From 197633dc8bf9a2e7d856a267158759e7c33b4106 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ringabout <43030857+ringabout@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:36:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fixes empty tag for `nim ic` (#25615)

`writeNode` writes `(empty flags type (empty))`, but it should have been
`(empty flags type)` instead

```nim
type
  Meters = distinct float
  Feet = distinct float

converter toMeters(f: Feet): Meters =
  Meters(float(f) * 0.3048)

proc showMeters(m: Meters) =
  echo float(m)

showMeters(Feet(10.0))
```
gives `[NIF decoder] expected: {ParRi} but got:
ParLe14,152,/Users/blue/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-\23devel/lib/std/private/dragonbox.nim(empty)`

---------

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 compiler/ast2nif.nim    |  4 +---
 tests/ic/tconverter.nim | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/ic/tconverter.nim

diff --git a/compiler/ast2nif.nim b/compiler/ast2nif.nim
index 67a265c28f..157159f321 100644
--- a/compiler/ast2nif.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast2nif.nim
@@ -523,9 +523,7 @@ proc writeNode(w: var Writer; dest: var TokenBuf; n: PNode; forAst = false) =
     of nkEmpty:
       if n.typField != nil:
         w.withNode dest, n:
-          let info = trLineInfo(w, n.info)
-          dest.addParLe pool.tags.getOrIncl(toNifTag(n.kind)), info
-          dest.addParRi
+          discard
       else:
         let info = trLineInfo(w, n.info)
         dest.addParLe pool.tags.getOrIncl(toNifTag(n.kind)), info
diff --git a/tests/ic/tconverter.nim b/tests/ic/tconverter.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e639d99247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ic/tconverter.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+discard """
+output:
+ok
+"""
+
+type
+  Meters = distinct float
+  Feet = distinct float
+
+converter toMeters(f: Feet): Meters =
+  Meters(float(f) * 0.3048)
+
+proc showMeters(m: Meters) =
+  doAssert float(m) == 3.048
+  echo "ok"
+
+showMeters(Feet(10.0))