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diff --git a/test/files/run/t4339.check b/test/files/run/t4339.check
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+Saw failure: scala.xml.parsing.FatalError: expected closing tag of foo
+EvElemStart(null,foo, bar="baz/>",)
+Saw failure: scala.xml.parsing.FatalError: expected closing tag of foo
diff --git a/test/files/run/t4339.scala b/test/files/run/t4339.scala
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index 0000000000..bb8b847ec3
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+++ b/test/files/run/t4339.scala
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+
+import scala.util.{ Try, Success, Failure }
+import xml._
+import scala.io.Source.fromString
+import java.io.PrintStream
+
+object Test extends App {
+
+  def quietSource(text: String) = new io.Source {
+    override protected val iter = io.Source fromString text
+    override def report(pos: Int, msg: String, out: PrintStream) = ()
+  }
+  def reading(text: String)(f: pull.XMLEventReader => Unit): Unit = {
+    val r = new pull.XMLEventReader(quietSource(text))
+    try f(r)
+    finally r.stop()
+  }
+  def trying(body: => Unit): Unit =
+    Try (body) match {
+      case Success(_) => Console println "Expected failure"
+      case Failure(e) => Console println s"Saw failure: $e"
+    }
+
+  val problematic = """<foo bar="baz/>"""
+
+  trying (
+    parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(quietSource(problematic), false).document.docElem
+  )
+
+  trying (
+    reading(problematic) { r =>
+      while (r.hasNext) println(r.next())
+    }
+  )
+}