From ad880c45894a1146ccfd3d065b402c42be47d08e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maximusron <aaronjomyjoseph@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 16:47:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add canonical type interface for method args

---
 clingwrapper/src/clingwrapper.cxx | 8 ++++++++
 clingwrapper/src/cpp_cppyy.h      | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/clingwrapper/src/clingwrapper.cxx b/clingwrapper/src/clingwrapper.cxx
index b3c2f441..8c22066c 100644
--- a/clingwrapper/src/clingwrapper.cxx
+++ b/clingwrapper/src/clingwrapper.cxx
@@ -1395,6 +1395,14 @@ std::string Cppyy::GetMethodArgTypeAsString(TCppMethod_t method, TCppIndex_t iar
         Cpp::GetFunctionArgType(method, iarg));
 }
 
+std::string Cppyy::GetMethodArgCanonTypeAsString(TCppMethod_t method, TCppIndex_t iarg)
+{
+    return
+    Cpp::GetTypeAsString(
+        Cpp::GetCanonicalType(
+            Cpp::GetFunctionArgType(method, iarg)));
+}
+
 std::string Cppyy::GetMethodArgDefault(TCppMethod_t method, TCppIndex_t iarg)
 {
     if (!method)
diff --git a/clingwrapper/src/cpp_cppyy.h b/clingwrapper/src/cpp_cppyy.h
index 91504e3f..2af7e8d2 100644
--- a/clingwrapper/src/cpp_cppyy.h
+++ b/clingwrapper/src/cpp_cppyy.h
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ namespace Cppyy {
     RPY_EXPORTED
     std::string GetMethodArgTypeAsString(TCppMethod_t method, TCppIndex_t iarg);
     RPY_EXPORTED
+    std::string GetMethodArgCanonTypeAsString(TCppMethod_t method, TCppIndex_t iarg);
+    RPY_EXPORTED
     std::string GetMethodArgDefault(TCppMethod_t, TCppIndex_t iarg);
     RPY_EXPORTED
     std::string GetMethodSignature(TCppMethod_t, bool show_formal_args, TCppIndex_t max_args = (TCppIndex_t)-1);