diff --git a/tests/basics/tests/slice-bstr1.py b/tests/basics/tests/slice-bstr1.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/basics/tests/slice-bstr1.py
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+b"123"[0:1]
+
+b"123"[0:2]
+
+b"123"[:1]
+
+b"123"[1:]
+
+# Idiom for copying sequence
+b"123"[:]
+
+b"123"[:-1]
+
+# Weird cases
+b"123"[0:0]
+b"123"[1:0]
+b"123"[1:1]
+b"123"[-1:-1]
+b"123"[-3:]
+b"123"[-3:3]
+b"123"[0:]
+b"123"[:0]
+b"123"[:-3]
+b"123"[:-4]
+# No IndexError!
+b""[1:1]
+b""[-1:-1]