fixes #10948 (#10949)

tests/cpp/tretvar.nim

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+discard """
+  targets: "cpp"
+  output: '''test1
+xest1
+'''
+"""
+{.passC: "-std=c++14".}
+
+{.experimental: "dotOperators".}
+
+import macros
+
+type
+  stdString {.importcpp: "std::string", header: "<string>".} = object
+  stdUniquePtr[T] {.importcpp: "std::unique_ptr", header: "<memory>".} = object
+
+proc c_str(a: stdString): cstring {.importcpp: "(char *)(#.c_str())", header: "<string>".}
+
+proc len(a: stdString): csize {.importcpp: "(#.length())", header: "<string>".}
+
+proc setChar(a: var stdString, i: csize, c: char) {.importcpp: "(#[#] = #)", header: "<string>".}
+
+proc `*`*[T](this: stdUniquePtr[T]): var T {.noSideEffect, importcpp: "(* #)", header: "<memory>".}
+
+proc make_unique_str(a: cstring): stdUniquePtr[stdString] {.importcpp: "std::make_unique<std::string>(#)", header: "<string>".}
+
+macro `.()`*[T](this: stdUniquePtr[T], name: untyped, args: varargs[untyped]): untyped =
+  result = nnkCall.newTree(
+    nnkDotExpr.newTree(
+      newNimNode(nnkPar).add(prefix(this, "*")),
+      name
+    )
+  )
+  copyChildrenTo(args, result)
+
+var val = make_unique_str("test1")
+echo val.c_str()
+val.setChar(0, 'x')
+echo val.c_str()