From e9addb3ab2bdcc37581f1c053d9cfa62bf86d1c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vindaar <basti90@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:40:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix #8925 by using `getTypeInst` instead of `getType`

---
 lib/pure/strscans.nim | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/pure/strscans.nim b/lib/pure/strscans.nim
index 734317e67..77763ff43 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strscans.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strscans.nim
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ 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: " & $p & ") and " & repr(getType(results[i])) &
-          " var '" & repr(results[i]) & "'")
+    error("type mismatch between pattern '$" & pattern[p] & "' (position: " & $p &
+      ") and " & $getTypeInst(results[i]) & " var '" & repr(results[i]) & "'")
 
   var i = 0
   var p = 0

From 72a65c43a738b7d99d8e345b169c37b3de96014d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vindaar <basti90@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:56:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add test case

---
 tests/stdlib/t8925.nim | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/stdlib/t8925.nim

diff --git a/tests/stdlib/t8925.nim b/tests/stdlib/t8925.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3dc1ea86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdlib/t8925.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+discard """
+  file: "strscans.nim"
+  errormsg: "type mismatch between pattern '$i' (position: 1) and HourRange var 'hour'"
+"""
+
+import strscans
+
+type
+  HourRange = range[0..23]
+
+var
+  hour: HourRange
+  timeStr: string
+
+if scanf(timeStr, "$i", hour):
+  discard