diff --git a/tests/macros/tbindsym.nim b/tests/macros/tbindsym.nim
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+discard """
+  output: '''TFoo
+TBar'''
+"""
+
+# bug #1319
+
+import macros
+
+type
+  TTextKind = enum
+    TFoo, TBar
+
+macro test: stmt =
+  var x = @[TFoo, TBar]
+  result = newStmtList()
+  for i in x:
+    result.add newCall(newIdentNode("echo"),
+      case i
+      of TFoo:
+        bindSym("TFoo")
+      of TBar:
+        bindSym("TBar"))
+
+test()