diff --git a/tests/seq/tshallowseq.nim b/tests/seq/tshallowseq.nim
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+discard """
+  output: '''@[1, 42, 3]
+@[1, 42, 3]
+'''
+"""
+proc xxx() =
+  var x: seq[int] = @[1, 2, 3]
+  var y: seq[int]
+
+  system.shallowCopy(y, x)
+
+  y[1] = 42
+
+  echo y
+  echo x
+
+xxx()