stdlib compiles mostly without warnings again

lib/pure/asyncio.nim

@@ -689,5 +689,5 @@ when isMainModule:
   server.listen()
   d.register(server)
   
-  while d.poll(-1): nil
+  while d.poll(-1): discard
     

lib/pure/htmlparser.nim

@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ proc untilElementEnd(x: var TXmlParser, result: PXmlNode,
         if htmlTag(x.elemName) in {tagOption, tagOptgroup}:
           errors.add(expected(x, result))
           break
-      else: nil
+      else: discard
       result.addNode(parse(x, errors))
     of xmlElementEnd: 
       if cmpIgnoreCase(x.elemName, result.tag) == 0: 
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ proc parse(x: var TXmlParser, errors: var seq[string]): PXmlNode =
     var u = entityToUtf8(x.rawData)
     if u.len != 0: result = newText(u)
     next(x)
-  of xmlEof: nil
+  of xmlEof: discard
 
 proc parseHtml*(s: PStream, filename: string, 
                 errors: var seq[string]): PXmlNode = 

lib/pure/irc.nim

@@ -476,12 +476,12 @@ when isMainModule:
   var client = irc("amber.tenthbit.net", nick="TestBot1234",
                    joinChans = @["#flood"])
   client.connect()
-  while True:
+  while true:
     var event: TIRCEvent
     if client.poll(event):
       case event.typ
       of EvConnected:
-        nil
+        discard
       of EvDisconnected:
         break
       of EvMsg:

lib/pure/matchers.nim

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ proc parseInt*(s: string, value: var int, validRange: TSlice[int]) {.
   try:
     discard parseutils.parseInt(s, x, 0)
   except EOverflow:
-    nil
+    discard
   if x in validRange: value = x
 
 when isMainModule:

lib/pure/oids.nim

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ proc hexbyte*(hex: char): int =
   of '0'..'9': result = (ord(hex) - ord('0'))
   of 'a'..'f': result = (ord(hex) - ord('a') + 10)
   of 'A'..'F': result = (ord(hex) - ord('A') + 10)
-  else: nil
+  else: discard
 
 proc parseOid*(str: cstring): TOid =
   ## parses an OID.

lib/pure/parsecsv.nim

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ proc readRow*(my: var TCsvParser, columns = 0): bool =
           of '\c': my.bufpos = handleCR(my, my.bufpos)
           of '\l': my.bufpos = handleLF(my, my.bufpos)
           else: break
-      of '\0': nil
+      of '\0': discard
       else: error(my, my.bufpos, my.sep & " expected")
       break
   

lib/pure/parsesql.nim

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ proc handleHexChar(c: var TSqlLexer, xi: var int) =
     xi = (xi shl 4) or (ord(c.buf[c.bufpos]) - ord('A') + 10)
     inc(c.bufpos)
   else: 
-    nil
+    discard
 
 proc handleOctChar(c: var TSqlLexer, xi: var int) = 
   if c.buf[c.bufpos] in {'0'..'7'}:
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ proc getOperator(c: var TSqlLexer, tok: var TToken) =
     of '+':
       if not trailingPlusMinus and buf[pos+1] notin operators and
            tok.literal.len > 0: break
-    of '*', '<', '>', '=': nil
+    of '*', '<', '>', '=': discard
     else: break
     add(tok.literal, buf[pos])
     inc(pos)
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ proc rs(n: PSqlNode, s: var string, indent: int,
 proc ra(n: PSqlNode, s: var string, indent: int) =
   if n == nil: return
   case n.kind
-  of nkNone: nil
+  of nkNone: discard
   of nkIdent:
     if allCharsInSet(n.strVal, {'\33'..'\127'}):
       s.add(n.strVal)

lib/pure/xmlparser.nim

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ proc parse(x: var TXmlParser, errors: var seq[string]): PXmlNode =
     ## &entity;
     errors.add(errorMsg(x, "unknown entity: " & x.entityName))
     next(x)
-  of xmlEof: nil
+  of xmlEof: discard
 
 proc parseXml*(s: PStream, filename: string, 
                errors: var seq[string]): PXmlNode = 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ proc parseXml*(s: PStream, filename: string,
     of xmlElementOpen, xmlElementStart: 
       result = parse(x, errors)
       break
-    of xmlComment, xmlWhitespace, xmlSpecial, xmlPI: nil # just skip it
+    of xmlComment, xmlWhitespace, xmlSpecial, xmlPI: discard # just skip it
     of xmlError:
       errors.add(errorMsg(x))
     else:

todo.txt

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 version 0.9.4
 =============
 
+- fix GC issues
 - fix macros\tstringinterp.nim
 - test and fix showoff
-- test and fix stdlib
-- test and fix misc
-- fix GC issues
 - test C source code generation
 - test and fix closures
 - test and fix exception handling