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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Moose qw( with_immutable );
+
+{
+ package Foo;
+ use Moose;
+ use MooseX::StrictConstructor;
+}
+
+with_immutable {
+ eval { Foo->new( __INSTANCE__ => Foo->new ); };
+ ok( !$@, '__INSTANCE__ is ignored when passed to ->new' );
+
+ eval { Foo->meta->new_object( __INSTANCE__ => Foo->new ); };
+ ok( !$@, '__INSTANCE__ is ignored when passed to ->new_object' );
+}
+'Foo';
+
+done_testing();