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+#!./perl
+
+# Checks if the parser behaves correctly in edge cases
+# (including weird syntax errors)
+
+BEGIN {
+    chdir 't' if -d 't';
+    @INC = '../lib';
+}
+
+print "1..1\n";
+
+# This used to dump core (bug #17920)
+eval q{ sub { sub { f1(f2();); my($a,$b,$c) } } };
+print $@ && $@ =~ /error/ ? "ok 1\n" : "not ok 1\n";