Add hidden __tag for union variables.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/types.c b/src/types.c
index 82012258e..4001253f8 100644
--- a/src/types.c
+++ b/src/types.c
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ typedef struct TypeRecord {
 	// Entity_TypeName - union
 	Entity **variants;
 	i32      variant_count;
+	Entity * union__tag;
+
 
 	i64 *    offsets;
 	bool     are_offsets_set;
@@ -1415,6 +1417,15 @@ Selection lookup_field_with_selection(gbAllocator a, Type *type_, String field_n
 				sel.index.count = prev_count;
 			}
 		}
+		if (type->Record.kind == TypeRecord_Union) {
+			if (str_eq(field_name, str_lit("__tag"))) {
+				Entity *e = type->Record.union__tag;
+				GB_ASSERT(e != NULL);
+				selection_add_index(&sel, -1); // HACK(bill): Leaky memory
+				sel.entity = e;
+				return sel;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return sel;