diff --git a/tests/vm/t9622.nim b/tests/vm/t9622.nim
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+discard """
+  targets: "c cpp"
+  matrix: "--gc:refc; --gc:arc"
+"""
+
+type
+  GlobNodeKind = enum
+    LiteralIdent,
+    Group
+
+  GlobNode = object
+    case kind: GlobNodeKind
+    of LiteralIdent:
+      value: string
+    of Group:
+      values: seq[string]
+
+  PathSegment = object
+    children: seq[GlobNode]
+
+  GlobPattern = seq[PathSegment]
+
+proc parseImpl(): GlobPattern =
+  if result.len == 0:
+    result.add PathSegment()
+  result[^1].children.add GlobNode(kind: LiteralIdent)
+
+block:
+  const pattern = parseImpl()
+  doAssert $pattern == """@[(children: @[(kind: LiteralIdent, value: "")])]"""