Auto merge of #28703 - gavinb:master, r=alexcrichton

Tests invoking a static method using a type alias.

Closes #11047

src/test/run-pass/issue-11047.rs

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+// Copyright 2015 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 static methods can be invoked on `type` aliases
+
+#![allow(unused_variables)]
+
+pub mod foo {
+    pub mod bar {
+        pub mod baz {
+            pub struct Qux;
+
+            impl Qux {
+                pub fn new() {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+
+    type Ham = foo::bar::baz::Qux;
+    let foo = foo::bar::baz::Qux::new();  // invoke directly
+    let bar = Ham::new();                 // invoke via type alias
+
+    type StringVec = Vec<String>;
+    let sv = StringVec::new();
+}