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diff --git a/source/slang/lower-to-ir.cpp b/source/slang/lower-to-ir.cpp
index be91b9d3d..2672c5698 100644
--- a/source/slang/lower-to-ir.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/lower-to-ir.cpp
@@ -2311,8 +2311,11 @@ struct DeclLoweringVisitor : DeclVisitor<DeclLoweringVisitor, LoweredValInfo>
ensureDecl(context, inheritanceDecl);
}
- // For now, we don't have an IR-level representation
- // for the type itself.
+ // TODO: we currently store a Decl* in the witness table, which causes this function
+ // being invoked to translate the witness table entry into an IRValue.
+ // We should really allow a witness table entry to represent a type and not having to
+ // construct the type here. The current implementation will not work when the struct type
+ // is defined in a generic parent (we lose the environmental substitutions).
return LoweredValInfo::simple(context->irBuilder->getTypeVal(DeclRefType::Create(context->getSession(),
DeclRef<Decl>(decl, nullptr))));
}