diff --git a/tests/patterns/tmatrix.nim b/tests/patterns/tmatrix.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..067c4cd5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/patterns/tmatrix.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+discard """
+  output: "21"
+"""
+
+import macros
+
+type
+  TMat = object
+    dummy: int
+
+proc `*`(a, b: TMat): TMat = nil
+proc `+`(a, b: TMat): TMat = nil
+proc `-`(a, b: TMat): TMat = nil
+proc `$`(a: TMat): string = result = $a.dummy
+
+macro optOps{ (`+`|`-`|`*`) *| a }(a: varargs[TMat]): expr =
+  result = newIntLitNode(21)
+
+#macro optPlus{ `+` * a }(a: varargs[TMat]): expr =
+#  result = newIntLitNode(21)
+
+var x, y, z: TMat
+
+echo x + y * z - x 
+
+#echo x + y + z
diff --git a/tests/patterns/tnoendlessrec.nim b/tests/patterns/tnoendlessrec.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53891bcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/patterns/tnoendlessrec.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+discard """
+  output: "4"
+"""
+
+# test that an endless recursion is avoided:
+
+template optLen{len(x)}(x: expr): expr = len(x)
+
+var s = "lala"
+echo len(s)
diff --git a/tests/patterns/tstar.nim b/tests/patterns/tstar.nim
index 55d841c3a..ac3373214 100644
--- a/tests/patterns/tstar.nim
+++ b/tests/patterns/tstar.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ proc `&&`(s: varargs[string]): string =
   for i in 1..len(s)-1: result.add s[i]
   inc calls
 
-template optConc{ `&&` * a }(a: expr): expr = &&a
+template optConc{ `&&` * a }(a: varargs[string]): expr = &&a
 
 let space = " "
 echo "my" && (space & "awe" && "some " ) && "concat"
diff --git a/tests/reject/tdisallowif.nim b/tests/reject/tdisallowif.nim
index 002bc7491..f7bb7098b 100644
--- a/tests/reject/tdisallowif.nim
+++ b/tests/reject/tdisallowif.nim
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ discard """
 """
 
 template optZero{x+x}(x: int): int = x*3
-template andthen{x*3}(x: int): int = x*4
-template optSubstr1{x = substr(x, a, b)}(x: string, a, b: int) = setlen(x, b+1)
+template andthen{`*`(x,3)}(x: int): int = x*4
+template optSubstr1{x = substr(x, 0, b)}(x: string, b: int) = setlen(x, b+1)
 
 template disallowIf{
   if cond: action
diff --git a/tests/reject/ttypenoval.nim b/tests/reject/ttypenoval.nim
index 6362407ef..214b35e29 100755
--- a/tests/reject/ttypenoval.nim
+++ b/tests/reject/ttypenoval.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 discard """
   file: "ttypenoval.nim"
   line: 38
-  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (typedesc{int}) but expected 'int'"
+  errormsg: "type mismatch: got (typedesc[int]) but expected 'int'"
 """
 
 # A min-heap.
diff --git a/tests/run/tpatterns.nim b/tests/run/tpatterns.nim
index 4a83d167c..6bc8772e3 100644
--- a/tests/run/tpatterns.nim
+++ b/tests/run/tpatterns.nim
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ hel'''
 """
 
 template optZero{x+x}(x: int): int = x*3
-template andthen{x*3}(x: int): int = x*4
+template andthen{`*`(x,3)}(x: int): int = x*4
 template optSubstr1{x = substr(x, a, b)}(x: string, a, b: int) = setlen(x, b+1)
 
 var y = 12