add --processing:dots|filenames|off to customize hintProcessing (#17817)

compiler/ccgtypes.nim

@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ proc genTypeInfoAuxBase(m: BModule; typ, origType: PType;
   var flags = 0
   if not containsGarbageCollectedRef(typ): flags = flags or 1
   if not canFormAcycle(typ): flags = flags or 2
-  #else MessageOut("can contain a cycle: " & typeToString(typ))
+  #else echo("can contain a cycle: " & typeToString(typ))
   if flags != 0:
     m.s[cfsTypeInit3].addf("$1.flags = $2;$n", [nameHcr, rope(flags)])
   discard cgsym(m, "TNimType")

compiler/commands.nim

@@ -900,6 +900,16 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     of "canonical": conf.filenameOption = foCanonical
     of "legacyrelproj": conf.filenameOption = foLegacyRelProj
     else: localError(conf, info, "expected: abs|canonical|legacyRelProj, got: $1" % arg)
+  of "processing":
+    incl(conf.notes, hintProcessing)
+    incl(conf.mainPackageNotes, hintProcessing)
+    case arg.normalize
+    of "dots": conf.hintProcessingDots = true
+    of "filenames": conf.hintProcessingDots = false
+    of "off":
+      excl(conf.notes, hintProcessing)
+      excl(conf.mainPackageNotes, hintProcessing)
+    else: localError(conf, info, "expected: dots|filenames|off, got: $1" % arg)
   of "listfullpaths":
     # xxx in future work, use `warningDeprecated`
     conf.filenameOption = if switchOn(arg): foAbs else: foCanonical

compiler/msgs.nim

@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ proc liMessage*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
     if conf.structuredErrorHook != nil:
       conf.structuredErrorHook(conf, info, s & kindmsg, sev)
     if not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(conf, msg):
-      if msg == hintProcessing:
+      if msg == hintProcessing and conf.hintProcessingDots:
         msgWrite(conf, ".")
       else:
         styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, loc, resetStyle, color, title, resetStyle, s, KindColor, kindmsg,

compiler/options.nim

@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ type
     implicitCmd*: bool # whether some flag triggered an implicit `command`
     selectedGC*: TGCMode       # the selected GC (+)
     exc*: ExceptionSystem
+    hintProcessingDots*: bool # true for dots, false for filenames
     verbosity*: int            # how verbose the compiler is
     numberOfProcessors*: int   # number of processors
     lastCmdTime*: float        # when caas is enabled, we measure each command
@@ -458,20 +459,25 @@ proc isDefined*(conf: ConfigRef; symbol: string): bool
 when defined(nimDebugUtils):
   import debugutils
 
+proc initConfigRefCommon(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  conf.selectedGC = gcRefc
+  conf.verbosity = 1
+  conf.hintProcessingDots = true
+  conf.options = DefaultOptions
+  conf.globalOptions = DefaultGlobalOptions
+  conf.filenameOption = foAbs
+  conf.foreignPackageNotes = foreignPackageNotesDefault
+  conf.notes = NotesVerbosity[1]
+  conf.mainPackageNotes = NotesVerbosity[1]
+
 proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
   result = ConfigRef(
-    selectedGC: gcRefc,
     cCompiler: ccGcc,
-    verbosity: 1,
-    options: DefaultOptions,
-    globalOptions: DefaultGlobalOptions,
     macrosToExpand: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     arcToExpand: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     m: initMsgConfig(),
-    filenameOption: foAbs,
     cppDefines: initHashSet[string](),
-    headerFile: "", features: {}, legacyFeatures: {}, foreignPackageNotes: foreignPackageNotesDefault,
-    notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1],
+    headerFile: "", features: {}, legacyFeatures: {},
     configVars: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     symbols: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     packageCache: newPackageCache(),
@@ -513,6 +519,7 @@ proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
     vmProfileData: newProfileData(),
     spellSuggestMax: spellSuggestSecretSauce,
   )
+  initConfigRefCommon(result)
   setTargetFromSystem(result.target)
   # enable colors by default on terminals
   if terminal.isatty(stderr):
@@ -522,18 +529,11 @@ proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
 
 proc newPartialConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
   ## create a new ConfigRef that is only good enough for error reporting.
-  # xxx FACTOR with `newConfigRef`
   when defined(nimDebugUtils):
     result = getConfigRef()
   else:
-    result = ConfigRef(
-      selectedGC: gcRefc,
-      verbosity: 1,
-      options: DefaultOptions,
-      globalOptions: DefaultGlobalOptions,
-      filenameOption: foAbs,
-      foreignPackageNotes: foreignPackageNotesDefault,
-      notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1])
+    result = ConfigRef()
+    initConfigRefCommon(result)
 
 proc cppDefine*(c: ConfigRef; define: string) =
   c.cppDefines.incl define

compiler/passaux.nim

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ type
     config: ConfigRef
 
 proc verboseOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
-  #MessageOut('compiling ' + s.name.s);
-  result = VerboseRef(config: graph.config, idgen: idgen)
-  rawMessage(graph.config, hintProcessing, s.name.s)
+  let conf = graph.config
+  result = VerboseRef(config: conf, idgen: idgen)
+  let path = toFilenameOption(conf, s.position.FileIndex, conf.filenameOption)
+  rawMessage(conf, hintProcessing, path)
 
 proc verboseProcess(context: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n