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+// Copyright (c) 2020, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import "package:expect/expect.dart";
+
+final bool strong = () {
+  try {
+    int i = null as dynamic;
+    return false;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return true;
+  }
+}();
+
+void main() {
+  Expect.equals(strong, isStrongMode);
+  Expect.equals(!strong, isWeakMode);
+}