From c1679edad20741a2229c83066a24820f29ad2f9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 07:23:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #7080

---
 compiler/msgs.nim | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index 4e6226122e..936b0172ab 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type
     errAtPopWithoutPush, errEmptyAsm, errInvalidIndentation,
     errExceptionExpected, errExceptionAlreadyHandled,
     errYieldNotAllowedHere, errYieldNotAllowedInTryStmt,
-    errInvalidNumberOfYieldExpr, errCannotReturnExpr, 
+    errInvalidNumberOfYieldExpr, errCannotReturnExpr,
     errNoReturnWithReturnTypeNotAllowed, errAttemptToRedefine,
     errStmtInvalidAfterReturn, errStmtExpected, errInvalidLabel,
     errInvalidCmdLineOption, errCmdLineArgExpected, errCmdLineNoArgExpected,
@@ -1025,6 +1025,9 @@ proc liMessage(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
   handleError(msg, eh, s)
 
 proc fatal*(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
+  # this fixes bug #7080 so that it is at least obvious 'fatal'
+  # was executed.
+  errorOutputs = {eStdOut, eStdErr}
   liMessage(info, msg, arg, doAbort)
 
 proc globalError*(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =