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+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Like crypto/rsa/boring_test.go but outside the crypto/ tree.
+// Tests what happens if a package outside the crypto/ tree
+// "adopts" a struct definition. This happens in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh.
+
+package boring
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"encoding/asn1"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type publicKey rsa.PublicKey
+
+func TestBoringASN1Marshal(t *testing.T) {
+	k, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 128)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	pk := (*publicKey)(&k.PublicKey)
+	// This used to fail, because of the unexported 'boring' field.
+	// Now the compiler hides it [sic].
+	_, err = asn1.Marshal(*pk)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBoringDeepEqual(t *testing.T) {
+	k0, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 128)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	k := (*publicKey)(&k0.PublicKey)
+	k2 := *k
+	rsa.EncryptPKCS1v15(rand.Reader, (*rsa.PublicKey)(&k2), []byte("hello")) // initialize hidden boring field
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(k, &k2) {
+		// compiler should be hiding the boring field from reflection
+		t.Fatalf("DeepEqual compared boring fields")
+	}
+}