fixed bug that kept tls emulation from working

compiler/semfold.nim

@@ -413,10 +413,10 @@ proc getConstExpr(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
           LocalError(a.info, errCannotEvalXBecauseIncompletelyDefined, 
                      "sizeof")
           result = nil
-        elif a.typ.kind in {tyArray, tyObject, tyTuple}: 
-          result = nil        
+        elif skipTypes(a.typ, abstractInst).kind in {tyArray,tyObject,tyTuple}:
+          result = nil
           # XXX: size computation for complex types is still wrong
-        else: 
+        else:
           result = newIntNodeT(getSize(a.typ), n)
       of mLow: 
         result = newIntNodeT(firstOrd(n.sons[1].typ), n)

lib/system/threads.nim

@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ proc createThread*[TArg](t: var TThread[TArg],
     if t.sys <= 0:
       raise newException(EResourceExhausted, "cannot create thread")
   else:
-    var a: Tpthread_attr
+    var a {.noinit.}: Tpthread_attr
     pthread_attr_init(a)
     pthread_attr_setstacksize(a, ThreadStackSize)
     if pthread_create(t.sys, a, threadProcWrapper[TArg], addr(t)) != 0:
@@ -363,9 +363,10 @@ proc myThreadId*[TArg](): TThreadId[TArg] =
   ## returns the thread ID of the thread that calls this proc.
   result = cast[TThreadId[TArg]](ThreadVarGetValue(globalsSlot))
 
-proc mainThreadId*[TArg](): TThreadId[TArg] =
-  ## returns the thread ID of the main thread.
-  result = cast[TThreadId[TArg]](addr(mainThread))
+when false:
+  proc mainThreadId*[TArg](): TThreadId[TArg] =
+    ## returns the thread ID of the main thread.
+    result = cast[TThreadId[TArg]](addr(mainThread))
 
 when useStackMaskHack:
   proc runMain(tp: proc () {.thread.}) {.compilerproc.} =

tests/specials.nim

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ proc runThreadTests(r: var TResults, options: string) =
     runSingleTest(r, "tests/threads" / filename, options & " -tlsEmulation:on")
   
   test "tactors"
-  #test "threadex"
+  test "threadex"
   #test "threadring"
   #test "tthreadanalysis"
   #test "tthreadsort"

tests/threads/threadex.nim

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 discard """
-  output: ""
+  outputsub: "All rights reserved."
 """
 
 type
@@ -7,39 +7,38 @@ type
     mLine, mEof
   TMsg = object {.pure, final.}
     case k: TMsgKind
-    of mEof: backTo: TThreadId[int]
+    of mEof: nil
     of mLine: data: string
 
 var
-  consumer: TThread[TMsg]
+  producer, consumer: TThread[void]
+  chan: TChannel[TMsg]
   printedLines = 0
 
 proc consume() {.thread.} =
   while true:
-    var x = recv[TMsg]()
-    if x.k == mEof: 
-      x.backTo.send(printedLines)
-      break
+    var x = recv(chan)
+    if x.k == mEof: break
     echo x.data
     atomicInc(printedLines)
 
-proc produce() =
+proc produce() {.thread.} =
   var m: TMsg
   var input = open("readme.txt")
   while not endOfFile(input):
-    if consumer.ready:
+    if chan.ready:
       m.data = input.readLine()
-      consumer.send(m)
+      chan.send(m)
   close(input)
   m.k = mEof
-  m.backTo = mainThreadId[int]()
-  consumer.send(m)
-  var result = recv[int]()
-  echo result
+  chan.send(m)
   
-createThread(consumer, consume)
-produce()
+open(chan)
+createThread[void](consumer, consume)
+createThread[void](producer, produce)
 joinThread(consumer)
+joinThread(producer)
 
+close(chan)
 echo printedLines
 

todo.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 version 0.8.14
 ==============
 
-- fix thread tests
 - deprecate endOfFile and readline
 
 version 0.9.0
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ version 0.9.0
 - change how comments are part of the AST
 - optional indentation for 'case' statement; hm, keep in mind other syntax
   changes that people want; may turn out to be a bad idea
+- activate more thread tests
 
 
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