From 3dcb79dac91f0a53fecbf1c5340db6c54c5a2e71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Anderson <andersrb@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:30:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add a regression test for channels of nil, which happens to
 work in rustc, but not in rustboot

---
 Makefile.in                             |  1 +
 src/Makefile                            |  1 +
 src/test/run-pass/task-comm-chan-nil.rs | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/test/run-pass/task-comm-chan-nil.rs

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 865a3827950..29d5eb111f9 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ TASK_XFAILS := $(addprefix $(S)src/test/run-pass/, \
                  task-comm-12.rs \
                  task-comm-2.rs \
                  task-comm-9.rs \
+                 task-comm-chan-nil.rs \
                  task-life-0.rs \
                  alt-type-simple.rs \
                  many.rs)
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 48254b028df..229b4e49a4e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ TASK_XFAILS := test/run-pass/task-comm-8.rs \
                test/run-pass/task-comm-12.rs \
                test/run-pass/task-comm-2.rs \
                test/run-pass/task-comm-9.rs \
+               test/run-pass/task-comm-chan-nil.rs \
                test/run-pass/task-life-0.rs \
                test/run-pass/alt-type-simple.rs \
                test/run-pass/many.rs
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-chan-nil.rs b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-chan-nil.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8f5a90f59e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-chan-nil.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// -*- rust -*-
+
+// rustboot can't transmit nils across channels because they don't have
+// any size, but rustc currently can because they do have size. Whether
+// or not this is desirable I don't know, but here's a regression test.
+
+impure fn main() {
+  let port[()] po = port();
+  let chan[()] ch = chan(po);
+
+  ch <| ();
+
+  let () n;
+  n <- po;
+
+  check (n == ());
+}