diff --git a/tests/nested-statics-1.ispc b/tests/nested-statics-1.ispc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..638310ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nested-statics-1.ispc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+export uniform int width() { return programCount; }
+
+
+export void f_f(uniform float RET[], uniform float aFOO[]) {
+    static int a = 1+programIndex;
+    {
+        static int a = 0;
+        ++a;
+    }
+    RET[programIndex] = a;
+}
+
+export void result(uniform float RET[]) {
+    RET[programIndex] = 1+programIndex;
+}
diff --git a/tests/nested-statics.ispc b/tests/nested-statics.ispc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cea184b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nested-statics.ispc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+export uniform int width() { return programCount; }
+
+
+export void f_f(uniform float RET[], uniform float aFOO[]) {
+    static int a = 1234;
+    {
+        static int a = 0;
+        ++a;
+        RET[programIndex] = a;
+    }
+}
+
+export void result(uniform float RET[]) {
+    RET[programIndex] = 1;
+}
diff --git a/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-1.ispc b/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-1.ispc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7a8deb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-1.ispc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//add test for f(int x[2][10]) - f(int x[][10]) - f(int (*x)[10])x
+
+export uniform int width() { return programCount; }
+
+
+int foo(uniform int x[][10]) {
+    return x[1][programIndex % 5];
+}
+
+export void f_f(uniform float RET[], uniform float aFOO[]) {
+    uniform int x[2][10];    
+    for (uniform int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
+        for (uniform int j = 0; j < 10; ++j) {
+            x[i][j] = 10*i+j;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    RET[programIndex] = foo(x);
+}
+
+export void result(uniform float RET[]) {
+    RET[programIndex] = 10+ (programIndex % 5);
+}
diff --git a/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-3.ispc b/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-3.ispc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd134481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-3.ispc
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//add test for f(int x[2][10]) - f(int x[][10]) - f(int (*x)[10])x
+
+export uniform int width() { return programCount; }
+
+int bar(uniform int (* uniform x)[10]) {
+    return x[1][programIndex % 5];
+}
+
+int foo(uniform int x[][10]) {
+    return bar(x);
+}
+
+export void f_f(uniform float RET[], uniform float aFOO[]) {
+    uniform int x[2][10];    
+    for (uniform int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
+        for (uniform int j = 0; j < 10; ++j) {
+            x[i][j] = 10*i+j;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    RET[programIndex] = foo(x);
+}
+
+export void result(uniform float RET[]) {
+    RET[programIndex] = 10+ (programIndex % 5);
+}
diff --git a/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-4.ispc b/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-4.ispc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f847e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pointer-decl-craziness-4.ispc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//add test for f(int x[2][10]) - f(int x[][10]) - f(int (*x)[10])x
+
+export uniform int width() { return programCount; }
+
+export void f_f(uniform float RET[], uniform float aFOO[]) {
+    uniform int x[2][10];    
+    for (uniform int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
+        for (uniform int j = 0; j < 10; ++j) {
+            x[i][j] = 10*i+j;
+        }
+    }
+
+    uniform int (* varying y)[10] = x;
+    RET[programIndex] = y[1][programIndex % 5];
+}
+
+export void result(uniform float RET[]) {
+    RET[programIndex] = 10+ (programIndex % 5);
+}
diff --git a/tests/pointer-decl-craziness.ispc b/tests/pointer-decl-craziness.ispc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2f14b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pointer-decl-craziness.ispc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//add test for f(int x[2][10]) - f(int x[][10]) - f(int (*x)[10])x
+
+export uniform int width() { return programCount; }
+
+
+int foo(uniform int x[2][10]) {
+    return x[1][programIndex % 5];
+}
+
+export void f_f(uniform float RET[], uniform float aFOO[]) {
+    uniform int x[2][10];    
+    for (uniform int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
+        for (uniform int j = 0; j < 10; ++j) {
+            x[i][j] = 10*i+j;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    RET[programIndex] = foo(x);
+}
+
+export void result(uniform float RET[]) {
+    RET[programIndex] = 10+ (programIndex % 5);
+}