Fixes #23962 `resetLoc`doenst produce any cgen code in `importcpp` types (#23964)

3 files changed, 53 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/cgen.nim b/compiler/cgen.nim
index 95155bb20..7291602f4 100644
--- a/compiler/cgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgen.nim
@@ -482,7 +482,10 @@ include ccgreset
 proc resetLoc(p: BProc, loc: var TLoc) =
   let containsGcRef = optSeqDestructors notin p.config.globalOptions and containsGarbageCollectedRef(loc.t)
   let typ = skipTypes(loc.t, abstractVarRange)
-  if isImportedCppType(typ): return
+  if isImportedCppType(typ): 
+    var didGenTemp = false
+    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = $2;$n", [rdLoc(loc), genCppInitializer(p.module, p, typ, didGenTemp)])
+    return
   if optSeqDestructors in p.config.globalOptions and typ.kind in {tyString, tySequence}:
     assert loc.snippet != ""
 
diff --git a/tests/cpp/23962.h b/tests/cpp/23962.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d8147bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cpp/23962.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+struct Foo {
+
+  Foo(int inX): x(inX) {
+    std::cout << "Ctor Foo(" << x << ")\n";
+  }
+  ~Foo() {
+    std::cout << "Destory Foo(" << x << ")\n";
+  }
+
+  void print() {
+    std::cout << "Foo.x = " << x << '\n';
+  }
+
+  int x;
+};
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diff --git a/tests/cpp/t23962.nim b/tests/cpp/t23962.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c79d888df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cpp/t23962.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+discard """
+  cmd: "nim cpp $file"
+  output: '''
+Ctor Foo(-1)
+Destory Foo(-1)
+Ctor Foo(-1)
+Destory Foo(-1)
+Ctor Foo(-1)
+Destory Foo(-1)
+Foo.x = 1
+Foo.x = 2
+Foo.x = -1
+'''
+"""
+
+type
+  Foo {.importcpp, header: "23962.h".} = object
+    x: cint
+
+proc print(f: Foo) {.importcpp.}
+
+#also tests the right constructor is used
+proc makeFoo(x: int32 = -1): Foo {.importcpp:"Foo(#)", constructor.} 
+
+proc test =
+  var xs = newSeq[Foo](3)
+  xs[0].x = 1
+  xs[1].x = 2
+  for x in xs:
+    x.print
+
+test()
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