bits not exported, leading to failure with generic proc

[andreaferretti]

If I try to define the simple proc

import stint

proc id[N: static int](x: typedesc[StInt[N]]): StInt[N] = 1.stint(N)

let x = id(StInt[8])

I get the error

example.nim(5, 11) template/generic instantiation of `id` from here
../../.nimble/pkgs/stint-0.0.1/stint/private/datatypes.nim(167, 20) Error: undeclared identifier: 'bits'

(I am trying to make stint interop with emmy)

[mratsim]

That's strange, bits is a static int not a type. It's equivalent to N in array[N, T]

[jangko]

workaround:

import stint

proc id[N: static int](T: typedesc[StInt[N]]): T = 1.stint(N)

let x = id(StInt[8])

perhaps Nim compiler nerve system not wired properly around generic static param, but the typedesc nerve does.