From ed96b09e6110cf75bde324f741cdf5da205e81af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuriy Glukhov <yutiy.glukhov@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 12:38:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix dollar for non printable/accessible fields. Fixes #4236.

---
 lib/system.nim | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 8180f27cd9..3a5415b87b 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2296,12 +2296,15 @@ proc `$`*[T: tuple|object](x: T): string =
     if not firstElement: result.add(", ")
     result.add(name)
     result.add(": ")
-    when compiles(value.isNil):
-      if value.isNil: result.add "nil"
-      else: result.add($value)
+    when compiles($value):
+      when compiles(value.isNil):
+        if value.isNil: result.add "nil"
+        else: result.add($value)
+      else:
+        result.add($value)
+      firstElement = false
     else:
-      result.add($value)
-    firstElement = false
+      result.add("...")
   result.add(")")
 
 proc collectionToString[T: set | seq](x: T, b, e: string): string =