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+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | llc -march=c | not grep 'extern.*msg'
+
+; This is PR472
+
+%msg = internal global [6 x sbyte] c"hello\00"
+
+implementation   ; Functions:
+
+sbyte* %foo() {
+entry:
+	ret sbyte* getelementptr ([6 x sbyte]* %msg, int 0, int 0)
+}