* Error -> Defect for defects
The distinction between Error and Defect is subjective,
context-dependent and somewhat arbitrary, so when looking at an
exception, it's hard to guess what it is - this happens often when
looking at a `raises` list _without_ opening the corresponding
definition and digging through layers of inheritance.
With the help of a little consistency in naming, it's at least possible
to start disentangling the two error types and the standard lib can set
a good example here.
* allow defects to be caught even for --exceptions:goto (WIP)
* implemented the new --panics:on|off switch; refs https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/180
* new implementation for integer overflow checking
* produce a warning if a user-defined exception type inherits from Exception directly
* applied Timothee's suggestions; improved the documentation and replace the term 'checked runtime check' by 'panic'
* fixes#13627
* don't inherit from Exception directly
* move IO subsystem into its own module; refs #10385
* make standalone test compile again
* make C++ examples compile again
* make more tests green
* make sysAssert and gcAssert work again
Without this change, a user's Nim code won't compile if they're using both threads & the mark-and-sweep GC:
lib/system/gc_ms.nim(75, 18) Error: undeclared identifier: 'SharedList'
toDispose: SharedList[pointer]
^
This small code block addition was copied from "lib/system/gc.nim" (where it appears directly after a `when defined(memProfiler)` block also).
It is possible for jmp_buf to not be word-aligned or addresses
in the register dump to not be word-aligned. This can result in
either addresses in registers being missed or even addresses on
the stack past the register area not being scanned properly.
