diff --git a/test/Feature/testalloca.ll b/test/Feature/testalloca.ll
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+++ b/test/Feature/testalloca.ll
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+%inners = type {float, {ubyte } }
+%struct = type { int , {float, {ubyte } } , ulong }
+
+implementation
+
+int "test function"(int %i0, int %j0)
+begin
+    alloca [ubyte], uint 5
+    %ptr = alloca int                       ; yields {int*}:ptr
+    store int 3, int* %ptr                  ; yields {void}
+    %val = load int* %ptr                   ; yields {int}:val = int %3
+
+    %sptr = alloca %struct                  ; yields {%struct*}:sptr
+    %nsptr = getelementptr %struct * %sptr, ubyte 1  ; yields {inners*}:nsptr
+    %ubsptr = getelementptr %inners * %nsptr, ubyte 1  ; yields {{ubyte}*}:ubsptr
+    store ubyte 4, {ubyte} * %ubsptr, ubyte 0
+    
+    %fptr = getelementptr %struct * %sptr, ubyte 1, ubyte 0  ; yields {float*}:fptr
+    store float 4.0, float * %fptr
+    
+    ret int 3
+end
+