From 55636a2913d0b0dec6b24568cb6baef43a9220c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ringabout <43030857+ringabout@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 23:10:14 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #14255; Crash in compiler when using `system.any` by
 accident. (#21562)

fixes #14255; Crash in compiler when using system.any by accident.
---
 compiler/semexprs.nim | 2 +-
 tests/arc/t20588.nim  | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index f74a72692bad5..d3c96ce3c42f1 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ proc semConv(c: PContext, n: PNode; expectedType: PType = nil): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkConv, n.info)
 
   var targetType = semTypeNode(c, n[0], nil)
-  case targetType.kind
+  case targetType.skipTypes({tyDistinct}).kind
   of tyTypeDesc:
     internalAssert c.config, targetType.len > 0
     if targetType.base.kind == tyNone:
diff --git a/tests/arc/t20588.nim b/tests/arc/t20588.nim
index d747c656d369d..008bd1dcd3b32 100644
--- a/tests/arc/t20588.nim
+++ b/tests/arc/t20588.nim
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ discard """
 t20588.nim(20, 12) Error: illegal type conversion to 'auto'
 t20588.nim(21, 14) Error: illegal type conversion to 'typed'
 t20588.nim(22, 16) Error: illegal type conversion to 'untyped'
+t20588.nim(24, 7) Error: illegal type conversion to 'any'
 '''
 """
 
@@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ t20588.nim(22, 16) Error: illegal type conversion to 'untyped'
 
 
 
-
 discard 0.0.auto
 discard typed("abc")
 discard untyped(4)
+var a = newSeq[bool](1000)
+if any(a):
+  echo "ok?"
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