From ea1c28294a66b4f0d42a20841c09ac35b13a394b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:32:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #8925

---
 lib/pure/strscans.nim | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/pure/strscans.nim b/lib/pure/strscans.nim
index b17eee6ffe..734317e675 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strscans.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strscans.nim
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ macro scanf*(input: string; pattern: static[string]; results: varargs[typed]): b
 
   template at(s: string; i: int): char = (if i < s.len: s[i] else: '\0')
   template matchError() =
-    error("type mismatch between pattern '$" & pattern[p] & "' (position: " & $p & ") and " & $getType(results[i]) &
+    error("type mismatch between pattern '$" & pattern[p] & "' (position: " & $p & ") and " & repr(getType(results[i])) &
           " var '" & repr(results[i]) & "'")
 
   var i = 0