"No function overload function" when user-defined scalar used as function parameter

[hbriese]

Code The code causing the error.

e.greet(e.cast(e.Name, 'greg'));

Schema

module default {
  scalar type Name extending str {}

  function greet(name: Name) -> str using (
    "Hello, " ++ name ++ "!"
  );
}

Generated EdgeQL

Exception thrown

Error or desired behavior

No function overload found for 'e.default.greet()' with args: Element: default::Name (One)

Versions (please complete the following information):

• OS:
• EdgeDB version (e.g. 2.0): 4.5+28216a1"
• EdgeDB CLI version (e.g. 2.0): 4.1.0+03ae624
• edgedb-js version (e.g. 0.20.10;): 1.4.1
• @edgedb/generate version (e.g. 0.0.7;): 0.4.1
• TypeScript version: 5.3.3
• Node/Deno version: 20.9.0

[hbriese]

The workaround is to accept a primative as the type param e.g. str and cast it to the desired type in the function