From e778e4714006a78814dc09c66713073ab2f05515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 17:58:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add test coverage for fixed bug. closes #5516

---
 test/behavior/cast.zig | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/behavior/cast.zig b/test/behavior/cast.zig
index 16f3c6e2dd..927caa965b 100644
--- a/test/behavior/cast.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/cast.zig
@@ -1568,3 +1568,12 @@ test "@volatileCast without a result location" {
     try expect(@TypeOf(z) == *i32);
     try expect(z.* == 1234);
 }
+
+test "coercion from single-item pointer to @as to slice" {
+    var x: u32 = 1;
+
+    // Why the following line gets a compile error?
+    const t: []u32 = @as(*[1]u32, &x);
+
+    try expect(t[0] == 1);
+}