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+// $G $D/$F.go && $L $F.$A && ./$A.out
+
+// Copyright 2011 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.
+
+// Check that buffered channels are garbage collected properly.
+// An interesting case because they have finalizers and used to
+// have self loops that kept them from being collected.
+// (Cyclic data with finalizers is never finalized, nor collected.)
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	const N = 10000
+	st := runtime.MemStats
+	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+		c := make(chan int, 10)
+		_ = c
+		if i%100 == 0 {
+			for j := 0; j < 4; j++ {
+				runtime.GC()
+				runtime.Gosched()
+				runtime.GC()
+				runtime.Gosched()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	obj := runtime.MemStats.HeapObjects - st.HeapObjects
+	if obj > N/5 {
+		fmt.Println("too many objects left:", obj)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}