+    let managed_val_ref : &SomeStruct = managed_val;
+    let managed_val_interior_ref_1 : &int = &managed_val.x;
+    let managed_val_interior_ref_2 : &f64 = &managed_val.y;
+
+    let unique_val = ~SomeStruct { x: 13, y: 26.5 };
+    let unique_val_ref : &SomeStruct = unique_val;
+    let unique_val_interior_ref_1 : &int = &unique_val.x;
+    let unique_val_interior_ref_2 : &f64 = &unique_val.y;
+
+    zzz();
+}
+
+fn zzz() {()}
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diff --git a/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-tuple.rs b/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-tuple.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.
+
+// xfail-win32 Broken because of LLVM bug: http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16249
+
+// GDB doesn't know about UTF-32 character encoding and will print a rust char as only its numerical
+// value.
+
+// compile-flags:-Z extra-debug-info
+// debugger:break zzz
+// debugger:run
+// debugger:finish
+
+// debugger:print *stack_val_ref
+// check:$1 = {-14, -19}
+
+// debugger:print *ref_to_unnamed
+// check:$2 = {-15, -20}
+
+// debugger:print *managed_val_ref
+// check:$3 = {-16, -21}
+
+// debugger:print *unique_val_ref
+// check:$4 = {-17, -22}
+
+fn main() {
+    let stack_val: (i16, f32) = (-14, -19f32);
+    let stack_val_ref : &(i16, f32) = &stack_val;
+    let ref_to_unnamed : &(i16, f32) = &(-15, -20f32);
+
+    let managed_val : @(i16, f32) = @(-16, -21f32);
+    let managed_val_ref : &(i16, f32) = managed_val;
+
+    let unique_val: ~(i16, f32) = ~(-17, -22f32);
+    let unique_val_ref : &(i16, f32) = unique_val;
+
+    zzz();
+}
+
+fn zzz() {()}
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