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+// run
+
+// 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.
+
+// Issue 8961. Empty composite literals to small globals were not filled in
+package main
+
+type small struct { a int }
+var foo small
+
+func main() {
+	foo.a = 1
+	foo = small{}
+	if foo.a != 0 {
+		println("expected foo.a to be 0, was", foo.a)
+		panic("composite literal not filled in")
+	}
+}