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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+use FindBin qw($Bin);
+use lib "$Bin/lib";
+use MemcachedTest;
+
+my $server = new_memcached();
+my $sock = $server->sock;
+
+# set foo (and should get it)
+for my $flags (0, 123, 2**16-1) {
+    print $sock "set foo $flags 0 6\r\nfooval\r\n";
+    is(scalar <$sock>, "STORED\r\n", "stored foo");
+    mem_get_is({ sock => $sock,
+                 flags => $flags }, "foo", "fooval", "got flags $flags back");
+}