From 3ebe24977ce93ca3c347550c69dbfa7c9a7db507 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SirOlaf <34164198+SirOlaf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 19:09:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Open scope for defer (#22315)

Co-authored-by: SirOlaf <>
---
 compiler/semexprs.nim | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index 1d917f00d9..c6be3e833c 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -3282,7 +3282,9 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}, expectedType: PType
   of nkDefer:
     if c.currentScope == c.topLevelScope:
       localError(c.config, n.info, "defer statement not supported at top level")
+    openScope(c)
     n[0] = semExpr(c, n[0])
+    closeScope(c)
     if not n[0].typ.isEmptyType and not implicitlyDiscardable(n[0]):
       localError(c.config, n.info, "'defer' takes a 'void' expression")
     #localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "'defer' not allowed in this context")