diff --git a/src/test/run-fail/zip-different-lengths.rs b/src/test/run-fail/zip-different-lengths.rs
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--- a/src/test/run-fail/zip-different-lengths.rs
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-// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-// In this case, the code should compile but
-// the assert should fail at runtime
-// error-pattern:assertion failed
-extern mod extra;
-use std::vec::{same_length, zip};
-
-fn enum_chars(start: u8, end: u8) -> ~[char] {
-    assert!(start < end);
-    let mut i = start;
-    let mut r = ~[];
-    while i <= end { r.push(i as char); i += 1 as u8; }
-    return r;
-}
-
-fn enum_uints(start: uint, end: uint) -> ~[uint] {
-    assert!(start < end);
-    let mut i = start;
-    let mut r = ~[];
-    while i <= end { r.push(i); i += 1; }
-    return r;
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let a = 'a' as u8;
-    let j = 'j' as u8;
-    let k = 1;
-    let l = 9;
-    let chars = enum_chars(a, j);
-    let ints = enum_uints(k, l);
-
-    assert!(same_length(chars, ints));
-    let ps = zip(chars, ints);
-    fail!("the impossible happened");
-}