From 9ae8cc357f55ffe21bc856847d9fdb8f202ac5bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Pena <felipensp@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 15:58:03 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] checker: fix option ptr field assign checking (fix #23879)
 (#23880)

---
 vlib/v/checker/struct.v                      |  3 +-
 vlib/v/tests/options/option_ptr_field_test.v | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 vlib/v/tests/options/option_ptr_field_test.v

diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/struct.v b/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
index 645103c566..0593a593ca 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
@@ -713,8 +713,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) struct_init(mut node ast.StructInit, is_field_zero_struct_ini
 				if got_type.has_flag(.result) {
 					c.check_expr_option_or_result_call(init_field.expr, init_field.typ)
 				}
-				if exp_type_is_option && got_type.is_ptr() && !(exp_type.is_ptr()
-					&& exp_type_sym.kind == .struct) {
+				if exp_type_is_option && got_type.is_ptr() && !exp_type.is_ptr() {
 					c.error('cannot assign a pointer to option struct field', init_field.pos)
 				}
 				if exp_type_sym.kind == .voidptr && got_type_sym.kind == .struct
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/options/option_ptr_field_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/options/option_ptr_field_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4716d45a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/options/option_ptr_field_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+module main
+
+@[heap]
+interface IGameObject {
+mut:
+	name   string
+	parent ?&IGameObject
+}
+
+@[heap]
+struct GameObject implements IGameObject {
+mut:
+	name   string
+	parent ?&IGameObject
+}
+
+struct Ship implements IGameObject {
+	GameObject
+	speed f32
+}
+
+fn test_main() {
+	mut world := &GameObject{
+		name: 'world'
+	}
+	mut ship := &Ship{
+		name:   'ship'
+		parent: world
+	}
+	assert '${ship}' == "&Ship{
+    GameObject: GameObject{
+        name: 'ship'
+        parent: &Option(IGameObject(GameObject{
+            name: 'world'
+            parent: &Option(none)
+        }))
+    }
+    speed: 0.0
+}"
+}