Enabled optional types of zero bit types with no LLVM DI type. (#1110)

* Zero bit optional types do not need a LLVM DI type

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/analyze.cpp b/src/analyze.cpp
index 0aa5ea5dcb..cbeac7bc21 100644
--- a/src/analyze.cpp
+++ b/src/analyze.cpp
@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@ TypeTableEntry *get_maybe_type(CodeGen *g, TypeTableEntry *child_type) {
 
         TypeTableEntry *entry = new_type_table_entry(TypeTableEntryIdOptional);
         assert(child_type->type_ref || child_type->zero_bits);
-        assert(child_type->di_type);
         entry->is_copyable = type_is_copyable(g, child_type);
 
         buf_resize(&entry->name, 0);
@@ -532,12 +531,14 @@ TypeTableEntry *get_maybe_type(CodeGen *g, TypeTableEntry *child_type) {
             entry->type_ref = LLVMInt1Type();
             entry->di_type = g->builtin_types.entry_bool->di_type;
         } else if (type_is_codegen_pointer(child_type)) {
+            assert(child_type->di_type);
             // this is an optimization but also is necessary for calling C
             // functions where all pointers are maybe pointers
             // function types are technically pointers
             entry->type_ref = child_type->type_ref;
             entry->di_type = child_type->di_type;
         } else {
+            assert(child_type->di_type);
             // create a struct with a boolean whether this is the null value
             LLVMTypeRef elem_types[] = {
                 child_type->type_ref,
diff --git a/test/cases/null.zig b/test/cases/null.zig
index cdcfd23efb..d2a9aaed55 100644
--- a/test/cases/null.zig
+++ b/test/cases/null.zig
@@ -143,3 +143,14 @@ test "null with default unwrap" {
     const x: i32 = null orelse 1;
     assert(x == 1);
 }
+
+test "optional types" {
+    comptime {
+        const opt_type_struct = StructWithOptionalType { .t=u8, };
+        assert(opt_type_struct.t != null and opt_type_struct.t.? == u8);
+    }
+}
+
+const StructWithOptionalType = struct {
+    t: ?type,
+};