fixes #11012

tests/stdlib/tstrformat.nim

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 discard """
 action: "run"
+output: '''Received (name: "Foo", species: "Bar")'''
 """
 
 import strformat
@@ -64,16 +65,14 @@ doAssert fmt"{0.0: g}" == " 0"
 let data1 = [1'i64, 10000'i64, 10000000'i64]
 let data2 = [10000000'i64, 100'i64, 1'i64]
 
-doAssert fmt"data1: {data1:8} ∨" == "data1: [       1,    10000, 10000000] ∨"
-doAssert fmt"data2: {data2:8} ∧" == "data2: [10000000,      100,        1] ∧"
+doAssert fmt"data1: {data1:8} #" == "data1: [       1,    10000, 10000000] #"
+doAssert fmt"data2: {data2:8} =" == "data2: [10000000,      100,        1] ="
 
 # custom format Value
 
 type
   Vec2[T] = object
     x,y: T
-  Vec2f = Vec2[float32]
-  Vec2i = Vec2[int32]
 
 proc formatValue[T](result: var string; value: Vec2[T]; specifier: string) =
   result.add '['
@@ -82,8 +81,8 @@ proc formatValue[T](result: var string; value: Vec2[T]; specifier: string) =
   result.formatValue value.y, specifier
   result.add "]"
 
-let v1 = Vec2f(x:1.0, y: 2.0)
-let v2 = Vec2i(x:1, y: 1337)
+let v1 = Vec2[float32](x:1.0, y: 2.0)
+let v2 = Vec2[int32](x:1, y: 1337)
 doAssert fmt"v1: {v1:+08}  v2: {v2:>4}" == "v1: [+0000001, +0000002]  v2: [   1, 1337]"
 
 # issue #7632
@@ -94,3 +93,16 @@ doAssert works(5) == "formatted  5"
 doAssert fails0(6) == "formatted  6"
 doAssert fails(7) == "formatted  7"
 doAssert fails2[0](8) == "formatted  8"
+
+
+# bug #11012
+
+type
+  Animal = object
+    name, species: string
+  AnimalRef = ref Animal
+
+proc print_object(animalAddr: AnimalRef) =
+  echo fmt"Received {animalAddr[]}"
+
+print_object(AnimalRef(name: "Foo", species: "Bar"))

tests/stdlib/tstrformatMissingFormatValue.nim

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-discard """
-errormsg: '''type mismatch: got <string, Obj, string>'''
-nimout: '''proc formatValue'''
-"""
-
-# This test is here to make sure that there is a clean error that
-# that indicates ``formatValue`` needs to be overloaded with the custom type.
-
-import strformat
-
-type Obj = object
-
-proc `$`(o: Obj): string = "foobar"
-
-var o: Obj
-doAssert fmt"{o}" == "foobar"