preparations for 0.8.12

tests/accept/run/ttables.nim

@@ -80,5 +80,8 @@ block countTableTest1:
     else: break
     inc i
 
+block SyntaxTest:
+  var x = toTable[int, string]({:})
+
 echo "true"
 

tests/threads/threadex.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+type
+  TMsgKind = enum
+    mLine, mEof
+  TMsg = object {.pure, final.}
+    case k: TMsgKind
+    of mEof: backTo: TThreadId[int]
+    of mLine: data: string
+
+var
+  consumer: TThread[TMsg]
+  producer: TThread[int]
+  printedLines = 0
+
+proc consume() {.thread.} =
+  while true:
+    var x = recv[TMsg]()
+    if x.k == mEof: 
+      x.backTo.send(printedLines)
+      break
+    echo x.data
+    discard atomicInc(printedLines)
+
+proc produce() {.thread.} =
+  var m: TMsg
+  var input = open("readme.txt")
+  while not endOfFile(input):
+    if consumer.ready:
+      m.data = input.readLine()
+      consumer.send(m)
+  close(input)
+  m.k = mEof
+  m.backTo = myThreadId[int]()
+  consumer.send(m)
+  var result = recv[int]()
+  echo result
+  
+createThread(consumer, consume)
+createThread(producer, produce)
+joinThread(consumer)
+joinThread(producer)
+
+echo printedLines
+

tests/threads/tthreadanalysis.nim

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ proc echoLeTree(n: PNode) =
     echo it.data
     it = it.le
 
-proc threadFunc(interval: tuple[a, b: int]) {.procvar.} = 
+proc threadFunc(interval: tuple[a, b: int]) {.thread.} = 
   doNothing()
   for i in interval.a..interval.b: 
     var r = buildTree(i)

tests/threads/tthreadanalysis2.nim

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 discard """
   file: "tthreadanalysis2.nim"
   line: 45
-  errormsg: "possible inconsistency of thread local heaps"
+  errormsg: "write to foreign heap"
   cmd: "nimrod cc --hints:on --threads:on $# $#"
 """
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ proc echoLeTree(n: PNode) =
     echo it.data
     it = it.le
 
-proc threadFunc(interval: tuple[a, b: int]) {.procvar.} = 
+proc threadFunc(interval: tuple[a, b: int]) {.thread.} = 
   doNothing()
   for i in interval.a..interval.b: 
     var r = buildTree(i)

tests/threads/tthreadheapviolation1.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+var 
+  global: string = "test string"
+  t: TThread[string]
+
+proc horrible() {.thread.} =
+  global = "string in thread local heap!"
+  var x = global
+  var mydata = (x, "my string too")
+  echo global
+
+createThread(t, horrible)
+joinThread(t)
+
+