1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ext/threads/t/problems.t b/ext/threads/t/problems.t
index d555dcdc24..f4688134e5 100644
--- a/ext/threads/t/problems.t
+++ b/ext/threads/t/problems.t
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use threads::shared;
 # call is() from within the DESTROY() function at global destruction time,
 # and parts of Test::* may have already been freed by then
 
-print "1..8\n";
+print "1..10\n";
 
 my $test : shared = 1;
 
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ threads->new(
     }
 )->join;
 
+# bugid #24940 :unique should fail on my and sub declarations
+
+for my $decl ('my $x : unique', 'sub foo : unique') {
+    eval $decl;
+    print $@ =~
+	/^The 'unique' attribute may only be applied to 'our' variables/
+	    ? '' : 'not ', "ok $test - $decl\n";
+    $test++;
+}
+
+
 # Returing a closure from a thread caused problems. If the last index in
 # the anon sub's pad wasn't for a lexical, then a core dump could occur.
 # Otherwise, there might be leaked scalars.