From d89ed548f7c346dab1328fa87c9eadf8b2c70a75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:09:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #13698 [backport:1.2]

---
 lib/system/memory.nim       | 4 ++--
 tests/misc/trangechecks.nim | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/system/memory.nim b/lib/system/memory.nim
index 8d190e5f9d61e..50faa3d862902 100644
--- a/lib/system/memory.nim
+++ b/lib/system/memory.nim
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ proc nimCmpMem*(a, b: pointer, size: Natural): cint {.compilerproc, nonReloadabl
       if d != 0: return d
       inc i
 
-proc nimCStrLen*(a: cstring): csize_t {.compilerproc, nonReloadable, inline.} =
+proc nimCStrLen*(a: cstring): int {.compilerproc, nonReloadable, inline.} =
   when useLibC:
-    c_strlen(a)
+    cast[int](c_strlen(a))
   else:
     var a = cast[ptr byte](a)
     while a[] != 0:
diff --git a/tests/misc/trangechecks.nim b/tests/misc/trangechecks.nim
index ac09e558c0561..e48b1272b1d4c 100644
--- a/tests/misc/trangechecks.nim
+++ b/tests/misc/trangechecks.nim
@@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ except OverflowDefect, RangeDefect:
   echo x
 
 echo expected == 4
+
+# bug #13698
+var
+  x45 = "hello".cstring
+  p = x45.len.int32