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+// Copyright 2017 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.
+
+struct Foo<'a, 'b: 'a>(&'a &'b ());
+
+impl<'a, 'b> Foo<'a, 'b> {
+    fn xmute(a: &'b ()) -> &'a () {
+        unreachable!()
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn foo<'a, 'b>(u: &'b ()) -> &'a () {
+    Foo::<'a, 'b>::xmute(u) //~ ERROR lifetime bound not satisfied
+}
+
+fn main() {}
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