From dde3189e66934abf63964e98105402a773026a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ned Palacios <7358345+nedpals@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:58:30 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] checker: avoid get_type_symbol panic inside array_init
 (#9800)

---
 vlib/v/checker/checker.v | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 6f3da5837f..12156971b6 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -3298,12 +3298,16 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) array_init(mut array_init ast.ArrayInit) ast.Type {
 		if array_init.has_len {
 			c.ensure_sumtype_array_has_default_value(array_init)
 		}
-		c.ensure_type_exists(array_init.elem_type, array_init.elem_type_pos) or {}
+		if array_init.elem_type != 0 {
+			c.ensure_type_exists(array_init.elem_type, array_init.elem_type_pos) or {}
+		}
 		return array_init.typ
 	}
 	if array_init.is_fixed {
 		c.ensure_sumtype_array_has_default_value(array_init)
-		c.ensure_type_exists(array_init.elem_type, array_init.elem_type_pos) or {}
+		if array_init.elem_type != 0 {
+			c.ensure_type_exists(array_init.elem_type, array_init.elem_type_pos) or {}
+		}
 	}
 	// a = []
 	if array_init.exprs.len == 0 {