From 32a5d4baf0e4930dbb9da47b060784a948bc2bee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:53:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #1442

---
 compiler/types.nim      | 10 ++++++++--
 tests/misc/tstrange.nim | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compiler/types.nim b/compiler/types.nim
index 786eea14e7..7559f4d2d6 100644
--- a/compiler/types.nim
+++ b/compiler/types.nim
@@ -582,7 +582,10 @@ proc firstOrd(t: PType): BiggestInt =
   of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyConst, tyMutable,
      tyTypeDesc, tyFieldAccessor:
     result = firstOrd(lastSon(t))
-  else: 
+  of tyOrdinal:
+    if t.len > 0: result = firstOrd(lastSon(t))
+    else: internalError("invalid kind for first(" & $t.kind & ')')
+  else:
     internalError("invalid kind for first(" & $t.kind & ')')
     result = 0
 
@@ -617,7 +620,10 @@ proc lastOrd(t: PType): BiggestInt =
      tyTypeDesc, tyFieldAccessor:
     result = lastOrd(lastSon(t))
   of tyProxy: result = 0
-  else: 
+  of tyOrdinal:
+    if t.len > 0: result = lastOrd(lastSon(t))
+    else: internalError("invalid kind for last(" & $t.kind & ')')
+  else:
     internalError("invalid kind for last(" & $t.kind & ')')
     result = 0
 
diff --git a/tests/misc/tstrange.nim b/tests/misc/tstrange.nim
index 3947755fcf..6bafcabdc3 100644
--- a/tests/misc/tstrange.nim
+++ b/tests/misc/tstrange.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 discard """
   file: "tstrange.nim"
-  output: "hallo4"
+  output: '''hallo4
+0
+1
+2'''
 """
 # test for extremely strange bug
 
@@ -19,5 +22,8 @@ gen("hallo")
 write(stdout, ack(5, 4))
 #OUT hallo4
 
-
+# bug #1442
+let h=3
+for x in 0.. <h.int:
+  echo x