From 86847689442589595adcef24fc217dd5301faf90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meghan Denny <hello@nektro.net>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 16:10:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] better support for printing through optionals

---
 src/lib.zig | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index b0d54ce4997f4658a8a58b3690d7a3fb286d4c7c..4aeed22acda29b33f56d062de2e87b5d2367bd9a 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ pub const DoOptions = struct {
 fn search(comptime args: []const string, ctx: anytype) FieldSearch(@TypeOf(ctx), args) {
     if (args.len == 0) return ctx;
     if (args[0][0] == '"') return std.mem.trim(u8, args[0], "\"");
+    if (@typeInfo(@TypeOf(ctx)) == .Optional) return search(args, ctx.?);
     const f = @field(ctx, args[0]);
     if (args.len == 1) return f;
     return search(args[1..], f);
@@ -226,6 +227,10 @@ fn Field(comptime T: type, comptime field_name: string) type {
     if (std.meta.trait.isIndexable(T) and std.mem.eql(u8, field_name, "len")) {
         return usize;
     }
+    switch (@typeInfo(T)) {
+        .Optional => |info| return Field(info.child, field_name),
+        else => {},
+    }
     for (std.meta.fields(T)) |fld| {
         if (std.mem.eql(u8, fld.name, field_name)) {
             return fld.type;
-- 
2.54.0