From 30e2875396ff16a77852ce7752dfc4fd7f829b09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harold Brenes <harold@hbrenes.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:54:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix automatic objc_msgSend on static methods not resolving
 aliased types.

---
 src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp b/src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp
index 33ad2ee8d..9ddbd1f9c 100644
--- a/src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp
@@ -2868,9 +2868,13 @@ gb_internal lbValue lb_handle_objc_auto_send(lbProcedure *p, Ast *expr, Slice<lb
 			GB_ASSERT(se->expr->tav.mode == Addressing_Type && se->expr->tav.type->kind == Type_Named);
 
 			objc_class = entity_from_expr(se->expr);
-
 			GB_ASSERT(objc_class);
 			GB_ASSERT(objc_class->kind == Entity_TypeName);
+
+			if (objc_class->TypeName.is_type_alias) {
+				objc_class = objc_class->type->Named.type_name;
+			}
+
 			GB_ASSERT(objc_class->TypeName.objc_class_name != "");
 		}