Also fixed conversion bug and added corresponding test case.

Change-Id: I26f143fbc8d40a6d073ecb095e61b461495f3d68
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/17872
Run-TryBot: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Alan Donovan <adonovan@google.com>