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+discard """
+"""
+
+# issue #8199
+
+const rangesGCHoldEnabled = true # not defined(rangesDisableGCHold)
+
+type
+  # A view into immutable array
+  Range*[T] {.shallow.} = object
+    when rangesGCHoldEnabled:
+      gcHold: seq[T] # 0
+    start: ptr T # 1
+    mLen: int32 # 2
+
+type
+  BytesRange* = Range[byte]
+  NibblesRange* = object
+    bytes: BytesRange
+
+const
+  zeroBytesRange* = BytesRange()
+
+proc initNibbleRange*(bytes: BytesRange): NibblesRange =
+  result.bytes = bytes
+
+const
+  zeroNibblesRange* = initNibbleRange(zeroBytesRange)