diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug493.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug493.go
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+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug493.go
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+// compile
+
+// 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.
+
+// Test case that gccgo failed to compile.
+
+package p
+
+func F() []string {
+	return []string{""}
+}
+
+var V = append(F())