Add regression test for issue 23699.

src/test/run-pass/issue-23699.rs

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+// Copyright 2016 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 gimme_a_raw_pointer<T>(_: *const T) { }
+
+fn test<T>(t: T) { }
+
+fn main() {
+    // Clearly `pointer` must be of type `*const ()`.
+    let pointer = &() as *const _;
+    gimme_a_raw_pointer(pointer);
+
+    let t = test as fn (i32);
+    t(0i32);
+}
+