diff --git a/tests/tuples/t7012.nim b/tests/tuples/t7012.nim
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+discard """
+  errormsg: "illegal recursion in type 'Node'"
+"""
+
+type Node[T] = tuple
+    next: ref Node[T]
+var n: Node[int]
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