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+#! /usr/bin/env perl
+# http://code.google.com/p/perl-compiler/issues/detail?id=172
+# overload misses to mark the overloaded package
+use strict;
+BEGIN {
+  unshift @INC, 't';
+  require "test.pl";
+}
+use Test::More tests => 2;
+my $script = <<'EOF';
+package Foo;
+use overload q("") => sub { "Foo" };
+package main;
+my $foo = bless {}, "Foo";
+print "ok\n" if "$foo" eq "Foo";
+print "$foo\n";
+EOF
+
+# to be fixed with 1.42_67
+use B::C ();
+my $todo = ($B::C::VERSION ge '1.42_67') ? "" : "TODO ";
+ctest(1, "ok\nFoo",'C','ccode208i',$script,$todo.'#172 miss to mark the overloaded package');
+ctest(2, "ok\nFoo",'C,-uFoo','ccode208i',$script,'#172 -uFoo includes overloaded package');