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+// Copyright 2012 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.
+
+// This test deserializes an enum in-place by transmuting to a union that
+// should have the same layout, and manipulating the tag and payloads
+// independently. This verifies that `repr(some_int)` has a stable representation,
+// and that we don't miscompile these kinds of manipulations.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::mem;
+
+#[repr(u8)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+enum MyEnum {
+    A(u32),                 // Single primitive value
+    B { x: u8, y: i16 },    // Composite, and the offset of `y` depends on tag being internal
+    C,                      // Empty
+    D(Option<u32>),         // Contains an enum
+    E(Duration),            // Contains a struct
+}
+
+#[allow(non_snake_case)]
+#[repr(C)]
+union MyEnumRepr {
+    A: MyEnumVariantA,
+    B: MyEnumVariantB,
+    C: MyEnumVariantC,
+    D: MyEnumVariantD,
+    E: MyEnumVariantE,
+}
+
+#[repr(u8)] #[derive(Copy, Clone)] enum MyEnumTag { A, B, C, D, E }
+#[repr(C)] #[derive(Copy, Clone)] struct MyEnumVariantA(MyEnumTag, u32);
+#[repr(C)] #[derive(Copy, Clone)] struct MyEnumVariantB { tag: MyEnumTag, x: u8, y: i16 }
+#[repr(C)] #[derive(Copy, Clone)] struct MyEnumVariantC(MyEnumTag);
+#[repr(C)] #[derive(Copy, Clone)] struct MyEnumVariantD(MyEnumTag, Option<u32>);
+#[repr(C)] #[derive(Copy, Clone)] struct MyEnumVariantE(MyEnumTag, Duration);
+
+fn main() {
+    let result: Vec<Result<MyEnum, ()>> = vec![
+        Ok(MyEnum::A(17)),
+        Ok(MyEnum::B { x: 206, y: 1145 }),
+        Ok(MyEnum::C),
+        Err(()),
+        Ok(MyEnum::D(Some(407))),
+        Ok(MyEnum::D(None)),
+        Ok(MyEnum::E(Duration::from_secs(100))),
+        Err(()),
+    ];
+
+    // Binary serialized version of the above (little-endian)
+    let input: Vec<u8> = vec![
+        0,  17, 0, 0, 0,
+        1,  206,  121, 4,
+        2,
+        8,  /* invalid tag value */
+        3,  0,  151, 1, 0, 0,
+        3,  1,
+        4,  100, 0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0,  /* incomplete value */
+    ];
+
+    let mut output = vec![];
+    let mut buf = &input[..];
+
+    unsafe {
+        // This should be safe, because we don't match on it unless it's fully formed,
+        // and it doesn't have a destructor.
+        let mut dest: MyEnum = mem::uninitialized();
+        while buf.len() > 0 {
+            match parse_my_enum(&mut dest, &mut buf) {
+                Ok(()) => output.push(Ok(dest)),
+                Err(()) => output.push(Err(())),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(output, result);
+}
+
+fn parse_my_enum<'a>(dest: &'a mut MyEnum, buf: &mut &[u8]) -> Result<(), ()> {
+    unsafe {
+        // Should be correct to do this transmute.
+        let dest: &'a mut MyEnumRepr = mem::transmute(dest);
+        let tag = read_u8(buf)?;
+
+        dest.A.0 = match tag {
+            0 => MyEnumTag::A,
+            1 => MyEnumTag::B,
+            2 => MyEnumTag::C,
+            3 => MyEnumTag::D,
+            4 => MyEnumTag::E,
+            _ => return Err(()),
+        };
+
+        match dest.B.tag {
+            MyEnumTag::A => {
+                dest.A.1 = read_u32_le(buf)?;
+            }
+            MyEnumTag::B => {
+                dest.B.x = read_u8(buf)?;
+                dest.B.y = read_u16_le(buf)? as i16;
+            }
+            MyEnumTag::C => {
+                /* do nothing */
+            }
+            MyEnumTag::D => {
+                let is_some = read_u8(buf)? == 0;
+                if is_some {
+                    dest.D.1 = Some(read_u32_le(buf)?);
+                } else {
+                    dest.D.1 = None;
+                }
+            }
+            MyEnumTag::E => {
+                let secs = read_u64_le(buf)?;
+                let nanos = read_u32_le(buf)?;
+                dest.E.1 = Duration::new(secs, nanos);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+// reader helpers
+
+fn read_u64_le(buf: &mut &[u8]) -> Result<u64, ()> {
+    if buf.len() < 8 { return Err(()) }
+    let val = (buf[0] as u64) << 0
+            | (buf[1] as u64) << 8
+            | (buf[2] as u64) << 16
+            | (buf[3] as u64) << 24
+            | (buf[4] as u64) << 32
+            | (buf[5] as u64) << 40
+            | (buf[6] as u64) << 48
+            | (buf[7] as u64) << 56;
+    *buf = &buf[8..];
+    Ok(val)
+}
+
+fn read_u32_le(buf: &mut &[u8]) -> Result<u32, ()> {
+    if buf.len() < 4 { return Err(()) }
+    let val = (buf[0] as u32) << 0
+            | (buf[1] as u32) << 8
+            | (buf[2] as u32) << 16
+            | (buf[3] as u32) << 24;
+    *buf = &buf[4..];
+    Ok(val)
+}
+
+fn read_u16_le(buf: &mut &[u8]) -> Result<u16, ()> {
+    if buf.len() < 2 { return Err(()) }
+    let val = (buf[0] as u16) << 0
+            | (buf[1] as u16) << 8;
+    *buf = &buf[2..];
+    Ok(val)
+}
+
+fn read_u8(buf: &mut &[u8]) -> Result<u8, ()> {
+    if buf.len() < 1 { return Err(()) }
+    let val = buf[0];
+    *buf = &buf[1..];
+    Ok(val)
+}