--- /dev/null
+// Copyright 2018 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.
+
+fn main() {
+ let b: &[u8] = include_str!("file.txt"); //~ ERROR mismatched types
+ let s: &str = include_bytes!("file.txt"); //~ ERROR mismatched types
+}
--- /dev/null
+error[E0308]: mismatched types
+ --> $DIR/mismatched-types.rs:12:20
+ |
+LL | let b: &[u8] = include_str!("file.txt"); //~ ERROR mismatched types
+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected slice, found str
+ |
+ = note: expected type `&[u8]`
+ found type `&'static str`
+
+error[E0308]: mismatched types
+ --> $DIR/mismatched-types.rs:13:19
+ |
+LL | let s: &str = include_bytes!("file.txt"); //~ ERROR mismatched types
+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected str, found array of 0 elements
+ |
+ = note: expected type `&str`
+ found type `&'static [u8; 0]`
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0308`.