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+discard """
+  matrix: "--hintaserror:ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded"
+"""
+
+# bug #10542
+
+proc f(args: varargs[string, string], length: int) =
+  doAssert args.len == length
+
+# main use case that requires type conversion (no warning here)
+f("a", "b", 2)
+f("a", 1)
+
+
+proc m(args: varargs[cstring, cstring]) =
+  doAssert args.len == 2
+
+# main use case that requires type conversion (no warning here)
+m("a", "b")
+
+# if an argument already is cstring there's a warning
+let x: cstring = "x"
+m("a", x)
+m(x, "a")
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