From 47e75c68a9aa4b0af61759f4de5470fa8e7b3cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yuyi <yuyi98@163.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:04:58 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] cgen: fix json.encode of a struct containing a field of an
 alias type of another struct (#15490)

---
 vlib/json/json_test.v | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 vlib/v/gen/c/json.v   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vlib/json/json_test.v b/vlib/json/json_test.v
index 5ebb39a5b1..21ffd84234 100644
--- a/vlib/json/json_test.v
+++ b/vlib/json/json_test.v
@@ -488,3 +488,23 @@ struct StByteArray {
 fn test_byte_array() {
 	assert json.encode(StByteArray{ ba: [byte(1), 2, 3, 4, 5] }) == '{"ba":[1,2,3,4,5]}'
 }
+
+struct Aa {
+	sub SumType
+}
+
+struct Bb {
+	a int
+}
+
+type SumType = Bb
+
+fn test_encode_alias_field() {
+	s := json.encode(Aa{
+		sub: SumType(Bb{
+			a: 1
+		})
+	})
+	println(s)
+	assert s == '{"sub":{"a":1}}'
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/json.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/json.v
index 0d3178098e..485633a0b7 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/json.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/json.v
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_struct_enc_dec(type_info ast.TypeInfo, styp string, mut enc s
 					}
 					dec.writeln('\t}')
 				} else {
-					g.gen_json_for_type(field.typ)
+					g.gen_json_for_type(alias.parent_type)
 					tmp := g.new_tmp_var()
 					gen_js_get_opt(dec_name, field_type, styp, tmp, name, mut dec, is_required)
 					dec.writeln('\tif (jsonroot_$tmp) {')