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+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package cgotest
+
+import "testing"
+
+// This test actually doesn't have anything to do with cgo.  It is a
+// test of http://golang.org/issue/7234, a compiler/linker bug in
+// handling string constants when using -linkmode=external.  The test
+// is in this directory because we routinely test -linkmode=external
+// here.
+
+var v7234 = [...]string{"runtime/cgo"}
+
+func TestIssue7234(t *testing.T) {
+	if v7234[0] != "runtime/cgo" {
+		t.Errorf("bad string constant %q", v7234[0])
+	}
+}