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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
+use Cwd;
+
+# Test that refs in @INC don't get mangled.
+
+plan tests => 2;
+
+my $dir = tempdir('test_local_lib-XXXXX', DIR => Cwd::abs_path('t'), CLEANUP => 1);
+
+use local::lib ();
+my $code = sub {};
+push(@INC, $code);
+local::lib->import($dir);
+ok grep({ $_ eq $code } @INC), 'Can find code ref in @INC';
+ok grep({ ref $_ } @INC), 'It really is a ref, not stringified';
+