diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/append_test.go b/src/pkg/runtime/append_test.go
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+// Copyright 2011 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.
+package runtime_test
+
+import "testing"
+
+const N = 20
+
+func BenchmarkAppend(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	x := make([]int, 0, N)
+	b.StartTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		x = x[0:0]
+		for j := 0; j < N; j++ {
+			x = append(x, j)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkAppendSpecialCase(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	x := make([]int, 0, N)
+	b.StartTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		x = x[0:0]
+		for j := 0; j < N; j++ {
+			if len(x) < cap(x) {
+				x = x[:len(x)+1]
+				x[len(x)-1] = j
+			} else {
+				x = append(x, j)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+var x = make([]int, 0, 10)
+
+func f() int {
+	x[:1][0] = 3
+	return 2
+}
+
+func TestSideEffectOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	x = append(x, 1, f())
+	if x[0] != 1 || x[1] != 2 {
+		t.Error("append failed: ", x[0], x[1])
+	}
+}