close #8199 by adding a test

tests/vm/tcompiletimerange.nim

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+# issue #8199
+
+const rangesGCHoldEnabled = not defined(rangesDisableGCHold)
+
+type
+  # A view into immutable array
+  Range* {.shallow.} [T] = object
+    when rangesGCHoldEnabled:
+      gcHold: seq[T]
+    start: ptr T
+    mLen: int32
+
+type
+  BytesRange* = Range[byte]
+  NibblesRange* = object
+    bytes: BytesRange
+
+const
+  zeroBytesRange* = BytesRange()
+
+proc initNibbleRange*(bytes: BytesRange): NibblesRange =
+  result.bytes = bytes
+
+const
+  zeroNibblesRange* = initNibbleRange(zeroBytesRange)