diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/array-old-syntax-1.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/array-old-syntax-1.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33178fe8105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/array-old-syntax-1.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// Test that the old fixed length array syntax is a parsing error.
+
+fn main() {
+    let _x: [int, ..3] = [0i, 1, 2]; //~ ERROR 
+}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/array-old-syntax-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/array-old-syntax-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df2cc305ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/array-old-syntax-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// Test that the old repeating array syntax gives an error.
+
+fn main() {
+    let _ = [0i, ..3]; //~ ERROR
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/range.rs b/src/test/run-pass/range.rs
index 864cee03f24..43b6d4b3109 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/range.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/range.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ pub fn main() {
     let _ = 0u..4+4-3;
     let _ = 0..foo();
 
+    let _ = ..42u;
+
     // Test we can use two different types with a common supertype.
     let x = &42i;
     {