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+// RUN: %vast-front -vast-emit-mlir=hl -o - %s | %file-check %s -check-prefix=HL
+// RUN: %check-evict-static-locals %s | %file-check %s -check-prefix=EVICTED
+// RUN: %check-core-to-llvm %s | %file-check %s -check-prefix=LLVM
+
+// HL: hl.var @x  sc_static
+// HL: hl.ref @x
+
+// EVICTED: hl.var @foo.x {context = 0 : i64}, <internal>  sc_static
+// EVICTED: ll.func @foo
+// EVICTED: hl.ref @foo.x
+
+// LLVM: llvm.mlir.global internal @foo.x()
+// LLVM: llvm.func @foo
+// LLVM: llvm.mlir.addressof @foo.x
+int foo() {
+    static int x = 5;
+    return x++;
+}