type Matrix*[M, N: static[int], T: SomeReal] = object data: ref array[N * M, T] Matrix64*[M, N: static[int]] = Matrix[M, N, float64] proc zeros64(M,N: static[int]): Matrix64[M,N] = new result.data for i in 0 .. < (M * N): result.data[i] = 0'f64 proc bar*[M,N: static[int], T](a: Matrix[M,N,T], b: Matrix[M,N,T]) = discard let a = zeros64(2,2) bar(a,a) # https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/5643 # # The test case was failing here, because the compiler failed to # detect the two matrix instantiations as the same type. # # The root cause was that the `T` type variable is a different # type after the first Matrix type has been matched. # # Sigmatch was failing to match the second version of `T`, but # due to some complex interplay between tyOr, tyTypeDesc and # tyGenericParam this was allowed to went through. The generic # instantiation of the second matrix was incomplete and the # generic cache lookup failed, producing two separate types.