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+// The C++ front-end was emitting WAY too many inline functions.  This test
+// verifies that it does not emit the body of getchar, because it is not used.
+// This corresponds to PR459
+
+// RUN: %llvmgxx %s -S -o - | not grep '^int .getchar'
+
+#include <stdio.h>