From 2b86243e12fe45d75d84ba113944baa68cd6f789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Delyan Angelov <delian66@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 23:03:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cgen: fix generation of struct initialisers for structs with
 option fields, inside ternaries (fix #26476) (#26493)

---
 vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v                           |  6 ++-
 vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v                         |  4 +-
 ...it_inside_ternary_with_option_field_test.v | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 vlib/v/tests/structs/struct_init_inside_ternary_with_option_field_test.v

diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
index 715ba0bec..96a1f7719 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
@@ -2374,7 +2374,11 @@ fn (mut g Gen) expr_with_tmp_var(expr ast.Expr, expr_typ ast.Type, ret_typ ast.T
 		g.assign_op = assign_op
 	}
 	g.assign_op = .unknown
-	stmt_str := g.go_before_last_stmt().trim_space()
+	stmt_str := if g.inside_ternary > 0 {
+		g.go_before_ternary().trim_space()
+	} else {
+		g.go_before_last_stmt().trim_space()
+	}
 	mut styp := g.base_type(ret_typ)
 	g.empty_line = true
 	final_expr_sym := g.table.final_sym(expr_typ)
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
index 6252b0581..1b4c9bb7e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) struct_init(node ast.StructInit) {
 		is_update_tmp_var = true
 
 		tmp_update_var = g.new_tmp_var()
-		s := g.go_before_last_stmt()
+		s := if g.inside_ternary > 0 { g.go_before_ternary() } else { g.go_before_last_stmt() }
 		g.empty_line = true
 
 		styp := g.styp(node.update_expr_type)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) struct_init(node ast.StructInit) {
 		}
 	} else if node.typ.has_flag(.option) {
 		tmp_var := g.new_tmp_var()
-		s := g.go_before_last_stmt()
+		s := if g.inside_ternary > 0 { g.go_before_ternary() } else { g.go_before_last_stmt() }
 		g.empty_line = true
 
 		base_styp := g.styp(node.typ.clear_option_and_result())
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/structs/struct_init_inside_ternary_with_option_field_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/structs/struct_init_inside_ternary_with_option_field_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79991c3a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/structs/struct_init_inside_ternary_with_option_field_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+pub struct Color {
+pub mut:
+	r u8
+	g u8
+	b u8
+	a u8 = 255
+}
+
+pub const color_transparent = Color{0, 0, 0, 0}
+
+pub struct MarkdownStyle {
+pub:
+	table_row_alt ?Color
+}
+
+pub struct MarkdownCfg {
+pub:
+	id    string
+	style MarkdownStyle
+}
+
+struct AResult {
+	x int
+}
+
+struct App {
+	mode bool
+}
+
+fn (app App) method(params MarkdownCfg) AResult {
+	return AResult{123}
+}
+
+fn another_fn() AResult {
+	return AResult{456}
+}
+
+fn test_main() {
+	app := App{}
+	x := if app.mode {
+		[app.method(id: 'abc')]
+	} else {
+		[another_fn()]
+	}
+	assert x == [AResult{456}]
+}
-- 
2.39.5