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+import macros
+
+# Generate a proc with more then 255 registers. Should not generate an error at
+# compile time
+
+static:
+  macro mkFoo() =
+    let ss = newStmtList()
+    for i in 1..256:
+      ss.add parseStmt "var x" & $i & " = " & $i
+      ss.add parseStmt "inc x" & $i
+    quote do:
+      proc foo() =
+        `ss`
+  mkFoo()
+  foo()