From 16f5f45d5f6b511508c6b42dbcb2589fd1fef69b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CreeperFace <165158232+dy-tea@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:27:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] cgen: correct T{} init for []Type aliases (fix #25962)
 (#25963)

---
 vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v                           |  2 +-
 vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value.v      | 11 +++++++++++
 vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value_test.v | 11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value.v
 create mode 100644 vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value_test.v

diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
index b654f94f6..a4db3765b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) struct_init(node ast.StructInit) {
 			g.write(g.type_default_sumtype(unwrapped_typ, sym))
 		}
 		return
-	} else if sym.kind == .map {
+	} else if sym.kind == .map || (sym.kind == .array && node.init_fields.len == 0) {
 		g.write(g.type_default(unwrapped_typ))
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value.v b/vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c128bfb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value.v
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module value
+
+pub interface Value {
+	str() string
+}
+
+pub type List = []Value
+
+pub fn (x List) str() string {
+	return x.str()
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..547383c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/aliases/modules/value/value_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module value
+
+fn test_list() {
+	mut list := make_list()!
+	assert (list as List).len == 0
+}
+
+fn make_list() !Value {
+	mut list := List{}
+	return list
+}
-- 
2.39.5