it works if you change the template: template test_template*() = echo formatFloat((1.0/3.0), precision=3) Run
See [https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#templates-limitations-of-the-method-call-syntax](https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#templates-limitations-of-the-method-call-syntax) and [https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#generics-symbol-lookup-in-generics](https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#generics-symbol-lookup-in-generics)