From 436b847a7ecc0b4ce5a7952ea9e6af846a0d5491 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuriy Glukhov <yuriy.glukhov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:11:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Workaround for #3179.

---
 lib/system.nim | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 383002fcfc..85d16708ca 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ when not defined(nimrodVM):
       ## containing zero, so it is somewhat safer than ``createU``.
       ## The allocated memory belongs to its allocating thread!
       ## Use `createShared` to allocate from a shared heap.
-      cast[ptr T](alloc0(T.sizeof * size))
+      cast[ptr T](alloc0(sizeof(T) * size))
     proc realloc*(p: pointer, newSize: Natural): pointer {.noconv, rtl, tags: [],
                                                            benign.}
       ## grows or shrinks a given memory block. If p is **nil** then a new