From 5597b83d041301554726d329548644b145a80cd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrdudz <mrdudz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:13:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added testcase for issue #975

---
 test/misc/bug975.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/misc/bug975.c

diff --git a/test/misc/bug975.c b/test/misc/bug975.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..458524a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/misc/bug975.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* bug #975 - Forward array reference fails to compile */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+// this works
+static const unsigned char array2[3];
+int test2(void) {
+    return array2[0];
+}
+static const unsigned char array2[] = { 0, 1, 2 };
+
+// this should work, but does not compile
+static const unsigned char array[];
+int main() {
+    if (test2() != 0) return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    return array[0];
+}
+static const unsigned char array[] = { 0, 1, 2 };