diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tstrtabs2.nim b/tests/stdlib/tstrtabs2.nim
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+discard """
+  targets: "c cpp js"
+"""
+
+import std/strtabs
+
+macro m =
+  var t = {"name": "John"}.newStringTable
+  doAssert t["name"] == "John"
+
+block:
+  var t = {"name": "John"}.newStringTable
+  doAssert t["name"] == "John"
+
+m()