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diff --git a/unit_tests/scripts/linda/send_receive_tables.lua b/unit_tests/scripts/linda/send_receive_tables.lua
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+local lanes = require "lanes"
+
+-- a newly created linda doesn't contain anything
+local l = lanes.linda()
+
+-- send a table with subtables, both as keys and values, making sure the structure is preserved
+
+local t1 = {["name"] = "t1"}
+local t2 = {["name"] = "t2"}
+
+local t3 = {
+        ["name"] = "t3",
+        ["t1"] = t1,
+        [t1] = t2, -- table t1 as key, table t2 as value
+        ["t2"] = t2,
+        [t2] = t1 -- table t2 as key, table t1 as value
+}
+
+-- add recursivity for good measure
+t3["t3"] = t3
+t3[t3] = t3
+t1["t3"] = t3
+t2["t3"] = t3
+
+l:send("data", t3)
+local k, t = l:receive("data")
+assert(k == "data" and type(t) == "table" and t.name == "t3")
+-- when keys are strings
+assert(t["t3"] == t)
+assert(type(t["t1"]) == "table")
+assert(t["t1"].name == "t1")
+assert(type(t["t2"]) == "table")
+assert(t["t2"].name == "t2")
+assert(t["t1"].t3 == t)
+assert(t["t2"].t3 == t)
+-- when keys are tables
+assert(t[t.t1] == t.t2)
+assert(t[t.t1]["t3"] == t)
+assert(t[t.t2] == t.t1)
+assert(t[t.t2]["t3"] == t)
+assert(t[t.t3] == t.t3)