get type from correct scope

[sbfnk]

Fixes #222

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Merging #223 (b41f840) into master (ae816a7) will not change coverage.
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[Bisaloo]

Thanks! This fixed my use case. Shouldn't quantiles get the same treatment though (even though it's less likely to already have a column named quantiles in a sample based format)?

[sbfnk]

yes, good point

[Bisaloo]

Looks good! We just need to add regression tests for this. I can do it if you'd like.

[sbfnk]

That would be great, thanks.

[seabbs]

LGTM. It would be good to update the news with this fix and a link to this PR at the same time.

[Bisaloo]

I'll let Nikos write the NEWS entry since I'm not sure if we're in time to make it into 1.0.0.