diff --git a/tests/overload/t8829.nim b/tests/overload/t8829.nim
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+block:
+  let txt = "Hello World"
+
+  template `[]`[T](p: ptr T, span: Slice[int]): untyped =
+    toOpenArray(cast[ptr array[0, T]](p)[], span.a, span.b)
+
+  doAssert $cast[ptr uint8](txt[0].unsafeAddr)[0 ..< txt.len] == 
+                "[72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100]"
+
+
+block:
+  let txt = "Hello World"
+
+  template `[]`[T](p: ptr T, span: Slice[int]): untyped =
+    toOpenArray(cast[ptr array[0, T]](p)[], span.a, span.b)
+
+  doAssert $cast[ptr uint8](txt[0].unsafeAddr)[0 ..< txt.len] == 
+                "[72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100]"