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diff --git a/tests/objects/trefobjsyntax.nim b/tests/objects/trefobjsyntax.nim
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+discard """
+  output: '''wohoo
+baz'''
+"""
+
+# Test to ensure the popular 'ref T' syntax works everywhere
+
+type
+  Foo = object
+    a, b: int
+    s: string
+
+  FooBar = object of RootObj
+    n, m: string
+  Baz = object of FooBar
+
+proc invoke(a: ref Baz) =
+  echo "baz"
+
+# check object construction:
+let x = (ref Foo)(a: 0, b: 45, s: "wohoo")
+echo x.s
+
+var y: ref FooBar = (ref Baz)(n: "n", m: "m")
+
+invoke((ref Baz)(y))
+
diff --git a/tests/objvariant/treassign.nim b/tests/objvariant/treassign.nim
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+discard """
+  output: "SUCCESS"
+"""
+
+type
+    BasicNumber = object of RootObj
+        value: float32
+    RefChild* = ref object
+        curr*: TokenObject
+    Token* {.pure.} = enum
+        foo,
+        bar,
+    TokenObject = object
+        case kind*: Token
+        of Token.foo:
+            foo*: string
+        of Token.bar:
+            bar*: BasicNumber
+
+
+var t = RefChild()
+
+t.curr = TokenObject(kind: Token.bar, bar: BasicNumber(value: 12.34))
+
+t.curr = TokenObject(kind: Token.foo, foo: "foo")
+
+echo "SUCCESS"