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+{ Source provided for Free Pascal Bug Report 3529 }
+{ Submitted by "Alexey Barkovoy" on  2005-01-07 }
+{ e-mail: clootie@ixbt.com }
+var
+  v1, v2: Variant;
+  S1, S2: AnsiString;
+begin
+  S1:= 'aa'; 
+  S2:= 'bb';
+  v1:= S1;
+  v2:= S2;
+  if v1 = v2 then 
+    begin
+      WriteLn('Equal');
+      halt(1);
+    end
+  else 
+    writeln('not-equal');
+end.