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+// run
+
+// Copyright 2016 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 main
+
+type S []S
+
+func main() {
+	var s S
+	s = append(s, s) // append a nil value to s
+	if s[0] != nil {
+		println("BUG: s[0] != nil")
+	}
+}