fixes #22936; Generic inheritance matching gives type mismatch when object has members (#25836)

fixes #22936

This pull request improves the compiler's handling of generic type
constraints, specifically for subtypes of generics, and adds a test to
cover this behavior. The main changes are an enhancement to the type
relationship logic in the compiler and a new test case for generic
subtyping with `Future`.

### Compiler improvements for generic subtyping

* Updated `typeRel` in `compiler/sigmatch.nim` to allow generic
constraints (like `F: Future`) to accept not just direct instantiations
but also descendants of the generic family, ensuring more flexible and
correct overload resolution. Inheritance depth is now considered for
overload ranking, making deeper descendants slightly less preferred,
consistent with other inheritance-based matches.

### New test coverage

* Added a test in `tests/typerel/t8905.nim` to verify that generic
constraints correctly accept subtypes of `Future`, including a custom
`B[T, E] = ref object of Future[T]` type, and that overloads like
`take`, `takeMany`, and the macro `checkFutures` work as expected with
these types.

(cherry picked from commit 1d7510dff0)
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ringabout
2026-06-08 15:12:00 +08:00
committed by narimiran
parent 72b5e904b9
commit 917f5bb6ff
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@@ -1760,6 +1760,21 @@ proc typeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
let ff = last(f)
if ff != nil:
result = typeRel(c, ff, a, flags)
if result == isNone and a.kind == tyGenericInst and trBindGenericParam in flags:
var depth = -1
# Generic-parameter constraints like `F: Future` can miss in `last(f)`
# when the actual type inherits from a concrete generic instantiation.
# Keep this fallback scoped to generic-parameter matching so typedesc
# overloads such as `type Future[T]` still prefer more specific
# descendants like `InternalRaisesFuture[T, E]`.
if isGenericSubtype(c, a, f, depth, f) and depth > 0:
var askip = skippedNone
let aobj = a.skipToObject(askip)
if aobj != nil and tfFinal notin aobj.flags:
# Keep overload ranking consistent with other inheritance-based
# matches: deeper descendants are slightly worse candidates.
inc c.inheritancePenalty, depth + int(c.inheritancePenalty < 0)
result = isGeneric
of tyGenericInvocation:
var x = a.skipGenericAlias
if x.kind == tyGenericParam and x.len > 0:

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@@ -5,3 +5,31 @@ type
proc newFoo[T](): Foo[T] = Foo[T](newSeq[T]())
var x = newFoo[Bar[int]]()
# issue #22936
import std/macros
type
InternalFutureBase = object of RootObj
FutureBase = ref object of InternalFutureBase
Future[T] = ref object of FutureBase
internalValue: T
B[T, E] = ref object of Future[T]
proc take[F: Future](fut: F) = discard
proc takeMany[F: Future](futs: seq[F]) = discard
macro checkFutures[F: Future](futs: seq[F]): untyped =
newEmptyNode()
var future: B[void, void]
var futures: seq[B[void, void]]
take(future)
takeMany(futures)
checkFutures(futures)