version 0.7.4

data/advopt.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Advanced commands::
-  pas                       convert a Pascal file to Nimrod standard syntax
+  pas                       convert a Pascal file to Nimrod syntax
   pretty                    pretty print the inputfile
   gen_depend                generate a DOT file containing the
                             module dependency graph

data/ast.yml

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   'sfCompileTime',    # proc can be evaluated at compile time
   'sfThreadVar',      # variable is a thread variable
   'sfMerge',          # proc can be merged with itself
+  'sfDeadCodeElim',   # dead code elimination for the module is turned on
 ],
 
 'TypeFlag': [
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@
   # end of atoms
   'nkDotCall',            # used to temporarily flag a nkCall node; this is used
                           # for transforming ``s.len`` to ``len(s)``
-  'nkCommand',            # a call like ``p 2 4`` without parenthesis
+  'nkCommand',            # a call like ``p 2, 4`` without parenthesis
   'nkCall',               # a call like p(x, y) or an operation like +(a, b)
   'nkGenericCall',        # a call with given type parameters
   'nkExplicitTypeListCall', # a call with given explicit typelist
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@
   'nkIdentDefs',          # a definition like `a, b: typeDesc = expr`
                           # either typeDesc or expr may be nil; used in
                           # formal parameters, var statements, etc.
+  'nkVarTuple',           # a ``var (a, b) = expr`` construct
   'nkInfix',              # a call like (a + b)
   'nkPrefix',             # a call like !a
   'nkPostfix',            # something like a! (also used for visibility)
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@
   # end of expressions
 
   'nkAsgn',               # a = b
+  'nkFastAsgn',           # internal node for a fast ``a = b`` (no string copy) 
   'nkDefaultTypeParam',   # `ident = typeDesc` in generic parameters
   'nkGenericParams',      # generic parameters
   'nkFormalParams',       # formal parameters

data/basicopt.txt

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Options:
   --bound_checks:on|off     code generation for bound checks ON|OFF
   --overflow_checks:on|off  code generation for over-/underflow checks ON|OFF
   -a, --assertions:on|off   code generation for assertions ON|OFF
+  --dead_code_elim:on|off   whole program dead code elimination ON|OFF
   --opt:none|speed|size     optimize not at all or for speed|size
   --app:console|gui|lib     generate a console|GUI application or a shared lib
   -r, --run                 run the compiled program with given arguments

data/magic.yml

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 'FloatToStr',
 'CStrToStr',
 'StrToStr',
+'EnumToStr',
 
 # special ones:
 'And',
@@ -209,6 +210,8 @@
 'NimrodMinor',
 'NimrodPatch',
 'CpuEndian',
+'HostOS',
+'HostCPU',
 'NaN',
 'Inf',
 'NegInf',

data/messages.yml

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
   'selector must be of an ordinal type'},
 {'errOrdXMustNotBeNegative': 'ord($1) must not be negative'},
 {'errLenXinvalid': 'len($1) must be less than 32768'},
-{'errWrongNumberOfLoopVariables': 'wrong number of loop variables'},
+{'errWrongNumberOfVariables': 'wrong number of variables'},
 {'errExprCannotBeRaised': 'only objects can be raised'},
 {'errBreakOnlyInLoop': "'break' only allowed in loop construct"},
 {'errTypeXhasUnknownSize': "type '$1' has unknown size"},