change region inference to not consider & that appears in a fn

type as indicating region parameterization

src/rustc/middle/region.rs

@@ -485,7 +485,16 @@ fn determine_rp_in_ty(ty: @ast::ty,
       _ {}
     }
 
-    visit::visit_ty(ty, cx, visitor);
+    alt ty.node {
+      ast::ty_fn(*) => {
+        do cx.with(cx.item_id, false) {
+            visit::visit_ty(ty, cx, visitor);
+        }
+      }
+      _ => {
+        visit::visit_ty(ty, cx, visitor);
+      }
+    }
 }
 
 fn determine_rp_in_crate(sess: session,

src/test/compile-fail/regions-infer-region-in-fn-but-not-type.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+// check that the &int here does not cause us to think that `foo`
+// contains region pointers
+enum foo = fn~(x: &int);
+
+fn take_foo(x: foo/&) {} //~ ERROR no region bound is allowed on `foo`
+
+fn main() {
+}