diff --git a/tests/test_framing/test_compilation.py b/tests/test_framing/test_compilation.py
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+# coding=UTF-8
+"""
+It sounds like a melody
+"""
+from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import, division
+import six
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestCompilation(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_comp(self):
+        from coolamqp.framing.compilation.compile_definitions import compile_definitions
+        compile_definitions(xml_file='resources/amqp0-9-1.extended.xml', out_file='/tmp/definitions.py')
+