From 50ae228e255c0f82a1620657521a27f6b8152b58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:30:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] closes #5854

---
 tests/arithm/tsubrange.nim | 13 +++++++++++++
 todo.txt                   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/arithm/tsubrange.nim

diff --git a/tests/arithm/tsubrange.nim b/tests/arithm/tsubrange.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d60dbd1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/arithm/tsubrange.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+discard """
+  output: '''1'''
+"""
+
+# bug #5854
+type
+  n16* = range[0'i16..high(int16)]
+
+var level: n16 = 1
+let maxLevel: n16 = 1
+
+level = min(level + 2, maxLevel)
+echo level
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 7597c436a..1678c1599 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 version 1.0 battle plan
 =======================
 
+- eliminate 'nil' for seqs and strings
 - make 'not nil' the default (produce warnings instead of errors for
   a smooth migration path)
 - case objects needs to be safe and need to support pattern matching