fix #204;

compiler/msgs.nim

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ type
     errXhasSideEffects, errIteratorExpected, errLetNeedsInit,
     errThreadvarCannotInit, errWrongSymbolX, errIllegalCaptureX,
     errXCannotBeClosure, errXMustBeCompileTime,
+    errCannotInferTypeOfTheLiteral,
     errUser,
     warnCannotOpenFile, 
     warnOctalEscape, warnXIsNeverRead, warnXmightNotBeenInit, 
@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@ const
     errIllegalCaptureX: "illegal capture '$1'",
     errXCannotBeClosure: "'$1' cannot have 'closure' calling convention",
     errXMustBeCompileTime: "'$1' can only be used in compile-time context",
+    errCannotInferTypeOfTheLiteral: "cannot infer the type of the $1",
     errUser: "$1", 
     warnCannotOpenFile: "cannot open \'$1\' [CannotOpenFile]",
     warnOctalEscape: "octal escape sequences do not exist; leading zero is ignored [OctalEscape]", 

compiler/semstmts.nim

@@ -349,7 +349,12 @@ proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode =
       # BUGFIX: ``fitNode`` is needed here!
       # check type compability between def.typ and typ:
       if typ != nil: def = fitNode(c, typ, def)
-      else: typ = skipIntLit(def.typ)
+      else:
+        typ = skipIntLit(def.typ)
+        if typ.kind in {tySequence, tyArray, tySet} and
+           typ.lastSon.kind == tyEmpty:
+          localError(def.info, errCannotInferTypeOfTheLiteral,
+                     ($typ.kind).substr(2).toLower)
     else:
       def = ast.emptyNode
       if symkind == skLet: localError(a.info, errLetNeedsInit)

lib/pure/sockets2.nim

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ when defined(posix):
     of AF_UNIX:        result = posix.AF_UNIX
     of AF_INET:        result = posix.AF_INET
     of AF_INET6:       result = posix.AF_INET6
-    else: nil
+    else: discard
 
   proc toInt(typ: TType): cint =
     case typ
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ when defined(posix):
     of SOCK_DGRAM:     result = posix.SOCK_DGRAM
     of SOCK_SEQPACKET: result = posix.SOCK_SEQPACKET
     of SOCK_RAW:       result = posix.SOCK_RAW
-    else: nil
+    else: discard
 
   proc toInt(p: TProtocol): cint =
     case p
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ when defined(posix):
     of IPPROTO_IPV6:   result = posix.IPPROTO_IPV6
     of IPPROTO_RAW:    result = posix.IPPROTO_RAW
     of IPPROTO_ICMP:   result = posix.IPPROTO_ICMP
-    else: nil
+    else: discard
 
 else:
   proc toInt(domain: TDomain): cint = 
@@ -199,4 +199,4 @@ proc htons*(x: int16): int16 =
 
 when defined(Windows):
   var wsa: TWSADATA
-  if WSAStartup(0x0101'i16, addr wsa) != 0: OSError(OSLastError())
+  if WSAStartup(0x0101'i16, addr wsa) != 0: OSError(OSLastError())