add regression test for #39984

Fixes #39984

Author: nikomatsakis

src/test/run-pass/issue-39984.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.
+
+// Regression test for issue #39984.
+//
+// The key here is that the error type of the `Ok` call ought to be
+// constrained to `String`, even though it is dead-code.
+
+fn main() {}
+
+fn t() -> Result<(), String> {
+    return Err("".into());
+    Ok(())
+}