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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2014 Benoit Steiner <benoit.steiner.goog@gmail.com>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#include "main.h"
+
+#include <Eigen/CXX11/Tensor>
+
+using Eigen::Tensor;
+using Eigen::array;
+
+static void test_simple_cast()
+{
+  Tensor<float, 2> ftensor(20,30);
+  ftensor.setRandom();
+  Tensor<char, 2> chartensor(20,30);
+  chartensor.setRandom();
+  Tensor<std::complex<float>, 2> cplextensor(20,30);
+  cplextensor.setRandom();
+
+  chartensor = ftensor.cast<char>();
+  cplextensor = ftensor.cast<std::complex<float>>();
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
+    for (int j = 0; j < 30; ++j) {
+      VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(chartensor(i,j), static_cast<char>(ftensor(i,j)));
+      VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(cplextensor(i,j), static_cast<std::complex<float>>(ftensor(i,j)));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void test_cxx11_tensor_casts()
+{
+   CALL_SUBTEST(test_simple_cast());
+}