macros.PNimrodNode is now NimNode

compiler/condsyms.nim

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ proc initDefines*() =
   defineSymbol("nimparsebiggestfloatmagic")
   defineSymbol("nimalias")
   defineSymbol("nimlocks")
+  defineSymbol("nimnode")
   
   # add platform specific symbols:
   for c in low(CPU)..high(CPU):

compiler/semexprs.nim

@@ -1512,7 +1512,9 @@ proc semExpandToAst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
   # Preserve the magic symbol in order to be handled in evals.nim
   internalAssert n.sons[0].sym.magic == mExpandToAst
-  n.typ = getSysSym("PNimrodNode").typ # expandedSym.getReturnType
+  #n.typ = getSysSym("PNimrodNode").typ # expandedSym.getReturnType
+  n.typ = if getCompilerProc("NimNode") != nil: sysTypeFromName"NimNode"
+          else: sysTypeFromName"PNimrodNode"
   result = n
 
 proc semExpandToAst(c: PContext, n: PNode, magicSym: PSym,

compiler/semtypes.nim

@@ -672,8 +672,9 @@ proc addParamOrResult(c: PContext, param: PSym, kind: TSymKind) =
     elif param.typ.kind == tyTypeDesc:
       addDecl(c, param)
     else:
-      # within a macro, every param has the type PNimrodNode!
-      let nn = getSysSym"PNimrodNode"
+      # within a macro, every param has the type NimNode!
+      let nn = if getCompilerProc("NimNode") != nil: getSysSym"NimNode"
+               else: getSysSym"PNimrodNode"
       var a = copySym(param)
       a.typ = nn.typ
       addDecl(c, a)

compiler/vm.nim

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ proc moveConst(x: var TFullReg, y: TFullReg) =
   of rkNodeAddr: x.nodeAddr = y.nodeAddr
 
 # this seems to be the best way to model the reference semantics
-# of PNimrodNode:
+# of system.NimNode:
 template asgnRef(x, y: expr) = moveConst(x, y)
 
 proc copyValue(src: PNode): PNode =

compiler/vmgen.nim

@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ proc genGlobalInit(c: PCtx; n: PNode; s: PSym) =
   s.position = c.globals.len
   # This is rather hard to support, due to the laziness of the VM code
   # generator. See tests/compile/tmacro2 for why this is necessary:
-  #   var decls{.compileTime.}: seq[PNimrodNode] = @[]
+  #   var decls{.compileTime.}: seq[NimNode] = @[]
   let dest = c.getTemp(s.typ)
   c.gABx(n, opcLdGlobal, dest, s.position)
   let tmp = c.genx(s.ast)

doc/astspec.txt

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 The AST in Nim
 =================
 This section describes how the AST is modelled with Nim's type system.
-The AST consists of nodes (``PNimrodNode``) with a variable number of
+The AST consists of nodes (``NimNode``) with a variable number of
 children. Each node has a field named ``kind`` which describes what the node
 contains:
 
 .. code-block:: nim
 
   type
-    TNimrodNodeKind = enum ## kind of a node; only explanatory
+    NimNodeKind = enum     ## kind of a node; only explanatory
       nnkNone,             ## invalid node kind
       nnkEmpty,            ## empty node
       nnkIdent,            ## node contains an identifier
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ contains:
       nnkCaseStmt,         ## node represents a case statement
       ...                  ## many more
 
-    PNimrodNode = ref TNimrodNode
-    TNimrodNode {.final.} = object
-      case kind: TNimrodNodeKind       ## the node's kind
+    NimNode = ref NimNodeObj
+    NimNodeObj = object
+      case kind: NimNodeKind           ## the node's kind
       of nnkNone, nnkEmpty, nnkNilLit:
-        nil                            ## node contains no additional fields
+        discard                        ## node contains no additional fields
       of nnkCharLit..nnkInt64Lit:
         intVal: biggestInt             ## the int literal
       of nnkFloatLit..nnkFloat64Lit:
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ contains:
       of nnkStrLit..nnkTripleStrLit:
         strVal: string                 ## the string literal
       of nnkIdent:
-        ident: TNimrodIdent            ## the identifier
+        ident: NimIdent                ## the identifier
       of nnkSym:
-        symbol: PNimrodSymbol          ## the symbol (after symbol lookup phase)
+        symbol: NimSymbol              ## the symbol (after symbol lookup phase)
       else:
-        sons: seq[PNimrodNode]         ## the node's sons (or children)
+        sons: seq[NimNode]             ## the node's sons (or children)
 
-For the ``PNimrodNode`` type, the ``[]`` operator has been overloaded:
+For the ``NimNode`` type, the ``[]`` operator has been overloaded:
 ``n[i]`` is ``n``'s ``i``-th child.
 
 To specify the AST for the different Nim constructs, the notation
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ Nim expression                   corresponding AST
 -----------------                ---------------------------------------------
 
 Identifiers are ``nnkIdent`` nodes. After the name lookup pass these nodes
-get transferred into ``nnkSym`` nodes. However, a macro receives an AST that
-has not been checked for semantics and thus the identifiers have not been
-looked up. Macros should deal with ``nnkIdent`` nodes and do not need to deal
-with ``nnkSym`` nodes.
+get transferred into ``nnkSym`` nodes.
 
 
 Calls/expressions
@@ -171,13 +168,13 @@ AST:
           nnkStrLit("hallo"))
 
 
-Dereference operator ``^``
---------------------------
+Dereference operator ``[]``
+---------------------------
 
 Concrete syntax:
 
 .. code-block:: nim
-  x^
+  x[]
 
 AST:
 
@@ -573,4 +570,3 @@ Other node kinds are especially designed to make AST manipulations easier.
 These are explained here. 
 
 To be written.
-

lib/core/macros.nim

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include "system/inclrtl"
 ## .. include:: ../doc/astspec.txt
 
 type
-  TNimrodNodeKind* = enum
+  NimNodeKind* = enum
     nnkNone, nnkEmpty, nnkIdent, nnkSym,
     nnkType, nnkCharLit, nnkIntLit, nnkInt8Lit,
     nnkInt16Lit, nnkInt32Lit, nnkInt64Lit, nnkUIntLit, nnkUInt8Lit,
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ type
     nnkEnumFieldDef,
     nnkArglist, nnkPattern
     nnkReturnToken
-  TNimNodeKinds* = set[TNimrodNodeKind]
-  TNimrodTypeKind* = enum
+  NimNodeKinds* = set[NimNodeKind]
+  NimTypeKind* = enum
     ntyNone, ntyBool, ntyChar, ntyEmpty,
     ntyArrayConstr, ntyNil, ntyExpr, ntyStmt,
     ntyTypeDesc, ntyGenericInvocation, ntyGenericBody, ntyGenericInst,
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ type
     ntyString, ntyCString, ntyForward, ntyInt,
     ntyInt8, ntyInt16, ntyInt32, ntyInt64,
     ntyFloat, ntyFloat32, ntyFloat64, ntyFloat128
-  TNimTypeKinds* = set[TNimrodTypeKind]
-  TNimrodSymKind* = enum
+  TNimTypeKinds* {.deprecated.} = set[NimTypeKind]
+  NimSymKind* = enum
     nskUnknown, nskConditional, nskDynLib, nskParam,
     nskGenericParam, nskTemp, nskModule, nskType, nskVar, nskLet,
     nskConst, nskResult,
@@ -94,17 +94,21 @@ type
     nskEnumField, nskForVar, nskLabel,
     nskStub
 
-  TNimSymKinds* = set[TNimrodSymKind]
+  TNimSymKinds* {.deprecated.} = set[NimSymKind]
 
 type
-  TNimrodIdent* = object of RootObj
-    ## represents a Nimrod identifier in the AST
+  NimIdent* = object of RootObj
+    ## represents a Nim identifier in the AST
 
-  TNimrodSymbol {.final.} = object # hidden
-  PNimrodSymbol* {.compilerproc.} = ref TNimrodSymbol
-    ## represents a Nimrod *symbol* in the compiler; a *symbol* is a looked-up
+  NimSymObj {.final.} = object # hidden
+  NimSym* = ref NimSymObj
+    ## represents a Nim *symbol* in the compiler; a *symbol* is a looked-up
     ## *ident*.
 
+{.deprecated: [TNimrodNodeKind: NimNodeKind, TNimNodeKinds: NimNodeKinds,
+    TNimrodTypeKind: NimTypeKind, TNimrodSymKind: NimSymKind,
+    TNimrodIdent: NimIdent, PNimrodSymbol: NimSym].}
+
 const
   nnkLiterals* = {nnkCharLit..nnkNilLit}
   nnkCallKinds* = {nnkCall, nnkInfix, nnkPrefix, nnkPostfix, nnkCommand,
@@ -117,16 +121,16 @@ proc `[]=`*(n: PNimrodNode, i: int, child: PNimrodNode) {.magic: "NSetChild",
   noSideEffect.}
   ## set `n`'s `i`'th child to `child`.
 
-proc `!`*(s: string): TNimrodIdent {.magic: "StrToIdent", noSideEffect.}
+proc `!`*(s: string): NimIdent {.magic: "StrToIdent", noSideEffect.}
   ## constructs an identifier from the string `s`
 
-proc `$`*(i: TNimrodIdent): string {.magic: "IdentToStr", noSideEffect.}
+proc `$`*(i: NimIdent): string {.magic: "IdentToStr", noSideEffect.}
   ## converts a Nimrod identifier to a string
 
-proc `$`*(s: PNimrodSymbol): string {.magic: "IdentToStr", noSideEffect.}
+proc `$`*(s: NimSym): string {.magic: "IdentToStr", noSideEffect.}
   ## converts a Nimrod symbol to a string
 
-proc `==`*(a, b: TNimrodIdent): bool {.magic: "EqIdent", noSideEffect.}
+proc `==`*(a, b: NimIdent): bool {.magic: "EqIdent", noSideEffect.}
   ## compares two Nimrod identifiers
 
 proc `==`*(a, b: PNimrodNode): bool {.magic: "EqNimrodNode", noSideEffect.}
@@ -153,15 +157,15 @@ proc kind*(n: PNimrodNode): TNimrodNodeKind {.magic: "NKind", noSideEffect.}
 
 proc intVal*(n: PNimrodNode): BiggestInt {.magic: "NIntVal", noSideEffect.}
 proc floatVal*(n: PNimrodNode): BiggestFloat {.magic: "NFloatVal", noSideEffect.}
-proc symbol*(n: PNimrodNode): PNimrodSymbol {.magic: "NSymbol", noSideEffect.}
-proc ident*(n: PNimrodNode): TNimrodIdent {.magic: "NIdent", noSideEffect.}
+proc symbol*(n: PNimrodNode): NimSym {.magic: "NSymbol", noSideEffect.}
+proc ident*(n: PNimrodNode): NimIdent {.magic: "NIdent", noSideEffect.}
 proc typ*(n: PNimrodNode): typedesc {.magic: "NGetType", noSideEffect.}
 proc strVal*(n: PNimrodNode): string  {.magic: "NStrVal", noSideEffect.}
 
 proc `intVal=`*(n: PNimrodNode, val: BiggestInt) {.magic: "NSetIntVal", noSideEffect.}
 proc `floatVal=`*(n: PNimrodNode, val: BiggestFloat) {.magic: "NSetFloatVal", noSideEffect.}
-proc `symbol=`*(n: PNimrodNode, val: PNimrodSymbol) {.magic: "NSetSymbol", noSideEffect.}
-proc `ident=`*(n: PNimrodNode, val: TNimrodIdent) {.magic: "NSetIdent", noSideEffect.}
+proc `symbol=`*(n: PNimrodNode, val: NimSym) {.magic: "NSetSymbol", noSideEffect.}
+proc `ident=`*(n: PNimrodNode, val: NimIdent) {.magic: "NSetIdent", noSideEffect.}
 #proc `typ=`*(n: PNimrodNode, typ: typedesc) {.magic: "NSetType".}
 # this is not sound! Unfortunately forbidding 'typ=' is not enough, as you
 # can easily do:
@@ -201,7 +205,7 @@ proc newFloatLitNode*(f: BiggestFloat): PNimrodNode {.compileTime.} =
   result = newNimNode(nnkFloatLit)
   result.floatVal = f
 
-proc newIdentNode*(i: TNimrodIdent): PNimrodNode {.compileTime.} =
+proc newIdentNode*(i: NimIdent): PNimrodNode {.compileTime.} =
   ## creates an identifier node from `i`
   result = newNimNode(nnkIdent)
   result.ident = i
@@ -339,7 +343,7 @@ proc newCall*(theProc: PNimrodNode,
   result.add(theProc)
   result.add(args)
 
-proc newCall*(theProc: TNimrodIdent,
+proc newCall*(theProc: NimIdent,
               args: varargs[PNimrodNode]): PNimrodNode {.compileTime.} =
   ## produces a new call node. `theProc` is the proc that is called with
   ## the arguments ``args[0..]``.
@@ -375,7 +379,7 @@ proc newLit*(s: string): PNimrodNode {.compileTime.} =
   result = newNimNode(nnkStrLit)
   result.strVal = s
 
-proc nestList*(theProc: TNimrodIdent,
+proc nestList*(theProc: NimIdent,
                x: PNimrodNode): PNimrodNode {.compileTime.} =
   ## nests the list `x` into a tree of call expressions:
   ## ``[a, b, c]`` is transformed into ``theProc(a, theProc(c, d))``.

lib/system.nim

@@ -3126,9 +3126,17 @@ proc shallow*(s: var string) {.noSideEffect, inline.} =
     s.reserved = s.reserved or seqShallowFlag
 
 type
-  TNimrodNode {.final.} = object
-  PNimrodNode* {.magic: "PNimrodNode".} = ref TNimrodNode
-    ## represents a Nim AST node. Macros operate on this type.
+  NimNodeObj = object
+
+when defined(nimnode):
+  type
+    NimNode* {.magic: "PNimrodNode".} = ref NimNodeObj
+      ## represents a Nim AST node. Macros operate on this type.
+  {.deprecated: [PNimrodNode: NimNode].}
+else:
+  type
+    PNimrodNode* {.magic: "PNimrodNode".} = ref NimNodeObj
+      ## represents a Nim AST node. Macros operate on this type.
 
 when false:
   template eval*(blk: stmt): stmt =

web/support.txt

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Commercial support includes:
 
 .. container:: standout
 
-  Features Requests
-  -----------------
+  Feature Requests
+  ----------------
 
   Suggest to us any feature that you might need, we will examine your request with
   care and provide a proper answer about its potential for inclusion.