fixes #14495 [backport:1.2] (#14496)

(cherry picked from commit 3105909f88)

tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim

@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ discard """
 123xyzabc
 destroyed: false
 destroyed: false
+1
+(x: "0")
+(x: "1")
+(x: "2")
+(x: "3")
+(x: "4")
+(x: "5")
+(x: "6")
+(x: "7")
+(x: "8")
+(x: "9")
+(x: "10")
 closed
 destroying variable
 '''
@@ -89,3 +101,75 @@ let
 
 assert n.sortedByIt(it) == @["b", "c"], "fine"
 assert q.sortedByIt(it[0]) == @[("b", "1"), ("c", "2")], "fails under arc"
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# issue #14236
+
+type
+  MyType = object
+    a: seq[int]
+
+proc re(x: static[string]): static MyType =
+  MyType()
+
+proc match(inp: string, rg: static MyType) =
+  doAssert rg.a.len == 0
+
+match("ac", re"a(b|c)")
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# issue #14243
+
+type
+  Game* = ref object
+
+proc free*(game: Game) =
+  let a = 5
+
+proc newGame*(): Game =
+  new(result, free)
+
+var game*: Game
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# issue #14333
+
+type
+  SimpleLoop = object
+
+  Lsg = object
+    loops: seq[ref SimpleLoop]
+    root: ref SimpleLoop
+
+var lsg: Lsg
+lsg.loops.add lsg.root
+echo lsg.loops.len
+
+# bug #14495
+type
+  Gah = ref object
+    x: string
+
+proc bug14495 =
+  var owners: seq[Gah]
+  for i in 0..10:
+    owners.add Gah(x: $i)
+
+  var x: seq[Gah]
+  for i in 0..10:
+    x.add owners[i]
+
+  for i in 0..100:
+    setLen(x, 0)
+    setLen(x, 10)
+
+  for i in 0..x.len-1:
+    if x[i] != nil:
+      echo x[i][]
+
+  for o in owners:
+    echo o[]
+
+bug14495()