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-rw-r--r--lib/pure/strformat.nim4
-rw-r--r--tests/stdlib/tstrformat.nim13
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/strformat.nim b/lib/pure/strformat.nim
index e04c80794..d1dedb625 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strformat.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strformat.nim
@@ -221,8 +221,10 @@ template callFormat(res, arg) {.dirty.} =
 template callFormatOption(res, arg, option) {.dirty.} =
   when compiles(format(arg, option, res)):
     format(arg, option, res)
-  else:
+  elif compiles(format(arg, option)):
     res.add format(arg, option)
+  else:
+    format($arg, option, res)
 
 macro fmt*(pattern: string{lit}): untyped =
   ## For a specification of the ``fmt`` macro, see the module level documentation.
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tstrformat.nim b/tests/stdlib/tstrformat.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e5c614a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tstrformat.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+discard """
+    action: "run"
+"""
+
+import strformat
+
+type Obj = object
+
+proc `$`(o: Obj): string = "foobar"
+
+var o: Obj
+doAssert fmt"{o}" == "foobar"
+doAssert fmt"{o:10}" == "foobar    "
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