stdlib uses more of varargs

lib/pure/strutils.nim

@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ proc findNormalized(x: string, inArray: openarray[string]): int =
 proc invalidFormatString() {.noinline.} =
   raise newException(EInvalidValue, "invalid format string")  
 
-proc addf*(s: var string, formatstr: string, a: openarray[string]) {.
+proc addf*(s: var string, formatstr: string, a: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
   noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nsuAddf".} =
   ## The same as ``add(s, formatstr % a)``, but more efficient.
   const PatternChars = {'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '0'..'9', '\128'..'\255', '_'}

lib/pure/subexes.nim

@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ proc subex*(s: string): TSubex =
   ## no syntax checking but this may change in later versions.
   result = TSubex(s)
 
-proc addf*(s: var string, formatstr: TSubex, a: openarray[string]) {.
+proc addf*(s: var string, formatstr: TSubex, a: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
            noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nfrmtAddf".} =
   ## The same as ``add(s, formatstr % a)``, but more efficient.
   var p: TFormatParser
@@ -326,6 +326,15 @@ proc `%` *(formatstr: TSubex, a: string): string {.noSideEffect,
   result = newStringOfCap(formatstr.string.len + a.len)
   addf(result, formatstr, [a])
 
+proc format*(formatstr: TSubex, a: varargs[string, `$`]): string {.noSideEffect,
+  rtl, extern: "nfrmtFormatVarargs".} =
+  ## The `substitution`:idx: operator performs string substitutions in
+  ## `formatstr` and returns a modified `formatstr`. This is often called
+  ## `string interpolation`:idx:.
+  ##
+  result = newStringOfCap(formatstr.string.len + a.len shl 4)
+  addf(result, formatstr, a)
+
 {.pop.}
 
 when isMainModule:

todo.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ version 0.9.0
 
 - implement "closure tuple consists of a single 'ref'" optimization
 - implement for loop transformation for first class iterators
+- make templates hygienic by default: 'gensym', 'inject' pragmas
 
 - implicit deref for parameter matching
 - ``final`` should be the default for objects
@@ -41,8 +42,6 @@ version 0.9.XX
 - ``hoist`` pragma for loop hoisting
 - document destructors; don't work yet when used as expression
 - make use of ``tyIter`` to fix the implicit items/pairs issue
-- make templates hygienic by default: try to gensym() everything in the 'block'
-  of a template; find a better solution for gensym instead of `*ident`
 - introduce 'callsite' magic and make macros and templates the same
 - better support for macros that rewrite procs
 - macros need access to types and symbols

web/news.txt

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Library Additions
   only support fixed length arrays).
 - Added ``system.compiles`` which can be used to check whether a type supports
   some operation.
+- Added ``strutils.format``, ``subexes.format`` which use the 
+  new ``varargs`` type.
 
 
 Changes affecting backwards compatibility