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+// Copyright 2014 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.
+
+pub struct Lexer<'a> {
+    input: &'a str,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
+    pub fn new(input: &'a str) -> Lexer<'a> {
+        Lexer { input: input }
+    }
+}
+
+struct Parser<'a> {
+    lexer: &'a mut Lexer<'a>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
+    pub fn new(lexer: &'a mut Lexer) -> Parser<'a> {
+        Parser { lexer: lexer }
+        //~^ ERROR cannot infer an appropriate lifetime for lifetime parameter
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {}