fixes #20699; generate an empty struct for void type (#20790)

* fixes #20699; generate an empty struct for void type

* Add docs and test case.

compiler/ccgtypes.nim

@@ -514,7 +514,10 @@ proc genRecordFieldsAux(m: BModule, n: PNode,
           let structName = "_" & mangleRecFieldName(m, n[0].sym) & "_" & $i
           var a = newRopeAppender()
           genRecordFieldsAux(m, k, rectype, check, a, unionPrefix & $structName & ".")
-          if a != "":
+          # When 'k' is 'void', 'a' is the empty string and we just generate
+          # empty struct. This prevents field access errors when generating
+          # static initializers for the type.
+          # See issue #20699
           if tfPacked notin rectype.flags:
             unionBody.add("struct {")
           else:

tests/objects/tobject_default_value.nim

@@ -476,6 +476,20 @@ template main {.dirty.} =
 
         foo2()
 
+    block: # issue #20699
+      type
+        Either[A,B] = object
+          case kind:bool
+          of false:
+            b: B
+          of true:
+              a: A
+        O = object of RootRef
+
+      proc oToEither(o:O):Either[O,void] =
+        Either[O,void](kind:true,a: o)
+
+      discard oToEither(O())
 
 static: main()
 main()