codegen: Don't apply strict generic-type rules on simple/limited genericswip/limited-generics

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/codegen/valaccodebasemodule.vala b/codegen/valaccodebasemodule.vala
index 7b34ec7af..6b951a16f 100644
--- a/codegen/valaccodebasemodule.vala
+++ b/codegen/valaccodebasemodule.vala
@@ -4325,8 +4325,12 @@ public abstract class Vala.CCodeBaseModule : CodeGenerator {
 	}
 
 	bool is_limited_generic_type (GenericType type) {
-		var cl = type.type_parameter.parent_symbol as Class;
-		var st = type.type_parameter.parent_symbol as Struct;
+		return has_limited_generics (type.type_parameter.parent_symbol);
+	}
+
+	bool has_limited_generics (Symbol sym) {
+		unowned Class? cl = sym as Class;
+		unowned Struct? st = sym as Struct;
 		if ((cl != null && cl.is_compact) || st != null) {
 			// compact classes and structs only
 			// have very limited generics support
@@ -4660,6 +4664,8 @@ public abstract class Vala.CCodeBaseModule : CodeGenerator {
 		    || is_signed_integer_type_argument (type_arg)
 		    || is_unsigned_integer_type_argument (type_arg)) {
 			// no error
+		} else if (has_limited_generics (((DataType) type_arg.parent_node).data_type)) {
+			// no error
 		} else if (type_arg is DelegateType) {
 			var delegate_type = (DelegateType) type_arg;
 			if (delegate_type.delegate_symbol.has_target) {
diff --git a/tests/generics/parameter-sizeof-initializer.vala b/tests/generics/parameter-sizeof-initializer.vala
index 1dcc56e1a..0797d2449 100644
--- a/tests/generics/parameter-sizeof-initializer.vala
+++ b/tests/generics/parameter-sizeof-initializer.vala
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ void main () {
 		var garray = new GLib.Array<uint32> ();
 	}
 	{
+		var foo = new Foo<int64> (sizeof (int64));
+		foo.bar (8);
+	}
+	{
 		var foo = new Foo<uint32> (sizeof (uint32));
 		foo.bar (4);
 	}