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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2016 - 2020 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, redistribute
+// it, and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE at
+// the top level of the deal.II distribution.
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// Make sure we can implicitly convert a tensor of AD types to a
+// tensor of double. This required a bit of work under the hood
+// because Sacado's AD types cannot be implicitly converted to
+// doubles.
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+#include "../ad_common_tests/physics_functions_01.h"
+
+int
+main()
+{
+ initlog();
+
+ using ADNumberType =
+ AD::NumberTraits<double, AD::NumberTypes::sacado_dfad>::ad_type;
+
+ const Tensor<2, 2, ADNumberType> F;
+ Tensor<2, 2> x = F;
+
+ deallog << "OK" << std::endl;
+}