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+discard """
+  output: "Key: 12 value: 12Key: 13 value: 13 Key: A value: 12 Key: B value: 13"
+"""
+# test explicit type instantiation
+
+type
+  TDict*[TKey, TValue] = object
+    data: seq[tuple[k: TKey, v: TValue]]
+  PDict*[TKey, #with `==`(a, b: TKey): bool
+               #     hash(a: TKey): int,
+         TValue] = ref TDict[TKey, TValue]
+
+proc newDict*[TKey, TValue](): PDict[TKey, TValue] =
+  new(result)
+  result.data = @[]
+
+proc add*[TKey, TValue](d: PDict[TKey, TValue], k: TKey, v: TValue) =
+  d.data.add((k, v))
+
+iterator items*[Tkey, TValue](d: PDict[TKey, TValue]): tuple[k: TKey,
+               v: TValue] =
+  for k, v in items(d.data): yield (k, v)
+
+var d = newDict[int, string]()
+d.add(12, "12")
+d.add(13, "13")
+for k, v in items(d):
+  stdout.write("Key: ", $k, " value: ", v)
+
+var c = newDict[char, string]()
+c.add('A', "12")
+c.add('B', "13")
+for k, v in items(c):
+  stdout.write(" Key: ", $k, " value: ", v)
+
+stdout.write "\n"