fixes #7582

compiler/parser.nim

@@ -744,8 +744,9 @@ proc primarySuffix(p: var TParser, r: PNode, baseIndent: int): PNode =
       # progress guaranteed
       somePar()
       result = namedParams(p, result, nkCurlyExpr, tkCurlyRi)
-    of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkIntLit..tkCharLit, tkNil, tkCast, tkAddr, tkType:
-      if p.inPragma == 0:
+    of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkIntLit..tkCharLit, tkNil, tkCast, tkAddr, tkType,
+       tkOpr, tkDotDot:
+      if p.inPragma == 0 and (isUnary(p) or p.tok.tokType notin {tkOpr, tkDotDot}):
         # actually parsing {.push hints:off.} as {.push(hints:off).} is a sweet
         # solution, but pragmas.nim can't handle that
         let a = result

tests/parser/tcommand_as_expr.nim

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ discard """
   output: '''140
 5-120-120
 359
-77'''
+77
+-4
+-1
+-1'''
 """
 #import math
 import sequtils
@@ -25,3 +28,11 @@ let a = [2,4,8].map do (d:int) -> int: d + 1
 echo a[0], a[1], a[2]
 
 echo(foo 8, foo 8)
+
+# bug #7582
+proc f(x: int): int = x
+
+echo f -4
+
+echo int -1 # doesn't compile
+echo int `-` 1 # compiles

tests/parser/twrongcmdsyntax.nim

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 discard """
-  errormsg: '''identifier expected, but found 'echo 4'''
+  errormsg: '''in expression '4 2': identifier expected, but found '4'''
   line: 6
 """