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+let keep;
+unchecked fn churn(n) {
+	let i = 0, p;
+	while (i < n) { p = new(10); p[0] = i; if (i % 100 == 0) keep = p; i++; }
+	return 0;
+}
+fn main() {
+	let base = live_objects(), f;
+	churn(1000);
+	put_n(live_objects() - base); put_c(' ');
+	f = gc();
+	put_n(f >= 990); put_c(' ');		// conservative: a stale word or two may keep one alive
+	put_n(keep[0]); put_c(' ');		// the one a global still points at survives
+	churn(200000);				// 3.2m words through a 393k word heap: needs the automatic collector
+	put_n(gc_runs > 1); put_c(' ');
+	put_n(keep[0]); put_c(10);
+	return 0;
+}