The gccgo compiler did not generate type descriptor for a pointer
to a type alias defined in another package, causing linking error.
The fix is CL 210787. This CL adds a test.
Updates #36085.
Change-Id: I3237c7fedb4d92fb2dc610ee2b88087f96dc2a1a
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/210858
Run-TryBot: Cherry Zhang <cherryyz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
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+package a
+
+type W = map[int32]interface{}
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+package main
+
+import "a"
+
+var w a.W
+var X interface{} = &w
+
+func main() {}
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+// compiledir
+
+// Copyright 2019 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.
+
+// Issue 36085: gccgo compiler did not generate type descriptor
+// for pointer to type alias defined in another package, causing
+// linking error.
+
+package ignored