fixes

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ body:
       Please provide a minimal code example that reproduces the bug if possible.
       Reports with a reproducible example or detailed information will likely receive fixes faster.
 
-- type: textarea
-  id: nim-version
-  attributes:
-    label: Nim Version
-    description: |
-      Can be obtained from `nim -v` on the command line along with the OS/architecture.
-      For development versions, including the commit hash may help.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
 - type: textarea
   id: description
   attributes:
@@ -29,6 +19,16 @@ body:
     placeholder: Bug reports with reproducible code or detailed information will be fixed faster.
   validations:
     required: true
+    
+- type: textarea
+  id: nim-version
+  attributes:
+    label: Nim Version
+    description: |
+      Can be obtained from `nim -v` on the command line along with the OS/architecture.
+      For development versions, make sure to include the commit hash.
+  validations:
+    required: true
 
 - type: textarea
   id: current-logs

.github/workflows/bisects.yml

@@ -15,16 +15,9 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-bisects
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install OpenSSL (Windows)
-        if: |
-          runner.os == 'Windows'
-        run: choco install openssl.light --version=1.1.1.0  # OpenSSL 3.x removed SSL_library_init
-        shell: 'powershell'
-
-      # v2 wont work here, because uses "hardcoded" nim versions, action "dynamically" finds version with bug.
-      - uses: jiro4989/setup-nim-action@v1  
+      - uses: jiro4989/setup-nim-action@v1
         with:
           nim-version: 'devel'
 

.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml

@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ jobs:
         target: [linux, windows, osx]
         include:
           - target: linux
-            os: ubuntu-22.04
+            os: ubuntu-20.04
           - target: windows
-            os: windows-latest
+            os: windows-2019
           - target: osx
-            os: macos-15
+            os: macos-13
 
     name: ${{ matrix.target }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

.github/workflows/ci_gcc14.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+name: GCC 14
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'devel'
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-24.04]
+        cpu: [amd64]
+    name: '${{ matrix.os }}'
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 60 # refs bug #18178
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: 'Install node.js 20.x'
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+
+      - name: 'Install dependencies (Linux amd64)'
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.cpu == 'amd64'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update -qq
+          sudo apt remove needrestart
+          DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' \
+            sudo apt install --no-install-recommends -yq \
+              libcurl4-openssl-dev libgc-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsfml-dev \
+              valgrind libc6-dbg libblas-dev xorg-dev
+      - name: 'Install dependencies (Linux amd64 gcc 14)'
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.cpu == 'amd64'
+        run: |
+          sudo add-apt-repository universe
+          sudo apt update -qq
+          sudo apt install -y gcc-14 g++-14 libpcre3 liblapack-dev
+          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-14 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-14
+      - name: 'Install dependencies (macOS)'
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: brew install boehmgc make sfml gtk+3
+      - name: 'Install dependencies (Windows)'
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          . ci/funs.sh
+          nimInternalInstallDepsWindows
+          echo_run echo "${{ github.workspace }}/dist/mingw64/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
+
+      - name: 'Add build binaries to PATH'
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "${{ github.workspace }}/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
+
+      - name: 'NIM_TESTAMENT_DISABLE_SSL'
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "NIM_TESTAMENT_DISABLE_SSL=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: 'System information'
+        shell: bash
+        run: . ci/funs.sh && nimCiSystemInfo
+
+      - name: 'Build csourcesAny'
+        shell: bash
+        run: . ci/funs.sh && nimBuildCsourcesIfNeeded CC=gcc ucpu='${{ matrix.cpu }}'
+
+      - name: 'koch, Run CI'
+        shell: bash
+        run: . ci/funs.sh && nimInternalBuildKochAndRunCI

.github/workflows/ci_packages.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - 'devel'
-      - 'version-2-2'
       - 'version-2-0'
       - 'version-1-6'
       - 'version-1-2'
@@ -18,13 +17,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-14]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-13]
+        cpu: [amd64]
         batch: ["allowed_failures", "0_3", "1_3", "2_3"] # list of `index_num`
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            cpu: amd64
-          - os: macos-14
-            cpu: arm64
     name: '${{ matrix.os }} (batch: ${{ matrix.batch }})'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60 # refs bug #18178
@@ -45,11 +40,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Install dependencies (Linux amd64)'
         if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.cpu == 'amd64'
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-fast update -qq
           DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' \
-            sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -yq \
+            sudo apt-fast install --no-install-recommends -yq \
               libcurl4-openssl-dev libgc-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsfml-dev \
-              valgrind libc6-dbg libblas-dev liblapack-dev libpcre3 xorg-dev
+              valgrind libc6-dbg libblas-dev xorg-dev
       - name: 'Install dependencies (macOS)'
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         run: brew install boehmgc make sfml gtk+3

.github/workflows/ci_publish.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04]
         cpu: [amd64]
     name: '${{ matrix.os }}'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
-      - name: 'Install node.js'
+      - name: 'Install node.js 20.x'
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: ''
+          node-version: '20.x'
 
       - name: 'Install dependencies (Linux amd64)'
         if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.cpu == 'amd64'
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-fast install --no-install-recommends -yq \
               libcurl4-openssl-dev libgc-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsfml-dev \
               valgrind libc6-dbg libblas-dev xorg-dev
+      - name: 'Install dependencies (macOS)'
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: brew install boehmgc make sfml gtk+3
+      - name: 'Install dependencies (Windows)'
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          . ci/funs.sh
+          nimInternalInstallDepsWindows
+          echo_run echo "${{ github.workspace }}/dist/mingw64/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
 
       - name: 'Add build binaries to PATH'
         shell: bash

.gitignore

@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ testament.db
 /csources
 /csources_v1
 /csources_v2
-/csources_v3
 
 /dist/
 # /lib/fusion # fusion is now unbundled; `git status` should reveal if it's there so users can act on it

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   strategy:
     matrix:
       Linux_amd64:
-        vmImage: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        vmImage: 'ubuntu-20.04'
         CPU: amd64
       # regularly breaks, refs bug #17325
 #       Linux_i386:
@@ -28,24 +28,24 @@ jobs:
 #         # g++-multilib : Depends: gcc-multilib (>= 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
 #         vmImage: 'ubuntu-18.04'
 #         CPU: i386
-      OSX_arm64:
-        vmImage: 'macos-15'
-        CPU: arm64
-      OSX_arm64_cpp:
-        vmImage: 'macos-15'
-        CPU: arm64
+      OSX_amd64:
+        vmImage: 'macOS-13'
+        CPU: amd64
+      OSX_amd64_cpp:
+        vmImage: 'macOS-13'
+        CPU: amd64
         NIM_COMPILE_TO_CPP: true
       Windows_amd64_batch0_3:
-        vmImage: 'windows-2025'
+        vmImage: 'windows-2019'
         CPU: amd64
         # see also: `NIM_TEST_PACKAGES`
         NIM_TESTAMENT_BATCH: "0_3"
       Windows_amd64_batch1_3:
-        vmImage: 'windows-2025'
+        vmImage: 'windows-2019'
         CPU: amd64
         NIM_TESTAMENT_BATCH: "1_3"
       Windows_amd64_batch2_3:
-        vmImage: 'windows-2025'
+        vmImage: 'windows-2019'
         CPU: amd64
         NIM_TESTAMENT_BATCH: "2_3"
 
@@ -80,12 +80,10 @@ jobs:
     - bash: |
         set -e
         . ci/funs.sh
-        echo_run sudo add-apt-repository universe
-        echo_run sudo apt-get update -qq
+        echo_run sudo apt-fast update -qq
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' \
-          echo_run sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -yq \
-            gcc-14 g++-14 libpcre3 liblapack-dev libpcre3 liblapack-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libgc-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsfml-dev valgrind libc6-dbg
-        echo_run sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-14 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-14
+          echo_run sudo apt-fast install --no-install-recommends -yq \
+            libcurl4-openssl-dev libgc-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsfml-dev valgrind libc6-dbg
       displayName: 'Install dependencies (amd64 Linux)'
       condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['skipci'], 'false'), eq(variables['Agent.OS'], 'Linux'), eq(variables['CPU'], 'amd64'))
 
@@ -102,16 +100,15 @@ jobs:
         Pin-Priority: 1001
         EOF
 
-        # echo_run sudo apt-get update -qq
-        echo_run sudo apt-get update -qq || echo "failed, see bug #17343"
+        # echo_run sudo apt-fast update -qq
+        echo_run sudo apt-fast update -qq || echo "failed, see bug #17343"
         # `:i386` (e.g. in `libffi-dev:i386`) is needed otherwise you may get:
         # `could not load: libffi.so` during dynamic loading.
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' \
-          echo_run sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends --allow-downgrades -yq \
+          echo_run sudo apt-fast install --no-install-recommends --allow-downgrades -yq \
             g++-multilib gcc-multilib libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386 libgc-dev:i386 \
             libsdl1.2-dev:i386 libsfml-dev:i386 libglib2.0-dev:i386 libffi-dev:i386
 
-
         cat << EOF > bin/gcc
         #!/bin/bash
 

changelog.md

@@ -12,112 +12,22 @@ rounding guarantees (via the
   avoid conflicts with `system.default`, so named argument usage for this
   parameter like `getOrDefault(..., default = ...)` will have to be changed.
 
-- With `-d:nimPreviewCheckedClose`, the `close` function in the `std/syncio` module now raises an IO exception in case of an error.
-
-- Unknown warnings and hints now gives warnings `warnUnknownNotes` instead of
-errors.
-
-- With `-d:nimPreviewAsmSemSymbol`, backticked symbols are type checked in the `asm/emit` statements.
-
-- The bare `except:` now panics on `Defect`. Use `except Exception:` or `except Defect:` to catch `Defect`. `--legacy:noPanicOnExcept` is provided for a transition period.
-
-- With `-d:nimPreviewCStringComparisons`, comparsions (`<`, `>`, `<=`, `>=`) between cstrings switch from reference semantics to value semantics like `==` and `!=`.
-
-- `std/parsesql` has been moved to a nimble package, use `nimble` or `atlas` to install it.
-
-- With `-d:nimPreviewDuplicateModuleError`, importing two modules that share the same name becomes a compile-time error. This includes importing the same module more than once. Use `import foo as foo1` (or other aliases) to avoid collisions.
-
-- Adds the switch `--mangle:nim|cpp`, which selects `nim` or `cpp` style name mangling when used with `debuginfo` on, defaults to `cpp`.
-
-- The second parameter of `succ`, `pred`, `inc`, and `dec` in `system` now accepts `SomeInteger` (previously `Ordinal`).
-
-- Bitshift operators (`shl`, `shr`, `ashr`) now apply bitmasking to the right operand in the C/C++/VM/JS backends.
-
-- Adds a new warning enabled by `--warning:ImplicitRangeConversion` that detects downsizing implicit conversions to range types (e.g., `int -> range[0..255]` or `range[1..256] -> range[0..255]`) that could cause runtime panics. Safe conversions like `range[0..255] -> range[0..65535]` and explicit casts are not warned on.
-
 ## Standard library additions and changes
 
 [//]: # "Additions:"
-
 - `setutils.symmetricDifference` along with its operator version
   `` setutils.`-+-` `` and in-place version `setutils.toggle` have been added
   to more efficiently calculate the symmetric difference of bitsets.
-- `strutils.multiReplace` overload for character set replacements in a single pass.
-	Useful for string sanitation. Follows existing multiReplace semantics.
-
-- `std/files` adds:
-  - Exports `CopyFlag` enum and `FilePermission` type for fine-grained control of file operations
-  - New file operation procs with `Path` support:
-    - `getFilePermissions`, `setFilePermissions` for managing permissions
-    - `tryRemoveFile` for file deletion
-    - `copyFile` with configurable buffer size and symlink handling
-    - `copyFileWithPermissions` to preserve file attributes
-    - `copyFileToDir` for copying files into directories
-
-- `std/dirs` adds:
-  - New directory operation procs with `Path` support:
-    - `copyDir` with special file handling options
-    - `copyDirWithPermissions` to recursively preserve attributes
-
-- `system.setLenUninit` now supports refc, JS and VM backends.
 
 [//]: # "Changes:"
-
 - `std/math` The `^` symbol now supports floating-point as exponent in addition to the Natural type.
-- `min`, `max`, and `sequtils`' `minIndex`, `maxIndex` and `minmax` for `openArray`s now accept a comparison function.
-- `system.substr` implementation now uses `copymem` (wrapped C `memcpy`) for copying data, if available at compilation.
-- `system.newStringUninit` is now considered free of side-effects allowing it to be used with `--experimental:strictFuncs`.
 
 ## Language changes
 
-- An experimental option `--experimental:typeBoundOps` has been added that
-  implements the RFC https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/380.
-  This makes the behavior of interfaces like `hash`, `$`, `==` etc. more
-  reliable for nominal types across indirect/restricted imports.
-
-  ```nim
-  # objs.nim
-  import std/hashes
-
-  type
-    Obj* = object
-      x*, y*: int
-      z*: string # to be ignored for equality
-
-  proc `==`*(a, b: Obj): bool =
-    a.x == b.x and a.y == b.y
-
-  proc hash*(a: Obj): Hash =
-    $!(hash(a.x) &! hash(a.y))
-  ```
-
-  ```nim
-  # main.nim
-  {.experimental: "typeBoundOps".}
-  from objs import Obj # objs.hash, objs.`==` not imported
-  import std/tables
-
-  var t: Table[Obj, int]
-  t[Obj(x: 3, y: 4, z: "debug")] = 34
-  echo t[Obj(x: 3, y: 4, z: "ignored")] # 34
-  ```
-
-  See the [experimental manual](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#typeminusbound-overloads)
-  for more information.
 
 ## Compiler changes
 
-- Fixed a bug where `sizeof(T)` inside a `typedesc` template called from a generic type's
-  `when` clause would error with "'sizeof' requires '.importc' types to be '.completeStruct'".
-  The issue was that `hasValuelessStatics` in `semtypinst.nim` didn't recognize
-  `tyTypeDesc(tyGenericParam)` as an unresolved generic parameter.
 
 ## Tool changes
 
-- Added `--raw` flag when generating JSON docs to not render markup.
-- Added `--stdinfile` flag to name of the file used when running program from stdin (defaults to `stdinfile.nim`)
-- Added `--styleCheck:warning` flag to treat style check violations as warnings.
 
-## Documentation changes
-
-- Added documentation for the `completeStruct` pragma in the manual.

changelogs/changelog_0_18_1.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   - [``joyent_http_parser``](https://github.com/nim-lang/joyent_http_parser)
 
 - Proc [toCountTable](https://nim-lang.org/docs/tables.html#toCountTable,openArray[A])
-  now produces a `CountTable` with values corresponding to the number of occurrences
+  now produces a `CountTable` with values correspoding to the number of occurrences
   of the key in the input. It used to produce a table with all values set to `1`.
 
   Counting occurrences in a sequence used to be:
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ for i in a..b:
 
 - Fixed "ReraiseError when using try/except within finally block"
   ([#5871](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/5871))
-- Fixed "Range type inference leads to counter-intuitive behaviour"
+- Fixed "Range type inference leads to counter-intuitive behvaiour"
   ([#5854](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/5854))
 - Fixed "JSON % operator can fail in extern procs with dynamic types"
   ([#6385](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/6385))
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ for i in a..b:
   ([#6589](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/6589))
 - Fixed "Generated c code calls function twice"
   ([#6292](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/6292))
-- Fixed "Range type inference leads to counter-intuitive behaviour"
+- Fixed "Range type inference leads to counter-intuitive behvaiour"
   ([#5854](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/5854))
 - Fixed "New backward indexing is too limited"
   ([#6631](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/6631))

changelogs/changelog_1_0_0.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 - We removed `unicode.Rune16` without any deprecation period as the name
   was wrong (see the [RFC](https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/151) for details)
-  and we didn't find any usage of it in the wild. If you still need it, add this
+  and we didn't find any usages of it in the wild. If you still need it, add this
   piece of code to your project:
 ```nim
 type

changelogs/changelog_1_0_2.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 * Fixed "Assertion error when running `nim check` on compiler/nim.nim" [#12281](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12281)
 * Fixed "Compiler crash with empty array and generic instantiation with int as parameter" [#12264](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12264)
 * Fixed "Regression in JS backend codegen "Error: request to generate code for .compileTime proc"" [#12240](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12240)
-* Fix how `relativePath` handles case sensitivity
+* Fix how `relativePath` handle case sensitiviy
 * Fixed "SIGSEGV in compiler when using generic types and seqs" [#12336](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12336)
 * Fixed "[1.0.0] weird interaction between `import os` and casting integer to char on macosx trigger bad codegen" [#12291](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12291)
 * VM: no special casing for big endian machines
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 * threadpool: fix link in docs (#12258)
 * Fix spellings (#12277)
 * fix #12278, don't expose internal PCRE documentation
-* Fixed "Documentation of quitprocs is wrong" [#12279](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12279)
+* Fixed "Documentation of quitprocs is wrong" [#12279(https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12279)
 * Fix typo in docs
 * Fix reference to parseSpec proc in readme
 * [doc/tut1] removed discard discussion in comments

changelogs/changelog_1_2_0.md

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ echo f
 - The Nim compiler now supports a new pragma called ``.localPassc`` to
   pass specific compiler options to the C(++) backend for the C(++) file
   that was produced from the current Nim module.
-- The compiler now infers "sink parameters". To disable this for a specific routine,
+- The compiler now inferes "sink parameters". To disable this for a specific routine,
   annotate it with `.nosinks`. To disable it for a section of code, use
   `{.push sinkInference: off.}`...`{.pop.}`.
 - The compiler now supports a new switch `--panics:on` that turns runtime
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ echo f
   ([#12812](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12812))
 - Fixed "Produce static/const initializations for variables when possible"
   ([#12216](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12216))
-- Fixed "Assigning discriminator field leads to internal assert with --gc:destructors"
+- Fixed "Assigning descriminator field leads to internal assert with --gc:destructors"
   ([#12821](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12821))
 - Fixed "nimsuggest `use` command does not return all instances of symbol"
   ([#12832](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/12832))

changelogs/changelog_2_0_0.md

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ The definition of `"strictFuncs"` was changed.
 The old definition was roughly: "A store to a ref/ptr deref is forbidden unless it's coming from a `var T` parameter".
 The new definition is: "A store to a ref/ptr deref is forbidden."
 
-This new definition is much easier to understand, the price is some expressiveness. The following code used to be
+This new definition is much easier to understand, the price is some expressitivity. The following code used to be
 accepted:
 
 ```nim

compiler/astalgo.nim

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ template mdbg*: bool {.deprecated.} =
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 proc lookupInRecord*(n: PNode, field: PIdent): PSym
+proc mustRehash*(length, counter: int): bool
+proc nextTry*(h, maxHash: Hash): Hash {.inline.}
 
 # ------------- table[int, int] ---------------------------------------------
 const
@@ -214,6 +216,10 @@ proc getNamedParamFromList*(list: PNode, ident: PIdent): PSym =
 proc hashNode(p: RootRef): Hash =
   result = hash(cast[pointer](p))
 
+proc mustRehash(length, counter: int): bool =
+  assert(length > counter)
+  result = (length * 2 < counter * 3) or (length - counter < 4)
+
 import std/tables
 
 const backrefStyle = "\e[90m"
@@ -478,6 +484,12 @@ proc debug(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   this.value(n)
   echo($this.res)
 
+proc nextTry(h, maxHash: Hash): Hash {.inline.} =
+  result = ((5 * h) + 1) and maxHash
+  # For any initial h in range(maxHash), repeating that maxHash times
+  # generates each int in range(maxHash) exactly once (see any text on
+  # random-number generation for proof).
+
 proc objectSetContains*(t: TObjectSet, obj: RootRef): bool =
   # returns true whether n is in t
   var h: Hash = hashNode(obj) and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
@@ -525,6 +537,95 @@ proc objectSetContainsOrIncl*(t: var TObjectSet, obj: RootRef): bool =
   inc(t.counter)
   result = false
 
+proc strTableContains*(t: TStrTable, n: PSym): bool =
+  var h: Hash = n.name.h and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
+  while t.data[h] != nil:
+    if (t.data[h] == n):
+      return true
+    h = nextTry(h, high(t.data))
+  result = false
+
+proc strTableRawInsert(data: var seq[PSym], n: PSym) =
+  var h: Hash = n.name.h and high(data)
+  while data[h] != nil:
+    if data[h] == n:
+      # allowed for 'export' feature:
+      #InternalError(n.info, "StrTableRawInsert: " & n.name.s)
+      return
+    h = nextTry(h, high(data))
+  assert(data[h] == nil)
+  data[h] = n
+
+proc symTabReplaceRaw(data: var seq[PSym], prevSym: PSym, newSym: PSym) =
+  assert prevSym.name.h == newSym.name.h
+  var h: Hash = prevSym.name.h and high(data)
+  while data[h] != nil:
+    if data[h] == prevSym:
+      data[h] = newSym
+      return
+    h = nextTry(h, high(data))
+  assert false
+
+proc symTabReplace*(t: var TStrTable, prevSym: PSym, newSym: PSym) =
+  symTabReplaceRaw(t.data, prevSym, newSym)
+
+proc strTableEnlarge(t: var TStrTable) =
+  var n: seq[PSym]
+  newSeq(n, t.data.len * GrowthFactor)
+  for i in 0..high(t.data):
+    if t.data[i] != nil: strTableRawInsert(n, t.data[i])
+  swap(t.data, n)
+
+proc strTableAdd*(t: var TStrTable, n: PSym) =
+  if mustRehash(t.data.len, t.counter): strTableEnlarge(t)
+  strTableRawInsert(t.data, n)
+  inc(t.counter)
+
+proc strTableInclReportConflict*(t: var TStrTable, n: PSym;
+                                 onConflictKeepOld = false): PSym =
+  # if `t` has a conflicting symbol (same identifier as `n`), return it
+  # otherwise return `nil`. Incl `n` to `t` unless `onConflictKeepOld = true`
+  # and a conflict was found.
+  assert n.name != nil
+  var h: Hash = n.name.h and high(t.data)
+  var replaceSlot = -1
+  while true:
+    var it = t.data[h]
+    if it == nil: break
+    # Semantic checking can happen multiple times thanks to templates
+    # and overloading: (var x=@[]; x).mapIt(it).
+    # So it is possible the very same sym is added multiple
+    # times to the symbol table which we allow here with the 'it == n' check.
+    if it.name.id == n.name.id:
+      if it == n: return nil
+      replaceSlot = h
+    h = nextTry(h, high(t.data))
+  if replaceSlot >= 0:
+    result = t.data[replaceSlot] # found it
+    if not onConflictKeepOld:
+      t.data[replaceSlot] = n # overwrite it with newer definition!
+    return result # but return the old one
+  elif mustRehash(t.data.len, t.counter):
+    strTableEnlarge(t)
+    strTableRawInsert(t.data, n)
+  else:
+    assert(t.data[h] == nil)
+    t.data[h] = n
+  inc(t.counter)
+  result = nil
+
+proc strTableIncl*(t: var TStrTable, n: PSym;
+                   onConflictKeepOld = false): bool {.discardable.} =
+  result = strTableInclReportConflict(t, n, onConflictKeepOld) != nil
+
+proc strTableGet*(t: TStrTable, name: PIdent): PSym =
+  var h: Hash = name.h and high(t.data)
+  while true:
+    result = t.data[h]
+    if result == nil: break
+    if result.name.id == name.id: break
+    h = nextTry(h, high(t.data))
+
 
 type
   TIdentIter* = object # iterator over all syms with same identifier
@@ -612,70 +713,6 @@ iterator items*(tab: TStrTable): PSym =
     yield s
     s = nextIter(it, tab)
 
-proc isNil(x: ItemId): bool {.inline.} =
-  x.module == 0 and x.item == 0
-
-proc hasEmptySlot[T](data: TIdPairSeq[T]): bool =
-  for h in 0..high(data):
-    if isNil(data[h].key):
-      return true
-  result = false
-
-proc idTableRawGet[T](t: TIdTable[T], key: int): int =
-  var h: Hash
-  h = key and high(t.data)    # start with real hash value
-  while not isNil(t.data[h].key):
-    if toId(t.data[h].key) == key:
-      return h
-    h = nextTry(h, high(t.data))
-  result = - 1
-
-proc getOrDefault*[T](t: TIdTable[T], key: ItemId): T =
-  var index = idTableRawGet(t, toId(key))
-  if index >= 0: result = t.data[index].val
-  else: result = default(T)
-
-template idTableGet*[T](t: TIdTable[T], key: PType | PSym): T =
-  getOrDefault(t, key.itemId)
-
-proc idTableRawInsert[T](data: var TIdPairSeq[T], key: ItemId, val: T) =
-  var h: Hash
-  let keyId = toId(key)
-  h = keyId and high(data)
-  while not isNil(data[h].key):
-    assert(toId(data[h].key) != keyId)
-    h = nextTry(h, high(data))
-  assert(isNil(data[h].key))
-  data[h].key = key
-  data[h].val = val
-
-proc `[]=`*[T](t: var TIdTable[T], key: ItemId, val: T) =
-  var
-    index: int
-    n: TIdPairSeq[T]
-  index = idTableRawGet(t, toId(key))
-  if index >= 0:
-    assert(not isNil(t.data[index].key))
-    t.data[index].val = val
-  else:
-    if mustRehash(t.data.len, t.counter):
-      newSeq(n, t.data.len * GrowthFactor)
-      for i in 0..high(t.data):
-        if not isNil(t.data[i].key):
-          idTableRawInsert(n, t.data[i].key, t.data[i].val)
-      assert(hasEmptySlot(n))
-      swap(t.data, n)
-    idTableRawInsert(t.data, key, val)
-    inc(t.counter)
-
-template idTablePut*[T](t: var TIdTable[T], key: PType | PSym, val: T) =
-  t[key.itemId] = val
-
-iterator idTablePairs*[T](t: TIdTable[T]): tuple[key: ItemId, val: T] =
-  for i in 0..high(t.data):
-    if not isNil(t.data[i].key):
-      yield (t.data[i].key, t.data[i].val)
-
 proc initIITable(x: var TIITable) =
   x.counter = 0
   newSeq(x.data, StartSize)

compiler/btrees.nim

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ proc copyHalf[Key, Val](h, result: Node[Key, Val]) =
       result.links[j] = h.links[Mhalf + j]
   else:
     for j in 0..<Mhalf:
-      when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc) or defined(gcYrc):
+      when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc):
         result.vals[j] = move h.vals[Mhalf + j]
       else:
         shallowCopy(result.vals[j], h.vals[Mhalf + j])
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ proc insert[Key, Val](h: Node[Key, Val], key: Key, val: Val): Node[Key, Val] =
       if less(key, h.keys[j]): break
       inc j
     for i in countdown(h.entries, j+1):
-      when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc) or defined(gcYrc):
+      when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc):
         h.vals[i] = move h.vals[i-1]
       else:
         shallowCopy(h.vals[i], h.vals[i-1])

compiler/cbuilderbase.nim

@@ -1,164 +1,6 @@
-import ropes, int128
-
 type
-  Snippet* = string
-  Builder* = object
-    buf*: string
-    indents*: int
+  Snippet = string
+  Builder = string
 
-template newBuilder*(s: string): Builder =
-  Builder(buf: s)
-
-proc extract*(builder: Builder): Snippet =
-  builder.buf
-
-proc add*(builder: var Builder, s: string) =
-  builder.buf.add(s)
-
-proc add*(builder: var Builder, s: char) =
-  builder.buf.add(s)
-
-proc addNewline*(builder: var Builder) =
-  builder.add('\n')
-  for i in 0 ..< builder.indents:
-    builder.add('\t')
-
-proc addLineEnd*(builder: var Builder, s: string) =
-  builder.add(s)
-  builder.addNewline()
-
-proc addLineEndIndent*(builder: var Builder, s: string) =
-  inc builder.indents
-  builder.add(s)
-  builder.addNewline()
-
-proc addDedent*(builder: var Builder, s: string) =
-  if builder.buf.len > 0 and builder.buf[^1] == '\t':
-    builder.buf.setLen(builder.buf.len - 1)
-  builder.add(s)
-  dec builder.indents
-
-proc addLineEndDedent*(builder: var Builder, s: string) =
-  builder.addDedent(s)
-  builder.addNewline()
-
-proc addLineComment*(builder: var Builder, comment: string) =
-  # probably no-op on nifc
-  builder.add("// ")
-  builder.add(comment)
-  builder.addNewline()
-
-proc addIntValue*(builder: var Builder, val: int) =
-  builder.buf.addInt(val)
-
-proc addIntValue*(builder: var Builder, val: int64) =
-  builder.buf.addInt(val)
-
-proc addIntValue*(builder: var Builder, val: uint64) =
-  builder.buf.addInt(val)
-
-proc addIntValue*(builder: var Builder, val: Int128) =
-  builder.buf.addInt128(val)
-
-template cIntValue*(val: int): Snippet = $val
-template cIntValue*(val: int64): Snippet = $val
-template cIntValue*(val: uint64): Snippet = $val
-template cIntValue*(val: Int128): Snippet = $val
-
-template cUintValue*(val: uint): Snippet = $val & "U"
-
-import std/formatfloat
-
-proc addFloatValue*(builder: var Builder, val: float) =
-  builder.buf.addFloat(val)
-
-template cFloatValue*(val: float): Snippet = $val
-
-proc addInt64Literal*(result: var Builder; i: BiggestInt) =
-  if i > low(int64):
-    result.add "IL64($1)" % [rope(i)]
-  else:
-    result.add "(IL64(-9223372036854775807) - IL64(1))"
-
-proc addUint64Literal*(result: var Builder; i: uint64) =
-  result.add rope($i & "ULL")
-
-proc addIntLiteral*(result: var Builder; i: BiggestInt) =
-  if i > low(int32) and i <= high(int32):
-    result.addIntValue(i)
-  elif i == low(int32):
-    # Nim has the same bug for the same reasons :-)
-    result.add "(-2147483647 -1)"
-  elif i > low(int64):
-    result.add "IL64($1)" % [rope(i)]
-  else:
-    result.add "(IL64(-9223372036854775807) - IL64(1))"
-
-proc addIntLiteral*(result: var Builder; i: Int128) =
-  addIntLiteral(result, toInt64(i))
-
-proc cInt64Literal*(i: BiggestInt): Snippet =
-  if i > low(int64):
-    result = "IL64($1)" % [rope(i)]
-  else:
-    result = "(IL64(-9223372036854775807) - IL64(1))"
-
-proc cUint64Literal*(i: uint64): Snippet =
-  result = $i & "ULL"
-
-proc cIntLiteral*(i: BiggestInt): Snippet =
-  if i > low(int32) and i <= high(int32):
-    result = rope(i)
-  elif i == low(int32):
-    # Nim has the same bug for the same reasons :-)
-    result = "(-2147483647 -1)"
-  elif i > low(int64):
-    result = "IL64($1)" % [rope(i)]
-  else:
-    result = "(IL64(-9223372036854775807) - IL64(1))"
-
-proc cIntLiteral*(i: Int128): Snippet =
-  result = cIntLiteral(toInt64(i))
-
-const
-  NimInt* = "NI"
-  NimInt8* = "NI8"
-  NimInt16* = "NI16"
-  NimInt32* = "NI32"
-  NimInt64* = "NI64"
-  CInt* = "int"
-  NimUint* = "NU"
-  NimUint8* = "NU8"
-  NimUint16* = "NU16"
-  NimUint32* = "NU32"
-  NimUint64* = "NU64"
-  NimFloat* = "NF"
-  NimFloat32* = "NF32"
-  NimFloat64* = "NF64"
-  NimFloat128* = "NF128" # not actually defined
-  NimNan* = "NAN"
-  NimInf* = "INF"
-  NimBool* = "NIM_BOOL"
-  NimTrue* = "NIM_TRUE"
-  NimFalse* = "NIM_FALSE"
-  NimChar* = "NIM_CHAR"
-  CChar* = "char"
-  NimCstring* = "NCSTRING"
-  NimNil* = "NIM_NIL"
-  CNil* = "NULL"
-  NimStrlitFlag* = "NIM_STRLIT_FLAG"
-  CVoid* = "void"
-  CPointer* = "void*"
-  CConstPointer* = "NIM_CONST void*"
-
-proc cIntType*(bits: BiggestInt): Snippet =
-  "NI" & $bits
-
-proc cUintType*(bits: BiggestInt): Snippet =
-  "NU" & $bits
-
-type
-  IfBuilderState* = enum
-    WaitingIf, WaitingElseIf, InBlock
-  IfBuilder* = object
-    state*: IfBuilderState
+template newBuilder(s: string): Builder =
+  s

compiler/cbuilderdecls.nim

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ proc addVar(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string, typ: Snip
   if initializer.len != 0:
     builder.add(" = ")
     builder.add(initializer)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
+  builder.add(";\n")
 
 template addVarWithType(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string, body: typed) =
   ## adds a variable declaration to the builder, with the `body` building the type
@@ -40,19 +40,7 @@ template addVarWithType(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: strin
   body
   builder.add(" ")
   builder.add(name)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-template addVarWithInitializer(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string,
-                               typ: Snippet, initializerBody: typed) =
-  ## adds a variable declaration to the builder, with
-  ## `initializerBody` building the initializer. initializer must be provided
-  builder.addVarHeader(kind)
-  builder.add(typ)
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(" = ")
-  initializerBody
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
+  builder.add(";\n")
 
 template addVarWithTypeAndInitializer(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string,
                                       typeBody, initializerBody: typed) =
@@ -64,7 +52,7 @@ template addVarWithTypeAndInitializer(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Loca
   builder.add(name)
   builder.add(" = ")
   initializerBody
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
+  builder.add(";\n")
 
 proc addArrayVar(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string, elementType: Snippet, len: int, initializer: Snippet = "") =
   ## adds an array variable declaration to the builder
@@ -73,12 +61,12 @@ proc addArrayVar(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string, elem
   builder.add(" ")
   builder.add(name)
   builder.add("[")
-  builder.addIntValue(len)
+  builder.addInt(len)
   builder.add("]")
   if initializer.len != 0:
     builder.add(" = ")
     builder.add(initializer)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
+  builder.add(";\n")
 
 template addArrayVarWithInitializer(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string, elementType: Snippet, len: int, body: typed) =
   ## adds an array variable declaration to the builder with the initializer built according to `body`
@@ -87,10 +75,10 @@ template addArrayVarWithInitializer(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local,
   builder.add(" ")
   builder.add(name)
   builder.add("[")
-  builder.addIntValue(len)
+  builder.addInt(len)
   builder.add("] = ")
   body
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
+  builder.add(";\n")
 
 template addTypedef(builder: var Builder, name: string, typeBody: typed) =
   ## adds a typedef declaration to the builder with name `name` and type as
@@ -99,20 +87,9 @@ template addTypedef(builder: var Builder, name: string, typeBody: typed) =
   typeBody
   builder.add(" ")
   builder.add(name)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
+  builder.add(";\n")
 
-proc addProcTypedef(builder: var Builder, callConv: TCallingConvention, name: string, rettype, params: Snippet) =
-  builder.add("typedef ")
-  builder.add(CallingConvToStr[callConv])
-  builder.add("_PTR(")
-  builder.add(rettype)
-  builder.add(", ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(")")
-  builder.add(params)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-template addArrayTypedef(builder: var Builder, name: string, len: BiggestInt, typeBody: typed) =
+template addArrayTypedef(builder: var Builder, name: string, len: int, typeBody: typed) =
   ## adds an array typedef declaration to the builder with name `name`,
   ## length `len`, and element type as built in `typeBody`
   builder.add("typedef ")
@@ -120,8 +97,8 @@ template addArrayTypedef(builder: var Builder, name: string, len: BiggestInt, ty
   builder.add(" ")
   builder.add(name)
   builder.add("[")
-  builder.addIntValue(len)
-  builder.addLineEnd("];")
+  builder.addInt(len)
+  builder.add("];\n")
 
 type
   StructInitializerKind = enum
@@ -154,14 +131,14 @@ template addField(builder: var Builder, constr: var StructInitializer, name: str
     # no name, can just add value
     valueBody
   of siOrderedStruct:
-    # positional init - name not used in output (empty allowed for anonymous unions)
+    # no name, can just add value on C
+    assert name.len != 0, "name has to be given for struct initializer field"
     valueBody
   of siNamedStruct:
-    # designated init - empty name for anonymous unions (skips .name = prefix)
-    if name.len != 0:
-      builder.add(".")
-      builder.add(name)
-      builder.add(" = ")
+    assert name.len != 0, "name has to be given for struct initializer field"
+    builder.add(".")
+    builder.add(name)
+    builder.add(" = ")
     valueBody
 
 proc finishStructInitializer(builder: var Builder, constr: StructInitializer) =
@@ -196,7 +173,7 @@ proc addArrayField(obj: var Builder; name, elementType: Snippet; len: int; initi
   obj.add(" ")
   obj.add(name)
   obj.add("[")
-  obj.addIntValue(len)
+  obj.addInt(len)
   obj.add("]")
   if initializer.len != 0:
     obj.add(initializer)
@@ -207,7 +184,7 @@ proc addField(obj: var Builder; field: PSym; name, typ: Snippet; isFlexArray: bo
   obj.add('\t')
   if field.alignment > 0:
     obj.add("NIM_ALIGN(")
-    obj.addIntValue(field.alignment)
+    obj.addInt(field.alignment)
     obj.add(") ")
   obj.add(typ)
   if sfNoalias in field.flags:
@@ -218,21 +195,11 @@ proc addField(obj: var Builder; field: PSym; name, typ: Snippet; isFlexArray: bo
     obj.add("[SEQ_DECL_SIZE]")
   if field.bitsize != 0:
     obj.add(":")
-    obj.addIntValue(field.bitsize)
+    obj.addInt(field.bitsize)
   if initializer.len != 0:
     obj.add(initializer)
   obj.add(";\n")
 
-proc addProcField(obj: var Builder, callConv: TCallingConvention, name: string, rettype, params: Snippet) =
-  obj.add(CallingConvToStr[callConv])
-  obj.add("_PTR(")
-  obj.add(rettype)
-  obj.add(", ")
-  obj.add(name)
-  obj.add(")")
-  obj.add(params)
-  obj.add(";\n")
-
 type
   BaseClassKind = enum
     ## denotes how and whether or not the base class/RTTI should be stored
@@ -264,14 +231,14 @@ proc startSimpleStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; name: string; baseType: Sni
     obj.add(baseType)
   obj.add(" ")
   obj.add("{\n")
-  result.preFieldsLen = obj.buf.len
+  result.preFieldsLen = obj.len
   if result.baseKind == bcSupField:
     obj.addField(name = "Sup", typ = baseType)
 
 proc finishSimpleStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; info: StructBuilderInfo) =
-  if info.baseKind == bcNone and info.preFieldsLen == obj.buf.len:
+  if info.baseKind == bcNone and info.preFieldsLen == obj.len:
     # no fields were added, add dummy field
-    obj.addField(name = "dummy", typ = CChar)
+    obj.addField(name = "dummy", typ = "char")
   if info.named:
     obj.add("};\n")
   else:
@@ -320,7 +287,7 @@ proc startStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; t: PType; name: string; baseType:
     obj.add(baseType)
   obj.add(" ")
   obj.add("{\n")
-  result.preFieldsLen = obj.buf.len
+  result.preFieldsLen = obj.len
   case result.baseKind
   of bcNone:
     # rest of the options add a field or don't need it due to inheritance,
@@ -330,7 +297,7 @@ proc startStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; t: PType; name: string; baseType:
         t.n != nil and t.n.len == 1 and t.n[0].kind == nkSym and
         t.n[0].sym.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind == tyUncheckedArray:
       # only consists of flexible array field, add *initial* dummy field
-      obj.addField(name = "dummy", typ = CChar)
+      obj.addField(name = "dummy", typ = "char")
   of bcCppInherit: discard
   of bcNoneRtti:
     obj.addField(name = "m_type", typ = ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "TNimType")))
@@ -340,10 +307,10 @@ proc startStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; t: PType; name: string; baseType:
     obj.addField(name = "Sup", typ = baseType)
 
 proc finishStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; t: PType; info: StructBuilderInfo) =
-  if info.baseKind == bcNone and info.preFieldsLen == obj.buf.len and
+  if info.baseKind == bcNone and info.preFieldsLen == obj.len and
       t.itemId notin m.g.graph.memberProcsPerType:
     # no fields were added, add dummy field
-    obj.addField(name = "dummy", typ = CChar)
+    obj.addField(name = "dummy", typ = "char")
   if info.named:
     obj.add("};\n")
   else:
@@ -373,296 +340,10 @@ template addFieldWithStructType(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; parentTyp: PType;
   obj.add(fieldName)
   obj.add(";\n")
   if tfPacked in parentTyp.flags and hasAttribute notin CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-    obj.add("#pragma pack(pop)\n")
+    result.add("#pragma pack(pop)\n")
 
 template addAnonUnion(obj: var Builder; body: typed) =
   ## adds an anonymous union i.e. `union { ... };` with fields according to `body`
   obj.add "union{\n"
   body
   obj.add("};\n")
-
-template addUnionType(obj: var Builder; body: typed) =
-  ## adds a union type i.e. `union { ... }` with fields according to `body`
-  obj.add "union{\n"
-  body
-  obj.add("}")
-
-type DeclVisibility = enum
-  None
-  Extern
-  ExternC
-  ImportLib
-  ExportLib
-  ExportLibVar
-  Private
-  StaticProc
-
-proc addVisibilityPrefix(builder: var Builder, visibility: DeclVisibility) =
-  # internal proc
-  case visibility
-  of None: discard
-  of Extern:
-    builder.add("extern ")
-  of ExternC:
-    builder.add("NIM_EXTERNC ")
-  of ImportLib:
-    builder.add("N_LIB_IMPORT ")
-  of ExportLib:
-    builder.add("N_LIB_EXPORT ")
-  of ExportLibVar:
-    builder.add("N_LIB_EXPORT_VAR ")
-  of Private:
-    builder.add("N_LIB_PRIVATE ")
-  of StaticProc:
-    builder.add("static ")
-
-template addDeclWithVisibility(builder: var Builder, visibility: DeclVisibility, declBody: typed) =
-  ## adds a declaration as in `declBody` with the given visibility
-  builder.addVisibilityPrefix(visibility)
-  declBody
-
-type ProcParamBuilder = object
-  needsComma: bool
-
-proc initProcParamBuilder(builder: var Builder): ProcParamBuilder =
-  result = ProcParamBuilder(needsComma: false)
-  builder.add("(")
-
-proc finishProcParamBuilder(builder: var Builder, params: ProcParamBuilder) =
-  if params.needsComma:
-    builder.add(")")
-  else:
-    builder.add("void)")
-
-template cgDeclFrmt*(s: PSym): string =
-  s.constraint.strVal
-
-proc addParam(builder: var Builder, params: var ProcParamBuilder, name: string, typ: Snippet) =
-  if params.needsComma:
-    builder.add(", ")
-  else:
-    params.needsComma = true
-  builder.add(typ)
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-
-proc addParam(builder: var Builder, params: var ProcParamBuilder, param: PSym, typ: Snippet) =
-  if params.needsComma:
-    builder.add(", ")
-  else:
-    params.needsComma = true
-  var modifiedTyp = typ
-  if sfNoalias in param.flags:
-    modifiedTyp.add(" NIM_NOALIAS")
-  if sfCodegenDecl notin param.flags:
-    builder.add(modifiedTyp)
-    builder.add(" ")
-    builder.add(param.loc.snippet)
-  else:
-    builder.add runtimeFormat(param.cgDeclFrmt, [modifiedTyp, param.loc.snippet])
-
-proc addUnnamedParam(builder: var Builder, params: var ProcParamBuilder, typ: Snippet) =
-  if params.needsComma:
-    builder.add(", ")
-  else:
-    params.needsComma = true
-  builder.add(typ)
-
-proc addProcTypedParam(builder: var Builder, paramBuilder: var ProcParamBuilder, callConv: TCallingConvention, name: string, rettype, params: Snippet) =
-  if paramBuilder.needsComma:
-    builder.add(", ")
-  else:
-    paramBuilder.needsComma = true
-  builder.add(CallingConvToStr[callConv])
-  builder.add("_PTR(")
-  builder.add(rettype)
-  builder.add(", ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(")")
-  builder.add(params)
-
-proc addVarargsParam(builder: var Builder, params: var ProcParamBuilder) =
-  # does not exist in NIFC, needs to be proc pragma
-  if params.needsComma:
-    builder.add(", ")
-  else:
-    params.needsComma = true
-  builder.add("...")
-
-template addProcParams(builder: var Builder, params: out ProcParamBuilder, body: typed) =
-  params = initProcParamBuilder(builder)
-  body
-  finishProcParamBuilder(builder, params)
-
-type SimpleProcParam = tuple
-  name, typ: string
-
-proc cProcParams(params: varargs[SimpleProcParam]): Snippet =
-  if params.len == 0: return "(void)"
-  result = "("
-  for i in 0 ..< params.len:
-    if i != 0: result.add(", ")
-    result.add(params[i].typ)
-    if params[i].name.len != 0:
-      result.add(" ")
-      result.add(params[i].name)
-  result.add(")")
-
-template addProcHeaderWithParams(builder: var Builder, callConv: TCallingConvention,
-                                 name: string, rettype: Snippet, paramBuilder: typed) =
-  # on nifc should build something like (proc name params type pragmas
-  # with no body given
-  # or enforce this with secondary builder object
-  builder.add(CallingConvToStr[callConv])
-  builder.add("(")
-  builder.add(rettype)
-  builder.add(", ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(")")
-  paramBuilder
-
-proc addProcHeader(builder: var Builder, callConv: TCallingConvention,
-                   name: string, rettype, params: Snippet) =
-  # on nifc should build something like (proc name params type pragmas
-  # with no body given
-  # or enforce this with secondary builder object
-  addProcHeaderWithParams(builder, callConv, name, rettype):
-    builder.add(params)
-
-proc addProcHeader(builder: var Builder, name: string, rettype, params: Snippet, isConstructor = false) =
-  # no callconv
-  builder.add(rettype)
-  builder.add(" ")
-  if isConstructor:
-    builder.add("__attribute__((constructor)) ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(params)
-
-proc addProcHeader(builder: var Builder, m: BModule, prc: PSym, name: string, params, rettype: Snippet, addAttributes: bool) =
-  # on nifc should build something like (proc name params type pragmas
-  # with no body given
-  # or enforce this with secondary builder object
-  let noreturn = isNoReturn(m, prc)
-  if sfPure in prc.flags and hasDeclspec in extccomp.CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-    builder.add("__declspec(naked) ")
-  if noreturn and hasDeclspec in extccomp.CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-    builder.add("__declspec(noreturn) ")
-  builder.add(CallingConvToStr[prc.typ.callConv])
-  builder.add("(")
-  builder.add(rettype)
-  builder.add(", ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(")")
-  builder.add(params)
-  if addAttributes:
-    if sfPure in prc.flags and hasAttribute in extccomp.CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-      builder.add(" __attribute__((naked))")
-    if noreturn and hasAttribute in extccomp.CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-      builder.add(" __attribute__((noreturn))")
-
-proc finishProcHeaderAsProto(builder: var Builder) =
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-template finishProcHeaderWithBody(builder: var Builder, body: typed) =
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(" {")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
-  builder.addNewline
-
-proc addProcVar(builder: var Builder, m: BModule, prc: PSym, name: string, params, rettype: Snippet,
-                isStatic = false, ignoreAttributes = false) =
-  # on nifc, builds full variable
-  if isStatic:
-    builder.add("static ")
-  let noreturn = isNoReturn(m, prc)
-  if not ignoreAttributes:
-    if sfPure in prc.flags and hasDeclspec in extccomp.CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-      builder.add("__declspec(naked) ")
-    if noreturn and hasDeclspec in extccomp.CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-      builder.add("__declspec(noreturn) ")
-  builder.add(CallingConvToStr[prc.typ.callConv])
-  builder.add("_PTR(")
-  builder.add(rettype)
-  builder.add(", ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(")")
-  builder.add(params)
-  if not ignoreAttributes:
-    if sfPure in prc.flags and hasAttribute in extccomp.CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-      builder.add(" __attribute__((naked))")
-    if noreturn and hasAttribute in extccomp.CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-      builder.add(" __attribute__((noreturn))")
-  # ensure we are just adding a variable:
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addProcVar(builder: var Builder, callConv: TCallingConvention,
-                name: string, params, rettype: Snippet,
-                isStatic = false, isVolatile = false) =
-  # on nifc, builds full variable
-  if isStatic:
-    builder.add("static ")
-  builder.add(CallingConvToStr[callConv])
-  builder.add("_PTR(")
-  builder.add(rettype)
-  builder.add(", ")
-  if isVolatile:
-    builder.add("volatile ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(")")
-  builder.add(params)
-  # ensure we are just adding a variable:
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addProcVar(builder: var Builder,
-                name: string, params, rettype: Snippet,
-                isStatic = false, isVolatile = false) =
-  # no callconv
-  if isStatic:
-    builder.add("static ")
-  builder.add(rettype)
-  builder.add(" (*")
-  if isVolatile:
-    builder.add("volatile ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(")")
-  builder.add(params)
-  # ensure we are just adding a variable:
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-type VarInitializerKind = enum
-  Assignment, CppConstructor
-
-proc addVar(builder: var Builder, m: BModule, s: PSym, name: string, typ: Snippet, kind = Local, visibility: DeclVisibility = None, initializer: Snippet = "", initializerKind: VarInitializerKind = Assignment) =
-  if sfCodegenDecl in s.flags:
-    builder.add(runtimeFormat(s.cgDeclFrmt, [typ, name]))
-    if initializer.len != 0:
-      if initializerKind == Assignment:
-        builder.add(" = ")
-      builder.add(initializer)
-    builder.addLineEnd(";")
-    return
-  if s.kind in {skLet, skVar, skField, skForVar} and s.alignment > 0:
-    builder.add("NIM_ALIGN(" & $s.alignment & ") ")
-  builder.addVisibilityPrefix(visibility)
-  if kind == Threadvar:
-    if optThreads in m.config.globalOptions:
-      let sym = s.typ.sym
-      if sym != nil and sfCppNonPod in sym.flags:
-        builder.add("NIM_THREAD_LOCAL ")
-      else: builder.add("NIM_THREADVAR ")
-  else:
-    builder.addVarHeader(kind)
-  builder.add(typ)
-  if sfRegister in s.flags: builder.add(" register")
-  if sfVolatile in s.flags: builder.add(" volatile")
-  if sfNoalias in s.flags: builder.add(" NIM_NOALIAS")
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  if initializer.len != 0:
-    if initializerKind == Assignment:
-      builder.add(" = ")
-    builder.add(initializer)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addInclude(builder: var Builder, value: Snippet) =
-  builder.addLineEnd("#include " & value)

compiler/cbuilderexprs.nim

@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
-proc constType(t: Snippet): Snippet =
-  # needs manipulation of `t` in nifc
-  "NIM_CONST " & t
-
-proc constPtrType(t: Snippet): Snippet =
-  t & "* NIM_CONST"
-
-proc ptrConstType(t: Snippet): Snippet =
-  "NIM_CONST " & t & "*"
+# XXX make complex ones like bitOr use builder instead
+# XXX add stuff like NI, NIM_NIL as constants
 
 proc ptrType(t: Snippet): Snippet =
   t & "*"
 
-proc cppRefType(t: Snippet): Snippet =
-  t & "&"
-
 const
   CallingConvToStr: array[TCallingConvention, string] = ["N_NIMCALL",
     "N_STDCALL", "N_CDECL", "N_SAFECALL",
@@ -23,237 +13,14 @@ const
     "N_NOCONV" #ccMember is N_NOCONV
     ]
 
-proc procPtrTypeUnnamed(rettype, params: Snippet): Snippet =
-  rettype & "(*)" & params
-
-proc procPtrTypeUnnamedNimCall(rettype, params: Snippet): Snippet =
-  rettype & "(N_RAW_NIMCALL*)" & params
-
-proc procPtrTypeUnnamed(callConv: TCallingConvention, rettype, params: Snippet): Snippet =
-  CallingConvToStr[callConv] & "_PTR(" & rettype & ", )" & params
-
-type CppCaptureKind = enum None, ByReference, ByCopy
-
-template addCppLambda(builder: var Builder, captures: CppCaptureKind, params: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  builder.add("[")
-  case captures
-  of None: discard
-  of ByReference: builder.add("&")
-  of ByCopy: builder.add("=")
-  builder.add("] ")
-  builder.add(params)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(" {")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
+proc procPtrType(conv: TCallingConvention, rettype: Snippet, name: string): Snippet =
+  CallingConvToStr[conv] & "_PTR(" & rettype & ", " & name & ")"
 
 proc cCast(typ, value: Snippet): Snippet =
   "((" & typ & ") " & value & ")"
 
-proc wrapPar(value: Snippet): Snippet =
-  # used for expression group, no-op on sexp
-  "(" & value & ")"
-
-proc removeSinglePar(value: Snippet): Snippet =
-  # removes a single paren layer expected to exist, to silence Wparentheses-equality
-  assert value[0] == '(' and value[^1] == ')'
-  value[1..^2]
-
-template addCast(builder: var Builder, typ: Snippet, valueBody: typed) =
-  ## adds a cast to `typ` with value built by `valueBody`
-  builder.add "(("
-  builder.add typ
-  builder.add ") "
-  valueBody
-  builder.add ")"
-
 proc cAddr(value: Snippet): Snippet =
-  "(&" & value & ")"
+  "&" & value
 
-proc cLabelAddr(value: TLabel): Snippet =
-  "&&" & value
-
-proc cDeref(value: Snippet): Snippet =
-  "(*" & value & ")"
-
-proc subscript(a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
-  a & "[" & b & "]"
-
-proc dotField(a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
-  a & "." & b
-
-proc derefField(a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
-  a & "->" & b
-
-type CallBuilder = object
-  needsComma: bool
-
-proc initCallBuilder(builder: var Builder, callee: Snippet): CallBuilder =
-  result = CallBuilder(needsComma: false)
-  builder.add(callee)
-  builder.add("(")
-
-const cArgumentSeparator = ", "
-
-proc addArgumentSeparator(builder: var Builder) =
-  # no-op on NIFC
-  # used by "single argument" builders
-  builder.add(cArgumentSeparator)
-
-template addArgument(builder: var Builder, call: var CallBuilder, valueBody: typed) =
-  if call.needsComma:
-    builder.addArgumentSeparator()
-  else:
-    call.needsComma = true
-  valueBody
-
-proc finishCallBuilder(builder: var Builder, call: CallBuilder) =
-  builder.add(")")
-
-template addCall(builder: var Builder, call: out CallBuilder, callee: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  call = initCallBuilder(builder, callee)
-  body
-  finishCallBuilder(builder, call)
-
-proc addCall(builder: var Builder, callee: Snippet, args: varargs[Snippet]) =
-  builder.add(callee)
-  builder.add("(")
-  if args.len != 0:
-    builder.add(args[0])
-    for i in 1 ..< args.len:
-      builder.add(", ")
-      builder.add(args[i])
-  builder.add(")")
-
-proc cCall(callee: Snippet, args: varargs[Snippet]): Snippet =
-  result = callee
-  result.add("(")
-  if args.len != 0:
-    result.add(args[0])
-    for i in 1 ..< args.len:
-      result.add(", ")
-      result.add(args[i])
-  result.add(")")
-
-proc addSizeof(builder: var Builder, val: Snippet) =
-  builder.add("sizeof(")
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.add(")")
-
-proc addAlignof(builder: var Builder, val: Snippet) =
-  builder.add("NIM_ALIGNOF(")
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.add(")")
-
-proc addOffsetof(builder: var Builder, val, member: Snippet) =
-  builder.add("offsetof(")
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.add(", ")
-  builder.add(member)
-  builder.add(")")
-
-template cSizeof(val: Snippet): Snippet =
-  "sizeof(" & val & ")"
-
-template cAlignof(val: Snippet): Snippet =
-  "NIM_ALIGNOF(" & val & ")"
-
-template cOffsetof(val, member: Snippet): Snippet =
-  "offsetof(" & val & ", " & member & ")"
-
-type TypedBinaryOp = enum
-  Add, Sub, Mul, Div, Mod
-  Shr, Shl, BitAnd, BitOr, BitXor
-
-const typedBinaryOperators: array[TypedBinaryOp, string] = [
-  Add: "+",
-  Sub: "-",
-  Mul: "*",
-  Div: "/",
-  Mod: "%",
-  Shr: ">>",
-  Shl: "<<",
-  BitAnd: "&",
-  BitOr: "|",
-  BitXor: "^"
-]
-
-type TypedUnaryOp = enum
-  Neg, BitNot
-
-const typedUnaryOperators: array[TypedUnaryOp, string] = [
-  Neg: "-",
-  BitNot: "~",
-]
-
-type UntypedBinaryOp = enum
-  LessEqual, LessThan, GreaterEqual, GreaterThan, Equal, NotEqual
-  And, Or
-
-const untypedBinaryOperators: array[UntypedBinaryOp, string] = [
-  LessEqual: "<=",
-  LessThan: "<",
-  GreaterEqual: ">=",
-  GreaterThan: ">",
-  Equal: "==",
-  NotEqual: "!=",
-  And: "&&",
-  Or: "||"
-]
-
-type UntypedUnaryOp = enum
-  Not
-
-const untypedUnaryOperators: array[UntypedUnaryOp, string] = [
-  Not: "!"
-]
-
-proc addOp(builder: var Builder, binOp: TypedBinaryOp, t: Snippet, a, b: Snippet) =
-  builder.add('(')
-  builder.add(a)
-  builder.add(' ')
-  builder.add(typedBinaryOperators[binOp])
-  builder.add(' ')
-  builder.add(b)
-  builder.add(')')
-
-proc addOp(builder: var Builder, unOp: TypedUnaryOp, t: Snippet, a: Snippet) =
-  builder.add('(')
-  builder.add(typedUnaryOperators[unOp])
-  builder.add('(')
-  builder.add(a)
-  builder.add("))")
-
-proc addOp(builder: var Builder, binOp: UntypedBinaryOp, a, b: Snippet) =
-  builder.add('(')
-  builder.add(a)
-  builder.add(' ')
-  builder.add(untypedBinaryOperators[binOp])
-  builder.add(' ')
-  builder.add(b)
-  builder.add(')')
-
-proc addOp(builder: var Builder, unOp: UntypedUnaryOp, a: Snippet) =
-  builder.add('(')
-  builder.add(untypedUnaryOperators[unOp])
-  builder.add('(')
-  builder.add(a)
-  builder.add("))")
-
-template cOp(binOp: TypedBinaryOp, t: Snippet, a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
-  '(' & a & ' ' & typedBinaryOperators[binOp] & ' ' & b & ')'
-
-template cOp(binOp: TypedUnaryOp, t: Snippet, a: Snippet): Snippet =
-  '(' & typedUnaryOperators[binOp] & '(' & a & "))"
-
-template cOp(binOp: UntypedBinaryOp, a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
-  '(' & a & ' ' & untypedBinaryOperators[binOp] & ' ' & b & ')'
-
-template cOp(binOp: UntypedUnaryOp, a: Snippet): Snippet =
-  '(' & untypedUnaryOperators[binOp] & '(' & a & "))"
-
-template cIfExpr(cond, a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
-  # XXX used for `min` and `max`, maybe add nifc primitives for these
-  "(" & cond & " ? " & a & " : " & b & ")"
-
-template cUnlikely(val: Snippet): Snippet =
-  "NIM_UNLIKELY(" & val & ")"
+proc bitOr(a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
+  "(" & a & " | " & b & ")"

compiler/cbuilderstmts.nim

@@ -1,329 +0,0 @@
-template addAssignmentWithValue(builder: var Builder, lhs: Snippet, valueBody: typed) =
-  builder.add(lhs)
-  builder.add(" = ")
-  valueBody
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-template addFieldAssignmentWithValue(builder: var Builder, lhs: Snippet, name: string, valueBody: typed) =
-  builder.add(lhs)
-  builder.add("." & name & " = ")
-  valueBody
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-template addAssignment(builder: var Builder, lhs, rhs: Snippet) =
-  builder.addAssignmentWithValue(lhs):
-    builder.add(rhs)
-
-template addFieldAssignment(builder: var Builder, lhs: Snippet, name: string, rhs: Snippet) =
-  builder.addFieldAssignmentWithValue(lhs, name):
-    builder.add(rhs)
-
-template addMutualFieldAssignment(builder: var Builder, lhs, rhs: Snippet, name: string) =
-  builder.addFieldAssignmentWithValue(lhs, name):
-    builder.add(rhs)
-    builder.add("." & name)
-
-template addAssignment(builder: var Builder, lhs: Snippet, rhs: int | int64 | uint64 | Int128) =
-  builder.addAssignmentWithValue(lhs):
-    builder.addIntValue(rhs)
-
-template addFieldAssignment(builder: var Builder, lhs: Snippet, name: string, rhs: int | int64 | uint64 | Int128) =
-  builder.addFieldAssignmentWithValue(lhs, name):
-    builder.addIntValue(rhs)
-
-template addDerefFieldAssignment(builder: var Builder, lhs: Snippet, name: string, rhs: Snippet) =
-  builder.add(lhs)
-  builder.add("->" & name & " = ")
-  builder.add(rhs)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-template addSubscriptAssignment(builder: var Builder, lhs: Snippet, index: Snippet, rhs: Snippet) =
-  builder.add(lhs)
-  builder.add("[" & index & "] = ")
-  builder.add(rhs)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-template addStmt(builder: var Builder, stmtBody: typed) =
-  ## makes an expression built by `stmtBody` into a statement
-  stmtBody
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addCallStmt(builder: var Builder, callee: Snippet, args: varargs[Snippet]) =
-  builder.addStmt():
-    builder.addCall(callee, args)
-
-# XXX blocks need indent tracker in `Builder` object
-
-template addSingleIfStmt(builder: var Builder, cond: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  builder.add("if (")
-  builder.add(cond)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(") {")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
-
-template addSingleIfStmtWithCond(builder: var Builder, condBody: typed, body: typed) =
-  builder.add("if (")
-  condBody
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(") {")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
-
-proc initIfStmt(builder: var Builder): IfBuilder =
-  IfBuilder(state: WaitingIf)
-
-proc finishIfStmt(builder: var Builder, stmt: IfBuilder) =
-  assert stmt.state != InBlock
-  builder.addNewline()
-
-template addIfStmt(builder: var Builder, stmt: out IfBuilder, body: typed) =
-  stmt = initIfStmt(builder)
-  body
-  finishIfStmt(builder, stmt)
-
-proc initElifBranch(builder: var Builder, stmt: var IfBuilder, cond: Snippet) =
-  case stmt.state
-  of WaitingIf:
-    builder.add("if (")
-  of WaitingElseIf:
-    builder.add(" else if (")
-  else: assert false, $stmt.state
-  builder.add(cond)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(") {")
-  stmt.state = InBlock
-
-proc initElseBranch(builder: var Builder, stmt: var IfBuilder) =
-  assert stmt.state == WaitingElseIf, $stmt.state
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(" else {")
-  stmt.state = InBlock
-
-proc finishBranch(builder: var Builder, stmt: var IfBuilder) =
-  builder.addDedent("}")
-  stmt.state = WaitingElseIf
-
-template addElifBranch(builder: var Builder, stmt: var IfBuilder, cond: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  initElifBranch(builder, stmt, cond)
-  body
-  finishBranch(builder, stmt)
-
-template addElseBranch(builder: var Builder, stmt: var IfBuilder, body: typed) =
-  initElseBranch(builder, stmt)
-  body
-  finishBranch(builder, stmt)
-
-proc initForRange(builder: var Builder, i, start, bound: Snippet, inclusive: bool = false) =
-  builder.add("for (")
-  builder.add(i)
-  builder.add(" = ")
-  builder.add(start)
-  builder.add("; ")
-  builder.add(i)
-  if inclusive:
-    builder.add(" <= ")
-  else:
-    builder.add(" < ")
-  builder.add(bound)
-  builder.add("; ")
-  builder.add(i)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent("++) {")
-
-proc initForStep(builder: var Builder, i, start, bound, step: Snippet, inclusive: bool = false) =
-  builder.add("for (")
-  builder.add(i)
-  builder.add(" = ")
-  builder.add(start)
-  builder.add("; ")
-  builder.add(i)
-  if inclusive:
-    builder.add(" <= ")
-  else:
-    builder.add(" < ")
-  builder.add(bound)
-  builder.add("; ")
-  builder.add(i)
-  builder.add(" += ")
-  builder.add(step)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(") {")
-
-proc finishFor(builder: var Builder) {.inline.} =
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
-
-template addForRangeExclusive(builder: var Builder, i, start, bound: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  initForRange(builder, i, start, bound, false)
-  body
-  finishFor(builder)
-
-template addForRangeInclusive(builder: var Builder, i, start, bound: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  initForRange(builder, i, start, bound, true)
-  body
-  finishFor(builder)
-
-template addSwitchStmt(builder: var Builder, val: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  builder.add("switch (")
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.addLineEnd(") {") # no indent
-  body
-  builder.addLineEnd("}")
-
-template addSingleSwitchCase(builder: var Builder, val: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  builder.add("case ")
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(":")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("")
-
-type
-  SwitchCaseState = enum
-    None, Of, Else, Finished
-  SwitchCaseBuilder = object
-    state: SwitchCaseState
-
-proc addCase(builder: var Builder, info: var SwitchCaseBuilder, val: Snippet) =
-  if info.state != Of:
-    assert info.state == None
-    info.state = Of
-  builder.add("case ")
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(":")
-
-proc addCaseRange(builder: var Builder, info: var SwitchCaseBuilder, first, last: Snippet) =
-  if info.state != Of:
-    assert info.state == None
-    info.state = Of
-  builder.add("case ")
-  builder.add(first)
-  builder.add(" ... ")
-  builder.add(last)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(":")
-
-proc addCaseElse(builder: var Builder, info: var SwitchCaseBuilder) =
-  assert info.state == None
-  info.state = Else
-  builder.addLineEndIndent("default:")
-
-template addSwitchCase(builder: var Builder, info: out SwitchCaseBuilder, caseBody, body: typed) =
-  info = SwitchCaseBuilder(state: None)
-  caseBody
-  info.state = Finished
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("")
-
-template addSwitchElse(builder: var Builder, body: typed) =
-  builder.addLineEndIndent("default:")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("")
-
-proc addBreak(builder: var Builder) =
-  builder.addLineEnd("break;")
-
-type ScopeBuilder = object
-  inside: bool
-
-proc initScope(builder: var Builder): ScopeBuilder =
-  builder.addLineEndIndent("{")
-  result = ScopeBuilder(inside: true)
-
-proc finishScope(builder: var Builder, scope: var ScopeBuilder) =
-  assert scope.inside, "scope not inited"
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
-  scope.inside = false
-
-template addScope(builder: var Builder, body: typed) =
-  builder.addLineEndIndent("{")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
-
-type WhileBuilder = object
-  inside: bool
-
-proc initWhileStmt(builder: var Builder, cond: Snippet): WhileBuilder =
-  builder.add("while (")
-  builder.add(cond)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(") {")
-  result = WhileBuilder(inside: true)
-
-proc finishWhileStmt(builder: var Builder, stmt: var WhileBuilder) =
-  assert stmt.inside, "while stmt not inited"
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
-  stmt.inside = false
-
-template addWhileStmt(builder: var Builder, cond: Snippet, body: typed) =
-  builder.add("while (")
-  builder.add(cond)
-  builder.addLineEndIndent(") {")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEndDedent("}")
-
-proc addLabel(builder: var Builder, name: TLabel) =
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.addLineEnd(": ;")
-
-proc addReturn(builder: var Builder) =
-  builder.addLineEnd("return;")
-
-proc addReturn(builder: var Builder, value: Snippet) =
-  builder.add("return ")
-  builder.add(value)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addGoto(builder: var Builder, label: TLabel) =
-  builder.add("goto ")
-  builder.add(label)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addComputedGoto(builder: var Builder, value: Snippet) =
-  builder.add("goto *")
-  builder.add(value)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addIncr(builder: var Builder, val: Snippet) =
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.addLineEnd("++;")
-
-proc addDecr(builder: var Builder, val: Snippet) =
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.addLineEnd("--;")
-
-proc addInPlaceOp(builder: var Builder, binOp: TypedBinaryOp, t: Snippet, a, b: Snippet) =
-  builder.add(a)
-  builder.add(' ')
-  builder.add(typedBinaryOperators[binOp])
-  builder.add("= ")
-  builder.add(b)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addInPlaceOp(builder: var Builder, binOp: UntypedBinaryOp, a, b: Snippet) =
-  builder.add(a)
-  builder.add(' ')
-  builder.add(untypedBinaryOperators[binOp])
-  builder.add("= ")
-  builder.add(b)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc cInPlaceOp(binOp: TypedBinaryOp, t: Snippet, a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
-  result = ""
-  result.add(a)
-  result.add(' ')
-  result.add(typedBinaryOperators[binOp])
-  result.add("= ")
-  result.add(b)
-  result.add(";\n")
-
-proc cInPlaceOp(binOp: UntypedBinaryOp, a, b: Snippet): Snippet =
-  result = ""
-  result.add(a)
-  result.add(' ')
-  result.add(untypedBinaryOperators[binOp])
-  result.add("= ")
-  result.add(b)
-  result.add(";\n")
-
-template addCPragma(builder: var Builder, val: Snippet) =
-  builder.addNewline()
-  builder.add("#pragma ")
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.addNewline()
-
-proc addDiscard(builder: var Builder, val: Snippet) =
-  builder.add("(void)")
-  builder.add(val)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")

compiler/ccgcalls.nim

@@ -84,21 +84,20 @@ proc cleanupTemp(p: BProc; returnType: PType, tmp: TLoc): bool =
     let dtor = getAttachedOp(p.module.g.graph, returnType, attachedDestructor)
     var op = initLocExpr(p, newSymNode(dtor))
     var callee = rdLoc(op)
-    let destroyArg =
-      if dtor.typ.firstParamType.kind == tyVar:
-        cAddr(rdLoc(tmp))
+    let destroy = if dtor.typ.firstParamType.kind == tyVar:
+        callee & "(&" & rdLoc(tmp) & ")"
       else:
-        rdLoc(tmp)
-    let destroy = cCall(callee, destroyArg)
+        callee & "(" & rdLoc(tmp) & ")"
     raiseExitCleanup(p, destroy)
     result = true
   else:
     result = false
 
 proc fixupCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc,
-               result: var Builder, call: var CallBuilder) =
+               callee, params: Rope) =
   let canRaise = p.config.exc == excGoto and canRaiseDisp(p, ri[0])
   genLineDir(p, ri)
+  var pl = callee & "(" & params
   # getUniqueType() is too expensive here:
   var typ = skipTypes(ri[0].typ, abstractInst)
   if typ.returnType != nil:
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@ proc fixupCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc,
       # perhaps generate no temp if the call doesn't have side effects
       flags.incl needTempForOpenArray
     if isInvalidReturnType(p.config, typ):
+      if params.len != 0: pl.add(", ")
       # beware of 'result = p(result)'. We may need to allocate a temporary:
       if d.k in {locTemp, locNone} or not preventNrvo(p, d.lode, le, ri):
         # Great, we can use 'd':
@@ -114,39 +114,33 @@ proc fixupCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc,
         elif d.k notin {locTemp} and not hasNoInit(ri):
           # reset before pass as 'result' var:
           discard "resetLoc(p, d)"
-        let rad = addrLoc(p.config, d)
-        result.addArgument(call):
-          result.add(rad)
-        result.finishCallBuilder(call)
-        p.s(cpsStmts).addStmt():
-          p.s(cpsStmts).add(extract(result))
+        pl.add(addrLoc(p.config, d))
+        pl.add(");\n")
+        line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
       else:
         var tmp: TLoc = getTemp(p, typ.returnType, needsInit=true)
-        let ratmp = addrLoc(p.config, tmp)
-        result.addArgument(call):
-          result.add(ratmp)
-        result.finishCallBuilder(call)
-        p.s(cpsStmts).addStmt():
-          p.s(cpsStmts).add(extract(result))
+        pl.add(addrLoc(p.config, tmp))
+        pl.add(");\n")
+        line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
         genAssignment(p, d, tmp, {}) # no need for deep copying
       if canRaise: raiseExit(p)
     else:
-      result.finishCallBuilder(call)
+      pl.add(")")
       if p.module.compileToCpp:
         if lfSingleUse in d.flags:
           # do not generate spurious temporaries for C++! For C we're better off
           # with them to prevent undefined behaviour and because the codegen
           # is free to emit expressions multiple times!
           d.k = locCall
-          d.snippet = extract(result)
+          d.snippet = pl
           excl d.flags, lfSingleUse
         else:
-          if d.k == locNone and p.splitDecls == 0 and p.config.exc != excGoto:
-            d = getTempCpp(p, typ.returnType, extract(result))
+          if d.k == locNone and p.splitDecls == 0:
+            d = getTempCpp(p, typ.returnType, pl)
           else:
             if d.k == locNone: d = getTemp(p, typ.returnType)
             var list = initLoc(locCall, d.lode, OnUnknown)
-            list.snippet = extract(result)
+            list.snippet = pl
             genAssignment(p, d, list, {needAssignCall}) # no need for deep copying
             if canRaise: raiseExit(p)
 
@@ -157,7 +151,7 @@ proc fixupCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc,
           d = getTemp(p, typ.returnType)
         assert(d.t != nil)        # generate an assignment to d:
         var list = initLoc(locCall, d.lode, OnUnknown)
-        list.snippet = extract(result)
+        list.snippet = pl
         genAssignment(p, d, list, flags+{needAssignCall}) # no need for deep copying
         if canRaise:
           if not (useTemp and cleanupTemp(p, typ.returnType, d)):
@@ -165,16 +159,15 @@ proc fixupCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc,
       else:
         var tmp: TLoc = getTemp(p, typ.returnType, needsInit=true)
         var list = initLoc(locCall, d.lode, OnUnknown)
-        list.snippet = extract(result)
+        list.snippet = pl
         genAssignment(p, tmp, list, flags+{needAssignCall}) # no need for deep copying
         if canRaise:
           if not cleanupTemp(p, typ.returnType, tmp):
             raiseExit(p)
         genAssignment(p, d, tmp, {})
   else:
-    finishCallBuilder(result, call)
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addStmt():
-      p.s(cpsStmts).add(extract(result))
+    pl.add(");\n")
+    line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
     if canRaise: raiseExit(p)
 
 proc genBoundsCheck(p: BProc; arr, a, b: TLoc; arrTyp: PType)
@@ -206,49 +199,49 @@ proc genOpenArraySlice(p: BProc; q: PNode; formalType, destType: PType; prepareF
   if optBoundsCheck in p.options:
     genBoundsCheck(p, a, b, c, ty)
   if prepareForMutation:
-    let bra = byRefLoc(p, a)
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimPrepareStrMutationV2"),
-      bra)
+    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#nimPrepareStrMutationV2($1);$n", [byRefLoc(p, a)])
   let dest = getTypeDesc(p.module, destType)
-  let ra = rdLoc(a)
-  let rb = rdLoc(b)
-  let rc = rdLoc(c)
-  let lengthExpr = cOp(Add, NimInt, cOp(Sub, NimInt, rc, rb), cIntValue(1))
+  let lengthExpr = "($1)-($2)+1" % [rdLoc(c), rdLoc(b)]
   case ty.kind
   of tyArray:
     let first = toInt64(firstOrd(p.config, ty))
     if first == 0:
-      result = (cCast(ptrType(dest), cOp(Add, NimInt, ra, rb)), lengthExpr)
+      result = ("($3*)(($1)+($2))" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), dest],
+                lengthExpr)
     else:
-      let lit = cIntLiteral(first)
-      result = (cCast(ptrType(dest), cOp(Add, NimInt, ra, cOp(Sub, NimInt, rb, lit))), lengthExpr)
+      var lit = newRopeAppender()
+      intLiteral(first, lit)
+      result = ("($4*)($1)+(($2)-($3))" %
+        [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), lit, dest],
+        lengthExpr)
   of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
-    let data = if reifiedOpenArray(q[1]): dotField(ra, "Field0") else: ra
-    result = (cCast(ptrType(dest), cOp(Add, NimInt, data, rb)), lengthExpr)
+    if reifiedOpenArray(q[1]):
+      result = ("($3*)($1.Field0)+($2)" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), dest],
+                lengthExpr)
+    else:
+      result = ("($3*)($1)+($2)" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), dest],
+                lengthExpr)
   of tyUncheckedArray, tyCstring:
-    result = (cCast(ptrType(dest), cOp(Add, NimInt, ra, rb)), lengthExpr)
+    result = ("($3*)($1)+($2)" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), dest],
+              lengthExpr)
   of tyString, tySequence:
     let atyp = skipTypes(a.t, abstractInst)
     if formalType.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyVar} and atyp.kind == tyString and
         optSeqDestructors in p.config.globalOptions:
-      let bra = byRefLoc(p, a)
-      p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimPrepareStrMutationV2"),
-        bra)
-    var val: Snippet
+      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#nimPrepareStrMutationV2($1);$n", [byRefLoc(p, a)])
     if atyp.kind in {tyVar} and not compileToCpp(p.module):
-      val = cDeref(ra)
+      result = ("(($5) ? (($4*)(*$1)$3+($2)) : NIM_NIL)" %
+                  [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), dataField(p), dest, dataFieldAccessor(p, "*" & rdLoc(a))],
+                lengthExpr)
     else:
-      val = ra
-    result = (
-      cIfExpr(dataFieldAccessor(p, val),
-        cCast(ptrType(dest), cOp(Add, NimInt, dataField(p, val), rb)),
-        NimNil),
-      lengthExpr)
+      result = ("(($5) ? (($4*)$1$3+($2)) : NIM_NIL)" %
+                  [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), dataField(p), dest, dataFieldAccessor(p, rdLoc(a))],
+                lengthExpr)
   else:
     result = ("", "")
     internalError(p.config, "openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
 
-proc openArrayLoc(p: BProc, formalType: PType, n: PNode; result: var Builder) =
+proc openArrayLoc(p: BProc, formalType: PType, n: PNode; result: var Rope) =
   var q = skipConv(n)
   var skipped = false
   while q.kind == nkStmtListExpr and q.len > 0:
@@ -263,66 +256,42 @@ proc openArrayLoc(p: BProc, formalType: PType, n: PNode; result: var Builder) =
           genStmts(p, q[i])
         q = q.lastSon
     let (x, y) = genOpenArraySlice(p, q, formalType, n.typ.elementType)
-    result.add(x)
-    result.addArgumentSeparator()
-    result.add(y)
+    result.add x & ", " & y
   else:
     var a = initLocExpr(p, if n.kind == nkHiddenStdConv: n[1] else: n)
     case skipTypes(a.t, abstractVar+{tyStatic}).kind
     of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
-      let ra = rdLoc(a)
       if reifiedOpenArray(n):
         if a.t.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
-          result.add(derefField(ra, "Field0"))
-          result.addArgumentSeparator()
-          result.add(derefField(ra, "Field1"))
+          result.add "$1->Field0, $1->Field1" % [rdLoc(a)]
         else:
-          result.add(dotField(ra, "Field0"))
-          result.addArgumentSeparator()
-          result.add(dotField(ra, "Field1"))
+          result.add "$1.Field0, $1.Field1" % [rdLoc(a)]
       else:
-        result.add(ra)
-        result.addArgumentSeparator()
-        result.add(ra & "Len_0")
+        result.add "$1, $1Len_0" % [rdLoc(a)]
     of tyString, tySequence:
       let ntyp = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst)
       if formalType.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyVar} and ntyp.kind == tyString and
           optSeqDestructors in p.config.globalOptions:
-        let bra = byRefLoc(p, a)
-        p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimPrepareStrMutationV2"),
-          bra)
+        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#nimPrepareStrMutationV2($1);$n", [byRefLoc(p, a)])
       if ntyp.kind in {tyVar} and not compileToCpp(p.module):
-        let ra = a.rdLoc
-        var t = TLoc(snippet: cDeref(ra))
-        let lt = lenExpr(p, t)
-        result.add(cIfExpr(dataFieldAccessor(p, t.snippet), dataField(p, t.snippet), NimNil))
-        result.addArgumentSeparator()
-        result.add(lt)
+        var t = TLoc(snippet: "(*$1)" % [a.rdLoc])
+        result.add "($4) ? ((*$1)$3) : NIM_NIL, $2" %
+                     [a.rdLoc, lenExpr(p, t), dataField(p),
+                      dataFieldAccessor(p, "*" & a.rdLoc)]
       else:
-        let ra = a.rdLoc
-        let la = lenExpr(p, a)
-        result.add(cIfExpr(dataFieldAccessor(p, ra), dataField(p, ra), NimNil))
-        result.addArgumentSeparator()
-        result.add(la)
+        result.add "($4) ? ($1$3) : NIM_NIL, $2" %
+                     [a.rdLoc, lenExpr(p, a), dataField(p), dataFieldAccessor(p, a.rdLoc)]
     of tyArray:
-      let ra = rdLoc(a)
-      result.add(ra)
-      result.addArgumentSeparator()
-      result.addIntValue(lengthOrd(p.config, a.t))
+      result.add "$1, $2" % [rdLoc(a), rope(lengthOrd(p.config, a.t))]
     of tyPtr, tyRef:
       case elementType(a.t).kind
       of tyString, tySequence:
-        let ra = a.rdLoc
-        var t = TLoc(snippet: cDeref(ra))
-        let lt = lenExpr(p, t)
-        result.add(cIfExpr(dataFieldAccessor(p, t.snippet), dataField(p, t.snippet), NimNil))
-        result.addArgumentSeparator()
-        result.add(lt)
+        var t = TLoc(snippet: "(*$1)" % [a.rdLoc])
+        result.add "($4) ? ((*$1)$3) : NIM_NIL, $2" %
+                     [a.rdLoc, lenExpr(p, t), dataField(p),
+                      dataFieldAccessor(p, "*" & a.rdLoc)]
       of tyArray:
-        let ra = rdLoc(a)
-        result.add(ra)
-        result.addArgumentSeparator()
-        result.addIntValue(lengthOrd(p.config, elementType(a.t)))
+        result.add "$1, $2" % [rdLoc(a), rope(lengthOrd(p.config, elementType(a.t)))]
       else:
         internalError(p.config, "openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
     else: internalError(p.config, "openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
@@ -331,23 +300,22 @@ proc withTmpIfNeeded(p: BProc, a: TLoc, needsTmp: bool): TLoc =
   # Bug https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/issues/1549
   # Aliasing is preferred over stack overflows.
   # Also don't regress for non ARC-builds, too risky.
-  if needsTmp and a.lode.typ != nil and p.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc} and
+  if needsTmp and a.lode.typ != nil and p.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc} and
       getSize(p.config, a.lode.typ) < 1024:
     result = getTemp(p, a.lode.typ, needsInit=false)
     genAssignment(p, result, a, {})
   else:
     result = a
 
-proc expressionsNeedsTmp(p: BProc, a: TLoc): TLoc =
+proc literalsNeedsTmp(p: BProc, a: TLoc): TLoc =
   result = getTemp(p, a.lode.typ, needsInit=false)
   genAssignment(p, result, a, {})
 
-proc genArgStringToCString(p: BProc, n: PNode; result: var Builder; needsTmp: bool) {.inline.} =
+proc genArgStringToCString(p: BProc, n: PNode; result: var Rope; needsTmp: bool) {.inline.} =
   var a = initLocExpr(p, n[0])
-  let ra = withTmpIfNeeded(p, a, needsTmp).rdLoc
-  result.addCall(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimToCStringConv"), ra)
+  appcg(p.module, result, "#nimToCStringConv($1)", [withTmpIfNeeded(p, a, needsTmp).rdLoc])
 
-proc genArg(p: BProc, n: PNode, param: PSym; call: PNode; result: var Builder; needsTmp = false) =
+proc genArg(p: BProc, n: PNode, param: PSym; call: PNode; result: var Rope; needsTmp = false) =
   var a: TLoc
   if n.kind == nkStringToCString:
     genArgStringToCString(p, n, result, needsTmp)
@@ -358,7 +326,7 @@ proc genArg(p: BProc, n: PNode, param: PSym; call: PNode; result: var Builder; n
     (optByRef notin param.options or not p.module.compileToCpp):
     a = initLocExpr(p, n)
     if n.kind in {nkCharLit..nkNilLit}:
-      addAddrLoc(p.config, expressionsNeedsTmp(p, a), result)
+      addAddrLoc(p.config, literalsNeedsTmp(p, a), result)
     else:
       addAddrLoc(p.config, withTmpIfNeeded(p, a, needsTmp), result)
   elif p.module.compileToCpp and param.typ.kind in {tyVar} and
@@ -368,8 +336,8 @@ proc genArg(p: BProc, n: PNode, param: PSym; call: PNode; result: var Builder; n
     # variable. Thus, we create a temporary pointer variable instead.
     let needsIndirect = mapType(p.config, n[0].typ, mapTypeChooser(n[0]) == skParam) != ctArray
     if needsIndirect:
-      n.typ = n.typ.exactReplica
-      n.typ.incl tfVarIsPtr
+      n.typ() = n.typ.exactReplica
+      n.typ.flags.incl tfVarIsPtr
     a = initLocExprSingleUse(p, n)
     a = withTmpIfNeeded(p, a, needsTmp)
     if needsIndirect: a.flags.incl lfIndirect
@@ -388,11 +356,12 @@ proc genArg(p: BProc, n: PNode, param: PSym; call: PNode; result: var Builder; n
     if param.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tySink}:
       let typ = skipTypes(param.typ, abstractPtrs)
       if not sameBackendTypePickyAliases(typ, n.typ.skipTypes(abstractPtrs)):
-        a.snippet = cCast(getTypeDesc(p.module, param.typ), rdCharLoc(a))
+        a.snippet = "(($1) ($2))" %
+          [getTypeDesc(p.module, param.typ), rdCharLoc(a)]
     addRdLoc(withTmpIfNeeded(p, a, needsTmp), result)
   #assert result != nil
 
-proc genArgNoParam(p: BProc, n: PNode; result: var Builder; needsTmp = false) =
+proc genArgNoParam(p: BProc, n: PNode; result: var Rope; needsTmp = false) =
   var a: TLoc
   if n.kind == nkStringToCString:
     genArgStringToCString(p, n, result, needsTmp)
@@ -418,6 +387,35 @@ proc skipTrivialIndirections(n: PNode): PNode =
       result = result[1]
     else: break
 
+proc getPotentialWrites(n: PNode; mutate: bool; result: var seq[PNode]) =
+  case n.kind:
+  of nkLiterals, nkIdent, nkFormalParams: discard
+  of nkSym:
+    if mutate: result.add n
+  of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn, nkSinkAsgn:
+    getPotentialWrites(n[0], true, result)
+    getPotentialWrites(n[1], mutate, result)
+  of nkAddr, nkHiddenAddr:
+    getPotentialWrites(n[0], true, result)
+  of nkBracketExpr, nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr:
+    getPotentialWrites(n[0], mutate, result)
+  of nkCallKinds:
+    case n.getMagic:
+    of mIncl, mExcl, mInc, mDec, mAppendStrCh, mAppendStrStr, mAppendSeqElem,
+        mAddr, mNew, mNewFinalize, mWasMoved, mDestroy:
+      getPotentialWrites(n[1], true, result)
+      for i in 2..<n.len:
+        getPotentialWrites(n[i], mutate, result)
+    of mSwap:
+      for i in 1..<n.len:
+        getPotentialWrites(n[i], true, result)
+    else:
+      for i in 1..<n.len:
+        getPotentialWrites(n[i], mutate, result)
+  else:
+    for s in n:
+      getPotentialWrites(s, mutate, result)
+
 proc getPotentialReads(n: PNode; result: var seq[PNode]) =
   case n.kind:
   of nkLiterals, nkIdent, nkFormalParams: discard
@@ -426,7 +424,7 @@ proc getPotentialReads(n: PNode; result: var seq[PNode]) =
     for s in n:
       getPotentialReads(s, result)
 
-proc genParams(p: BProc, ri: PNode, typ: PType; result: var Builder, argBuilder: var CallBuilder) =
+proc genParams(p: BProc, ri: PNode, typ: PType; result: var Rope) =
   # We must generate temporaries in cases like #14396
   # to keep the strict Left-To-Right evaluation
   var needTmp = newSeq[bool](ri.len - 1)
@@ -448,22 +446,21 @@ proc genParams(p: BProc, ri: PNode, typ: PType; result: var Builder, argBuilder:
         # Optimization: don't use a temp, if we would only take the address anyway
         needTmp[i - 1] = false
 
+  var oldLen = result.len
   for i in 1..<ri.len:
     if i < typ.n.len:
       assert(typ.n[i].kind == nkSym)
       let paramType = typ.n[i]
       if not paramType.typ.isCompileTimeOnly:
-        var arg = newBuilder("")
-        genArg(p, ri[i], paramType.sym, ri, arg, needTmp[i-1])
-        if arg.buf.len != 0:
-          result.addArgument(argBuilder):
-            result.add(extract(arg))
+        if oldLen != result.len:
+          result.add(", ")
+          oldLen = result.len
+        genArg(p, ri[i], paramType.sym, ri, result, needTmp[i-1])
     else:
-      var arg = newBuilder("")
-      genArgNoParam(p, ri[i], arg, needTmp[i-1])
-      if arg.buf.len != 0:
-        result.addArgument(argBuilder):
-          result.add(extract(arg))
+      if oldLen != result.len:
+        result.add(", ")
+        oldLen = result.len
+      genArgNoParam(p, ri[i], result, needTmp[i-1])
 
 proc addActualSuffixForHCR(res: var Rope, module: PSym, sym: PSym) =
   if sym.flags * {sfImportc, sfNonReloadable} == {} and sym.loc.k == locProc and
@@ -477,39 +474,21 @@ proc genPrefixCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var typ = skipTypes(ri[0].typ, abstractInstOwned)
   assert(typ.kind == tyProc)
 
+  var params = newRopeAppender()
+  genParams(p, ri, typ, params)
+
   var callee = rdLoc(op)
   if p.hcrOn and ri[0].kind == nkSym:
     callee.addActualSuffixForHCR(p.module.module, ri[0].sym)
-
-  var res = newBuilder("")
-  var call = initCallBuilder(res, callee)
-  genParams(p, ri, typ, res, call)
-  fixupCall(p, le, ri, d, res, call)
+  fixupCall(p, le, ri, d, callee, params)
 
 proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
 
-  template callProc(rp, params, pTyp: Snippet): Snippet =
-    let e = dotField(rp, "ClE_0")
-    let p = dotField(rp, "ClP_0")
-    let eCall =
-      # note `params` here is actually multiple params
-      if params.len == 0:
-        cCall(p, e)
-      else:
-        cCall(p, params, e)
-    cIfExpr(e,
-      eCall,
-      cCall(cCast(pTyp, p), params))
+  proc addComma(r: Rope): Rope =
+    if r.len == 0: r else: r & ", "
 
-  template callIter(rp, params: Snippet): Snippet =
-    # we know the env exists
-    let e = dotField(rp, "ClE_0")
-    let p = dotField(rp, "ClP_0")
-    # note `params` here is actually multiple params
-    if params.len == 0:
-      cCall(p, e)
-    else:
-      cCall(p, params, e)
+  const PatProc = "$1.ClE_0? $1.ClP_0($3$1.ClE_0):(($4)($1.ClP_0))($2)"
+  const PatIter = "$1.ClP_0($3$1.ClE_0)" # we know the env exists
 
   var op = initLocExpr(p, ri[0])
 
@@ -517,23 +496,20 @@ proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var typ = skipTypes(ri[0].typ, abstractInstOwned)
   assert(typ.kind == tyProc)
 
-  var params = newBuilder("")
-  var argBuilder = default(CallBuilder) # not initCallBuilder, we just want the params
-  genParams(p, ri, typ, params, argBuilder)
+  var pl = newRopeAppender()
+  genParams(p, ri, typ, pl)
 
   template genCallPattern {.dirty.} =
-    let rp = rdLoc(op)
-    let pars = extract(params)
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addStmt():
-      if tfIterator in typ.flags:
-        p.s(cpsStmts).add(callIter(rp, pars))
-      else:
-        p.s(cpsStmts).add(callProc(rp, pars, rawProc))
+    if tfIterator in typ.flags:
+      lineF(p, cpsStmts, PatIter & ";$n", [rdLoc(op), pl, pl.addComma, rawProc])
+    else:
+      lineF(p, cpsStmts, PatProc & ";$n", [rdLoc(op), pl, pl.addComma, rawProc])
 
   let rawProc = getClosureType(p.module, typ, clHalf)
   let canRaise = p.config.exc == excGoto and canRaiseDisp(p, ri[0])
   if typ.returnType != nil:
     if isInvalidReturnType(p.config, typ):
+      if ri.len > 1: pl.add(", ")
       # beware of 'result = p(result)'. We may need to allocate a temporary:
       if d.k in {locTemp, locNone} or not preventNrvo(p, d.lode, le, ri):
         # Great, we can use 'd':
@@ -542,14 +518,12 @@ proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
         elif d.k notin {locTemp} and not hasNoInit(ri):
           # reset before pass as 'result' var:
           discard "resetLoc(p, d)"
-        params.addArgument(argBuilder):
-          params.add(addrLoc(p.config, d))
+        pl.add(addrLoc(p.config, d))
         genCallPattern()
         if canRaise: raiseExit(p)
       else:
         var tmp: TLoc = getTemp(p, typ.returnType, needsInit=true)
-        params.addArgument(argBuilder):
-          params.add(addrLoc(p.config, tmp))
+        pl.add(addrLoc(p.config, tmp))
         genCallPattern()
         if canRaise: raiseExit(p)
         genAssignment(p, d, tmp, {}) # no need for deep copying
@@ -557,24 +531,20 @@ proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       if d.k == locNone: d = getTemp(p, typ.returnType)
       assert(d.t != nil)        # generate an assignment to d:
       var list: TLoc = initLoc(locCall, d.lode, OnUnknown)
-      let rp = rdLoc(op)
-      let pars = extract(params)
       if tfIterator in typ.flags:
-        list.snippet = callIter(rp, pars)
+        list.snippet = PatIter % [rdLoc(op), pl, pl.addComma, rawProc]
       else:
-        list.snippet = callProc(rp, pars, rawProc)
+        list.snippet = PatProc % [rdLoc(op), pl, pl.addComma, rawProc]
       genAssignment(p, d, list, {}) # no need for deep copying
       if canRaise: raiseExit(p)
     else:
       var tmp: TLoc = getTemp(p, typ.returnType)
       assert(d.t != nil)        # generate an assignment to d:
       var list: TLoc = initLoc(locCall, d.lode, OnUnknown)
-      let rp = rdLoc(op)
-      let pars = extract(params)
       if tfIterator in typ.flags:
-        list.snippet = callIter(rp, pars)
+        list.snippet = PatIter % [rdLoc(op), pl, pl.addComma, rawProc]
       else:
-        list.snippet = callProc(rp, pars, rawProc)
+        list.snippet = PatProc % [rdLoc(op), pl, pl.addComma, rawProc]
       genAssignment(p, tmp, list, {})
       if canRaise: raiseExit(p)
       genAssignment(p, d, tmp, {})
@@ -582,8 +552,8 @@ proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     genCallPattern()
     if canRaise: raiseExit(p)
 
-proc genOtherArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType; result: var Builder;
-                 argBuilder: var CallBuilder) =
+proc genOtherArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType; result: var Rope;
+                 argsCounter: var int) =
   if i < typ.n.len:
     # 'var T' is 'T&' in C++. This means we ignore the request of
     # any nkHiddenAddr when it's a 'var T'.
@@ -592,17 +562,20 @@ proc genOtherArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType; result: var Builder;
     if paramType.typ.isCompileTimeOnly:
       discard
     elif paramType.typ.kind in {tyVar} and ri[i].kind == nkHiddenAddr:
-      result.addArgument(argBuilder):
-        genArgNoParam(p, ri[i][0], result)
+      if argsCounter > 0: result.add ", "
+      genArgNoParam(p, ri[i][0], result)
+      inc argsCounter
     else:
-      result.addArgument(argBuilder):
-        genArgNoParam(p, ri[i], result) #, typ.n[i].sym)
+      if argsCounter > 0: result.add ", "
+      genArgNoParam(p, ri[i], result) #, typ.n[i].sym)
+      inc argsCounter
   else:
     if tfVarargs notin typ.flags:
       localError(p.config, ri.info, "wrong argument count")
     else:
-      result.addArgument(argBuilder):
-        genArgNoParam(p, ri[i], result)
+      if argsCounter > 0: result.add ", "
+      genArgNoParam(p, ri[i], result)
+      inc argsCounter
 
 discard """
 Dot call syntax in C++
@@ -659,7 +632,7 @@ proc skipAddrDeref(node: PNode): PNode =
   else:
     result = node
 
-proc genThisArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType; result: var Builder) =
+proc genThisArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType; result: var Rope) =
   # for better or worse c2nim translates the 'this' argument to a 'var T'.
   # However manual wrappers may also use 'ptr T'. In any case we support both
   # for convenience.
@@ -694,15 +667,15 @@ proc genThisArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType; result: var Builder) =
     genArgNoParam(p, ri, result) #, typ.n[i].sym)
     result.add(".")
 
-proc genPatternCall(p: BProc; ri: PNode; pat: string; typ: PType; result: var Builder) =
+proc genPatternCall(p: BProc; ri: PNode; pat: string; typ: PType; result: var Rope) =
   var i = 0
   var j = 1
   while i < pat.len:
     case pat[i]
     of '@':
-      var callBuilder = default(CallBuilder) # not init call builder
+      var argsCounter = 0
       for k in j..<ri.len:
-        genOtherArg(p, ri, k, typ, result, callBuilder)
+        genOtherArg(p, ri, k, typ, result, argsCounter)
       inc i
     of '#':
       if i+1 < pat.len and pat[i+1] in {'+', '@'}:
@@ -712,11 +685,11 @@ proc genPatternCall(p: BProc; ri: PNode; pat: string; typ: PType; result: var Bu
           if pat[i+1] == '+': genArgNoParam(p, ri[0], result)
           result.add("(")
           if 1 < ri.len:
-            var callBuilder: CallBuilder = default(CallBuilder)
-            genOtherArg(p, ri, 1, typ, result, callBuilder)
+            var argsCounterB = 0
+            genOtherArg(p, ri, 1, typ, result, argsCounterB)
           for k in j+1..<ri.len:
-            var callBuilder: CallBuilder = default(CallBuilder)
-            genOtherArg(p, ri, k, typ, result, callBuilder)
+            var argsCounterB = 0
+            genOtherArg(p, ri, k, typ, result, argsCounterB)
           result.add(")")
         else:
           localError(p.config, ri.info, "call expression expected for C++ pattern")
@@ -730,15 +703,15 @@ proc genPatternCall(p: BProc; ri: PNode; pat: string; typ: PType; result: var Bu
         genArgNoParam(p, arg, result)
         #result.add debugTree(arg, 0, 10)
       else:
-        var callBuilder = default(CallBuilder) # not init call builder
-        genOtherArg(p, ri, j, typ, result, callBuilder)
+        var argsCounter = 0
+        genOtherArg(p, ri, j, typ, result, argsCounter)
       inc j
       inc i
     of '\'':
       var idx, stars: int = 0
       if scanCppGenericSlot(pat, i, idx, stars):
         var t = resolveStarsInCppType(typ, idx, stars)
-        if t == nil: result.add(CVoid)
+        if t == nil: result.add("void")
         else: result.add(getTypeDesc(p.module, t))
     else:
       let start = i
@@ -757,7 +730,7 @@ proc genInfixCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   let pat = $ri[0].sym.loc.snippet
   internalAssert p.config, pat.len > 0
   if pat.contains({'#', '(', '@', '\''}):
-    var pl = newBuilder("")
+    var pl = newRopeAppender()
     genPatternCall(p, ri, pat, typ, pl)
     # simpler version of 'fixupCall' that works with the pl+params combination:
     var typ = skipTypes(ri[0].typ, abstractInst)
@@ -767,32 +740,32 @@ proc genInfixCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
         # with them to prevent undefined behaviour and because the codegen
         # is free to emit expressions multiple times!
         d.k = locCall
-        d.snippet = extract(pl)
+        d.snippet = pl
         excl d.flags, lfSingleUse
       else:
         if d.k == locNone: d = getTemp(p, typ.returnType)
         assert(d.t != nil)        # generate an assignment to d:
         var list: TLoc = initLoc(locCall, d.lode, OnUnknown)
-        list.snippet = extract(pl)
+        list.snippet = pl
         genAssignment(p, d, list, {}) # no need for deep copying
     else:
-      p.s(cpsStmts).addStmt():
-        p.s(cpsStmts).add(extract(pl))
+      pl.add(";\n")
+      line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
   else:
-    var pl = newBuilder("")
+    var pl = newRopeAppender()
+    var argsCounter = 0
     if 1 < ri.len:
       genThisArg(p, ri, 1, typ, pl)
     pl.add(op.snippet)
-    var res = newBuilder("")
-    var call = initCallBuilder(res, extract(pl))
+    var params = newRopeAppender()
     for i in 2..<ri.len:
-      genOtherArg(p, ri, i, typ, res, call)
-    fixupCall(p, le, ri, d, res, call)
+      genOtherArg(p, ri, i, typ, params, argsCounter)
+    fixupCall(p, le, ri, d, pl, params)
 
 proc genNamedParamCall(p: BProc, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   # generates a crappy ObjC call
   var op = initLocExpr(p, ri[0])
-  var pl = newBuilder("[")
+  var pl = "["
   # getUniqueType() is too expensive here:
   var typ = skipTypes(ri[0].typ, abstractInst)
   assert(typ.kind == tyProc)
@@ -834,27 +807,24 @@ proc genNamedParamCall(p: BProc, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
         if d.k == locNone: d = getTemp(p, typ.returnType, needsInit=true)
         pl.add("Result: ")
         pl.add(addrLoc(p.config, d))
-        pl.add("]")
-        p.s(cpsStmts).addStmt():
-          p.s(cpsStmts).add(extract(pl))
+        pl.add("];\n")
+        line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
       else:
         var tmp: TLoc = getTemp(p, typ.returnType, needsInit=true)
         pl.add(addrLoc(p.config, tmp))
-        pl.add("]")
-        p.s(cpsStmts).addStmt():
-          p.s(cpsStmts).add(extract(pl))
+        pl.add("];\n")
+        line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
         genAssignment(p, d, tmp, {}) # no need for deep copying
     else:
       pl.add("]")
       if d.k == locNone: d = getTemp(p, typ.returnType)
       assert(d.t != nil)        # generate an assignment to d:
       var list: TLoc = initLoc(locCall, ri, OnUnknown)
-      list.snippet = extract(pl)
+      list.snippet = pl
       genAssignment(p, d, list, {}) # no need for deep copying
   else:
-    pl.add("]")
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addStmt():
-      p.s(cpsStmts).add(extract(pl))
+    pl.add("];\n")
+    line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
 
 proc notYetAlive(n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   let r = getRoot(n)

compiler/ccgliterals.nim

@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
 ## implementation.
 
 template detectVersion(field, corename) =
-  if m.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcAtomicArc, gcHooks}:
-    result = 2
-  else:
-    result = 1
+  if m.g.field == 0:
+    let core = getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, corename)
+    if core == nil or core.kind != skConst:
+      m.g.field = 1
+    else:
+      m.g.field = toInt(ast.getInt(core.astdef))
+  result = m.g.field
 
 proc detectStrVersion(m: BModule): int =
   detectVersion(strVersion, "nimStrVersion")
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ proc genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m: BModule, s: string; result: var Rope) =
   res.addVarWithTypeAndInitializer(AlwaysConst, name = tmp):
     res.addSimpleStruct(m, name = "", baseType = ""):
       res.addField(name = "Sup", typ = "TGenericSeq")
-      res.addArrayField(name = "data", elementType = NimChar, len = s.len + 1)
+      res.addArrayField(name = "data", elementType = "NIM_CHAR", len = s.len + 1)
   do:
     var strInit: StructInitializer
     res.addStructInitializer(strInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
@@ -45,16 +48,16 @@ proc genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m: BModule, s: string; result: var Rope) =
         var seqInit: StructInitializer
         res.addStructInitializer(seqInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
           res.addField(seqInit, name = "len"):
-            res.addIntValue(s.len)
+            res.add(rope(s.len))
           res.addField(seqInit, name = "reserved"):
-            res.add(cCast(NimInt, cOp(BitOr, NimUint, cCast(NimUint, cIntValue(s.len)), NimStrlitFlag)))
+            res.add(cCast("NI", bitOr(cCast("NU", rope(s.len)), "NIM_STRLIT_FLAG")))
       res.addField(strInit, name = "data"):
         res.add(makeCString(s))
-  m.s[cfsStrData].add(extract(res))
+  m.s[cfsStrData].add(res)
 
-proc genStringLiteralV1(m: BModule; n: PNode; result: var Builder) =
+proc genStringLiteralV1(m: BModule; n: PNode; result: var Rope) =
   if s.isNil:
-    result.add(cCast(ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "NimStringDesc")), NimNil))
+    result.add(cCast(ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "NimStringDesc")), "NIM_NIL"))
   else:
     let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
     var name: string = ""
@@ -73,18 +76,18 @@ proc genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m: BModule, s: string; result: Rope; isConst: bo
       if isConst: AlwaysConst else: Global,
       name = result):
     res.addSimpleStruct(m, name = "", baseType = ""):
-      res.addField(name = "cap", typ = NimInt)
-      res.addArrayField(name = "data", elementType = NimChar, len = s.len + 1)
+      res.addField(name = "cap", typ = "NI")
+      res.addArrayField(name = "data", elementType = "NIM_CHAR", len = s.len + 1)
   do:
     var structInit: StructInitializer
     res.addStructInitializer(structInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
       res.addField(structInit, name = "cap"):
-        res.add(cOp(BitOr, NimInt, cIntValue(s.len), NimStrlitFlag))
+        res.add(bitOr(rope(s.len), "NIM_STRLIT_FLAG"))
       res.addField(structInit, name = "data"):
         res.add(makeCString(s))
-  m.s[cfsStrData].add(extract(res))
+  m.s[cfsStrData].add(res)
 
-proc genStringLiteralV2(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Builder) =
+proc genStringLiteralV2(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Rope) =
   let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
   var litName: string
   if id == m.labels:
@@ -98,19 +101,20 @@ proc genStringLiteralV2(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Builder
   let tmp = getTempName(m)
   result.add tmp
   var res = newBuilder("")
-  res.addVarWithInitializer(
+  res.addVarWithTypeAndInitializer(
       if isConst: AlwaysConst else: Global,
-      name = tmp,
-      typ = "NimStringV2"):
+      name = tmp):
+    res.add("NimStringV2")
+  do:
     var strInit: StructInitializer
     res.addStructInitializer(strInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
       res.addField(strInit, name = "len"):
-        res.addIntValue(n.strVal.len)
+        res.add(rope(n.strVal.len))
       res.addField(strInit, name = "p"):
         res.add(cCast(ptrType("NimStrPayload"), cAddr(litName)))
-  m.s[cfsStrData].add(extract(res))
+  m.s[cfsStrData].add(res)
 
-proc genStringLiteralV2Const(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Builder) =
+proc genStringLiteralV2Const(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Rope) =
   let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
   var pureLit: Rope
   if id == m.labels:
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ proc genStringLiteralV2Const(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Bu
   var strInit: StructInitializer
   result.addStructInitializer(strInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
     result.addField(strInit, name = "len"):
-      result.addIntValue(n.strVal.len)
+      result.add(rope(n.strVal.len))
     result.addField(strInit, name = "p"):
       result.add(cCast(ptrType("NimStrPayload"), cAddr(pureLit)))
 
@@ -141,10 +145,10 @@ proc genStringLiteralDataOnly(m: BModule; s: string; info: TLineInfo;
   else:
     localError(m.config, info, "cannot determine how to produce code for string literal")
 
-proc genNilStringLiteral(m: BModule; info: TLineInfo; result: var Builder) =
-  result.add(cCast(ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "NimStringDesc")), NimNil))
+proc genNilStringLiteral(m: BModule; info: TLineInfo; result: var Rope) =
+  result.add(cCast(ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "NimStringDesc")), "NIM_NIL"))
 
-proc genStringLiteral(m: BModule; n: PNode; result: var Builder) =
+proc genStringLiteral(m: BModule; n: PNode; result: var Rope) =
   case detectStrVersion(m)
   of 0, 1: genStringLiteralV1(m, n, result)
   of 2: genStringLiteralV2(m, n, isConst = true, result)

compiler/ccgreset.nim

@@ -27,28 +27,25 @@ proc specializeResetN(p: BProc, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
     if disc.loc.snippet == "": fillObjectFields(p.module, typ)
     if disc.loc.t == nil:
       internalError(p.config, n.info, "specializeResetN()")
-    let discField = dotField(accessor, disc.loc.snippet)
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addSwitchStmt(discField):
-      for i in 1..<n.len:
-        let branch = n[i]
-        assert branch.kind in {nkOfBranch, nkElse}
-        var caseBuilder: SwitchCaseBuilder
-        p.s(cpsStmts).addSwitchCase(caseBuilder):
-          if branch.kind == nkOfBranch:
-            genCaseRange(p, branch, caseBuilder)
-          else:
-            p.s(cpsStmts).addCaseElse(caseBuilder)
-        do:
-          specializeResetN(p, accessor, lastSon(branch), typ)
-          p.s(cpsStmts).addBreak()
-    specializeResetT(p, discField, disc.loc.t)
+    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "switch ($1.$2) {$n", [accessor, disc.loc.snippet])
+    for i in 1..<n.len:
+      let branch = n[i]
+      assert branch.kind in {nkOfBranch, nkElse}
+      if branch.kind == nkOfBranch:
+        genCaseRange(p, branch)
+      else:
+        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "default:$n", [])
+      specializeResetN(p, accessor, lastSon(branch), typ)
+      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "break;$n", [])
+    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "} $n", [])
+    specializeResetT(p, "$1.$2" % [accessor, disc.loc.snippet], disc.loc.t)
   of nkSym:
     let field = n.sym
     if field.typ.kind == tyVoid: return
     if field.loc.snippet == "": fillObjectFields(p.module, typ)
     if field.loc.t == nil:
       internalError(p.config, n.info, "specializeResetN()")
-    specializeResetT(p, dotField(accessor, field.loc.snippet), field.loc.t)
+    specializeResetT(p, "$1.$2" % [accessor, field.loc.snippet], field.loc.t)
   else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "specializeResetN()")
 
 proc specializeResetT(p: BProc, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
@@ -61,51 +58,40 @@ proc specializeResetT(p: BProc, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   of tyArray:
     let arraySize = lengthOrd(p.config, typ.indexType)
     var i: TLoc = getTemp(p, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo, tyInt))
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addForRangeExclusive(i.snippet, cIntValue(0), cIntValue(arraySize)):
-      specializeResetT(p, subscript(accessor, i.snippet), typ.elementType)
+    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = 0; $1 < $2; $1++) {$n",
+            [i.snippet, arraySize])
+    specializeResetT(p, ropecg(p.module, "$1[$2]", [accessor, i.snippet]), typ.elementType)
+    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
   of tyObject:
     var x = typ.baseClass
     if x != nil: x = x.skipTypes(skipPtrs)
     specializeResetT(p, accessor.parentObj(p.module), x)
-    if typ.n != nil:
-      if typ.sym != nil and sfImportc in typ.sym.flags:
-        # imported C struct, nimZeroMem
-        p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimZeroMem"),
-          cCast(ptrType(CPointer), cAddr(accessor)),
-          cSizeof(getTypeDesc(p.module, typ)))
-      else:
-        specializeResetN(p, accessor, typ.n, typ)
+    if typ.n != nil: specializeResetN(p, accessor, typ.n, typ)
   of tyTuple:
     let typ = getUniqueType(typ)
     for i, a in typ.ikids:
-      specializeResetT(p, dotField(accessor, "Field" & $i), a)
+      specializeResetT(p, ropecg(p.module, "$1.Field$2", [accessor, i]), a)
 
   of tyString, tyRef, tySequence:
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "unsureAsgnRef"),
-      cCast(ptrType(CPointer), cAddr(accessor)),
-      NimNil)
+    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "#unsureAsgnRef((void**)&$1, NIM_NIL);$n", [accessor])
 
   of tyProc:
     if typ.callConv == ccClosure:
-      p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "unsureAsgnRef"),
-        cCast(ptrType(CPointer), cAddr(dotField(accessor, "ClE_0"))),
-        NimNil)
-      p.s(cpsStmts).addFieldAssignment(accessor, "ClP_0", NimNil)
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "#unsureAsgnRef((void**)&$1.ClE_0, NIM_NIL);$n", [accessor])
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "$1.ClP_0 = NIM_NIL;$n", [accessor])
     else:
-      p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(accessor, NimNil)
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = NIM_NIL;$n", [accessor])
   of tyChar, tyBool, tyEnum, tyRange, tyInt..tyUInt64:
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(accessor, cIntValue(0))
+    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = 0;$n", [accessor])
   of tyCstring, tyPointer, tyPtr, tyVar, tyLent:
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(accessor, NimNil)
+    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = NIM_NIL;$n", [accessor])
   of tySet:
     case mapSetType(p.config, typ)
     of ctArray:
-      let t = getTypeDesc(p.module, typ)
-      p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimZeroMem"),
-        accessor,
-        cSizeof(t))
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "#nimZeroMem($1, sizeof($2));$n",
+          [accessor, getTypeDesc(p.module, typ)])
     of ctInt8, ctInt16, ctInt32, ctInt64:
-      p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(accessor, cIntValue(0))
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = 0;$n", [accessor])
     else:
       raiseAssert "unexpected set type kind"
   of tyNone, tyEmpty, tyNil, tyUntyped, tyTyped, tyGenericInvocation,

compiler/ccgthreadvars.nim

@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ proc accessThreadLocalVar(p: BProc, s: PSym) =
   if emulatedThreadVars(p.config) and threadVarAccessed notin p.flags:
     p.flags.incl threadVarAccessed
     incl p.module.flags, usesThreadVars
-    p.procSec(cpsLocals).addVar(kind = Local,
-      name = "NimTV_",
-      typ = ptrType("NimThreadVars"))
-    p.procSec(cpsInit).addAssignment("NimTV_",
-      cCast(ptrType("NimThreadVars"),
-        cCall(cgsymValue(p.module, "GetThreadLocalVars"))))
+    p.procSec(cpsLocals).addf("\tNimThreadVars* NimTV_;$n", [])
+    p.procSec(cpsInit).add(
+      ropecg(p.module, "\tNimTV_ = (NimThreadVars*) #GetThreadLocalVars();$n", []))
 
 proc declareThreadVar(m: BModule, s: PSym, isExtern: bool) =
   if emulatedThreadVars(m.config):
@@ -33,32 +30,34 @@ proc declareThreadVar(m: BModule, s: PSym, isExtern: bool) =
     # allocator for it :-(
     if not containsOrIncl(m.g.nimtvDeclared, s.id):
       m.g.nimtvDeps.add(s.loc.t)
-      m.g.nimtv.addField(name = s.loc.snippet, typ = getTypeDesc(m, s.loc.t))
+      m.g.nimtv.addf("$1 $2;$n", [getTypeDesc(m, s.loc.t), s.loc.snippet])
   else:
-    let vis =
-      if isExtern: Extern
-      elif lfExportLib in s.loc.flags: ExportLibVar
-      else: Private
-    m.s[cfsVars].addVar(m, s,
-      name = s.loc.snippet,
-      typ = getTypeDesc(m, s.loc.t),
-      kind = Threadvar,
-      visibility = vis)
+    if isExtern: m.s[cfsVars].add("extern ")
+    elif lfExportLib in s.loc.flags: m.s[cfsVars].add("N_LIB_EXPORT_VAR ")
+    else: m.s[cfsVars].add("N_LIB_PRIVATE ")
+    if optThreads in m.config.globalOptions:
+      let sym = s.typ.sym
+      if sym != nil and sfCppNonPod in sym.flags:
+        m.s[cfsVars].add("NIM_THREAD_LOCAL ")
+      else: m.s[cfsVars].add("NIM_THREADVAR ")
+    m.s[cfsVars].add(getTypeDesc(m, s.loc.t))
+    m.s[cfsVars].addf(" $1;$n", [s.loc.snippet])
 
 proc generateThreadLocalStorage(m: BModule) =
-  if m.g.nimtv.buf.len != 0 and (usesThreadVars in m.flags or sfMainModule in m.module.flags):
+  if m.g.nimtv != "" and (usesThreadVars in m.flags or sfMainModule in m.module.flags):
     for t in items(m.g.nimtvDeps): discard getTypeDesc(m, t)
     finishTypeDescriptions(m)
-    m.s[cfsSeqTypes].addTypedef(name = "NimThreadVars"):
-      m.s[cfsSeqTypes].addSimpleStruct(m, name = "", baseType = ""):
-        m.s[cfsSeqTypes].add(extract(m.g.nimtv))
+    var typedef = newBuilder("")
+    typedef.addTypedef(name = "NimThreadVars"):
+      typedef.addSimpleStruct(m, name = "", baseType = ""):
+        typedef.add(m.g.nimtv)
+    m.s[cfsSeqTypes].add(typedef)
 
 proc generateThreadVarsSize(m: BModule) =
-  if m.g.nimtv.buf.len != 0:
+  if m.g.nimtv != "":
     let externc = if m.config.backend == backendCpp or
-                       sfCompileToCpp in m.module.flags: ExternC
-                  else: None
-    m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(externc):
-      m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader("NimThreadVarsSize", NimInt, cProcParams())
-      m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
-        m.s[cfsProcs].addReturn(cCast(NimInt, cSizeof("NimThreadVars")))
+                       sfCompileToCpp in m.module.flags: "extern \"C\" "
+                  else: ""
+    m.s[cfsProcs].addf(
+      "$#NI NimThreadVarsSize(){return (NI)sizeof(NimThreadVars);}$n",
+      [externc.rope])

compiler/ccgtrav.nim

@@ -16,16 +16,13 @@ type
     p: BProc
     visitorFrmt: string
 
+const
+  visitorFrmt = "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, $2);$n"
 
 proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType)
-proc genCaseRange(p: BProc, branch: PNode, info: var SwitchCaseBuilder)
+proc genCaseRange(p: BProc, branch: PNode)
 proc getTemp(p: BProc, t: PType, needsInit=false): TLoc
 
-proc visit(p: BProc, data, visitor: Snippet) =
-  p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimGCvisit"),
-    cCast(CPointer, data),
-    visitor)
-
 proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
                      typ: PType) =
   if n == nil: return
@@ -40,32 +37,29 @@ proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
     if disc.loc.snippet == "": fillObjectFields(c.p.module, typ)
     if disc.loc.t == nil:
       internalError(c.p.config, n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
-    let discField = dotField(accessor, disc.loc.snippet)
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addSwitchStmt(discField):
-      for i in 1..<n.len:
-        let branch = n[i]
-        assert branch.kind in {nkOfBranch, nkElse}
-        var caseBuilder: SwitchCaseBuilder
-        p.s(cpsStmts).addSwitchCase(caseBuilder):
-          if branch.kind == nkOfBranch:
-            genCaseRange(c.p, branch, caseBuilder)
-          else:
-            p.s(cpsStmts).addCaseElse(caseBuilder)
-        do:
-          genTraverseProc(c, accessor, lastSon(branch), typ)
-          p.s(cpsStmts).addBreak()
+    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "switch ($1.$2) {$n", [accessor, disc.loc.snippet])
+    for i in 1..<n.len:
+      let branch = n[i]
+      assert branch.kind in {nkOfBranch, nkElse}
+      if branch.kind == nkOfBranch:
+        genCaseRange(c.p, branch)
+      else:
+        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "default:$n", [])
+      genTraverseProc(c, accessor, lastSon(branch), typ)
+      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "break;$n", [])
+    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "} $n", [])
   of nkSym:
     let field = n.sym
     if field.typ.kind == tyVoid: return
     if field.loc.snippet == "": fillObjectFields(c.p.module, typ)
     if field.loc.t == nil:
       internalError(c.p.config, n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
-    genTraverseProc(c, dotField(accessor, field.loc.snippet), field.loc.t)
+    genTraverseProc(c, "$1.$2" % [accessor, field.loc.snippet], field.loc.t)
   else: internalError(c.p.config, n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
 
 proc parentObj(accessor: Rope; m: BModule): Rope {.inline.} =
   if not m.compileToCpp:
-    result = dotField(accessor, "Sup")
+    result = "$1.Sup" % [accessor]
   else:
     result = accessor
 
@@ -82,14 +76,16 @@ proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
     let arraySize = lengthOrd(c.p.config, typ.indexType)
     var i: TLoc = getTemp(p, getSysType(c.p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo, tyInt))
     var oldCode = p.s(cpsStmts)
-    var oldLen, newLen: int
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addForRangeExclusive(i.snippet, cIntValue(0), cIntValue(arraySize)):
-      oldLen = p.s(cpsStmts).buf.len
-      genTraverseProc(c, subscript(accessor, i.snippet), typ.elementType)
-      newLen = p.s(cpsStmts).buf.len
-    if oldLen == newLen:
+    freeze oldCode
+    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = 0; $1 < $2; $1++) {$n",
+            [i.snippet, arraySize])
+    let oldLen = p.s(cpsStmts).len
+    genTraverseProc(c, ropecg(c.p.module, "$1[$2]", [accessor, i.snippet]), typ.elementType)
+    if p.s(cpsStmts).len == oldLen:
       # do not emit dummy long loops for faster debug builds:
       p.s(cpsStmts) = oldCode
+    else:
+      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
   of tyObject:
     var x = typ.baseClass
     if x != nil: x = x.skipTypes(skipPtrs)
@@ -98,25 +94,23 @@ proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   of tyTuple:
     let typ = getUniqueType(typ)
     for i, a in typ.ikids:
-      genTraverseProc(c, dotField(accessor, "Field" & $i), a)
+      genTraverseProc(c, ropecg(c.p.module, "$1.Field$2", [accessor, i]), a)
   of tyRef:
-    visit(p, accessor, c.visitorFrmt)
+    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, visitorFrmt, [accessor, c.visitorFrmt])
   of tySequence:
     if optSeqDestructors notin c.p.module.config.globalOptions:
-      visit(p, accessor, c.visitorFrmt)
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, visitorFrmt, [accessor, c.visitorFrmt])
     elif containsGarbageCollectedRef(typ.elementType):
       # destructor based seqs are themselves not traced but their data is, if
       # they contain a GC'ed type:
-      p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimGCvisitSeq"),
-        cCast(CPointer, accessor),
-        c.visitorFrmt)
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "#nimGCvisitSeq((void*)$1, $2);$n", [accessor, c.visitorFrmt])
       #genTraverseProcSeq(c, accessor, typ)
   of tyString:
     if tfHasAsgn notin typ.flags:
-      visit(p, accessor, c.visitorFrmt)
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, visitorFrmt, [accessor, c.visitorFrmt])
   of tyProc:
     if typ.callConv == ccClosure:
-      visit(p, dotField(accessor, "ClE_0"), c.visitorFrmt)
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, visitorFrmt, [ropecg(c.p.module, "$1.ClE_0", [accessor]), c.visitorFrmt])
   else:
     discard
 
@@ -125,17 +119,18 @@ proc genTraverseProcSeq(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   assert typ.kind == tySequence
   var i = getTemp(p, getSysType(c.p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo, tyInt))
   var oldCode = p.s(cpsStmts)
-  var oldLen, newLen: int
+  freeze oldCode
   var a = TLoc(snippet: accessor)
-  let le = lenExpr(c.p, a)
 
-  p.s(cpsStmts).addForRangeExclusive(i.snippet, cIntValue(0), le):
-    oldLen = p.s(cpsStmts).buf.len
-    genTraverseProc(c, subscript(dataField(c.p, accessor), i.snippet), typ.elementType)
-    newLen = p.s(cpsStmts).buf.len
-  if newLen == oldLen:
+  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = 0; $1 < $2; $1++) {$n",
+      [i.snippet, lenExpr(c.p, a)])
+  let oldLen = p.s(cpsStmts).len
+  genTraverseProc(c, "$1$3[$2]" % [accessor, i.snippet, dataField(c.p)], typ.elementType)
+  if p.s(cpsStmts).len == oldLen:
     # do not emit dummy long loops for faster debug builds:
     p.s(cpsStmts) = oldCode
+  else:
+    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
 
 proc genTraverseProc(m: BModule, origTyp: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
   var p = newProc(nil, m)
@@ -144,10 +139,11 @@ proc genTraverseProc(m: BModule, origTyp: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
     hcrOn = m.hcrOn
     typ = origTyp.skipTypes(abstractInstOwned)
     markerName = if hcrOn: result & "_actual" else: result
+    header = "static N_NIMCALL(void, $1)(void* p, NI op)" % [markerName]
     t = getTypeDesc(m, typ)
 
-  p.s(cpsLocals).addVar(kind = Local, name = "a", typ = t)
-  p.s(cpsInit).addAssignment("a", cCast(t, "p"))
+  lineF(p, cpsLocals, "$1 a;$n", [t])
+  lineF(p, cpsInit, "a = ($1)p;$n", [t])
 
   var c = TTraversalClosure(p: p,
     visitorFrmt: "op" # "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, op);$n"
@@ -161,40 +157,18 @@ proc genTraverseProc(m: BModule, origTyp: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
       # C's arrays are broken beyond repair:
       genTraverseProc(c, "a".rope, typ.elementType)
     else:
-      genTraverseProc(c, cDeref("a"), typ.elementType)
+      genTraverseProc(c, "(*a)".rope, typ.elementType)
 
-  var headerBuilder = newBuilder("")
-  headerBuilder.addProcHeaderWithParams(ccNimCall, markerName, CVoid):
-    var paramBuilder: ProcParamBuilder
-    headerBuilder.addProcParams(paramBuilder):
-      headerBuilder.addParam(paramBuilder, name = "p", typ = CPointer)
-      headerBuilder.addParam(paramBuilder, name = "op", typ = NimInt)
-  let header = extract(headerBuilder)
+  let generatedProc = "$1 {$n$2$3$4}\n" %
+        [header, p.s(cpsLocals), p.s(cpsInit), p.s(cpsStmts)]
 
-  m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addDeclWithVisibility(StaticProc):
-    m.s[cfsProcHeaders].add(header)
-    m.s[cfsProcHeaders].finishProcHeaderAsProto()
-  m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(StaticProc):
-    m.s[cfsProcs].add(header)
-    m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
-      m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(p.s(cpsLocals)))
-      m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(p.s(cpsInit)))
-      m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(p.s(cpsStmts)))
+  m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addf("$1;\n", [header])
+  m.s[cfsProcs].add(generatedProc)
 
   if hcrOn:
-    var desc = newBuilder("")
-    var unnamedParamBuilder: ProcParamBuilder
-    desc.addProcParams(unnamedParamBuilder):
-      desc.addUnnamedParam(unnamedParamBuilder, CPointer)
-      desc.addUnnamedParam(unnamedParamBuilder, NimInt)
-    let unnamedParams = extract(desc)
-    m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addProcVar(ccNimCall, result, unnamedParams, CVoid)
-    m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignmentWithValue(result):
-      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCast(procPtrTypeUnnamed(ccNimCall, CVoid, unnamedParams)):
-        m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCall("hcrRegisterProc",
-          getModuleDllPath(m),
-          '"' & result & '"',
-          cCast(CPointer, markerName))
+    m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addf("N_NIMCALL_PTR(void, $1)(void*, NI);\n", [result])
+    m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addf("\t$1 = (N_NIMCALL_PTR(void, )(void*, NI)) hcrRegisterProc($3, \"$1\", (void*)$2);\n",
+         [result, markerName, getModuleDllPath(m)])
 
 proc genTraverseProcForGlobal(m: BModule, s: PSym; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
   discard genTypeInfoV1(m, s.loc.t, info)
@@ -205,28 +179,17 @@ proc genTraverseProcForGlobal(m: BModule, s: PSym; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
 
   if sfThread in s.flags and emulatedThreadVars(m.config):
     accessThreadLocalVar(p, s)
-    sLoc = derefField("NimTV_", sLoc)
+    sLoc = "NimTV_->" & sLoc
 
   var c = TTraversalClosure(p: p,
-    visitorFrmt: cIntValue(0) # "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, 0);$n"
+    visitorFrmt: "0" # "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, 0);$n"
   )
 
+  let header = "static N_NIMCALL(void, $1)(void)" % [result]
   genTraverseProc(c, sLoc, s.loc.t)
 
-  var headerBuilder = newBuilder("")
-  headerBuilder.addProcHeaderWithParams(ccNimCall, result, CVoid):
-    var paramBuilder: ProcParamBuilder
-    headerBuilder.addProcParams(paramBuilder):
-      # (void)
-      discard
-  let header = extract(headerBuilder)
+  let generatedProc = "$1 {$n$2$3$4}$n" %
+        [header, p.s(cpsLocals), p.s(cpsInit), p.s(cpsStmts)]
 
-  m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addDeclWithVisibility(StaticProc):
-    m.s[cfsProcHeaders].add(header)
-    m.s[cfsProcHeaders].finishProcHeaderAsProto()
-  m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(StaticProc):
-    m.s[cfsProcs].add(header)
-    m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
-      m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(p.s(cpsLocals)))
-      m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(p.s(cpsInit)))
-      m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(p.s(cpsStmts)))
+  m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addf("$1;$n", [header])
+  m.s[cfsProcs].add(generatedProc)

compiler/ccgutils.nim

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import
   ast, types, msgs, wordrecg,
-  platform, trees, options, cgendata, mangleutils, renderer
+  platform, trees, options, cgendata, mangleutils
 
 import std/[hashes, strutils, formatfloat]
 
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ proc ccgIntroducedPtr*(conf: ConfigRef; s: PSym, retType: PType): bool =
     if s.typ.sym != nil and sfForward in s.typ.sym.flags:
       # forwarded objects are *always* passed by pointers for consistency!
       result = true
+    elif s.typ.kind == tySink and conf.selectedGC notin {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcHooks}:
+      # bug #23354:
+      result = false
     elif (optByRef in s.options) or (getSize(conf, pt) > conf.target.floatSize * 3):
       result = true           # requested anyway
     elif (tfFinal in pt.flags) and (pt[0] == nil):
@@ -117,14 +120,14 @@ proc makeUnique(m: BModule; s: PSym, name: string = ""): string =
   result.add "_u"
   result.add $s.itemId.item
 
-proc encodeSym*(m: BModule; s: PSym; makeUnique: bool = false; extra: string = ""): string =
+proc encodeSym*(m: BModule; s: PSym; makeUnique: bool = false): string =
   #Module::Type
-  var name = s.name.s & extra
+  var name = s.name.s
   if makeUnique:
     name = makeUnique(m, s, name)
   "N" & encodeName(s.skipGenericOwner.name.s) & encodeName(name) & "E"
 
-proc encodeType*(m: BModule; t: PType; staticLists: var string): string =
+proc encodeType*(m: BModule; t: PType): string =
   result = ""
   var kindName = ($t.kind)[2..^1]
   kindName[0] = toLower($kindName[0])[0]
@@ -135,10 +138,10 @@ proc encodeType*(m: BModule; t: PType; staticLists: var string): string =
     result = encodeName(t[0].sym.name.s)
     result.add "I"
     for i in 1..<t.len - 1:
-      result.add encodeType(m, t[i], staticLists)
+      result.add encodeType(m, t[i])
     result.add "E"
   of tySequence, tyOpenArray, tyArray, tyVarargs, tyTuple, tyProc, tySet, tyTypeDesc,
-    tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent, tySink, tyUncheckedArray, tyOr, tyAnd, tyBuiltInTypeClass:
+    tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent, tySink, tyStatic, tyUncheckedArray, tyOr, tyAnd, tyBuiltInTypeClass:
     result =
       case t.kind:
       of tySequence: encodeName("seq")
@@ -147,13 +150,8 @@ proc encodeType*(m: BModule; t: PType; staticLists: var string): string =
     for i in 0..<t.len:
       let s = t[i]
       if s.isNil: continue
-      result.add encodeType(m, s, staticLists)
+      result.add encodeType(m, s)
     result.add "E"
-  of tyStatic:
-    if t.n != nil:
-      staticLists.add "_s" & renderTree(t.n)
-    else:
-      raiseAssert "unreachable"
   of tyRange:
     var val = "range_"
     if t.n[0].typ.kind in {tyFloat..tyFloat128}:
@@ -166,7 +164,7 @@ proc encodeType*(m: BModule; t: PType; staticLists: var string): string =
   of tyString..tyUInt64, tyPointer, tyBool, tyChar, tyVoid, tyAnything, tyNil, tyEmpty:
     result = encodeName(kindName)
   of tyAlias, tyInferred, tyOwned:
-    result = encodeType(m, t.elementType, staticLists)
+    result = encodeType(m, t.elementType)
   else:
     assert false, "encodeType " & $t.kind
 

compiler/cgendata.nim

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import
   ast, ropes, options,
-  lineinfos, pathutils, modulegraphs, cbuilderbase
+  ndi, lineinfos, pathutils, modulegraphs
 
 import std/[intsets, tables, sets]
 
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ type
     ctUInt, ctUInt8, ctUInt16, ctUInt32, ctUInt64,
     ctArray, ctPtrToArray, ctStruct, ctPtr, ctNimStr, ctNimSeq, ctProc,
     ctCString
-  TCFileSections* = array[TCFileSection, Builder] # represents a generated C file
+  TCFileSections* = array[TCFileSection, Rope] # represents a generated C file
   TCProcSection* = enum       # the sections a generated C proc consists of
     cpsLocals,                # section of local variables for C proc
     cpsInit,                  # section for init of variables for C proc
     cpsStmts                  # section of local statements for C proc
-  TCProcSections* = array[TCProcSection, Builder] # represents a generated C proc
+  TCProcSections* = array[TCProcSection, Rope] # represents a generated C proc
   BModule* = ref TCGen
   BProc* = ref TCProc
   TBlock* = object
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ type
                         # computing alive data on our own.
 
   BModuleList* = ref object of RootObj
-    mainModProcs*, mainModInit*, otherModsInit*, mainDatInit*: Builder
+    mainModProcs*, mainModInit*, otherModsInit*, mainDatInit*: Rope
     mapping*: Rope             # the generated mapping file (if requested)
-    mods*: seq[BModule]     # list of all compiled modules
+    modules*: seq[BModule]     # list of all compiled modules
     modulesClosed*: seq[BModule] # list of the same compiled modules, but in the order they were closed
-    forwardedProcs*: seq[PSym] # procs that did not yet have a body
+    forwardedProcs*: seq[PSym] # proc:s that did not yet have a body
     generatedHeader*: BModule
     typeInfoMarker*: TypeCacheWithOwner
     typeInfoMarkerV2*: TypeCacheWithOwner
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ type
     graph*: ModuleGraph
     strVersion*, seqVersion*: int # version of the string/seq implementation to use
 
-    nimtv*: Builder         # Nim thread vars; the struct body
+    nimtv*: Rope            # Nim thread vars; the struct body
     nimtvDeps*: seq[PType]  # type deps: every module needs whole struct
     nimtvDeclared*: IntSet  # so that every var/field exists only once
                             # in the struct
@@ -155,49 +155,45 @@ type
     forwTypeCache*: TypeCache # cache for forward declarations of types
     declaredThings*: IntSet   # things we have declared in this .c file
     declaredProtos*: IntSet   # prototypes we have declared in this .c file
-    queue*: seq[PSym]         # queue of procs to generate
     alive*: IntSet            # symbol IDs of alive data as computed by `dce.nim`
     headerFiles*: seq[string] # needed headers to include
     typeInfoMarker*: TypeCache # needed for generating type information
     typeInfoMarkerV2*: TypeCache
     initProc*: BProc          # code for init procedure
     preInitProc*: BProc       # code executed before the init proc
-    hcrCreateTypeInfosProc*: Builder # type info globals are in here when HCR=on
+    hcrCreateTypeInfosProc*: Rope # type info globals are in here when HCR=on
     inHcrInitGuard*: bool     # We are currently within a HCR reloading guard.
-    hcrInitGuard*: IfBuilder
     typeStack*: TTypeSeq      # used for type generation
     dataCache*: TNodeTable
     typeNodes*, nimTypes*: int # used for type info generation
     typeNodesName*, nimTypesName*: Rope # used for type info generation
     labels*: Natural          # for generating unique module-scope names
-    extensionLoaders*: array['0'..'9', Builder] # special procs for the
+    extensionLoaders*: array['0'..'9', Rope] # special procs for the
                                              # OpenGL wrapper
     sigConflicts*: CountTable[SigHash]
     g*: BModuleList
+    ndi*: NdiFile
 
 template config*(m: BModule): ConfigRef = m.g.config
 template config*(p: BProc): ConfigRef = p.module.g.config
 template vccAndC*(p: BProc): bool = p.module.config.cCompiler == ccVcc and p.module.config.backend == backendC
 
-proc delayedCodegen*(m: BModule): bool {.inline.} =
-  useAliveDataFromDce in m.flags or m.config.globalOptions.contains(optCompress)
-
 proc includeHeader*(this: BModule; header: string) =
   if not this.headerFiles.contains header:
     this.headerFiles.add header
 
-proc s*(p: BProc, s: TCProcSection): var Builder {.inline.} =
+proc s*(p: BProc, s: TCProcSection): var Rope {.inline.} =
   # section in the current block
   result = p.blocks[^1].sections[s]
 
-proc procSec*(p: BProc, s: TCProcSection): var Builder {.inline.} =
+proc procSec*(p: BProc, s: TCProcSection): var Rope {.inline.} =
   # top level proc sections
   result = p.blocks[0].sections[s]
 
 proc initBlock*(): TBlock =
   result = TBlock()
   for i in low(result.sections)..high(result.sections):
-    result.sections[i] = newBuilder("")
+    result.sections[i] = newRopeAppender()
 
 proc newProc*(prc: PSym, module: BModule): BProc =
   result = BProc(

compiler/cgmeth.nim

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ proc methodCall*(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   # replace ordinary method by dispatcher method:
   let disp = getDispatcher(result[0].sym)
   if disp != nil:
-    result[0].typ = disp.typ
+    result[0].typ() = disp.typ
     result[0].sym = disp
     # change the arguments to up/downcasts to fit the dispatcher's parameters:
     for i in 1..<result.len:
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ proc attachDispatcher(s: PSym, dispatcher: PNode) =
 
 proc createDispatcher(s: PSym; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
   var disp = copySym(s, idgen)
-  incl(disp, sfDispatcher)
-  excl(disp, sfExported)
+  incl(disp.flags, sfDispatcher)
+  excl(disp.flags, sfExported)
   let old = disp.typ
   disp.typ = copyType(disp.typ, idgen, disp.typ.owner)
   copyTypeProps(g, idgen.module, disp.typ, old)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ proc createDispatcher(s: PSym; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
   if disp.typ.callConv == ccInline: disp.typ.callConv = ccNimCall
   disp.ast = copyTree(s.ast)
   disp.ast[bodyPos] = newNodeI(nkEmpty, s.info)
-  disp.locImpl.snippet = ""
+  disp.loc.snippet = ""
   if s.typ.returnType != nil:
     if disp.ast.len > resultPos:
       disp.ast[resultPos].sym = copySym(s.ast[resultPos].sym, idgen)

compiler/commands.nim

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ const
   errInvalidCmdLineOption = "invalid command line option: '$1'"
   errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound = "'on' or 'off' expected, but '$1' found"
   errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound = "'on', 'off' or 'list' expected, but '$1' found"
-  errOffHintsError = "'off', 'hint', 'warning', 'error' or 'usages' expected, but '$1' found"
+  errOffHintsError = "'off', 'hint', 'error' or 'usages' expected, but '$1' found"
 
 proc invalidCmdLineOption(conf: ConfigRef; pass: TCmdLinePass, switch: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   if switch == " ": localError(conf, info, errInvalidCmdLineOption % "-")
@@ -203,14 +203,13 @@ proc processSpecificNote*(arg: string, state: TSpecialWord, pass: TCmdLinePass,
   else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, pass, orig, info)
 
   let isSomeHint = state in {wHint, wHintAsError}
-  let isSomeWarning = state in {wWarning, wWarningAsError}
   template findNote(noteMin, noteMax, name) =
     # unfortunately, hintUser and warningUser clash, otherwise implementation would simplify a bit
     let x = findStr(noteMin, noteMax, id, errUnknown)
     if x != errUnknown: notes = {TNoteKind(x)}
     else:
-      if isSomeHint or isSomeWarning:
-        message(conf, info, warnUnknownNotes, "unknown $#: $#" % [name, id])
+      if isSomeHint:
+        message(conf, info, hintUnknownHint, id)
       else:
         localError(conf, info, "unknown $#: $#" % [name, id])
   case id.normalize
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ proc processCompile(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string) =
   extccomp.addExternalFileToCompile(conf, found)
 
 const
-  errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound = "'arc', 'orc', 'yrc', 'atomicArc', 'markAndSweep', 'boehm', 'go', 'none', 'regions', or 'refc' expected, but '$1' found"
+  errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound = "'arc', 'orc', 'atomicArc', 'markAndSweep', 'boehm', 'go', 'none', 'regions', or 'refc' expected, but '$1' found"
   errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound = "'none', 'speed' or 'size' expected, but '$1' found"
   errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound = "'gui', 'console', 'lib' or 'staticlib' expected, but '$1' found"
   errInvalidExceptionSystem = "'goto', 'setjmp', 'cpp' or 'quirky' expected, but '$1' found"
@@ -266,7 +265,6 @@ proc testCompileOptionArg*(conf: ConfigRef; switch, arg: string, info: TLineInfo
     of "markandsweep": result = conf.selectedGC == gcMarkAndSweep
     of "destructors", "arc": result = conf.selectedGC == gcArc
     of "orc": result = conf.selectedGC == gcOrc
-    of "yrc": result = conf.selectedGC == gcYrc
     of "hooks": result = conf.selectedGC == gcHooks
     of "go": result = conf.selectedGC == gcGo
     of "none": result = conf.selectedGC == gcNone
@@ -365,7 +363,6 @@ proc testCompileOption*(conf: ConfigRef; switch: string, info: TLineInfo): bool
     result = false
   of "panics": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optPanics)
   of "jsbigint64": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optJsBigInt64)
-  of "mangle": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optItaniumMangle)
   else:
     result = false
     invalidCmdLineOption(conf, passCmd1, switch, info)
@@ -461,7 +458,7 @@ template handleStdinOrCmdInput =
     conf.outDir = getNimcacheDir(conf)
 
 proc handleStdinInput*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  conf.projectName = conf.stdinFile.string
+  conf.projectName = "stdinfile"
   conf.projectIsStdin = true
   handleStdinOrCmdInput()
 
@@ -475,7 +472,6 @@ proc parseCommand*(command: string): Command =
   of "cpp", "compiletocpp": cmdCompileToCpp
   of "objc", "compiletooc": cmdCompileToOC
   of "js", "compiletojs": cmdCompileToJS
-  of "nif": cmdCompileToNif
   of "r": cmdCrun
   of "m": cmdM
   of "run": cmdTcc
@@ -495,11 +491,10 @@ proc parseCommand*(command: string): Command =
   of "gendepend": cmdGendepend
   of "dump": cmdDump
   of "parse": cmdParse
+  of "rod": cmdRod
   of "secret": cmdInteractive
   of "nop", "help": cmdNop
   of "jsonscript": cmdJsonscript
-  of "nifc": cmdNifC  # generate C from NIF files
-  of "ic": cmdIc  # generate .build.nif for nifmake
   else: cmdUnknown
 
 proc setCmd*(conf: ConfigRef, cmd: Command) =
@@ -511,12 +506,6 @@ proc setCmd*(conf: ConfigRef, cmd: Command) =
   of cmdCompileToCpp: conf.backend = backendCpp
   of cmdCompileToOC: conf.backend = backendObjc
   of cmdCompileToJS: conf.backend = backendJs
-  of cmdCompileToNif: conf.backend = backendNif
-  of cmdNifC:
-    conf.backend = backendC  # NIF to C compilation
-  of cmdM:
-    # cmdM requires optCompress for proper IC handling (include files, etc.)
-    conf.globalOptions.incl optCompress
   else: discard
 
 proc setCommandEarly*(conf: ConfigRef, command: string) =
@@ -571,7 +560,6 @@ proc unregisterArcOrc*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcdestructors")
   undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcarc")
   undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcorc")
-  undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcyrc")
   undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcatomicarc")
   undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
   undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimV2")
@@ -605,10 +593,6 @@ proc processMemoryManagementOption(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
       conf.selectedGC = gcOrc
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcorc")
       registerArcOrc(pass, conf)
-    of "yrc":
-      conf.selectedGC = gcYrc
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcyrc")
-      registerArcOrc(pass, conf)
     of "atomicarc":
       conf.selectedGC = gcAtomicArc
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcatomicarc")
@@ -775,16 +759,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
       conf.globalOptions.excl optCDebug
     else:
       localError(conf, info, "expected native|gdb|on|off but found " & arg)
-  of "mangle":
-    case arg.normalize
-    of "nim":
-      conf.globalOptions.excl optItaniumMangle
-    of "cpp":
-      conf.globalOptions.incl optItaniumMangle
-    else:
-      localError(conf, info, "expected nim|cpp but found " & arg)
-  of "compress":
-    conf.globalOptions.incl optCompress
   of "g": # alias for --debugger:native
     conf.globalOptions.incl optCDebug
     conf.options.incl optLineDir
@@ -907,19 +881,11 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "import":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-      let m = findModule(conf, arg, toFullPath(conf, info)).string
-      if m.len == 0:
-        localError(conf, info, "Cannot resolve filename: " & arg)
-      else:
-        conf.implicitImports.add m
+      conf.implicitImports.add findModule(conf, arg, toFullPath(conf, info)).string
   of "include":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-      let m = findModule(conf, arg, toFullPath(conf, info)).string
-      if m.len == 0:
-        localError(conf, info, "Cannot resolve filename: " & arg)
-      else:
-        conf.implicitIncludes.add m
+      conf.implicitIncludes.add findModule(conf, arg, toFullPath(conf, info)).string
   of "listcmd":
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optListCmd}, arg, pass, info)
   of "asm":
@@ -953,12 +919,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     discard parseSaturatedNatural(arg, value)
     if not value > 0: localError(conf, info, "maxLoopIterationsVM must be a positive integer greater than zero")
     conf.maxLoopIterationsVM = value
-  of "maxcalldepthvm":
-    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    var value: int = 2_000
-    discard parseSaturatedNatural(arg, value)
-    if value <= 0: localError(conf, info, "maxCallDepthVM must be a positive integer greater than zero")
-    conf.maxCallDepthVM = value
   of "errormax":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     # Note: `nim check` (etc) can overwrite this.
@@ -968,10 +928,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     var value: int = 0
     discard parseSaturatedNatural(arg, value)
     conf.errorMax = if value == 0: high(int) else: value
-  of "stdinfile":
-    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    conf.stdinFile = if os.isAbsolute(arg): AbsoluteFile(arg)
-                     else: AbsoluteFile(getCurrentDir() / arg)
   of "verbosity":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     let verbosity = parseInt(arg)
@@ -1005,8 +961,7 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
       # xxx maybe also ic, since not in help?
     if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
       case arg.normalize
-      of "on": conf.ic = true
-      of "legacy": conf.symbolFiles = v2Sf
+      of "on": conf.symbolFiles = v2Sf
       of "off": conf.symbolFiles = disabledSf
       of "writeonly": conf.symbolFiles = writeOnlySf
       of "readonly": conf.symbolFiles = readOnlySf
@@ -1114,9 +1069,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "shownonexports":
     expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     showNonExportedFields(conf)
-  of "raw":
-    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    docRawOutput(conf)
   of "exceptions":
     case arg.normalize
     of "cpp": conf.exc = excCpp
@@ -1148,10 +1100,9 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
   of "stylecheck":
     case arg.normalize
-    of "off": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions - {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning}
-    of "hint": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleHint} - {optStyleError, optStyleWarning}
-    of "warning": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleWarning} - {optStyleHint, optStyleError}
-    of "error": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleError} - {optStyleHint, optStyleWarning}
+    of "off": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions - {optStyleHint, optStyleError}
+    of "hint": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleHint} - {optStyleError}
+    of "error": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleError}
     of "usages": conf.globalOptions.incl optStyleUsages
     else: localError(conf, info, errOffHintsError % arg)
   of "showallmismatches":

compiler/concepts.nim

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
 import ast, semdata, lookups, lineinfos, idents, msgs, renderer, types, layeredtable
 
-import std/sets
+import std/intsets
 
 when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
   import std/assertions
 
 const
-  logBindings = when defined(debugConcepts): true else: false
+  logBindings = false
 
 ## Code dealing with Concept declarations
 ## --------------------------------------
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ proc declareSelf(c: PContext; info: TLineInfo) =
   let ow = getCurrOwner(c)
   let s = newSym(skType, getIdent(c.cache, "Self"), c.idgen, ow, info)
   s.typ = newType(tyTypeDesc, c.idgen, ow)
-  s.typ.incl {tfUnresolved, tfPacked}
+  s.typ.flags.incl {tfUnresolved, tfPacked}
   s.typ.add newType(tyEmpty, c.idgen, ow)
   addDecl(c, s, info)
 
@@ -70,281 +70,88 @@ proc semConceptDeclaration*(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
 ## ----------------
 
 type
-  MatchFlags* = enum
-    mfDontBind  # Do not bind generic parameters
-    mfCheckGeneric  # formal <- formal comparison as opposed to formal <- operand
-
-  ConceptTypePair = tuple[conceptId, typeId: ItemId]
-    ## Pair of (concept type id, implementation type id) used for cycle detection
-
   MatchCon = object ## Context we pass around during concept matching.
-    bindings: LayeredIdTable
-    marker: HashSet[ConceptTypePair] ## Tracks (concept, type) pairs being checked to detect cycles.
+    inferred: seq[(PType, PType)] ## we need a seq here so that we can easily undo inferences \
+      ## that turned out to be wrong.
+    marker: IntSet ## Some protection against wild runaway recursions.
     potentialImplementation: PType ## the concrete type that might match the concept we try to match.
     magic: TMagic  ## mArrGet and mArrPut is wrong in system.nim and
                    ## cannot be fixed that easily.
                    ## Thus we special case it here.
-    concpt: PType  ## current concept being evaluated
-    flags: set[MatchFlags]
-
-  MatchKind = enum
-    mkNoMatch, mkSubset, mkSame
-
-const
-  asymmetricConceptParamMods = {tyVar, tySink, tyLent, tyOwned, tyAlias, tyInferred} # param modifiers that to not have to match implementation -> concept
-  bindableTypes = {tyGenericParam, tyOr, tyTypeDesc}
-
-proc conceptMatchNode(c: PContext; n: PNode; m: var MatchCon): bool
-
-proc matchType(c: PContext; fo, ao: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool
-
-proc matchReturnType(c: PContext; f, a: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool
-
-proc processConcept(c: PContext; concpt, invocation: PType, bindings: var LayeredIdTable; m: var MatchCon): bool
 
 proc existingBinding(m: MatchCon; key: PType): PType =
   ## checks if we bound the type variable 'key' already to some
   ## concrete type.
-  result = m.bindings.lookup(key)
-  if result == nil:
-    result = key
+  for i in 0..<m.inferred.len:
+    if m.inferred[i][0] == key: return m.inferred[i][1]
+  return nil
 
-const
-    ignorableForArgType = {tyVar, tySink, tyLent, tyOwned, tyAlias, tyInferred}
+proc conceptMatchNode(c: PContext; n: PNode; m: var MatchCon): bool
 
-proc unrollGenericParam(param: PType): PType =
-  result = param.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType)
-  while result.kind in {tyGenericParam, tyTypeDesc} and result.hasElementType and result.elementType.kind != tyNone:
-    result = result.elementType
-
-proc bindParam(c: PContext, m: var MatchCon; key, v: PType): bool {. discardable .} =
-  if v.kind == tyTypeDesc:
-    return false
-  var value = unrollGenericParam(v)
-  if value.kind == tyGenericParam:
-    value = existingBinding(m, value)
-    if value.kind == tyGenericParam:
-      if value.hasElementType:
-        value = value.elementType
-      else:
-        return true
-  if value.kind == tyStatic:
-    return false
-
-  if m.magic in {mArrPut, mArrGet} and value.kind in arrPutGetMagicApplies:
-    value = value.last
-  
-  let old = existingBinding(m, key)
-  if old != key:
-    # check previously bound value
-    if not matchType(c, old, value, m):
-      return false
-  elif key.hasElementType and not key.elementType.isNil and key.elementType.kind != tyNone:
-    # check constaint
-    if matchType(c, unrollGenericParam(key), value, m) == false:
-      return false
-  
-  when logBindings: echo "bind table adding '", key, "', ", value
-  assert value != nil
-  assert value.kind != tyVoid
-  m.bindings.put(key, value)
-  return true
-
-proc defSignatureType(n: PNode): PType = n[0].sym.typ
-
-proc conceptBody*(n: PType): PNode = n.n.lastSon
-
-proc acceptsAllTypes(t: PType): bool=
-  result = false
-  if t.kind == tyAnything:
-    result = true
-  elif t.kind == tyGenericParam:
-    if tfImplicitTypeParam in t.flags:
-      result = true
-    if not t.hasElementType or t.elementType.kind == tyNone:
-      result = true
-
-proc procDefSignature(s: PSym): PNode {. deprecated .} = 
-  var nc = s.ast.copyNode()
-  for i in 0 .. 5:
-    nc.add s.ast[i]
-  nc
-
-proc matchKids(c: PContext; f, a: PType; m: var MatchCon, start=0): bool=
-  result = true
-  for i in start ..< f.kidsLen - ord(f.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyGenericInvocation}):
-    if not matchType(c, f[i], a[i], m): return false
-
-iterator traverseTyOr(t: PType): PType {. closure .}=
-  for i in t.kids:
-    case i.kind:
-    of tyGenericParam:
-      if i.hasElementType:
-        for s in traverseTyOr(i.elementType):
-          yield s
-      else:
-        yield i
-    else:
-      yield i
-
-proc matchConceptToImpl(c: PContext, f, potentialImpl: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool =
-  assert not(potentialImpl.reduceToBase.kind == tyConcept)
-  let concpt = f.reduceToBase
-
-  # Handle self-referential concepts: when a concept references itself in its body
-  # (e.g., `A = concept; proc test(x: Self, y: A)`), the inner type A has n=nil.
-  # We detect this by checking if the concept has the same symbol name as the
-  # one we're currently matching and has no body (n=nil).
-  if concpt.n.isNil:
-    if concpt.sym != nil and m.concpt.sym != nil and
-       concpt.sym == m.concpt.sym:
-      # Self-reference: check if potentialImpl matches what we're already checking
-      return potentialImpl.id == m.potentialImplementation.id
-    # Concept without body that's not a self-reference - cannot match
-    return false
-
-  # Cycle detection: track (concept, type) pairs to prevent infinite recursion.
-  # Returns true on cycle (coinductive semantics) to support co-dependent concepts.
-  let pair: ConceptTypePair = (concpt.itemId, potentialImpl.itemId)
-  if pair in m.marker:
-    return true
-  m.marker.incl pair
-
-  var efPot = potentialImpl
-  if potentialImpl.isSelf:
-    if m.concpt.n == concpt.n:
-      m.marker.excl pair
-      return true
-    efPot = m.potentialImplementation
-
-  var oldBindings = m.bindings
-  m.bindings = newTypeMapLayer(m.bindings)
-  let oldPotentialImplementation = m.potentialImplementation
-  m.potentialImplementation = efPot
-  let oldConcept = m.concpt
-  m.concpt = concpt
-
-  var invocation: PType = nil
-  if f.kind in {tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericInst}:
-    invocation = f
-  result = processConcept(c, concpt, invocation, oldBindings, m)
-  m.potentialImplementation = oldPotentialImplementation
-  m.concpt = oldConcept
-  m.bindings = oldBindings
-  m.marker.excl pair
-
-proc cmpConceptDefs(c: PContext, fn, an: PNode, m: var MatchCon): bool=
-  if fn.kind != an.kind:
-    return false
-  if fn[namePos].sym.name != an[namePos].sym.name:
-    return false
-  let
-    ft = fn.defSignatureType
-    at = an.defSignatureType
-  if ft.len != at.len:
-    return false
-  
-  for i in 1 ..< ft.n.len:
-    m.bindings = m.bindings.newTypeMapLayer()
-    
-    let aType = at.n[i].typ
-    let fType = ft.n[i].typ
-    
-    if aType.isSelf and fType.isSelf:
-      continue
-    
-    if not matchType(c, fType, aType, m):
-      m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
-      return false
-  result = true
-  if not matchReturnType(c, ft.returnType, at.returnType, m):
-    m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
-    result = false
-
-proc conceptsMatch(c: PContext, fc, ac: PType; m: var MatchCon): MatchKind =
-  # XXX: In the future this may need extra parameters to carry info for container types
-  if fc.n == ac.n:
-    # This will have to take generic parameters into account at some point
-    return mkSame
-  let
-    fn = fc.conceptBody
-    an = ac.conceptBody
-    sameLen = fc.len == ac.len
-  var match = false
-  for fdef in fn:
-    var cmpResult = false
-    for ia, ndef in an:
-      match = cmpConceptDefs(c, fdef, ndef, m)
-      if match:
-        break
-    if not match:
-      return mkNoMatch
-  return mkSubset
-
-proc isObjectSubtype(f, a: PType): bool =
-  var t = a
-  result = false
-  while t != nil:
-    t = t.baseClass
-    if t == nil:
-      break
-    t = t.skipTypes({tyPtr,tyRef})
-    if t == nil:
-      break
-    if t.kind != tyObject:
-      break
-    if sameObjectTypes(f, t):
-      result = true
-      break
-
-proc matchType(c: PContext; fo, ao: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool =
+proc matchType(c: PContext; f, a: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool =
   ## The heart of the concept matching process. 'f' is the formal parameter of some
   ## routine inside the concept that we're looking for. 'a' is the formal parameter
   ## of a routine that might match.
-  
-  var
-    a = ao
-    f = fo
-  if a.isSelf:
-    if m.magic in {mArrPut, mArrGet}:
-      return false
-    a = m.potentialImplementation
-  if a.kind in bindableTypes:
-    a = existingBinding(m, ao)
-    if a == ao and a.kind == tyGenericParam and a.hasElementType and a.elementType.kind != tyNone:
-      a = a.elementType
-  
-  if f.isConcept:
-    if a.acceptsAllTypes:
-      return false
-    if a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType).isConcept:
-      # if f is a subset of a then any match to a will also match f. Not the other way around
-      return conceptsMatch(c, a.reduceToBase, f.reduceToBase, m) >= mkSubset
-    else:
-      return matchConceptToImpl(c, f, a, m)
-  
-  result = false
-
+  const
+    ignorableForArgType = {tyVar, tySink, tyLent, tyOwned, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tyInferred}
   case f.kind
   of tyAlias:
     result = matchType(c, f.skipModifier, a, m)
   of tyTypeDesc:
     if isSelf(f):
-      let ua = a.skipTypes(asymmetricConceptParamMods)
-      if m.magic in {mArrPut, mArrGet}:
-        if m.potentialImplementation.reduceToBase.kind in arrPutGetMagicApplies:
-          bindParam(c, m, a, last m.potentialImplementation)
-          result = true
-      #elif ua.isConcept:
-      #  result = matchType(c, m.concpt, ua, m)
-      else:
-        result = matchType(c, a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType), m.potentialImplementation, m)
+      #let oldLen = m.inferred.len
+      result = matchType(c, a, m.potentialImplementation, m)
+      #echo "self is? ", result, " ", a.kind, " ", a, " ", m.potentialImplementation, " ", m.potentialImplementation.kind
+      #m.inferred.setLen oldLen
+      #echo "A for ", result, " to ", typeToString(a), " to ", typeToString(m.potentialImplementation)
     else:
-      if a.kind == tyTypeDesc:
-        if not(a.hasElementType) or a.elementType.kind == tyNone:
-          result = true
-        elif f.hasElementType:
+      if a.kind == tyTypeDesc and f.hasElementType == a.hasElementType:
+        if f.hasElementType:
           result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a.elementType, m)
+        else:
+          result = true # both lack it
+      else:
+        result = false
+
+  of tyGenericInvocation:
+    result = false
+    if a.kind == tyGenericInst and a.genericHead.kind == tyGenericBody:
+      if sameType(f.genericHead, a.genericHead) and f.kidsLen == a.kidsLen-1:
+        for i in FirstGenericParamAt ..< f.kidsLen:
+          if not matchType(c, f[i], a[i], m): return false
+        return true
+  of tyGenericParam:
+    let ak = a.skipTypes({tyVar, tySink, tyLent, tyOwned})
+    if ak.kind in {tyTypeDesc, tyStatic} and not isSelf(ak):
+      result = false
+    else:
+      let old = existingBinding(m, f)
+      if old == nil:
+        if f.hasElementType and f.elementType.kind != tyNone:
+          # also check the generic's constraints:
+          let oldLen = m.inferred.len
+          result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a, m)
+          m.inferred.setLen oldLen
+          if result:
+            when logBindings: echo "A adding ", f, " ", ak
+            m.inferred.add((f, ak))
+        elif m.magic == mArrGet and ak.kind in {tyArray, tyOpenArray, tySequence, tyVarargs, tyCstring, tyString}:
+          when logBindings: echo "B adding ", f, " ", lastSon ak
+          m.inferred.add((f, last ak))
+          result = true
+        else:
+          when logBindings: echo "C adding ", f, " ", ak
+          m.inferred.add((f, ak))
+          #echo "binding ", typeToString(ak), " to ", typeToString(f)
+          result = true
+      elif not m.marker.containsOrIncl(old.id):
+        result = matchType(c, old, ak, m)
+        if m.magic == mArrPut and ak.kind == tyGenericParam:
+          result = true
+      else:
+        result = false
+    #echo "B for ", result, " to ", typeToString(a), " to ", typeToString(m.potentialImplementation)
+
   of tyVar, tySink, tyLent, tyOwned:
     # modifiers in the concept must be there in the actual implementation
     # too but not vice versa.
@@ -352,136 +159,70 @@ proc matchType(c: PContext; fo, ao: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool =
       result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a.elementType, m)
     elif m.magic == mArrPut:
       result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a, m)
-  of tyEnum, tyObject, tyDistinct:
-    if a.kind in ignorableForArgType:
-      result = matchType(c, f, a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType), m)
     else:
-      if a.kind == tyGenericInst:
-        # tyOr does this to generic typeclasses
-        result = a.base.sym == f.sym
-      else:
-        result = sameType(f, a)
-      if not result and f.kind == tyObject and a.kind == tyObject:
-        result = isObjectSubtype(f, a)
+      result = false
+  of tyEnum, tyObject, tyDistinct:
+    result = sameType(f, a)
   of tyEmpty, tyString, tyCstring, tyPointer, tyNil, tyUntyped, tyTyped, tyVoid:
     result = a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType).kind == f.kind
   of tyBool, tyChar, tyInt..tyUInt64:
     let ak = a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType)
     result = ak.kind == f.kind or ak.kind == tyOrdinal or
-      (ak.kind == tyGenericParam and ak.hasElementType and ak.elementType.kind == tyOrdinal)
-  of tyArray, tyTuple, tyVarargs, tyOpenArray, tyRange, tySequence, tyRef, tyPtr:
-    if f.kind == tyArray and f.kidsLen == 3 and a.kind == tyArray:
-      # XXX: this is a work-around!
-      # system.nim creates these for the magic array typeclass
-      result = true
-    else:
-      let ak = a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType - {f.kind})
-      if ak.kind == f.kind:
-        if f.base.kind == tyNone:
-          result = true
-        elif f.kidsLen == ak.kidsLen:
-          result = matchKids(c, f, ak, m)
-  of tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericInst:
+       (ak.kind == tyGenericParam and ak.hasElementType and ak.elementType.kind == tyOrdinal)
+  of tyConcept:
+    let oldLen = m.inferred.len
+    let oldPotentialImplementation = m.potentialImplementation
+    m.potentialImplementation = a
+    result = conceptMatchNode(c, f.n.lastSon, m)
+    m.potentialImplementation = oldPotentialImplementation
+    if not result:
+      m.inferred.setLen oldLen
+  of tyArray, tyTuple, tyVarargs, tyOpenArray, tyRange, tySequence, tyRef, tyPtr,
+     tyGenericInst:
+    # ^ XXX Rewrite this logic, it's more complex than it needs to be.
     result = false
-    let ea = a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType)
-    if ea.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyGenericInvocation}:
-      var
-        k1 = f.kidsLen - ord(f.kind == tyGenericInst)
-        k2 = ea.kidsLen - ord(ea.kind == tyGenericInst)
-      if sameType(f.genericHead, ea.genericHead) and k1 == k2:
-        result = true
-        for i in 1 ..< k2:
-          if not matchType(c, f[i], ea[i], m):
-            result = false
-            break
-    elif f.kind == tyGenericInvocation:
-      # bind potential generic constraints into body
-      let body = f.base
-      for i in 1 ..< len(f):
-        bindParam(c,m,body[i-1], f[i])
-      result = matchType(c, body, a, m)
-    else: # tyGenericInst
-      result = matchType(c, f.last, a, m)
-  of tyOrdinal:
-    result = isOrdinalType(a, allowEnumWithHoles = false) or a.kind == tyGenericParam
-  of tyStatic:
-    var scomp = f.base
-    if scomp.kind == tyGenericParam:
-      if f.base.kidsLen > 0:
-        scomp = scomp.base
-    if a.kind == tyStatic:
-      result = matchType(c, scomp, a.base, m)
-    else:
-      result = matchType(c, scomp, a, m)
-  of tyGenericParam:
-    if a.acceptsAllTypes:
-      discard bindParam(c, m, f, a)
-      result = f.acceptsAllTypes
-    else:
-      result = bindParam(c, m, f, a)
-  of tyAnything:
-    result = true
-  of tyNot:
-    if a.kind == tyNot:
-      result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a.elementType, m)
-    else:
-      m.bindings = m.bindings.newTypeMapLayer()
-      result = not matchType(c, f.elementType, a, m)
-      m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
-  of tyAnd:
-    m.bindings = m.bindings.newTypeMapLayer()
-    result = true
-    for ff in traverseTyOr(f):
-      let r = matchType(c, ff, a, m)
-      if not r:
-        m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
-        result = false
-        break
-  of tyGenericBody:
-    var ak = a
-    if a.kind == tyGenericBody:
-      ak = last(a)
-    result = matchType(c, last(f), ak, m)
-  of tyCompositeTypeClass:
-    if a.kind == tyCompositeTypeClass:
-      result = matchKids(c, f, a, m)
-    else:
-      result = matchType(c, last(f), a, m)
-  of tyBuiltInTypeClass:
-    let target = f.genericHead.kind
-    result = a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType).reduceToBase.kind == target
+    let ak = a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType - {f.kind})
+    if ak.kind == f.kind and f.kidsLen == ak.kidsLen:
+      for i in 0..<ak.kidsLen:
+        if not matchType(c, f[i], ak[i], m): return false
+      return true
   of tyOr:
+    let oldLen = m.inferred.len
     if a.kind == tyOr:
+      # say the concept requires 'int|float|string' if the potentialImplementation
+      # says 'int|string' that is good enough.
       var covered = 0
-      for ff in traverseTyOr(f):
-        for aa in traverseTyOr(a):
-          m.bindings = m.bindings.newTypeMapLayer()
+      for ff in f.kids:
+        for aa in a.kids:
+          let oldLenB = m.inferred.len
           let r = matchType(c, ff, aa, m)
           if r:
             inc covered
             break
-          m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
+          m.inferred.setLen oldLenB
 
       result = covered >= a.kidsLen
+      if not result:
+        m.inferred.setLen oldLen
     else:
+      result = false
       for ff in f.kids:
-        m.bindings = m.bindings.newTypeMapLayer()
         result = matchType(c, ff, a, m)
         if result: break # and remember the binding!
-        m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
-  of tySet:
-    result = false
-    if a.kind == tySet:
+        m.inferred.setLen oldLen
+  of tyNot:
+    if a.kind == tyNot:
       result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a.elementType, m)
+    else:
+      let oldLen = m.inferred.len
+      result = not matchType(c, f.elementType, a, m)
+      m.inferred.setLen oldLen
+  of tyAnything:
+    result = true
+  of tyOrdinal:
+    result = isOrdinalType(a, allowEnumWithHoles = false) or a.kind == tyGenericParam
   else:
     result = false
-  if result and ao.kind == tyGenericParam:
-    let bf = if f.isSelf: m.potentialImplementation else: f
-    if bindParam(c, m, ao, bf):
-      when logBindings: echo " ^ reverse binding"
-
-proc checkConstraint(c: PContext; f, a: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool =
-  result = matchType(c, f, a, m) or matchType(c, a, f, m)
 
 proc matchReturnType(c: PContext; f, a: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool =
   ## Like 'matchType' but with extra logic dealing with proc return types
@@ -491,38 +232,30 @@ proc matchReturnType(c: PContext; f, a: PType; m: var MatchCon): bool =
   elif a == nil:
     result = false
   else:
-    result = checkConstraint(c, f, a, m)
+    result = matchType(c, f, a, m)
 
 proc matchSym(c: PContext; candidate: PSym, n: PNode; m: var MatchCon): bool =
   ## Checks if 'candidate' matches 'n' from the concept body. 'n' is a nkProcDef
   ## or similar.
 
   # watch out: only add bindings after a completely successful match.
-  m.bindings = m.bindings.newTypeMapLayer()
+  let oldLen = m.inferred.len
 
   let can = candidate.typ.n
-  let con = defSignatureType(n).n
+  let con = n[0].sym.typ.n
+
   if can.len < con.len:
     # too few arguments, cannot be a match:
     return false
-  
-  if can.len > con.len:
-    # too many arguments (not optional)
-    for i in con.len ..< can.len:
-      if can[i].sym.ast == nil:
-        return false
-  
-  when defined(debugConcepts):
-    echo "considering: ", renderTree(candidate.procDefSignature), " ", candidate.magic
-  
+
   let common = min(can.len, con.len)
   for i in 1 ..< common:
-    if not checkConstraint(c, con[i].typ, can[i].typ, m):
-      m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
+    if not matchType(c, con[i].typ, can[i].typ, m):
+      m.inferred.setLen oldLen
       return false
-  
-  if not matchReturnType(c, n.defSignatureType.returnType, candidate.typ.returnType, m):
-    m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
+
+  if not matchReturnType(c, n[0].sym.typ.returnType, candidate.typ.returnType, m):
+    m.inferred.setLen oldLen
     return false
 
   # all other parameters have to be optional parameters:
@@ -530,7 +263,7 @@ proc matchSym(c: PContext; candidate: PSym, n: PNode; m: var MatchCon): bool =
     assert can[i].kind == nkSym
     if can[i].sym.ast == nil:
       # has too many arguments one of which is not optional:
-      m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
+      m.inferred.setLen oldLen
       return false
 
   return true
@@ -538,14 +271,12 @@ proc matchSym(c: PContext; candidate: PSym, n: PNode; m: var MatchCon): bool =
 proc matchSyms(c: PContext, n: PNode; kinds: set[TSymKind]; m: var MatchCon): bool =
   ## Walk the current scope, extract candidates which the same name as 'n[namePos]',
   ## 'n' is the nkProcDef or similar from the concept that we try to match.
-  result = false
-  var candidates = searchScopes(c, n[namePos].sym.name, kinds)
-  searchImportsAll(c, n[namePos].sym.name, kinds, candidates)
+  let candidates = searchInScopesAllCandidatesFilterBy(c, n[namePos].sym.name, kinds)
   for candidate in candidates:
+    #echo "considering ", typeToString(candidate.typ), " ", candidate.magic
     m.magic = candidate.magic
-    if matchSym(c, candidate, n, m):
-      result = true
-      break
+    if matchSym(c, candidate, n, m): return true
+  result = false
 
 proc conceptMatchNode(c: PContext; n: PNode; m: var MatchCon): bool =
   ## Traverse the concept's AST ('n') and see if every declaration inside 'n'
@@ -578,48 +309,7 @@ proc conceptMatchNode(c: PContext; n: PNode; m: var MatchCon): bool =
     # error was reported earlier.
     result = false
 
-proc fixBindings(bindings: var LayeredIdTable; concpt: PType; invocation: PType; m: var MatchCon) =
-  # invocation != nil means we have a non-atomic concept:
-  if invocation != nil and invocation.kind == tyGenericInvocation:
-    assert concpt.sym.typ.kind == tyGenericBody
-    
-    for i in 0 .. concpt.sym.typ.len - 1:
-      let thisSym = concpt.sym.typ[i]
-      if lookup(bindings, thisSym) != nil:
-        # dont trust the bindings over existing ones
-        continue
-      let found = m.bindings.lookup(thisSym)
-      if found != nil:
-        when logBindings: echo "Invocation bind: ", thisSym, " ", found
-        bindings.put(thisSym, found)
-    
-    # bind even more generic parameters
-    let genBody = invocation.base
-    assert genBody.kind == tyGenericBody
-    for i in FirstGenericParamAt ..< invocation.kidsLen:
-      let bpram = genBody[i - 1]
-      if lookup(bindings, invocation[i]) != nil:
-        # dont trust the bindings over existing ones
-        continue
-      let boundV = lookup(bindings, bpram)
-      when logBindings: echo "generic body bind: '", invocation[i], "' '", boundV, "'"
-      if boundV != nil:
-        bindings.put(invocation[i], boundV)
-  bindings.put(concpt, m.potentialImplementation)
-
-proc processConcept(c: PContext; concpt, invocation: PType, bindings: var LayeredIdTable; m: var MatchCon): bool =
-  m.bindings = m.bindings.newTypeMapLayer()
-  if invocation != nil and invocation.kind == tyGenericInst:
-    let genericBody = invocation.base
-    for i in 1..<invocation.kidsLen-1:
-      # instGenericContainer can bind `tyVoid`
-      if invocation[i].kind != tyVoid:
-        bindParam(c, m, genericBody[i-1], invocation[i])
-  result = conceptMatchNode(c, concpt.conceptBody, m)
-  if result and mfDontBind notin m.flags:
-    fixBindings(bindings, concpt, invocation, m)
-
-proc conceptMatch*(c: PContext; concpt, arg: PType; bindings: var LayeredIdTable; invocation: PType, flags: set[MatchFlags] = {}): bool =
+proc conceptMatch*(c: PContext; concpt, arg: PType; bindings: var LayeredIdTable; invocation: PType): bool =
   ## Entry point from sigmatch. 'concpt' is the concept we try to match (here still a PType but
   ## we extract its AST via 'concpt.n.lastSon'). 'arg' is the type that might fulfill the
   ## concept's requirements. If so, we return true and fill the 'bindings' with pairs of
@@ -628,16 +318,26 @@ proc conceptMatch*(c: PContext; concpt, arg: PType; bindings: var LayeredIdTable
   ## `C[S, T]` parent type that we look for. We need this because we need to store bindings
   ## for 'S' and 'T' inside 'bindings' on a successful match. It is very important that
   ## we do not add any bindings at all on an unsuccessful match!
-  var m = MatchCon(bindings: bindings, potentialImplementation: arg, concpt: concpt, flags: flags, marker: initHashSet[ConceptTypePair]())
-  if arg.isConcept:
-    result = conceptsMatch(c, concpt.reduceToBase, arg.reduceToBase, m) >= mkSubset
-  elif arg.acceptsAllTypes:
-    # XXX: I think this is wrong, or at least partially wrong. Can still test ambiguous types
-    result = false
-  elif mfCheckGeneric in m.flags:
-    # prioritize concepts the least. Specifically if the arg is not a catch all as per above
-    result = true
-  else:
-    result = processConcept(c, concpt, invocation, bindings, m)
-
-  
+  var m = MatchCon(inferred: @[], potentialImplementation: arg)
+  result = conceptMatchNode(c, concpt.n.lastSon, m)
+  if result:
+    for (a, b) in m.inferred:
+      if b.kind == tyGenericParam:
+        var dest = b
+        while true:
+          dest = existingBinding(m, dest)
+          if dest == nil or dest.kind != tyGenericParam: break
+        if dest != nil:
+          bindings.put(a, dest)
+          when logBindings: echo "A bind ", a, " ", dest
+      else:
+        bindings.put(a, b)
+        when logBindings: echo "B bind ", a, " ", b
+    # we have a match, so bind 'arg' itself to 'concpt':
+    bindings.put(concpt, arg)
+    # invocation != nil means we have a non-atomic concept:
+    if invocation != nil and arg.kind == tyGenericInst and invocation.kidsLen == arg.kidsLen-1:
+      # bind even more generic parameters
+      assert invocation.kind == tyGenericInvocation
+      for i in FirstGenericParamAt ..< invocation.kidsLen:
+        bindings.put(invocation[i], arg[i])

compiler/condsyms.nim

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ proc initDefines*(symbols: StringTableRef) =
   defineSymbol("nimHasEnsureMove")
   defineSymbol("nimHasNoReturnError")
 
-  defineSymbol("nimUseStrictDefs") # deadcode
+  defineSymbol("nimUseStrictDefs")
   defineSymbol("nimHasNolineTooLong")
 
   defineSymbol("nimHasCastExtendedVm")
@@ -171,9 +171,3 @@ proc initDefines*(symbols: StringTableRef) =
   defineSymbol("nimHasJsNoLambdaLifting")
   defineSymbol("nimHasDefaultFloatRoundtrip")
   defineSymbol("nimHasXorSet")
-
-  defineSymbol("nimHasSetLengthSeqUninitMagic")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasPreviewDuplicateModuleError")
-
-  defineSymbol("nimHasImplicitRangeConversion")
-

compiler/deps.nim

@@ -1,395 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2025 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## Generate a .build.nif file for nifmake from a Nim project.
-## This enables incremental and parallel compilation using the `m` switch.
-
-import std / [os, tables, sets, times, osproc, strutils]
-import options, msgs, lineinfos, pathutils
-
-import "../dist/nimony/src/lib" / [nifstreams, nifcursors, bitabs, nifreader, nifbuilder]
-import "../dist/nimony/src/gear2" / modnames
-
-type
-  FilePair = object
-    nimFile: string
-    modname: string
-
-  Node = ref object
-    files: seq[FilePair]  # main file + includes
-    deps: seq[int]        # indices into DepContext.nodes
-    id: int
-
-  DepContext = object
-    config: ConfigRef
-    nifler: string
-    nodes: seq[Node]
-    processedModules: Table[string, int]  # modname -> node index
-    includeStack: seq[string]
-    systemNodeId: int  # ID of the system.nim node
-
-proc toPair(c: DepContext; f: string): FilePair =
-  FilePair(nimFile: f, modname: moduleSuffix(f, cast[seq[string]](c.config.searchPaths)))
-
-proc depsFile(c: DepContext; f: FilePair): string =
-  getNimcacheDir(c.config).string / f.modname & ".deps.nif"
-
-proc parsedFile(c: DepContext; f: FilePair): string =
-  getNimcacheDir(c.config).string / f.modname & ".p.nif"
-
-proc semmedFile(c: DepContext; f: FilePair): string =
-  getNimcacheDir(c.config).string / f.modname & ".nif"
-
-proc findNifler(): string =
-  # Look for nifler in common locations
-  let nimDir = getAppDir()
-  result = nimDir / "nifler"
-  if not fileExists(result):
-    result = findExe("nifler")
-
-proc findNifmake(): string =
-  # Look for nifmake in common locations
-  # Try relative to nim executable
-  let nimDir = getAppDir()
-  result = nimDir / "nifmake"
-  if not fileExists(result):
-    result = findExe("nifmake")
-
-proc runNifler(c: DepContext; nimFile: string): bool =
-  ## Run nifler deps on a file if needed. Returns true on success.
-  let pair = c.toPair(nimFile)
-  let depsPath = c.depsFile(pair)
-
-  # Check if deps file is up-to-date
-  if fileExists(depsPath) and fileExists(nimFile):
-    if getLastModificationTime(depsPath) > getLastModificationTime(nimFile):
-      return true  # Already up-to-date
-
-  # Create output directory if needed
-  createDir(parentDir(depsPath))
-
-  # Run nifler deps
-  let cmd = quoteShell(c.nifler) & " deps " & quoteShell(nimFile) & " " & quoteShell(depsPath)
-  let exitCode = execShellCmd(cmd)
-  result = exitCode == 0
-
-proc resolveFile(c: DepContext; origin, toResolve: string): string =
-  ## Resolve an import path relative to origin file
-  # Handle std/ prefix
-  var path = toResolve
-  if path.startsWith("std/"):
-    path = path.substr(4)
-
-  # Try relative to origin first
-  let originDir = parentDir(origin)
-  result = originDir / path.addFileExt("nim")
-  if fileExists(result):
-    return result
-
-  # Try search paths
-  for searchPath in c.config.searchPaths:
-    result = searchPath.string / path.addFileExt("nim")
-    if fileExists(result):
-      return result
-
-  result = ""
-
-proc traverseDeps(c: var DepContext; pair: FilePair; current: Node)
-
-proc processInclude(c: var DepContext; includePath: string; current: Node) =
-  let resolved = resolveFile(c, current.files[current.files.len - 1].nimFile, includePath)
-  if resolved.len == 0 or not fileExists(resolved):
-    return
-
-  # Check for recursive includes
-  for s in c.includeStack:
-    if s == resolved:
-      return  # Skip recursive include
-
-  c.includeStack.add resolved
-  current.files.add c.toPair(resolved)
-  traverseDeps(c, c.toPair(resolved), current)
-  discard c.includeStack.pop()
-
-proc processImport(c: var DepContext; importPath: string; current: Node) =
-  let resolved = resolveFile(c, current.files[0].nimFile, importPath)
-  if resolved.len == 0 or not fileExists(resolved):
-    return
-
-  let pair = c.toPair(resolved)
-  let existingIdx = c.processedModules.getOrDefault(pair.modname, -1)
-
-  if existingIdx == -1:
-    # New module - create node and process it
-    let newNode = Node(files: @[pair], id: c.nodes.len)
-    current.deps.add newNode.id
-    # Every module depends on system.nim
-    if c.systemNodeId >= 0:
-      newNode.deps.add c.systemNodeId
-    c.processedModules[pair.modname] = newNode.id
-    c.nodes.add newNode
-    traverseDeps(c, pair, newNode)
-  else:
-    # Already processed - just add dependency
-    if existingIdx notin current.deps:
-      current.deps.add existingIdx
-
-proc readDepsFile(c: var DepContext; pair: FilePair; current: Node) =
-  ## Read a .deps.nif file and process imports/includes
-  let depsPath = c.depsFile(pair)
-  if not fileExists(depsPath):
-    return
-
-  var s = nifstreams.open(depsPath)
-  defer: nifstreams.close(s)
-  discard processDirectives(s.r)
-
-  var t = next(s)
-  if t.kind != ParLe:
-    return
-
-  # Skip to content (past stmts tag)
-  t = next(s)
-
-  while t.kind != EofToken:
-    if t.kind == ParLe:
-      let tag = pool.tags[t.tagId]
-      case tag
-      of "import", "fromimport":
-        # Read import path
-        t = next(s)
-        # Check for "when" marker (conditional import)
-        if t.kind == Ident and pool.strings[t.litId] == "when":
-          t = next(s)  # skip it, still process the import
-        # Handle path expression (could be ident, string, or infix like std/foo)
-        var importPath = ""
-        if t.kind == Ident:
-          importPath = pool.strings[t.litId]
-        elif t.kind == StringLit:
-          importPath = pool.strings[t.litId]
-        elif t.kind == ParLe and pool.tags[t.tagId] == "infix":
-          # Handle std / foo style imports
-          t = next(s)  # skip infix tag
-          if t.kind == Ident:  # operator (/)
-            t = next(s)
-          if t.kind == Ident:  # first part (std)
-            importPath = pool.strings[t.litId]
-            t = next(s)
-          if t.kind == Ident:  # second part (foo)
-            importPath = importPath & "/" & pool.strings[t.litId]
-        if importPath.len > 0:
-          processImport(c, importPath, current)
-        # Skip to end of import node
-        var depth = 1
-        while depth > 0:
-          t = next(s)
-          if t.kind == ParLe: inc depth
-          elif t.kind == ParRi: dec depth
-      of "include":
-        # Read include path
-        t = next(s)
-        if t.kind == Ident and pool.strings[t.litId] == "when":
-          t = next(s)  # skip conditional marker
-        var includePath = ""
-        if t.kind == Ident:
-          includePath = pool.strings[t.litId]
-        elif t.kind == StringLit:
-          includePath = pool.strings[t.litId]
-        if includePath.len > 0:
-          processInclude(c, includePath, current)
-        # Skip to end
-        var depth = 1
-        while depth > 0:
-          t = next(s)
-          if t.kind == ParLe: inc depth
-          elif t.kind == ParRi: dec depth
-      else:
-        # Skip unknown node
-        var depth = 1
-        while depth > 0:
-          t = next(s)
-          if t.kind == ParLe: inc depth
-          elif t.kind == ParRi: dec depth
-    t = next(s)
-
-proc traverseDeps(c: var DepContext; pair: FilePair; current: Node) =
-  ## Process a module: run nifler and read deps
-  if not runNifler(c, pair.nimFile):
-    rawMessage(c.config, errGenerated, "nifler failed for: " & pair.nimFile)
-    return
-  readDepsFile(c, pair, current)
-
-proc generateBuildFile(c: DepContext): string =
-  ## Generate the .build.nif file for nifmake
-  let nimcache = getNimcacheDir(c.config).string
-  createDir(nimcache)
-  result = nimcache / c.nodes[0].files[0].modname & ".build.nif"
-
-  var b = nifbuilder.open(result)
-  defer: b.close()
-
-  b.addHeader("nim ic", "nifmake")
-  b.addTree "stmts"
-
-  # Define nifler command
-  b.addTree "cmd"
-  b.addSymbolDef "nifler"
-  b.addStrLit c.nifler
-  b.addStrLit "parse"
-  b.addStrLit "--deps"
-  b.addTree "input"
-  b.endTree()
-  b.addTree "output"
-  b.endTree()
-  b.endTree()
-
-  # Define nim m command
-  b.addTree "cmd"
-  b.addSymbolDef "nim_m"
-  b.addStrLit getAppFilename()
-  b.addStrLit "m"
-  b.addStrLit "--nimcache:" & nimcache
-  # Add search paths
-  for p in c.config.searchPaths:
-    b.addStrLit "--path:" & p.string
-  b.addTree "args"
-  b.endTree()
-  b.withTree "input":
-    b.addIntLit 0  # main parsed file
-  b.endTree()
-
-  # Define nim nifc command
-  b.addTree "cmd"
-  b.addSymbolDef "nim_nifc"
-  b.addStrLit getAppFilename()
-  b.addStrLit "nifc"
-  b.addStrLit "--nimcache:" & nimcache
-  # Add search paths
-  for p in c.config.searchPaths:
-    b.addStrLit "--path:" & p.string
-  b.addTree "input"
-  b.addIntLit 0
-  b.endTree()
-  b.endTree()
-
-  # Build rules for parsing (nifler)
-  var seenFiles = initHashSet[string]()
-  for node in c.nodes:
-    for pair in node.files:
-      let parsed = c.parsedFile(pair)
-      if not seenFiles.containsOrIncl(parsed):
-        b.addTree "do"
-        b.addIdent "nifler"
-        b.addTree "input"
-        b.addStrLit pair.nimFile
-        b.endTree()
-        b.addTree "output"
-        b.addStrLit parsed
-        b.endTree()
-        b.addTree "output"
-        b.addStrLit c.depsFile(pair)
-        b.endTree()
-        b.endTree()
-
-  # Build rules for semantic checking (nim m)
-  for i in countdown(c.nodes.len - 1, 0):
-    let node = c.nodes[i]
-    let pair = node.files[0]
-    b.addTree "do"
-    b.addIdent "nim_m"
-    # Input: all parsed files for this module
-    b.withTree "input":
-      b.addStrLit node.files[0].nimFile
-    for f in node.files:
-      b.addTree "input"
-      b.addStrLit c.parsedFile(f)
-      b.endTree()
-    # Also depend on semmed files of dependencies
-    for depIdx in node.deps:
-      b.addTree "input"
-      b.addStrLit c.semmedFile(c.nodes[depIdx].files[0])
-      b.endTree()
-    # Output: semmed file
-    b.addTree "output"
-    b.addStrLit c.semmedFile(pair)
-    b.endTree()
-    b.endTree()
-
-  # Final compilation step: generate executable from main module
-  let mainNif = c.nodes[0].files[0].nimFile
-  let exeFile = changeFileExt(c.nodes[0].files[0].nimFile, ExeExt)
-  b.addTree "do"
-  b.addIdent "nim_nifc"
-  # Input: .nim file (expanded as argument) and .nif file (dependency)
-  b.addTree "input"
-  b.addStrLit mainNif
-  b.endTree()
-  b.addTree "output"
-  b.addStrLit exeFile
-  b.endTree()
-  b.endTree()
-
-  b.endTree()  # stmts
-
-proc commandIc*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  ## Main entry point for `nim ic`
-  when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-    let nifler = findNifler()
-    if nifler.len == 0:
-      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "nifler tool not found. Install nimony or add nifler to PATH.")
-      return
-
-    let projectFile = conf.projectFull.string
-    if not fileExists(projectFile):
-      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "project file not found: " & projectFile)
-      return
-
-    # Create nimcache directory
-    createDir(getNimcacheDir(conf).string)
-
-    var c = DepContext(
-      config: conf,
-      nifler: nifler,
-      nodes: @[],
-      processedModules: initTable[string, int](),
-      includeStack: @[],
-      systemNodeId: -1
-    )
-
-    # Create root node for main project file
-    let rootPair = c.toPair(projectFile)
-    let rootNode = Node(files: @[rootPair], id: 0)
-    c.nodes.add rootNode
-    c.processedModules[rootPair.modname] = 0
-
-    # model the system.nim dependency:
-    let sysNode = Node(files: @[toPair(c, (conf.libpath / RelativeFile"system.nim").string)], id: 1)
-    c.nodes.add sysNode
-    c.systemNodeId = sysNode.id
-    rootNode.deps.add sysNode.id
-
-    # Process dependencies
-    traverseDeps(c, rootPair, rootNode)
-
-    # Generate build file
-    let buildFile = generateBuildFile(c)
-    rawMessage(conf, hintSuccess, "generated: " & buildFile)
-
-    # Automatically run nifmake
-    let nifmake = findNifmake()
-    if nifmake.len == 0:
-      rawMessage(conf, hintSuccess, "run: nifmake run " & buildFile)
-    else:
-      let cmd = quoteShell(nifmake) & " run " & quoteShell(buildFile)
-      rawMessage(conf, hintExecuting, cmd)
-      let exitCode = execShellCmd(cmd)
-      if exitCode != 0:
-        rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "nifmake failed with exit code: " & $exitCode)
-  else:
-    rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "nim ic not available in bootstrap build")

compiler/dfa.nim

@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ proc gen(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
     genUse(c, n)
   of nkIfStmt, nkIfExpr: genIf(c, n)
   of nkWhenStmt:
-    # This is "when nimvm" node. Chose the second branch.
-    gen(c, n[1][0])
+    # This is "when nimvm" node. Chose the first branch.
+    gen(c, n[0][1])
   of nkCaseStmt: genCase(c, n)
   of nkWhileStmt: genWhile(c, n)
   of nkBlockExpr, nkBlockStmt: genBlock(c, n)
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ proc constructCfg*(s: PSym; body: PNode; root: PSym): ControlFlowGraph =
     gen(c, body)
     if root.kind == skResult:
       genImplicitReturn(c)
-  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc) or defined(gcYrc):
+  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc):
     result = c.code # will move
   else:
     shallowCopy(result, c.code)

compiler/docgen.nim

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import
   wordrecg, syntaxes, renderer, lexer,
   packages/docutils/[rst, rstidx, rstgen, dochelpers],
   trees, types,
-  typesrenderer, lineinfos,
+  typesrenderer, astalgo, lineinfos,
   pathutils, nimpaths, renderverbatim, packages
 import packages/docutils/rstast except FileIndex, TLineInfo
 
@@ -433,9 +433,6 @@ proc getVarIdx(varnames: openArray[string], id: string): int =
 
 proc genComment(d: PDoc, n: PNode): PRstNode =
   if n.comment.len > 0:
-    if optDocRaw in d.conf.globalOptions:
-      return newRstLeaf(n.comment)
-
     d.sharedState.currFileIdx = addRstFileIndex(d, n.info)
     try:
       result = parseRst(n.comment,
@@ -1179,12 +1176,8 @@ proc genJsonItem(d: PDoc, n, nameNode: PNode, k: TSymKind, nonExports = false):
                    "col": %n.info.col}
   )
   if comm != nil:
-    if optDocRaw in d.conf.globalOptions:
-      result.json["description"] = %comm.text
-    else:
-      result.rst = comm
-      result.rstField = "description"
-
+    result.rst = comm
+    result.rstField = "description"
   if r.buf.len > 0:
     result.json["code"] = %r.buf
   if k in routineKinds:
@@ -1327,7 +1320,7 @@ proc documentEffect(cache: IdentCache; n, x: PNode, effectType: TSpecialWord, id
       if t.startsWith("ref "): t = substr(t, 4)
       effects[i] = newIdentNode(getIdent(cache, t), n.info)
       # set the type so that the following analysis doesn't screw up:
-      effects[i].typ = real[i].typ
+      effects[i].typ() = real[i].typ
 
     result = newTreeI(nkExprColonExpr, n.info,
       newIdentNode(getIdent(cache, $effectType), n.info), effects)
@@ -1413,19 +1406,16 @@ proc generateDoc*(d: PDoc, n, orig: PNode, config: ConfigRef, docFlags: DocFlags
     for it in n: traceDeps(d, it)
   of nkExportStmt:
     for it in n:
-      if it.kind == nkSym:
-        if d.module != nil and d.module == it.sym.owner:  # in current module
-          # bug #23051; don't generate documentation for exported symbols again
-          if sfExported notin it.sym.flags:
-            generateDoc(d, it.sym.ast, orig, config, kForceExport)
-          # else it's to be handled in `of XxxSection` branch
+      # bug #23051; don't generate documentation for exported symbols again
+      if it.kind == nkSym and sfExported notin it.sym.flags:
+        if d.module != nil and d.module == it.sym.owner:
+          generateDoc(d, it.sym.ast, orig, config, kForceExport)
         elif it.sym.ast != nil:
-          # only export symbols in imported modules, not in current module
           exportSym(d, it.sym)
   of nkExportExceptStmt: discard "transformed into nkExportStmt by semExportExcept"
   of nkFromStmt, nkImportExceptStmt: traceDeps(d, n[0])
   of nkCallKinds:
-    var comm = default(ItemPre)
+    var comm: ItemPre = default(ItemPre)
     getAllRunnableExamples(d, n, comm)
     if comm.len != 0: d.modDescPre.add(comm)
   else: discard
@@ -1899,9 +1889,6 @@ proc commandJson*(cache: IdentCache, conf: ConfigRef) =
   else:
     #echo getOutFile(gProjectFull, JsonExt)
     let filename = getOutFile(conf, RelativeFile conf.projectName, JsonExt)
-    conf.outFile = filename.relativeTo(conf.outDir)
-    let dir = filename.splitFile.dir
-    createDir(dir)
     try:
       writeFile(filename, content)
     except IOError:
@@ -1922,10 +1909,8 @@ proc commandTags*(cache: IdentCache, conf: ConfigRef) =
   if optStdout in d.conf.globalOptions:
     write(stdout, content)
   else:
+    #echo getOutFile(gProjectFull, TagsExt)
     let filename = getOutFile(conf, RelativeFile conf.projectName, TagsExt)
-    conf.outFile = filename.relativeTo(conf.outDir)
-    let dir = filename.splitFile.dir
-    createDir(dir)
     try:
       writeFile(filename, content)
     except IOError:

compiler/enumtostr.nim

@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ proc genEnumToStrProc*(t: PType; info: TLineInfo; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGener
     caseStmt.add newTree(nkOfBranch, newIntTypeNode(field.position, t),
       newTree(nkStmtList, newTree(nkFastAsgn, newSymNode(res), newStrNode(val, info))))
     #newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, field.position, t)
-  # safety branch for invalid data:
-  caseStmt.add newTree(nkElse,
-    newTree(nkStmtList, newTree(nkFastAsgn, newSymNode(res),
-      newStrNode("", info))))
 
   body.add(caseStmt)
 
@@ -47,7 +43,8 @@ proc genEnumToStrProc*(t: PType; info: TLineInfo; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGener
   n[bodyPos] = body
   n[resultPos] = newSymNode(res)
   result.ast = n
-  incl result.flagsImpl, {sfFromGeneric, sfNeverRaises}
+  incl result.flags, sfFromGeneric
+  incl result.flags, sfNeverRaises
 
 proc searchObjCaseImpl(obj: PNode; field: PSym): PNode =
   case obj.kind
@@ -109,4 +106,5 @@ proc genCaseObjDiscMapping*(t: PType; field: PSym; info: TLineInfo; g: ModuleGra
   n[bodyPos] = body
   n[resultPos] = newSymNode(res)
   result.ast = n
-  incl result.flagsImpl, {sfFromGeneric, sfNeverRaises}
+  incl result.flags, sfFromGeneric
+  incl result.flags, sfNeverRaises

compiler/evalffi.nim

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ proc unpackObject(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
   # the nkPar node:
   if n.isNil:
     result = newNode(nkTupleConstr)
-    result.typ = typ
+    result.typ() = typ
     if typ.n.isNil:
       internalError(conf, "cannot unpack unnamed tuple")
     unpackObjectAdd(conf, x, typ.n, result)
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ proc unpackObject(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
 proc unpackArray(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
   if n.isNil:
     result = newNode(nkBracket)
-    result.typ = typ
+    result.typ() = typ
     newSeq(result.sons, lengthOrd(conf, typ).toInt)
   else:
     result = n
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ proc unpack(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
   template aw(k, v, field: untyped): untyped =
     if n.isNil:
       result = newNode(k)
-      result.typ = typ
+      result.typ() = typ
     else:
       # check we have the right field:
       result = n
@@ -333,12 +333,12 @@ proc unpack(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
   template setNil() =
     if n.isNil:
       result = newNode(nkNilLit)
-      result.typ = typ
+      result.typ() = typ
     else:
       reset n[]
       result = n
       result[] = TNode(kind: nkNilLit)
-      result.typ = typ
+      result.typ() = typ
 
   template awi(kind, v: untyped): untyped = aw(kind, v, intVal)
   template awf(kind, v: untyped): untyped = aw(kind, v, floatVal)
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ proc fficast*(conf: ConfigRef, x: PNode, destTyp: PType): PNode =
     # cast through a pointer needs a new inner object:
     let y = if x.kind == nkRefTy: newNodeI(nkRefTy, x.info, 1)
             else: x.copyTree
-    y.typ = x.typ
+    y.typ() = x.typ
     result = unpack(conf, a, destTyp, y)
     dealloc a
 
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ proc callForeignFunction*(conf: ConfigRef, fn: PNode, fntyp: PType,
     if aTyp.isNil:
       internalAssert conf, i+1 < fntyp.len
       aTyp = fntyp[i+1]
-      args[i+start].typ = aTyp
+      args[i+start].typ() = aTyp
     sig[i] = mapType(conf, aTyp)
     if sig[i].isNil: globalError(conf, info, "cannot map FFI type")
 

compiler/evaltempl.nim

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ proc wrapInComesFrom*(info: TLineInfo; sym: PSym; res: PNode): PNode =
     d.add newSymNode(sym, info)
     result.add d
     result.add res
-    result.typ = res.typ
+    result.typ() = res.typ
 
 proc evalTemplate*(n: PNode, tmpl, genSymOwner: PSym;
                    conf: ConfigRef;

compiler/extccomp.nim

@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ compiler tcc:
     linkerExe: "tcc",
     linkTmpl: "-o $exefile $options $buildgui $builddll $objfiles",
     includeCmd: " -I",
-    linkDirCmd: " -L",
-    linkLibCmd: " -l$1",
+    linkDirCmd: "", # XXX: not supported yet
+    linkLibCmd: "", # XXX: not supported yet
     debug: " -g ",
     pic: "",
     asmStmtFrmt: "asm($1);$n",
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ proc getConfigVar(conf: ConfigRef; c: TSystemCC, suffix: string): string =
   var fullSuffix = suffix
   case conf.backend
   of backendCpp, backendJs, backendObjc: fullSuffix = "." & $conf.backend & suffix
-  of backendC, backendNif: discard
+  of backendC: discard
   of backendInvalid:
     # during parsing of cfg files; we don't know the backend yet, no point in
     # guessing wrong thing
@@ -474,11 +474,6 @@ proc noAbsolutePaths(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.} =
 proc cFileSpecificOptions(conf: ConfigRef; nimname, fullNimFile: string): string =
   result = conf.compileOptions
 
-  if (conf.cCompiler == ccGcc or conf.cCompiler == ccCLang) and
-       conf.selectedGC == gcRefc:
-    # bug #10625
-    addOpt(result, "-fno-omit-frame-pointer")
-
   for option in conf.compileOptionsCmd:
     if strutils.find(result, option, 0) < 0:
       addOpt(result, option)
@@ -810,59 +805,6 @@ template tryExceptOSErrorMessage(conf: ConfigRef; errorPrefix: string = "", body
         (ose.msg & " " & $ose.errorCode))
     raise
 
-proc createMacAppBundle(conf: ConfigRef; exefile: AbsoluteFile) =
-  let (dir, name, _) = splitFile(exefile.string)
-  let appBundleName = name & ".app"
-  let appBundlePath = dir / appBundleName
-  let contentsPath = appBundlePath / "Contents"
-  let macosPath = contentsPath / "MacOS"
-
-  createDir(macosPath)
-
-  let bundleExePath = macosPath / name
-  copyFileWithPermissions(exefile.string, bundleExePath)
-
-  let infoPlistPath = contentsPath / "Info.plist"
-
-  proc xmlEscape(s: string): string =
-    result = newStringOfCap(s.len)
-    for c in items(s):
-      case c:
-      of '<': result.add("&lt;")
-      of '>': result.add("&gt;")
-      of '&': result.add("&amp;")
-      of '"': result.add("&quot;")
-      of '\'': result.add("&apos;")
-      else:
-        if ord(c) < 32:
-          result.add("&#" & $ord(c) & ';')
-        else:
-          result.add(c)
-
-  let escapedName = xmlEscape(name)
-  let infoPlistContent = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-<dict>
-  <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
-  <string>$1</string>
-  <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
-  <string>com.nim.$1</string>
-  <key>CFBundleName</key>
-  <string>$1</string>
-  <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
-  <string>APPL</string>
-  <key>LSUIElement</key>
-  <string>1</string>
-</dict>
-</plist>""" % [escapedName]
-
-  writeFile(infoPlistPath, infoPlistContent)
-
-  removeFile(exefile.string)
-
-  rawMessage(conf, hintUserRaw, "Created Mac app bundle: " & appBundlePath)
-
 proc getExtraCmds(conf: ConfigRef; output: AbsoluteFile): seq[string] =
   result = @[]
   when defined(macosx):
@@ -1047,10 +989,6 @@ proc callCCompiler*(conf: ConfigRef) =
         preventLinkCmdMaxCmdLen(conf, linkCmd)
         for cmd in extraCmds:
           execExternalProgram(conf, cmd, hintExecuting)
-        # create Mac app bundle for GUI apps on macOS
-        when defined(macosx):
-          if conf.globalOptions * {optGenGuiApp, optGenDynLib, optGenStaticLib} == {optGenGuiApp}:
-            createMacAppBundle(conf, mainOutput)
   else:
     linkCmd = ""
   if optGenScript in conf.globalOptions:

compiler/guards.nim

@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ proc settype(n: PNode): PType =
 
 proc buildOf(it, loc: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   var s = newNodeI(nkCurly, it.info, it.len-1)
-  s.typ = settype(loc)
+  s.typ() = settype(loc)
   for i in 0..<it.len-1: s[i] = it[i]
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, it.info, 3)
   result[0] = newSymNode(o.opContains)
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ proc buildProperFieldCheck(access, check: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
       # set field name to discriminator field name
       a[1] = check[2]
       # set discriminator field type: important for `neg`
-      a.typ = check[2].typ
+      a.typ() = check[2].typ
       result[2] = a
       # 'access.kind != nkDotExpr' can happen for object constructors
       # which we don't check yet

compiler/hlo.nim

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # This include implements the high level optimization pass.
 # included from sem.nim
 
-proc hlo(c: PContext, n: PNode, loopDetector: int): PNode
+proc hlo(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
 
 proc evalPattern(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode): PNode =
   internalAssert c.config, n.kind == nkCall and n[0].kind == nkSym
@@ -61,11 +61,10 @@ proc applyPatterns(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
         # activate this pattern again:
         c.patterns[i] = pattern
 
-proc hlo(c: PContext, n: PNode, loopDetector: int): PNode =
+proc hlo(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+  inc(c.hloLoopDetector)
   # simply stop and do not perform any further transformations:
-  if loopDetector > 300:
-    message(c.config, n.info, warnUser, "term rewrite macro instantiation too nested")
-    return n
+  if c.hloLoopDetector > 300: return n
   case n.kind
   of nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef, procDefs:
     # already processed (special cases in semstmts.nim)
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ proc hlo(c: PContext, n: PNode, loopDetector: int): PNode =
       # no optimization applied, try subtrees:
       for i in 0..<result.safeLen:
         let a = result[i]
-        let h = hlo(c, a, loopDetector)
+        let h = hlo(c, a)
         if h != a: result[i] = h
     else:
       # perform type checking, so that the replacement still fits:
@@ -91,15 +90,17 @@ proc hlo(c: PContext, n: PNode, loopDetector: int): PNode =
         result = fitNode(c, n.typ, result, n.info)
       # optimization has been applied so check again:
       result = commonOptimizations(c.graph, c.idgen, c.module, result)
-      result = hlo(c, result, loopDetector + 1)
+      result = hlo(c, result)
       result = commonOptimizations(c.graph, c.idgen, c.module, result)
 
 proc hloBody(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   # fast exit:
   if c.patterns.len == 0 or optTrMacros notin c.config.options: return n
-  result = hlo(c, n, 0)
+  c.hloLoopDetector = 0
+  result = hlo(c, n)
 
 proc hloStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   # fast exit:
   if c.patterns.len == 0 or optTrMacros notin c.config.options: return n
-  result = hlo(c, n, 0)
+  c.hloLoopDetector = 0
+  result = hlo(c, n)

compiler/ic/bitabs.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+## A BiTable is a table that can be seen as an optimized pair
+## of `(Table[LitId, Val], Table[Val, LitId])`.
+
+import std/hashes
+import rodfiles
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/assertions
+
+type
+  LitId* = distinct uint32
+
+  BiTable*[T] = object
+    vals: seq[T] # indexed by LitId
+    keys: seq[LitId]  # indexed by hash(val)
+
+proc initBiTable*[T](): BiTable[T] = BiTable[T](vals: @[], keys: @[])
+
+proc nextTry(h, maxHash: Hash): Hash {.inline.} =
+  result = (h + 1) and maxHash
+
+template maxHash(t): untyped = high(t.keys)
+template isFilled(x: LitId): bool = x.uint32 > 0'u32
+
+proc `$`*(x: LitId): string {.borrow.}
+proc `<`*(x, y: LitId): bool {.borrow.}
+proc `<=`*(x, y: LitId): bool {.borrow.}
+proc `==`*(x, y: LitId): bool {.borrow.}
+proc hash*(x: LitId): Hash {.borrow.}
+
+
+proc len*[T](t: BiTable[T]): int = t.vals.len
+
+proc mustRehash(length, counter: int): bool {.inline.} =
+  assert(length > counter)
+  result = (length * 2 < counter * 3) or (length - counter < 4)
+
+const
+  idStart = 1
+
+template idToIdx(x: LitId): int = x.int - idStart
+
+proc hasLitId*[T](t: BiTable[T]; x: LitId): bool =
+  let idx = idToIdx(x)
+  result = idx >= 0 and idx < t.vals.len
+
+proc enlarge[T](t: var BiTable[T]) =
+  var n: seq[LitId]
+  newSeq(n, len(t.keys) * 2)
+  swap(t.keys, n)
+  for i in 0..high(n):
+    let eh = n[i]
+    if isFilled(eh):
+      var j = hash(t.vals[idToIdx eh]) and maxHash(t)
+      while isFilled(t.keys[j]):
+        j = nextTry(j, maxHash(t))
+      t.keys[j] = move n[i]
+
+proc getKeyId*[T](t: BiTable[T]; v: T): LitId =
+  let origH = hash(v)
+  var h = origH and maxHash(t)
+  if t.keys.len != 0:
+    while true:
+      let litId = t.keys[h]
+      if not isFilled(litId): break
+      if t.vals[idToIdx t.keys[h]] == v: return litId
+      h = nextTry(h, maxHash(t))
+  return LitId(0)
+
+proc getOrIncl*[T](t: var BiTable[T]; v: T): LitId =
+  let origH = hash(v)
+  var h = origH and maxHash(t)
+  if t.keys.len != 0:
+    while true:
+      let litId = t.keys[h]
+      if not isFilled(litId): break
+      if t.vals[idToIdx t.keys[h]] == v: return litId
+      h = nextTry(h, maxHash(t))
+    # not found, we need to insert it:
+    if mustRehash(t.keys.len, t.vals.len):
+      enlarge(t)
+      # recompute where to insert:
+      h = origH and maxHash(t)
+      while true:
+        let litId = t.keys[h]
+        if not isFilled(litId): break
+        h = nextTry(h, maxHash(t))
+  else:
+    setLen(t.keys, 16)
+    h = origH and maxHash(t)
+
+  result = LitId(t.vals.len + idStart)
+  t.keys[h] = result
+  t.vals.add v
+
+
+proc `[]`*[T](t: var BiTable[T]; litId: LitId): var T {.inline.} =
+  let idx = idToIdx litId
+  assert idx < t.vals.len
+  result = t.vals[idx]
+
+proc `[]`*[T](t: BiTable[T]; litId: LitId): lent T {.inline.} =
+  let idx = idToIdx litId
+  assert idx < t.vals.len
+  result = t.vals[idx]
+
+proc hash*[T](t: BiTable[T]): Hash =
+  ## as the keys are hashes of the values, we simply use them instead
+  var h: Hash = 0
+  for i, n in pairs t.keys:
+    h = h !& hash((i, n))
+  result = !$h
+
+proc store*[T](f: var RodFile; t: BiTable[T]) =
+  storeSeq(f, t.vals)
+  storeSeq(f, t.keys)
+
+proc load*[T](f: var RodFile; t: var BiTable[T]) =
+  loadSeq(f, t.vals)
+  loadSeq(f, t.keys)
+
+proc sizeOnDisc*(t: BiTable[string]): int =
+  result = 4
+  for x in t.vals:
+    result += x.len + 4
+  result += t.keys.len * sizeof(LitId)
+
+when isMainModule:
+
+  var t: BiTable[string]
+
+  echo getOrIncl(t, "hello")
+
+  echo getOrIncl(t, "hello")
+  echo getOrIncl(t, "hello3")
+  echo getOrIncl(t, "hello4")
+  echo getOrIncl(t, "helloasfasdfdsa")
+  echo getOrIncl(t, "hello")
+  echo getKeyId(t, "hello")
+  echo getKeyId(t, "none")
+
+  for i in 0 ..< 100_000:
+    discard t.getOrIncl($i & "___" & $i)
+
+  for i in 0 ..< 100_000:
+    assert t.getOrIncl($i & "___" & $i).idToIdx == i + 4
+  echo "begin"
+  echo t.vals.len
+
+  echo t.vals[0]
+  echo t.vals[1004]
+
+  echo "middle"
+
+  var tf: BiTable[float]
+
+  discard tf.getOrIncl(0.4)
+  discard tf.getOrIncl(16.4)
+  discard tf.getOrIncl(32.4)
+  echo getKeyId(tf, 32.4)
+
+  var f2 = open("testblah.bin", fmWrite)
+  echo store(f2, tf)
+  f2.close
+
+  var f1 = open("testblah.bin", fmRead)
+
+  var t2: BiTable[float]
+
+  echo f1.load(t2)
+  echo t2.vals.len
+
+  echo getKeyId(t2, 32.4)
+
+  echo "end"
+
+
+  f1.close

compiler/ic/cbackend.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2021 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## New entry point into our C/C++ code generator. Ideally
+## somebody would rewrite the old backend (which is 8000 lines of crufty Nim code)
+## to work on packed trees directly and produce the C code as an AST which can
+## then be rendered to text in a very simple manner. Unfortunately nobody wrote
+## this code. So instead we wrap the existing cgen.nim and its friends so that
+## we call directly into the existing code generation logic but avoiding the
+## naive, outdated `passes` design. Thus you will see some
+## `useAliveDataFromDce in flags` checks in the old code -- the old code is
+## also doing cross-module dependency tracking and DCE that we don't need
+## anymore. DCE is now done as prepass over the entire packed module graph.
+
+import std/[packedsets, algorithm, tables]
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/assertions
+
+import ".."/[ast, options, lineinfos, modulegraphs, cgendata, cgen,
+  pathutils, extccomp, msgs, modulepaths]
+
+import packed_ast, ic, dce, rodfiles
+
+proc unpackTree(g: ModuleGraph; thisModule: int;
+                tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): PNode =
+  var decoder = initPackedDecoder(g.config, g.cache)
+  result = loadNodes(decoder, g.packed, thisModule, tree, n)
+
+proc setupBackendModule(g: ModuleGraph; m: var LoadedModule) =
+  if g.backend == nil:
+    g.backend = cgendata.newModuleList(g)
+  assert g.backend != nil
+  var bmod = cgen.newModule(BModuleList(g.backend), m.module, g.config)
+  bmod.idgen = idgenFromLoadedModule(m)
+
+proc generateCodeForModule(g: ModuleGraph; m: var LoadedModule; alive: var AliveSyms) =
+  var bmod = BModuleList(g.backend).modules[m.module.position]
+  assert bmod != nil
+  bmod.flags.incl useAliveDataFromDce
+  bmod.alive = move alive[m.module.position]
+
+  for p in allNodes(m.fromDisk.topLevel):
+    let n = unpackTree(g, m.module.position, m.fromDisk.topLevel, p)
+    cgen.genTopLevelStmt(bmod, n)
+
+  finalCodegenActions(g, bmod, newNodeI(nkStmtList, m.module.info))
+  for disp in getDispatchers(g):
+    genProcAux(bmod, disp)
+  m.fromDisk.backendFlags = cgen.whichInitProcs(bmod)
+
+proc replayTypeInfo(g: ModuleGraph; m: var LoadedModule; origin: FileIndex) =
+  for x in mitems(m.fromDisk.emittedTypeInfo):
+    #echo "found type ", x, " for file ", int(origin)
+    g.emittedTypeInfo[x] = origin
+
+proc addFileToLink(config: ConfigRef; m: PSym) =
+  let filename = AbsoluteFile toFullPath(config, m.position.FileIndex)
+  let ext =
+      if config.backend == backendCpp: ".nim.cpp"
+      elif config.backend == backendObjc: ".nim.m"
+      else: ".nim.c"
+  let cfile = changeFileExt(completeCfilePath(config,
+                            mangleModuleName(config, filename).AbsoluteFile), ext)
+  let objFile = completeCfilePath(config, toObjFile(config, cfile))
+  if fileExists(objFile):
+    var cf = Cfile(nimname: m.name.s, cname: cfile,
+                   obj: objFile,
+                   flags: {CfileFlag.Cached})
+    addFileToCompile(config, cf)
+
+when defined(debugDce):
+  import os, std/packedsets
+
+proc storeAliveSymsImpl(asymFile: AbsoluteFile; s: seq[int32]) =
+  var f = rodfiles.create(asymFile.string)
+  f.storeHeader()
+  f.storeSection aliveSymsSection
+  f.storeSeq(s)
+  close f
+
+template prepare {.dirty.} =
+  let asymFile = toRodFile(config, AbsoluteFile toFullPath(config, position.FileIndex), ".alivesyms")
+  var s = newSeqOfCap[int32](alive[position].len)
+  for a in items(alive[position]): s.add int32(a)
+  sort(s)
+
+proc storeAliveSyms(config: ConfigRef; position: int; alive: AliveSyms) =
+  prepare()
+  storeAliveSymsImpl(asymFile, s)
+
+proc aliveSymsChanged(config: ConfigRef; position: int; alive: AliveSyms): bool =
+  prepare()
+  var f2 = rodfiles.open(asymFile.string)
+  f2.loadHeader()
+  f2.loadSection aliveSymsSection
+  var oldData: seq[int32] = @[]
+  f2.loadSeq(oldData)
+  f2.close
+  if f2.err == ok and oldData == s:
+    result = false
+  else:
+    when defined(debugDce):
+      let oldAsSet = toPackedSet[int32](oldData)
+      let newAsSet = toPackedSet[int32](s)
+      echo "set of live symbols changed ", asymFile.changeFileExt("rod"), " ", position, " ", f2.err
+      echo "in old but not in new ", oldAsSet.difference(newAsSet), " number of entries in old ", oldAsSet.len
+      echo "in new but not in old ", newAsSet.difference(oldAsSet), " number of entries in new ", newAsSet.len
+      #if execShellCmd(getAppFilename() & " rod " & quoteShell(asymFile.changeFileExt("rod"))) != 0:
+      #  echo "command failed"
+    result = true
+    storeAliveSymsImpl(asymFile, s)
+
+proc genPackedModule(g: ModuleGraph, i: int; alive: var AliveSyms) =
+  # case statement here to enforce exhaustive checks.
+  case g.packed[i].status
+  of undefined:
+    discard "nothing to do"
+  of loading, stored:
+    assert false
+  of storing, outdated:
+    storeAliveSyms(g.config, g.packed[i].module.position, alive)
+    generateCodeForModule(g, g.packed[i], alive)
+    closeRodFile(g, g.packed[i].module)
+  of loaded:
+    if g.packed[i].loadedButAliveSetChanged:
+      generateCodeForModule(g, g.packed[i], alive)
+    else:
+      addFileToLink(g.config, g.packed[i].module)
+      replayTypeInfo(g, g.packed[i], FileIndex(i))
+
+      if g.backend == nil:
+        g.backend = cgendata.newModuleList(g)
+      registerInitProcs(BModuleList(g.backend), g.packed[i].module, g.packed[i].fromDisk.backendFlags)
+
+proc generateCode*(g: ModuleGraph) =
+  ## The single entry point, generate C(++) code for the entire
+  ## Nim program aka `ModuleGraph`.
+  resetForBackend(g)
+  var alive = computeAliveSyms(g.packed, g.config)
+
+  when false:
+    for i in 0..<len(g.packed):
+      echo i, " is of status ", g.packed[i].status, " ", toFullPath(g.config, FileIndex(i))
+
+  # First pass: Setup all the backend modules for all the modules that have
+  # changed:
+  for i in 0..<len(g.packed):
+    # case statement here to enforce exhaustive checks.
+    case g.packed[i].status
+    of undefined:
+      discard "nothing to do"
+    of loading, stored:
+      assert false
+    of storing, outdated:
+      setupBackendModule(g, g.packed[i])
+    of loaded:
+      # Even though this module didn't change, DCE might trigger a change.
+      # Consider this case: Module A uses symbol S from B and B does not use
+      # S itself. A is then edited not to use S either. Thus we have to
+      # recompile B in order to remove S from the final result.
+      if aliveSymsChanged(g.config, g.packed[i].module.position, alive):
+        g.packed[i].loadedButAliveSetChanged = true
+        setupBackendModule(g, g.packed[i])
+
+  # Second pass: Code generation.
+  let mainModuleIdx = g.config.projectMainIdx2.int
+  # We need to generate the main module last, because only then
+  # all init procs have been registered:
+  for i in 0..<len(g.packed):
+    if i != mainModuleIdx:
+      genPackedModule(g, i, alive)
+  if mainModuleIdx >= 0:
+    genPackedModule(g, mainModuleIdx, alive)

compiler/ic/dce.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2021 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## Dead code elimination (=DCE) for IC.
+
+import std/[intsets, tables]
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/assertions
+
+import ".." / [ast, options, lineinfos, types]
+
+import packed_ast, ic, bitabs
+
+type
+  AliveSyms* = seq[IntSet]
+  AliveContext* = object ## Purpose is to fill the 'alive' field.
+    stack: seq[(int, TOptions, NodePos)] ## A stack for marking symbols as alive.
+    decoder: PackedDecoder ## We need a PackedDecoder for module ID address translations.
+    thisModule: int  ## The module we're currently analysing for DCE.
+    alive: AliveSyms ## The final result of our computation.
+    options: TOptions
+    compilerProcs: Table[string, (int, int32)]
+
+proc isExportedToC(c: var AliveContext; g: PackedModuleGraph; symId: int32): bool =
+  ## "Exported to C" procs are special (these are marked with '.exportc') because these
+  ## must not be optimized away!
+  let symPtr = unsafeAddr g[c.thisModule].fromDisk.syms[symId]
+  let flags = symPtr.flags
+  # due to a bug/limitation in the lambda lifting, unused inner procs
+  # are not transformed correctly; issue (#411). However, the whole purpose here
+  # is to eliminate unused procs. So there is no special logic required for this case.
+  if sfCompileTime notin flags:
+    if ({sfExportc, sfCompilerProc} * flags != {}) or
+        (symPtr.kind == skMethod):
+      result = true
+    else:
+      result = false
+      # XXX: This used to be a condition to:
+      #  (sfExportc in prc.flags and lfExportLib in prc.loc.flags) or
+    if sfCompilerProc in flags:
+      c.compilerProcs[g[c.thisModule].fromDisk.strings[symPtr.name]] = (c.thisModule, symId)
+  else:
+    result = false
+
+template isNotGeneric(n: NodePos): bool = ithSon(tree, n, genericParamsPos).kind == nkEmpty
+
+proc followLater(c: var AliveContext; g: PackedModuleGraph; module: int; item: int32) =
+  ## Marks a symbol 'item' as used and later in 'followNow' the symbol's body will
+  ## be analysed.
+  if not c.alive[module].containsOrIncl(item):
+    var body = g[module].fromDisk.syms[item].ast
+    if body != emptyNodeId:
+      let opt = g[module].fromDisk.syms[item].options
+      if g[module].fromDisk.syms[item].kind in routineKinds:
+        body = NodeId ithSon(g[module].fromDisk.bodies, NodePos body, bodyPos)
+      c.stack.add((module, opt, NodePos(body)))
+
+    when false:
+      let nid = g[module].fromDisk.syms[item].name
+      if nid != LitId(0):
+        let name = g[module].fromDisk.strings[nid]
+        if name in ["nimFrame", "callDepthLimitReached"]:
+          echo "I was called! ", name, " body exists: ", body != emptyNodeId, " ", module, " ", item
+
+proc requestCompilerProc(c: var AliveContext; g: PackedModuleGraph; name: string) =
+  let (module, item) = c.compilerProcs[name]
+  followLater(c, g, module, item)
+
+proc loadTypeKind(t: PackedItemId; c: AliveContext; g: PackedModuleGraph; toSkip: set[TTypeKind]): TTypeKind =
+  template kind(t: ItemId): TTypeKind = g[t.module].fromDisk.types[t.item].kind
+
+  var t2 = translateId(t, g, c.thisModule, c.decoder.config)
+  result = t2.kind
+  while result in toSkip:
+    t2 = translateId(g[t2.module].fromDisk.types[t2.item].types[^1], g, t2.module, c.decoder.config)
+    result = t2.kind
+
+proc rangeCheckAnalysis(c: var AliveContext; g: PackedModuleGraph; tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos) =
+  ## Replicates the logic of `ccgexprs.genRangeChck`.
+  ## XXX Refactor so that the duplicated logic is avoided. However, for now it's not clear
+  ## the approach has enough merit.
+  var dest = loadTypeKind(n.typ, c, g, abstractVar)
+  if optRangeCheck notin c.options or dest in {tyUInt..tyUInt64}:
+    discard "no need to generate a check because it was disabled"
+  else:
+    let n0t = loadTypeKind(n.firstSon.typ, c, g, {})
+    if n0t in {tyUInt, tyUInt64}:
+      c.requestCompilerProc(g, "raiseRangeErrorNoArgs")
+    else:
+      let raiser =
+        case loadTypeKind(n.typ, c, g, abstractVarRange)
+        of tyUInt..tyUInt64, tyChar: "raiseRangeErrorU"
+        of tyFloat..tyFloat128: "raiseRangeErrorF"
+        else: "raiseRangeErrorI"
+      c.requestCompilerProc(g, raiser)
+
+proc aliveCode(c: var AliveContext; g: PackedModuleGraph; tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos) =
+  ## Marks the symbols we encounter when we traverse the AST at `tree[n]` as alive, unless
+  ## it is purely in a declarative context (type section etc.).
+  case n.kind
+  of nkNone..pred(nkSym), succ(nkSym)..nkNilLit:
+    discard "ignore non-sym atoms"
+  of nkSym:
+    # This symbol is alive and everything its body references.
+    followLater(c, g, c.thisModule, tree[n].soperand)
+  of nkModuleRef:
+    let (n1, n2) = sons2(tree, n)
+    assert n1.kind == nkNone
+    assert n2.kind == nkNone
+    let m = n1.litId
+    let item = tree[n2].soperand
+    let otherModule = toFileIndexCached(c.decoder, g, c.thisModule, m).int
+    followLater(c, g, otherModule, item)
+  of nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef, nkTypeSection, nkTypeOfExpr,
+     nkCommentStmt, nkIncludeStmt,
+     nkImportStmt, nkImportExceptStmt, nkExportStmt, nkExportExceptStmt,
+     nkFromStmt, nkStaticStmt:
+    discard
+  of nkVarSection, nkLetSection, nkConstSection:
+    # XXX ignore the defining local variable name?
+    for son in sonsReadonly(tree, n):
+      aliveCode(c, g, tree, son)
+  of nkChckRangeF, nkChckRange64, nkChckRange:
+    rangeCheckAnalysis(c, g, tree, n)
+  of nkProcDef, nkConverterDef, nkMethodDef, nkFuncDef, nkIteratorDef:
+    if n.firstSon.kind == nkSym and isNotGeneric(n):
+      let item = tree[n.firstSon].soperand
+      if isExportedToC(c, g, item):
+        # This symbol is alive and everything its body references.
+        followLater(c, g, c.thisModule, item)
+  else:
+    for son in sonsReadonly(tree, n):
+      aliveCode(c, g, tree, son)
+
+proc followNow(c: var AliveContext; g: PackedModuleGraph) =
+  ## Mark all entries in the stack. Marking can add more entries
+  ## to the stack but eventually we have looked at every alive symbol.
+  while c.stack.len > 0:
+    let (modId, opt, ast) = c.stack.pop()
+    c.thisModule = modId
+    c.options = opt
+    aliveCode(c, g, g[modId].fromDisk.bodies, ast)
+
+proc computeAliveSyms*(g: PackedModuleGraph; conf: ConfigRef): AliveSyms =
+  ## Entry point for our DCE algorithm.
+  var c = AliveContext(stack: @[], decoder: PackedDecoder(config: conf),
+                       thisModule: -1, alive: newSeq[IntSet](g.len),
+                       options: conf.options)
+  for i in countdown(len(g)-1, 0):
+    if g[i].status != undefined:
+      c.thisModule = i
+      for p in allNodes(g[i].fromDisk.topLevel):
+        aliveCode(c, g, g[i].fromDisk.topLevel, p)
+
+  followNow(c, g)
+  result = move(c.alive)
+
+proc isAlive*(a: AliveSyms; module: int, item: int32): bool =
+  ## Backends use this to query if a symbol is `alive` which means
+  ## we need to produce (C/C++/etc) code for it.
+  result = a[module].contains(item)
+

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+====================================
+  Incremental Recompilations
+====================================
+
+We split the Nim compiler into a frontend and a backend.
+The frontend produces a set of `.rod` files. Every `.nim` module
+produces its own `.rod` file.
+
+- The IR must be a faithful representation of the AST in memory.
+- The backend can do its own caching but doesn't have to. In the
+  current implementation the backend also caches its results.
+
+Advantage of the "set of files" vs the previous global database:
+- By construction, we either read from the `.rod` file or from the
+  `.nim` file, there can be no inconsistency. There can also be no
+  partial updates.
+- No dependency to external packages (SQLite). SQLite simply is too
+  slow and the old way of serialization was too slow too. We use a
+  format designed for Nim and expect to base further tools on this
+  file format.
+
+References to external modules must be (moduleId, symId) pairs.
+The symbol IDs are module specific. This way no global ID increment
+mechanism needs to be implemented that we could get wrong. ModuleIds
+are rod-file specific too.
+
+
+
+Global state
+------------
+
+There is no global state.
+
+Rod File Format
+---------------
+
+It's a simple binary file format. `rodfiles.nim` contains some details.
+
+
+Backend
+-------
+
+Nim programmers have to come to enjoy whole-program dead code elimination,
+by default. Since this is a "whole program" optimization, it does break
+modularity. However, thanks to the packed AST representation we can perform
+this global analysis without having to unpack anything. This is basically
+a mark&sweep GC algorithm:
+
+- Start with the top level statements. Every symbol that is referenced
+  from a top level statement is not "dead" and needs to be compiled by
+  the backend.
+- Every symbol referenced from a referenced symbol also has to be
+  compiled.
+
+Caching logic: Only if the set of alive symbols is different from the
+last run, the module has to be regenerated.

compiler/ic/iclineinfos.nim

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+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2024 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+# For the line information we use 32 bits. They are used as follows:
+# Bit 0 (AsideBit): If we have inline line information or not. If not, the
+# remaining 31 bits are used as an index into a seq[(LitId, int, int)].
+#
+# We use 10 bits for the "file ID", this means a program can consist of as much
+# as 1024 different files. (If it uses more files than that, the overflow bit
+# would be set.)
+# This means we have 21 bits left to encode the (line, col) pair. We use 7 bits for the column
+# so 128 is the limit and 14 bits for the line number.
+# The packed representation supports files with up to 16384 lines.
+# Keep in mind that whenever any limit is reached the AsideBit is set and the real line
+# information is kept in a side channel.
+
+import std / assertions
+
+const
+  AsideBit = 1
+  FileBits = 10
+  LineBits = 14
+  ColBits = 7
+  FileMax = (1 shl FileBits) - 1
+  LineMax = (1 shl LineBits) - 1
+  ColMax = (1 shl ColBits) - 1
+
+static:
+  assert AsideBit + FileBits + LineBits + ColBits == 32
+
+import .. / ic / [bitabs, rodfiles] # for LitId
+
+type
+  PackedLineInfo* = distinct uint32
+
+  LineInfoManager* = object
+    aside: seq[(LitId, int32, int32)]
+
+const
+  NoLineInfo* = PackedLineInfo(0'u32)
+
+proc pack*(m: var LineInfoManager; file: LitId; line, col: int32): PackedLineInfo =
+  if file.uint32 <= FileMax.uint32 and line <= LineMax and col <= ColMax:
+    let col = if col < 0'i32: 0'u32 else: col.uint32
+    let line = if line < 0'i32: 0'u32 else: line.uint32
+    # use inline representation:
+    result = PackedLineInfo((file.uint32 shl 1'u32) or (line shl uint32(AsideBit + FileBits)) or
+      (col shl uint32(AsideBit + FileBits + LineBits)))
+  else:
+    result = PackedLineInfo((m.aside.len shl 1) or AsideBit)
+    m.aside.add (file, line, col)
+
+proc unpack*(m: LineInfoManager; i: PackedLineInfo): (LitId, int32, int32) =
+  let i = i.uint32
+  if (i and 1'u32) == 0'u32:
+    # inline representation:
+    result = (LitId((i shr 1'u32) and FileMax.uint32),
+      int32((i shr uint32(AsideBit + FileBits)) and LineMax.uint32),
+      int32((i shr uint32(AsideBit + FileBits + LineBits)) and ColMax.uint32))
+  else:
+    result = m.aside[int(i shr 1'u32)]
+
+proc getFileId*(m: LineInfoManager; i: PackedLineInfo): LitId =
+  result = unpack(m, i)[0]
+
+proc store*(r: var RodFile; m: LineInfoManager) = storeSeq(r, m.aside)
+proc load*(r: var RodFile; m: var LineInfoManager) = loadSeq(r, m.aside)
+
+when isMainModule:
+  var m = LineInfoManager(aside: @[])
+  for i in 0'i32..<16388'i32:
+    for col in 0'i32..<100'i32:
+      let packed = pack(m, LitId(1023), i, col)
+      let u = unpack(m, packed)
+      assert u[0] == LitId(1023)
+      assert u[1] == i
+      assert u[2] == col
+  echo m.aside.len

compiler/ic/integrity.nim

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+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2021 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## Integrity checking for a set of .rod files.
+## The set must cover a complete Nim project.
+
+import std/[sets, tables]
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/assertions
+
+import ".." / [ast, modulegraphs]
+import packed_ast, bitabs, ic
+
+type
+  CheckedContext = object
+    g: ModuleGraph
+    thisModule: int32
+    checkedSyms: HashSet[ItemId]
+    checkedTypes: HashSet[ItemId]
+
+proc checkType(c: var CheckedContext; typeId: PackedItemId)
+proc checkForeignSym(c: var CheckedContext; symId: PackedItemId)
+proc checkNode(c: var CheckedContext; tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos)
+
+proc checkTypeObj(c: var CheckedContext; typ: PackedType) =
+  for child in typ.types:
+    checkType(c, child)
+  if typ.n != emptyNodeId:
+    checkNode(c, c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.bodies, NodePos typ.n)
+  if typ.sym != nilItemId:
+    checkForeignSym(c, typ.sym)
+  if typ.owner != nilItemId:
+    checkForeignSym(c, typ.owner)
+  checkType(c, typ.typeInst)
+
+proc checkType(c: var CheckedContext; typeId: PackedItemId) =
+  if typeId == nilItemId: return
+  let itemId = translateId(typeId, c.g.packed, c.thisModule, c.g.config)
+  if not c.checkedTypes.containsOrIncl(itemId):
+    let oldThisModule = c.thisModule
+    c.thisModule = itemId.module
+    checkTypeObj c, c.g.packed[itemId.module].fromDisk.types[itemId.item]
+    c.thisModule = oldThisModule
+
+proc checkSym(c: var CheckedContext; s: PackedSym) =
+  if s.name != LitId(0):
+    assert c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.strings.hasLitId s.name
+  checkType c, s.typ
+  if s.ast != emptyNodeId:
+    checkNode(c, c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.bodies, NodePos s.ast)
+  if s.owner != nilItemId:
+    checkForeignSym(c, s.owner)
+
+proc checkLocalSym(c: var CheckedContext; item: int32) =
+  let itemId = ItemId(module: c.thisModule, item: item)
+  if not c.checkedSyms.containsOrIncl(itemId):
+    checkSym c, c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.syms[item]
+
+proc checkForeignSym(c: var CheckedContext; symId: PackedItemId) =
+  let itemId = translateId(symId, c.g.packed, c.thisModule, c.g.config)
+  if not c.checkedSyms.containsOrIncl(itemId):
+    let oldThisModule = c.thisModule
+    c.thisModule = itemId.module
+    checkSym c, c.g.packed[itemId.module].fromDisk.syms[itemId.item]
+    c.thisModule = oldThisModule
+
+proc checkNode(c: var CheckedContext; tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos) =
+  let t = findType(tree, n)
+  if t != nilItemId:
+    checkType(c, t)
+  case n.kind
+  of nkEmpty, nkNilLit, nkType, nkNilRodNode:
+    discard
+  of nkIdent:
+    assert c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.strings.hasLitId n.litId
+  of nkSym:
+    checkLocalSym(c, tree[n].soperand)
+  of directIntLit:
+    discard
+  of externIntLit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit:
+    assert c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.numbers.hasLitId n.litId
+  of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
+    assert c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.strings.hasLitId n.litId
+  of nkModuleRef:
+    let (n1, n2) = sons2(tree, n)
+    assert n1.kind == nkNone
+    assert n2.kind == nkNone
+    checkForeignSym(c, PackedItemId(module: n1.litId, item: tree[n2].soperand))
+  else:
+    for n0 in sonsReadonly(tree, n):
+      checkNode(c, tree, n0)
+
+proc checkTree(c: var CheckedContext; t: PackedTree) =
+  for p in allNodes(t): checkNode(c, t, p)
+
+proc checkLocalSymIds(c: var CheckedContext; m: PackedModule; symIds: seq[int32]) =
+  for symId in symIds:
+    assert symId >= 0 and symId < m.syms.len, $symId & " " & $m.syms.len
+
+proc checkModule(c: var CheckedContext; m: PackedModule) =
+  # We check that:
+  # - Every symbol references existing types and symbols.
+  # - Every tree node references existing types and symbols.
+  for _, v in pairs(m.syms):
+    checkLocalSym c, v.id
+
+  checkTree c, m.toReplay
+  checkTree c, m.topLevel
+
+  for e in m.exports:
+    #assert e[1] >= 0 and e[1] < m.syms.len
+    assert e[0] == m.syms[e[1]].name
+
+  for e in m.compilerProcs:
+    #assert e[1] >= 0 and e[1] < m.syms.len
+    assert e[0] == m.syms[e[1]].name
+
+  checkLocalSymIds c, m, m.converters
+  checkLocalSymIds c, m, m.methods
+  checkLocalSymIds c, m, m.trmacros
+  checkLocalSymIds c, m, m.pureEnums
+  #[
+    To do: Check all these fields:
+
+    reexports*: seq[(LitId, PackedItemId)]
+    macroUsages*: seq[(PackedItemId, PackedLineInfo)]
+
+    typeInstCache*: seq[(PackedItemId, PackedItemId)]
+    procInstCache*: seq[PackedInstantiation]
+    attachedOps*: seq[(TTypeAttachedOp, PackedItemId, PackedItemId)]
+    methodsPerGenericType*: seq[(PackedItemId, int, PackedItemId)]
+    enumToStringProcs*: seq[(PackedItemId, PackedItemId)]
+    methodsPerType*: seq[(PackedItemId, PackedItemId)]
+    dispatchers*: seq[PackedItemId]
+  ]#
+
+proc checkIntegrity*(g: ModuleGraph) =
+  var c = CheckedContext(g: g)
+  for i in 0..<len(g.packed):
+    # case statement here to enforce exhaustive checks.
+    case g.packed[i].status
+    of undefined:
+      discard "nothing to do"
+    of loading:
+      assert false, "cannot check integrity: Module still loading"
+    of stored, storing, outdated, loaded:
+      c.thisModule = int32 i
+      checkModule(c, g.packed[i].fromDisk)

compiler/ic/navigator.nim

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+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2021 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## Supports the "nim check --ic:on --defusages:FILE,LINE,COL"
+## IDE-like features. It uses the set of .rod files to accomplish
+## its task. The set must cover a complete Nim project.
+
+import std/[sets, tables]
+
+from std/os import nil
+from std/private/miscdollars import toLocation
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/assertions
+
+import ".." / [ast, modulegraphs, msgs, options]
+import iclineinfos
+import packed_ast, bitabs, ic
+
+type
+  UnpackedLineInfo = object
+    file: LitId
+    line, col: int
+  NavContext = object
+    g: ModuleGraph
+    thisModule: int32
+    trackPos: UnpackedLineInfo
+    alreadyEmitted: HashSet[string]
+    outputSep: char # for easier testing, use short filenames and spaces instead of tabs.
+
+proc isTracked(man: LineInfoManager; current: PackedLineInfo, trackPos: UnpackedLineInfo, tokenLen: int): bool =
+  let (currentFile, currentLine, currentCol) = man.unpack(current)
+  if currentFile == trackPos.file and currentLine == trackPos.line:
+    let col = trackPos.col
+    if col >= currentCol and col < currentCol+tokenLen:
+      result = true
+    else:
+      result = false
+  else:
+    result = false
+
+proc searchLocalSym(c: var NavContext; s: PackedSym; info: PackedLineInfo): bool =
+  result = s.name != LitId(0) and
+    isTracked(c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.man, info, c.trackPos, c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.strings[s.name].len)
+
+proc searchForeignSym(c: var NavContext; s: ItemId; info: PackedLineInfo): bool =
+  let name = c.g.packed[s.module].fromDisk.syms[s.item].name
+  result = name != LitId(0) and
+    isTracked(c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.man, info, c.trackPos, c.g.packed[s.module].fromDisk.strings[name].len)
+
+const
+  EmptyItemId = ItemId(module: -1'i32, item: -1'i32)
+
+proc search(c: var NavContext; tree: PackedTree): ItemId =
+  # We use the linear representation here directly:
+  for i in 0..<len(tree):
+    let i = NodePos(i)
+    case tree[i].kind
+    of nkSym:
+      let item = tree[i].soperand
+      if searchLocalSym(c, c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.syms[item], tree[i].info):
+        return ItemId(module: c.thisModule, item: item)
+    of nkModuleRef:
+      let (currentFile, currentLine, currentCol) = c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.man.unpack(tree[i].info)
+      if currentLine == c.trackPos.line and currentFile == c.trackPos.file:
+        let (n1, n2) = sons2(tree, i)
+        assert n1.kind == nkInt32Lit
+        assert n2.kind == nkInt32Lit
+        let pId = PackedItemId(module: n1.litId, item: tree[n2].soperand)
+        let itemId = translateId(pId, c.g.packed, c.thisModule, c.g.config)
+        if searchForeignSym(c, itemId, tree[i].info):
+          return itemId
+    else: discard
+  return EmptyItemId
+
+proc isDecl(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): bool =
+  # XXX This is not correct yet.
+  const declarativeNodes = procDefs + {nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef,
+    nkLetSection, nkVarSection, nkUsingStmt, nkConstSection, nkTypeSection,
+    nkIdentDefs, nkEnumTy, nkVarTuple}
+  result = n.int >= 0 and tree[n].kind in declarativeNodes
+
+proc usage(c: var NavContext; info: PackedLineInfo; isDecl: bool) =
+  let (fileId, line, col) = unpack(c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.man, info)
+  var m = ""
+  var file = c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.strings[fileId]
+  if c.outputSep == ' ':
+    file = os.extractFilename file
+  toLocation(m, file, line, col + ColOffset)
+  if not c.alreadyEmitted.containsOrIncl(m):
+    msgWriteln c.g.config, (if isDecl: "def" else: "usage") & c.outputSep & m
+
+proc list(c: var NavContext; tree: PackedTree; sym: ItemId) =
+  for i in 0..<len(tree):
+    let i = NodePos(i)
+    case tree[i].kind
+    of nkSym:
+      let item = tree[i].soperand
+      if sym.item == item and sym.module == c.thisModule:
+        usage(c, tree[i].info, isDecl(tree, parent(i)))
+    of nkModuleRef:
+      let (n1, n2) = sons2(tree, i)
+      assert n1.kind == nkNone
+      assert n2.kind == nkNone
+      let pId = PackedItemId(module: n1.litId, item: tree[n2].soperand)
+      let itemId = translateId(pId, c.g.packed, c.thisModule, c.g.config)
+      if itemId.item == sym.item and sym.module == itemId.module:
+        usage(c, tree[i].info, isDecl(tree, parent(i)))
+    else: discard
+
+proc searchForIncludeFile(g: ModuleGraph; fullPath: string): int =
+  for i in 0..<len(g.packed):
+    for k in 1..high(g.packed[i].fromDisk.includes):
+      # we start from 1 because the first "include" file is
+      # the module's filename.
+      if os.cmpPaths(g.packed[i].fromDisk.strings[g.packed[i].fromDisk.includes[k][0]], fullPath) == 0:
+        return i
+  return -1
+
+proc nav(g: ModuleGraph) =
+  # translate the track position to a packed position:
+  let unpacked = g.config.m.trackPos
+  var mid = unpacked.fileIndex.int
+
+  let fullPath = toFullPath(g.config, unpacked.fileIndex)
+
+  if g.packed[mid].status == undefined:
+    # check if 'mid' is an include file of some other module:
+    mid = searchForIncludeFile(g, fullPath)
+
+  if mid < 0:
+    localError(g.config, unpacked, "unknown file name: " & fullPath)
+    return
+
+  let fileId = g.packed[mid].fromDisk.strings.getKeyId(fullPath)
+
+  if fileId == LitId(0):
+    internalError(g.config, unpacked, "cannot find a valid file ID")
+    return
+
+  var c = NavContext(
+    g: g,
+    thisModule: int32 mid,
+    trackPos: UnpackedLineInfo(line: unpacked.line.int, col: unpacked.col.int, file: fileId),
+    outputSep: if isDefined(g.config, "nimIcNavigatorTests"): ' ' else: '\t'
+  )
+  var symId = search(c, g.packed[mid].fromDisk.topLevel)
+  if symId == EmptyItemId:
+    symId = search(c, g.packed[mid].fromDisk.bodies)
+
+  if symId == EmptyItemId:
+    localError(g.config, unpacked, "no symbol at this position")
+    return
+
+  for i in 0..<len(g.packed):
+    # case statement here to enforce exhaustive checks.
+    case g.packed[i].status
+    of undefined:
+      discard "nothing to do"
+    of loading:
+      assert false, "cannot check integrity: Module still loading"
+    of stored, storing, outdated, loaded:
+      c.thisModule = int32 i
+      list(c, g.packed[i].fromDisk.topLevel, symId)
+      list(c, g.packed[i].fromDisk.bodies, symId)
+
+proc navDefinition*(g: ModuleGraph) = nav(g)
+proc navUsages*(g: ModuleGraph) = nav(g)
+proc navDefusages*(g: ModuleGraph) = nav(g)
+
+proc writeRodFiles*(g: ModuleGraph) =
+  for i in 0..<len(g.packed):
+    case g.packed[i].status
+    of undefined, loading, stored, loaded:
+      discard "nothing to do"
+    of storing, outdated:
+      closeRodFile(g, g.packed[i].module)

compiler/ic/packed_ast.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2020 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## Packed AST representation, mostly based on a seq of nodes.
+## For IC support. Far future: Rewrite the compiler passes to
+## use this representation directly in all the transformations,
+## it is superior.
+
+import std/[hashes, tables, strtabs]
+import bitabs, rodfiles
+import ".." / [ast, options]
+
+import iclineinfos
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/assertions
+
+type
+  SymId* = distinct int32
+  ModuleId* = distinct int32
+  NodePos* = distinct int
+
+  NodeId* = distinct int32
+
+  PackedItemId* = object
+    module*: LitId       # 0 if it's this module
+    item*: int32         # same as the in-memory representation
+
+const
+  nilItemId* = PackedItemId(module: LitId(0), item: 0.int32)
+
+const
+  emptyNodeId* = NodeId(-1)
+
+type
+  PackedLib* = object
+    kind*: TLibKind
+    generated*: bool
+    isOverridden*: bool
+    name*: LitId
+    path*: NodeId
+
+  PackedSym* = object
+    id*: int32
+    kind*: TSymKind
+    name*: LitId
+    typ*: PackedItemId
+    flags*: TSymFlags
+    magic*: TMagic
+    info*: PackedLineInfo
+    ast*: NodeId
+    owner*: PackedItemId
+    guard*: PackedItemId
+    bitsize*: int
+    alignment*: int # for alignment
+    options*: TOptions
+    position*: int
+    offset*: int32
+    disamb*: int32
+    externalName*: LitId # instead of TLoc
+    locFlags*: TLocFlags
+    annex*: PackedLib
+    when hasFFI:
+      cname*: LitId
+    constraint*: NodeId
+    instantiatedFrom*: PackedItemId
+
+  PackedType* = object
+    id*: int32
+    kind*: TTypeKind
+    callConv*: TCallingConvention
+    #nodekind*: TNodeKind
+    flags*: TTypeFlags
+    types*: seq[PackedItemId]
+    n*: NodeId
+    #nodeflags*: TNodeFlags
+    sym*: PackedItemId
+    owner*: PackedItemId
+    size*: BiggestInt
+    align*: int16
+    paddingAtEnd*: int16
+    # not serialized: loc*: TLoc because it is backend-specific
+    typeInst*: PackedItemId
+    nonUniqueId*: int32
+
+  PackedNode* = object     # 8 bytes
+    x: uint32
+    info*: PackedLineInfo
+
+  PackedTree* = object ## usually represents a full Nim module
+    nodes: seq[PackedNode]
+    withFlags: seq[(int32, TNodeFlags)]
+    withTypes: seq[(int32, PackedItemId)]
+
+  PackedInstantiation* = object
+    key*, sym*: PackedItemId
+    concreteTypes*: seq[PackedItemId]
+
+const
+  NodeKindBits = 8'u32
+  NodeKindMask = (1'u32 shl NodeKindBits) - 1'u32
+
+template kind*(n: PackedNode): TNodeKind = TNodeKind(n.x and NodeKindMask)
+template uoperand*(n: PackedNode): uint32 = (n.x shr NodeKindBits)
+template soperand*(n: PackedNode): int32 = int32(uoperand(n))
+
+template toX(k: TNodeKind; operand: uint32): uint32 =
+  uint32(k) or (operand shl NodeKindBits)
+
+template toX(k: TNodeKind; operand: LitId): uint32 =
+  uint32(k) or (operand.uint32 shl NodeKindBits)
+
+template typeId*(n: PackedNode): PackedItemId = n.typ
+
+proc `==`*(a, b: SymId): bool {.borrow.}
+proc hash*(a: SymId): Hash {.borrow.}
+
+proc `==`*(a, b: NodePos): bool {.borrow.}
+#proc `==`*(a, b: PackedItemId): bool {.borrow.}
+proc `==`*(a, b: NodeId): bool {.borrow.}
+
+proc newTreeFrom*(old: PackedTree): PackedTree =
+  result = PackedTree(nodes: @[])
+  when false: result.sh = old.sh
+
+proc addIdent*(tree: var PackedTree; s: LitId; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+  tree.nodes.add PackedNode(x: toX(nkIdent, uint32(s)), info: info)
+
+proc addSym*(tree: var PackedTree; s: int32; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+  tree.nodes.add PackedNode(x: toX(nkSym, cast[uint32](s)), info: info)
+
+proc addSymDef*(tree: var PackedTree; s: SymId; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+  tree.nodes.add PackedNode(x: toX(nkSym, cast[uint32](s)), info: info)
+
+proc isAtom*(tree: PackedTree; pos: int): bool {.inline.} = tree.nodes[pos].kind <= nkNilLit
+
+type
+  PatchPos = distinct int
+
+proc addNode*(t: var PackedTree; kind: TNodeKind; operand: int32;
+              typeId: PackedItemId = nilItemId; info: PackedLineInfo;
+              flags: TNodeFlags = {}) =
+  t.nodes.add PackedNode(x: toX(kind, cast[uint32](operand)), info: info)
+  if flags != {}:
+    t.withFlags.add (t.nodes.len.int32 - 1, flags)
+  if typeId != nilItemId:
+    t.withTypes.add (t.nodes.len.int32 - 1, typeId)
+
+proc prepare*(tree: var PackedTree; kind: TNodeKind; flags: TNodeFlags; typeId: PackedItemId; info: PackedLineInfo): PatchPos =
+  result = PatchPos tree.nodes.len
+  tree.addNode(kind = kind, flags = flags, operand = 0, info = info, typeId = typeId)
+
+proc prepare*(dest: var PackedTree; source: PackedTree; sourcePos: NodePos): PatchPos =
+  result = PatchPos dest.nodes.len
+  dest.nodes.add source.nodes[sourcePos.int]
+
+proc patch*(tree: var PackedTree; pos: PatchPos) =
+  let pos = pos.int
+  let k = tree.nodes[pos].kind
+  assert k > nkNilLit
+  let distance = int32(tree.nodes.len - pos)
+  assert distance > 0
+  tree.nodes[pos].x = toX(k, cast[uint32](distance))
+
+proc len*(tree: PackedTree): int {.inline.} = tree.nodes.len
+
+proc `[]`*(tree: PackedTree; i: NodePos): lent PackedNode {.inline.} =
+  tree.nodes[i.int]
+
+template rawSpan(n: PackedNode): int = int(uoperand(n))
+
+proc nextChild(tree: PackedTree; pos: var int) {.inline.} =
+  if tree.nodes[pos].kind > nkNilLit:
+    assert tree.nodes[pos].uoperand > 0
+    inc pos, tree.nodes[pos].rawSpan
+  else:
+    inc pos
+
+iterator sonsReadonly*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): NodePos =
+  var pos = n.int
+  assert tree.nodes[pos].kind > nkNilLit
+  let last = pos + tree.nodes[pos].rawSpan
+  inc pos
+  while pos < last:
+    yield NodePos pos
+    nextChild tree, pos
+
+iterator sons*(dest: var PackedTree; tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): NodePos =
+  let patchPos = prepare(dest, tree, n)
+  for x in sonsReadonly(tree, n): yield x
+  patch dest, patchPos
+
+iterator isons*(dest: var PackedTree; tree: PackedTree;
+                n: NodePos): (int, NodePos) =
+  var i = 0
+  for ch0 in sons(dest, tree, n):
+    yield (i, ch0)
+    inc i
+
+iterator sonsFrom1*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): NodePos =
+  var pos = n.int
+  assert tree.nodes[pos].kind > nkNilLit
+  let last = pos + tree.nodes[pos].rawSpan
+  inc pos
+  if pos < last:
+    nextChild tree, pos
+  while pos < last:
+    yield NodePos pos
+    nextChild tree, pos
+
+iterator sonsWithoutLast2*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): NodePos =
+  var count = 0
+  for child in sonsReadonly(tree, n):
+    inc count
+  var pos = n.int
+  assert tree.nodes[pos].kind > nkNilLit
+  let last = pos + tree.nodes[pos].rawSpan
+  inc pos
+  while pos < last and count > 2:
+    yield NodePos pos
+    dec count
+    nextChild tree, pos
+
+proc parentImpl(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): NodePos =
+  # finding the parent of a node is rather easy:
+  var pos = n.int - 1
+  while pos >= 0 and (isAtom(tree, pos) or (pos + tree.nodes[pos].rawSpan - 1 < n.int)):
+    dec pos
+  #assert pos >= 0, "node has no parent"
+  result = NodePos(pos)
+
+template parent*(n: NodePos): NodePos = parentImpl(tree, n)
+
+proc hasXsons*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos; x: int): bool =
+  var count = 0
+  if tree.nodes[n.int].kind > nkNilLit:
+    for child in sonsReadonly(tree, n): inc count
+  result = count == x
+
+proc hasAtLeastXsons*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos; x: int): bool =
+  if tree.nodes[n.int].kind > nkNilLit:
+    var count = 0
+    for child in sonsReadonly(tree, n):
+      inc count
+      if count >= x: return true
+  return false
+
+proc firstSon*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): NodePos {.inline.} =
+  NodePos(n.int+1)
+proc kind*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): TNodeKind {.inline.} =
+  tree.nodes[n.int].kind
+proc litId*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): LitId {.inline.} =
+  LitId tree.nodes[n.int].uoperand
+proc info*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): PackedLineInfo {.inline.} =
+  tree.nodes[n.int].info
+
+proc findType*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): PackedItemId =
+  for x in tree.withTypes:
+    if x[0] == int32(n): return x[1]
+    if x[0] > int32(n): return nilItemId
+  return nilItemId
+
+proc findFlags*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): TNodeFlags =
+  for x in tree.withFlags:
+    if x[0] == int32(n): return x[1]
+    if x[0] > int32(n): return {}
+  return {}
+
+template typ*(n: NodePos): PackedItemId =
+  tree.findType(n)
+template flags*(n: NodePos): TNodeFlags =
+  tree.findFlags(n)
+
+template uoperand*(n: NodePos): uint32 =
+  tree.nodes[n.int].uoperand
+
+proc span*(tree: PackedTree; pos: int): int {.inline.} =
+  if isAtom(tree, pos): 1 else: tree.nodes[pos].rawSpan
+
+proc sons2*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): (NodePos, NodePos) =
+  assert(not isAtom(tree, n.int))
+  let a = n.int+1
+  let b = a + span(tree, a)
+  result = (NodePos a, NodePos b)
+
+proc sons3*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): (NodePos, NodePos, NodePos) =
+  assert(not isAtom(tree, n.int))
+  let a = n.int+1
+  let b = a + span(tree, a)
+  let c = b + span(tree, b)
+  result = (NodePos a, NodePos b, NodePos c)
+
+proc ithSon*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos; i: int): NodePos =
+  result = default(NodePos)
+  if tree.nodes[n.int].kind > nkNilLit:
+    var count = 0
+    for child in sonsReadonly(tree, n):
+      if count == i: return child
+      inc count
+  assert false, "node has no i-th child"
+
+when false:
+  proc `@`*(tree: PackedTree; lit: LitId): lent string {.inline.} =
+    tree.sh.strings[lit]
+
+template kind*(n: NodePos): TNodeKind = tree.nodes[n.int].kind
+template info*(n: NodePos): PackedLineInfo = tree.nodes[n.int].info
+template litId*(n: NodePos): LitId = LitId tree.nodes[n.int].uoperand
+
+template symId*(n: NodePos): SymId = SymId tree.nodes[n.int].soperand
+
+proc firstSon*(n: NodePos): NodePos {.inline.} = NodePos(n.int+1)
+
+const
+  externIntLit* = {nkCharLit,
+    nkIntLit,
+    nkInt8Lit,
+    nkInt16Lit,
+    nkInt32Lit,
+    nkInt64Lit,
+    nkUIntLit,
+    nkUInt8Lit,
+    nkUInt16Lit,
+    nkUInt32Lit,
+    nkUInt64Lit}
+
+  externSIntLit* = {nkIntLit, nkInt8Lit, nkInt16Lit, nkInt32Lit, nkInt64Lit}
+  externUIntLit* = {nkUIntLit, nkUInt8Lit, nkUInt16Lit, nkUInt32Lit, nkUInt64Lit}
+  directIntLit* = nkNone
+
+template copyInto*(dest, n, body) =
+  let patchPos = prepare(dest, tree, n)
+  body
+  patch dest, patchPos
+
+template copyIntoKind*(dest, kind, info, body) =
+  let patchPos = prepare(dest, kind, info)
+  body
+  patch dest, patchPos
+
+proc getNodeId*(tree: PackedTree): NodeId {.inline.} = NodeId tree.nodes.len
+
+iterator allNodes*(tree: PackedTree): NodePos =
+  var p = 0
+  while p < tree.len:
+    yield NodePos(p)
+    let s = span(tree, p)
+    inc p, s
+
+proc toPackedItemId*(item: int32): PackedItemId {.inline.} =
+  PackedItemId(module: LitId(0), item: item)
+
+proc load*(f: var RodFile; t: var PackedTree) =
+  loadSeq f, t.nodes
+  loadSeq f, t.withFlags
+  loadSeq f, t.withTypes
+
+proc store*(f: var RodFile; t: PackedTree) =
+  storeSeq f, t.nodes
+  storeSeq f, t.withFlags
+  storeSeq f, t.withTypes

compiler/ic/replayer.nim

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import std/tables
 when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
   import std/assertions
 
+import packed_ast, ic, bitabs
+
 proc replayStateChanges*(module: PSym; g: ModuleGraph) =
   let list = module.ast
   assert list != nil
@@ -86,3 +88,84 @@ proc replayStateChanges*(module: PSym; g: ModuleGraph) =
           g.cacheSeqs[destKey].add val
       else:
         internalAssert g.config, false
+
+proc replayBackendProcs*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int) =
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.attachedOps):
+    let key = translateId(it[0], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let op = it[1]
+    let tmp = translateId(it[2], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let symId = FullId(module: tmp.module, packed: it[2])
+    g.attachedOps[op][key] = LazySym(id: symId, sym: nil)
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.enumToStringProcs):
+    let key = translateId(it[0], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let tmp = translateId(it[1], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let symId = FullId(module: tmp.module, packed: it[1])
+    g.enumToStringProcs[key] = LazySym(id: symId, sym: nil)
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.methodsPerType):
+    let key = translateId(it[0], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let tmp = translateId(it[1], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let symId = FullId(module: tmp.module, packed: it[1])
+    g.methodsPerType.mgetOrPut(key, @[]).add LazySym(id: symId, sym: nil)
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.dispatchers):
+    let tmp = translateId(it, g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let symId = FullId(module: tmp.module, packed: it)
+    g.dispatchers.add LazySym(id: symId, sym: nil)
+
+proc replayGenericCacheInformation*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int) =
+  ## We remember the generic instantiations a module performed
+  ## in order to to avoid the code bloat that generic code tends
+  ## to imply. This is cheaper than deduplication of identical
+  ## generic instantiations. However, deduplication is more
+  ## powerful and general and I hope to implement it soon too
+  ## (famous last words).
+  assert g.packed[module].status == loaded
+  for it in g.packed[module].fromDisk.typeInstCache:
+    let key = translateId(it[0], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    g.typeInstCache.mgetOrPut(key, @[]).add LazyType(id: FullId(module: module, packed: it[1]), typ: nil)
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.procInstCache):
+    let key = translateId(it.key, g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let sym = translateId(it.sym, g.packed, module, g.config)
+    var concreteTypes = newSeq[FullId](it.concreteTypes.len)
+    for i in 0..high(it.concreteTypes):
+      let tmp = translateId(it.concreteTypes[i], g.packed, module, g.config)
+      concreteTypes[i] = FullId(module: tmp.module, packed: it.concreteTypes[i])
+
+    g.procInstCache.mgetOrPut(key, @[]).add LazyInstantiation(
+      module: module, sym: FullId(module: sym.module, packed: it.sym),
+      concreteTypes: concreteTypes, inst: nil)
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.methodsPerGenericType):
+    let key = translateId(it[0], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let col = it[1]
+    let tmp = translateId(it[2], g.packed, module, g.config)
+    let symId = FullId(module: tmp.module, packed: it[2])
+    g.methodsPerGenericType.mgetOrPut(key, @[]).add (col, LazySym(id: symId, sym: nil))
+
+  replayBackendProcs(g, module)
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.methods):
+    let sym = loadSymFromId(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, module,
+                            PackedItemId(module: LitId(0), item: it))
+    methodDef(g, g.idgen, sym)
+
+  when false:
+    # not used anymore:
+    for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.compilerProcs):
+      let symId = FullId(module: module, packed: PackedItemId(module: LitId(0), item: it[1]))
+      g.lazyCompilerprocs[g.packed[module].fromDisk.sh.strings[it[0]]] = symId
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.converters):
+    let symId = FullId(module: module, packed: PackedItemId(module: LitId(0), item: it))
+    g.ifaces[module].converters.add LazySym(id: symId, sym: nil)
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.trmacros):
+    let symId = FullId(module: module, packed: PackedItemId(module: LitId(0), item: it))
+    g.ifaces[module].patterns.add LazySym(id: symId, sym: nil)
+
+  for it in mitems(g.packed[module].fromDisk.pureEnums):
+    let symId = FullId(module: module, packed: PackedItemId(module: LitId(0), item: it))
+    g.ifaces[module].pureEnums.add LazySym(id: symId, sym: nil)

compiler/ic/rodfiles.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2020 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## Low level binary format used by the compiler to store and load various AST
+## and related data.
+##
+## NB: this is incredibly low level and if you're interested in how the
+##     compiler works and less a storage format, you're probably looking for
+##     the `ic` or `packed_ast` modules to understand the logical format.
+
+from std/typetraits import supportsCopyMem
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/[syncio, assertions]
+
+import std / tables
+
+## Overview
+## ========
+## `RodFile` represents a Rod File (versioned binary format), and the
+## associated data for common interactions such as IO and error tracking
+## (`RodFileError`). The file format broken up into sections (`RodSection`)
+## and preceded by a header (see: `cookie`). The precise layout, section
+## ordering and data following the section are determined by the user. See
+## `ic.loadRodFile`.
+##
+## A basic but "wrong" example of the lifecycle:
+## ---------------------------------------------
+## 1. `create` or `open`        - create a new one or open an existing
+## 2. `storeHeader`             - header info
+## 3. `storePrim` or `storeSeq` - save your stuff
+## 4. `close`                   - and we're done
+##
+## Now read the bits below to understand what's missing.
+##
+## ### Issues with the Example
+## Missing Sections:
+## This is a low level API, so headers and sections need to be stored and
+## loaded by the user, see `storeHeader` & `loadHeader` and `storeSection` &
+## `loadSection`, respectively.
+##
+## No Error Handling:
+## The API is centered around IO and prone to error, each operation checks or
+## sets the `RodFile.err` field. A user of this API needs to handle these
+## appropriately.
+##
+## API Notes
+## =========
+##
+## Valid inputs for Rod files
+## --------------------------
+## ASTs, hopes, dreams, and anything as long as it and any children it may have
+## support `copyMem`. This means anything that is not a pointer and that does not contain a pointer. At a glance these are:
+## * string
+## * objects & tuples (fields are recursed)
+## * sequences AKA `seq[T]`
+##
+## Note on error handling style
+## ----------------------------
+## A flag based approach is used where operations no-op in case of a
+## preexisting error and set the flag if they encounter one.
+##
+## Misc
+## ----
+## * 'Prim' is short for 'primitive', as in a non-sequence type
+
+type
+  RodSection* = enum
+    versionSection
+    configSection
+    stringsSection
+    checkSumsSection
+    depsSection
+    numbersSection
+    exportsSection
+    hiddenSection
+    reexportsSection
+    compilerProcsSection
+    trmacrosSection
+    convertersSection
+    methodsSection
+    pureEnumsSection
+    toReplaySection
+    topLevelSection
+    bodiesSection
+    symsSection
+    typesSection
+    typeInstCacheSection
+    procInstCacheSection
+    attachedOpsSection
+    methodsPerGenericTypeSection
+    enumToStringProcsSection
+    methodsPerTypeSection
+    dispatchersSection
+    typeInfoSection  # required by the backend
+    backendFlagsSection
+    aliveSymsSection # beware, this is stored in a `.alivesyms` file.
+    sideChannelSection
+    namespaceSection
+    symnamesSection
+
+  RodFileError* = enum
+    ok, tooBig, cannotOpen, ioFailure, wrongHeader, wrongSection, configMismatch,
+    includeFileChanged
+
+  RodFile* = object
+    f*: File
+    currentSection*: RodSection # for error checking
+    err*: RodFileError # little experiment to see if this works
+                       # better than exceptions.
+
+const
+  RodVersion = 2
+  defaultCookie = [byte(0), byte('R'), byte('O'), byte('D'),
+            byte(sizeof(int)*8), byte(system.cpuEndian), byte(0), byte(RodVersion)]
+
+proc setError(f: var RodFile; err: RodFileError) {.inline.} =
+  f.err = err
+  #raise newException(IOError, "IO error")
+
+proc storePrim*(f: var RodFile; s: string) =
+  ## Stores a string.
+  ## The len is prefixed to allow for later retreival.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  if s.len >= high(int32):
+    setError f, tooBig
+    return
+  var lenPrefix = int32(s.len)
+  if writeBuffer(f.f, addr lenPrefix, sizeof(lenPrefix)) != sizeof(lenPrefix):
+    setError f, ioFailure
+  else:
+    if s.len != 0:
+      if writeBuffer(f.f, unsafeAddr(s[0]), s.len) != s.len:
+        setError f, ioFailure
+
+proc storePrim*[T](f: var RodFile; x: T) =
+  ## Stores a non-sequence/string `T`.
+  ## If `T` doesn't support `copyMem` and is an object or tuple then the fields
+  ## are written -- the user from context will need to know which `T` to load.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  when supportsCopyMem(T):
+    if writeBuffer(f.f, unsafeAddr(x), sizeof(x)) != sizeof(x):
+      setError f, ioFailure
+  elif T is tuple:
+    for y in fields(x):
+      storePrim(f, y)
+  elif T is object:
+    for y in fields(x):
+      when y is seq:
+        storeSeq(f, y)
+      else:
+        storePrim(f, y)
+  else:
+    {.error: "unsupported type for 'storePrim'".}
+
+proc storeSeq*[T](f: var RodFile; s: seq[T]) =
+  ## Stores a sequence of `T`s, with the len as a prefix for later retrieval.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  if s.len >= high(int32):
+    setError f, tooBig
+    return
+  var lenPrefix = int32(s.len)
+  if writeBuffer(f.f, addr lenPrefix, sizeof(lenPrefix)) != sizeof(lenPrefix):
+    setError f, ioFailure
+  else:
+    for i in 0..<s.len:
+      storePrim(f, s[i])
+
+proc storeOrderedTable*[K, T](f: var RodFile; s: OrderedTable[K, T]) =
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  if s.len >= high(int32):
+    setError f, tooBig
+    return
+  var lenPrefix = int32(s.len)
+  if writeBuffer(f.f, addr lenPrefix, sizeof(lenPrefix)) != sizeof(lenPrefix):
+    setError f, ioFailure
+  else:
+    for _, v in s:
+      storePrim(f, v)
+
+proc loadPrim*(f: var RodFile; s: var string) =
+  ## Read a string, the length was stored as a prefix
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  var lenPrefix = int32(0)
+  if readBuffer(f.f, addr lenPrefix, sizeof(lenPrefix)) != sizeof(lenPrefix):
+    setError f, ioFailure
+  else:
+    s = newString(lenPrefix)
+    if lenPrefix > 0:
+      if readBuffer(f.f, unsafeAddr(s[0]), s.len) != s.len:
+        setError f, ioFailure
+
+proc loadPrim*[T](f: var RodFile; x: var T) =
+  ## Load a non-sequence/string `T`.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  when supportsCopyMem(T):
+    if readBuffer(f.f, unsafeAddr(x), sizeof(x)) != sizeof(x):
+      setError f, ioFailure
+  elif T is tuple:
+    for y in fields(x):
+      loadPrim(f, y)
+  elif T is object:
+    for y in fields(x):
+      when y is seq:
+        loadSeq(f, y)
+      else:
+        loadPrim(f, y)
+  else:
+    {.error: "unsupported type for 'loadPrim'".}
+
+proc loadSeq*[T](f: var RodFile; s: var seq[T]) =
+  ## `T` must be compatible with `copyMem`, see `loadPrim`
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  var lenPrefix = int32(0)
+  if readBuffer(f.f, addr lenPrefix, sizeof(lenPrefix)) != sizeof(lenPrefix):
+    setError f, ioFailure
+  else:
+    s = newSeq[T](lenPrefix)
+    for i in 0..<lenPrefix:
+      loadPrim(f, s[i])
+
+proc loadOrderedTable*[K, T](f: var RodFile; s: var OrderedTable[K, T]) =
+  ## `T` must be compatible with `copyMem`, see `loadPrim`
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  var lenPrefix = int32(0)
+  if readBuffer(f.f, addr lenPrefix, sizeof(lenPrefix)) != sizeof(lenPrefix):
+    setError f, ioFailure
+  else:
+    s = initOrderedTable[K, T](lenPrefix)
+    for i in 0..<lenPrefix:
+      var x = default T
+      loadPrim(f, x)
+      s[x.id] = x
+
+proc storeHeader*(f: var RodFile; cookie = defaultCookie) =
+  ## stores the header which is described by `cookie`.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  if f.f.writeBytes(cookie, 0, cookie.len) != cookie.len:
+    setError f, ioFailure
+
+proc loadHeader*(f: var RodFile; cookie = defaultCookie) =
+  ## Loads the header which is described by `cookie`.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  var thisCookie: array[cookie.len, byte] = default(array[cookie.len, byte])
+  if f.f.readBytes(thisCookie, 0, thisCookie.len) != thisCookie.len:
+    setError f, ioFailure
+  elif thisCookie != cookie:
+    setError f, wrongHeader
+
+proc storeSection*(f: var RodFile; s: RodSection) =
+  ## update `currentSection` and writes the bytes value of s.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  assert f.currentSection < s
+  f.currentSection = s
+  storePrim(f, s)
+
+proc loadSection*(f: var RodFile; expected: RodSection) =
+  ## read the bytes value of s, sets and error if the section is incorrect.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  var s: RodSection = default(RodSection)
+  loadPrim(f, s)
+  if expected != s and f.err == ok:
+    setError f, wrongSection
+
+proc create*(filename: string): RodFile =
+  ## create the file and open it for writing
+  result = default(RodFile)
+  if not open(result.f, filename, fmWrite):
+    setError result, cannotOpen
+
+proc close*(f: var RodFile) = close(f.f)
+
+proc open*(filename: string): RodFile =
+  ## open the file for reading
+  result = default(RodFile)
+  if not open(result.f, filename, fmRead):
+    setError result, cannotOpen

compiler/importer.nim

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## This module implements the symbol importing mechanism.
 
 import
-  ast, msgs, options, idents, lookups,
+  ast, astalgo, msgs, options, idents, lookups,
   semdata, modulepaths, sigmatch, lineinfos,
   modulegraphs, wordrecg
 from std/strutils import `%`, startsWith
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ proc rawImportSymbol(c: PContext, s, origin: PSym; importSet: var IntSet) =
           else:
             importPureEnumField(c, e)
   else:
-    if s.kind == skConverter: addConverter(c, s)
-    if hasPattern(s): addPattern(c, s)
+    if s.kind == skConverter: addConverter(c, LazySym(sym: s))
+    if hasPattern(s): addPattern(c, LazySym(sym: s))
   if s.owner != origin:
     c.exportIndirections.incl((origin.id, s.id))
 
@@ -190,19 +190,22 @@ proc addImport(c: PContext; im: sink ImportedModule) =
 template addUnnamedIt(c: PContext, fromMod: PSym; filter: untyped) {.dirty.} =
   for it in mitems c.graph.ifaces[fromMod.position].converters:
     if filter:
-      if sfExported in it.flags:
+      loadPackedSym(c.graph, it)
+      if sfExported in it.sym.flags:
         addConverter(c, it)
   for it in mitems c.graph.ifaces[fromMod.position].patterns:
     if filter:
-      if sfExported in it.flags:
+      loadPackedSym(c.graph, it)
+      if sfExported in it.sym.flags:
         addPattern(c, it)
   for it in mitems c.graph.ifaces[fromMod.position].pureEnums:
     if filter:
-      importPureEnumFields(c, it, it.typ)
+      loadPackedSym(c.graph, it)
+      importPureEnumFields(c, it.sym, it.sym.typ)
 
 proc importAllSymbolsExcept(c: PContext, fromMod: PSym, exceptSet: IntSet) =
   c.addImport ImportedModule(m: fromMod, mode: importExcept, exceptSet: exceptSet)
-  addUnnamedIt(c, fromMod, it.name.id notin exceptSet)
+  addUnnamedIt(c, fromMod, it.sym.name.id notin exceptSet)
 
 proc importAllSymbols*(c: PContext, fromMod: PSym) =
   c.addImport ImportedModule(m: fromMod, mode: importAll)
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ proc importForwarded(c: PContext, n: PNode, exceptSet: IntSet; fromMod: PSym; im
     for i in 0..n.safeLen-1:
       importForwarded(c, n[i], exceptSet, fromMod, importSet)
 
-proc importModuleAs(c: PContext; n: PNode, realModule: PSym, importHidden, trackUnusedImport: bool): PSym =
+proc importModuleAs(c: PContext; n: PNode, realModule: PSym, importHidden: bool): PSym =
   result = realModule
   template createModuleAliasImpl(ident): untyped =
     createModuleAlias(realModule, c.idgen, ident, n.info, c.config.options)
@@ -242,12 +245,9 @@ proc importModuleAs(c: PContext; n: PNode, realModule: PSym, importHidden, track
     # avoids modifying `realModule`, see D20201209T194412 for `import {.all.}`
     result = createModuleAliasImpl(realModule.name)
   if importHidden:
-    ensureMutable result
-    result.optionsImpl.incl optImportHidden
-  let moduleIdent = if n.kind in {nkInfix, nkImportAs}: n[^1] else: n
-  result.info = moduleIdent.info
-  if trackUnusedImport:
-    c.unusedImports.add((result, result.info))
+    result.options.incl optImportHidden
+  let moduleIdent = if n.kind == nkInfix: n[^1] else: n
+  c.unusedImports.add((result, moduleIdent.info))
   c.importModuleMap[result.id] = realModule.id
   c.importModuleLookup.mgetOrPut(result.name.id, @[]).addUnique realModule.id
 
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ proc myImportModule(c: PContext, n: var PNode, importStmtResult: PNode): PSym =
                 toFullPath(c.config, c.graph.importStack[i+1])
       c.recursiveDep = err
 
-    let trackUnusedImport = warnUnusedImportX in c.config.notes
+    var realModule: PSym
     discard pushOptionEntry(c)
-    let realModule = c.graph.importModuleCallback(c.graph, c.module, f)
-    result = importModuleAs(c, n, realModule, transf.importHidden, trackUnusedImport)
+    realModule = c.graph.importModuleCallback(c.graph, c.module, f)
+    result = importModuleAs(c, n, realModule, transf.importHidden)
     popOptionEntry(c)
 
     #echo "set back to ", L
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ proc impMod(c: PContext; it: PNode; importStmtResult: PNode) =
   let m = myImportModule(c, it, importStmtResult)
   if m != nil:
     # ``addDecl`` needs to be done before ``importAllSymbols``!
-    addDecl(c, m) # add symbol to symbol table of module
+    addDecl(c, m, it.info) # add symbol to symbol table of module
     importAllSymbols(c, m)
     #importForwarded(c, m.ast, emptySet, m)
     afterImport(c, m)
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ proc evalFrom*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var m = myImportModule(c, n[0], result)
   if m != nil:
     n[0] = newSymNode(m)
-    addDecl(c, m)               # add symbol to symbol table of module
+    addDecl(c, m, n.info)               # add symbol to symbol table of module
 
     var im = ImportedModule(m: m, mode: importSet, imported: initIntSet())
     for i in 1..<n.len:
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ proc evalImportExcept*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var m = myImportModule(c, n[0], result)
   if m != nil:
     n[0] = newSymNode(m)
-    addDecl(c, m)               # add symbol to symbol table of module
+    addDecl(c, m, n.info)               # add symbol to symbol table of module
     importAllSymbolsExcept(c, m, readExceptSet(c, n))
     #importForwarded(c, m.ast, exceptSet, m)
     afterImport(c, m)

compiler/injectdestructors.nim

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import std/[strtabs, tables, strutils, intsets]
 when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
   import std/assertions
 
-from trees import exprStructuralEquivalent, getRoot, whichPragma, getPotentialWrites
+from trees import exprStructuralEquivalent, getRoot, whichPragma
 
 type
   Con = object
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ proc hasDestructor(c: Con; t: PType): bool {.inline.} =
   result = ast.hasDestructor(t)
   when toDebug.len > 0:
     # for more effective debugging
-    if not result and c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcAtomicArc}:
+    if not result and c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcAtomicArc}:
       assert(not containsGarbageCollectedRef(t))
 
 proc getTemp(c: var Con; s: var Scope; typ: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ when false:
 proc isLastReadImpl(n: PNode; c: var Con; scope: var Scope): bool =
   let root = parampatterns.exprRoot(n, allowCalls=false)
   if root == nil: return false
-  elif sfSingleUsedTemp in root.flags: return true
 
   var s = addr(scope)
   while s != nil:
@@ -163,16 +162,13 @@ proc isLastReadImpl(n: PNode; c: var Con; scope: var Scope): bool =
   else:
     result = false
 
-template hasDestructorOrAsgn(c: var Con, typ: PType): bool =
-  # bug #23354; an object type could have a non-trivial assignements when it is passed to a sink parameter
-  hasDestructor(c, typ) or (c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcAtomicArc} and
-        typ.kind == tyObject and not isTrivial(getAttachedOp(c.graph, typ, attachedAsgn)))
-
 proc isLastRead(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope): bool =
-  if not hasDestructorOrAsgn(c, n.typ): return true
+  # bug #23354; an object type could have a non-trival assignements when it is passed to a sink parameter
+  if not hasDestructor(c, n.typ) and (n.typ.kind != tyObject or isTrival(getAttachedOp(c.graph, n.typ, attachedAsgn))): return true
 
   let m = skipConvDfa(n)
-  result = isLastReadImpl(n, c, s)
+  result = (m.kind == nkSym and sfSingleUsedTemp in m.sym.flags) or
+      isLastReadImpl(n, c, s)
 
 proc isFirstWrite(n: PNode; c: var Con): bool =
   let m = skipConvDfa(n)
@@ -189,11 +185,10 @@ proc isCursor(n: PNode): bool =
   else:
     false
 
-template isFullyUnpackedTuple(n: PNode): bool =
+template isUnpackedTuple(n: PNode): bool =
   ## we move out all elements of unpacked tuples,
   ## hence unpacked tuples themselves don't need to be destroyed
   ## except it's already a cursor
-  ## restricted to `skTemp`, tuple temps where not every field is unpacked should not use `skTemp`
   (n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind == skTemp and
    n.sym.typ.kind == tyTuple and sfCursor notin n.sym.flags)
 
@@ -202,8 +197,7 @@ proc checkForErrorPragma(c: Con; t: PType; ri: PNode; opname: string; inferredFr
   if inferredFromCopy:
     m.add ", which is inferred from unavailable '=copy'"
 
-  if (opname == "=" or opname == "=copy" or opname == "=dup") and
-       ri != nil:
+  if (opname == "=" or opname == "=copy" or opname == "=dup") and ri != nil:
     m.add "; requires a copy because it's not the last read of '"
     m.add renderTree(ri)
     m.add '\''
@@ -253,12 +247,7 @@ proc genOp(c: var Con; t: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp; dest, ri: PNode): PNode
   dbg:
     if kind == attachedDestructor:
       echo "destructor is ", op.id, " ", op.ast
-  if sfError in op.flags:
-    if ri != nil:
-      checkForErrorPragma(c, t, ri, AttachedOpToStr[kind])
-    else:
-      # uses the lineinfos of `dest` is `ri` is not available
-      checkForErrorPragma(c, t, dest, AttachedOpToStr[kind])
+  if sfError in op.flags: checkForErrorPragma(c, t, ri, AttachedOpToStr[kind])
   c.genOp(op, dest)
 
 proc genDestroy(c: var Con; dest: PNode): PNode =
@@ -286,7 +275,7 @@ proc deepAliases(dest, ri: PNode): bool =
     return aliases(dest, ri) != no
 
 proc genSink(c: var Con; s: var Scope; dest, ri: PNode; flags: set[MoveOrCopyFlag] = {}): PNode =
-  if (c.inLoopCond == 0 and (isFullyUnpackedTuple(dest) or IsDecl in flags or
+  if (c.inLoopCond == 0 and (isUnpackedTuple(dest) or IsDecl in flags or
       (isAnalysableFieldAccess(dest, c.owner) and isFirstWrite(dest, c)))) or
       isNoInit(dest) or IsReturn in flags:
     # optimize sink call into a bitwise memcopy
@@ -329,21 +318,21 @@ proc isCriticalLink(dest: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   result = dest.kind != nkSym
 
 proc finishCopy(c: var Con; result, dest: PNode; flags: set[MoveOrCopyFlag]; isFromSink: bool) =
-  if c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcOrc, gcYrc} and IsExplicitSink notin flags:
+  if c.graph.config.selectedGC == gcOrc and IsExplicitSink notin flags:
     # add cyclic flag, but not to sink calls, which IsExplicitSink generates
     let t = dest.typ.skipTypes(tyUserTypeClasses + {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink, tyDistinct})
     if cyclicType(c.graph, t):
       result.add boolLit(c.graph, result.info, isFromSink or isCriticalLink(dest))
 
 proc genMarkCyclic(c: var Con; result, dest: PNode) =
-  if c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcOrc, gcYrc}:
+  if c.graph.config.selectedGC == gcOrc:
     let t = dest.typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink, tyDistinct})
     if cyclicType(c.graph, t):
       if t.kind == tyRef:
         result.add callCodegenProc(c.graph, "nimMarkCyclic", dest.info, dest)
       else:
         let xenv = genBuiltin(c.graph, c.idgen, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", dest)
-        xenv.typ = getSysType(c.graph, dest.info, tyPointer)
+        xenv.typ() = getSysType(c.graph, dest.info, tyPointer)
         result.add callCodegenProc(c.graph, "nimMarkCyclic", dest.info, xenv)
 
 proc genCopyNoCheck(c: var Con; dest, ri: PNode; a: TTypeAttachedOp): PNode =
@@ -411,7 +400,7 @@ proc genWasMoved(c: var Con, n: PNode): PNode =
     result = genOp(c, op, n)
   else:
     result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info)
-    result.add(newSymNode(createMagic(c.graph, c.idgen, "wasMoved", mWasMoved)))
+    result.add(newSymNode(createMagic(c.graph, c.idgen, "`=wasMoved`", mWasMoved)))
     result.add copyTree(n) #mWasMoved does not take the address
     #if n.kind != nkSym:
     #  message(c.graph.config, n.info, warnUser, "wasMoved(" & $n & ")")
@@ -419,7 +408,7 @@ proc genWasMoved(c: var Con, n: PNode): PNode =
 proc genDefaultCall(t: PType; c: Con; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, info)
   result.add(newSymNode(createMagic(c.graph, c.idgen, "default", mDefault)))
-  result.typ = t
+  result.typ() = t
 
 proc destructiveMoveVar(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope): PNode =
   # generate: (let tmp = v; reset(v); tmp)
@@ -460,7 +449,7 @@ proc passCopyToSink(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope): PNode =
   result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, n.info, n.typ)
   let nTyp = n.typ.skipTypes(tyUserTypeClasses)
   let tmp = c.getTemp(s, nTyp, n.info)
-  if hasDestructorOrAsgn(c, nTyp):
+  if hasDestructor(c, nTyp):
     let typ = nTyp.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
     let op = getAttachedOp(c.graph, typ, attachedDup)
     if op != nil and tfHasOwned notin typ.flags:
@@ -495,7 +484,7 @@ proc passCopyToSink(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope): PNode =
       localError(c.graph.config, n.info, errFailedMove,
         ("cannot move '$1', passing '$1' to a sink parameter introduces an implicit copy") % $n)
   else:
-    if c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcAtomicArc}:
+    if c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcAtomicArc}:
       assert(not containsManagedMemory(nTyp))
     if nTyp.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyOpenArray, tyVarargs}:
       localError(c.graph.config, n.info, "cannot create an implicit openArray copy to be passed to a sink parameter")
@@ -570,7 +559,7 @@ proc cycleCheck(n: PNode; c: var Con) =
 proc pVarTopLevel(v: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; res: PNode) =
   # move the variable declaration to the top of the frame:
   s.vars.add v.sym
-  if isFullyUnpackedTuple(v):
+  if isUnpackedTuple(v):
     if c.inLoop > 0:
       # unpacked tuple needs reset at every loop iteration
       res.add newTree(nkFastAsgn, v, genDefaultCall(v.typ, c, v.info))
@@ -813,7 +802,15 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
       result = passCopyToSink(n, c, s)
     elif n.kind in {nkBracket, nkObjConstr, nkTupleConstr, nkClosure, nkNilLit} +
          nkCallKinds + nkLiterals:
-      result = p(n, c, s, consumed)
+      if n.kind in nkCallKinds and n[0].kind == nkSym:
+        if n[0].sym.magic == mEnsureMove:
+          inc c.inEnsureMove
+          result = p(n[1], c, s, sinkArg)
+          dec c.inEnsureMove
+        else:
+          result = p(n, c, s, consumed)
+      else:
+        result = p(n, c, s, consumed)
     elif ((n.kind == nkSym and isSinkParam(n.sym)) or isAnalysableFieldAccess(n, c.owner)) and
         isLastRead(n, c, s) and not (n.kind == nkSym and isCursor(n)):
       # Sinked params can be consumed only once. We need to reset the memory
@@ -825,9 +822,9 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
           n[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst-{tyOwned}).kind == tyOwned:
         # allow conversions from owned to unowned via this little hack:
         let nTyp = n[1].typ
-        n[1].typ = n.typ
+        n[1].typ() = n.typ
         result[1] = p(n[1], c, s, sinkArg)
-        result[1].typ = nTyp
+        result[1].typ() = nTyp
       else:
         result[1] = p(n[1], c, s, sinkArg)
     elif n.kind in {nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv}:
@@ -889,6 +886,12 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
       if mode == normal and (isRefConstr or hasCustomDestructor(c, t)):
         result = ensureDestruction(result, n, c, s)
     of nkCallKinds:
+      if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.magic == mEnsureMove:
+        inc c.inEnsureMove
+        result = p(n[1], c, s, sinkArg)
+        dec c.inEnsureMove
+        return
+
       let inSpawn = c.inSpawn
       if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.magic == mSpawn:
         c.inSpawn.inc
@@ -906,19 +909,13 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
           isDangerous = true
 
       result = shallowCopy(n)
-
-      if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.magic == mEnsureMove:
-        inc c.inEnsureMove
-        result[1] = p(n[1], c, s, sinkArg)
-        dec c.inEnsureMove
-      else:
-        for i in 1..<n.len:
-          if i < L and isCompileTimeOnly(parameters[i]):
-            result[i] = n[i]
-          elif i < L and (isSinkTypeForParam(parameters[i]) or inSpawn > 0):
-            result[i] = p(n[i], c, s, sinkArg)
-          else:
-            result[i] = p(n[i], c, s, normal)
+      for i in 1..<n.len:
+        if i < L and isCompileTimeOnly(parameters[i]):
+          result[i] = n[i]
+        elif i < L and (isSinkTypeForParam(parameters[i]) or inSpawn > 0):
+          result[i] = p(n[i], c, s, sinkArg)
+        else:
+          result[i] = p(n[i], c, s, normal)
 
       when false:
         if isDangerous:
@@ -926,7 +923,7 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
 
       if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.magic in {mNew, mNewFinalize}:
         result[0] = copyTree(n[0])
-        if c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcHooks, gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc}:
+        if c.graph.config.selectedGC in {gcHooks, gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc}:
           let destroyOld = c.genDestroy(result[1])
           result = newTree(nkStmtList, destroyOld, result)
       else:
@@ -946,9 +943,6 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
     of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
       # transform; var x = y to  var x; x op y  where op is a move or copy
       result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
-
-      let isInProc = c.owner.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skIterator, skConverter}
-
       for it in n:
         var ri = it[^1]
         if it.kind == nkVarTuple and hasDestructor(c, ri.typ):
@@ -964,15 +958,7 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
               s.locals.add v.sym
               pVarTopLevel(v, c, s, result)
             if ri.kind != nkEmpty:
-              let isGlobalPragma = v.kind == nkSym and
-                      {sfPure, sfGlobal} <= v.sym.flags and
-                      isInProc
-
-              if isGlobalPragma:
-                c.graph.procGlobals.add newTree(nkFastAsgn, v, ri)
-              else:
-                let value = moveOrCopy(v, ri, c, s, if v.kind == nkSym: {IsDecl} else: {})
-                result.add value
+              result.add moveOrCopy(v, ri, c, s, if v.kind == nkSym: {IsDecl} else: {})
             elif ri.kind == nkEmpty and c.inLoop > 0:
               let skipInit = v.kind == nkDotExpr and # Closure var
                              sfNoInit in v[1].sym.flags
@@ -1036,9 +1022,9 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
           n[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst-{tyOwned}).kind == tyOwned:
         # allow conversions from owned to unowned via this little hack:
         let nTyp = n[1].typ
-        n[1].typ = n.typ
+        n[1].typ() = n.typ
         result[1] = p(n[1], c, s, mode)
-        result[1].typ = nTyp
+        result[1].typ() = nTyp
       else:
         result[1] = p(n[1], c, s, mode)
 
@@ -1144,25 +1130,6 @@ proc genFieldAccessSideEffects(c: var Con; s: var Scope; dest, ri: PNode; flags:
   var snk = c.genSink(s, dest, newAccess, flags)
   result = newTree(nkStmtList, v, snk, c.genWasMoved(newAccess))
 
-proc ownsData(c: var Con; s: var Scope; orig: PNode; flags: set[MoveOrCopyFlag]): PNode =
-  var n = orig
-  while true:
-    case n.kind
-    of nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr, nkBracketExpr:
-      n = n[0]
-    else:
-      break
-  if n.kind in nkCallKinds and n.typ != nil and hasDestructor(c, n.typ):
-    result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, orig.info, orig.typ)
-    let tmp = c.getTemp(s, n.typ, n.info)
-    tmp.sym.flagsImpl.incl sfSingleUsedTemp
-    result.add newTree(nkFastAsgn, tmp, copyTree(n))
-    s.final.add c.genDestroy(tmp)
-    n[] = tmp[]
-    result.add copyTree(orig)
-  else:
-    result = nil
-
 proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope, flags: set[MoveOrCopyFlag] = {}): PNode =
   var ri = ri
   var isEnsureMove = 0
@@ -1189,7 +1156,7 @@ proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope, flags: set[MoveOrCopy
     of nkCallKinds:
       result = c.genSink(s, dest, p(ri, c, s, consumed), flags)
     of nkBracketExpr:
-      if isFullyUnpackedTuple(ri[0]):
+      if isUnpackedTuple(ri[0]):
         # unpacking of tuple: take over the elements
         result = c.genSink(s, dest, p(ri, c, s, consumed), flags)
       elif isAnalysableFieldAccess(ri, c.owner) and isLastRead(ri, c, s):
@@ -1238,22 +1205,15 @@ proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope, flags: set[MoveOrCopy
         result.add p(ri, c, s, consumed)
         c.finishCopy(result, dest, flags, isFromSink = false)
     of nkHiddenSubConv, nkHiddenStdConv, nkConv, nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv, nkCast:
-      if IsExplicitSink in flags:
-        result = c.genSink(s, dest, p(ri, c, s, consumed), flags)
-      else:
-        result = c.genSink(s, dest, p(ri, c, s, sinkArg), flags)
-    of nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockExpr, nkIfExpr, nkCaseStmt, nkTryStmt, nkPragmaBlock:
+      result = c.genSink(s, dest, p(ri, c, s, sinkArg), flags)
+    of nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockExpr, nkIfExpr, nkCaseStmt, nkTryStmt:
       template process(child, s): untyped = moveOrCopy(dest, child, c, s, flags)
       # We know the result will be a stmt so we use that fact to optimize
       handleNestedTempl(ri, process, willProduceStmt = true)
     of nkRaiseStmt:
       result = pRaiseStmt(ri, c, s)
     else:
-      let isOwnsData = ownsData(c, s, ri2, flags)
-
-      if isOwnsData != nil:
-        result = moveOrCopy(dest, isOwnsData, c, s, flags)
-      elif isAnalysableFieldAccess(ri, c.owner) and isLastRead(ri, c, s) and
+      if isAnalysableFieldAccess(ri, c.owner) and isLastRead(ri, c, s) and
           canBeMoved(c, dest.typ):
         # Rule 3: `=sink`(x, z); wasMoved(z)
         let snk = c.genSink(s, dest, ri, flags)
@@ -1292,55 +1252,6 @@ when false:
       for i in 0..<n.safeLen:
         injectDefaultCalls(n[i], c)
 
-proc replaceSinkParam(n: PNode, mapping: Table[int, PSym]): PNode =
-  case n.kind
-  of nkSym:
-    if n.sym.id in mapping:
-      result = newSymNode(mapping[n.sym.id])
-    else:
-      result = n
-  of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
-    result = copyNode(n)
-    newSons(result, n.len)
-    for i in 0..<n.len:
-      result[i] = copyNode(n[i])
-      for j in 0..<n[i].len-1:
-        result[i].add n[i][j]
-      result[i].add replaceSinkParam(n[i][^1], mapping)
-  of {nkNone..nkNilLit}-{nkSym}, nkTypeSection, nkProcDef, nkConverterDef,
-      nkMethodDef, nkIteratorDef, nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef, nkLambda, nkDo,
-      nkFuncDef, nkConstSection, nkConstDef, nkIncludeStmt, nkImportStmt,
-      nkExportStmt, nkPragma, nkCommentStmt, nkBreakState,
-      nkTypeOfExpr, nkMixinStmt, nkBindStmt:
-    result = n
-  else:
-    result = copyNode(n)
-    for i in 0..<n.len:
-      result.add replaceSinkParam(n[i], mapping)
-
-proc addSinkCopy(c: var Con; s: var Scope; sinkParams: seq[PSym]; n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
-  var mapping = initTable[int, PSym]()
-
-  var mutated = newSeq[PNode]()
-  getPotentialWrites(n, false, mutated)
-  var mutatedSet = initIntSet()
-  for m in mutated:
-    mutatedSet.incl m.sym.id
-  for param in sinkParams:
-    if param.id in mutatedSet:
-      let newSym = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(c.graph.cache, "sinkCopy"), c.idgen, param.owner, n.info)
-      newSym.flagsImpl.incl sfFromGeneric
-      newSym.typ = param.typ.elementType
-      mapping[param.id] = newSym
-      let v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, n.info)
-      v.addVar(newSymNode(newSym), newSymNode(param))
-      result.add v
-  if mapping.len > 0:
-    result.add replaceSinkParam(n, mapping)
-  else:
-    result = n
-
 proc injectDestructorCalls*(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
   when toDebug.len > 0:
     shouldDebug = toDebug == owner.name.s or toDebug == "always"
@@ -1354,24 +1265,15 @@ proc injectDestructorCalls*(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym; n:
   var scope = Scope(body: n)
   let body = p(n, c, scope, normal)
 
-  var sinkParams = newSeq[PSym]()
-
   if owner.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skIterator, skConverter}:
     let params = owner.typ.n
     for i in 1..<params.len:
       let t = params[i].sym.typ
-      if isSinkTypeForParam(t):
-        let baseType = t.skipTypes({tySink})
-        if baseType.kind in {tyString, tySequence, tyArray, tyTuple, tyObject}:
-          sinkParams.add params[i].sym
-        if hasDestructor(c, baseType):
-          scope.final.add c.genDestroy(params[i])
+      if isSinkTypeForParam(t) and hasDestructor(c, t.skipTypes({tySink})):
+        scope.final.add c.genDestroy(params[i])
   #if optNimV2 in c.graph.config.globalOptions:
   #  injectDefaultCalls(n, c)
   result = optimize processScope(c, scope, body)
-  if sinkParams.len > 0:
-    result = addSinkCopy(c, scope, sinkParams, result)
-
   dbg:
     echo ">---------transformed-to--------->"
     echo renderTree(result, {renderIds})

compiler/inliner.nim

@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-
-proc copySymdef(n: PNode; locals: var Table[int, PSym]; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym): PNode =
-  case n.kind
-  of nkEmpty..pred(nkSym), succ(nkSym)..nkNilLit:
-    result = n
-  of nkSym:
-    let oldSym = n.sym
-    let newSym = copySym(oldSym, idgen)
-    setOwner(newSym, owner)
-    locals[oldSym.id] = newSym
-    result = newSymNode(newSym, oldSym.info)
-  else:
-    result = shallowCopy(n)
-    for i in 0..<n.len:
-      result[i] = copySymdef(n[i], locals, idgen, owner)
-
-proc copyInlineProcBody(n: PNode; locals: var Table[int, PSym]; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym): PNode =
-  case n.kind
-  of nkEmpty..pred(nkSym), succ(nkSym)..nkNilLit:
-    result = n
-  of nkSym:
-    let sym = locals.getOrDefault(n.sym.id)
-    if sym != nil:
-      result = newSymNode(sym, n.info)
-    else:
-      result = n
-  of nkLetSection, nkVarSection:
-    result = shallowCopy(n)
-    for i in 0..<n.len:
-      let it = n[i]
-      if it.kind == nkCommentStmt:
-        result[i] = it
-      elif it.kind in {nkIdentDefs, nkConstDef}:
-        result[i] = shallowCopy(it)
-        for j in 0..<it.len-2:
-          result[i][j] = copySymdef(it[j], locals, idgen, owner)
-        for j in it.len-2..<it.len:
-          result[i][j] = copyInlineProcBody(it[j], locals, idgen, owner)
-      else:
-        assert it.kind == nkVarTuple
-        result[i] = shallowCopy(it)
-        for j in 0..<it.len-2:
-          assert it[j].kind == nkSym
-          let oldSym = it[j].sym
-          let newSym = copySym(oldSym, idgen)
-          setOwner(newSym, owner)
-          locals[oldSym.id] = newSym
-          result[i][j] = newSymNode(newSym, oldSym.info)
-        for j in it.len-2..<it.len:
-          result[i][j] = copyInlineProcBody(it[j], locals, idgen, owner)
-
-  of nkForStmt, nkParForStmt:
-    result = shallowCopy(n)
-    for i in 0..<n.len-2:
-      assert n[i].kind == nkSym
-      let oldSym = n[i].sym
-      let newSym = copySym(oldSym, idgen)
-      setOwner(newSym, owner)
-      locals[oldSym.id] = newSym
-      result[i] = newSymNode(newSym, oldSym.info)
-    result[n.len-2] = copyInlineProcBody(n[n.len-2], locals, idgen, owner)
-    result[n.len-1] = copyInlineProcBody(n[n.len-1], locals, idgen, owner)
-  of routineDefs, nkTypeSection, nkTypeOfExpr, nkMixinStmt, nkBindStmt, nkConstSection:
-    result = n
-  else:
-    result = shallowCopy(n)
-    for i in 0..<n.len:
-      result[i] = copyInlineProcBody(n[i], locals, idgen, owner)
-
-proc copyParams(n: PNode; locals: var Table[int, PSym]; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym): PNode =
-  result = shallowCopy(n)
-  result[0] = n[0] # return type
-  for i in 1..<n.len:
-    let it = n[i]
-    assert it.kind == nkIdentDefs
-    result[i] = shallowCopy(it)
-    for j in 0..<it.len-2:
-      assert it[j].kind == nkSym
-      let oldSym = it[j].sym
-      let newSym = copySym(oldSym, idgen)
-      setOwner(newSym, owner)
-      locals[oldSym.id] = newSym
-      result[i][j] = newSymNode(newSym, oldSym.info)
-      owner.typ.addParam newSym
-    for j in it.len-2..<it.len:
-      result[i][j] = copyInlineProcBody(it[j], locals, idgen, owner)
-
-proc copyInlineProc(prc: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
-  result = copySym(prc, idgen)
-  var locals = initTable[int, PSym]()
-
-  var a = shallowCopy(prc.ast)
-  if resultPos < prc.ast.len and prc.ast[resultPos].kind == nkSym:
-    let oldRes = prc.ast[resultPos].sym
-    let newRes = copySym(oldRes, idgen)
-    setOwner(newRes, result)
-    locals[oldRes.id] = newRes
-    a[resultPos] = newSymNode(newRes, oldRes.info)
-
-  result.typ = copyType(prc.typ, idgen, result)
-  result.typ.n = newNodeI(prc.typ.n.kind, prc.typ.n.info)
-  if prc.typ.n.len > 0:
-    result.typ.n.add copyNode(prc.typ.n[0])
-    for i in 1..<prc.typ.n.len:
-      let it = prc.typ.n[i]
-      assert it.kind == nkSym
-      let oldSym = it.sym
-      let newSym = copySym(oldSym, idgen)
-      setOwner(newSym, result)
-      locals[oldSym.id] = newSym
-      result.typ.addParam newSym
-
-  for i in 0..<prc.ast.len:
-    if i == paramsPos:
-      a[i] = copyTree(prc.ast[i])
-    elif i == resultPos and prc.ast[i].kind == nkSym:
-      discard "handled above"
-    else:
-      a[i] = copyInlineProcBody(prc.ast[i], locals, idgen, result)
-  result.ast = a
-
-  #echo "Produced: ", renderTree(result.ast, {renderIds})

compiler/installer.ini

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Name: "Nim"
 Version: "$version"
 Platforms: """
   windows: i386;amd64
-  linux: i386;hppa;ia64;alpha;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;sparc64;s390x;m68k;mips;mipsel;mips64;mips64el;powerpc;powerpc64el;arm64;riscv32;riscv64;loongarch64
+  linux: i386;hppa;ia64;alpha;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;sparc64;m68k;mips;mipsel;mips64;mips64el;powerpc;powerpc64el;arm64;riscv32;riscv64;loongarch64
   macosx: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm64
   solaris: i386;amd64;sparc;sparc64
   freebsd: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm;arm64;riscv64;sparc64;mips;mipsel;mips64;mips64el;powerpc;powerpc64el
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ Files: "lib"
 Files: "examples"
 Files: "dist/nimble"
 Files: "dist/checksums"
-Files: "dist/nimony"
 
 Files: "tests"
 

compiler/isolation_check.nim

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ proc containsVariable(n: PNode): bool =
 proc checkIsolate*(n: PNode): bool =
   if types.containsTyRef(n.typ):
     # XXX Maybe require that 'n.typ' is acyclic. This is not much
-    # worse than the already existing inheritance and closure restrictions.
+    # worse than the already exisiting inheritance and closure restrictions.
     case n.kind
     of nkCharLit..nkNilLit:
       result = true

compiler/jsgen.nim

@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ proc mangleName(m: BModule, s: PSym): Rope =
       else:
         result.add("_")
         result.add(rope(s.id))
-    ensureMutable s
-    s.locImpl.snippet = result
+    s.loc.snippet = result
 
 proc escapeJSString(s: string): string =
   result = newStringOfCap(s.len + s.len shr 2)
@@ -729,47 +728,44 @@ proc arithAux(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes, op: TMagic) =
   of mShrI:
     let typ = n[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractVarRange)
     if typ.kind == tyInt64 and optJsBigInt64 in p.config.globalOptions:
-      applyFormat("BigInt.asIntN(64, BigInt.asUintN(64, $1) >> (BigInt($2) & 63n))")
+      applyFormat("BigInt.asIntN(64, BigInt.asUintN(64, $1) >> BigInt($2))")
     elif typ.kind == tyUInt64 and optJsBigInt64 in p.config.globalOptions:
-      applyFormat("($1 >> (BigInt($2) & 63n))")
+      applyFormat("($1 >> BigInt($2))")
     else:
-      let bitmask = typ.size * 8 - 1
       if typ.kind in {tyInt..tyInt32}:
         let trimmerU = unsignedTrimmer(typ.size)
         let trimmerS = signedTrimmer(typ.size)
-        r.res = "((($1 $2) >>> ($3 & $5)) $4)" % [xLoc, trimmerU, yLoc, trimmerS, $bitmask]
+        r.res = "((($1 $2) >>> $3) $4)" % [xLoc, trimmerU, yLoc, trimmerS]
       else:
-        r.res = "($1 >>> ($2 & $3))" % [xLoc, yLoc, $bitmask]
+        applyFormat("($1 >>> $2)")
   of mShlI:
     let typ = n[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractVarRange)
     if typ.size == 8:
       if typ.kind == tyInt64 and optJsBigInt64 in p.config.globalOptions:
-        applyFormat("BigInt.asIntN(64, $1 << (BigInt($2) & 63n))")
+        applyFormat("BigInt.asIntN(64, $1 << BigInt($2))")
       elif typ.kind == tyUInt64 and optJsBigInt64 in p.config.globalOptions:
-        applyFormat("BigInt.asUintN(64, $1 << (BigInt($2) & 63n))")
+        applyFormat("BigInt.asUintN(64, $1 << BigInt($2))")
       else:
-        applyFormat("($1 * Math.pow(2, ($2 & 63)))")
+        applyFormat("($1 * Math.pow(2, $2))")
     else:
-      let bitmask = typ.size * 8 - 1
       if typ.kind in {tyUInt..tyUInt32}:
         let trimmer = unsignedTrimmer(typ.size)
-        r.res = "(($1 << ($2 & $4)) $3)" % [xLoc, yLoc, trimmer, $bitmask]
+        r.res = "(($1 << $2) $3)" % [xLoc, yLoc, trimmer]
       else:
         let trimmer = signedTrimmer(typ.size)
-        r.res = "(($1 << ($2 & $4)) $3)" % [xLoc, yLoc, trimmer, $bitmask]
+        r.res = "(($1 << $2) $3)" % [xLoc, yLoc, trimmer]
   of mAshrI:
     let typ = n[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractVarRange)
     if typ.size == 8:
       if optJsBigInt64 in p.config.globalOptions:
-        applyFormat("($1 >> (BigInt($2) & 63n))")
+        applyFormat("($1 >> BigInt($2))")
       else:
-        applyFormat("Math.floor($1 / Math.pow(2, ($2 & 63)))")
+        applyFormat("Math.floor($1 / Math.pow(2, $2))")
     else:
-      let bitmask = typ.size * 8 - 1
       if typ.kind in {tyUInt..tyUInt32}:
-        r.res = "($1 >>> ($2 & $3)))" % [xLoc, yLoc, $bitmask]
+        applyFormat("($1 >>> $2)")
       else:
-        r.res = "($1 >> ($2 & $3))" % [xLoc, yLoc, $bitmask]
+        applyFormat("($1 >> $2)")
   of mBitandI: bitwiseExpr("&")
   of mBitorI: bitwiseExpr("|")
   of mBitxorI: bitwiseExpr("^")
@@ -1006,8 +1002,7 @@ proc genTry(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       # If some branch requires a local alias introduce it here. This is needed
       # since JS cannot do ``catch x as y``.
       if excAlias != nil:
-        ensureMutable excAlias.sym
-        excAlias.sym.locImpl.snippet = mangleName(p.module, excAlias.sym)
+        excAlias.sym.loc.snippet = mangleName(p.module, excAlias.sym)
         lineF(p, "var $1 = lastJSError;$n", excAlias.sym.loc.snippet)
       gen(p, n[i][^1], a)
       moveInto(p, a, r)
@@ -1140,8 +1135,7 @@ proc genBlock(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     # named block?
     if (n[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(p.config, n.info, "genBlock")
     var sym = n[0].sym
-    ensureMutable sym
-    sym.locImpl.k = locOther
+    sym.loc.k = locOther
     sym.position = idx+1
   let labl = p.unique
   lineF(p, "Label$1: {$n", [labl.rope])
@@ -1240,8 +1234,7 @@ proc generateHeader(p: PProc, prc: PSym): Rope =
       # to keep it simple
       let env = prc.ast[paramsPos].lastSon
       assert env.kind == nkSym, "env is missing"
-      ensureMutable env.sym
-      env.sym.locImpl.snippet = "this"
+      env.sym.loc.snippet = "this"
 
   for i in 1..<typ.n.len:
     assert(typ.n[i].kind == nkSym)
@@ -1378,15 +1371,12 @@ proc genFieldAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   r.typ = etyBaseIndex
   let b = if n.kind == nkHiddenAddr: n[0] else: n
   gen(p, b[0], a)
-  if skipTypes(b[0].typ, abstractVarRange + tyTypeClasses).kind == tyTuple:
-    # ref #25227 about `+ tyTypeClasses`
+  if skipTypes(b[0].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyTuple:
     r.res = makeJSString("Field" & $getFieldPosition(p, b[1]))
   else:
     if b[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(p.config, b[1].info, "genFieldAddr")
     var f = b[1].sym
-    if f.loc.snippet == "": 
-      ensureMutable f
-      f.locImpl.snippet = mangleName(p.module, f)
+    if f.loc.snippet == "": f.loc.snippet = mangleName(p.module, f)
     r.res = makeJSString($f.loc.snippet)
   internalAssert p.config, a.typ != etyBaseIndex
   r.address = a.res
@@ -1414,9 +1404,7 @@ proc genFieldAccess(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   else:
     if n[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(p.config, n[1].info, "genFieldAccess")
     var f = n[1].sym
-    if f.loc.snippet == "": 
-      ensureMutable f
-      f.locImpl.snippet = mangleName(p.module, f)
+    if f.loc.snippet == "": f.loc.snippet = mangleName(p.module, f)
     r.res = "$1.$2" % [r.res, f.loc.snippet]
     mkTemp(1)
   r.kind = resExpr
@@ -1437,15 +1425,11 @@ proc genCheckedFieldOp(p: PProc, n: PNode, addrTyp: PType, r: var TCompRes) =
   # Field symbol
   var field = accessExpr[1].sym
   internalAssert p.config, field.kind == skField
-  if field.loc.snippet == "": 
-    ensureMutable field
-    field.locImpl.snippet = mangleName(p.module, field)
+  if field.loc.snippet == "": field.loc.snippet = mangleName(p.module, field)
   # Discriminant symbol
   let disc = checkExpr[2].sym
   internalAssert p.config, disc.kind == skField
-  if disc.loc.snippet == "": 
-    ensureMutable disc
-    disc.locImpl.snippet = mangleName(p.module, disc)
+  if disc.loc.snippet == "": disc.loc.snippet = mangleName(p.module, disc)
 
   var setx: TCompRes = default(TCompRes)
   gen(p, checkExpr[1], setx)
@@ -1601,12 +1585,15 @@ proc genAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
         else: internalError(p.config, n[0].info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $kindOfIndexedExpr & ')')
     of nkObjDownConv:
       gen(p, n[0], r)
-    of nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
-      if n.kind in {nkAddr, nkHiddenAddr}:
-        # addr ( deref ( x )) --> x
-        gen(p, n[0][0], r)
-      else:
-        gen(p, n[0], r)
+    of nkHiddenDeref:
+      gen(p, n[0], r)
+    of nkDerefExpr:
+      var x = n[0]
+      if n.kind == nkHiddenAddr:
+        x = n[0][0]
+        if n.typ.skipTypes(abstractVar).kind != tyOpenArray:
+          x.typ() = n.typ
+      gen(p, x, r)
     of nkHiddenAddr:
       gen(p, n[0], r)
     of nkConv:
@@ -1857,9 +1844,7 @@ proc genPatternCall(p: PProc; n: PNode; pat: string; typ: PType;
 proc genInfixCall(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   # don't call '$' here for efficiency:
   let f = n[0].sym
-  if f.loc.snippet == "": 
-    ensureMutable f
-    f.locImpl.snippet = mangleName(p.module, f)
+  if f.loc.snippet == "": f.loc.snippet = mangleName(p.module, f)
   if sfInfixCall in f.flags:
     let pat = $n[0].sym.loc.snippet
     internalAssert p.config, pat.len > 0
@@ -2351,8 +2336,8 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       r.res = "if (null != $1) { if (null == $2) $2 = $3; else $2 += $3; }" %
         [b, lhs.rdLoc, tmp]
     else:
-      useMagic(p, "nimAddStrStr")
-      r.res = "nimAddStrStr($1, $2);" % [lhs.rdLoc, rhs.rdLoc]
+      let (a, tmp) = maybeMakeTemp(p, n[1], lhs)
+      r.res = "$1.push.apply($3, $2);" % [a, rhs.rdLoc, tmp]
     r.kind = resExpr
   of mAppendSeqElem:
     var x, y: TCompRes = default(TCompRes)
@@ -2456,7 +2441,7 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     binaryExpr(p, n, r, "mnewString",
       """if ($1.length < $2) { for (var i = $3.length; i < $4; ++i) $3.push(0); }
          else {$3.length = $4; }""")
-  of mSetLengthSeq, mSetLengthSeqUninit:
+  of mSetLengthSeq:
     var x, y: TCompRes = default(TCompRes)
     gen(p, n[1], x)
     gen(p, n[2], y)
@@ -2595,9 +2580,7 @@ proc genObjConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     let val = it[1]
     gen(p, val, a)
     var f = it[0].sym
-    if f.loc.snippet == "": 
-      ensureMutable f
-      f.locImpl.snippet = mangleName(p.module, f)
+    if f.loc.snippet == "": f.loc.snippet = mangleName(p.module, f)
     fieldIDs.incl(lookupFieldAgain(n.typ.skipTypes({tyDistinct}), f).id)
 
     let typ = val.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
@@ -2899,8 +2882,6 @@ proc genCast(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   elif dest.kind in tyFloat..tyFloat64:
     if src.kind in {tyInt64, tyUInt64} and optJsBigInt64 in p.config.globalOptions:
       r.res = "Number($1)" % [r.res]
-  elif dest.kind == tyChar and (fromInt or fromUint):
-    r.res = "($1 & 255)" % [r.res]
   elif (src.kind == tyPtr and mapType(p, src) == etyObject) and dest.kind == tyPointer:
     r.address = r.res
     r.res = "null"

compiler/jstypes.nim

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ proc genEnumInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType, name: Rope) =
          [name, genTypeInfo(p, typ.baseClass)])
 
 proc genTypeInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType): Rope =
-  let t = typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink, tyOwned} + tyUserTypeClasses)
+  let t = typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink, tyOwned})
   result = "NTI$1" % [rope(t.id)]
   if containsOrIncl(p.g.typeInfoGenerated, t.id): return
   case t.kind

compiler/lambdalifting.nim

@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ template isIterator*(owner: PSym): bool =
 
 proc createEnvObj(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym; info: TLineInfo): PType =
   result = createObj(g, idgen, owner, info, final=false)
-  result.incl tfFinal
   if owner.isIterator:
     rawAddField(result, createStateField(g, owner, idgen))
 
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ proc getClosureIterResult*(g: ModuleGraph; iter: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym
     # XXX a bit hacky:
     result = newSym(skResult, getIdent(g.cache, ":result"), idgen, iter, iter.info, {})
     result.typ = iter.typ.returnType
-    incl(result.flagsImpl, sfUsed)
+    incl(result.flags, sfUsed)
     iter.ast.add newSymNode(result)
 
 proc addHiddenParam(routine: PSym, param: PSym) =
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ proc interestingVar(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
 proc illegalCapture(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   result = classifyViewType(s.typ) != noView or s.kind == skResult
 
-proc isInnerProc*(s: PSym): bool =
+proc isInnerProc(s: PSym): bool =
   if s.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter, skIterator} and s.magic == mNone:
     result = s.skipGenericOwner.kind in routineKinds
   else:
@@ -224,12 +223,11 @@ proc makeClosure*(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; prc: PSym; env: PNode; inf
   else:
     if env.skipConv.kind == nkClosure:
       localError(g.config, info, "internal error: taking closure of closure")
-    # Create a fresh copy to avoid node sharing issues with DFA
-    result.add(if env.kind == nkSym: newSymNode(env.sym, env.info) else: env)
+    result.add(env)
   #if isClosureIterator(result.typ):
   createTypeBoundOps(g, nil, result.typ, info, idgen)
   if tfHasAsgn in result.typ.flags or optSeqDestructors in g.config.globalOptions:
-    prc.incl sfInjectDestructors
+    prc.flags.incl sfInjectDestructors
 
 template liftingHarmful(conf: ConfigRef; owner: PSym): bool =
   ## lambda lifting can be harmful for JS-like code generators.
@@ -241,7 +239,7 @@ proc createTypeBoundOpsLL(g: ModuleGraph; refType: PType; info: TLineInfo; idgen
     createTypeBoundOps(g, nil, refType.elementType, info, idgen)
     createTypeBoundOps(g, nil, refType, info, idgen)
     if tfHasAsgn in refType.flags or optSeqDestructors in g.config.globalOptions:
-      owner.incl sfInjectDestructors
+      owner.flags.incl sfInjectDestructors
 
 proc genCreateEnv(env: PNode): PNode =
   var c = newNodeIT(nkObjConstr, env.info, env.typ)
@@ -291,7 +289,7 @@ proc markAsClosure(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; n: PNode) =
   elif not (owner.typ.isClosure or owner.isNimcall and not owner.isExplicitCallConv or isEnv):
     localError(g.config, n.info, "illegal capture '$1' because '$2' has the calling convention: <$3>" %
       [s.name.s, owner.name.s, $owner.typ.callConv])
-  incl(owner.typ, tfCapturesEnv)
+  incl(owner.typ.flags, tfCapturesEnv)
   if not isEnv:
     owner.typ.callConv = ccClosure
 
@@ -337,7 +335,7 @@ proc asOwnedRef(c: var DetectionPass; t: PType): PType =
   if optOwnedRefs in c.graph.config.globalOptions:
     assert t.kind == tyRef
     result = newType(tyOwned, c.idgen, t.owner)
-    result.incl tfHasOwned
+    result.flags.incl tfHasOwned
     result.rawAddSon t
   else:
     result = t
@@ -415,7 +413,7 @@ proc addClosureParam(c: var DetectionPass; fn: PSym; info: TLineInfo) =
   let t = c.getEnvTypeForOwner(owner, info)
   if cp == nil:
     cp = newSym(skParam, getIdent(c.graph.cache, paramName), c.idgen, fn, fn.info)
-    incl(cp.flagsImpl, sfFromGeneric)
+    incl(cp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
     cp.typ = t
     addHiddenParam(fn, cp)
   elif cp.typ != t and fn.kind != skIterator:
@@ -611,7 +609,7 @@ proc rawClosureCreation(owner: PSym;
       let unowned = c.unownedEnvVars[owner.id]
       assert unowned != nil
       let env2 = copyTree(env)
-      env2.typ = unowned.typ
+      env2.typ() = unowned.typ
       result.add newAsgnStmt(unowned, env2, env.info)
       createTypeBoundOpsLL(d.graph, unowned.typ, env.info, d.idgen, owner)
 
@@ -625,7 +623,7 @@ proc rawClosureCreation(owner: PSym;
         if owner.kind != skMacro:
           createTypeBoundOps(d.graph, nil, fieldAccess.typ, env.info, d.idgen)
         if tfHasAsgn in fieldAccess.typ.flags or optSeqDestructors in d.graph.config.globalOptions:
-          owner.incl sfInjectDestructors
+          owner.flags.incl sfInjectDestructors
 
   let upField = lookupInRecord(env.typ.skipTypes({tyOwned, tyRef, tyPtr}).n, getIdent(d.graph.cache, upName))
   if upField != nil:
@@ -667,7 +665,7 @@ proc closureCreationForIter(owner: PSym, iter: PNode;
   result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, iter.info, iter.sym.typ)
   let iterOwner = iter.sym.skipGenericOwner
   var v = newSym(skVar, getIdent(d.graph.cache, envName), d.idgen, iterOwner, iter.info)
-  incl(v.flagsImpl, sfShadowed)
+  incl(v.flags, sfShadowed)
   v.typ = asOwnedRef(d, getHiddenParam(d.graph, iter.sym).typ)
   var vnode: PNode
   if iterOwner.isIterator:
@@ -788,7 +786,7 @@ proc liftCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: var DetectionPass;
       let oldInContainer = c.inContainer
       c.inContainer = 0
       let m = newSymNode(n[namePos].sym)
-      m.typ = n.typ
+      m.typ() = n.typ
       result = liftCapturedVars(m, owner, d, c)
       c.inContainer = oldInContainer
   of nkHiddenStdConv:
@@ -976,20 +974,6 @@ proc liftForLoop*(g: ModuleGraph; body: PNode; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym):
       for i in 0..<op.len-1:
         result.add op[i]
 
-  elif op.kind != nkSym: # might have side effects
-    # bug #25046
-    # create a temp for the closure
-    # var :closureTemp
-    # :closureTemp = ...
-    let tempSym = newSym(skLet, getIdent(g.cache, ":closureTemp"), idgen, owner, body.info)
-    tempSym.typ = call[0].typ
-    let temp = newSymNode(tempSym)
-    var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, body.info)
-    addVar(v, temp)
-    result.add(v)
-    result.add newAsgnStmt(temp, call[0], body.info)
-    call[0] = temp
-
   var loopBody = newNodeI(nkStmtList, body.info, 3)
   var whileLoop = newNodeI(nkWhileStmt, body.info, 2)
   whileLoop[0] = newIntTypeNode(1, getSysType(g, body.info, tyBool))

compiler/layeredtable.nim

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import ast, astalgo
+import std/tables
+import ast
 
 type
   LayeredIdTableObj* {.acyclic.} = object
@@ -27,15 +28,14 @@ proc shallowCopy*(pt: LayeredIdTable): LayeredIdTable {.inline.} =
   ## copies only the type bindings of the current layer, but not any parent layers,
   ## useful for write-only bindings
   result = LayeredIdTable(topLayer: pt.topLayer, nextLayer: pt.nextLayer, previousLen: pt.previousLen)
-  #copyIdTable(result.topLayer, pt.topLayer)
 
 proc currentLen*(pt: LayeredIdTable): int =
   ## the sum of the cached total binding count of the parents and
   ## the current binding count, just used to track if bindings were added
-  pt.previousLen + pt.topLayer.counter
+  pt.previousLen + pt.topLayer.len
 
 proc newTypeMapLayer*(pt: LayeredIdTable): LayeredIdTable =
-  result = LayeredIdTable(topLayer: initTypeMapping(), previousLen: pt.currentLen)
+  result = LayeredIdTable(topLayer: initTable[ItemId, PType](), previousLen: pt.currentLen)
   when useRef:
     result.nextLayer = pt
   else:
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ proc setToPreviousLayer*(pt: var LayeredIdTable) {.inline.} =
       let tmp = pt.nextLayer[]
       pt = tmp
 
-iterator pairs*(pt: LayeredIdTable): (ItemId, PType) =
-  var tm = pt
-  while true:
-    for (k, v) in idTablePairs(tm.topLayer):
-      yield (k, v)
-    if tm.nextLayer == nil:
-      break
-    tm.setToPreviousLayer
-
 proc lookup(typeMap: ref LayeredIdTableObj, key: ItemId): PType =
   result = nil
   var tm = typeMap

compiler/lexer.nim

@@ -316,28 +316,6 @@ proc getNumber(L: var Lexer, result: var Token) =
     L.bufpos = msgPos
     lexMessage(L, msgKind, msg % t.literal)
 
-  proc checkBitWidth(L: var Lexer, base: NumericalBase, tokType: TokType, 
-                     numDigits: int, startpos: int) =
-    # Check bit width for non-base-10 literals
-    # Warn if the digit count exceeds what can fit in the target type
-    let bitsPerDigit = case base
-      of base2: 1
-      of base8: 3
-      of base16: 4
-      else: raiseAssert "unreachable"
-    let bitWidth = case tokType
-      of tkInt8Lit, tkUInt8Lit: 8
-      of tkInt16Lit, tkUInt16Lit: 16
-      of tkInt32Lit, tkUInt32Lit: 32
-      of tkInt64Lit, tkUIntLit, tkIntLit, tkUInt64Lit: 64
-      else: raiseAssert "unreachable"
-    # Maximum digits = ceil(bitWidth / bitsPerDigit) = (bitWidth + bitsPerDigit - 1) div bitsPerDigit
-    let maxDigits = (bitWidth + bitsPerDigit - 1) div bitsPerDigit
-    if numDigits > maxDigits:
-      lexMessageLitNum(L,
-        "number has " & $numDigits & " digits but type only supports " &
-        $maxDigits & " digits: '$1'", startpos, warnLongLiterals)
-
   var
     xi: BiggestInt
     isBase10 = true
@@ -513,11 +491,6 @@ proc getNumber(L: var Lexer, result: var Token) =
           setNumber result.fNumber, (cast[ptr float64](addr(xi)))[]
         else: internalError(L.config, getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
 
-        # Check bit width for non-base-10 literals
-        # Warn if the digit count exceeds what can fit in the target type
-        if result.base != base10 and result.tokType in {tkIntLit..tkUInt64Lit} and numDigits > 0:
-          checkBitWidth(L, result.base, result.tokType, numDigits, startpos)
-
         # Bounds checks. Non decimal literals are allowed to overflow the range of
         # the datatype as long as their pattern don't overflow _bitwise_, hence
         # below checks of signed sizes against uint*.high is deliberate:
@@ -923,7 +896,7 @@ proc getSymbol(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token) =
     tok.tokType = tkSymbol
   else:
     tok.tokType = TokType(tok.ident.id + ord(tkSymbol))
-    if suspicious and {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning} * L.config.globalOptions != {}:
+    if suspicious and {optStyleHint, optStyleError} * L.config.globalOptions != {}:
       lintReport(L.config, getLineInfo(L), tok.ident.s.normalize, tok.ident.s)
   L.bufpos = pos
 

compiler/liftdestructors.nim

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ template asink*(t: PType): PSym = getAttachedOp(c.g, t, attachedSink)
 
 proc fillBody(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode)
 proc produceSym(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; typ: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
-              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym
+              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator; isDistinct = false): PSym
 
 proc createTypeBoundOps*(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; orig: PType; info: TLineInfo;
                          idgen: IdGenerator)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ proc at(a, i: PNode, elemType: PType): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkBracketExpr, a.info, 2)
   result[0] = a
   result[1] = i
-  result.typ = elemType
+  result.typ() = elemType
 
 proc destructorOverridden(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType): bool =
   let op = getAttachedOp(g, t, attachedDestructor)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ proc dotField(x: PNode, f: PSym): PNode =
   else:
     result[0] = x
   result[1] = newSymNode(f, x.info)
-  result.typ = f.typ
+  result.typ() = f.typ
 
 proc newAsgnStmt(le, ri: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkAsgn, le.info, 2)
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ proc defaultOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
   elif c.kind == attachedDestructor and c.addMemReset:
     let call = genBuiltin(c, mDefault, "default", x)
-    call.typ = t
+    call.typ() = t
     body.add newAsgnStmt(x, call)
   elif c.kind == attachedWasMoved:
-    body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+    body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
 
 proc genAddr(c: var TLiftCtx; x: PNode): PNode =
   if x.kind == nkHiddenDeref:
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ proc genWhileLoop(c: var TLiftCtx; i, dest: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkWhileStmt, c.info, 2)
   let cmp = genBuiltin(c, mLtI, "<", i)
   cmp.add genLen(c.g, dest)
-  cmp.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyBool)
+  cmp.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyBool)
   result[0] = cmp
   result[1] = newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info)
 
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ proc genContainerOf(c: var TLiftCtx; objType: PType, field, x: PSym): PNode =
   dotExpr.add newSymNode(field)
 
   let offsetOf = genBuiltin(c, mOffsetOf, "offsetof", dotExpr)
-  offsetOf.typ = intType
+  offsetOf.typ() = intType
 
   let minusExpr = genBuiltin(c, mSubI, "-", castExpr1)
-  minusExpr.typ = intType
+  minusExpr.typ() = intType
   minusExpr.add offsetOf
 
   let objPtr = makePtrType(objType.owner, objType, c.idgen)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ proc destructorCall(c: var TLiftCtx; op: PSym; x: PNode): PNode =
   if sfNeverRaises notin op.flags:
     c.canRaise = true
   if c.addMemReset:
-    result = newTree(nkStmtList, destroy, genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved,  "wasMoved", x))
+    result = newTree(nkStmtList, destroy, genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved,  "`=wasMoved`", x))
   else:
     result = destroy
 
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ proc fillBodyObj(c: var TLiftCtx; n, body, x, y: PNode; enforceDefaultOp: bool,
     if c.filterDiscriminator != nil: return
     let f = n.sym
     let b = if c.kind == attachedTrace: y else: y.dotField(f)
-    if (sfCursor in f.flags and c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcHooks}) or
+    if (sfCursor in f.flags and c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcHooks}) or
         enforceDefaultOp:
       defaultOp(c, f.typ, body, x.dotField(f), b)
     else:
       if enforceWasMoved:
-        body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x.dotField(f))
+        body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x.dotField(f))
       fillBody(c, f.typ, body, x.dotField(f), b)
   of nkNilLit: discard
   of nkRecCase:
@@ -218,38 +218,23 @@ proc fillBodyObj(c: var TLiftCtx; n, body, x, y: PNode; enforceDefaultOp: bool,
       fillBodyObj(c, n[0], body, x, y, enforceDefaultOp = false)
     c.filterDiscriminator = oldfilterDiscriminator
   of nkRecList:
-    # destroys in reverse order #24719
-    if c.kind == attachedDestructor:
-      for i in countdown(n.len-1, 0):
-        fillBodyObj(c, n[i], body, x, y, enforceDefaultOp, enforceWasMoved)
-    else:
-      for t in items(n): fillBodyObj(c, t, body, x, y, enforceDefaultOp, enforceWasMoved)
+    for t in items(n): fillBodyObj(c, t, body, x, y, enforceDefaultOp, enforceWasMoved)
   else:
     illFormedAstLocal(n, c.g.config)
 
 proc fillBodyObjTImpl(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType, body, x, y: PNode) =
-  template fillBase =
-    if t.baseClass != nil:
-      let dest = newNodeIT(nkHiddenSubConv, c.info, t.baseClass)
-      dest.add newNodeI(nkEmpty, c.info)
-      dest.add x
-      var src = y
-      if c.kind in {attachedAsgn, attachedDeepCopy, attachedSink}:
-        src = newNodeIT(nkHiddenSubConv, c.info, t.baseClass)
-        src.add newNodeI(nkEmpty, c.info)
-        src.add y
+  if t.baseClass != nil:
+    let dest = newNodeIT(nkHiddenSubConv, c.info, t.baseClass)
+    dest.add newNodeI(nkEmpty, c.info)
+    dest.add x
+    var src = y
+    if c.kind in {attachedAsgn, attachedDeepCopy, attachedSink}:
+      src = newNodeIT(nkHiddenSubConv, c.info, t.baseClass)
+      src.add newNodeI(nkEmpty, c.info)
+      src.add y
 
-      fillBody(c, skipTypes(t.baseClass, abstractPtrs), body, dest, src)
-  template fillFields =
-    fillBodyObj(c, t.n, body, x, y, enforceDefaultOp = false)
-
-  if c.kind == attachedDestructor:
-    # destroys in reverse order #24719
-    fillFields()
-    fillBase()
-  else:
-    fillBase()
-    fillFields()
+    fillBody(c, skipTypes(t.baseClass, abstractPtrs), body, dest, src)
+  fillBodyObj(c, t.n, body, x, y, enforceDefaultOp = false)
 
 proc fillBodyObjT(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType, body, x, y: PNode) =
   var hasCase = isCaseObj(t.n)
@@ -280,11 +265,11 @@ proc fillBodyObjT(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType, body, x, y: PNode) =
       # because the wasMoved(dest) call would zero out src, if dest aliases src.
       var cond = newTree(nkCall, newSymNode(c.g.getSysMagic(c.info, "==", mEqRef)),
         newTreeIT(nkAddr, c.info, makePtrType(c.fn, x.typ, c.idgen), x), newTreeIT(nkAddr, c.info, makePtrType(c.fn, y.typ, c.idgen), y))
-      cond.typ = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyBool)
+      cond.typ() = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyBool)
       body.add genIf(c, cond, newTreeI(nkReturnStmt, c.info, newNodeI(nkEmpty, c.info)))
     var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(c.g.cache, lowerings.genPrefix), c.idgen, c.fn, c.info)
     temp.typ = x.typ
-    incl(temp, sfFromGeneric)
+    incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
     var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, c.info)
     let blob = newSymNode(temp)
     v.addVar(blob, x)
@@ -292,8 +277,7 @@ proc fillBodyObjT(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType, body, x, y: PNode) =
     #body.add newAsgnStmt(blob, x)
 
     var wasMovedCall = newNodeI(nkCall, c.info)
-    wasMovedCall.add(newSymNode(createMagic(c.g, c.idgen, "wasMoved", mWasMoved)))
-
+    wasMovedCall.add(newSymNode(createMagic(c.g, c.idgen, "`=wasMoved`", mWasMoved)))
     wasMovedCall.add x # mWasMoved does not take the address
     body.add wasMovedCall
 
@@ -312,7 +296,7 @@ proc fillBodyObjT(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType, body, x, y: PNode) =
 
 proc boolLit*(g: ModuleGraph; info: TLineInfo; value: bool): PNode =
   result = newIntLit(g, info, ord value)
-  result.typ = getSysType(g, info, tyBool)
+  result.typ() = getSysType(g, info, tyBool)
 
 proc getCycleParam(c: TLiftCtx): PNode =
   assert c.kind in {attachedAsgn, attachedDup}
@@ -380,10 +364,6 @@ proc requiresDestructor(c: TLiftCtx; t: PType): bool {.inline.} =
 proc instantiateGeneric(c: var TLiftCtx; op: PSym; t, typeInst: PType): PSym =
   if c.c != nil and typeInst != nil:
     result = c.c.instTypeBoundOp(c.c, op, typeInst, c.info, attachedAsgn, 1)
-  elif typeInst != nil and getAttachedOp(c.g, typeInst, c.kind) != nil:
-    # c.c == nil in lambdalifting
-    # hooks are already insted
-    result = getAttachedOp(c.g, typeInst, c.kind)
   else:
     localError(c.g.config, c.info,
       "cannot generate destructor for generic type: " & typeToString(t))
@@ -397,8 +377,7 @@ proc considerAsgnOrSink(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode;
     if op != nil and op != c.fn and
         (sfOverridden in op.flags or destructorOverridden):
       if sfError in op.flags:
-        ensureMutable c.fn
-        incl c.fn.flagsImpl, sfError
+        incl c.fn.flags, sfError
       #else:
       #  markUsed(c.g.config, c.info, op, c.g.usageSym)
       onUse(c.info, op)
@@ -424,8 +403,7 @@ proc considerAsgnOrSink(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode;
       if op == nil:
         op = produceSym(c.g, c.c, t, c.kind, c.info, c.idgen)
     if sfError in op.flags:
-      ensureMutable c.fn
-      incl c.fn.flagsImpl, sfError
+      incl c.fn.flags, sfError
     #else:
     #  markUsed(c.g.config, c.info, op, c.g.usageSym)
     onUse(c.info, op)
@@ -541,7 +519,7 @@ proc considerUserDefinedOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode): bool =
 proc declareCounter(c: var TLiftCtx; body: PNode; first: BiggestInt): PNode =
   var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(c.g.cache, lowerings.genPrefix), c.idgen, c.fn, c.info)
   temp.typ = getSysType(c.g, body.info, tyInt)
-  incl(temp.flagsImpl, sfFromGeneric)
+  incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
 
   var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, c.info)
   result = newSymNode(temp)
@@ -551,29 +529,13 @@ proc declareCounter(c: var TLiftCtx; body: PNode; first: BiggestInt): PNode =
 proc declareTempOf(c: var TLiftCtx; body: PNode; value: PNode): PNode =
   var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(c.g.cache, lowerings.genPrefix), c.idgen, c.fn, c.info)
   temp.typ = value.typ
-  incl(temp.flagsImpl, sfFromGeneric)
+  incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
 
   var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, c.info)
   result = newSymNode(temp)
   v.addVar(result, value)
   body.add v
 
-proc considerInferDupFromCopy(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode): bool =
-  ## For `=dup`, if no explicit hook exists, try to infer from `=copy` hook
-  ## to maintain backward compatibility. Returns true if inference was applied.
-  if c.kind == attachedDup:
-    var op2 = getAttachedOp(c.g, t, attachedAsgn)
-    if op2 != nil and sfOverridden in op2.flags:
-      #markUsed(c.g.config, c.info, op, c.g.usageSym)
-      onUse(c.info, op2)
-      body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
-      body.add newHookCall(c, op2, x, y)
-      result = true
-    else:
-      result = false
-  else:
-    result = false
-
 proc addIncStmt(c: var TLiftCtx; body, i: PNode) =
   let incCall = genBuiltin(c, mInc, "inc", i)
   incCall.add lowerings.newIntLit(c.g, c.info, 1)
@@ -583,18 +545,18 @@ proc newSeqCall(c: var TLiftCtx; x, y: PNode): PNode =
   # don't call genAddr(c, x) here:
   result = genBuiltin(c, mNewSeq, "newSeq", x)
   let lenCall = genBuiltin(c, mLengthSeq, "len", y)
-  lenCall.typ = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyInt)
+  lenCall.typ() = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyInt)
   result.add lenCall
 
 proc setLenStrCall(c: var TLiftCtx; x, y: PNode): PNode =
   let lenCall = genBuiltin(c, mLengthStr, "len", y)
-  lenCall.typ = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyInt)
+  lenCall.typ() = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyInt)
   result = genBuiltin(c, mSetLengthStr, "setLen", x) # genAddr(g, x))
   result.add lenCall
 
 proc setLenSeqCall(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; x, y: PNode): PNode =
   let lenCall = genBuiltin(c, mLengthSeq, "len", y)
-  lenCall.typ = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyInt)
+  lenCall.typ() = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyInt)
   var op = getSysMagic(c.g, x.info, "setLen", mSetLengthSeq)
   op = instantiateGeneric(c, op, t, t)
   result = newTree(nkCall, newSymNode(op, x.info), x, lenCall)
@@ -617,7 +579,7 @@ proc checkSelfAssignment(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       newTreeIT(nkAddr, c.info, makePtrType(c.fn, x.typ, c.idgen), x),
       newTreeIT(nkAddr, c.info, makePtrType(c.fn, y.typ, c.idgen), y)
       )
-  cond.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyBool)
+  cond.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyBool)
   body.add genIf(c, cond, newTreeI(nkReturnStmt, c.info, newNodeI(nkEmpty, c.info)))
 
 proc fillSeqOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
@@ -650,7 +612,7 @@ proc fillSeqOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     if canFormAcycle(c.g, t.elemType):
       # follow all elements:
       forallElements(c, t, body, x, y)
-  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
 
 proc useSeqOrStrOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   createTypeBoundOps(c.g, c.c, t, body.info, c.idgen)
@@ -688,7 +650,7 @@ proc useSeqOrStrOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       if op == nil:
         return # protect from recursion
       body.add newHookCall(c, op, x, y)
-  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
   of attachedDup:
     # XXX: replace these with assertions.
     let op = getAttachedOp(c.g, t, c.kind)
@@ -710,7 +672,7 @@ proc fillStrOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     body.add genBuiltin(c, mDestroy, "destroy", x)
   of attachedTrace:
     discard "strings are atomic and have no inner elements that are to trace"
-  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
 
 proc cyclicType*(g: ModuleGraph, t: PType): bool =
   case t.kind
@@ -737,43 +699,14 @@ proc atomicRefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     dest[] = source
     decRef tmp
 
-  For YRC the write barrier is more complicated still and must be:
-
-    let tmp = dest
-    # assignment must come first so that the collector sees the most-recent graph:
-    atomic: dest[] = source
-    # Then teach the cycle collector about the changes edge (these use locks, see yrc.nim):
-    incRef source
-    decRef tmp
-
-  This is implemented as a single runtime call (nimAsgnYrc / nimSinkYrc).
   ]#
   var actions = newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info)
   let elemType = t.elementType
 
   createTypeBoundOps(c.g, c.c, elemType, c.info, c.idgen)
+  let isCyclic = c.g.config.selectedGC == gcOrc and types.canFormAcycle(c.g, elemType)
 
-  # YRC uses dedicated runtime procs for the entire write barrier:
-  if c.g.config.selectedGC == gcYrc:
-    let desc =
-      if isFinal(elemType):
-        let ti = genBuiltin(c, mGetTypeInfoV2, "getTypeInfoV2", newNodeIT(nkType, x.info, elemType))
-        ti.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
-        ti
-      else:
-        newNodeIT(nkNilLit, c.info, getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer))
-    case c.kind
-    of attachedAsgn, attachedDup:
-      body.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimAsgnYrc", c.info, genAddr(c, x), y, desc)
-      return
-    of attachedSink:
-      body.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimSinkYrc", c.info, genAddr(c, x), y, desc)
-      return
-    else: discard # fall through for destructor, trace, wasMoved
-
-  let isCyclic = c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcOrc, gcYrc} and types.canFormAcycle(c.g, elemType)
-
-  let isInheritableAcyclicRef = c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcOrc, gcYrc} and
+  let isInheritableAcyclicRef = c.g.config.selectedGC == gcOrc and
                       (not isPureObject(elemType)) and
                       tfAcyclic in skipTypes(elemType, abstractInst+{tyOwned}-{tyTypeDesc}).flags
   # dynamic Acyclic refs need to use dyn decRef
@@ -787,7 +720,7 @@ proc atomicRefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   if isFinal(elemType):
     addDestructorCall(c, elemType, actions, genDeref(tmp, nkDerefExpr))
     var alignOf = genBuiltin(c, mAlignOf, "alignof", newNodeIT(nkType, c.info, elemType))
-    alignOf.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyInt)
+    alignOf.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyInt)
     actions.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimRawDispose", c.info, tmp, alignOf)
   else:
     addDestructorCall(c, elemType, newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info), genDeref(tmp, nkDerefExpr))
@@ -797,7 +730,7 @@ proc atomicRefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   if isCyclic:
     if isFinal(elemType):
       let typInfo = genBuiltin(c, mGetTypeInfoV2, "getTypeInfoV2", newNodeIT(nkType, x.info, elemType))
-      typInfo.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+      typInfo.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
       cond = callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimDecRefIsLastCyclicStatic", c.info, tmp, typInfo)
     else:
       cond = callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimDecRefIsLastCyclicDyn", c.info, tmp)
@@ -805,7 +738,7 @@ proc atomicRefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     cond = callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimDecRefIsLastDyn", c.info, x)
   else:
     cond = callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimDecRefIsLast", c.info, x)
-  cond.typ = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyBool)
+  cond.typ() = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyBool)
 
   case c.kind
   of attachedSink:
@@ -832,13 +765,13 @@ proc atomicRefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     if isCyclic:
       if isFinal(elemType):
         let typInfo = genBuiltin(c, mGetTypeInfoV2, "getTypeInfoV2", newNodeIT(nkType, x.info, elemType))
-        typInfo.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+        typInfo.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
         body.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimTraceRef", c.info, genAddrOf(x, c.idgen), typInfo, y)
       else:
         # If the ref is polymorphic we have to account for this
         body.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimTraceRefDyn", c.info, genAddrOf(x, c.idgen), y)
       #echo "can follow ", elemType, " static ", isFinal(elemType)
-  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
   of attachedDup:
     if isCyclic:
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
@@ -853,28 +786,9 @@ proc atomicClosureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   ## Closures are really like refs except they always use a virtual destructor
   ## and we need to do the refcounting only on the ref field which we call 'xenv':
   let xenv = genBuiltin(c, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", x)
-  xenv.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+  xenv.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
 
-  # Closures are (fnPtr, env) pairs. nimAsgnYrc/nimSinkYrc handle the env pointer
-  # (atomic store + buffered inc/dec). We also need newAsgnStmt to copy the fnPtr.
-  if c.g.config.selectedGC == gcYrc:
-    let nilDesc = newNodeIT(nkNilLit, c.info, getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer))
-    let yenv = genBuiltin(c, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", y)
-    yenv.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
-    case c.kind
-    of attachedAsgn, attachedDup:
-      # nimAsgnYrc: save old env, atomic store new env, inc new env, dec old env
-      body.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimAsgnYrc", c.info, genAddr(c, xenv), yenv, nilDesc)
-      # Raw struct copy to also update the function pointer (env write is redundant but benign)
-      body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
-      return
-    of attachedSink:
-      body.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimSinkYrc", c.info, genAddr(c, xenv), yenv, nilDesc)
-      body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
-      return
-    else: discard # fall through for destructor, trace, wasMoved
-
-  let isCyclic = c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcOrc, gcYrc}
+  let isCyclic = c.g.config.selectedGC == gcOrc
   let tmp =
     if isCyclic and c.kind in {attachedAsgn, attachedSink, attachedDup}:
       declareTempOf(c, body, xenv)
@@ -888,7 +802,7 @@ proc atomicClosureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     if isCyclic: "nimDecRefIsLastCyclicDyn"
     else: "nimDecRefIsLast"
   let cond = callCodegenProc(c.g, decRefProc, c.info, tmp)
-  cond.typ = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyBool)
+  cond.typ() = getSysType(c.g, x.info, tyBool)
 
   case c.kind
   of attachedSink:
@@ -900,18 +814,19 @@ proc atomicClosureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
   of attachedAsgn:
     let yenv = genBuiltin(c, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", y)
-    yenv.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+    yenv.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
     if isCyclic:
       body.add genIf(c, yenv, callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimIncRefCyclic", c.info, yenv, getCycleParam(c)))
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
       body.add genIf(c, cond, actions)
     else:
       body.add genIf(c, yenv, callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimIncRef", c.info, yenv))
+
       body.add genIf(c, cond, actions)
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
   of attachedDup:
     let yenv = genBuiltin(c, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", y)
-    yenv.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+    yenv.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
     if isCyclic:
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
       body.add genIf(c, yenv, callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimIncRefCyclic", c.info, yenv, getCycleParam(c)))
@@ -923,7 +838,7 @@ proc atomicClosureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   of attachedDeepCopy: assert(false, "cannot happen")
   of attachedTrace:
     body.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimTraceRefDyn", c.info, genAddrOf(xenv, c.idgen), y)
-  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
 
 proc weakrefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   case c.kind
@@ -951,7 +866,7 @@ proc weakrefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       body.sons.insert(des, 0)
   of attachedDeepCopy: assert(false, "cannot happen")
   of attachedTrace: discard
-  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
 
 proc ownedRefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   var actions = newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info)
@@ -963,7 +878,7 @@ proc ownedRefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   if isFinal(elemType):
     addDestructorCall(c, elemType, actions, genDeref(x, nkDerefExpr))
     var alignOf = genBuiltin(c, mAlignOf, "alignof", newNodeIT(nkType, c.info, elemType))
-    alignOf.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyInt)
+    alignOf.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyInt)
     actions.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimRawDispose", c.info, x, alignOf)
   else:
     addDestructorCall(c, elemType, newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info), genDeref(x, nkDerefExpr))
@@ -979,21 +894,21 @@ proc ownedRefOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     body.add genIf(c, x, actions)
   of attachedDeepCopy: assert(false, "cannot happen")
   of attachedTrace: discard
-  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
 
 proc closureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   if c.kind == attachedDeepCopy:
     # a big problem is that we don't know the environment's type here, so we
     # have to go through some indirection; we delegate this to the codegen:
     let call = newNodeI(nkCall, c.info, 2)
-    call.typ = t
+    call.typ() = t
     call[0] = newSymNode(createMagic(c.g, c.idgen, "deepCopy", mDeepCopy))
     call[1] = y
     body.add newAsgnStmt(x, call)
   elif (optOwnedRefs in c.g.config.globalOptions and
-      optRefCheck in c.g.config.options) or c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc}:
+      optRefCheck in c.g.config.options) or c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc}:
     let xx = genBuiltin(c, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", x)
-    xx.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+    xx.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
     case c.kind
     of attachedSink:
       # we 'nil' y out afterwards so we *need* to take over its reference
@@ -1002,13 +917,13 @@ proc closureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
     of attachedAsgn:
       let yy = genBuiltin(c, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", y)
-      yy.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+      yy.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
       body.add genIf(c, yy, callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimIncRef", c.info, yy))
       body.add genIf(c, xx, callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimDecWeakRef", c.info, xx))
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
     of attachedDup:
       let yy = genBuiltin(c, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", y)
-      yy.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+      yy.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
       body.add genIf(c, yy, callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimIncRef", c.info, yy))
     of attachedDestructor:
@@ -1019,11 +934,11 @@ proc closureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
         body.sons.insert(des, 0)
     of attachedDeepCopy: assert(false, "cannot happen")
     of attachedTrace: discard
-    of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+    of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
 
 proc ownedClosureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   let xx = genBuiltin(c, mAccessEnv, "accessEnv", x)
-  xx.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+  xx.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
   var actions = newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info)
   #discard addDestructorCall(c, elemType, newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info), genDeref(xx))
   actions.add callCodegenProc(c.g, "nimDestroyAndDispose", c.info, xx)
@@ -1037,7 +952,7 @@ proc ownedClosureOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
     body.add genIf(c, xx, actions)
   of attachedDeepCopy: assert(false, "cannot happen")
   of attachedTrace: discard
-  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+  of attachedWasMoved: body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
 
 proc fillBody(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   case t.kind
@@ -1046,7 +961,7 @@ proc fillBody(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       tyPtr, tyUncheckedArray, tyVar, tyLent:
     defaultOp(c, t, body, x, y)
   of tyRef:
-    if c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcAtomicArc}:
+    if c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcAtomicArc}:
       atomicRefOp(c, t, body, x, y)
     elif (optOwnedRefs in c.g.config.globalOptions and
         optRefCheck in c.g.config.options):
@@ -1055,7 +970,7 @@ proc fillBody(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       defaultOp(c, t, body, x, y)
   of tyProc:
     if t.callConv == ccClosure:
-      if c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcAtomicArc}:
+      if c.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcAtomicArc}:
         atomicClosureOp(c, t, body, x, y)
       else:
         closureOp(c, t, body, x, y)
@@ -1087,13 +1002,9 @@ proc fillBody(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       # 'selectedGC' here to determine if we have the new runtime.
       discard considerUserDefinedOp(c, t, body, x, y)
     elif tfHasAsgn in t.flags:
-      # seqs with elements using custom hooks in refc
       if c.kind in {attachedAsgn, attachedSink, attachedDeepCopy}:
         body.add newSeqCall(c, x, y)
-      if c.kind == attachedWasMoved:
-        body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
-      else:
-        forallElements(c, t, body, x, y)
+      forallElements(c, t, body, x, y)
     else:
       defaultOp(c, t, body, x, y)
   of tyString:
@@ -1110,18 +1021,23 @@ proc fillBody(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
         of {attachedAsgn, attachedSink, attachedDup}:
           body.add newAsgnStmt(x, y)
         of attachedWasMoved:
-          body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "wasMoved", x)
+          body.add genBuiltin(c, mWasMoved, "`=wasMoved`", x)
         else:
           fillBodyObjT(c, t, body, x, y)
-      elif tfUnion in t.flags: # bug #25236
-        defaultOp(c, t, body, x, y)
       else:
-        if not considerInferDupFromCopy(c, t, body, x, y):
+        if c.kind == attachedDup:
+          var op2 = getAttachedOp(c.g, t, attachedAsgn)
+          if op2 != nil and sfOverridden in op2.flags:
+            #markUsed(c.g.config, c.info, op, c.g.usageSym)
+            onUse(c.info, op2)
+            body.add newHookCall(c, t.assignment, x, y)
+          else:
+            fillBodyObjT(c, t, body, x, y)
+        else:
           fillBodyObjT(c, t, body, x, y)
   of tyDistinct:
     if not considerUserDefinedOp(c, t, body, x, y):
-      if not considerInferDupFromCopy(c, t, body, x, y):
-        fillBody(c, t.elementType, body, x, y)
+      fillBody(c, t.elementType, body, x, y)
   of tyTuple:
     fillBodyTup(c, t, body, x, y)
   of tyVarargs, tyOpenArray:
@@ -1147,7 +1063,9 @@ proc produceSymDistinctType(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; typ: PType;
   assert typ.kind == tyDistinct
   let baseType = typ.elementType
   if getAttachedOp(g, baseType, kind) == nil:
-    discard produceSym(g, c, baseType, kind, info, idgen)
+    # TODO: fixme `isDistinct` is a fix for #23552; remove it after
+    # `-d:nimPreviewNonVarDestructor` becomes the default
+    discard produceSym(g, c, baseType, kind, info, idgen, isDistinct = true)
   result = getAttachedOp(g, baseType, kind)
   setAttachedOp(g, idgen.module, typ, kind, result)
 
@@ -1168,7 +1086,7 @@ proc symDupPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttache
 
   result.typ.addParam src
 
-  if g.config.selectedGC in {gcOrc, gcYrc} and
+  if g.config.selectedGC == gcOrc and
     cyclicType(g, typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)):
     let cycleParam = newSym(skParam, getIdent(g.cache, "cyclic"),
                             idgen, result, info)
@@ -1182,10 +1100,11 @@ proc symDupPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttache
   n[bodyPos] = newNodeI(nkStmtList, info)
   n[resultPos] = newSymNode(res)
   result.ast = n
-  incl result.flagsImpl, {sfFromGeneric, sfGeneratedOp}
+  incl result.flags, sfFromGeneric
+  incl result.flags, sfGeneratedOp
 
 proc symPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
-              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator; isDiscriminant = false): PSym =
+              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator; isDiscriminant = false; isDistinct = false): PSym =
   if kind == attachedDup:
     return symDupPrototype(g, typ, owner, kind, info, idgen)
 
@@ -1195,8 +1114,8 @@ proc symPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttachedOp
   let src = newSym(skParam, getIdent(g.cache, if kind == attachedTrace: "env" else: "src"),
                    idgen, result, info)
 
-  if kind == attachedDestructor and g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcAtomicArc} and
-     ((g.config.isDefined("nimPreviewNonVarDestructor") and not isDiscriminant) or (typ.kind in {tyRef, tyString, tySequence})):
+  if kind == attachedDestructor and g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcAtomicArc} and
+     ((g.config.isDefined("nimPreviewNonVarDestructor") and not isDiscriminant) or (typ.kind in {tyRef, tyString, tySequence} and not isDistinct)):
     dest.typ = typ
   else:
     dest.typ = makeVarType(typ.owner, typ, idgen)
@@ -1211,7 +1130,7 @@ proc symPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttachedOp
   if kind notin {attachedDestructor, attachedWasMoved}:
     result.typ.addParam src
 
-  if kind == attachedAsgn and g.config.selectedGC in {gcOrc, gcYrc} and
+  if kind == attachedAsgn and g.config.selectedGC == gcOrc and
       cyclicType(g, typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)):
     let cycleParam = newSym(skParam, getIdent(g.cache, "cyclic"),
                             idgen, result, info)
@@ -1224,37 +1143,27 @@ proc symPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttachedOp
   n[paramsPos] = result.typ.n
   n[bodyPos] = newNodeI(nkStmtList, info)
   result.ast = n
-  incl result.flagsImpl, sfFromGeneric
-  incl result.flagsImpl, sfGeneratedOp
+  incl result.flags, sfFromGeneric
+  incl result.flags, sfGeneratedOp
   if kind == attachedWasMoved:
-    incl result.flagsImpl, sfNoSideEffect
-    incl result.typ, tfNoSideEffect
+    incl result.flags, sfNoSideEffect
+    incl result.typ.flags, tfNoSideEffect
 
 proc genTypeFieldCopy(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   let xx = genBuiltin(c, mAccessTypeField, "accessTypeField", x)
   let yy = genBuiltin(c, mAccessTypeField, "accessTypeField", y)
-  xx.typ = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
-  yy.typ = xx.typ
+  xx.typ() = getSysType(c.g, c.info, tyPointer)
+  yy.typ() = xx.typ
   body.add newAsgnStmt(xx, yy)
 
 proc produceSym(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; typ: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
-              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
+              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator; isDistinct = false): PSym =
   if typ.kind == tyDistinct:
-    # For =dup, if the distinct type has a user-defined =copy, don't delegate
-    # to the base type. Instead fall through to the normal produceSym logic
-    # so that fillBody -> considerInferDupFromCopy can synthesize =dup from =copy.
-    if kind == attachedDup:
-      let copyOp = getAttachedOp(g, typ, attachedAsgn)
-      if copyOp != nil and sfOverridden in copyOp.flags:
-        discard "fall through to normal produceSym logic"
-      else:
-        return produceSymDistinctType(g, c, typ, kind, info, idgen)
-    else:
-      return produceSymDistinctType(g, c, typ, kind, info, idgen)
+    return produceSymDistinctType(g, c, typ, kind, info, idgen)
 
   result = getAttachedOp(g, typ, kind)
   if result == nil:
-    result = symPrototype(g, typ, typ.owner, kind, info, idgen)
+    result = symPrototype(g, typ, typ.owner, kind, info, idgen, isDistinct = isDistinct)
 
   var a = TLiftCtx(info: info, g: g, kind: kind, c: c, asgnForType: typ, idgen: idgen,
                    fn: result)
@@ -1271,17 +1180,14 @@ proc produceSym(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; typ: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
 
   if kind == attachedSink and destructorOverridden(g, typ):
     ## compiler can use a combination of `=destroy` and memCopy for sink op
-    ensureMutable dest
-    dest.flagsImpl.incl sfCursor
+    dest.flags.incl sfCursor
     let op = getAttachedOp(g, typ, attachedDestructor)
     result.ast[bodyPos].add newOpCall(a, op, if op.typ.firstParamType.kind == tyVar: d[0] else: d)
     result.ast[bodyPos].add newAsgnStmt(d, src)
   else:
     var tk: TTypeKind
-    var skipped: PType = nil
-    if g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcHooks, gcAtomicArc}:
-      skipped = skipTypes(typ, {tyOrdinal, tyRange, tyInferred, tyGenericInst, tyStatic, tyAlias, tySink})
-      tk = skipped.kind
+    if g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcHooks, gcAtomicArc}:
+      tk = skipTypes(typ, {tyOrdinal, tyRange, tyInferred, tyGenericInst, tyStatic, tyAlias, tySink}).kind
     else:
       tk = tyNone # no special casing for strings and seqs
     case tk
@@ -1291,20 +1197,16 @@ proc produceSym(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; typ: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
       fillStrOp(a, typ, result.ast[bodyPos], d, src)
     else:
       fillBody(a, typ, result.ast[bodyPos], d, src)
-      if tk == tyObject and a.kind in {attachedAsgn, attachedSink, attachedDeepCopy, attachedDup} and not isObjLackingTypeField(skipped):
+      if tk == tyObject and a.kind in {attachedAsgn, attachedSink, attachedDeepCopy, attachedDup} and not lacksMTypeField(typ):
         # bug #19205: Do not forget to also copy the hidden type field:
         genTypeFieldCopy(a, typ, result.ast[bodyPos], d, src)
 
   if not a.canRaise:
-    ensureMutable result
-    incl result.flagsImpl, sfNeverRaises
+    incl result.flags, sfNeverRaises
     result.ast[pragmasPos] = newNodeI(nkPragma, info)
     result.ast[pragmasPos].add newTree(nkExprColonExpr,
         newIdentNode(g.cache.getIdent("raises"),  info), newNodeI(nkBracket, info))
 
-  if kind == attachedDestructor:
-    ensureMutable result
-    incl result.optionsImpl, optQuirky
   completePartialOp(g, idgen.module, typ, kind, result)
 
 
@@ -1329,9 +1231,7 @@ proc produceDestructorForDiscriminator*(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; field: PSym,
   result.ast[bodyPos].add v
   let placeHolder = newNodeIT(nkSym, info, getSysType(g, info, tyPointer))
   fillBody(a, typ, result.ast[bodyPos], d, placeHolder)
-  if not a.canRaise:
-    ensureMutable result
-    incl result.flagsImpl, sfNeverRaises
+  if not a.canRaise: incl result.flags, sfNeverRaises
 
 
 template liftTypeBoundOps*(c: PContext; typ: PType; info: TLineInfo) =
@@ -1366,7 +1266,7 @@ proc inst(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; t: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp; idgen: I
     else:
       localError(g.config, info, "unresolved generic parameter")
 
-proc isTrivial*(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
+proc isTrival*(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   s == nil or (s.ast != nil and s.ast[bodyPos].len == 0)
 
 proc createTypeBoundOps(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; orig: PType; info: TLineInfo;
@@ -1375,13 +1275,7 @@ proc createTypeBoundOps(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; orig: PType; info: TLineInf
   ## to ensure we lift assignment, destructors and moves properly.
   ## The later 'injectdestructors' pass depends on it.
   if orig == nil or {tfCheckedForDestructor, tfHasMeta} * orig.flags != {}: return
-  # IC: review this solution again later
-  incl orig.flagsImpl, tfCheckedForDestructor
-  # for user defined generic destructors:
-  let origRoot = genericRoot(orig)
-  if origRoot != nil:
-    # IC: review this solution again later
-    incl origRoot.flagsImpl, tfGenericHasDestructor
+  incl orig.flags, tfCheckedForDestructor
 
   let skipped = orig.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   if isEmptyContainer(skipped) or skipped.kind == tyStatic: return
@@ -1401,13 +1295,13 @@ proc createTypeBoundOps(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; orig: PType; info: TLineInf
 
   # we do not generate '=trace' procs if we
   # have the cycle detection disabled, saves code size.
-  let lastAttached = if g.config.selectedGC in {gcOrc, gcYrc}: attachedTrace
+  let lastAttached = if g.config.selectedGC == gcOrc: attachedTrace
                      else: attachedSink
 
   # bug #15122: We need to produce all prototypes before entering the
   # mind boggling recursion. Hacks like these imply we should rewrite
   # this module.
-  var generics = default(array[attachedWasMoved..attachedTrace, bool])
+  var generics: array[attachedWasMoved..attachedTrace, bool] = default(array[attachedWasMoved..attachedTrace, bool])
   for k in attachedWasMoved..lastAttached:
     generics[k] = getAttachedOp(g, canon, k) != nil
     if not generics[k]:
@@ -1423,9 +1317,8 @@ proc createTypeBoundOps(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; orig: PType; info: TLineInf
     if canon != orig:
       setAttachedOp(g, idgen.module, orig, k, getAttachedOp(g, canon, k))
 
-  if not isTrivial(getAttachedOp(g, orig, attachedDestructor)):
-    #or not isTrivial(orig.assignment) or
-    # not isTrivial(orig.sink):
-    # IC: review this solution again later
-    orig.flagsImpl.incl tfHasAsgn
+  if not isTrival(getAttachedOp(g, orig, attachedDestructor)):
+    #or not isTrival(orig.assignment) or
+    # not isTrival(orig.sink):
+    orig.flags.incl tfHasAsgn
     # ^ XXX Breaks IC!

compiler/liftlocals.nim

@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ proc interestingVar(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
 proc lookupOrAdd(c: var Ctx; s: PSym; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   let field = addUniqueField(c.objType, s, c.cache, c.idgen)
   var deref = newNodeI(nkHiddenDeref, info)
-  deref.typ = c.objType
+  deref.typ() = c.objType
   deref.add(newSymNode(c.partialParam, info))
   result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
   result.add(deref)
   result.add(newSymNode(field))
-  result.typ = field.typ
+  result.typ() = field.typ
 
 proc liftLocals(n: PNode; i: int; c: var Ctx) =
   let it = n[i]

compiler/lineinfos.nim

@@ -93,12 +93,9 @@ type
     warnBareExcept = "BareExcept",
     warnImplicitDefaultValue = "ImplicitDefaultValue",
     warnIgnoredSymbolInjection = "IgnoredSymbolInjection",
-    warnStdPrefix = "StdPrefix",
-    warnUnknownNotes = "UnknownNotes",
-    warnLongLiterals = "LongLiterals",
+    warnStdPrefix = "StdPrefix"
     warnUser = "User",
     warnGlobalVarConstructorTemporary = "GlobalVarConstructorTemporary",
-    warnImplicitRangeConversion = "ImplicitRangeConversion",
     # hints
     hintSuccess = "Success", hintSuccessX = "SuccessX",
     hintCC = "CC",
@@ -112,9 +109,9 @@ type
     hintSource = "Source", hintPerformance = "Performance", hintStackTrace = "StackTrace",
     hintGCStats = "GCStats", hintGlobalVar = "GlobalVar", hintExpandMacro = "ExpandMacro",
     hintUser = "User", hintUserRaw = "UserRaw", hintExtendedContext = "ExtendedContext",
-    hintUnknownRaises = "UnknownRaises",
     hintMsgOrigin = "MsgOrigin", # since 1.3.5
     hintDeclaredLoc = "DeclaredLoc", # since 1.5.1
+    hintUnknownHint = "UnknownHint"
 
 const
   MsgKindToStr*: array[TMsgKind, string] = [
@@ -203,11 +200,8 @@ const
     warnImplicitDefaultValue: "$1",
     warnIgnoredSymbolInjection: "$1",
     warnStdPrefix: "$1 needs the 'std' prefix",
-    warnUnknownNotes: "$1",
-    warnLongLiterals: "$1",
     warnUser: "$1",
     warnGlobalVarConstructorTemporary: "global variable '$1' initialization requires a temporary variable",
-    warnImplicitRangeConversion: "implicit range conversion $1",
     hintSuccess: "operation successful: $#",
     # keep in sync with `testament.isSuccess`
     hintSuccessX: "$build\n$loc lines; ${sec}s; $mem; proj: $project; out: $output",
@@ -241,9 +235,9 @@ const
     hintUser: "$1",
     hintUserRaw: "$1",
     hintExtendedContext: "$1",
-    hintUnknownRaises: "$1 is a forward declaration without explicit .raises, assuming it can raise anything",
     hintMsgOrigin: "$1",
-    hintDeclaredLoc: "$1"
+    hintDeclaredLoc: "$1",
+    hintUnknownHint: "unknown hint: $1"
   ]
 
 const
@@ -262,7 +256,7 @@ type
 
 proc computeNotesVerbosity(): array[0..3, TNoteKinds] =
   result = default(array[0..3, TNoteKinds])
-  result[3] = {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {warnObservableStores, warnResultUsed, warnAnyEnumConv, warnBareExcept, warnStdPrefix, warnImplicitRangeConversion}
+  result[3] = {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {warnObservableStores, warnResultUsed, warnAnyEnumConv, warnBareExcept, warnStdPrefix}
   result[2] = result[3] - {hintStackTrace, hintExtendedContext, hintDeclaredLoc, hintProcessingStmt}
   result[1] = result[2] - {warnProveField, warnProveIndex,
     warnGcUnsafe, hintPath, hintDependency, hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd,
@@ -277,10 +271,6 @@ const
   errFloatToString* = "cannot convert '$1' to '$2'"
 
 type
-  FileInfoKind* = enum
-    fikSource,      ## A real source file path
-    fikNifModule    ## A NIF module suffix (not a real path)
-
   TFileInfo* = object
     fullPath*: AbsoluteFile    # This is a canonical full filesystem path
     projPath*: RelativeFile    # This is relative to the project's root
@@ -299,7 +289,6 @@ type
                                # for 'nimsuggest'
     hash*: string              # the checksum of the file
     dirty*: bool               # for 'nimpretty' like tooling
-    kind*: FileInfoKind        # distinguishes real files from NIF suffixes
     when defined(nimpretty):
       fullContent*: string
   FileIndex* = distinct int32

compiler/linter.nim

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ proc nep1CheckDefImpl(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; k: TSymKind) =
 template styleCheckDef*(ctx: PContext; info: TLineInfo; sym: PSym; k: TSymKind) =
   ## Check symbol definitions adhere to NEP1 style rules.
   if optStyleCheck in ctx.config.options and # ignore if styleChecks are off
-     {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # check only if hint/error/warning is enabled
+     {optStyleHint, optStyleError} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # check only if hint/error is enabled
      hintName in ctx.config.notes and # ignore if name checks are not requested
      ctx.config.belongsToProjectPackageMaybeNil(getModule(ctx.graph, info.fileIndex)) and # ignore foreign packages
      optStyleUsages notin ctx.config.globalOptions and # ignore if requested to only check name usage
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ proc styleCheckUseImpl(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
 
 template styleCheckUse*(ctx: PContext; info: TLineInfo; sym: PSym) =
   ## Check symbol uses match their definition's style.
-  if {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # ignore if styleChecks are off
+  if {optStyleHint, optStyleError} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # ignore if styleChecks are off
      hintName in ctx.config.notes and # ignore if name checks are not requested
      ctx.config.belongsToProjectPackageMaybeNil(getModule(ctx.graph, info.fileIndex)) and # ignore foreign packages
      sym.kind != skTemp and # ignore temporary variables created by the compiler
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ proc checkPragmaUseImpl(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; w: TSpecialWord; pragm
 template checkPragmaUse*(ctx: PContext; info: TLineInfo; w: TSpecialWord; pragmaName: string, sym: PSym) =
   ## Check builtin pragma uses match their definition's style.
   ## Note: This only applies to builtin pragmas, not user pragmas.
-  if {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # ignore if styleChecks are off
+  if {optStyleHint, optStyleError} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # ignore if styleChecks are off
      hintName in ctx.config.notes and # ignore if name checks are not requested
      ctx.config.belongsToProjectPackageMaybeNil(getModule(ctx.graph, info.fileIndex)): # ignore foreign packages
     checkPragmaUseImpl(ctx.config, info, w, pragmaName)

compiler/llstream.nim

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import
   pathutils
-import std/strutils
+
 when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
   import std/syncio
 
@@ -86,47 +86,6 @@ const
   LineContinuationOprs = {'+', '-', '*', '/', '\\', '<', '>', '!', '?', '^',
                           '|', '%', '&', '$', '@', '~', ','}
   AdditionalLineContinuationOprs = {'#', ':', '='}
-  LineContinuationTokens = [
-    "let", "var", "const", "type",  # section
-    "object", "tuple",
-    # from ./layouter.oprSet
-    "div", "mod", "shl", "shr", "in", "notin", "is",
-    "isnot", "not", "of", "as", "from", "..", "and", "or", "xor", 
-  ]  # must be all `nimIdentNormalized`-ed
-
-proc eqIdent(a, bNormalized: string): bool =
-  a.nimIdentNormalize == bNormalized
-
-proc endsWithIdent(s, subs: string): bool =
-  let le = subs.len
-  if le > s.len: return false
-  s[^le .. ^1].eqIdent subs
-
-proc continuesWithIdent(s, subs: string, start: int): bool =
-  s.substr(start, start+subs.high).eqIdent subs
-
-proc endsWithIdent(s, subs: string, endIdx: var int): bool =
-  endIdx.dec subs.len
-  result = s.continuesWithIdent(subs, endIdx+1)
-
-proc containsObjectOf(x: string): bool =
-  const sep = ' '
-  var idx = x.rfind(sep)
-  if idx == -1: return
-  template eatWord(word) =  
-    while x[idx] == sep: idx.dec
-    result = x.endsWithIdent(word, idx)
-    if not result: return
-  eatWord "of"
-  eatWord "object"
-  result = true
-
-proc endsWithLineContinuationToken(x: string): bool =
-  result = false
-  for tok in LineContinuationTokens:
-    if x.endsWithIdent(tok):
-      return true
-  result = x.containsObjectOf
 
 proc endsWithOpr*(x: string): bool =
   result = x.endsWith(LineContinuationOprs)
@@ -134,9 +93,7 @@ proc endsWithOpr*(x: string): bool =
 proc continueLine(line: string, inTripleString: bool): bool {.inline.} =
   result = inTripleString or line.len > 0 and (
         line[0] == ' ' or
-        line.endsWith(LineContinuationOprs+AdditionalLineContinuationOprs) or
-        line.endsWithLineContinuationToken()
-      )
+        line.endsWith(LineContinuationOprs+AdditionalLineContinuationOprs))
 
 proc countTriples(s: string): int =
   result = 0
@@ -152,10 +109,7 @@ proc llReadFromStdin(s: PLLStream, buf: pointer, bufLen: int): int =
   s.rd = 0
   var line = newStringOfCap(120)
   var triples = 0
-  while true:
-    if not readLineFromStdin(if s.s.len == 0: ">>> " else: "... ", line):
-      # now readLineFromStdin meets EOF (ctrl-D/Z) or ctrl-C
-      quit()
+  while readLineFromStdin(if s.s.len == 0: ">>> " else: "... ", line):
     s.s.add(line)
     s.s.add("\n")
     inc triples, countTriples(line)

compiler/lookups.nim

@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ proc considerQuotedIdent*(c: PContext; n: PNode, origin: PNode = nil): PIdent =
         of nkLiterals - nkFloatLiterals: id.add(x.renderTree)
         else: handleError(n, origin)
       result = getIdent(c.cache, id)
-  of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice, nkOpenSym:
+  of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice:
     if n[0].kind == nkSym:
       result = n[0].sym.name
     else:
       handleError(n, origin)
+  of nkOpenSym:
+    result = considerQuotedIdent(c, n[0], origin)
   else:
     handleError(n, origin)
 
@@ -75,13 +77,10 @@ proc addUniqueSym*(scope: PScope, s: PSym): PSym =
 proc openScope*(c: PContext): PScope {.discardable.} =
   result = PScope(parent: c.currentScope,
                   symbols: initStrTable(),
-                  depthLevel: c.scopeDepth + 1,
-                  optionStackLen: c.optionStack.len)
+                  depthLevel: c.scopeDepth + 1)
   c.currentScope = result
 
 proc rawCloseScope*(c: PContext) =
-  if c.currentScope.optionStackLen >= 1:
-    c.optionStack.setLen(c.currentScope.optionStackLen)
   c.currentScope = c.currentScope.parent
 
 proc closeScope*(c: PContext) =
@@ -222,14 +221,7 @@ proc debugScopes*(c: PContext; limit=0, max = int.high) {.deprecated.} =
     if i == limit: return
     inc i
 
-proc searchImportsAll*(c: PContext, s: PIdent, filter: TSymKinds, holding: var seq[PSym]) =
-  var marked = initIntSet()
-  for im in c.imports.mitems:
-    for s in symbols(im, marked, s, c.graph):
-      if s.kind in filter:
-        holding.add s
-
-proc searchScopes*(c: PContext, s: PIdent, filter: TSymKinds): seq[PSym] =
+proc searchInScopesAllCandidatesFilterBy*(c: PContext, s: PIdent, filter: TSymKinds): seq[PSym] =
   result = @[]
   for scope in allScopes(c.currentScope):
     var ti: TIdentIter = default(TIdentIter)
@@ -239,12 +231,14 @@ proc searchScopes*(c: PContext, s: PIdent, filter: TSymKinds): seq[PSym] =
         result.add candidate
       candidate = nextIdentIter(ti, scope.symbols)
 
-proc searchScopesAll*(c: PContext, s: PIdent, filter: TSymKinds): seq[PSym] =
-  result = searchScopes(c,s,filter)
   if result.len == 0:
-    searchImportsAll(c, s, filter, result)
+    var marked = initIntSet()
+    for im in c.imports.mitems:
+      for s in symbols(im, marked, s, c.graph):
+        if s.kind in filter:
+          result.add s
 
-proc selectFromScopesElseAll*(c: PContext, s: PIdent, filter: TSymKinds): seq[PSym] =
+proc searchInScopesFilterBy*(c: PContext, s: PIdent, filter: TSymKinds): seq[PSym] =
   result = @[]
   block outer:
     for scope in allScopes(c.currentScope):
@@ -258,7 +252,11 @@ proc selectFromScopesElseAll*(c: PContext, s: PIdent, filter: TSymKinds): seq[PS
         candidate = nextIdentIter(ti, scope.symbols)
 
   if result.len == 0:
-    searchImportsAll(c, s, filter, result)
+    var marked = initIntSet()
+    for im in c.imports.mitems:
+      for s in symbols(im, marked, s, c.graph):
+        if s.kind in filter:
+          result.add s
 
 proc cmpScopes*(ctx: PContext, s: PSym): int =
   # Do not return a negative number
@@ -311,7 +309,7 @@ proc errorSym*(c: PContext, ident: PIdent, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
   ## creates an error symbol to avoid cascading errors (for IDE support)
   result = newSym(skError, ident, c.idgen, getCurrOwner(c), info, {})
   result.typ = errorType(c)
-  incl(result.flagsImpl, sfDiscardable)
+  incl(result.flags, sfDiscardable)
   # pretend it's from the top level scope to prevent cascading errors:
   if c.config.cmd != cmdInteractive and c.compilesContextId == 0:
     c.moduleScope.addSym(result)
@@ -388,7 +386,7 @@ proc addDeclAt*(c: PContext; scope: PScope, sym: PSym, info: TLineInfo) =
   if sym.name.id == ord(wUnderscore): return
   let conflict = scope.addUniqueSym(sym)
   if conflict != nil:
-    if sym.kind == skModule and conflict.kind == skModule and not c.config.isDefined("nimPreviewDuplicateModuleError"):
+    if sym.kind == skModule and conflict.kind == skModule:
       # e.g.: import foo; import foo
       # xxx we could refine this by issuing a different hint for the case
       # where a duplicate import happens inside an include.
@@ -412,6 +410,8 @@ proc addDecl*(c: PContext, sym: PSym) {.inline.} =
 proc addPrelimDecl*(c: PContext, sym: PSym) =
   discard c.currentScope.addUniqueSym(sym)
 
+from ic / ic import addHidden
+
 proc addInterfaceDeclAux(c: PContext, sym: PSym) =
   ## adds symbol to the module for either private or public access.
   if sfExported in sym.flags:
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ proc addInterfaceDeclAux(c: PContext, sym: PSym) =
     else: internalError(c.config, sym.info, "addInterfaceDeclAux")
   elif sym.kind in ExportableSymKinds and c.module != nil and isTopLevelInsideDeclaration(c, sym):
     strTableAdd(semtabAll(c.graph, c.module), sym)
+    if c.config.symbolFiles != disabledSf:
+      addHidden(c.encoder, c.packedRepr, sym)
 
 proc addInterfaceDeclAt*(c: PContext, scope: PScope, sym: PSym) =
   ## adds a symbol on the scope and the interface if appropriate
@@ -642,7 +644,7 @@ const allExceptModule = {low(TSymKind)..high(TSymKind)} - {skModule, skPackage}
 
 proc lookUpCandidates*(c: PContext, ident: PIdent, filter: set[TSymKind],
                        includePureEnum = false): seq[PSym] =
-  result = selectFromScopesElseAll(c, ident, filter)
+  result = searchInScopesFilterBy(c, ident, filter)
   if skEnumField in filter and (result.len == 0 or includePureEnum):
     result.add allPureEnumFields(c, ident)
 
@@ -723,7 +725,7 @@ proc qualifiedLookUp*(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: set[TLookupFlag]): PSym =
 proc initOverloadIter*(o: var TOverloadIter, c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
   if n.kind == nkOpenSym:
     # maybe the logic in semexprs should be mirrored here instead
-    # for now it only seems this is called for `pickSym` in `getTypeIdent`
+    # for now it only seems this is called for `pickSym` in `getTypeIdent` 
     return initOverloadIter(o, c, n[0])
   o.importIdx = -1
   o.marked = initIntSet()

compiler/lowerings.nim

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ proc lowerTupleUnpacking*(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: P
     var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(g.cache, genPrefix), idgen,
                   owner, value.info, g.config.options)
     temp.typ = skipTypes(value.typ, abstractInst)
-    incl(temp.flagsImpl, sfFromGeneric)
+    incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
     tempAsNode = newSymNode(temp)
 
   var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, value.info)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ proc evalOnce*(g: ModuleGraph; value: PNode; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym): P
   var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(g.cache, genPrefix), idgen,
                     owner, value.info, g.config.options)
   temp.typ = skipTypes(value.typ, abstractInst)
-  incl(temp.flagsImpl, sfFromGeneric)
+  incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
 
   var v = newNodeI(nkLetSection, value.info)
   let tempAsNode = newSymNode(temp)
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ proc lowerSwap*(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym): PNod
   # note: cannot use 'skTemp' here cause we really need the copy for the VM :-(
   var temp = newSym(skVar, getIdent(g.cache, genPrefix), idgen, owner, n.info, owner.options)
   temp.typ = n[1].typ
-  incl(temp.flagsImpl, sfFromGeneric)
-  incl(temp.flagsImpl, sfGenSym)
+  incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
+  incl(temp.flags, sfGenSym)
 
   var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, n.info)
   let tempAsNode = newSymNode(temp)
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ proc createObj*(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; owner: PSym, info: TLineInfo
   result = newType(tyObject, idgen, owner)
   if final:
     rawAddSon(result, nil)
-    incl result, tfFinal
+    incl result.flags, tfFinal
   else:
     rawAddSon(result, getCompilerProc(g, "RootObj").typ)
   result.n = newNodeI(nkRecList, info)
   let s = newSym(skType, getIdent(g.cache, "Env_" & toFilename(g.config, info) & "_" & $owner.name.s),
                   idgen, owner, info, owner.options)
-  incl s.flagsImpl, sfAnon
+  incl s.flags, sfAnon
   s.typ = result
   result.sym = s
 
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ proc rawIndirectAccess*(a: PNode; field: PSym; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   # returns a[].field as a node
   assert field.kind == skField
   var deref = newNodeI(nkHiddenDeref, info)
-  deref.typ = a.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)[0]
+  deref.typ() = a.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)[0]
   deref.add a
   result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
   result.add deref
   result.add newSymNode(field)
-  result.typ = field.typ
+  result.typ() = field.typ
 
 proc rawDirectAccess*(obj, field: PSym): PNode =
   # returns a.field as a node
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ proc rawDirectAccess*(obj, field: PSym): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, field.info)
   result.add newSymNode(obj)
   result.add newSymNode(field)
-  result.typ = field.typ
+  result.typ() = field.typ
 
 proc lookupInRecord(n: PNode, id: ItemId): PSym =
   result = nil
@@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ proc newDotExpr*(obj, b: PSym): PNode =
   assert field != nil, b.name.s
   result.add newSymNode(obj)
   result.add newSymNode(field)
-  result.typ = field.typ
+  result.typ() = field.typ
 
 proc indirectAccess*(a: PNode, b: ItemId, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   # returns a[].b as a node
   var deref = newNodeI(nkHiddenDeref, info)
-  deref.typ = a.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).elementType
+  deref.typ() = a.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).elementType
   var t = deref.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
   var field: PSym
   while true:
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ proc indirectAccess*(a: PNode, b: ItemId, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
   result.add deref
   result.add newSymNode(field)
-  result.typ = field.typ
+  result.typ() = field.typ
 
 proc indirectAccess*(a: PNode, b: string, info: TLineInfo; cache: IdentCache): PNode =
   # returns a[].b as a node
   var deref = newNodeI(nkHiddenDeref, info)
-  deref.typ = a.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).elementType
+  deref.typ() = a.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).elementType
   var t = deref.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
   var field: PSym
   let bb = getIdent(cache, b)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ proc indirectAccess*(a: PNode, b: string, info: TLineInfo; cache: IdentCache): P
   result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
   result.add deref
   result.add newSymNode(field)
-  result.typ = field.typ
+  result.typ() = field.typ
 
 proc getFieldFromObj*(t: PType; v: PSym): PSym =
   assert v.kind != skField
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ proc indirectAccess*(a, b: PSym, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
 proc genAddrOf*(n: PNode; idgen: IdGenerator; typeKind = tyPtr): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkAddr, n.info, 1)
   result[0] = n
-  result.typ = newType(typeKind, idgen, n.typ.owner)
+  result.typ() = newType(typeKind, idgen, n.typ.owner)
   result.typ.rawAddSon(n.typ)
 
 proc genDeref*(n: PNode; k = nkHiddenDeref): PNode =
@@ -344,18 +344,18 @@ proc callCodegenProc*(g: ModuleGraph; name: string;
     if optionalArgs != nil:
       for i in 1..<optionalArgs.len-2:
         result.add optionalArgs[i]
-    result.typ = sym.typ.returnType
+    result.typ() = sym.typ.returnType
 
 proc newIntLit*(g: ModuleGraph; info: TLineInfo; value: BiggestInt): PNode =
   result = nkIntLit.newIntNode(value)
-  result.typ = getSysType(g, info, tyInt)
+  result.typ() = getSysType(g, info, tyInt)
 
 proc genHigh*(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode): PNode =
   if skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVar).kind == tyArray:
     result = newIntLit(g, n.info, toInt64(lastOrd(g.config, skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVar))))
   else:
     result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 2)
-    result.typ = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt)
+    result.typ() = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt)
     result[0] = newSymNode(getSysMagic(g, n.info, "high", mHigh))
     result[1] = n
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ proc genLen*(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode): PNode =
     result = newIntLit(g, n.info, toInt64(lastOrd(g.config, skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVar)) + 1))
   else:
     result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 2)
-    result.typ = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt)
+    result.typ() = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt)
     result[0] = newSymNode(getSysMagic(g, n.info, "len", mLengthSeq))
     result[1] = n
 

compiler/magicsys.nim

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Built-in types and compilerprocs are registered here.
 
 import
-  ast, msgs, platform, idents,
+  ast, astalgo, msgs, platform, idents,
   modulegraphs, lineinfos
 
 export createMagic
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ proc makeAddr*(n: PNode; idgen: IdGenerator): PNode =
     result = n
   else:
     result = newTree(nkHiddenAddr, n)
-    result.typ = makePtrType(n.typ.skipTypes({tySink}), idgen)
+    result.typ() = makePtrType(n.typ, idgen)

compiler/main.nim

@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@ import
 when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
   import std/[syncio, assertions]
 
+import ic / [cbackend, integrity, navigator, ic]
+
 import ../dist/checksums/src/checksums/sha1
 
 import pipelines
 
-when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-  import nifbackend
-  import deps
-
 when not defined(leanCompiler):
   import docgen
 
@@ -97,6 +95,14 @@ proc commandCheck(graph: ModuleGraph) =
   setPipeLinePass(graph, SemPass)
   compilePipelineProject(graph)
 
+  if conf.symbolFiles != disabledSf:
+    case conf.ideCmd
+    of ideDef: navDefinition(graph)
+    of ideUse: navUsages(graph)
+    of ideDus: navDefusages(graph)
+    else: discard
+    writeRodFiles(graph)
+
 when not defined(leanCompiler):
   proc commandDoc2(graph: ModuleGraph; ext: string) =
     handleDocOutputOptions graph.config
@@ -111,38 +117,6 @@ when not defined(leanCompiler):
     else: raiseAssert $ext
     compilePipelineProject(graph)
 
-proc commandCompileToNif(graph: ModuleGraph) =
-  let conf = graph.config
-  extccomp.initVars(conf)
-  if conf.symbolFiles == disabledSf:
-    if {optRun, optForceFullMake} * conf.globalOptions == {optRun} or isDefined(conf, "nimBetterRun"):
-      if not changeDetectedViaJsonBuildInstructions(conf, conf.jsonBuildInstructionsFile):
-        # nothing changed
-        graph.config.notes = graph.config.mainPackageNotes
-        return
-
-  if not extccomp.ccHasSaneOverflow(conf):
-    conf.symbols.defineSymbol("nimEmulateOverflowChecks")
-
-  setPipeLinePass(graph, NifgenPass)
-  compilePipelineProject(graph)
-
-proc commandNifC(graph: ModuleGraph) =
-  ## Generate C code from precompiled NIF files.
-  ## This is the new IC approach: compile modules to NIF first with `nim m`,
-  ## then generate C code from the entry.nif file with whole-program DCE.
-  when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-    let conf = graph.config
-    extccomp.initVars(conf)
-
-    if not extccomp.ccHasSaneOverflow(conf):
-      conf.symbols.defineSymbol("nimEmulateOverflowChecks")
-
-    # Use the NIF backend to generate C code
-    nifbackend.generateCode(graph, conf.projectMainIdx)
-  else:
-    rawMessage(graph.config, errGenerated, "NIF backend not available during bootstrap build")
-
 proc commandCompileToC(graph: ModuleGraph) =
   let conf = graph.config
   extccomp.initVars(conf)
@@ -163,7 +137,15 @@ proc commandCompileToC(graph: ModuleGraph) =
   compilePipelineProject(graph)
   if graph.config.errorCounter > 0:
     return # issue #9933
-  cgenWriteModules(graph.backend, conf)
+  if conf.symbolFiles == disabledSf:
+    cgenWriteModules(graph.backend, conf)
+  else:
+    if isDefined(conf, "nimIcIntegrityChecks"):
+      checkIntegrity(graph)
+    generateCode(graph)
+    # graph.backend can be nil under IC when nothing changed at all:
+    if graph.backend != nil:
+      cgenWriteModules(graph.backend, conf)
   if conf.cmd != cmdTcc and graph.backend != nil:
     extccomp.callCCompiler(conf)
     # for now we do not support writing out a .json file with the build instructions when HCR is on
@@ -202,7 +184,7 @@ proc commandInteractive(graph: ModuleGraph) =
     discard graph.compilePipelineModule(fileInfoIdx(graph.config, graph.config.projectFull), {})
   else:
     var m = graph.makeStdinModule()
-    incl(m, sfMainModule)
+    incl(m.flags, sfMainModule)
     var idgen = IdGenerator(module: m.itemId.module, symId: m.itemId.item, typeId: 0)
     let s = llStreamOpenStdIn(onPrompt = proc() = flushDot(graph.config))
     discard processPipelineModule(graph, m, idgen, s)
@@ -223,6 +205,10 @@ proc commandScan(cache: IdentCache, config: ConfigRef) =
   else:
     rawMessage(config, errGenerated, "cannot open file: " & f.string)
 
+proc commandView(graph: ModuleGraph) =
+  let f = toAbsolute(mainCommandArg(graph.config), AbsoluteDir getCurrentDir()).addFileExt(RodExt)
+  rodViewer(f, graph.config, graph.cache)
+
 const
   PrintRopeCacheStats = false
 
@@ -271,7 +257,7 @@ proc mainCommand*(graph: ModuleGraph) =
       if conf.exc == excNone: conf.exc = excSetjmp
     of backendCpp:
       if conf.exc == excNone: conf.exc = excCpp
-    of backendObjc, backendNif: discard
+    of backendObjc: discard
     of backendJs:
       if conf.hcrOn:
         # XXX: At the moment, system.nim cannot be compiled in JS mode
@@ -289,7 +275,6 @@ proc mainCommand*(graph: ModuleGraph) =
     of backendCpp: commandCompileToC(graph)
     of backendObjc: commandCompileToC(graph)
     of backendJs: commandCompileToJS(graph)
-    of backendNif: commandCompileToNif(graph)
     of backendInvalid: raiseAssert "unreachable"
 
   template docLikeCmd(body) =
@@ -320,6 +305,8 @@ proc mainCommand*(graph: ModuleGraph) =
   case conf.cmd
   of cmdBackends:
     compileToBackend()
+    when BenchIC:
+      echoTimes graph.packed
   of cmdTcc:
     when hasTinyCBackend:
       extccomp.setCC(conf, "tcc", unknownLineInfo)
@@ -416,27 +403,16 @@ proc mainCommand*(graph: ModuleGraph) =
   of cmdCheck:
     commandCheck(graph)
   of cmdM:
-    # cmdM uses NIF files, not ROD files
-    graph.config.symbolFiles = disabledSf
-    setUseIc(true)
+    graph.config.symbolFiles = v2Sf
+    setUseIc(graph.config.symbolFiles != disabledSf)
     commandCheck(graph)
-  of cmdNifC:
-    setUseIc(true)
-    # Generate C code from NIF files
-    wantMainModule(conf)
-    setOutFile(conf)
-    commandNifC(graph)
-  of cmdIc:
-    # Generate .build.nif for nifmake
-    setUseIc(true)
-    wantMainModule(conf)
-    when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-      commandIc(conf)
-    else:
-      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "nim deps not available in bootstrap build")
   of cmdParse:
     wantMainModule(conf)
     discard parseFile(conf.projectMainIdx, cache, conf)
+  of cmdRod:
+    wantMainModule(conf)
+    commandView(graph)
+    #msgWriteln(conf, "Beware: Indentation tokens depend on the parser's state!")
   of cmdInteractive: commandInteractive(graph)
   of cmdNimscript:
     if conf.projectIsCmd or conf.projectIsStdin: discard

compiler/modulegraphs.nim

@@ -11,15 +11,11 @@
 ## represents a complete Nim project. Single modules can either be kept in RAM
 ## or stored in a rod-file.
 
-import std/[intsets, tables, hashes, strtabs, os, strutils, parseutils]
+import std/[intsets, tables, hashes, strtabs, algorithm, os, strutils, parseutils]
 import ../dist/checksums/src/checksums/md5
 import ast, astalgo, options, lineinfos,idents, btrees, ropes, msgs, pathutils, packages, suggestsymdb
+import ic / [packed_ast, ic]
 
-when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-  import ast2nif
-  import "../dist/nimony/src/lib" / [nifstreams, bitabs]
-
-import typekeys
 
 when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
   import std/assertions
@@ -27,12 +23,16 @@ when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
 type
   SigHash* = distinct MD5Digest
 
+  LazySym* = object
+    id*: FullId
+    sym*: PSym
+
   Iface* = object       ## data we don't want to store directly in the
                         ## ast.PSym type for s.kind == skModule
     module*: PSym       ## module this "Iface" belongs to
-    converters*: seq[PSym]
-    patterns*: seq[PSym]
-    pureEnums*: seq[PSym]
+    converters*: seq[LazySym]
+    patterns*: seq[LazySym]
+    pureEnums*: seq[LazySym]
     interf: TStrTable
     interfHidden: TStrTable
     uniqueName*: Rope
@@ -41,12 +41,25 @@ type
     opNot*, opContains*, opLe*, opLt*, opAnd*, opOr*, opIsNil*, opEq*: PSym
     opAdd*, opSub*, opMul*, opDiv*, opLen*: PSym
 
+  FullId* = object
+    module*: int
+    packed*: PackedItemId
+
+  LazyType* = object
+    id*: FullId
+    typ*: PType
+
+  LazyInstantiation* = object
+    module*: int
+    sym*: FullId
+    concreteTypes*: seq[FullId]
+    inst*: PInstantiation
+
   PipelinePass* = enum
     NonePass
     SemPass
     JSgenPass
     CgenPass
-    NifgenPass
     EvalPass
     InterpreterPass
     GenDependPass
@@ -56,18 +69,19 @@ type
 
   ModuleGraph* {.acyclic.} = ref object
     ifaces*: seq[Iface]  ## indexed by int32 fileIdx
+    packed*: PackedModuleGraph
+    encoders*: seq[PackedEncoder]
 
-    typeInstCache*: Table[ItemId, seq[PType]] # A symbol's ItemId.
-    procInstCache*: Table[ItemId, seq[PInstantiation]] # A symbol's ItemId.
-    attachedOps*: array[TTypeAttachedOp, Table[ItemId, PSym]] # Type ID, destructors, etc.
-    loadedOps: array[TTypeAttachedOp, Table[string, PSym]] # This can later by unified with `attachedOps` once it's stable
-    opsLog*: seq[LogEntry]
-    methodsPerGenericType*: Table[ItemId, seq[(int, PSym)]] # Type ID, attached methods
+    typeInstCache*: Table[ItemId, seq[LazyType]] # A symbol's ItemId.
+    procInstCache*: Table[ItemId, seq[LazyInstantiation]] # A symbol's ItemId.
+    attachedOps*: array[TTypeAttachedOp, Table[ItemId, LazySym]] # Type ID, destructors, etc.
+    methodsPerGenericType*: Table[ItemId, seq[(int, LazySym)]] # Type ID, attached methods
     memberProcsPerType*: Table[ItemId, seq[PSym]] # Type ID, attached member procs (only c++, virtual,member and ctor so far).
     initializersPerType*: Table[ItemId, PNode] # Type ID, AST call to the default ctor (c++ only)
-    enumToStringProcs*: Table[ItemId, PSym]
+    enumToStringProcs*: Table[ItemId, LazySym]
     emittedTypeInfo*: Table[string, FileIndex]
 
+    startupPackedConfig*: PackedConfig
     packageSyms*: TStrTable
     deps*: IntSet # the dependency graph or potentially its transitive closure.
     importDeps*: Table[FileIndex, seq[FileIndex]] # explicit import module dependencies
@@ -93,8 +107,8 @@ type
     methods*: seq[tuple[methods: seq[PSym], dispatcher: PSym]] # needs serialization!
     bucketTable*: CountTable[ItemId]
     objectTree*: Table[ItemId, seq[tuple[depth: int, value: PType]]]
-    methodsPerType*: Table[ItemId, seq[PSym]]
-    dispatchers*: seq[PSym]
+    methodsPerType*: Table[ItemId, seq[LazySym]]
+    dispatchers*: seq[LazySym]
 
     systemModule*: PSym
     sysTypes*: array[TTypeKind, PType]
@@ -122,10 +136,6 @@ type
 
     cachedFiles*: StringTableRef
 
-    procGlobals*: seq[PNode]
-    nifReplayActions*: Table[int32, seq[PNode]]  # module position -> replay actions for NIF
-    cachedMods: IntSet
-
   TPassContext* = object of RootObj # the pass's context
     idgen*: IdGenerator
   PPassContext* = ref TPassContext
@@ -149,9 +159,6 @@ proc resetForBackend*(g: ModuleGraph) =
   g.enumToStringProcs.clear()
   g.dispatchers.setLen(0)
   g.methodsPerType.clear()
-  for a in mitems(g.loadedOps):
-    a.clear()
-  g.opsLog.setLen(0)
 
 const
   cb64 = [
@@ -207,43 +214,85 @@ proc strTableAdds*(g: ModuleGraph, m: PSym, s: PSym) =
   strTableAdd(semtabAll(g, m), s)
 
 proc isCachedModule(g: ModuleGraph; module: int): bool {.inline.} =
-  result = module in g.cachedMods
+  result = module < g.packed.len and g.packed[module].status == loaded
 
 proc isCachedModule*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   isCachedModule(g, m.position)
 
+proc simulateCachedModule(g: ModuleGraph; moduleSym: PSym; m: PackedModule) =
+  when false:
+    echo "simulating ", moduleSym.name.s, " ", moduleSym.position
+  simulateLoadedModule(g.packed, g.config, g.cache, moduleSym, m)
+
+proc initEncoder*(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym) =
+  let id = module.position
+  if id >= g.encoders.len:
+    setLen g.encoders, id+1
+  ic.initEncoder(g.encoders[id],
+    g.packed[id].fromDisk, module, g.config, g.startupPackedConfig)
+
 type
   ModuleIter* = object
+    fromRod: bool
     modIndex: int
     ti: TIdentIter
+    rodIt: RodIter
     importHidden: bool
 
 proc initModuleIter*(mi: var ModuleIter; g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym; name: PIdent): PSym =
   assert m.kind == skModule
   mi.modIndex = m.position
+  mi.fromRod = isCachedModule(g, mi.modIndex)
   mi.importHidden = optImportHidden in m.options
-  result = initIdentIter(mi.ti, g.ifaces[mi.modIndex].interfSelect(mi.importHidden), name)
+  if mi.fromRod:
+    result = initRodIter(mi.rodIt, g.config, g.cache, g.packed, FileIndex mi.modIndex, name, mi.importHidden)
+  else:
+    result = initIdentIter(mi.ti, g.ifaces[mi.modIndex].interfSelect(mi.importHidden), name)
 
 proc nextModuleIter*(mi: var ModuleIter; g: ModuleGraph): PSym =
-  result = nextIdentIter(mi.ti, g.ifaces[mi.modIndex].interfSelect(mi.importHidden))
+  if mi.fromRod:
+    result = nextRodIter(mi.rodIt, g.packed)
+  else:
+    result = nextIdentIter(mi.ti, g.ifaces[mi.modIndex].interfSelect(mi.importHidden))
 
 iterator allSyms*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym): PSym =
   let importHidden = optImportHidden in m.options
-  for s in g.ifaces[m.position].interfSelect(importHidden).data:
-    if s != nil:
-      yield s
+  if isCachedModule(g, m):
+    var rodIt: RodIter = default(RodIter)
+    var r = initRodIterAllSyms(rodIt, g.config, g.cache, g.packed, FileIndex m.position, importHidden)
+    while r != nil:
+      yield r
+      r = nextRodIter(rodIt, g.packed)
+  else:
+    for s in g.ifaces[m.position].interfSelect(importHidden).data:
+      if s != nil:
+        yield s
 
 proc someSym*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym; name: PIdent): PSym =
   let importHidden = optImportHidden in m.options
-  result = strTableGet(g.ifaces[m.position].interfSelect(importHidden), name)
+  if isCachedModule(g, m):
+    result = interfaceSymbol(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, FileIndex(m.position), name, importHidden)
+  else:
+    result = strTableGet(g.ifaces[m.position].interfSelect(importHidden), name)
 
 proc someSymAmb*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym; name: PIdent; amb: var bool): PSym =
   let importHidden = optImportHidden in m.options
-  var ti: TIdentIter = default(TIdentIter)
-  result = initIdentIter(ti, g.ifaces[m.position].interfSelect(importHidden), name)
-  if result != nil and nextIdentIter(ti, g.ifaces[m.position].interfSelect(importHidden)) != nil:
-    # another symbol exists with same name
-    amb = true
+  if isCachedModule(g, m):
+    result = nil
+    for s in interfaceSymbols(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, FileIndex(m.position), name, importHidden):
+      if result == nil:
+        # set result to the first symbol
+        result = s
+      else:
+        # another symbol found
+        amb = true
+        break
+  else:
+    var ti: TIdentIter = default(TIdentIter)
+    result = initIdentIter(ti, g.ifaces[m.position].interfSelect(importHidden), name)
+    if result != nil and nextIdentIter(ti, g.ifaces[m.position].interfSelect(importHidden)) != nil:
+      # another symbol exists with same name
+      amb = true
 
 proc systemModuleSym*(g: ModuleGraph; name: PIdent): PSym =
   result = someSym(g, g.systemModule, name)
@@ -255,110 +304,109 @@ iterator systemModuleSyms*(g: ModuleGraph; name: PIdent): PSym =
     yield r
     r = nextModuleIter(mi, g)
 
+proc resolveType(g: ModuleGraph; t: var LazyType): PType =
+  result = t.typ
+  if result == nil and isCachedModule(g, t.id.module):
+    result = loadTypeFromId(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, t.id.module, t.id.packed)
+    t.typ = result
+  assert result != nil
+
+proc resolveSym(g: ModuleGraph; t: var LazySym): PSym =
+  result = t.sym
+  if result == nil and isCachedModule(g, t.id.module):
+    result = loadSymFromId(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, t.id.module, t.id.packed)
+    t.sym = result
+  assert result != nil
+
+proc resolveInst(g: ModuleGraph; t: var LazyInstantiation): PInstantiation =
+  result = t.inst
+  if result == nil and isCachedModule(g, t.module):
+    result = PInstantiation(sym: loadSymFromId(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, t.sym.module, t.sym.packed))
+    result.concreteTypes = newSeq[PType](t.concreteTypes.len)
+    for i in 0..high(result.concreteTypes):
+      result.concreteTypes[i] = loadTypeFromId(g.config, g.cache, g.packed,
+          t.concreteTypes[i].module, t.concreteTypes[i].packed)
+    t.inst = result
+  assert result != nil
+
+proc resolveAttachedOp*(g: ModuleGraph; t: var LazySym): PSym =
+  result = t.sym
+  if result == nil:
+    result = loadSymFromId(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, t.id.module, t.id.packed)
+    t.sym = result
+  assert result != nil
+
 iterator typeInstCacheItems*(g: ModuleGraph; s: PSym): PType =
   if g.typeInstCache.contains(s.itemId):
     let x = addr(g.typeInstCache[s.itemId])
     for t in mitems(x[]):
-      yield t
+      yield resolveType(g, t)
 
 iterator procInstCacheItems*(g: ModuleGraph; s: PSym): PInstantiation =
   if g.procInstCache.contains(s.itemId):
     let x = addr(g.procInstCache[s.itemId])
     for t in mitems(x[]):
-      yield t
+      yield resolveInst(g, t)
 
 
 proc getAttachedOp*(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType; op: TTypeAttachedOp): PSym =
   ## returns the requested attached operation for type `t`. Can return nil
   ## if no such operation exists.
   if g.attachedOps[op].contains(t.itemId):
-    result = g.attachedOps[op][t.itemId]
-  elif g.config.cmd in {cmdNifC, cmdM}:
-    # Fall back to key-based lookup for NIF-loaded hooks
-    let key = typeKey(t, g.config, loadTypeCallback, loadSymCallback)
-    result = g.loadedOps[op].getOrDefault(key)
-    #echo "fallback ", key, " ", op, " ", result
+    result = resolveAttachedOp(g, g.attachedOps[op][t.itemId])
   else:
     result = nil
 
 proc setAttachedOp*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int; t: PType; op: TTypeAttachedOp; value: PSym) =
   ## we also need to record this to the packed module.
-  if not g.attachedOps[op].contains(t.itemId):
-    let key = typeKey(t, g.config, loadTypeCallback, loadSymCallback)
-    # Use key-based deduplication for opsLog because different type objects
-    # (e.g. canon vs orig) can have different itemIds but same structural key
-    if key notin g.loadedOps[op]:
-      # Hooks should be written to the module where the type is defined,
-      # not the module that triggered the registration
-      let ownerModule = if t.sym != nil: t.sym.itemId.module.int else: module
-      g.opsLog.add LogEntry(kind: HookEntry, op: op, module: ownerModule, key: key, sym: value)
-      g.loadedOps[op][key] = value
-  g.attachedOps[op][t.itemId] = value
-
-proc setAttachedOp*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int; typeId: ItemId; op: TTypeAttachedOp; value: PSym) =
-  ## Overload that takes ItemId directly, useful for registering hooks from NIF index.
-  g.attachedOps[op][typeId] = value
+  g.attachedOps[op][t.itemId] = LazySym(sym: value)
 
 proc setAttachedOpPartial*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int; t: PType; op: TTypeAttachedOp; value: PSym) =
   ## we also need to record this to the packed module.
-  g.attachedOps[op][t.itemId] = value
+  g.attachedOps[op][t.itemId] = LazySym(sym: value)
 
-proc completePartialOp*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int; t: PType; op: TTypeAttachedOp; value: PSym) {.inline.} =
-  discard
+proc completePartialOp*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int; t: PType; op: TTypeAttachedOp; value: PSym) =
+  if g.config.symbolFiles != disabledSf:
+    assert module < g.encoders.len
+    assert isActive(g.encoders[module])
+    toPackedGeneratedProcDef(value, g.encoders[module], g.packed[module].fromDisk)
+    #storeAttachedProcDef(t, op, value, g.encoders[module], g.packed[module].fromDisk)
 
 iterator getDispatchers*(g: ModuleGraph): PSym =
   for i in g.dispatchers.mitems:
-    yield i
+    yield resolveSym(g, i)
 
 proc addDispatchers*(g: ModuleGraph, value: PSym) =
   # TODO: add it for packed modules
-  g.dispatchers.add value
+  g.dispatchers.add LazySym(sym: value)
 
-iterator resolveLazySymSeq(g: ModuleGraph, list: var seq[PSym]): PSym =
+iterator resolveLazySymSeq(g: ModuleGraph, list: var seq[LazySym]): PSym =
   for it in list.mitems:
-    yield it
+    yield resolveSym(g, it)
 
-proc setMethodsPerType*(g: ModuleGraph; id: ItemId, methods: seq[PSym]) =
+proc setMethodsPerType*(g: ModuleGraph; id: ItemId, methods: seq[LazySym]) =
   # TODO: add it for packed modules
   g.methodsPerType[id] = methods
 
-proc addNifReplayAction*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int32; n: PNode) =
-  ## Stores a replay action for NIF-based incremental compilation.
-  g.nifReplayActions.mgetOrPut(module, @[]).add n
-
 iterator getMethodsPerType*(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType): PSym =
   if g.methodsPerType.contains(t.itemId):
     for it in mitems g.methodsPerType[t.itemId]:
-      yield it
+      yield resolveSym(g, it)
 
 proc getToStringProc*(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType): PSym =
-  result = g.enumToStringProcs[t.itemId]
+  result = resolveSym(g, g.enumToStringProcs[t.itemId])
   assert result != nil
 
 proc setToStringProc*(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType; value: PSym) =
-  g.enumToStringProcs[t.itemId] = value
-  let key = typeKey(t, g.config, loadTypeCallback, loadSymCallback)
-  let ownerModule = if t.sym != nil: t.sym.itemId.module.int else: value.itemId.module.int
-  g.opsLog.add LogEntry(kind: EnumToStrEntry, module: ownerModule, key: key, sym: value)
+  g.enumToStringProcs[t.itemId] = LazySym(sym: value)
 
 iterator methodsForGeneric*(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType): (int, PSym) =
   if g.methodsPerGenericType.contains(t.itemId):
     for it in mitems g.methodsPerGenericType[t.itemId]:
-      yield (it[0], it[1])
+      yield (it[0], resolveSym(g, it[1]))
 
 proc addMethodToGeneric*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int; t: PType; col: int; m: PSym) =
-  g.methodsPerGenericType.mgetOrPut(t.itemId, @[]).add (col, m)
-  let key = typeKey(t, g.config, loadTypeCallback, loadSymCallback)
-  let ownerModule = if t.sym != nil: t.sym.itemId.module.int else: module
-  g.opsLog.add LogEntry(kind: MethodEntry, module: ownerModule, key: key, sym: m)
-
-proc logGenericInstance*(g: ModuleGraph; inst: PSym) =
-  ## Log a generic instance so it gets written to the NIF file.
-  ## This is needed when generic instances are created during compile-time
-  ## evaluation and may be referenced from other modules compiled in the same run.
-  if g.config.cmd in {cmdNifC, cmdM}:
-    let ownerModule = inst.itemId.module.int
-    g.opsLog.add LogEntry(kind: GenericInstEntry, module: ownerModule, sym: inst)
+  g.methodsPerGenericType.mgetOrPut(t.itemId, @[]).add (col, LazySym(sym: m))
 
 proc hasDisabledAsgn*(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType): bool =
   let op = getAttachedOp(g, t, attachedAsgn)
@@ -372,31 +420,21 @@ proc copyTypeProps*(g: ModuleGraph; module: int; dest, src: PType) =
 
 proc loadCompilerProc*(g: ModuleGraph; name: string): PSym =
   result = nil
-  if g.config.symbolFiles == disabledSf and optWithinConfigSystem notin g.config.globalOptions:
-    # For NIF-based compilation, search in loaded NIF modules
-    when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-      # Try to resolve from NIF for both cmdNifC and cmdM (which uses NIF files)
-      if g.config.cmd in {cmdNifC, cmdM}:
-        # First try system module (most compilerprocs are there)
-        let systemFileIdx = g.config.m.systemFileIdx
-        if systemFileIdx != InvalidFileIdx and not g.withinSystem:
-          # Only try to load from NIF if the file exists (it may not during initial ic build)
-          result = tryResolveCompilerProc(ast.program, name, systemFileIdx)
-          if result != nil:
-            strTableAdd(g.compilerprocs, result)
-            return result
+  if g.config.symbolFiles == disabledSf: return nil
 
-        # Try threadpool module (some compilerprocs like FlowVar are there)
-        # Find threadpool module by searching loaded modules
-        for moduleIdx in 0..<g.ifaces.len:
-          let module = g.ifaces[moduleIdx].module
-          if module != nil and module.name.s == "threadpool":
-            let threadpoolFileIdx = module.position.FileIndex
-            result = tryResolveCompilerProc(ast.program, name, threadpoolFileIdx)
-            if result != nil:
-              strTableAdd(g.compilerprocs, result)
-              return result
-    return nil
+  # slow, linear search, but the results are cached:
+  for module in 0..<len(g.packed):
+    #if isCachedModule(g, module):
+    let x = searchForCompilerproc(g.packed[module], name)
+    if x >= 0:
+      result = loadSymFromId(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, module, toPackedItemId(x))
+      if result != nil:
+        strTableAdd(g.compilerprocs, result)
+      return result
+
+proc loadPackedSym*(g: ModuleGraph; s: var LazySym) =
+  if s.sym == nil:
+    s.sym = loadSymFromId(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, s.id.module, s.id.packed)
 
 proc `$`*(u: SigHash): string =
   toBase64a(cast[cstring](unsafeAddr u), sizeof(u))
@@ -416,10 +454,10 @@ template getPContext(): untyped =
   else: c.c
 
 when defined(nimsuggest):
-  template onUse*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; isGenericInstance = false) = discard
+  template onUse*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) = discard
   template onDefResolveForward*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) = discard
 else:
-  template onUse*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; isGenericInstance = false) = discard
+  template onUse*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) = discard
   template onDef*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) = discard
   template onDefResolveForward*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) = discard
 
@@ -484,13 +522,15 @@ proc registerModule*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym) =
   if m.position >= g.ifaces.len:
     setLen(g.ifaces, m.position + 1)
 
-  if g.ifaces[m.position].module == nil:
-    g.ifaces[m.position] = Iface(module: m, converters: @[], patterns: @[],
-                                uniqueName: rope(uniqueModuleName(g.config, m)))
-    initStrTables(g, m)
+  if m.position >= g.packed.len:
+    setLen(g.packed.pm, m.position + 1)
+
+  g.ifaces[m.position] = Iface(module: m, converters: @[], patterns: @[],
+                               uniqueName: rope(uniqueModuleName(g.config, m)))
+  initStrTables(g, m)
 
 proc registerModuleById*(g: ModuleGraph; m: FileIndex) =
-  registerModule(g, g.ifaces[int m].module)
+  registerModule(g, g.packed[int m].module)
 
 proc initOperators*(g: ModuleGraph): Operators =
   # These are safe for IC.
@@ -537,14 +577,12 @@ proc initModuleGraphFields(result: ModuleGraph) =
   result.operators = initOperators(result)
   result.emittedTypeInfo = initTable[string, FileIndex]()
   result.cachedFiles = newStringTable()
-  result.cachedMods = initIntSet()
 
 proc newModuleGraph*(cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef): ModuleGraph =
   result = ModuleGraph()
   result.config = config
   result.cache = cache
   initModuleGraphFields(result)
-  ast.setupProgram(config, cache)
 
 proc resetAllModules*(g: ModuleGraph) =
   g.packageSyms = initStrTable()
@@ -560,13 +598,49 @@ proc resetAllModules*(g: ModuleGraph) =
   initModuleGraphFields(g)
 
 proc getModule*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex): PSym =
-  if fileIdx.int32 >= 0 and fileIdx.int32 < g.ifaces.len:
-    result = g.ifaces[fileIdx.int32].module
-  else:
-    result = nil
+  result = nil
+  if fileIdx.int32 >= 0:
+    if isCachedModule(g, fileIdx.int32):
+      result = g.packed[fileIdx.int32].module
+    elif fileIdx.int32 < g.ifaces.len:
+      result = g.ifaces[fileIdx.int32].module
 
 proc moduleOpenForCodegen*(g: ModuleGraph; m: FileIndex): bool {.inline.} =
-  result = true
+  if g.config.symbolFiles == disabledSf:
+    result = true
+  else:
+    result = g.packed[m.int32].status notin {undefined, stored, loaded}
+
+proc rememberEmittedTypeInfo*(g: ModuleGraph; m: FileIndex; ti: string) =
+  #assert(not isCachedModule(g, m.int32))
+  if g.config.symbolFiles != disabledSf:
+    #assert g.encoders[m.int32].isActive
+    assert g.packed[m.int32].status != stored
+    g.packed[m.int32].fromDisk.emittedTypeInfo.add ti
+    #echo "added typeinfo ", m.int32, " ", ti, " suspicious ", not g.encoders[m.int32].isActive
+
+proc rememberFlag*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym; flag: ModuleBackendFlag) =
+  if g.config.symbolFiles != disabledSf:
+    #assert g.encoders[m.int32].isActive
+    assert g.packed[m.position].status != stored
+    g.packed[m.position].fromDisk.backendFlags.incl flag
+
+proc closeRodFile*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym) =
+  if g.config.symbolFiles in {readOnlySf, v2Sf}:
+    # For stress testing we seek to reload the symbols from memory. This
+    # way much of the logic is tested but the test is reproducible as it does
+    # not depend on the hard disk contents!
+    let mint = m.position
+    saveRodFile(toRodFile(g.config, AbsoluteFile toFullPath(g.config, FileIndex(mint))),
+                g.encoders[mint], g.packed[mint].fromDisk)
+    g.packed[mint].status = stored
+
+  elif g.config.symbolFiles == stressTest:
+    # debug code, but maybe a good idea for production? Could reduce the compiler's
+    # memory consumption considerably at the cost of more loads from disk.
+    let mint = m.position
+    simulateCachedModule(g, m, g.packed[mint].fromDisk)
+    g.packed[mint].status = loaded
 
 proc dependsOn(a, b: int): int {.inline.} = (a shl 15) + b
 
@@ -604,13 +678,13 @@ proc markDirty*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex) =
   if m != nil:
     g.suggestSymbols.del(fileIdx)
     g.suggestErrors.del(fileIdx)
-    incl m.flagsImpl, sfDirty
+    incl m.flags, sfDirty
 
 proc unmarkAllDirty*(g: ModuleGraph) =
   for i in 0i32..<g.ifaces.len.int32:
     let m = g.ifaces[i].module
     if m != nil:
-      m.flagsImpl.excl sfDirty
+      m.flags.excl sfDirty
 
 proc isDirty*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym): bool =
   result = g.suggestMode and sfDirty in m.flags
@@ -650,59 +724,23 @@ proc needsCompilation*(g: ModuleGraph, fileIdx: FileIndex): bool =
 
 proc getBody*(g: ModuleGraph; s: PSym): PNode {.inline.} =
   result = s.ast[bodyPos]
+  if result == nil and g.config.symbolFiles in {readOnlySf, v2Sf, stressTest}:
+    result = loadProcBody(g.config, g.cache, g.packed, s)
+    s.ast[bodyPos] = result
   assert result != nil
 
-when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-  proc moduleFromNifFile*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex;
-                          flags: set[LoadFlag] = {}): PrecompiledModule =
-    ## Returns 'nil' if the module needs to be recompiled.
-    ## Loads module from NIF file when optCompress is enabled.
-    ## When loadFullAst is true, loads the complete module AST for code generation.
-    if not fileExists(toNifFilename(g.config, fileIdx)):
-      return PrecompiledModule(module: nil)
-
-    # Create module symbol
-    let filename = AbsoluteFile toFullPath(g.config, fileIdx)
-
-    let m = PSym(
-      kindImpl: skModule,
-      itemId: ItemId(module: int32(fileIdx), item: 0'i32),
-      name: getIdent(g.cache, splitFile(filename).name),
-      infoImpl: newLineInfo(fileIdx, 1, 1),
-      positionImpl: int(fileIdx))
-    setOwner(m, getPackage(g.config, g.cache, fileIdx))
-    # Register module in graph
-    registerModule(g, m)
-
-    result = loadNifModule(ast.program, fileIdx,
-                           g.ifaces[fileIdx.int].interf,
-                           g.ifaces[fileIdx.int].interfHidden, flags)
-    result.module = m
-
-    # Mark module as cached
-    g.cachedMods.incl fileIdx.int
-
-    # Register hooks from NIF index with the module graph
-    for x in result.logOps:
-      case x.kind
-      of HookEntry:
-        g.loadedOps[x.op][x.key] = x.sym
-      of ConverterEntry:
-        g.ifaces[fileIdx.int].converters.add x.sym
-      of MethodEntry:
-        discard "todo"
-      of EnumToStrEntry:
-        discard "todo"
-      of GenericInstEntry:
-        raiseAssert "GenericInstEntry should not be in the NIF index"
-    # Register methods per type from NIF index
-    discard "todo"
+proc moduleFromRodFile*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex;
+                        cachedModules: var seq[FileIndex]): PSym =
+  ## Returns 'nil' if the module needs to be recompiled.
+  if g.config.symbolFiles in {readOnlySf, v2Sf, stressTest}:
+    result = moduleFromRodFile(g.packed, g.config, g.cache, fileIdx, cachedModules)
+  else:
+    result = nil
 
 proc configComplete*(g: ModuleGraph) =
-  #rememberStartupConfig(g.startupPackedConfig, g.config)
-  discard
+  rememberStartupConfig(g.startupPackedConfig, g.config)
 
-proc onProcessing*(graph: ModuleGraph, fileIdx: FileIndex, moduleStatus: string, fromModule: PSym) =
+proc onProcessing*(graph: ModuleGraph, fileIdx: FileIndex, moduleStatus: string, fromModule: PSym, ) =
   let conf = graph.config
   let isNimscript = conf.isDefined("nimscript")
   if (not isNimscript) or hintProcessing in conf.cmdlineNotes:
@@ -723,7 +761,7 @@ proc getPackage*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex): PSym =
     result = pkgSym
     graph.packageSyms.strTableAdd(pkgSym)
 
-proc belongsToStdlib*(graph: ModuleGraph, sym: PSym): bool =
+func belongsToStdlib*(graph: ModuleGraph, sym: PSym): bool =
   ## Check if symbol belongs to the 'stdlib' package.
   sym.getPackageSymbol.getPackageId == graph.systemModule.getPackageId
 

compiler/modulepaths.nim

@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ proc checkModuleName*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; doLocalError=true): FileIndex =
   else:
     result = fileInfoIdx(conf, fullPath)
 
-type
-  SelectedBase = enum
-    FromProject, FromSearchPath, FromNimblePath
-
 proc mangleModuleName*(conf: ConfigRef; path: AbsoluteFile): string =
   ## Mangle a relative module path to avoid path and symbol collisions.
   ##
@@ -91,29 +87,9 @@ proc mangleModuleName*(conf: ConfigRef; path: AbsoluteFile): string =
   ##
   ## Example:
   ## `foo-#head/../bar` becomes `@foo-@hhead@s..@sbar`
-  var best = relativeTo(path, conf.projectPath).string
-  var selectedBase = FromProject
-  for x in conf.searchPaths:
-    let other = relativeTo(path, x).string
-    if other.len < best.len:
-      best = other
-      selectedBase = FromSearchPath
-  for x in conf.nimblePaths:
-    let other = relativeTo(path, x).string
-    if other.len < best.len:
-      best = other
-      selectedBase = FromNimblePath
-  let prefix =
-    case selectedBase
-    of FromProject: "@m"
-    of FromSearchPath: "@p"
-    of FromNimblePath: "@n"
-
-  # Note: We encode ".." specially as "@d" to avoid issues with changeFileExt
-  # which would misinterpret ".." as "name.ext" and strip the second part.
-  prefix & best.multiReplace(
-    {"..": "@d", $os.DirSep: "@s", $os.AltSep: "@s", "#": "@h", "@": "@@", ":": "@c"})
+  "@m" & relativeTo(path, conf.projectPath).string.multiReplace(
+    {$os.DirSep: "@s", $os.AltSep: "@s", "#": "@h", "@": "@@", ":": "@c"})
 
 proc demangleModuleName*(path: string): string =
   ## Demangle a relative module path.
-  result = path.multiReplace({"@@": "@", "@d": "..", "@h": "#", "@s": "/", "@m": "", "@p": "", "@n": "", "@c": ":"})
+  result = path.multiReplace({"@@": "@", "@h": "#", "@s": "/", "@m": "", "@c": ":"})

compiler/modules.nim

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ proc newModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex): PSym =
   let filename = AbsoluteFile toFullPath(graph.config, fileIdx)
   # We cannot call ``newSym`` here, because we have to circumvent the ID
   # mechanism, which we do in order to assign each module a persistent ID.
-  result = PSym(kindImpl: skModule, itemId: ItemId(module: int32(fileIdx), item: 0'i32),
+  result = PSym(kind: skModule, itemId: ItemId(module: int32(fileIdx), item: 0'i32),
                 name: getModuleIdent(graph, filename),
-                infoImpl: newLineInfo(fileIdx, 1, 1))
+                info: newLineInfo(fileIdx, 1, 1))
   if not isNimIdentifier(result.name.s):
     rawMessage(graph.config, errGenerated, "invalid module name: '" & result.name.s &
               "'; a module name must be a valid Nim identifier.")

compiler/msgs.nim

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ proc toLowerAscii(a: var string) {.inline.} =
 
 proc flushDot*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   ## safe to call multiple times
+  # xxx one edge case not yet handled is when `printf` is called at CT with `compiletimeFFI`.
   let stdOrr = if optStdout in conf.globalOptions: stdout else: stderr
   let stdOrrKind = toStdOrrKind(stdOrr)
   if stdOrrKind in conf.lastMsgWasDot:
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ proc makeCString*(s: string): Rope =
   result = newStringOfCap(int(s.len.toFloat * 1.1) + 1)
   result.add("\"")
   for i in 0..<s.len:
-    # line wrapping of string literals in cgen'd code was a bad idea, e.g. causes: bug #16265
+    # line wrapping of string litterals in cgen'd code was a bad idea, e.g. causes: bug #16265
     # It also makes reading c sources or grepping harder, for zero benefit.
     # const MaxLineLength = 64
     # if (i + 1) mod MaxLineLength == 0:
@@ -59,12 +60,12 @@ proc makeCString*(s: string): Rope =
     toCChar(s[i], result)
   result.add('\"')
 
-proc newFileInfo(fullPath: AbsoluteFile, projPath: RelativeFile; kind = fikSource): TFileInfo =
+proc newFileInfo(fullPath: AbsoluteFile, projPath: RelativeFile): TFileInfo =
   result = TFileInfo(fullPath: fullPath, projPath: projPath,
                     shortName: fullPath.extractFilename,
                     quotedFullName: fullPath.string.makeCString,
-                    lines: @[],
-                    kind: kind)
+                    lines: @[]
+  )
   result.quotedName = result.shortName.makeCString
   when defined(nimpretty):
     if not result.fullPath.isEmpty:
@@ -132,23 +133,6 @@ proc fileInfoIdx*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: RelativeFile): FileIndex =
   var dummy: bool = false
   fileInfoIdx(conf, AbsoluteFile expandFilename(filename.string), dummy)
 
-proc registerNifSuffix*(conf: ConfigRef; suffix: string; isKnownFile: var bool): FileIndex =
-  result = conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl.getOrDefault(suffix, InvalidFileIdx)
-  if result == InvalidFileIdx:
-    isKnownFile = false
-    result = conf.m.fileInfos.len.FileIndex
-    conf.m.fileInfos.add(newFileInfo(AbsoluteFile suffix, RelativeFile suffix, fikNifModule))
-    conf.m.filenameToIndexTbl[suffix] = result
-  else:
-    isKnownFile = true
-
-proc fileInfoKind*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex): FileInfoKind =
-  ## Returns the kind of a FileIndex (source file or NIF module suffix).
-  if fileIdx.int >= 0 and fileIdx.int < conf.m.fileInfos.len:
-    result = conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int].kind
-  else:
-    result = fikSource  # Default to source for unknown indices
-
 proc newLineInfo*(fileInfoIdx: FileIndex, line, col: int): TLineInfo =
   result = TLineInfo(fileIndex: fileInfoIdx)
   if line < int high(uint16):
@@ -240,7 +224,7 @@ proc setDirtyFile*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex; filename: AbsoluteFile)
 
 proc setHash*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex; hash: string) =
   assert fileIdx.int32 >= 0
-  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc) or defined(gcYrc):
+  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc):
     conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash = hash
   else:
     shallowCopy(conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash, hash)
@@ -248,7 +232,7 @@ proc setHash*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex; hash: string) =
 
 proc getHash*(conf: ConfigRef; fileIdx: FileIndex): string =
   assert fileIdx.int32 >= 0
-  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc) or defined(gcYrc):
+  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc):
     result = conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash
   else:
     shallowCopy(result, conf.m.fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash)
@@ -664,9 +648,7 @@ template internalAssert*(conf: ConfigRef, e: bool) =
 
 template lintReport*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, beau, got: string, extraMsg = "") =
   let m = "'$1' should be: '$2'$3" % [got, beau, extraMsg]
-  let msg = if optStyleError in conf.globalOptions: errGenerated
-            elif optStyleWarning in conf.globalOptions: warnUser
-            else: hintName
+  let msg = if optStyleError in conf.globalOptions: errGenerated else: hintName
   liMessage(conf, info, msg, m, doNothing, instLoc())
 
 proc quotedFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; fi: FileIndex): Rope =

compiler/ndi.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2017 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This module implements the generation of ``.ndi`` files for better debugging
+## support of Nim code. "ndi" stands for "Nim debug info".
+
+import ast, msgs, ropes, options, pathutils
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/[syncio, assertions]
+
+type
+  NdiFile* = object
+    enabled: bool
+    f: File
+    buf: string
+    filename: AbsoluteFile
+    syms: seq[PSym]
+
+proc doWrite(f: var NdiFile; s: PSym; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  f.buf.setLen 0
+  f.buf.addInt s.info.line.int
+  f.buf.add "\t"
+  f.buf.addInt s.info.col.int
+  f.f.write(s.name.s, "\t")
+  f.f.writeRope(s.loc.snippet)
+  f.f.writeLine("\t", toFullPath(conf, s.info), "\t", f.buf)
+
+template writeMangledName*(f: NdiFile; s: PSym; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  if f.enabled: f.syms.add s
+
+proc open*(f: var NdiFile; filename: AbsoluteFile; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  f.enabled = not filename.isEmpty
+  if f.enabled:
+    f.filename = filename
+    f.buf = newStringOfCap(20)
+
+proc close*(f: var NdiFile, conf: ConfigRef) =
+  if f.enabled:
+    f.f = open(f.filename.string, fmWrite, 8000)
+    doAssert f.f != nil, f.filename.string
+    for s in f.syms:
+      doWrite(f, s, conf)
+    close(f.f)
+    f.syms.reset
+    f.filename.reset

compiler/nifbackend.nim

@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2025 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## NIF-based C/C++ code generator backend.
-##
-## This module implements C code generation from precompiled NIF files.
-## It traverses the module dependency graph starting from the main module
-## and generates C code for all reachable modules.
-##
-## Usage:
-##   1. Compile modules to NIF: nim m mymodule.nim
-##   2. Generate C from NIF: nim nifc myproject.nim
-
-import std/[intsets, tables, sets, os]
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
-import ast, options, lineinfos, modulegraphs, cgendata, cgen,
-  pathutils, extccomp, msgs, modulepaths, idents, types, ast2nif
-
-proc loadModuleDependencies(g: ModuleGraph; mainFileIdx: FileIndex): seq[PrecompiledModule] =
-  ## Traverse the module dependency graph using a stack.
-  ## Returns all modules that need code generation, in dependency order.
-  let mainModule = moduleFromNifFile(g, mainFileIdx, {LoadFullAst})
-
-  var stack: seq[ModuleSuffix] = @[]
-  result = @[]
-
-  if mainModule.module != nil:
-    incl mainModule.module.flagsImpl, sfMainModule
-    for dep in mainModule.deps:
-      stack.add dep
-
-  var visited = initHashSet[string]()
-
-  while stack.len > 0:
-    let suffix = stack.pop()
-
-    if not visited.containsOrIncl(suffix.string):
-      let nifFile = toGeneratedFile(g.config, AbsoluteFile(suffix.string), ".nif")
-      let fileIdx = msgs.fileInfoIdx(g.config, nifFile)
-      let precomp = moduleFromNifFile(g, fileIdx, {LoadFullAst})
-      if precomp.module != nil:
-        result.add precomp
-        for dep in precomp.deps:
-          if not visited.contains(dep.string):
-            stack.add dep
-
-  if mainModule.module != nil:
-    result.add mainModule
-
-proc setupNifBackendModule(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym): BModule =
-  ## Set up a BModule for code generation from a NIF module.
-  if g.backend == nil:
-    g.backend = cgendata.newModuleList(g)
-  result = cgen.newModule(BModuleList(g.backend), module, g.config, idGeneratorFromModule(module))
-
-proc finishModule(g: ModuleGraph; bmod: BModule) =
-  # Finalize the module (this adds it to modulesClosed)
-  # Create an empty stmt list as the init body - genInitCode in writeModule will set it up properly
-  let initStmt = newNode(nkStmtList)
-  finalCodegenActions(g, bmod, initStmt)
-
-  # Generate dispatcher methods
-  for disp in getDispatchers(g):
-    genProcLvl3(bmod, disp)
-
-proc generateCodeForModule(g: ModuleGraph; precomp: PrecompiledModule) =
-  ## Generate C code for a single module.
-  let moduleId = precomp.module.position
-  var bmod = BModuleList(g.backend).mods[moduleId]
-  if bmod == nil:
-    bmod = setupNifBackendModule(g, precomp.module)
-
-  # Generate code for the module's top-level statements
-  if precomp.topLevel != nil:
-    cgen.genTopLevelStmt(bmod, precomp.topLevel)
-
-proc generateCode*(g: ModuleGraph; mainFileIdx: FileIndex) =
-  ## Main entry point for NIF-based C code generation.
-  ## Traverses the module dependency graph and generates C code.
-
-  # Reset backend state
-  resetForBackend(g)
-
-  var isKnownFile = false
-  let systemFileIdx = registerNifSuffix(g.config, "sysma2dyk", isKnownFile)
-  g.config.m.systemFileIdx = systemFileIdx
-  #msgs.fileInfoIdx(g.config,
-  #    g.config.libpath / RelativeFile"system.nim")
-
-  # Load system module first - it's always needed and contains essential hooks
-  var precompSys = PrecompiledModule(module: nil)
-  precompSys = moduleFromNifFile(g, systemFileIdx, {LoadFullAst, AlwaysLoadInterface})
-  g.systemModule = precompSys.module
-
-  # Load all modules in dependency order using stack traversal
-  # This must happen BEFORE any code generation so that hooks are loaded into loadedOps
-  let modules = loadModuleDependencies(g, mainFileIdx)
-  if modules.len == 0:
-    rawMessage(g.config, errGenerated,
-      "Cannot load NIF file for main module: " & toFullPath(g.config, mainFileIdx))
-    return
-
-  # Set up backend modules for all modules that need code generation
-  for m in modules:
-    discard setupNifBackendModule(g, m.module)
-
-  # Also ensure system module is set up and generated first if it exists
-  if precompSys.module != nil:
-    discard setupNifBackendModule(g, precompSys.module)
-    generateCodeForModule(g, precompSys)
-
-  # Track which modules have been processed to avoid duplicates
-  var processed = initIntSet()
-  if precompSys.module != nil:
-    processed.incl precompSys.module.position
-
-  # Generate code for all modules (skip system since it's already processed)
-  for m in modules:
-    if not processed.containsOrIncl(m.module.position):
-      generateCodeForModule(g, m)
-
-  # during code generation of `main.nim` we can trigger the code generation
-  # of symbols in different modules so we need to finish these modules
-  # here later, after the above loop!
-  # Important: The main module must be finished LAST so that all other modules
-  # have registered their init procs before genMainProc uses them.
-  var mainModule: BModule = nil
-  for m in BModuleList(g.backend).mods:
-    if m != nil:
-      assert m.module != nil
-      if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
-        mainModule = m
-      else:
-        finishModule g, m
-  if mainModule != nil:
-    finishModule g, mainModule
-
-  # Write C files
-  cgenWriteModules(g.backend, g.config)
-
-  # Run C compiler
-  if g.config.cmd != cmdTcc:
-    extccomp.callCCompiler(g.config)
-    if not g.config.hcrOn:
-      extccomp.writeJsonBuildInstructions(g.config, g.cachedFiles)

compiler/nilcheck.nim

@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ proc infix(ctx: NilCheckerContext, l: PNode, r: PNode, magic: TMagic): PNode =
     newSymNode(op, r.info),
     l,
     r)
-  result.typ = newType(tyBool, ctx.idgen, nil)
+  result.typ() = newType(tyBool, ctx.idgen, nil)
 
 proc prefixNot(ctx: NilCheckerContext, node: PNode): PNode =
   var cache = newIdentCache()
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ proc prefixNot(ctx: NilCheckerContext, node: PNode): PNode =
   result = nkPrefix.newTree(
     newSymNode(op, node.info),
     node)
-  result.typ = newType(tyBool, ctx.idgen, nil)
+  result.typ() = newType(tyBool, ctx.idgen, nil)
 
 proc infixEq(ctx: NilCheckerContext, l: PNode, r: PNode): PNode =
   infix(ctx, l, r, mEqRef)

compiler/nim.cfg

@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ define:nimPreviewCstringConversion
 define:nimPreviewProcConversion
 define:nimPreviewRangeDefault
 define:nimPreviewNonVarDestructor
-define:nimPreviewCheckedClose
-define:nimPreviewAsmSemSymbol
-define:nimPreviewCStringComparisons
-define:nimPreviewDuplicateModuleError
-
 threads:off
 
 #import:"$projectpath/testability"

compiler/nim.nim

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ proc handleCmdLine(cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef) =
   if conf.selectedGC == gcUnselected:
     if conf.backend in {backendC, backendCpp, backendObjc} or
         (conf.cmd in cmdDocLike and conf.backend != backendJs) or
-        conf.cmd in {cmdGendepend, cmdNifC, cmdIc, cmdM}:
+        conf.cmd == cmdGendepend:
       initOrcDefines(conf)
 
   mainCommand(graph)

compiler/nimconf.nim

@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ proc parseAssignment(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token;
       checkSymbol(L, tok)
       val.add($tok)
       confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
+  config.currentConfigDir = parentDir(filename.string)
   if percent:
     processSwitch(s, strtabs.`%`(val, config.configVars,
                                 {useEnvironment, useEmpty}), passPP, info, config)
@@ -248,8 +249,6 @@ proc loadConfigs*(cfg: RelativeFile; cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef; idgen:
   setDefaultLibpath(conf)
   template readConfigFile(path) =
     let configPath = path
-    conf.currentConfigDir = configPath.splitFile.dir.string
-    setConfigVar(conf, "selfDir", conf.currentConfigDir)
     if readConfigFile(configPath, cache, conf):
       conf.configFiles.add(configPath)
 

compiler/nimeval.nim

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ proc createInterpreter*(scriptName: string;
     if conf.libpath.isEmpty: conf.libpath = AbsoluteDir p
 
   var m = graph.makeModule(scriptName)
-  incl(m, sfMainModule)
+  incl(m.flags, sfMainModule)
   var idgen = idGeneratorFromModule(m)
   var vm = newCtx(m, cache, graph, idgen)
   vm.mode = emRepl
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ proc runRepl*(r: TLLRepl;
   if supportNimscript: defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimconfig")
   when hasFFI: defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "nimffi")
   var m = graph.makeStdinModule()
-  incl(m, sfMainModule)
+  incl(m.flags, sfMainModule)
   var idgen = idGeneratorFromModule(m)
 
   if supportNimscript: graph.vm = setupVM(m, cache, "stdin", graph, idgen)

compiler/nimsets.nim

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ proc toTreeSet*(conf: ConfigRef; s: TBitSet, settype: PType, info: TLineInfo): P
   elemType = settype[0]
   first = firstOrd(conf, elemType).toInt64
   result = newNodeI(nkCurly, info)
-  result.typ = settype
+  result.typ() = settype
   result.info = info
   e = 0
   while e < s.len * ElemSize:
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ proc toTreeSet*(conf: ConfigRef; s: TBitSet, settype: PType, info: TLineInfo): P
         result.add aa
       else:
         n = newNodeI(nkRange, info)
-        n.typ = elemType
+        n.typ() = elemType
         n.add aa
         let bb = newIntTypeNode(b + first, elemType)
         bb.info = info

compiler/optimizer.nim

@@ -28,14 +28,11 @@ type
     hasReturn, hasBreak: bool
     label: PSym # can be nil
     parent: ptr BasicBlock
-    symToDel: seq[PNode]
 
   Con = object
     somethingTodo: bool
     inFinally: int
 
-proc invalidateWasMoved(c: var BasicBlock; x: PNode)
-
 proc nestedBlock(parent: var BasicBlock; kind: TNodeKind): BasicBlock =
   BasicBlock(wasMovedLocs: @[], kind: kind, hasReturn: false, hasBreak: false,
     label: nil, parent: addr(parent))
@@ -65,10 +62,6 @@ proc mergeBasicBlockInfo(parent: var BasicBlock; this: BasicBlock) {.inline.} =
   if this.hasReturn:
     parent.wasMovedLocs.setLen 0
     parent.hasReturn = true
-  elif this.symToDel.len > 0:
-    parent.symToDel = this.symToDel
-    for i in this.symToDel:
-      invalidateWasMoved(parent, i)
 
 proc wasMovedTarget(matches: var IntSet; branch: seq[PNode]; moveTarget: PNode): bool =
   result = false
@@ -156,7 +149,6 @@ proc analyse(c: var Con; b: var BasicBlock; n: PNode) =
     # any usage of the location before destruction implies we
     # cannot elide the 'wasMoved(x)':
     b.invalidateWasMoved n
-    b.symToDel.add n
 
   of nkNone..pred(nkSym), succ(nkSym)..nkNilLit, nkTypeSection, nkProcDef, nkConverterDef,
       nkMethodDef, nkIteratorDef, nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef, nkLambda, nkDo,

compiler/options.nim

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const
   useEffectSystem* = true
   useWriteTracking* = false
   hasFFI* = defined(nimHasLibFFI)
-  copyrightYear* = "2026"
+  copyrightYear* = "2024"
 
   nimEnableCovariance* = defined(nimEnableCovariance)
 
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
     optUseNimcache,           # save artifacts (including binary) in $nimcache
     optStyleHint,             # check that the names adhere to NEP-1
     optStyleError,            # enforce that the names adhere to NEP-1
-    optStyleWarning,          # emit style checks as warnings
     optStyleUsages,           # only enforce consistent **usages** of the symbol
     optSkipSystemConfigFile,  # skip the system's cfg/nims config file
     optSkipProjConfigFile,    # skip the project's cfg/nims config file
@@ -111,10 +110,6 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
     optEnableDeepCopy         # ORC specific: enable 'deepcopy' for all types.
     optShowNonExportedFields  # for documentation: show fields that are not exported
     optJsBigInt64             # use bigints for 64-bit integers in JS
-    optDocRaw                 # for documentation: Don't render markdown for JSON output
-    optItaniumMangle          # mangling follows the Itanium spec
-    optCompress               # turn on AST compression by converting it to NIF
-    optWithinConfigSystem     # we still compile within the configuration system
 
   TGlobalOptions* = set[TGlobalOption]
 
@@ -144,7 +139,6 @@ type
     backendCpp = "cpp"
     backendJs = "js"
     backendObjc = "objc"
-    backendNif = "nif"
     # backendNimscript = "nimscript" # this could actually work
     # backendLlvm = "llvm" # probably not well supported; was cmdCompileToLLVM
 
@@ -157,6 +151,7 @@ type
     cmdCheck # semantic checking for whole project
     cmdM     # only compile a single
     cmdParse # parse a single file (for debugging)
+    cmdRod # .rod to some text representation (for debugging)
     cmdIdeTools # ide tools (e.g. nimsuggest)
     cmdNimscript # evaluate nimscript
     cmdDoc0
@@ -176,13 +171,10 @@ type
     cmdNop
     cmdJsonscript # compile a .json build file
     # old unused: cmdInterpret, cmdDef: def feature (find definition for IDEs)
-    cmdCompileToNif
-    cmdNifC  # generate C code from NIF files
-    cmdIc  # generate .build.nif for nifmake
 
 const
   cmdBackends* = {cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC,
-                  cmdCompileToJS, cmdCrun, cmdCompileToNif}
+                  cmdCompileToJS, cmdCrun}
   cmdDocLike* = {cmdDoc0, cmdDoc, cmdDoc2tex, cmdJsondoc0, cmdJsondoc,
                  cmdCtags, cmdBuildindex}
 
@@ -195,7 +187,6 @@ type
     gcRegions = "regions"
     gcArc = "arc"
     gcOrc = "orc"
-    gcYrc = "yrc"       # thread-safe ORC (concurrent cycle collector)
     gcAtomicArc = "atomicArc"
     gcMarkAndSweep = "markAndSweep"
     gcHooks = "hooks"
@@ -231,14 +222,13 @@ type
     strictEffects,
     unicodeOperators, # deadcode
     flexibleOptionalParams,
-    strictDefs, # deadcode
+    strictDefs,
     strictCaseObjects,
     inferGenericTypes,
     openSym, # remove nfDisabledOpenSym when this is default
     # alternative to above:
     genericsOpenSym
     vtables
-    typeBoundOps
 
   LegacyFeature* = enum
     allowSemcheckedAstModification,
@@ -257,8 +247,6 @@ type
       ## Useful for libraries that rely on local passC
     jsNoLambdaLifting
       ## Old transformation for closures in JS backend
-    noPanicOnExcept
-      ## don't panic on bare except
 
   SymbolFilesOption* = enum
     disabledSf, writeOnlySf, readOnlySf, v2Sf, stressTest
@@ -371,7 +359,6 @@ type
     numberOfProcessors*: int   # number of processors
     lastCmdTime*: float        # when caas is enabled, we measure each command
     symbolFiles*: SymbolFilesOption
-    ic*: bool # whether ic is enabled
     spellSuggestMax*: int # max number of spelling suggestions for typos
 
     cppDefines*: HashSet[string] # (*)
@@ -395,7 +382,6 @@ type
     warnCounter*: int
     errorMax*: int
     maxLoopIterationsVM*: int ## VM: max iterations of all loops
-    maxCallDepthVM*: int ## VM: max call depth
     isVmTrace*: bool
     configVars*: StringTableRef
     symbols*: StringTableRef ## We need to use a StringTableRef here as defined
@@ -414,7 +400,6 @@ type
     projectPath*: AbsoluteDir # holds a path like /home/alice/projects/nim/compiler/
     projectFull*: AbsoluteFile # projectPath/projectName
     projectIsStdin*: bool # whether we're compiling from stdin
-    stdinFile*: AbsoluteFile # Filename to use in messages for stdin
     lastMsgWasDot*: set[StdOrrKind] # the last compiler message was a single '.'
     projectMainIdx*: FileIndex # the canonical path id of the main module
     projectMainIdx2*: FileIndex # consider merging with projectMainIdx
@@ -516,7 +501,7 @@ const
     optHints, optStackTrace, optLineTrace, # consider adding `optStackTraceMsgs`
     optTrMacros, optStyleCheck, optCursorInference}
   DefaultGlobalOptions* = {optThreadAnalysis, optExcessiveStackTrace,
-    optJsBigInt64, optItaniumMangle}
+    optJsBigInt64}
 
 proc getSrcTimestamp(): DateTime =
   try:
@@ -591,7 +576,6 @@ proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
     projectPath: AbsoluteDir"", # holds a path like /home/alice/projects/nim/compiler/
     projectFull: AbsoluteFile"", # projectPath/projectName
     projectIsStdin: false, # whether we're compiling from stdin
-    stdinFile: AbsoluteFile"stdinfile",
     projectMainIdx: FileIndex(0'i32), # the canonical path id of the main module
     command: "", # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
     commandArgs: @[], # any arguments after the main command
@@ -613,7 +597,6 @@ proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
     arguments: "",
     suggestMaxResults: 10_000,
     maxLoopIterationsVM: 10_000_000,
-    maxCallDepthVM: 2_000,
     vmProfileData: newProfileData(),
     spellSuggestMax: spellSuggestSecretSauce,
     currentConfigDir: ""
@@ -1048,9 +1031,6 @@ proc isDynlibOverride*(conf: ConfigRef; lib: string): bool =
 proc showNonExportedFields*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   incl(conf.globalOptions, optShowNonExportedFields)
 
-proc docRawOutput*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  incl(conf.globalOptions, optDocRaw)
-
 proc expandDone*(conf: ConfigRef): bool =
   result = conf.ideCmd == ideExpand and conf.expandLevels == 0 and conf.expandProgress
 

compiler/packages.nim

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ proc getPackage*(conf: ConfigRef; cache: IdentCache; fileIdx: FileIndex): PSym =
     pkgIdent = getIdent(cache, pkgName)
   newSym(skPackage, pkgIdent, idGeneratorForPackage(int32(fileIdx)), nil, info)
 
-proc getPackageSymbol*(sym: PSym): PSym =
+func getPackageSymbol*(sym: PSym): PSym =
   ## Return the owning package symbol.
   assert sym != nil
   result = sym
@@ -41,18 +41,18 @@ proc getPackageSymbol*(sym: PSym): PSym =
     result = result.owner
     assert result != nil, repr(sym.info)
 
-proc getPackageId*(sym: PSym): int =
+func getPackageId*(sym: PSym): int =
   ## Return the owning package ID.
   sym.getPackageSymbol.id
 
-proc belongsToProjectPackage*(conf: ConfigRef, sym: PSym): bool =
+func belongsToProjectPackage*(conf: ConfigRef, sym: PSym): bool =
   ## Return whether the symbol belongs to the project's package.
   ##
   ## See Also:
   ## * `modulegraphs.belongsToStdlib`
   conf.mainPackageId == sym.getPackageId
 
-proc belongsToProjectPackageMaybeNil*(conf: ConfigRef, sym: PSym): bool =
+func belongsToProjectPackageMaybeNil*(conf: ConfigRef, sym: PSym): bool =
   ## Return whether the symbol belongs to the project's package.
   ## Returns `false` if `sym` is nil.
   ##

compiler/parampatterns.nim

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import ast, types, msgs, idents, renderer, wordrecg, trees,
   options
 
-import std/[strutils, assertions]
+import std/strutils
 
 # we precompile the pattern here for efficiency into some internal
 # stack based VM :-) Why? Because it's fun; I did no benchmarks to see if that
@@ -216,11 +216,6 @@ proc exprRoot*(n: PNode; allowCalls = true): PSym =
     else:
       break
 
-proc isAssignable*(owner: PSym, n: PNode): TAssignableResult
-
-proc isLentableBranch(owner: PSym, n: PNode): bool =
-  result = isAssignable(owner, n) in {arLentValue, arAddressableConst, arLentValue}
-
 proc isAssignable*(owner: PSym, n: PNode): TAssignableResult =
   ## 'owner' can be nil!
   result = arNone
@@ -313,35 +308,6 @@ proc isAssignable*(owner: PSym, n: PNode): TAssignableResult =
     # nkVarTy denotes an lvalue, but the example above is the only
     # possible code which will get us here
     result = arLValue
-  of nkIfExpr, nkIfStmt:
-    # allow 'if' expressions to be lent if all branches are lentable
-    for branch in n:
-      if branch.len == 2:
-        if not isLentableBranch(owner, branch[1]):
-          return
-      elif branch.len == 1:
-        if not isLentableBranch(owner, branch[0]):
-          return
-      else:
-        raiseAssert "Malformed `if` statement in isAssignable"
-    result = arLentValue
-  of nkCaseStmt:
-    # allow 'case' expressions to be lent if all branches are lentable
-    for i in 1 ..< n.len:
-      let branch = n[i]
-      case branch.kind
-      of nkOfBranch:
-        if not isLentableBranch(owner, branch[^1]):
-          return
-      of nkElifBranch:
-        if not isLentableBranch(owner, branch[1]):
-          return
-      of nkElse:
-        if not isLentableBranch(owner, branch[0]):
-          return
-      else:
-        raiseAssert "Malformed `case` statement in isAssignable"
-    result = arLentValue
   else:
     discard
 

compiler/parser.nim

@@ -638,9 +638,8 @@ proc semiStmtList(p: var Parser, result: PNode) =
         getTok(p)
       if p.tok.tokType == tkParRi:
         break
-      # ignore indent:
-      #elif not (sameOrNoInd(p) or realInd(p)):
-      #  parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
+      elif not (sameInd(p) or realInd(p)):
+        parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
       let a = complexOrSimpleStmt(p)
       if a.kind == nkEmpty:
         parMessage(p, errExprExpected, p.tok)
@@ -700,12 +699,10 @@ proc parsePar(p: var Parser): PNode =
       asgn.add b
       result.add(asgn)
       if p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
-        getTok(p)
         semiStmtList(p, result)
     elif p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
       # stmt context:
       result.add(a)
-      getTok(p)
       semiStmtList(p, result)
     else:
       a = colonOrEquals(p, a)
@@ -1156,10 +1153,7 @@ proc parseParamList(p: var Parser, retColon = true): PNode =
         parMessage(p, errGenerated, "the syntax is 'parameter: var T', not 'var parameter: T'")
         break
       else:
-        if p.tok.tokType in tokKeywordLow..tokKeywordHigh:
-          parMessage(p, errGenerated, "'" & $p.tok.ident.s & "' is a keyword and cannot be used as a parameter name")
-        else:
-          parMessage(p, "expected closing ')'")
+        parMessage(p, "expected closing ')'")
         break
       result.add(a)
       if p.tok.tokType notin {tkComma, tkSemiColon}: break
@@ -2113,28 +2107,12 @@ proc parseObjectCase(p: var Parser): PNode =
   #| objectBranches = objectBranch (IND{=} objectBranch)*
   #|                       (IND{=} 'elif' expr colcom objectPart)*
   #|                       (IND{=} 'else' colcom objectPart)?
-  #| objectCase = 'case' (declColonEquals / pragma)? ':'? COMMENT?
+  #| objectCase = 'case' declColonEquals ':'? COMMENT?
   #|             (IND{>} objectBranches DED
   #|             | IND{=} objectBranches)
   result = newNodeP(nkRecCase, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType != tkOf:
-    # of case will be handled later
-    if p.tok.indent >= 0: parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
-  var a: PNode
-  if p.tok.tokType in {tkSymbol, tkAccent}:
-    a = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {withPragma})
-  else:
-    a = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-    if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe:
-      var prag = newNodeP(nkPragmaExpr, p)
-      prag.add(p.emptyNode)
-      prag.add(parsePragma(p))
-      a.add(prag)
-    else:
-      a.add(p.emptyNode)
-    a.add(p.emptyNode)
-    a.add(p.emptyNode)
+  getTokNoInd(p)
+  var a = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {withPragma})
   result.add(a)
   if p.tok.tokType == tkColon: getTok(p)
   flexComment(p, result)

compiler/passes.nim

@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ proc makePass*(open: TPassOpen = nil,
                process: TPassProcess = nil,
                close: TPassClose = nil,
                isFrontend = false): TPass =
-  result = (open, process, close, isFrontend)
+  result.open = open
+  result.close = close
+  result.process = process
+  result.isFrontend = isFrontend
 
 const
   maxPasses = 10
@@ -97,8 +100,8 @@ proc processModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator;
                     stream: PLLStream): bool {.discardable.} =
   if graph.stopCompile(): return true
   var
-    p: Parser = default(Parser)
-    a: TPassContextArray = default(TPassContextArray)
+    p: Parser
+    a: TPassContextArray
     s: PLLStream
     fileIdx = module.fileIdx
   prepareConfigNotes(graph, module)
@@ -148,6 +151,11 @@ proc processModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator;
     closeParser(p)
     if s.kind != llsStdIn: break
   closePasses(graph, a)
+  if graph.config.backend notin {backendC, backendCpp, backendObjc}:
+    # We only write rod files here if no C-like backend is active.
+    # The C-like backends have been patched to support the IC mechanism.
+    # They are responsible for closing the rod files. See `cbackend.nim`.
+    closeRodFile(graph, module)
   result = true
 
 proc compileModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex; flags: TSymFlags, fromModule: PSym = nil): PSym =
@@ -163,12 +171,24 @@ proc compileModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex; flags: TSymFlags, fr
       elif graph.config.projectIsCmd: s = llStreamOpen(graph.config.cmdInput)
     discard processModule(graph, result, idGeneratorFromModule(result), s)
   if result == nil:
-    result = newModule(graph, fileIdx)
-    result.incl flags
-    registerModule(graph, result)
-    processModuleAux("import")
+    var cachedModules: seq[FileIndex] = @[]
+    result = moduleFromRodFile(graph, fileIdx, cachedModules)
+    let filename = AbsoluteFile toFullPath(graph.config, fileIdx)
+    if result == nil:
+      result = newModule(graph, fileIdx)
+      result.flags.incl flags
+      registerModule(graph, result)
+      processModuleAux("import")
+    else:
+      if sfSystemModule in flags:
+        graph.systemModule = result
+      partialInitModule(result, graph, fileIdx, filename)
+    for m in cachedModules:
+      registerModuleById(graph, m)
+      replayStateChanges(graph.packed.pm[m.int].module, graph)
+      replayGenericCacheInformation(graph, m.int)
   elif graph.isDirty(result):
-    result.excl sfDirty
+    result.flags.excl sfDirty
     # reset module fields:
     initStrTables(graph, result)
     result.ast = nil

compiler/patterns.nim

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ proc inSymChoice(sc, x: PNode): bool =
     result = false
     for i in 0..<sc.len:
       if sc[i].sym == x.sym: return true
-  elif sc.kind in {nkOpenSymChoice, nkOpenSym}:
+  elif sc.kind == nkOpenSymChoice:
     # same name suffices for open sym choices!
     result = sc[0].sym.name.id == x.sym.name.id
   else:

compiler/pipelines.nim

@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import sem, cgen, modulegraphs, ast, llstream, parser, msgs,
        lineinfos, reorder, options, semdata, cgendata, modules, pathutils,
        packages, syntaxes, depends, vm, pragmas, idents, lookups, wordrecg,
-       liftdestructors, nifgen
-
-when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-  import vmdef
-  import ast2nif
-  import "../dist/nimony/src/lib" / [nifstreams, bitabs]
+       liftdestructors
 
 import pipelineutils
 
@@ -28,10 +23,6 @@ proc processPipeline(graph: ModuleGraph; semNode: PNode; bModule: PPassContext):
     result = semNode
     if bModule != nil:
       genTopLevelStmt(BModule(bModule), result)
-  of NifgenPass:
-    result = semNode
-    if bModule != nil:
-      genTopLevelNif(bModule, result)
   of JSgenPass:
     when not defined(leanCompiler):
       result = processJSCodeGen(bModule, semNode)
@@ -40,12 +31,7 @@ proc processPipeline(graph: ModuleGraph; semNode: PNode; bModule: PPassContext):
   of GenDependPass:
     result = addDotDependency(bModule, semNode)
   of SemPass:
-    # Return the semantic node for cmdM (NIF generation needs it)
-    # For regular check, we don't need the result
-    if graph.config.cmd == cmdM:
-      result = semNode
-    else:
-      result = graph.emptyNode
+    result = graph.emptyNode
   of Docgen2Pass, Docgen2TexPass:
     when not defined(leanCompiler):
       result = processNode(bModule, semNode)
@@ -62,8 +48,7 @@ proc processPipeline(graph: ModuleGraph; semNode: PNode; bModule: PPassContext):
     raiseAssert "use setPipeLinePass to set a proper PipelinePass"
 
 proc processImplicitImports*(graph: ModuleGraph; implicits: seq[string], nodeKind: TNodeKind,
-                             m: PSym, ctx: PContext, bModule: PPassContext, idgen: IdGenerator;
-                             topLevelStmts: PNode) =
+                             m: PSym, ctx: PContext, bModule: PPassContext, idgen: IdGenerator) =
   # XXX fixme this should actually be relative to the config file!
   let relativeTo = toFullPath(graph.config, m.info)
   for module in items(implicits):
@@ -75,13 +60,8 @@ proc processImplicitImports*(graph: ModuleGraph; implicits: seq[string], nodeKin
       importStmt.add str
       message(graph.config, importStmt.info, hintProcessingStmt, $idgen[])
       let semNode = semWithPContext(ctx, importStmt)
-      if semNode == nil:
+      if semNode == nil or processPipeline(graph, semNode, bModule) == nil:
         break
-      let top = processPipeline(graph, semNode, bModule)
-      if top == nil:
-        break
-      if topLevelStmts != nil:
-        topLevelStmts.add top
 
 proc prePass*(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
   for son in n:
@@ -103,7 +83,7 @@ proc prePass*(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
                 let feature = parseEnum[Feature](name.strVal)
                 if feature == codeReordering:
                   c.features.incl feature
-                  c.module.incl sfReorder
+                  c.module.flags.incl sfReorder
               except ValueError:
                 discard
             else:
@@ -151,8 +131,6 @@ proc processPipelineModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator
         nil
     of SemPass:
       nil
-    of NifgenPass:
-      setupNifgen(graph, module, idgen)
     of NonePass:
       raiseAssert "use setPipeLinePass to set a proper PipelinePass"
 
@@ -166,11 +144,6 @@ proc processPipelineModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator
   else:
     s = stream
     graph.interactive = stream.kind == llsStdIn
-  var topLevelStmts =
-    if optCompress in graph.config.globalOptions or graph.config.cmd == cmdM:
-      newNodeI(nkStmtList, module.info)
-    else:
-      nil
   while true:
     syntaxes.openParser(p, fileIdx, s, graph.cache, graph.config)
 
@@ -180,8 +153,8 @@ proc processPipelineModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator
       # in ROD files. I think we should enable this feature only
       # for the interactive mode.
       if module.name.s != "nimscriptapi":
-        processImplicitImports graph, graph.config.implicitImports, nkImportStmt, module, ctx, bModule, idgen, topLevelStmts
-        processImplicitImports graph, graph.config.implicitIncludes, nkIncludeStmt, module, ctx, bModule, idgen, topLevelStmts
+        processImplicitImports graph, graph.config.implicitImports, nkImportStmt, module, ctx, bModule, idgen
+        processImplicitImports graph, graph.config.implicitIncludes, nkIncludeStmt, module, ctx, bModule, idgen
 
     checkFirstLineIndentation(p)
     block processCode:
@@ -202,9 +175,7 @@ proc processPipelineModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator
       if graph.pipelinePass != EvalPass:
         message(graph.config, sl.info, hintProcessingStmt, $idgen[])
       var semNode = semWithPContext(ctx, sl)
-      let top = processPipeline(graph, semNode, bModule)
-      if top != nil and topLevelStmts != nil:
-        topLevelStmts.add top
+      discard processPipeline(graph, semNode, bModule)
 
     closeParser(p)
     if s.kind != llsStdIn: break
@@ -221,7 +192,7 @@ proc processPipelineModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator
           if retTyp != nil:
             # TODO: properly semcheck the code of dispatcher?
             createTypeBoundOps(graph, ctx, retTyp, disp.ast.info, idgen)
-          genProcLvl3(m, disp)
+          genProcAux(m, disp)
         discard closePContext(graph, ctx, nil)
   of JSgenPass:
     when not defined(leanCompiler):
@@ -236,31 +207,14 @@ proc processPipelineModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator
   of Docgen2JsonPass:
     when not defined(leanCompiler):
       discard closeJson(graph, bModule, finalNode)
-  of NifgenPass:
-    closeNif(graph, bModule, finalNode)
   of NonePass:
     raiseAssert "use setPipeLinePass to set a proper PipelinePass"
 
-  when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-    # For cmdM: only write NIF for the main module, not for imported modules
-    # (imported modules should be loaded from existing NIF files)
-    let shouldWriteNif = (optCompress in graph.config.globalOptions) or
-                         (graph.config.cmd == cmdM and sfMainModule in module.flags)
-    if shouldWriteNif and not graph.config.isDefined("nimscript"):
-      topLevelStmts.add finalNode
-      # Collect replay actions from both pragma computations and VM state diff
-      var replayActions: seq[PNode] = @[]
-      # Get pragma-recorded replay actions (compile, link, passC, passL, etc.)
-      if graph.nifReplayActions.hasKey(module.position.int32):
-        replayActions.add graph.nifReplayActions[module.position.int32]
-      # Also get VM state diff (macro cache operations)
-      if graph.vm != nil:
-        for (m, n) in PCtx(graph.vm).vmstateDiff:
-          if m == module:
-            replayActions.add n
-
-      writeNifModule(graph.config, module.position.int32, topLevelStmts, graph.opsLog, replayActions)
-
+  if graph.config.backend notin {backendC, backendCpp, backendObjc}:
+    # We only write rod files here if no C-like backend is active.
+    # The C-like backends have been patched to support the IC mechanism.
+    # They are responsible for closing the rod files. See `cbackend.nim`.
+    closeRodFile(graph, module)
   result = true
 
 proc compilePipelineModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex; flags: TSymFlags; fromModule: PSym = nil): PSym =
@@ -276,50 +230,34 @@ proc compilePipelineModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex; flags: TSymF
       elif graph.config.projectIsCmd: s = llStreamOpen(graph.config.cmdInput)
     discard processPipelineModule(graph, result, idGeneratorFromModule(result), s)
   if result == nil:
-    when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-      # For cmdM: load imports from NIF files (but compile the main module from source)
-      # Skip when withinSystem is true (compiling system.nim itself)
-      if graph.config.cmd == cmdM and
-         sfMainModule notin flags and
-         not graph.withinSystem and
-         not graph.config.isDefined("nimscript"):
-        let precomp = moduleFromNifFile(graph, fileIdx)
-        if precomp.module == nil:
-          let nifPath = toNifFilename(graph.config, fileIdx)
-          globalError(graph.config, unknownLineInfo,
-            "nim m requires precompiled NIF for import: " & toFullPath(graph.config, fileIdx) &
-            " (expected: " & nifPath & ")")
-          return nil  # Don't fall through to compile from source
-        else:
-          # Module successfully loaded from NIF file - use it and skip processing
-          result = precomp.module
-          if sfSystemModule in flags:
-            graph.systemModule = result
-          partialInitModule(result, graph, fileIdx, AbsoluteFile(toFullPath(graph.config, fileIdx)))
-          # Replay state changes from the loaded NIF module
-          if result.ast != nil:
-            replayStateChanges(result, graph)
-          return result  # Return early, don't process from source
+    var cachedModules: seq[FileIndex] = @[]
+    result = moduleFromRodFile(graph, fileIdx, cachedModules)
     let path = toFullPath(graph.config, fileIdx)
     let filename = AbsoluteFile path
-    # it could be a stdinfile/cmdfile
-    if fileExists(filename) and not graph.config.projectIsStdin:
+    if fileExists(filename): # it could be a stdinfile
       graph.cachedFiles[path] = $secureHashFile(path)
     if result == nil:
       result = newModule(graph, fileIdx)
-      result.incl flags
+      result.flags.incl flags
       registerModule(graph, result)
       processModuleAux("import")
     else:
       if sfSystemModule in flags:
         graph.systemModule = result
       if sfMainModule in flags and graph.config.cmd == cmdM:
-        result.incl flags
+        result.flags.incl flags
         registerModule(graph, result)
         processModuleAux("import")
       partialInitModule(result, graph, fileIdx, filename)
+    for m in cachedModules:
+      registerModuleById(graph, m)
+      if sfMainModule in flags and graph.config.cmd == cmdM:
+        discard
+      else:
+        replayStateChanges(graph.packed.pm[m.int].module, graph)
+        replayGenericCacheInformation(graph, m.int)
   elif graph.isDirty(result):
-    result.excl sfDirty
+    result.flags.excl sfDirty
     # reset module fields:
     initStrTables(graph, result)
     result.ast = nil
@@ -347,12 +285,10 @@ proc connectPipelineCallbacks*(graph: ModuleGraph) =
 
 proc compilePipelineSystemModule*(graph: ModuleGraph) =
   if graph.systemModule == nil:
-    graph.withinSystem = true
     connectPipelineCallbacks(graph)
     graph.config.m.systemFileIdx = fileInfoIdx(graph.config,
         graph.config.libpath / RelativeFile"system.nim")
     discard graph.compilePipelineModule(graph.config.m.systemFileIdx, {sfSystemModule})
-    graph.withinSystem = false
 
 proc compilePipelineProject*(graph: ModuleGraph; projectFileIdx = InvalidFileIdx) =
   connectPipelineCallbacks(graph)
@@ -369,23 +305,7 @@ proc compilePipelineProject*(graph: ModuleGraph; projectFileIdx = InvalidFileIdx
   graph.importStack.add projectFile
 
   if projectFile == systemFileIdx:
-    graph.withinSystem = true
     discard graph.compilePipelineModule(projectFile, {sfMainModule, sfSystemModule})
-    graph.withinSystem = false
-  elif graph.config.cmd == cmdM:
-    # For cmdM: load system.nim from NIF first, then compile the main module
-    connectPipelineCallbacks(graph)
-    graph.config.m.systemFileIdx = fileInfoIdx(graph.config,
-        graph.config.libpath / RelativeFile"system.nim")
-    when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
-      let precomp = moduleFromNifFile(graph, graph.config.m.systemFileIdx)
-      graph.systemModule = precomp.module
-      if graph.systemModule == nil:
-        let nifPath = toNifFilename(graph.config, graph.config.m.systemFileIdx)
-        localError(graph.config, unknownLineInfo,
-          "nim m requires precompiled NIF for system module (expected: " & nifPath & ")")
-        return
-    discard graph.compilePipelineModule(projectFile, {sfMainModule})
   else:
     graph.compilePipelineSystemModule()
     discard graph.compilePipelineModule(projectFile, {sfMainModule})