Generic converter doesn't work

[endragor]

Not sure if it's expected to work, but here is the sample:

type
  EnumContainer[T: enum] = object
    val: T

  MyEnum = enum
    meEnumValue

converter fromEnum[T: enum](t: T): EnumContainer[T] =
  result = EnumContainer(val: t)

let cont: EnumContainer[MyEnum] = meEnumValue
# Error: type mismatch: got (MyEnum) but expected 'EnumContainer[MyEnum]'

[Araq]

There is some support for generic converters but it's nasty. ;-)

@Araq, code from @endragor post doesn't work, but it works if you change "result = EnumContainer(val: t)" to "result = EnumContainer[T](val: t)"

type
  EnumContainer[T: enum] = object
    val: T

  MyEnum = enum
    meEnumValue

converter fromEnum[T: enum](t: T): EnumContainer[T] =
  result = EnumContainer[T](val: t)

let cont: EnumContainer[MyEnum] = meEnumValue
echo cont # (val: meEnumValue)

[narimiran]

The original example now raises "Error: object constructor needs an object type", which IMO is quite clear, and it makes it obvious that @Yardanico's fix is what is needed.

Close?

[Araq]

I agree with narimiran.