From b83739b4304b1cde05ad7470dd5faa1341cffb2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek Sieka <jacek@status.im>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:19:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow serializing distinct arrays (#97)

A complement to
https://github.com/status-im/nim-json-serialization/pull/93
---
 json_serialization/writer.nim | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/json_serialization/writer.nim b/json_serialization/writer.nim
index 4606287..522a5bf 100644
--- a/json_serialization/writer.nim
+++ b/json_serialization/writer.nim
@@ -365,8 +365,12 @@ proc writeValue*(w: var JsonWriter, value: auto) {.gcsafe, raises: [IOError].} =
     #      to avoid the allocation here:
     append $value
 
-  elif value is (seq or array or openArray):
-    w.writeArray(value)
+  elif value is (seq or array or openArray) or
+      (value is distinct and distinctBase(value) is (seq or array or openArray)):
+    when value is distinct:
+      w.writeArray(distinctBase value)
+    else:
+      w.writeArray(value)
 
   elif value is (distinct or object or tuple):
     mixin flavorUsesAutomaticObjectSerialization