Fix name canonicalization for doc writer

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/name_canonicalization.cpp b/src/name_canonicalization.cpp
index 5d311068f..a80dc1996 100644
--- a/src/name_canonicalization.cpp
+++ b/src/name_canonicalization.cpp
@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ write_base_name:
 	return;
 }
 
+gb_internal bool is_in_doc_writer(void);
+
 // NOTE(bill): This exists so that we deterministically hash a type by serializing it to a canonical string
 gb_internal void write_type_to_canonical_string(TypeWriter *w, Type *type) {
 	if (type == nullptr) {
@@ -719,7 +721,13 @@ gb_internal void write_type_to_canonical_string(TypeWriter *w, Type *type) {
 		return;
 
 	case Type_Generic:
-		GB_PANIC("Type_Generic should never be hit");
+		if (is_in_doc_writer()) {
+			type_writer_appendc(w, "$");
+			type_writer_append(w, type->Generic.name.text, type->Generic.name.len);
+			type_writer_append_fmt(w, "%lld", cast(long long)type->Generic.id);
+		} else {
+			GB_PANIC("Type_Generic should never be hit");
+		}
 		return;
 
 	case Type_Named: