fixes #22138 (#22221)

compiler/sigmatch.nim

@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ proc typeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
       let x = typeRel(c, a, f, flags + {trDontBind})
       if x >= isGeneric:
         return isGeneric
-  
+
   of tyFromExpr:
     if c.c.inGenericContext > 0:
       # generic type bodies can sometimes compile call expressions
@@ -1950,7 +1950,12 @@ proc implicitConv(kind: TNodeKind, f: PType, arg: PNode, m: TCandidate,
 
   if result.typ == nil: internalError(c.graph.config, arg.info, "implicitConv")
   result.add c.graph.emptyNode
-  result.add arg
+  if arg.typ != nil and arg.typ.kind == tyLent:
+    let a = newNodeIT(nkHiddenDeref, arg.info, arg.typ[0])
+    a.add arg
+    result.add a
+  else:
+    result.add arg
 
 proc isLValue(c: PContext; n: PNode, isOutParam = false): bool {.inline.} =
   let aa = isAssignable(nil, n)

tests/lent/tlent_from_var.nim

@@ -30,3 +30,23 @@ let x2 = x.byLentVar
 
 let xs2 = xs.byLentVar
 echo xs2
+
+# bug #22138
+
+type Xxx = object
+
+type
+  Opt[T] = object
+    case oResultPrivate*: bool
+    of false:
+      discard
+    of true:
+      vResultPrivate*: T
+
+func value*[T: not void](self: Opt[T]): lent T {.inline.} =
+  self.vResultPrivate
+template get*[T: not void](self: Opt[T]): T = self.value()
+
+method connect*(
+  self: Opt[(int, int)]) =
+  discard self.get()[0]