From 2a7c8c5b1076667f5b50748c8153fe64ec5b9f13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 00:18:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add test case for pointer to type and slice of type

closes #588
---
 test/cases/eval.zig | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/cases/eval.zig b/test/cases/eval.zig
index 6c8bcfdba..b6d6a4f37 100644
--- a/test/cases/eval.zig
+++ b/test/cases/eval.zig
@@ -576,3 +576,37 @@ test "comptime modification of const struct field" {
         assert(res.version == 1);
     }
 }
+
+test "pointer to type" {
+    comptime {
+        var T: type = i32;
+        assert(T == i32);
+        var ptr = &T;
+        assert(@typeOf(ptr) == *type);
+        ptr.* = f32;
+        assert(T == f32);
+        assert(*T == *f32);
+    }
+}
+
+test "slice of type" {
+    comptime {
+        var types_array = []type{ i32, f64, type };
+        for (types_array) |T, i| {
+            switch (i) {
+                0 => assert(T == i32),
+                1 => assert(T == f64),
+                2 => assert(T == type),
+                else => unreachable,
+            }
+        }
+        for (types_array[0..]) |T, i| {
+            switch (i) {
+                0 => assert(T == i32),
+                1 => assert(T == f64),
+                2 => assert(T == type),
+                else => unreachable,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}