typeName: amend return type to string literal

This was already the case, but the documentation failed to point out
that the returned value is of type `*const [N:0]u8`, i.e. that of a
string literal.

Also adds a behavioral test to assert that this is the case.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/behavior/bugs/3779.zig b/test/behavior/bugs/3779.zig
index 5423a6f265..2c92236e20 100644
--- a/test/behavior/bugs/3779.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/bugs/3779.zig
@@ -19,3 +19,13 @@ test "@errorName() returns a string literal" {
     try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("TestErrorCode", error_name);
     try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("TestErrorCode", ptr_error_name[0..error_name.len]);
 }
+
+const TestType = struct {};
+const type_name = @typeName(TestType);
+const ptr_type_name: [*:0]const u8 = type_name;
+
+test "@typeName() returns a string literal" {
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(*const [type_name.len:0]u8, @TypeOf(type_name));
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("TestType", type_name);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("TestType", ptr_type_name[0..type_name.len]);
+}