ability to have struct to have a field which is slice of itself

closes #197

2 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/cases/struct_contains_slice_of_itself.zig b/test/cases/struct_contains_slice_of_itself.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24b5c92116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/struct_contains_slice_of_itself.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+const assert = @import("std").debug.assert;
+
+struct Node {
+    payload: i32,
+    children: []Node,
+}
+
+#attribute("test")
+fn structContainsSliceOfItself() {
+    var nodes = []Node {
+        Node {
+            .payload = 1,
+            .children = []Node{},
+        },
+        Node {
+            .payload = 2,
+            .children = []Node{},
+        },
+        Node {
+            .payload = 3,
+            .children = []Node{
+                Node {
+                    .payload = 31,
+                    .children = []Node{},
+                },
+                Node {
+                    .payload = 32,
+                    .children = []Node{},
+                },
+            },
+        },
+    };
+    const root = Node {
+        .payload = 1234,
+        .children = nodes[0...],
+    };
+    assert(root.payload == 1234);
+    assert(root.children[0].payload == 1);
+    assert(root.children[1].payload == 2);
+    assert(root.children[2].payload == 3);
+    assert(root.children[2].children[0].payload == 31);
+    assert(root.children[2].children[1].payload == 32);
+}
diff --git a/test/self_hosted.zig b/test/self_hosted.zig
index 80920758a4..62be85c64f 100644
--- a/test/self_hosted.zig
+++ b/test/self_hosted.zig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const test_const_slice_child = @import("cases/const_slice_child.zig");
 const test_switch_prong_implicit_cast = @import("cases/switch_prong_implicit_cast.zig");
 const test_switch_prong_err_enum = @import("cases/switch_prong_err_enum.zig");
 const test_enum_with_members = @import("cases/enum_with_members.zig");
+const test_struct_contains_slice_of_itself = @import("cases/struct_contains_slice_of_itself.zig");
 
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