cgen: handle auto deref var for index when the array element is an i…

…nterface or a sumtype (#21491)

vlib/v/gen/c/array.v

@@ -1146,10 +1146,13 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_array_index(node ast.CallExpr) {
 	}
 	g.expr(node.left)
 	g.write(', ')
-	if node.args[0].expr.is_auto_deref_var() {
+
+	elem_typ := g.table.sym(node.left_type).array_info().elem_type
+	// auto deref var is redundant for interfaces and sum types.
+	if node.args[0].expr.is_auto_deref_var()
+		&& g.table.sym(elem_typ).kind !in [.interface_, .sum_type] {
 		g.write('*')
 	}
-	elem_typ := g.table.sym(node.left_type).array_info().elem_type
 	if g.table.sym(elem_typ).kind in [.interface_, .sum_type] {
 		g.expr_with_cast(node.args[0].expr, node.args[0].typ, elem_typ)
 	} else {

vlib/v/tests/interface_arr_for_mut_iter_index_test.v

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+interface Ennemi {
+}
+
+struct Map {
+	ennemis []Ennemi
+}
+
+fn test_interface_arr_for_mut_iter_index() {
+	mut maap := Map{}
+
+	for mut ennemi in maap.ennemis {
+		assert maap.ennemis.index(ennemi) == 0
+	}
+}