[Bug]: invalid remote method call: expected a client object, but found 'ballerina/http:2.12.0:Client'

[Shadow-Devil]

Description

Following code throws an error: invalid remote method call: expected a client object, but found 'ballerina/http:2.12.0:Client'(BCE2421)
Even though this code works fine:

import ballerina/http;

http:Client callClient = check new ("localhost:8080");

function main() {
    json resp = check callClient->get("");
}

Steps to Reproduce

import ballerina/http;

var callClient = check new http:Client("localhost:8080");

function main() {
    json resp = check callClient->get("");
}

Affected Version(s)

2201.10.0

OS, DB, other environment details and versions

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Related area

-> Compilation

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[MaryamZi]

Previously reported in #29432.

[Shadow-Devil]

sorry, I somehow overlooked the original issue

[MaryamZi]

sorry, I somehow overlooked the original issue

That's okay. It was closed too, because it was deferred at the time. We can keep this issue open.