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+; Test for PR902.  This program is erroneous, but should not crash llvm-as.
+; This tests that a simple error is caught and processed correctly.
+; RUN: (llvm-as < %s) 2>&1 | grep 'FP constant invalid for type'
+void %test() {
+  add int 1, 2.0
+  ret void
+}