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diff --git a/tests/objects/t17437.nim b/tests/objects/t17437.nim
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+discard """
+  cmd: "nim check $file"
+  errormsg: ""
+  nimout: '''
+t17437.nim(20, 16) Error: undeclared identifier: 'x'
+t17437.nim(20, 16) Error: expression 'x' has no type (or is ambiguous)
+t17437.nim(20, 19) Error: incorrect object construction syntax
+t17437.nim(20, 19) Error: incorrect object construction syntax
+t17437.nim(20, 12) Error: expression '' has no type (or is ambiguous)
+'''
+"""
+
+# bug #17437 invalid object construction should result in error
+
+type
+  V = ref object
+    x, y: int
+
+proc m =
+  var v = V(x: x, y)
+
+m()