Theoretical Benefits / Plans:
- Typed assembler-like language.
- Allows for a CPS transformation.
- Can replace the existing C backend by a new C backend.
- Can replace the VM.
- Can do more effective "not nil" checking and static array bounds
checking.
- Can be used instead of the DFA.
- Easily translatable to LLVM.
- Reasonably easy to produce native code from.
- Tiny memory consumption. No pointers, no cry.
**In very early stages of development.**
Todo:
- [x] Map Nim types to IR types.
- [ ] Map Nim AST to IR instructions:
- [x] Map bitsets to bitops.
- [ ] Implement string cases.
- [ ] Implement range and index checks.
- [x] Implement `default(T)` builtin.
- [x] Implement multi string concat.
- [ ] Write some analysis passes.
- [ ] Write a backend.
- [x] Integrate into the compilation pipeline.
I couldn't find any documentation on the syntax for --hint:X:on|off with
`nimscript` except in [this old forum
post](https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/8526#55236).
```nim
echo newString(8)
```
results in:
```
D:\User\test.js:25
var code_33556944 = c_33556931.toString(16);
^
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'toString')
at toJSStr (D:\User\test.js:25:50)
at rawEcho (D:\User\test.js:70:16)
at Object.<anonymous> (D:\User\test.js:101:1)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1095:14)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1147:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:975:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47
Node.js v17.0.1
Error: execution of an external program failed: '"C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" --unhandled-rejections=strict D:\User\test.js'
```
`{.push overflowChecks: off.}` works in backends. Though it could be
implemented as a magic function.
By inspecting the generated C code, the overflow check is eliminated in
the debug or release mode.

Likewise, the index checking is probably not needed.
* fix/workaround for nimrtl and nimhcr on arc/orc
fixes#21803
* try fix clang, debug linux failure
* just make duplicated procs not rtl
* actual fix for duplicated procs
* Refactor and optimize cellseqs_v2 in Nim standard library
* Extract resizing logic into a separate 'resize' procedure for better readability and separation of concerns
* Implement realloc for non-threaded cases to improve memory operations efficiency
* Use ',' instead of ';' between parameters in 'add' procedure for consistency with other Nim code
* Respond to Araq's feedback: Refactor resize function to use reallocShared
This commit replaces the usage of allocShared and deallocShared with reallocShared to optimize memory allocation and deallocation while resizing the CellSeq.
Refactor and improve readability of CellSeq in system directory
* Use half-open range in the contains procedure for better readability and to avoid potential off-by-one errors
* Extract resizing logic from add procedure into a separate resize procedure for better code readability and separation of concerns
* fix iterator equality + add test also for procs
fixes#21706
* all targets
* and isNil and repr
* separate overloads, fix sameType
* more restricted sameType?
* merge overloads again??
* remove sametype change for now
* fix sameType anyway (CI failure was not related)
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