From c2e5faf959f006af67d1a054a92096d63eae192a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LemonBoy <thatlemon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:14:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] The VM cannot call methods

Fixes #2574
---
 compiler/vmgen.nim |  3 +++
 tests/vm/t2574.nim | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/vm/t2574.nim

diff --git a/compiler/vmgen.nim b/compiler/vmgen.nim
index e87347ec87..b6b5bf4f28 100644
--- a/compiler/vmgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmgen.nim
@@ -1842,6 +1842,9 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
       let s = n.sons[0].sym
       if s.magic != mNone:
         genMagic(c, n, dest, s.magic)
+      elif s.kind == skMethod:
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot call method " & s.name.s &
+          " at compile time")
       elif matches(s, "stdlib", "marshal", "to"):
         # XXX marshal load&store should not be opcodes, but use the
         # general callback mechanisms.
diff --git a/tests/vm/t2574.nim b/tests/vm/t2574.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86602aeaf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vm/t2574.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+discard """
+  line: 14
+  errormsg: "cannot call method eval at compile time"
+"""
+
+type
+  PExpr = ref object of RootObj
+
+method eval(e: PExpr): int =
+  discard
+
+static:
+  let x = PExpr()
+  discard x.eval