From 2915f65d15c42b07b6b64c4b7fca65f4b994cd62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daylin Morgan <me@dayl.in>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:17:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add note about bug

---
 src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim b/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
index 5a2a212..2206ac1 100644
--- a/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
+++ b/src/hwylterm/hwylcli.nim
@@ -800,6 +800,12 @@ func flagToTuple(c: CliCfg, f: CliFlag | BuiltinFlag): NimNode =
         newLit""
       else:
         f.defaultVal or newLit""
+
+  # BUG: if f.defaultVal is @[] `$` fails
+  # but works with `newSeq[T]()`
+  # could replace "defaultVal" with newSeq[T]()
+  # under the hood when parsing type/val
+
   quote do:
     (`short`, `long`, `help`, bbEscape($`defaultVal`))