From ba40dd4bbacd5d12d38706a0ab59d9a148aa8eca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JalonSolov <JalonSolov@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:32:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix single char types

---
 .../012_check_if_list_contains_a_value.go     | 20 -------------------
 struct.v                                      |  6 +++++-
 tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.go    | 17 ++++++++++++++++
 tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.vv    | 14 +++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 idioms/012_check_if_list_contains_a_value/012_check_if_list_contains_a_value.go
 create mode 100644 tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.go
 create mode 100644 tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.vv

diff --git a/idioms/012_check_if_list_contains_a_value/012_check_if_list_contains_a_value.go b/idioms/012_check_if_list_contains_a_value/012_check_if_list_contains_a_value.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 00e0f61..0000000
--- a/idioms/012_check_if_list_contains_a_value/012_check_if_list_contains_a_value.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import "fmt"
-
-func Contains(list []T, x T) bool {
-	for _, item := range list {
-		if item == x {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-type T string
-
-func main() {
-	list := []T{"a", "b", "c"}
-	fmt.Println(Contains(list, "b"))
-	fmt.Println(Contains(list, "z"))
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/struct.v b/struct.v
index ba84852..20cec3e 100644
--- a/struct.v
+++ b/struct.v
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ fn (mut app App) type_decl(spec TypeSpec) {
 	// Remember the type name for the upcoming const (enum) handler if it's an enum
 	name := spec.name.name
 	// V requires type aliases to start with a capital letter
-	v_name := name.capitalize()
+	mut v_name := name.capitalize()
+	// If only 1 char in name, double it
+	if v_name.len == 1 {
+		v_name += v_name
+	}
 	// Store alias info
 	app.struct_or_alias << name
 	app.struct_or_alias << v_name
diff --git a/tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.go b/tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..587c68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+)
+
+type T string
+
+func pickT(x []T) T {
+	return x[rand.Intn(len(x))]
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var list = []T{"bleen", "fuligin", "garrow", "grue", "hooloovoo"}
+	fmt.Println(pickT(list))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.vv b/tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f89a181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/single_char_type/single_char_type.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module main
+
+import rand
+
+type TT = string
+
+fn pick_t(x []TT) TT {
+	return x[rand.intn(x.len)]
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	mut list := ['bleen', 'fuligin', 'garrow', 'grue', 'hooloovoo']
+	println(pick_t(list))
+}