From 790f5bac0103fed9e89ead35364387c50d526cf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 11:03:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added a simple debugging helper

---
 compiler/astalgo.nim | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compiler/astalgo.nim b/compiler/astalgo.nim
index 06611313cf..700092e67a 100644
--- a/compiler/astalgo.nim
+++ b/compiler/astalgo.nim
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ when declared(echo):
   proc debug*(n: PType; conf: ConfigRef = nil) {.exportc: "debugType", deprecated.}
   proc debug*(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef = nil) {.exportc: "debugNode", deprecated.}
 
+  proc typekinds*(t: PType) {.deprecated.} =
+    var t = t
+    var s = ""
+    while t != nil and t.len > 0:
+      s.add $t.kind
+      s.add " "
+      t = t.lastSon
+    echo s
+
   template debug*(x: PSym|PType|PNode) {.deprecated.} =
     when compiles(c.config):
       debug(c.config, x)