From b5538990a2f0260b1ab04df3c73ecf9a7f927ad2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:29:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nimTypeNames feature: show generics properly

---
 compiler/ccgtypes.nim | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
index 8a60143fb..3a001ebf7 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ proc genTypeInfoAuxBase(m: BModule; typ, origType: PType;
     addf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], "$1.flags = $2;$n", [name, rope(flags)])
   discard cgsym(m, "TNimType")
   if isDefined("nimTypeNames"):
-    var typename = typeToString(origType, preferName)
+    var typename = typeToString(if origType.typeInst != nil: origType.typeInst
+                                else: origType, preferName)
     if typename == "ref object" and origType.skipTypes(skipPtrs).sym != nil:
       typename = "anon ref object from " & $origType.skipTypes(skipPtrs).sym.info
     addf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], "$1.name = $2;$n",