int => string

Author: timotheecour

compiler/semmagic.nim

@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ proc evalTypeTrait(c: PContext; traitCall: PNode, operand: PType, context: PSym)
     if arg.kind in NumberLikeTypes:
       # needed otherwise we could get different ids, see tests
       arg = getSysType(c.graph, traitCall[1].info, arg.kind)
-    result = newIntNode(nkIntLit, arg.id)
+    result = newStrNode(nkStrLit, $arg.id)
       # `id` better than cast[int](arg) so that it's reproducible across compiles
-    result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, traitCall[1].info, tyInt)
+    result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, traitCall[1].info, tyString)
     result.info = traitCall.info
   of "genericHead":
     var arg = operand

lib/pure/typetraits.nim

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ export system.`$` # for backward compatibility
 
 include "system/inclrtl"
 
-proc getTypeid*(t: typedesc): int {.magic: "TypeTrait", since: (1, 1).} =
-  ## returns a unique id representing a type; the id is stable across
+proc getTypeid*(t: typedesc): string {.magic: "TypeTrait", since: (1, 1).} =
+  ## returns a unique string id representing a type; the id is stable across
   ## recompilations of the same program, but may differ if the program source
   ## changes.
   runnableExamples: