bump NimVersion to 1.6.18

(cherry picked from commit a3739751a8)

.builds/freebsd.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+## DO NO EDIT DIRECTLY! auto-generated by `nim r tools/ci_generate.nim`
+
+# see https://man.sr.ht/builds.sr.ht/compatibility.md#freebsd
+image: freebsd/latest
+packages:
+- databases/sqlite3
+- devel/boehm-gc-threaded
+- devel/pcre
+- devel/sdl20
+- devel/sfml
+- www/node
+- devel/gmake
+
+
+sources:
+- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim
+environment:
+  NIM_TESTAMENT_BATCH: "0_1"
+  CC: /usr/bin/clang
+tasks:
+- setup: |
+    set -e
+    cd Nim
+    . ci/funs.sh && nimBuildCsourcesIfNeeded
+    echo 'export PATH=$HOME/Nim/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.buildenv
+- test: |
+    set -e
+    cd Nim
+    . ci/funs.sh && nimInternalBuildKochAndRunCI
+triggers:
+- action: email
+  condition: failure
+  to: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>

.builds/openbsd_0.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+## DO NO EDIT DIRECTLY! auto-generated by `nim r tools/ci_generate.nim`
+
+image: openbsd/latest
+packages:
+- gmake
+- sqlite3
+- node
+- boehm-gc
+- pcre
+- sfml
+- sdl2
+- libffi
+
+
+sources:
+- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim
+environment:
+  NIM_TESTAMENT_BATCH: "0_2"
+  CC: /usr/bin/clang
+tasks:
+- setup: |
+    set -e
+    cd Nim
+    . ci/funs.sh && nimBuildCsourcesIfNeeded
+    echo 'export PATH=$HOME/Nim/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.buildenv
+- test: |
+    set -e
+    cd Nim
+    . ci/funs.sh && nimInternalBuildKochAndRunCI
+triggers:
+- action: email
+  condition: failure
+  to: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>

.builds/openbsd_1.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+## DO NO EDIT DIRECTLY! auto-generated by `nim r tools/ci_generate.nim`
+
+image: openbsd/latest
+packages:
+- gmake
+- sqlite3
+- node
+- boehm-gc
+- pcre
+- sfml
+- sdl2
+- libffi
+
+
+sources:
+- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim
+environment:
+  NIM_TESTAMENT_BATCH: "1_2"
+  CC: /usr/bin/clang
+tasks:
+- setup: |
+    set -e
+    cd Nim
+    . ci/funs.sh && nimBuildCsourcesIfNeeded
+    echo 'export PATH=$HOME/Nim/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.buildenv
+- test: |
+    set -e
+    cd Nim
+    . ci/funs.sh && nimInternalBuildKochAndRunCI
+triggers:
+- action: email
+  condition: failure
+  to: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Have you found an unexpected behavior? Use this template.
+title: Think about the title, twice
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+(Consider writing a PR targetting devel branch after filing this, see [contributing.html](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/contributing.html)).
+
+Function `echo` outputs the wrong string.
+
+### Example
+```nim
+echo "Hello World!"
+# This code should be a minimum reproducible example:
+# try to simplify and minimize as much as possible. If it's a compiler
+# issue, try to minimize further by removing any imports if possible.
+```
+
+### Current Output
+please check whether the problem still exists in git head before posting,
+see [rebuilding the compiler](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/intern.html#rebuilding-the-compiler).
+```
+Hola mundo!
+```
+
+### Expected Output
+```
+Hello World!
+```
+
+### Possible Solution
+
+* In file xyz there is a call that might be the cause of it.
+
+### Additional Information
+If it's a regression, you can help us by identifying which version introduced
+the bug, see [Bisecting for regressions](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/intern.html#bisecting-for-regressions),
+or at least try known past releases (eg `choosenim 1.2.0`).
+
+If it's a pre-existing compiler bug, see [Debugging the compiler](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/intern.html#debugging-the-compiler)
+which should give more context on a compiler crash.
+
+* Issue #abc is related, but different because of ...
+* This issue is blocking my project xyz
+
+```
+$ nim -v
+Nim Compiler Version 0.1.2
+# make sure to include the git hash if not using a tagged release
+```

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name:        "Bug Report"
-description: "Create a new bug report. Have you found an unexpected behavior? Use this form."
-title:       "Think about the title, twice."
-labels:      ["unconfirmed"]
-body:
-
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      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:
-    label: Description
-    description: |
-      Describe the problem. Code example can be given here.
-    placeholder: Bug reports with reproducible code or detailed information will be fixed faster.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: current-logs
-  attributes:
-    label: Current Output
-    description: Please copy and paste any relevant log output. This will be automatically formatted into code, so no need for backticks.
-    placeholder: Bug reports with reproducible code or detailed information will be fixed faster.
-    render: text
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: expected-logs
-  attributes:
-    label: Expected Output
-    description: Please copy and paste any relevant log output. This will be automatically formatted into code, so no need for backticks.
-    placeholder: Bug reports with reproducible code or detailed information will be fixed faster.
-    render: text
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: known-workarounds
-  attributes:
-    label: Known Workarounds
-    description: Provide any known workarounds.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: extra-info
-  attributes:
-    label: Additional Information
-    description: Any additional relevant information.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      - Please check whether the problem still exists in the devel branch, which can be installed via [choosenim](https://github.com/nim-lang/choosenim/), [nightlies](https://github.com/nim-lang/nightlies/), or by [creating a temporary build of the compiler](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/intern.html#debugging-the-compiler-building-an-instrumented-compiler).
-      - Consider writing a PR targetting devel branch after filing this, see [contributing](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/contributing.html).
-      - If it's a pre-existing compiler bug, see [debugging the compiler](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/intern.html#debugging-the-compiler) which should give more context on a compiler crash.
-      - If it's a regression, you can help us by identifying which version introduced the bug by [bisecting](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/intern.html#bisecting-for-regressions) or at least trying known past releases (e.g. `choosenim 2.0.0`).
-        The Nim repo also supports bisecting in issue comments by adding `!nim c`, `!nim js` etc. before a code block, see [nimrun-action](https://github.com/juancarlospaco/nimrun-action).
-      - [Please, consider a Donation for the Nim project.](https://nim-lang.org/donate.html)

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+name: Feature request
+about: Do you want to suggest a new feature? Use this template.
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+<!---
+Notice there is now a separate repository for the detailed RFCs and proposals:
+https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs
+
+If you have a simple feature request, you can post it here using this template,
+but bear in mind that adding new features to the language is currently a low priority.
+-->
+
+
+### Summary
+<!--- Short summary of your proposed feature -->
+
+
+### Description
+<!--- Describe your solution, what problem does it fix? -->
+
+
+### Alternatives
+<!--- Are there any alternatives you've considered? -->
+
+
+### Additional Information
+<!--- For Example:
+* A link to a project where the issue is relevant.
+* A link to a related issue or discussion.
+-->

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-name:        "Feature request"
-description: "Create a new Feature Request. Do you want to suggest a new feature? Use this form."
-title:       "Think about the title, twice."
-labels:      ["unconfirmed"]
-body:
-
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      - Please provide a minimal code example that illustrates the basic idea behind your feature request.
-        Reports with full repro code and descriptive detailed information will likely receive feedback faster.
-      - There is a separate repository for the detailed RFCs and proposals: https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs.
-        If you have a simple feature request, you can post it here using this form,
-        but bear in mind that adding new features to the language is currently a low priority.
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: summary
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: |
-      Use DETAILED DESCRIPTIVE information about the feature request.
-      Here, you go into more details about your ideas. This section can be a few paragraphs long.
-    placeholder: Short summary of your proposed feature.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: description
-  attributes:
-    label: Description
-    description: Describe your solution, what problem does it fix?
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: alternatives
-  attributes:
-    label: Alternatives
-    description: Are there any alternatives you've considered?
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: Examples
-  attributes:
-    label: Examples
-    description: Provide examples for your feature request here.
-    placeholder: Example code here.
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: incompatibility
-  attributes:
-    label: Backwards Compatibility
-    description: If your Feature Request introduces backward-incompatible changes, describe them and propose how to deal with them.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  id: links
-  attributes:
-    label: Links
-    description: Please copy and paste any relevant links to projects, issues, discussions, technical documentations, code samples, etc.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      - Thanks for your contributions!, your ideas will receive feedback from the community soon...
-      - **Remember to :star: Star the Nim project on GitHub!.**
-      - Consider writing a PR targetting devel branch after filing this, see [contributing](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/contributing.html).
-      - [Please, consider a Donation for the Nim project.](https://nim-lang.org/donate.html)

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
-# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
-# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
-# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
-
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" # See documentation for possible values
-    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"

.github/stale.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Configuration for probot-stale - https://github.com/probot/stale
+
+# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale
+daysUntilStale: 365
+
+# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request with the stale label is closed.
+# Set to false to disable. If disabled, issues still need to be closed manually, but will remain marked as stale.
+daysUntilClose: 30
+
+# Only issues or pull requests with all of these labels are check if stale. Defaults to `[]` (disabled)
+onlyLabels: []
+
+# Issues or Pull Requests with these labels will never be considered stale. Set to `[]` to disable
+exemptLabels:
+  - ARC
+  - bounty
+  - Codegen
+  - Crash
+  - Generics
+  - High Priority
+  - Macros
+  - Next release
+  - Showstopper
+  - Static[T]
+
+# Set to true to ignore issues in a project (defaults to false)
+exemptProjects: false
+
+# Set to true to ignore issues in a milestone (defaults to false)
+exemptMilestones: false
+
+# Set to true to ignore issues with an assignee (defaults to false)
+exemptAssignees: false
+
+# Label to use when marking as stale
+staleLabel: stale
+
+# Comment to post when marking as stale. Set to `false` to disable
+markComment: >
+  This pull request has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
+  recent activity.
+  If you think it is still a valid PR, please rebase it on the latest devel;
+  otherwise it will be closed. Thank you for your contributions.
+
+# Comment to post when removing the stale label.
+# unmarkComment: >
+#   Your comment here.
+
+# Comment to post when closing a stale Issue or Pull Request.
+# closeComment: >
+#   Your comment here.
+
+# Limit the number of actions per hour, from 1-30. Default is 30
+limitPerRun: 20
+
+# Limit to only `issues` or `pulls`
+only: pulls
+
+# Optionally, specify configuration settings that are specific to just 'issues' or 'pulls':
+# pulls:
+#   daysUntilStale: 30
+#   markComment: >
+#     This pull request has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
+#     recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you
+#     for your contributions.
+
+# issues:
+#   exemptLabels:
+#     - confirmed

.github/workflows/bisects.yml

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# See https://github.com/juancarlospaco/nimrun-action/issues/3#issuecomment-1607344901
-name: issue comments bisects
-on:
-  issue_comment:
-    types: created
-
-jobs:
-  bisects:
-    if: |
-      github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '!nim ') && github.event.issue.pull_request == null && github.event.comment.author_association != 'NONE'
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        platform: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-    name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-bisects
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-
-      - 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  
-        with:
-          nim-version: 'devel'
-
-      - uses: juancarlospaco/nimrun-action@nim
-        if: |
-          runner.os == 'Linux'   && contains(github.event.comment.body, '-d:linux'  ) ||
-          runner.os == 'Windows' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '-d:windows') ||
-          runner.os == 'macOS'   && contains(github.event.comment.body, '-d:osx'    ) ||
-          runner.os == 'Linux' && !contains(github.event.comment.body, '-d:linux') && !contains(github.event.comment.body, '-d:windows') && !contains(github.event.comment.body, '-d:osx')
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ name: Nim Docs CI
 on:
   push:
     paths:
-      - 'compiler/**.nim'
+      - 'compiler/docgen.nim'
+      - 'compiler/renderverbatim.nim'
       - 'config/nimdoc.cfg'
       - 'doc/**.rst'
-      - 'doc/**.md'
       - 'doc/nimdoc.css'
       - 'lib/**.nim'
       - 'nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html'
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ on:
       - 'tools/kochdocs.nim'
       - '.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml'
       - 'koch.nim'
-
   pull_request:
     # Run only on changes on these files.
     paths:
-      - 'compiler/**.nim'
+      - 'compiler/docgen.nim'
+      - 'compiler/renderverbatim.nim'
       - 'config/nimdoc.cfg'
       - 'doc/**.rst'
-      - 'doc/**.md'
       - 'doc/nimdoc.css'
       - 'lib/**.nim'
       - 'nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html'
@@ -29,10 +28,6 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml'
       - 'koch.nim'
 
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
@@ -41,11 +36,11 @@ 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-11
 
     name: ${{ matrix.target }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -53,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
         if: |
           github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/devel' &&
           matrix.target == 'linux'
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@v5
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@v1
         with:
           build_dir: doc/html
         env:

.github/workflows/ci_packages.yml

@@ -1,30 +1,14 @@
 name: Packages CI
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'devel'
-      - 'version-2-2'
-      - 'version-2-0'
-      - 'version-1-6'
-      - 'version-1-2'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
+on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        batch: ["0_3", "1_3", "2_3"] # list of `index_num`
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            cpu: amd64
-          - os: macos-latest
-            cpu: arm64
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-11]
+        cpu: [amd64]
+        batch: ["allowed_failures", "0_3", "1_3", "2_3"] # list of `index_num`
     name: '${{ matrix.os }} (batch: ${{ matrix.batch }})'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60 # refs bug #18178
@@ -33,27 +17,26 @@ jobs:
       NIM_TESTAMENT_BATCH: ${{ matrix.batch }}
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
-      - name: 'Install node.js'
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v7
+      - name: 'Install node.js 16.x'
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: 24
+          node-version: '16.x'
 
       - 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
-        # XXX can't find boehm and gtk on macos 13
       - name: 'Install dependencies (Windows)'
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         shell: bash

.github/workflows/ci_publish.yml

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-name: Tracking orc-booting compiler memory usage
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [closed]
-
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
-        cpu: [amd64]
-    name: '${{ matrix.os }}'
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 2
-
-      - name: 'Install node.js'
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v7
-        with:
-          node-version: 24
-
-      - name: 'Install dependencies (Linux amd64)'
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.cpu == 'amd64'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-fast update -qq
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' \
-            sudo apt-fast install --no-install-recommends -yq \
-              libcurl4-openssl-dev libgc-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsfml-dev \
-              valgrind libc6-dbg libblas-dev xorg-dev
-
-      - name: 'Add build binaries to PATH'
-        shell: bash
-        run: echo "${{ github.workspace }}/bin" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
-
-      - name: 'System information'
-        shell: bash
-        run: . ci/funs.sh && nimCiSystemInfo
-
-      - name: 'Build csourcesAny'
-        shell: bash
-        run: . ci/funs.sh && nimBuildCsourcesIfNeeded CC=gcc ucpu='${{ matrix.cpu }}'
-
-      - name: 'Build koch'
-        shell: bash
-        run: nim c koch
-
-      - name: 'Build Nim'
-        shell: bash
-        run: ./koch boot -d:release -d:nimStrictMode --lib:lib
-
-      - name: 'Action'
-        shell: bash
-        run: nim c -r -d:release ci/action.nim
-
-      - name: 'Comment'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v9
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const fs = require('fs');
-
-            try {
-              const data = fs.readFileSync('ci/nimcache/results.txt', 'utf8');
-              github.rest.issues.createComment({
-              issue_number: context.issue.number,
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              body: data
-            })
-            } catch (err) {
-              console.error(err);
-            }
-

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# https://github.com/actions/stale#usage
-name: Stale pull requests
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'  # Midnight.
-
-jobs:
-  stale:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v11
-        with:
-          days-before-pr-stale:    365
-          days-before-pr-close:    30
-          days-before-issue-stale: -1
-          days-before-issue-close: -1
-          exempt-pr-labels:    "ARC,bounty,Codegen,Crash,Generics,High Priority,Macros,Next release,Showstopper,Static[T]"
-          exempt-issue-labels: "Showstopper,Severe,bounty,Compiler Crash,Medium Priority"
-          stale-pr-message: >
-            This pull request is stale because it has been open for 1 year with no activity.
-            Contribute more commits on the pull request and rebase it on the latest devel,
-            or it will be closed in 30 days. Thank you for your contributions.
-          close-pr-message: >
-            This pull request has been marked as stale and closed due to inactivity after 395 days.

.gitignore

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 !*.*
 
 # Cache
-nimcache*/
-rnimcache*/
-dnimcache*/
+nimcache/
+rnimcache/
+dnimcache/
 
 *.o
 !/icons/*.o
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ 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
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ tweeter_test.db
 
 /tests/megatest.nim
 /tests/ic/*_temp.nim
-/tests/ic/*_mm/
 /tests/navigator/*_temp.nim
 
 
@@ -112,5 +109,3 @@ htmldocs
 nimdoc.out.css
 # except here:
 !/nimdoc/testproject/expected/*
-pkgs/
-/compiler/compiler/

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# xxx unused, out of date
+
+image: ubuntu:18.04
+
+stages:
+  - pre-build
+  - build
+  - deploy
+  - test
+
+.linux_set_path: &linux_set_path_def
+  before_script:
+    - export PATH=$(pwd)/bin${PATH:+:$PATH}
+  tags:
+    - linux
+
+.windows_set_path: &win_set_path_def
+  before_script:
+    - set PATH=%CD%\bin;%PATH%
+  tags:
+    - windows
+
+
+build-windows:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - ci\build.bat
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - bin\nim.exe
+      - bin\nimd.exe
+      - compiler\nim.exe
+      - koch.exe
+    expire_in: 1 week
+  tags:
+    - windows
+
+deploy-windows:
+  stage: deploy
+  script:
+    - koch.exe winrelease
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - build/*.exe
+      - build/*.zip
+    expire_in: 1 week
+  tags:
+    - windows
+    - fast
+
+
+
+test-windows:
+  stage: test
+  <<: *win_set_path_def
+  script:
+    - call ci\deps.bat
+    - nim c testament\tester
+    - testament\tester.exe all
+  tags:
+    - windows
+    - fast

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 trigger:
   branches:
     include:
-    - 'devel'
-    - 'version-*'
+    - '*'
 pr:
   branches:
     include:
@@ -20,32 +19,32 @@ jobs:
   strategy:
     matrix:
       Linux_amd64:
-        vmImage: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        vmImage: 'ubuntu-20.04'
         CPU: amd64
       # regularly breaks, refs bug #17325
-#       Linux_i386:
-#         # on 'ubuntu-16.04' (not supported anymore anyways) it errored with:
-#         # 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
+      # Linux_i386:
+      #   # on 'ubuntu-16.04' (not supported anymore anyways) it errored with:
+      #   # g++-multilib : Depends: gcc-multilib (>= 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
+      #   vmImage: 'ubuntu-20.04'
+      #   CPU: i386
+      OSX_amd64:
+        vmImage: 'macOS-11'
+        CPU: amd64
+      OSX_amd64_cpp:
+        vmImage: 'macOS-11'
+        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"
 
@@ -73,19 +72,17 @@ jobs:
 
     - task: NodeTool@0
       inputs:
-        versionSpec: '20.x'
-      displayName: 'Install node.js 20.x'
+        versionSpec: '16.x'
+      displayName: 'Install node.js 16.x'
       condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['skipci'], 'false'))
 
     - 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 +99,15 @@ 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
 
@@ -133,7 +129,6 @@ jobs:
     - bash: brew install boehmgc make sfml
       displayName: 'Install dependencies (OSX)'
       condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['skipci'], 'false'), eq(variables['Agent.OS'], 'Darwin'))
-      # XXX can't find boehm on macos 13
 
     - bash: |
         set -e

bin/nim-gdb

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ which nim > /dev/null || (echo "nim not in PATH"; exit 1)
 which gdb > /dev/null || (echo "gdb not in PATH"; exit 1)
 which readlink > /dev/null || (echo "readlink not in PATH."; exit 1)
 
-if [[ $(uname -s) == Darwin || $(uname -s) == *BSD ]]; then
+if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" || "(uname -s)" == *"BSD" ]]; then
   NIM_SYSROOT=$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -f $(which nim))))
 else
   NIM_SYSROOT=$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -e $(which nim))))
 fi
 
 # Find out where the pretty printer Python module is
-GDB_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH="$NIM_SYSROOT/tools/debug/nim-gdb.py"
+GDB_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH="$NIM_SYSROOT/tools/nim-gdb.py"
 
 # Run GDB with the additional arguments that load the pretty printers
 # Set the environment variable `NIM_GDB` to overwrite the call to a

bin/nim-gdb.bat

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ for %%i in (nim.exe) do (set NIM_BIN=%%~dp$PATH:i)
 
 for %%i in ("%NIM_BIN%\..\") do (set NIM_ROOT=%%~fi)
 
-set @GDB_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH=%NIM_ROOT%\tools\debug\nim-gdb.py
+set @GDB_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH=%NIM_ROOT%\tools\nim-gdb.py
 set @NIM_GDB=gdb.exe
 
 @echo source %@GDB_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH%> wingdbcommand.txt

build_all.bat

@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ if not exist %nim_csources% (
   cd ..
   copy /y bin\nim.exe  %nim_csources%
 )
-bin\nim.exe c --noNimblePath --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg --hints:off koch
-koch boot -d:release --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg --hints:off
-koch tools --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg --hints:off
+ bin\nim.exe c --noNimblePath --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg --hints:off koch
+ koch boot -d:release --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg --hints:off
+ koch tools --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg --hints:off

changelog.md

@@ -1,160 +1,116 @@
-# v2.x.x - yyyy-mm-dd
+# v1.8.x - yyyy-mm-dd
 
 
 ## Changes affecting backward compatibility
 
-- `-d:nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip` becomes the default. `system.addFloat` and `system.$` now can produce string representations of
-floating point numbers that are minimal in size and possess round-trip and correct
-rounding guarantees (via the
-[Dragonbox](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jk-jeon/dragonbox/master/other_files/Dragonbox.pdf) algorithm). Use `-d:nimLegacySprintf` to emulate old behaviors.
+- `addr` is now available for all addressable locations,
+  `unsafeAddr` is now deprecated and an alias for `addr`.
 
-- The `default` parameter of `tables.getOrDefault` has been renamed to `def` to
-  avoid conflicts with `system.default`, so named argument usage for this
-  parameter like `getOrDefault(..., default = ...)` will have to be changed.
+- `io`, `assertions`, `formatfloat`, and `` dollars.`$` `` for objects are about to move out of the `system` module. You may instead import `std/syncio`, `std/assertions`, `std/formatfloat` and `std/objectdollar`.
+  The `-d:nimPreviewSlimSystem` option makes these imports required.
 
-- With `-d:nimPreviewCheckedClose`, the `close` function in the `std/syncio` module now raises an IO exception in case of an error.
+- The `gc:v2` option is removed.
 
-- Unknown warnings and hints now gives warnings `warnUnknownNotes` instead of
-errors.
+- The `mainmodule` and `m` options are removed.
 
-- With `-d:nimPreviewAsmSemSymbol`, backticked symbols are type checked in the `asm/emit` statements.
+- The `threads:on` option is now the default.
 
-- 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 `--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 do not trigger warnings. `int` to `Natural` and `Positive` conversions do not trigger warnings, which can be enabled with `--warning:systemRangeConversion`.
-
-- Procedure compatibility also checks the backend representation of the
-parameter and result types, not just their source-level shape. Use
-`--legacy:procParamTypeBackendAliases` to restore the older behavior.
+- Optional parameters in combination with `: body` syntax (RFC #405) are now opt-in via
+  `experimental:flexibleOptionalParams`.
 
 ## Standard library additions and changes
 
-[//]: # "Additions:"
+- Pointer to `cstring` conversion now triggers a `[PtrToCstringConv]` warning.
+  This warning will become an error in future versions! Use a `cast` operation
+  like `cast[cstring](x)` instead.
 
-- Added `system.readRawDataStable`, a companion to `readRawData` that returns a
-  raw `ptr UncheckedArray[char]` into a string's character data which stays valid
-  across moves and copies of the string value. It is available under every string
-  implementation (refc, ARC/ORC and `--strings:sso`) with the same signature, so
-  code can pin an interior buffer pointer today and be ready for `--strings:sso`
-  without `when declared` guards. Under `--strings:sso` it promotes a small inline
-  string to its heap representation first; under the other implementations the data
-  is already heap-resident, so it is equivalent to `readRawData`.
+- `logging` will default to flushing all log level messages. To get the legacy behaviour of only flushing Error and Fatal messages, use `-d:nimV1LogFlushBehavior`.
 
-- `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.
+- Object fields now support default values, see https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#types-default-values-for-object-fields for details.
 
-- `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
+- Redefining templates with the same signature was previously
+  allowed to support certain macro code. To do this explicitly, the
+  `{.redefine.}` pragma has been added. Note that this is only for templates.
+  Implicit redefinition of templates is now deprecated and will give an error in the future.
 
-- `std/dirs` adds:
-  - New directory operation procs with `Path` support:
-    - `copyDir` with special file handling options
-    - `copyDirWithPermissions` to recursively preserve attributes
+- Using an unnamed break in a block is deprecated. This warning will become an error in future versions! Use a named block with a named break instead.
 
-- `system.setLenUninit` now supports refc, JS and VM backends.
-- `system.setLenUninit` for the `string` type. Allows setting length without initializing new memory on growth.
+- Several Standard libraries are moved to nimble packages, use `nimble` to install them:
+  - `std/punycode` => `punycode`
+  - `std/asyncftpclient` => `asyncftpclient`
+  - `std/smtp` => `smtp`
+  - `std/db_common` => `db_connector/db_common`
+  - `std/db_sqlite` => `db_connector/db_sqlite`
+  - `std/db_mysql` => `db_connector/db_mysql`
+  - `std/db_postgres` => `db_connector/db_postgres`
+  - `std/db_odbc` => `db_connector/db_odbc`
 
-- `std/parseopt` now supports multiple parser modes via a `CliMode` enum.
-  Modes include `Nim` (default, fully compatible) and two new experimental modes:
-  `Lax` and `Gnu` for different option parsing behaviors.
+- Previously, calls like `foo(a, b): ...` or `foo(a, b) do: ...` where the final argument of
+  `foo` had type `proc ()` were assumed by the compiler to mean `foo(a, b, proc () = ...)`.
+  This behavior is now deprecated. Use `foo(a, b) do (): ...` or `foo(a, b, proc () = ...)` instead.
 
-- `std/symlinks.expandSymlink` now supports Windows symlinks and junctions with
-  POSIX-like single-hop `readlink` semantics.
-- `std/nre2` is added to replace deprecated NRE.
+- If no exception or any exception deriving from Exception but not Defect or CatchableError given in except, a `warnBareExcept` warning will be triggered.
 
-- `system.typeof` adds a new parameter `modifierMode` to specify how type modifiers are handled.
+## Standard library additions and changes
 
-[//]: # "Changes:"
+- `macros.parseExpr` and `macros.parseStmt` now accept an optional
+  filename argument for more informative errors.
+- Module `colors` expanded with missing colors from the CSS color standard.
+- Fixed `lists.SinglyLinkedList` being broken after removing the last node ([#19353](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/19353)).
 
-- `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`.
-- `std/re` and `std/nre` are deprecated as PCRE library is obsolete.
-  Use https://github.com/nitely/nim-regex or `std/nre2`.
-  See: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/23668.
-- `std/pegs` now correctly lexes UTF-8 bytes inside bare identifier-style
-  terminals, so case-insensitive matching of non-ASCII terms (e.g. ``\i café``)
-  works without single-quoting.
-- `std/uri`: The `?` operator now appends query parameters to an existing query
-  string instead of replacing it. Fixes [#19782](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/19782).
 
 ## 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.
+
+- Pragma macros on type definitions can now return `nnkTypeSection` nodes as well as `nnkTypeDef`,
+  allowing multiple type definitions to be injected in place of the original type definition.
 
   ```nim
-  # objs.nim
-  import std/hashes
+  import macros
+
+  macro multiply(amount: static int, s: untyped): untyped =
+    let name = $s[0].basename
+    result = newNimNode(nnkTypeSection)
+    for i in 1 .. amount:
+      result.add(newTree(nnkTypeDef, ident(name & $i), s[1], s[2]))
 
   type
-    Obj* = object
-      x*, y*: int
-      z*: string # to be ignored for equality
+    Foo = object
+    Bar {.multiply: 3.} = object
+      x, y, z: int
+    Baz = object
 
-  proc `==`*(a, b: Obj): bool =
-    a.x == b.x and a.y == b.y
+  # becomes
 
-  proc hash*(a: Obj): Hash =
-    $!(hash(a.x) &! hash(a.y))
+  type
+    Foo = object
+    Bar1 = object
+      x, y, z: int
+    Bar2 = object
+      x, y, z: int
+    Bar3 = object
+      x, y, z: int
+    Baz = object
   ```
-
-  ```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.
-
-- Seven more Unicode characters are now parsed as operators, implementing the RFC
-  https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/571: `⟑ ⟇ ⩓ ⩔ ■ □ ☆`. They all have the
-  same priority as `*` (multiplication). As with the other Unicode operators, Nim
-  only lexes them; their meaning is up to user code.
+- [Case statement macros](manual.html#macros-case-statement-macros) are no longer experimental,
+  meaning you no longer need to enable the experimental switch `caseStmtMacros` to use them.
 
 ## 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.
+- `nim` can now compile version 1.4.0 as follows: `nim c --lib:lib --stylecheck:off compiler/nim`,
+  without requiring `-d:nimVersion140` which is now a noop.
+
+- `--styleCheck`, `--hintAsError` and `--warningAsError` now only applies to the current package.
+
 
 ## 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.
+- The `gc` switch has been renamed to `mm` ("memory management") in order to reflect the
+  reality better. (Nim moved away from all techniques based on "tracing".)
 
-## Documentation changes
+- Nim now supports Nimble version 0.14 which added support for lock-files. This is done by
+  a simple configuration change setting that you can do yourself too. In `$nim/config/nim.cfg`
+  replace `pkgs` by `pkgs2`.
 
-- Added documentation for the `completeStruct` pragma in the manual.
+- There is a new switch `--nimMainPrefix:prefix` to influence the `NimMain` that the
+  compiler produces. This is particularly useful for generating static libraries.

changelogs/changelog.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# v1.xx.x - yyyy-mm-dd
+
+## Changes affecting backward compatibility
+
+## Standard library additions and changes
+
+### New compile flag (`-d:nimNoGetRandom`) when building `std/sysrand` to remove dependency on linux `getrandom` syscall
+
+This compile flag only affects linux builds and is necessary if either compiling on a linux kernel version < 3.17, or if code built will be executing on kernel < 3.17.
+
+On linux kernels < 3.17 (such as kernel 3.10 in RHEL7 and CentOS7), the `getrandom` syscall was not yet introduced. Without this, the `std/sysrand` module will not build properly, and if code is built on a kernel >= 3.17 without the flag, any usage of the `std/sysrand` module will fail to execute on a kernel < 3.17 (since it attempts to perform a syscall to `getrandom`, which isn't present in the current kernel). A compile flag has been added to force the `std/sysrand` module to use /dev/urandom (available since linux kernel 1.3.30), rather than the `getrandom` syscall. This allows for use of a cryptographically secure PRNG, regardless of kernel support for the `getrandom` syscall.
+
+When building for RHEL7/CentOS7 for example, the entire build process for nim from a source package would then be:
+```sh
+$ yum install devtoolset-8 # Install GCC version 8 vs the standard 4.8.5 on RHEL7/CentOS7. Alternatively use -d:nimEmulateOverflowChecks. See issue #13692 for details
+$ scl enable devtoolset-8 bash # Run bash shell with default toolchain of gcc 8
+$ sh build.sh  # per unix install instructions
+$ bin/nim c koch  # per unix install instructions
+$ ./koch boot -d:release  # per unix install instructions
+$ ./koch tools -d:nimNoGetRandom  # pass the nimNoGetRandom flag to compile std/sysrand without support for getrandom syscall
+```
+
+This is necessary to pass when building nim on kernel versions < 3.17 in particular to avoid an error of "SYS_getrandom undeclared" during the build process for stdlib (sysrand in particular).
+
+## Language changes
+
+
+## Compiler changes
+
+
+## Tool changes

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_1_4_0.md

@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 - Removed the deprecated `asyncdispatch.newAsyncNativeSocket`.
 - Removed the deprecated `dom.releaseEvents` and `dom.captureEvents`.
 
-- Removed `sharedlist.initSharedList`, was deprecated and produces undefined behaviour.
+- Removed `sharedlists.initSharedList`, was deprecated and produces undefined behaviour.
 
 - There is a new experimental feature called "strictFuncs" which makes the definition of
   `.noSideEffect` stricter. [See here](manual_experimental.html#stricts-funcs)

changelogs/changelog_2_0_0.md

@@ -1,330 +0,0 @@
-# v2.0.0 - 2023-08-01
-
-Version 2.0 is a big milestone with too many changes to list them all here.
-
-For a full list see [details](changelog_2_0_0_details.html).
-
-
-## New features
-
-### Better tuple unpacking
-
-Tuple unpacking for variables is now treated as syntax sugar that directly
-expands into multiple assignments. Along with this, tuple unpacking for
-variables can now be nested.
-
-```nim
-proc returnsNestedTuple(): (int, (int, int), int, int) = (4, (5, 7), 2, 3)
-
-# Now nesting is supported!
-let (x, (_, y), _, z) = returnsNestedTuple()
-
-```
-
-### Improved type inference
-
-A new form of type inference called [top-down inference](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#topminusdown-type-inference) has been implemented for a variety of basic cases.
-
-For example, code like the following now compiles:
-
-```nim
-let foo: seq[(float, byte, cstring)] = @[(1, 2, "abc")]
-```
-
-### Forbidden Tags
-
-[Tag tracking](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#effect-system-tag-tracking) now supports the definition
-of forbidden tags by the `.forbids` pragma which can be used to disable certain effects in proc types.
-
-For example:
-
-```nim
-
-type IO = object ## input/output effect
-proc readLine(): string {.tags: [IO].} = discard
-proc echoLine(): void = discard
-
-proc no_IO_please() {.forbids: [IO].} =
-  # this is OK because it didn't define any tag:
-  echoLine()
-  # the compiler prevents this:
-  let y = readLine()
-
-```
-
-### New standard library modules
-
-The famous `os` module got an overhaul. Several of its features are available
-under a new interface that introduces a `Path` abstraction. A `Path` is
-a `distinct string`, which improves the type safety when dealing with paths, files
-and directories.
-
-Use:
-
-- `std/oserrors` for OS error reporting.
-- `std/envvars` for environment variables handling.
-- `std/paths` for path handling.
-- `std/dirs` for directory creation/deletion/traversal.
-- `std/files` for file existence checking, file deletions and moves.
-- `std/symlinks` for symlink handling.
-- `std/appdirs` for accessing configuration/home/temp directories.
-- `std/cmdline` for reading command line parameters.
-
-### Consistent underscore handling
-
-The underscore identifier (`_`) is now generally not added to scope when
-used as the name of a definition. While this was already the case for
-variables, it is now also the case for routine parameters, generic
-parameters, routine declarations, type declarations, etc. This means that the following code now does not compile:
-
-```nim
-proc foo(_: int): int = _ + 1
-echo foo(1)
-
-proc foo[_](t: typedesc[_]): seq[_] = @[default(_)]
-echo foo[int]()
-
-proc _() = echo "_"
-_()
-
-type _ = int
-let x: _ = 3
-```
-
-Whereas the following code now compiles:
-
-```nim
-proc foo(_, _: int): int = 123
-echo foo(1, 2)
-
-proc foo[_, _](): int = 123
-echo foo[int, bool]()
-
-proc foo[T, U](_: typedesc[T], _: typedesc[U]): (T, U) = (default(T), default(U))
-echo foo(int, bool)
-
-proc _() = echo "one"
-proc _() = echo "two"
-
-type _ = int
-type _ = float
-```
-
-### JavaScript codegen improvement
-
-The JavaScript backend now uses [BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt)
-for 64-bit integer types (`int64` and `uint64`) by default. As this affects
-JS code generation, code using these types to interface with the JS backend
-may need to be updated. Note that `int` and `uint` are not affected.
-
-For compatibility with [platforms that do not support BigInt](https://caniuse.com/bigint)
-and in the case of potential bugs with the new implementation, the
-old behavior is currently still supported with the command line option
-`--jsbigint64:off`.
-
-
-## Docgen improvements
-
-`Markdown` is now the default markup language of doc comments (instead
-of the legacy `RstMarkdown` mode). In this release we begin to separate
-RST and Markdown features to better follow specification of each
-language, with the focus on Markdown development.
-See also [the docs](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/markdown_rst.html).
-
-* Added a `{.doctype: Markdown | RST | RstMarkdown.}` pragma allowing to
-  select the markup language mode in the doc comments of the current `.nim`
-  file for processing by `nim doc`:
-
-    1. `Markdown` (default) is basically CommonMark (standard Markdown) +
-        some Pandoc Markdown features + some RST features that are missing
-        in our current implementation of CommonMark and Pandoc Markdown.
-    2. `RST` closely follows the RST spec with few additional Nim features.
-    3. `RstMarkdown` is a maximum mix of RST and Markdown features, which
-        is kept for the sake of compatibility and ease of migration.
-
-* Added separate `md2html` and `rst2html` commands for processing
-  standalone `.md` and `.rst` files respectively (and also `md2tex`/`rst2tex`).
-
-* Added Pandoc Markdown bracket syntax `[...]` for making anchor-less links.
-* Docgen now supports concise syntax for referencing Nim symbols:
-  instead of specifying HTML anchors directly one can use original
-  Nim symbol declarations (adding the aforementioned link brackets
-  `[...]` around them).
-  * To use this feature across modules, a new `importdoc` directive was added.
-    Using this feature for referencing also helps to ensure that links
-    (inside one module or the whole project) are not broken.
-* Added support for RST & Markdown quote blocks (blocks starting with `>`).
-* Added a popular Markdown definition lists extension.
-* Added Markdown indented code blocks (blocks indented by >= 4 spaces).
-* Added syntax for additional parameters to Markdown code blocks:
-
-       ```nim test="nim c $1"
-       ...
-       ```
-
-
-## C++ interop enhancements
-
-Nim 2.0 takes C++ interop to the next level. With the new [virtual](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#virtual-pragma) pragma and the extended [constructor](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#constructor-pragma) pragma.
-Now one can define constructors and virtual procs that maps to C++ constructors and virtual methods, allowing one to further customize
-the interoperability. There is also extended support for the [codeGenDecl](https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#implementation-specific-pragmas-codegendecl-pragma) pragma, so that it works on types.
-
-It's a common pattern in C++ to use inheritance to extend a library. Some even use multiple inheritance as a mechanism to make interfaces.
-
-Consider the following example:
-
-```cpp
-
-struct Base {
-  int someValue;
-  Base(int inValue)  {
-    someValue = inValue;
-  };
-};
-
-class IPrinter {
-public:
-  virtual void print() = 0;
-};
-```
-
-```nim
-
-type
-  Base* {.importcpp, inheritable.} = object
-    someValue*: int32
-  IPrinter* {.importcpp.} = object
-
-const objTemplate = """
-  struct $1 : public $3, public IPrinter {
-    $2
-  };
-""";
-
-type NimChild {.codegenDecl: objTemplate .} = object of Base
-
-proc makeNimChild(val: int32): NimChild {.constructor: "NimClass('1 #1) : Base(#1)".} =
-  echo "It calls the base constructor passing " & $this.someValue
-  this.someValue = val * 2 # Notice how we can access `this` inside the constructor. It's of the type `ptr NimChild`.
-
-proc print*(self: NimChild) {.virtual.} =
-  echo "Some value is " & $self.someValue
-
-let child = makeNimChild(10)
-child.print()
-```
-
-It outputs:
-
-```
-It calls the base constructor passing 10
-Some value is 20
-```
-
-
-## ARC/ORC refinements
-
-With the 2.0 release, the ARC/ORC model got refined once again and is now finally complete:
-
-1. Programmers now have control over the "item was moved from" state as `=wasMoved` is overridable.
-2. There is a new `=dup` hook which is more efficient than the old combination of `=wasMoved(tmp); =copy(tmp, x)` operations.
-3. Destructors now take a parameter of the attached object type `T` directly and don't have to take a `var T` parameter.
-
-With these important optimizations we improved the runtime of the compiler and important benchmarks by 0%! Wait ... what?
-Yes, unfortunately it turns out that for a modern optimizer like in GCC or LLVM there is no difference.
-
-But! This refined model is more efficient once separate compilation enters the picture. In other words, as we think of
-providing a stable ABI it is important not to lose any efficiency in the calling conventions.
-
-
-## Tool changes
-
-- Nim now ships Nimble version 0.14 which added support for lock-files. Libraries are stored in `$nimbleDir/pkgs2` (it was `$nimbleDir/pkgs` before). Use `nimble develop --global` to create an old style link file in the special links directory documented at https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#nimble-develop.
-- nimgrep now offers the option `--inContext` (and `--notInContext`), which
-  allows to filter only matches with the context block containing a given pattern.
-- nimgrep: names of options containing "include/exclude" are deprecated,
-  e.g. instead of `--includeFile` and `--excludeFile` we have
-  `--filename` and `--notFilename` respectively.
-  Also, the semantics are now consistent for such positive/negative filters.
-- Nim now ships with an alternative package manager called Atlas. More on this in upcoming versions.
-
-
-## Porting guide
-
-### Block and Break
-
-Using an unnamed break in a block is deprecated. This warning will become an error in future versions! Use a named block with a named break instead. In other words, turn:
-
-```nim
-
-block:
-  a()
-  if cond:
-    break
-  b()
-
-```
-
-Into:
-
-```nim
-
-block maybePerformB:
-  a()
-  if cond:
-    break maybePerformB
-  b()
-
-```
-
-### Strict funcs
-
-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
-accepted:
-
-```nim
-
-{.experimental: "strictFuncs".}
-
-type Node = ref object
-  s: string
-
-func create(s: string): Node =
-  result = Node()
-  result.s = s # store to result[]
-
-```
-
-Now it has to be rewritten to:
-
-```nim
-
-{.experimental: "strictFuncs".}
-
-type Node = ref object
-  s: string
-
-func create(s: string): Node =
-  result = Node(s: s)
-
-```
-
-### Standard library
-
-Several standard library modules have been moved to nimble packages, use `nimble` or `atlas` to install them:
-
-- `std/punycode` => `punycode`
-- `std/asyncftpclient` => `asyncftpclient`
-- `std/smtp` => `smtp`
-- `std/db_common` => `db_connector/db_common`
-- `std/db_sqlite` => `db_connector/db_sqlite`
-- `std/db_mysql` => `db_connector/db_mysql`
-- `std/db_postgres` => `db_connector/db_postgres`
-- `std/db_odbc` => `db_connector/db_odbc`
-- `std/md5` => `checksums/md5`
-- `std/sha1` => `checksums/sha1`
-- `std/sums` => `sums`

changelogs/changelog_2_0_0_details.md

@@ -1,560 +0,0 @@
-# v2.0.0 - 2023-08-01
-
-
-## Changes affecting backward compatibility
-
-- ORC is now the default memory management strategy. Use
-  `--mm:refc` for a transition period.
-
-- The `threads:on` option is now the default.
-
-- `httpclient.contentLength` default to `-1` if the Content-Length header is not set in the response. It follows Apache's `HttpClient` (Java), `http` (go) and .NET `HttpWebResponse` (C#) behaviors. Previously it raised a `ValueError`.
-
-- `addr` is now available for all addressable locations,
-  `unsafeAddr` is now deprecated and an alias for `addr`.
-
-- Certain definitions from the default `system` module have been moved to
-  the following new modules:
-
-  - `std/syncio`
-  - `std/assertions`
-  - `std/formatfloat`
-  - `std/objectdollar`
-  - `std/widestrs`
-  - `std/typedthreads`
-  - `std/sysatomics`
-
-  In the future, these definitions will be removed from the `system` module,
-  and their respective modules will have to be imported to use them.
-  Currently, to make these imports required, the `-d:nimPreviewSlimSystem` option
-  may be used.
-
-- Enabling `-d:nimPreviewSlimSystem` also removes the following deprecated
-  symbols in the `system` module:
-  - Aliases with an `Error` suffix to exception types that have a `Defect` suffix
-    (see [exceptions](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/exceptions.html)):
-    `ArithmeticError`, `DivByZeroError`, `OverflowError`,
-    `AccessViolationError`, `AssertionError`, `OutOfMemError`, `IndexError`,
-    `FieldError`, `RangeError`, `StackOverflowError`, `ReraiseError`,
-    `ObjectAssignmentError`, `ObjectConversionError`, `FloatingPointError`,
-    `FloatOverflowError`, `FloatUnderflowError`, `FloatInexactError`,
-    `DeadThreadError`, `NilAccessError`
-  - `addQuitProc`, replaced by `exitprocs.addExitProc`
-  - Legacy unsigned conversion operations: `ze`, `ze64`, `toU8`, `toU16`, `toU32`
-  - `TaintedString`, formerly a distinct alias to `string`
-  - `PInt32`, `PInt64`, `PFloat32`, `PFloat64`, aliases to
-    `ptr int32`, `ptr int64`, `ptr float32`, `ptr float64`
-
-- Enabling `-d:nimPreviewSlimSystem` removes the import of `channels_builtin` in
-  in the `system` module, which is replaced by [threading/channels](https://github.com/nim-lang/threading/blob/master/threading/channels.nim). Use the command `nimble install threading` and import `threading/channels`.
-
-- Enabling `-d:nimPreviewCstringConversion` causes `ptr char`, `ptr array[N, char]` and `ptr UncheckedArray[N, char]` to not support conversion to `cstring` anymore.
-
-- Enabling `-d:nimPreviewProcConversion` causes `proc` to not support conversion to
-  `pointer` anymore. `cast` may be used instead.
-
-- The `gc:v2` option is removed.
-
-- The `mainmodule` and `m` options are removed.
-
-- Optional parameters in combination with `: body` syntax ([RFC #405](https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/405))
-  are now opt-in via `experimental:flexibleOptionalParams`.
-
-- Automatic dereferencing (experimental feature) is removed.
-
-- The `Math.trunc` polyfill for targeting Internet Explorer was
-  previously included in most JavaScript output files.
-  Now, it is only included with `-d:nimJsMathTruncPolyfill`.
-  If you are targeting Internet Explorer, you may choose to enable this option
-  or define your own `Math.trunc` polyfill using the [`emit` pragma](https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#implementation-specific-pragmas-emit-pragma).
-  Nim uses `Math.trunc` for the division and modulo operators for integers.
-
-- `shallowCopy` and `shallow` are removed for ARC/ORC. Use `move` when possible or combine assignment and
-`sink` for optimization purposes.
-
-- The experimental `nimPreviewDotLikeOps` switch is going to be removed or deprecated because it didn't fulfill its promises.
-
-- The `{.this.}` pragma, deprecated since 0.19, has been removed.
-- `nil` literals can no longer be directly assigned to variables or fields of `distinct` pointer types. They must be converted instead.
-  ```nim
-  type Foo = distinct ptr int
-
-  # Before:
-  var x: Foo = nil
-  # After:
-  var x: Foo = Foo(nil)
-  ```
-- Removed two type pragma syntaxes deprecated since 0.20, namely
-  `type Foo = object {.final.}`, and `type Foo {.final.} [T] = object`. Instead,
-  use `type Foo[T] {.final.} = object`.
-
-- `foo a = b` now means `foo(a = b)` rather than `foo(a) = b`. This is consistent
-  with the existing behavior of `foo a, b = c` meaning `foo(a, b = c)`.
-  This decision was made with the assumption that the old syntax was used rarely;
-  if your code used the old syntax, please be aware of this change.
-
-- [Overloadable enums](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#overloadable-enum-value-names) and Unicode Operators
-  are no longer experimental.
-
-- `macros.getImpl` for `const` symbols now returns the full definition node
-  (as `nnkConstDef`) rather than the AST of the constant value.
-
-- Lock levels are deprecated, now a noop.
-
-- `strictEffects` are no longer experimental.
-  Use `legacy:laxEffects` to keep backward compatibility.
-
-- The `gorge`/`staticExec` calls will now return a descriptive message in the output
-  if the execution fails for whatever reason. To get back legacy behaviour, use `-d:nimLegacyGorgeErrors`.
-
-- Pointer to `cstring` conversions now trigger a `[PtrToCstringConv]` warning.
-  This warning will become an error in future versions! Use a `cast` operation
-  like `cast[cstring](x)` instead.
-
-- `logging` will default to flushing all log level messages. To get the legacy behaviour of only flushing Error and Fatal messages, use `-d:nimV1LogFlushBehavior`.
-
-- Redefining templates with the same signature was previously
-  allowed to support certain macro code. To do this explicitly, the
-  `{.redefine.}` pragma has been added. Note that this is only for templates.
-  Implicit redefinition of templates is now deprecated and will give an error in the future.
-
-- Using an unnamed break in a block is deprecated. This warning will become an error in future versions! Use a named block with a named break instead.
-
-- Several Standard libraries have been moved to nimble packages, use `nimble` to install them:
-  - `std/punycode` => `punycode`
-  - `std/asyncftpclient` => `asyncftpclient`
-  - `std/smtp` => `smtp`
-  - `std/db_common` => `db_connector/db_common`
-  - `std/db_sqlite` => `db_connector/db_sqlite`
-  - `std/db_mysql` => `db_connector/db_mysql`
-  - `std/db_postgres` => `db_connector/db_postgres`
-  - `std/db_odbc` => `db_connector/db_odbc`
-  - `std/md5` => `checksums/md5`
-  - `std/sha1` => `checksums/sha1`
-  - `std/sums` => `std/sums`
-
-- Previously, calls like `foo(a, b): ...` or `foo(a, b) do: ...` where the final argument of
-  `foo` had type `proc ()` were assumed by the compiler to mean `foo(a, b, proc () = ...)`.
-  This behavior is now deprecated. Use `foo(a, b) do (): ...` or `foo(a, b, proc () = ...)` instead.
-
-- When `--warning[BareExcept]:on` is enabled, if an `except` specifies no exception or any exception not inheriting from `Defect` or `CatchableError`, a `warnBareExcept` warning will be triggered. For example, the following code will emit a warning:
-  ```nim
-  try:
-    discard
-  except: # Warning: The bare except clause is deprecated; use `except CatchableError:` instead [BareExcept]
-    discard
-  ```
-
-- The experimental `strictFuncs` feature now disallows a store to the heap via a `ref` or `ptr` indirection.
-
-- The underscore identifier (`_`) is now generally not added to scope when
-  used as the name of a definition. While this was already the case for
-  variables, it is now also the case for routine parameters, generic
-  parameters, routine declarations, type declarations, etc. This means that the following code now does not compile:
-
-  ```nim
-  proc foo(_: int): int = _ + 1
-  echo foo(1)
-
-  proc foo[_](t: typedesc[_]): seq[_] = @[default(_)]
-  echo foo[int]()
-
-  proc _() = echo "_"
-  _()
-
-  type _ = int
-  let x: _ = 3
-  ```
-
-  Whereas the following code now compiles:
-
-  ```nim
-  proc foo(_, _: int): int = 123
-  echo foo(1, 2)
-
-  proc foo[_, _](): int = 123
-  echo foo[int, bool]()
-
-  proc foo[T, U](_: typedesc[T], _: typedesc[U]): (T, U) = (default(T), default(U))
-  echo foo(int, bool)
-
-  proc _() = echo "one"
-  proc _() = echo "two"
-
-  type _ = int
-  type _ = float
-  ```
-
-- Added the `--legacy:verboseTypeMismatch` switch to get legacy type mismatch error messages.
-
-- The JavaScript backend now uses [BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt)
-  for 64-bit integer types (`int64` and `uint64`) by default. As this affects
-  JS code generation, code using these types to interface with the JS backend
-  may need to be updated. Note that `int` and `uint` are not affected.
-
-  For compatibility with [platforms that do not support BigInt](https://caniuse.com/bigint)
-  and in the case of potential bugs with the new implementation, the
-  old behavior is currently still supported with the command line option
-  `--jsbigint64:off`.
-
-- The `proc` and `iterator` type classes now respectively only match
-  procs and iterators. Previously both type classes matched any of
-  procs or iterators.
-
-  ```nim
-  proc prc(): int =
-    123
-
-  iterator iter(): int {.closure.} =
-    yield 123
-
-  proc takesProc[T: proc](x: T) = discard
-  proc takesIter[T: iterator](x: T) = discard
-
-  # always compiled:
-  takesProc(prc)
-  takesIter(iter)
-  # no longer compiles:
-  takesProc(iter)
-  takesIter(prc)
-  ```
-
-- The `proc` and `iterator` type classes now accept a calling convention pragma
-  (i.e. `proc {.closure.}`) that must be shared by matching proc or iterator
-  types. Previously, pragmas were parsed but discarded if no parameter list
-  was given.
-
-  This is represented in the AST by an `nnkProcTy`/`nnkIteratorTy` node with
-  an `nnkEmpty` node in the place of the `nnkFormalParams` node, and the pragma
-  node in the same place as in a concrete `proc` or `iterator` type node. This
-  state of the AST may be unexpected to existing code, both due to the
-  replacement of the `nnkFormalParams` node as well as having child nodes
-  unlike other type class AST.
-
-- Signed integer literals in `set` literals now default to a range type of
-  `0..255` instead of `0..65535` (the maximum size of sets).
-
-- `case` statements with `else` branches put before `elif`/`of` branches in macros
-  are rejected with "invalid order of case branches".
-
-- Destructors now default to `.raises: []` (i.e. destructors must not raise
-  unlisted exceptions) and explicitly raising destructors are implementation
-  defined behavior.
-
-- The very old, undocumented `deprecated` pragma statement syntax for
-  deprecated aliases is now a no-op. The regular deprecated pragma syntax is
-  generally sufficient instead.
-
-  ```nim
-  # now does nothing:
-  {.deprecated: [OldName: NewName].}
-
-  # instead use:
-  type OldName* {.deprecated: "use NewName instead".} = NewName
-  const oldName* {.deprecated: "use newName instead".} = newName
-  ```
-
-  `defined(nimalias)` can be used to check for versions when this syntax was
-  available; however since code that used this syntax is usually very old,
-  these deprecated aliases are likely not used anymore and it may make sense
-  to simply remove these statements.
-
-- `getProgramResult` and `setProgramResult` in `std/exitprocs` are no longer
-  declared when they are not available on the backend. Previously it would call
-  `doAssert false` at runtime despite the condition being checkable at compile-time.
-
-- Custom destructors now supports non-var parameters, e.g. ``proc `=destroy`[T: object](x: T)`` is valid. ``proc `=destroy`[T: object](x: var T)`` is deprecated.
-
-- Relative imports will not resolve to searched paths anymore, e.g. `import ./tables` now reports an error properly.
-
-## Standard library additions and changes
-
-[//]: # "Changes:"
-- OpenSSL 3 is now supported.
-- `macros.parseExpr` and `macros.parseStmt` now accept an optional
-  `filename` argument for more informative errors.
-- The `colors` module is expanded with missing colors from the CSS color standard.
-  `colPaleVioletRed` and `colMediumPurple` have also been changed to match the CSS color standard.
-- Fixed `lists.SinglyLinkedList` being broken after removing the last node ([#19353](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/19353)).
-- The `md5` module now works at compile time and in JavaScript.
-- Changed `mimedb` to use an `OrderedTable` instead of `OrderedTableRef`, to support `const` tables.
-- `strutils.find` now uses and defaults to `last = -1` for whole string searches,
-  making limiting it to just the first char (`last = 0`) valid.
-- `strutils.split` and `strutils.rsplit` now return the source string as a single element for an empty separator.
-- `random.rand` now works with `Ordinal`s.
-- Undeprecated `os.isvalidfilename`.
-- `std/oids` now uses `int64` to store time internally (before, it was int32).
-- `std/uri.Uri` dollar (`$`) improved, precalculates the `string` result length from the `Uri`.
-- `std/uri.Uri.isIpv6` is now exported.
-- `std/logging.ConsoleLogger` and `FileLogger` now have a `flushThreshold` attribute to set what log message levels are automatically flushed. For Nim v1 use `-d:nimFlushAllLogs` to automatically flush all message levels. Flushing all logs is the default behavior for Nim v2.
-
-
-- `std/jsfetch.newFetchOptions` now has default values for all parameters.
-- `std/jsformdata` now accepts the `Blob` data type.
-
-- `std/sharedlist` and `std/sharedtables` are now deprecated, see [RFC #433](https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/433).
-
-- There is a new compile flag (`-d:nimNoGetRandom`) when building `std/sysrand` to remove the dependency on the Linux `getrandom` syscall.
-
-  This compile flag only affects Linux builds and is necessary if either compiling on a Linux kernel version < 3.17, or if code built will be executing on kernel < 3.17.
-
-  On Linux kernels < 3.17 (such as kernel 3.10 in RHEL7 and CentOS7), the `getrandom` syscall was not yet introduced. Without this, the `std/sysrand` module will not build properly, and if code is built on a kernel >= 3.17 without the flag, any usage of the `std/sysrand` module will fail to execute on a kernel < 3.17 (since it attempts to perform a syscall to `getrandom`, which isn't present in the current kernel). A compile flag has been added to force the `std/sysrand` module to use /dev/urandom (available since Linux kernel 1.3.30), rather than the `getrandom` syscall. This allows for use of a cryptographically secure PRNG, regardless of kernel support for the `getrandom` syscall.
-
-  When building for RHEL7/CentOS7 for example, the entire build process for nim from a source package would then be:
-  ```sh
-  $ yum install devtoolset-8 # Install GCC version 8 vs the standard 4.8.5 on RHEL7/CentOS7. Alternatively use -d:nimEmulateOverflowChecks. See issue #13692 for details
-  $ scl enable devtoolset-8 bash # Run bash shell with default toolchain of gcc 8
-  $ sh build.sh  # per unix install instructions
-  $ bin/nim c koch  # per unix install instructions
-  $ ./koch boot -d:release  # per unix install instructions
-  $ ./koch tools -d:nimNoGetRandom  # pass the nimNoGetRandom flag to compile std/sysrand without support for getrandom syscall
-  ```
-
-  This is necessary to pass when building Nim on kernel versions < 3.17 in particular to avoid an error of "SYS_getrandom undeclared" during the build process for the stdlib (`sysrand` in particular).
-
-[//]: # "Additions:"
-- Added ISO 8601 week date utilities in `times`:
-  - Added `IsoWeekRange`, a range type for weeks in a week-based year.
-  - Added `IsoYear`, a distinct type for a week-based year in contrast to a regular year.
-  - Added an `initDateTime` overload to create a `DateTime` from an ISO week date.
-  - Added `getIsoWeekAndYear` to get an ISO week number and week-based year from a datetime.
-  - Added `getIsoWeeksInYear` to return the number of weeks in a week-based year.
-- Added new modules which were previously part of `std/os`:
-  - Added `std/oserrors` for OS error reporting.
-  - Added `std/envvars` for environment variables handling.
-  - Added `std/cmdline` for reading command line parameters.
-  - Added `std/paths`, `std/dirs`, `std/files`, `std/symlinks` and `std/appdirs`.
-- Added `sep` parameter in `std/uri` to specify the query separator.
-- Added `UppercaseLetters`, `LowercaseLetters`, `PunctuationChars`, `PrintableChars` sets to `std/strutils`.
-- Added `complex.sgn` for obtaining the phase of complex numbers.
-- Added `insertAdjacentText`, `insertAdjacentElement`, `insertAdjacentHTML`,
-  `after`, `before`, `closest`, `append`, `hasAttributeNS`, `removeAttributeNS`,
-  `hasPointerCapture`, `releasePointerCapture`, `requestPointerLock`,
-  `replaceChildren`, `replaceWith`, `scrollIntoViewIfNeeded`, `setHTML`,
-  `toggleAttribute`, and `matches` to `std/dom`.
-- Added [`jsre.hasIndices`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp/hasIndices).
-- Added `capacity` for `string` and `seq` to return the current capacity, see [RFC #460](https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/460).
-- Added `openArray[char]` overloads for `std/parseutils` and `std/unicode`, allowing for more code reuse.
-- Added a `safe` parameter to `base64.encodeMime`.
-- Added `parseutils.parseSize` - inverse to `strutils.formatSize` - to parse human readable sizes.
-- Added `minmax` to `sequtils`, as a more efficient `(min(_), max(_))` over sequences.
-- `std/jscore` for the JavaScript target:
-  + Added bindings to [`Array.shift`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/shift)
-  and [`queueMicrotask`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/queueMicrotask).
-  + Added `toDateString`, `toISOString`, `toJSON`, `toTimeString`, `toUTCString` converters for `DateTime`.
-- Added `BackwardsIndex` overload for `CacheSeq`.
-- Added support for nested `with` blocks in `std/with`.
-- Added `ensureMove` to the system module. It ensures that the passed argument is moved, otherwise an error is given at the compile time.
-
-
-[//]: # "Deprecations:"
-- Deprecated `selfExe` for Nimscript.
-- Deprecated `std/base64.encode` for collections of arbitrary integer element type.
-  Now only `byte` and `char` are supported.
-
-[//]: # "Removals:"
-- Removed deprecated module `parseopt2`.
-- Removed deprecated module `sharedstrings`.
-- Removed deprecated module `dom_extensions`.
-- Removed deprecated module `LockFreeHash`.
-- Removed deprecated module `events`.
-- Removed deprecated `oids.oidToString`.
-- Removed define `nimExperimentalAsyncjsThen` for `std/asyncjs.then` and `std/jsfetch`.
-- Removed deprecated `jsre.test` and `jsre.toString`.
-- Removed deprecated `math.c_frexp`.
-- Removed deprecated `` httpcore.`==` ``.
-- Removed deprecated `std/posix.CMSG_SPACE` and `std/posix.CMSG_LEN` that take wrong argument types.
-- Removed deprecated `osproc.poDemon`, symbol with typo.
-- Removed deprecated `tables.rightSize`.
-
-
-- Removed deprecated `posix.CLONE_STOPPED`.
-
-
-## Language changes
-
-- [Tag tracking](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#effect-system-tag-tracking) now supports the definition of forbidden tags by the `.forbids` pragma
-  which can be used to disable certain effects in proc types.
-- [Case statement macros](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#macros-case-statement-macros) are no longer experimental,
-  meaning you no longer need to enable the experimental switch `caseStmtMacros` to use them.
-- Full command syntax and block arguments i.e. `foo a, b: c` are now allowed
-  for the right-hand side of type definitions in type sections. Previously
-  they would error with "invalid indentation".
-
-- Compile-time define changes:
-  - `defined` now accepts identifiers separated by dots, i.e. `defined(a.b.c)`.
-    In the command line, this is defined as `-d:a.b.c`. Older versions can
-    use backticks as in ``defined(`a.b.c`)`` to access such defines.
-  - [Define pragmas for constants](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#implementation-specific-pragmas-compileminustime-define-pragmas)
-    now support a string argument for qualified define names.
-
-    ```nim
-    # -d:package.FooBar=42
-    const FooBar {.intdefine: "package.FooBar".}: int = 5
-    echo FooBar # 42
-    ```
-
-    This was added to help disambiguate similar define names for different packages.
-    In older versions, this could only be achieved with something like the following:
-
-    ```nim
-    const FooBar = block:
-      const `package.FooBar` {.intdefine.}: int = 5
-      `package.FooBar`
-    ```
-  - A generic `define` pragma for constants has been added that interprets
-    the value of the define based on the type of the constant value.
-    See the [experimental manual](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#generic-nimdefine-pragma)
-    for a list of supported types.
-
-- [Macro pragmas](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual.html#userminusdefined-pragmas-macro-pragmas) changes:
-  - Templates now accept macro pragmas.
-  - Macro pragmas for var/let/const sections have been redesigned in a way that works
-    similarly to routine macro pragmas. The new behavior is documented in the
-    [experimental manual](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#extended-macro-pragmas).
-  - Pragma macros on type definitions can now return `nnkTypeSection` nodes as well as `nnkTypeDef`,
-    allowing multiple type definitions to be injected in place of the original type definition.
-
-    ```nim
-    import macros
-
-    macro multiply(amount: static int, s: untyped): untyped =
-      let name = $s[0].basename
-      result = newNimNode(nnkTypeSection)
-      for i in 1 .. amount:
-        result.add(newTree(nnkTypeDef, ident(name & $i), s[1], s[2]))
-
-    type
-      Foo = object
-      Bar {.multiply: 3.} = object
-        x, y, z: int
-      Baz = object
-    # becomes
-    type
-      Foo = object
-      Bar1 = object
-        x, y, z: int
-      Bar2 = object
-        x, y, z: int
-      Bar3 = object
-        x, y, z: int
-      Baz = object
-    ```
-
-- A new form of type inference called [top-down inference](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#topminusdown-type-inference)
-  has been implemented for a variety of basic cases. For example, code like the following now compiles:
-
-  ```nim
-  let foo: seq[(float, byte, cstring)] = @[(1, 2, "abc")]
-  ```
-
-- `cstring` is now accepted as a selector in `case` statements, removing the
-  need to convert to `string`. On the JS backend, this is translated directly
-  to a `switch` statement.
-
-- Nim now supports `out` parameters and ["strict definitions"](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#strict-definitions-and-nimout-parameters).
-- Nim now offers a [strict mode](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#strict-case-objects) for `case objects`.
-
-- IBM Z architecture and macOS m1 arm64 architecture are supported.
-
-- `=wasMoved` can now be overridden by users.
-
-- There is a new pragma called [quirky](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#quirky-routines) that can be used to affect the code
-  generation of goto based exception handling. It can improve the produced code size but its effects can be subtle so use it with care.
-
-- Tuple unpacking for variables is now treated as syntax sugar that directly
-  expands into multiple assignments. Along with this, tuple unpacking for
-  variables can now be nested.
-
-  ```nim
-  proc returnsNestedTuple(): (int, (int, int), int, int) = (4, (5, 7), 2, 3)
-
-  let (x, (_, y), _, z) = returnsNestedTuple()
-  # roughly becomes
-  let
-    tmpTup1 = returnsNestedTuple()
-    x = tmpTup1[0]
-    tmpTup2 = tmpTup1[1]
-    y = tmpTup2[1]
-    z = tmpTup1[3]
-  ```
-
-  As a result `nnkVarTuple` nodes in variable sections will no longer be
-  reflected in `typed` AST.
-
-- C++ interoperability:
-  - New [`virtual`](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#virtual-pragma) pragma added.
-  - Improvements to [`constructor`](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#constructor-pragma) pragma.
-
-## Compiler changes
-
-- The `gc` switch has been renamed to `mm` ("memory management") in order to reflect the
-  reality better. (Nim moved away from all techniques based on "tracing".)
-
-- Defines the `gcRefc` symbol which allows writing specific code for the refc GC.
-
-- `nim` can now compile version 1.4.0 as follows: `nim c --lib:lib --stylecheck:off compiler/nim`,
-  without requiring `-d:nimVersion140` which is now a noop.
-
-- `--styleCheck`, `--hintAsError` and `--warningAsError` now only apply to the current package.
-
-- The switch `--nimMainPrefix:prefix` has been added to add a prefix to the names of `NimMain` and
-  related functions produced on the backend. This prevents conflicts with other Nim
-  static libraries.
-
-- When compiling for release, the flag `-fno-math-errno` is used for GCC.
-- Removed deprecated `LineTooLong` hint.
-- Line numbers and file names of source files work correctly inside templates for JavaScript targets.
-
-- Removed support for LCC (Local C), Pelles C, Digital Mars and Watcom compilers.
-
-
-## Docgen
-
-- `Markdown` is now the default markup language of doc comments (instead
-  of the legacy `RstMarkdown` mode). In this release we begin to separate
-  RST and Markdown features to better follow specification of each
-  language, with the focus on Markdown development.
-  See also [the docs](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/markdown_rst.html).
-
-  * Added a `{.doctype: Markdown | RST | RstMarkdown.}` pragma allowing to
-    select the markup language mode in the doc comments of the current `.nim`
-    file for processing by `nim doc`:
-
-      1. `Markdown` (default) is basically CommonMark (standard Markdown) +
-         some Pandoc Markdown features + some RST features that are missing
-         in our current implementation of CommonMark and Pandoc Markdown.
-      2. `RST` closely follows the RST spec with few additional Nim features.
-      3. `RstMarkdown` is a maximum mix of RST and Markdown features, which
-          is kept for the sake of compatibility and ease of migration.
-
-  * Added separate `md2html` and `rst2html` commands for processing
-    standalone `.md` and `.rst` files respectively (and also `md2tex`/`rst2tex`).
-
-- Added Pandoc Markdown bracket syntax `[...]` for making anchor-less links.
-- Docgen now supports concise syntax for referencing Nim symbols:
-  instead of specifying HTML anchors directly one can use original
-  Nim symbol declarations (adding the aforementioned link brackets
-  `[...]` around them).
-    * To use this feature across modules, a new `importdoc` directive was added.
-      Using this feature for referencing also helps to ensure that links
-      (inside one module or the whole project) are not broken.
-- Added support for RST & Markdown quote blocks (blocks starting with `>`).
-- Added a popular Markdown definition lists extension.
-- Added Markdown indented code blocks (blocks indented by >= 4 spaces).
-- Added syntax for additional parameters to Markdown code blocks:
-
-       ```nim test="nim c $1"
-       ...
-       ```
-
-## Tool changes
-
-- Nim now ships Nimble version 0.14 which added support for lock-files. Libraries are stored in `$nimbleDir/pkgs2` (it was `$nimbleDir/pkgs` before). Use `nimble develop --global` to create an old style link file in the special links directory documented at https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#nimble-develop.
-- nimgrep added the option `--inContext` (and `--notInContext`), which
-  allows to filter only matches with the context block containing a given pattern.
-- nimgrep: names of options containing "include/exclude" are deprecated,
-  e.g. instead of `--includeFile` and `--excludeFile` we have
-  `--filename` and `--notFilename` respectively.
-  Also the semantics are now consistent for such positive/negative filters.
-- koch now supports the `--skipIntegrityCheck` option. The command `koch --skipIntegrityCheck boot -d:release` always builds the compiler twice.

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-# v2.2.0 - 2024-10-02
-
-
-## Changes affecting backward compatibility
-
-- `-d:nimStrictDelete` becomes the default. An index error is produced when the index passed to `system.delete` is out of bounds. Use `-d:nimAuditDelete` to mimic the old behavior for backward compatibility.
-
-- The default user-agent in `std/httpclient` has been changed to `Nim-httpclient/<version>` instead of `Nim httpclient/<version>` which was incorrect according to the HTTP spec.
-
-- Methods now support implementations based on a VTable by using `--experimental:vtables`. Methods are then confined to the same module where their type has been defined.
-
-- With `-d:nimPreviewNonVarDestructor`, non-var destructors become the default.
-
-- A bug where tuple unpacking assignment with a longer tuple on the RHS than the LHS was allowed has been fixed, i.e. code like:
-  ```nim
-  var a, b: int
-  (a, b) = (1, 2, 3, 4)
-  ```
-  will no longer compile.
-
-- `internalNew` is removed from the `system` module, use `new` instead.
-
-- `bindMethod` in `std/jsffi` is deprecated, don't use it with closures.
-
-- The JS backend now supports lambda lifting for closures. Use `--legacy:jsNoLambdaLifting` to emulate old behaviors.
-
-- The JS backend now supports closure iterators.
-
-- `owner` in `std/macros` is deprecated.
-
-- Ambiguous type symbols in generic procs and templates now generate symchoice nodes.
-  Previously; in templates they would error immediately at the template definition,
-  and in generic procs a type symbol would arbitrarily be captured, losing the
-  information of the other symbols. This means that generic code can now give
-  errors for ambiguous type symbols, and macros operating on generic proc AST
-  may encounter symchoice nodes instead of the arbitrarily resolved type symbol nodes.
-
-- Partial generic instantiation of routines is no longer allowed. Previously
-  it compiled in niche situations due to bugs in the compiler.
-
-  ```nim
-  proc foo[T, U](x: T, y: U) = echo (x, y)
-  proc foo[T, U](x: var T, y: U) = echo "var ", (x, y)
-
-  proc bar[T]() =
-    foo[float](1, "abc")
-
-  bar[int]() # before: (1.0, "abc"), now: type mismatch, missing generic parameter
-  ```
-
-- `const` values now open a new scope for each constant, meaning symbols
-  declared in them can no longer be used outside or in the value of
-  other constants.
-
-  ```nim
-  const foo = (var a = 1; a)
-  const bar = a # error
-  let baz = a # error
-  ```
-
-- The following POSIX wrappers have had their types changed from signed to
-  unsigned types on OSX and FreeBSD/OpenBSD to correct codegen errors:
-  - `Gid` (was `int32`, is now `uint32`)
-  - `Uid` (was `int32`, is now `uint32`)
-  - `Dev` (was `int32`, is now `uint32` on FreeBSD)
-  - `Nlink` (was `int16`, is now `uint32` on OpenBSD and `uint16` on OSX/other BSD)
-  - `sin6_flowinfo` and `sin6_scope_id` fields of `Sockaddr_in6`
-    (were `int32`, are now `uint32`)
-  - `n_net` field of `Tnetent` (was `int32`, is now `uint32`)
-
-- The `Atomic[T]` type on C++ now uses C11 primitives by default instead of
-  `std::atomic`. To use `std::atomic` instead, `-d:nimUseCppAtomics` can be defined.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-## Standard library additions and changes
-
-[//]: # "Changes:"
-
-- Changed `std/osfiles.copyFile` to allow specifying `bufferSize` instead of a hard-coded one.
-- Changed `std/osfiles.copyFile` to use `POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL` hints for kernel-level aggressive sequential read-aheads.
-- `std/htmlparser` has been moved to a nimble package, use `nimble` or `atlas` to install it.
-- Changed `std/os.copyDir` and `copyDirWithPermissions` to allow skipping special "file" objects like FIFOs, device files, etc on Unix by specifying a `skipSpecial` parameter.
-
-[//]: # "Additions:"
-
-- Added `newStringUninit` to the `system` module, which creates a new string of length `len` like `newString` but with uninitialized content.
-- Added `setLenUninit` to the `system` module, which doesn't initialize
-slots when enlarging a sequence.
-- Added `hasDefaultValue` to `std/typetraits` to check if a type has a valid default value.
-- Added `rangeBase` to `std/typetraits` to obtain the base type of a range type or
-  convert a value with a range type to its base type.
-- Added Viewport API for the JavaScript targets in the `dom` module.
-- Added `toSinglyLinkedRing` and `toDoublyLinkedRing` to `std/lists` to convert from `openArray`s.
-- ORC: To be enabled via `nimOrcStats` there is a new API called `GC_orcStats` that can be used to query how many
-  objects the cyclic collector did free. If the number is zero that is a strong indicator that you can use `--mm:arc`
-  instead of `--mm:orc`.
-- A `$` template is provided for `Path` in `std/paths`.
-- `std/hashes.hash(x:string)` changed to produce a 64-bit string `Hash` (based
-on Google's Farm Hash) which is also often faster than the present one.  Define
-`nimStringHash2` to get the old values back.  `--jsbigint=off` mode always only
-produces the old values.  This may impact your automated tests if they depend
-on hash order in some obvious or indirect way.  Using `sorted` or `OrderedTable`
-is often an easy workaround.
-
-[//]: # "Deprecations:"
-
-- Deprecates `system.newSeqUninitialized`, which is replaced by `newSeqUninit`.
-
-[//]: # "Removals:"
-
-
-
-
-
-
-## Language changes
-
-- `noInit` can be used in types and fields to disable member initializers in the C++ backend.
-
-- C++ custom constructors initializers see https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual_experimental.html#constructor-initializer
-
-- `member` can be used to attach a procedure to a C++ type.
-
-- Inside a C++ constructor, `result` can be used to access the created object rather than `this`.
-
-- Tuple unpacking changes:
-  - Tuple unpacking assignment now supports using underscores to discard values.
-    ```nim
-    var a, c: int
-    (a, _, c) = (1, 2, 3)
-    ```
-  - Tuple unpacking variable declarations now support type annotations, but
-    only for the entire tuple.
-    ```nim
-    let (a, b): (int, int) = (1, 2)
-    let (a, (b, c)): (byte, (float, cstring)) = (1, (2, "abc"))
-    ```
-
-- The experimental option `--experimental:openSym` has been added to allow
-  captured symbols in generic routine and template bodies respectively to be
-  replaced by symbols injected locally by templates/macros at instantiation
-  time. `bind` may be used to keep the captured symbols over the injected ones
-  regardless of enabling the option, but other methods like renaming the
-  captured symbols should be used instead so that the code is not affected by
-  context changes.
-
-  Since this change may affect runtime behavior, the experimental switch
-  `openSym` needs to be enabled; and a warning is given in the case where an
-  injected symbol would replace a captured symbol not bound by `bind` and
-  the experimental switch isn't enabled.
-
-  ```nim
-  const value = "captured"
-  template foo(x: int, body: untyped): untyped =
-    let value {.inject.} = "injected"
-    body
-
-  proc old[T](): string =
-    foo(123):
-      return value # warning: a new `value` has been injected, use `bind` or turn on `experimental:openSym`
-  echo old[int]() # "captured"
-
-  template oldTempl(): string =
-    block:
-      foo(123):
-        value # warning: a new `value` has been injected, use `bind` or turn on `experimental:openSym`
-  echo oldTempl() # "captured"
-
-  {.experimental: "openSym".}
-
-  proc bar[T](): string =
-    foo(123):
-      return value
-  assert bar[int]() == "injected" # previously it would be "captured"
-
-  proc baz[T](): string =
-    bind value
-    foo(123):
-      return value
-  assert baz[int]() == "captured"
-
-  template barTempl(): string =
-    block:
-      foo(123):
-        value
-  assert barTempl() == "injected" # previously it would be "captured"
-
-  template bazTempl(): string =
-    bind value
-    block:
-      foo(123):
-        value
-  assert bazTempl() == "captured"
-  ```
-
-  This option also generates a new node kind `nnkOpenSym` which contains
-  exactly 1 `nnkSym` node. In the future this might be merged with a slightly
-  modified `nnkOpenSymChoice` node but macros that want to support the
-  experimental feature should still handle `nnkOpenSym`, as the node kind would
-  simply not be generated as opposed to being removed.
-
-  Another experimental switch `genericsOpenSym` exists that enables this behavior
-  at instantiation time, meaning templates etc can enable it specifically when
-  they are being called. However this does not generate `nnkOpenSym` nodes
-  (unless the other switch is enabled) and so doesn't reflect the regular
-  behavior of the switch.
-
-  ```nim
-  const value = "captured"
-  template foo(x: int, body: untyped): untyped =
-    let value {.inject.} = "injected"
-    {.push experimental: "genericsOpenSym".}
-    body
-    {.pop.}
-
-  proc bar[T](): string =
-    foo(123):
-      return value
-  echo bar[int]() # "injected"
-
-  template barTempl(): string =
-    block:
-      var res: string
-      foo(123):
-        res = value
-      res
-  assert barTempl() == "injected"
-  ```
-
-
-
-
-
-## Compiler changes
-
-- `--nimcache` using a relative path as the argument in a config file is now relative to the config file instead of the current directory.
-
-
-
-
-
-## Tool changes
-
-- koch now allows bootstrapping with `-d:nimHasLibFFI`, replacing the older option of building the compiler directly w/ the `libffi` nimble package.

changelogs/changelog_X_XX_X.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# v2.xx.x - yyyy-mm-dd
+# v1.xx.x - yyyy-mm-dd
 
 This is an example file.
 The changes should go to changelog.md!

ci/action.nim

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import std/[strutils, os, osproc, parseutils, strformat]
-
-
-proc main() =
-  var msg = ""
-  const cmd = "./koch boot --mm:orc -d:release"
-
-  let (output, exitCode) = execCmdEx(cmd)
-
-  doAssert exitCode == 0, output
-
-  let start = rfind(output, "Hint: mm")
-  doAssert parseUntil(output, msg, "; proj", start) > 0, output
-
-  let (commitHash, _) = execCmdEx("""git log --format="%H" -n 1""")
-
-  let welcomeMessage = fmt"""Thanks for your hard work on this PR!
-The lines below are statistics of the Nim compiler built from {commitHash}
-
-{msg}
-"""
-  createDir "ci/nimcache"
-  writeFile "ci/nimcache/results.txt", welcomeMessage
-
-when isMainModule:
-  main()

ci/funs.sh

@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ _nimBuildCsourcesIfNeeded(){
     makeX=gmake
   elif [ "$unamestr" = 'CROSSOS' ]; then
     makeX=gmake
-  elif [ "$unamestr" = 'SunOS' ]; then
-    makeX=gmake
   else
     makeX=make
   fi

compiler/aliasanalysis.nim

@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-
-import ast
-
-import std / assertions
-
-const
-  PathKinds0* = {nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr,
-                 nkBracketExpr, nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref,
-                 nkAddr, nkHiddenAddr,
-                 nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv}
-  PathKinds1* = {nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv}
-
-proc skipConvDfa*(n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = n
-  while true:
-    case result.kind
-    of nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv:
-      result = result[0]
-    of PathKinds1:
-      result = result[1]
-    else: break
-
-proc isAnalysableFieldAccess*(orig: PNode; owner: PSym): bool =
-  var n = orig
-  while true:
-    case n.kind
-    of PathKinds0 - {nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr}:
-      n = n[0]
-    of PathKinds1:
-      n = n[1]
-    of nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
-      # We "own" sinkparam[].loc but not ourVar[].location as it is a nasty
-      # pointer indirection.
-      # bug #14159, we cannot reason about sinkParam[].location as it can
-      # still be shared for tyRef.
-      n = n[0]
-      return n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.owner == owner and
-         (n.sym.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst-{tyOwned}).kind in {tyOwned})
-    else: break
-  # XXX Allow closure deref operations here if we know
-  # the owner controlled the closure allocation?
-  result = n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.owner == owner and
-    {sfGlobal, sfThread, sfCursor} * n.sym.flags == {} and
-    (n.sym.kind != skParam or isSinkParam(n.sym)) # or n.sym.typ.kind == tyVar)
-  # Note: There is a different move analyzer possible that checks for
-  # consume(param.key); param.key = newValue  for all paths. Then code like
-  #
-  #   let splited = split(move self.root, x)
-  #   self.root = merge(splited.lower, splited.greater)
-  #
-  # could be written without the ``move self.root``. However, this would be
-  # wrong! Then the write barrier for the ``self.root`` assignment would
-  # free the old data and all is lost! Lesson: Don't be too smart, trust the
-  # lower level C++ optimizer to specialize this code.
-
-type AliasKind* = enum
-  yes, no, maybe
-
-proc aliases*(obj, field: PNode): AliasKind =
-  # obj -> field:
-  # x -> x: true
-  # x -> x.f: true
-  # x.f -> x: false
-  # x.f -> x.f: true
-  # x.f -> x.v: false
-  # x -> x[]: true
-  # x[] -> x: false
-  # x -> x[0]: true
-  # x[0] -> x: false
-  # x[0] -> x[0]: true
-  # x[0] -> x[1]: false
-  # x -> x[i]: true
-  # x[i] -> x: false
-  # x[i] -> x[i]: maybe; Further analysis could make this return true when i is a runtime-constant
-  # x[i] -> x[j]: maybe; also returns maybe if only one of i or j is a compiletime-constant
-  template collectImportantNodes(result, n) =
-    var result: seq[PNode] = @[]
-    var n = n
-    while true:
-      case n.kind
-      of PathKinds0 - {nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr, nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref}:
-        n = n[0]
-      of PathKinds1:
-        n = n[1]
-      of nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr, nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref:
-        result.add n
-        n = n[0]
-      of nkSym:
-        result.add n
-        break
-      else: return no
-
-  collectImportantNodes(objImportantNodes, obj)
-  collectImportantNodes(fieldImportantNodes, field)
-
-  # If field is less nested than obj, then it cannot be part of/aliased by obj
-  if fieldImportantNodes.len < objImportantNodes.len: return no
-
-  result = yes
-  for i in 1..objImportantNodes.len:
-    # We compare the nodes leading to the location of obj and field
-    # with each other.
-    # We continue until they diverge, in which case we return no, or
-    # until we reach the location of obj, in which case we do not need
-    # to look further, since field must be part of/aliased by obj now.
-    # If we encounter an element access using an index which is a runtime value,
-    # we simply return maybe instead of yes; should further nodes not diverge.
-    let currFieldPath = fieldImportantNodes[^i]
-    let currObjPath = objImportantNodes[^i]
-
-    if currFieldPath.kind != currObjPath.kind:
-      return no
-
-    case currFieldPath.kind
-    of nkSym:
-      if currFieldPath.sym != currObjPath.sym: return no
-    of nkDotExpr:
-      if currFieldPath[1].sym != currObjPath[1].sym: return no
-    of nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref:
-      discard
-    of nkBracketExpr:
-      if currFieldPath[1].kind in nkLiterals and currObjPath[1].kind in nkLiterals:
-        if currFieldPath[1].intVal != currObjPath[1].intVal:
-          return no
-      else:
-        result = maybe
-    else: assert false # unreachable
-

compiler/aliases.nim

@@ -10,60 +10,12 @@
 ## Simple alias analysis for the HLO and the code generators.
 
 import
-  ast, astalgo, types, trees
-
-import std/intsets
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
+  ast, astalgo, types, trees, intsets
 
 type
   TAnalysisResult* = enum
     arNo, arMaybe, arYes
 
-  PartFlag* = enum
-    pfStructural    ## use structural prefix-chain detection and tree-walk
-    pfBidirectional ## also check reverse direction per field in nkObjConstr
-
-proc isCompileTimeOnlyNode(n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
-  ## `typeof` and typedesc/static values describe types at compile time; they
-  ## do not read the runtime location that alias analysis is protecting.
-  n.kind == nkTypeOfExpr or (n.typ != nil and n.typ.isCompileTimeOnly)
-
-func sameLocation(a, b: PNode): bool =
-  template sameConstIndex(a, b: PNode): bool =
-    a.kind in nkLiterals and b.kind in nkLiterals and a.intVal == b.intVal
-  var a = a
-  var b = b
-  while a.kind in {nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv}: a = a[1]
-  while b.kind in {nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv}: b = b[1]
-  if a.kind != b.kind: return false
-  case a.kind
-  of nkSym: result = a.sym.id == b.sym.id
-  of nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr:
-    result = a[1].kind == nkSym and b[1].kind == nkSym and
-             sameLocation(a[0], b[0]) and a[1].sym.id == b[1].sym.id
-  of nkBracketExpr:
-    result = sameLocation(a[0], b[0]) and sameConstIndex(a[1], b[1])
-  of nkObjUpConv, nkObjDownConv, nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref:
-    result = sameLocation(a[0], b[0])
-  else: result = false
-
-proc isAccessorPrefixOf(a, b: PNode): bool =
-  var cur = b
-  while cur.kind in {nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr, nkObjUpConv,
-                     nkObjDownConv, nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr,
-                     nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv}:
-    if sameLocation(cur, a): return true
-    case cur.kind
-    of nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr, nkObjUpConv, nkObjDownConv,
-       nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
-      cur = cur[0]
-    of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv:
-      cur = cur[1]
-    else: discard
-  result = sameLocation(cur, a)
-
 proc isPartOfAux(a, b: PType, marker: var IntSet): TAnalysisResult
 
 proc isPartOfAux(n: PNode, b: PType, marker: var IntSet): TAnalysisResult =
@@ -94,16 +46,14 @@ proc isPartOfAux(a, b: PType, marker: var IntSet): TAnalysisResult =
   if compareTypes(a, b, dcEqIgnoreDistinct): return arYes
   case a.kind
   of tyObject:
-    if a.baseClass != nil:
-      result = isPartOfAux(a.baseClass.skipTypes(skipPtrs), b, marker)
+    if a[0] != nil:
+      result = isPartOfAux(a[0].skipTypes(skipPtrs), b, marker)
     if result == arNo: result = isPartOfAux(a.n, b, marker)
   of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink:
-    result = isPartOfAux(skipModifier(a), b, marker)
-  of tySet, tyArray:
-    result = isPartOfAux(a.elementType, b, marker)
-  of tyTuple:
-    for aa in a.kids:
-      result = isPartOfAux(aa, b, marker)
+    result = isPartOfAux(lastSon(a), b, marker)
+  of tyArray, tySet, tyTuple:
+    for i in 0..<a.len:
+      result = isPartOfAux(a[i], b, marker)
       if result == arYes: return
   else: discard
 
@@ -113,62 +63,39 @@ proc isPartOf(a, b: PType): TAnalysisResult =
   # watch out: parameters reversed because I'm too lazy to change the code...
   result = isPartOfAux(b, a, marker)
 
-proc isPartOf*(a, b: PNode; flags: set[PartFlag] = {}): TAnalysisResult =
-  ## Checks if location `a` can be part of location `b`: i.e. whether writing to
-  ## `b` could affect what `a` reads. We treat seqs and strings as pointers
-  ## because the code gen often just passes them as such.
+proc isPartOf*(a, b: PNode): TAnalysisResult =
+  ## checks if location `a` can be part of location `b`. We treat seqs and
+  ## strings as pointers because the code gen often just passes them as such.
   ##
   ## Note: `a` can only be part of `b`, if `a`'s type can be part of `b`'s
   ## type. Since however type analysis is more expensive, we perform it only
   ## if necessary.
   ##
-  ## When `pfStructural` is set additional aliasing is detected:
-  ## * a structural prefix of an accessor chain is considered part of it
-  ##   (e.g. `x.f <| x.f.g`). Normally `x.f !<| x.f.g` because the
-  ##   same-kind `nkDotExpr` comparison treats the differing field names as
-  ##   siblings, but `pfStructural` walks the chain to recognise the
-  ##   relationship.
-  ## * Unrecognised node kinds are traversed recursively.
-  ##
-  ## When `pfBidirectional` is set:
-  ## * In `nkObjConstr` the reverse direction `isPartOf(value, a)` is also
-  ##   checked per field value so that reads hidden behind calls/closures
-  ##   are detected.
-  ##
   ## cases:
   ##
   ## YES-cases:
-  ##  ```
   ##  x    <| x   # for general trees
   ##  x[]  <| x
   ##  x[i] <| x
   ##  x.f  <| x
-  ##  x.f  <| x.f.g   # when pfStructural (prefix chain)
-  ##  ```
   ##
   ## NO-cases:
-  ## ```
   ## x           !<| y    # depending on type and symbol kind
   ## x[constA]   !<| x[constB]
-  ## x.f         !<| x.g          # sibling fields at same level
+  ## x.f         !<| x.g
   ## x.f         !<| y.f  iff x !<= y
-  ## ```
   ##
   ## MAYBE-cases:
   ##
-  ##  ```
   ##  x[] ?<| y[]   iff compatible type
   ##
   ##
   ##  x[]  ?<| y  depending on type
-  ##  ```
-  if a.isCompileTimeOnlyNode or b.isCompileTimeOnlyNode:
-    return arNo
-
+  ##
   if a.kind == b.kind:
     case a.kind
     of nkSym:
-      const varKinds = {skVar, skTemp, skResult, skProc, skFunc}
+      const varKinds = {skVar, skTemp, skProc, skFunc}
       # same symbol: aliasing:
       if a.sym.id == b.sym.id: result = arYes
       elif a.sym.kind in varKinds or b.sym.kind in varKinds:
@@ -179,10 +106,8 @@ proc isPartOf*(a, b: PNode; flags: set[PartFlag] = {}): TAnalysisResult =
         # use expensive type check:
         if isPartOf(a.sym.typ, b.sym.typ) != arNo:
           result = arMaybe
-        else:
-          result = arNo
     of nkBracketExpr:
-      result = isPartOf(a[0], b[0], flags)
+      result = isPartOf(a[0], b[0])
       if a.len >= 2 and b.len >= 2:
         # array accesses:
         if result == arYes and isDeepConstExpr(a[1]) and isDeepConstExpr(b[1]):
@@ -192,11 +117,7 @@ proc isPartOf*(a, b: PNode; flags: set[PartFlag] = {}): TAnalysisResult =
           var y = if b[1].kind == nkHiddenStdConv: b[1][1] else: b[1]
 
           if sameValue(x, y): result = arYes
-          elif pfStructural in flags and isAccessorPrefixOf(a, b):
-            result = arYes
           else: result = arNo
-        elif pfStructural in flags and isAccessorPrefixOf(a, b):
-          result = arYes
         # else: maybe and no are accurate
       else:
         # pointer derefs:
@@ -204,26 +125,23 @@ proc isPartOf*(a, b: PNode; flags: set[PartFlag] = {}): TAnalysisResult =
           if isPartOf(a.typ, b.typ) != arNo: result = arMaybe
 
     of nkDotExpr:
-      result = isPartOf(a[0], b[0], flags)
+      result = isPartOf(a[0], b[0])
       if result != arNo:
         # if the fields are different, it's not the same location
         if a[1].sym.id != b[1].sym.id:
-          if pfStructural in flags and isAccessorPrefixOf(a, b):
-            result = arYes
-          else:
-            result = arNo
+          result = arNo
 
     of nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
-      result = isPartOf(a[0], b[0], flags)
+      result = isPartOf(a[0], b[0])
       # weaken because of indirection:
       if result != arYes:
         if isPartOf(a.typ, b.typ) != arNo: result = arMaybe
 
     of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv:
-      result = isPartOf(a[1], b[1], flags)
+      result = isPartOf(a[1], b[1])
     of nkObjUpConv, nkObjDownConv, nkCheckedFieldExpr:
-      result = isPartOf(a[0], b[0], flags)
-    else: result = arNo
+      result = isPartOf(a[0], b[0])
+    else: discard
     # Calls return a new location, so a default of ``arNo`` is fine.
   else:
     # go down recursively; this is quite demanding:
@@ -235,66 +153,47 @@ proc isPartOf*(a, b: PNode; flags: set[PartFlag] = {}): TAnalysisResult =
     case b.kind
     of Ix0Kinds:
       # a* !<| b.f  iff  a* !<| b
-      result = isPartOf(a, b[0], flags)
+      result = isPartOf(a, b[0])
 
     of DerefKinds:
       # a* !<| b[] iff
-      result = arNo
       if isPartOf(a.typ, b.typ) != arNo:
-        result = isPartOf(a, b[0], flags)
+        result = isPartOf(a, b[0])
         if result == arNo: result = arMaybe
 
     of Ix1Kinds:
       # a* !<| T(b)  iff a* !<| b
-      result = isPartOf(a, b[1], flags)
+      result = isPartOf(a, b[1])
 
     of nkSym:
       # b is an atom, so we have to check a:
       case a.kind
       of Ix0Kinds:
         # a.f !<| b*  iff  a.f !<| b*
-        result = isPartOf(a[0], b, flags)
+        result = isPartOf(a[0], b)
       of Ix1Kinds:
-        result = isPartOf(a[1], b, flags)
+        result = isPartOf(a[1], b)
 
       of DerefKinds:
         if isPartOf(a.typ, b.typ) != arNo:
-          result = isPartOf(a[0], b, flags)
+          result = isPartOf(a[0], b)
           if result == arNo: result = arMaybe
-        else:
-          result = arNo
-      else: result = arNo
+      else: discard
     of nkObjConstr:
       result = arNo
       for i in 1..<b.len:
-        let res = isPartOf(a, b[i][1], flags)
+        let res = isPartOf(a, b[i][1])
         if res != arNo:
           result = res
           if res == arYes: break
-        if pfBidirectional in flags:
-          let res2 = isPartOf(b[i][1], a, {pfStructural})
-          if res2 != arNo:
-            result = res2
-            if res2 == arYes: break
     of nkCallKinds:
       result = arNo
       for i in 1..<b.len:
-        # A call such as `fill(typeof(result.f))` has a compile-time-only
-        # argument. It must not make the object constructor look aliased with
-        # `result.f`; runtime arguments remain subject to the normal analysis.
-        if b[i].isCompileTimeOnlyNode:
-          continue
-        let res = isPartOf(a, b[i], flags)
+        let res = isPartOf(a, b[i])
         if res != arNo:
           result = res
           if res == arYes: break
     of nkBracket:
       if b.len > 0:
-        result = isPartOf(a, b[0], flags)
-      else:
-        result = arNo
-    else:
-      if pfStructural in flags:
-        for i in 0..<b.safeLen:
-          if isPartOf(a, b[i], flags) != arNo: return arMaybe
-      result = arNo
+        result = isPartOf(a, b[0])
+    else: discard

compiler/astalgo.nim

@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
 # the data structures here are used in various places of the compiler.
 
 import
-  ast, astyaml, options, lineinfos, idents, rodutils,
+  ast, hashes, intsets, strutils, options, lineinfos, ropes, idents, rodutils,
   msgs
 
-import std/[hashes, intsets]
-import std/strutils except addf
-
-export astyaml.treeToYaml, astyaml.typeToYaml, astyaml.symToYaml, astyaml.lineInfoToStr
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
 proc hashNode*(p: RootRef): Hash
+proc treeToYaml*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, indent: int = 0, maxRecDepth: int = - 1): Rope
+  # Convert a tree into its YAML representation; this is used by the
+  # YAML code generator and it is invaluable for debugging purposes.
+  # If maxRecDepht <> -1 then it won't print the whole graph.
+proc typeToYaml*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PType, indent: int = 0, maxRecDepth: int = - 1): Rope
+proc symToYaml*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PSym, indent: int = 0, maxRecDepth: int = - 1): Rope
+proc lineInfoToStr*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): Rope
+
 
 # these are for debugging only: They are not really deprecated, but I want
 # the warning so that release versions do not contain debugging statements:
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ proc debug*(n: PSym; conf: ConfigRef = nil) {.exportc: "debugSym", deprecated.}
 proc debug*(n: PType; conf: ConfigRef = nil) {.exportc: "debugType", deprecated.}
 proc debug*(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef = nil) {.exportc: "debugNode", deprecated.}
 
+proc typekinds*(t: PType) {.deprecated.} =
+  var t = t
+  var s = ""
+  while t != nil and t.len > 0:
+    s.add $t.kind
+    s.add " "
+    t = t.lastSon
+  echo s
+
 template debug*(x: PSym|PType|PNode) {.deprecated.} =
   when compiles(c.config):
     debug(c.config, x)
@@ -65,9 +74,21 @@ template mdbg*: bool {.deprecated.} =
   else:
     error()
 
+# --------------------------- ident tables ----------------------------------
+proc idTableGet*(t: TIdTable, key: PIdObj): RootRef
+proc idTableGet*(t: TIdTable, key: int): RootRef
+proc idTablePut*(t: var TIdTable, key: PIdObj, val: RootRef)
+proc idTableHasObjectAsKey*(t: TIdTable, key: PIdObj): bool
+  # checks if `t` contains the `key` (compared by the pointer value, not only
+  # `key`'s id)
+proc idNodeTableGet*(t: TIdNodeTable, key: PIdObj): PNode
+proc idNodeTablePut*(t: var TIdNodeTable, key: PIdObj, val: PNode)
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 proc lookupInRecord*(n: PNode, field: PIdent): PSym
+proc mustRehash*(length, counter: int): bool
+proc nextTry*(h, maxHash: Hash): Hash {.inline.}
 
 # ------------- table[int, int] ---------------------------------------------
 const
@@ -83,7 +104,7 @@ type
     data*: TIIPairSeq
 
 
-proc initIITable*(x: var TIITable)
+proc initIiTable*(x: var TIITable)
 proc iiTableGet*(t: TIITable, key: int): int
 proc iiTablePut*(t: var TIITable, key, val: int)
 
@@ -171,7 +192,6 @@ proc getSymFromList*(list: PNode, ident: PIdent, start: int = 0): PSym =
   result = nil
 
 proc sameIgnoreBacktickGensymInfo(a, b: string): bool =
-  result = false
   if a[0] != b[0]: return false
   var alen = a.len - 1
   while alen > 0 and a[alen] != '`': dec(alen)
@@ -201,11 +221,11 @@ proc getNamedParamFromList*(list: PNode, ident: PIdent): PSym =
   ## Named parameters are special because a named parameter can be
   ## gensym'ed and then they have '\`<number>' suffix that we need to
   ## ignore, see compiler / evaltempl.nim, snippet:
-  ##   ```nim
+  ##
+  ## .. code-block:: nim
+  ##
   ##   result.add newIdentNode(getIdent(c.ic, x.name.s & "\`gensym" & $x.id),
   ##            if c.instLines: actual.info else: templ.info)
-  ##   ```
-  result = nil
   for i in 1..<list.len:
     let it = list[i].sym
     if it.name.id == ident.id or
@@ -214,7 +234,173 @@ proc getNamedParamFromList*(list: PNode, ident: PIdent): PSym =
 proc hashNode(p: RootRef): Hash =
   result = hash(cast[pointer](p))
 
-import std/tables
+proc mustRehash(length, counter: int): bool =
+  assert(length > counter)
+  result = (length * 2 < counter * 3) or (length - counter < 4)
+
+proc rspaces(x: int): Rope =
+  # returns x spaces
+  result = rope(spaces(x))
+
+proc toYamlChar(c: char): string =
+  case c
+  of '\0'..'\x1F', '\x7F'..'\xFF': result = "\\u" & strutils.toHex(ord(c), 4)
+  of '\'', '\"', '\\': result = '\\' & c
+  else: result = $c
+
+proc makeYamlString*(s: string): Rope =
+  # We have to split long strings into many ropes. Otherwise
+  # this could trigger InternalError(111). See the ropes module for
+  # further information.
+  const MaxLineLength = 64
+  result = nil
+  var res = "\""
+  for i in 0..<s.len:
+    if (i + 1) mod MaxLineLength == 0:
+      res.add('\"')
+      res.add("\n")
+      result.add(rope(res))
+      res = "\""              # reset
+    res.add(toYamlChar(s[i]))
+  res.add('\"')
+  result.add(rope(res))
+
+proc flagsToStr[T](flags: set[T]): Rope =
+  if flags == {}:
+    result = rope("[]")
+  else:
+    result = nil
+    for x in items(flags):
+      if result != nil: result.add(", ")
+      result.add(makeYamlString($x))
+    result = "[" & result & "]"
+
+proc lineInfoToStr(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
+  result = "[$1, $2, $3]" % [makeYamlString(toFilename(conf, info)),
+                             rope(toLinenumber(info)),
+                             rope(toColumn(info))]
+
+proc treeToYamlAux(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, marker: var IntSet,
+                   indent, maxRecDepth: int): Rope
+proc symToYamlAux(conf: ConfigRef; n: PSym, marker: var IntSet,
+                  indent, maxRecDepth: int): Rope
+proc typeToYamlAux(conf: ConfigRef; n: PType, marker: var IntSet,
+                   indent, maxRecDepth: int): Rope
+
+proc symToYamlAux(conf: ConfigRef; n: PSym, marker: var IntSet, indent: int,
+                  maxRecDepth: int): Rope =
+  if n == nil:
+    result = rope("null")
+  elif containsOrIncl(marker, n.id):
+    result = "\"$1\"" % [rope(n.name.s)]
+  else:
+    var ast = treeToYamlAux(conf, n.ast, marker, indent + 2, maxRecDepth - 1)
+                                 #rope("typ"), typeToYamlAux(conf, n.typ, marker,
+                                 #  indent + 2, maxRecDepth - 1),
+    let istr = rspaces(indent + 2)
+    result = rope("{")
+    result.addf("$N$1\"kind\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.kind)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"name\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString(n.name.s)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"typ\": $2", [istr, typeToYamlAux(conf, n.typ, marker, indent + 2, maxRecDepth - 1)])
+    if conf != nil:
+      # if we don't pass the config, we probably don't care about the line info
+      result.addf("$N$1\"info\": $2", [istr, lineInfoToStr(conf, n.info)])
+    if card(n.flags) > 0:
+      result.addf("$N$1\"flags\": $2", [istr, flagsToStr(n.flags)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"magic\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.magic)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"ast\": $2", [istr, ast])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"options\": $2", [istr, flagsToStr(n.options)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"position\": $2", [istr, rope(n.position)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"k\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.loc.k)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"storage\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.loc.storage)])
+    if card(n.loc.flags) > 0:
+      result.addf("$N$1\"flags\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.loc.flags)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"r\": $2", [istr, n.loc.r])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"lode\": $2", [istr, treeToYamlAux(conf, n.loc.lode, marker, indent + 2, maxRecDepth - 1)])
+    result.addf("$N$1}", [rspaces(indent)])
+
+proc typeToYamlAux(conf: ConfigRef; n: PType, marker: var IntSet, indent: int,
+                   maxRecDepth: int): Rope =
+  var sonsRope: Rope
+  if n == nil:
+    sonsRope = rope("null")
+  elif containsOrIncl(marker, n.id):
+    sonsRope = "\"$1 @$2\"" % [rope($n.kind), rope(
+        strutils.toHex(cast[ByteAddress](n), sizeof(n) * 2))]
+  else:
+    if n.len > 0:
+      sonsRope = rope("[")
+      for i in 0..<n.len:
+        if i > 0: sonsRope.add(",")
+        sonsRope.addf("$N$1$2", [rspaces(indent + 4), typeToYamlAux(conf, n[i],
+            marker, indent + 4, maxRecDepth - 1)])
+      sonsRope.addf("$N$1]", [rspaces(indent + 2)])
+    else:
+      sonsRope = rope("null")
+
+    let istr = rspaces(indent + 2)
+    result = rope("{")
+    result.addf("$N$1\"kind\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.kind)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"sym\": $2",  [istr, symToYamlAux(conf, n.sym, marker, indent + 2, maxRecDepth - 1)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"n\": $2",     [istr, treeToYamlAux(conf, n.n, marker, indent + 2, maxRecDepth - 1)])
+    if card(n.flags) > 0:
+      result.addf("$N$1\"flags\": $2", [istr, flagsToStr(n.flags)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"callconv\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.callConv)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"size\": $2", [istr, rope(n.size)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"align\": $2", [istr, rope(n.align)])
+    result.addf("$N$1\"sons\": $2", [istr, sonsRope])
+
+proc treeToYamlAux(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, marker: var IntSet, indent: int,
+                   maxRecDepth: int): Rope =
+  if n == nil:
+    result = rope("null")
+  else:
+    var istr = rspaces(indent + 2)
+    result = "{$N$1\"kind\": $2" % [istr, makeYamlString($n.kind)]
+    if maxRecDepth != 0:
+      if conf != nil:
+        result.addf(",$N$1\"info\": $2", [istr, lineInfoToStr(conf, n.info)])
+      case n.kind
+      of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit:
+        result.addf(",$N$1\"intVal\": $2", [istr, rope(n.intVal)])
+      of nkFloatLit, nkFloat32Lit, nkFloat64Lit:
+        result.addf(",$N$1\"floatVal\": $2",
+            [istr, rope(n.floatVal.toStrMaxPrecision)])
+      of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
+        result.addf(",$N$1\"strVal\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString(n.strVal)])
+      of nkSym:
+        result.addf(",$N$1\"sym\": $2",
+             [istr, symToYamlAux(conf, n.sym, marker, indent + 2, maxRecDepth)])
+      of nkIdent:
+        if n.ident != nil:
+          result.addf(",$N$1\"ident\": $2", [istr, makeYamlString(n.ident.s)])
+        else:
+          result.addf(",$N$1\"ident\": null", [istr])
+      else:
+        if n.len > 0:
+          result.addf(",$N$1\"sons\": [", [istr])
+          for i in 0..<n.len:
+            if i > 0: result.add(",")
+            result.addf("$N$1$2", [rspaces(indent + 4), treeToYamlAux(conf, n[i],
+                marker, indent + 4, maxRecDepth - 1)])
+          result.addf("$N$1]", [istr])
+      result.addf(",$N$1\"typ\": $2",
+           [istr, typeToYamlAux(conf, n.typ, marker, indent + 2, maxRecDepth)])
+    result.addf("$N$1}", [rspaces(indent)])
+
+proc treeToYaml(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, indent: int = 0, maxRecDepth: int = - 1): Rope =
+  var marker = initIntSet()
+  result = treeToYamlAux(conf, n, marker, indent, maxRecDepth)
+
+proc typeToYaml(conf: ConfigRef; n: PType, indent: int = 0, maxRecDepth: int = - 1): Rope =
+  var marker = initIntSet()
+  result = typeToYamlAux(conf, n, marker, indent, maxRecDepth)
+
+proc symToYaml(conf: ConfigRef; n: PSym, indent: int = 0, maxRecDepth: int = - 1): Rope =
+  var marker = initIntSet()
+  result = symToYamlAux(conf, n, marker, indent, maxRecDepth)
+
+import tables
 
 const backrefStyle = "\e[90m"
 const enumStyle = "\e[34m"
@@ -378,12 +564,14 @@ proc value(this: var DebugPrinter; value: PType) =
     this.key "n"
     this.value value.n
 
-  this.key "sons"
-  this.openBracket
-  for i, a in value.ikids:
-    if i > 0: this.comma
-    this.value a
-  this.closeBracket
+  if value.len > 0:
+    this.key "sons"
+    this.openBracket
+    for i in 0..<value.len:
+      this.value value[i]
+      if i != value.len - 1:
+        this.comma
+    this.closeBracket
 
   if value.n != nil:
     this.key "n"
@@ -452,32 +640,35 @@ proc value(this: var DebugPrinter; value: PNode) =
 
 
 proc debug(n: PSym; conf: ConfigRef) =
-  var this = DebugPrinter(
-    visited: initTable[pointer, int](),
-    renderSymType: true,
-    useColor: not defined(windows)
-  )
+  var this: DebugPrinter
+  this.visited = initTable[pointer, int]()
+  this.renderSymType = true
+  this.useColor = not defined(windows)
   this.value(n)
   echo($this.res)
 
 proc debug(n: PType; conf: ConfigRef) =
-  var this = DebugPrinter(
-    visited: initTable[pointer, int](),
-    renderSymType: true,
-    useColor: not defined(windows)
-  )
+  var this: DebugPrinter
+  this.visited = initTable[pointer, int]()
+  this.renderSymType = true
+  this.useColor = not defined(windows)
   this.value(n)
   echo($this.res)
 
 proc debug(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
-  var this = DebugPrinter(
-    visited: initTable[pointer, int](),
-    renderSymType: false,
-    useColor: not defined(windows)
-  )
+  var this: DebugPrinter
+  this.visited = initTable[pointer, int]()
+  #this.renderSymType = true
+  this.useColor = not defined(windows)
   this.value(n)
   echo($this.res)
 
+proc nextTry(h, maxHash: Hash): Hash =
+  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
@@ -525,33 +716,113 @@ 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
     h*: Hash           # current hash
-    name* {.cursor.}: PIdent
+    name*: PIdent
 
-# String tables are always initialized with non-empty, power-of-two storage,
-# and every probe is masked by `high(tab.data)`.
-{.push boundChecks: off.}
 proc nextIdentIter*(ti: var TIdentIter, tab: TStrTable): PSym =
-  # hot spots
   var h = ti.h and high(tab.data)
   var start = h
-  var p {.cursor.} = tab.data[h]
-  while p != nil:
-    if p.name.id == ti.name.id: break
+  result = tab.data[h]
+  while result != nil:
+    if result.name.id == ti.name.id: break
     h = nextTry(h, high(tab.data))
     if h == start:
-      p = nil
+      result = nil
       break
-    p = tab.data[h]
-  if p != nil:
-    result = p # increase the count
-  else:
-    result = nil
+    result = tab.data[h]
   ti.h = nextTry(h, high(tab.data))
-{.pop.}
 
 proc initIdentIter*(ti: var TIdentIter, tab: TStrTable, s: PIdent): PSym =
   ti.h = s.h
@@ -610,75 +881,124 @@ proc initTabIter*(ti: var TTabIter, tab: TStrTable): PSym =
     result = nextIter(ti, tab)
 
 iterator items*(tab: TStrTable): PSym =
-  var it: TTabIter = default(TTabIter)
+  var it: TTabIter
   var s = initTabIter(it, tab)
   while s != nil:
     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 =
+proc hasEmptySlot(data: TIdPairSeq): bool =
   for h in 0..high(data):
-    if isNil(data[h].key):
+    if data[h].key == nil:
       return true
   result = false
 
-proc idTableRawGet[T](t: TIdTable[T], key: int): int =
+proc idTableRawGet(t: TIdTable, 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:
+  while t.data[h].key != nil:
+    if t.data[h].key.id == 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))
+proc idTableHasObjectAsKey(t: TIdTable, key: PIdObj): bool =
+  var index = idTableRawGet(t, key.id)
+  if index >= 0: result = t.data[index].key == key
+  else: result = false
+
+proc idTableGet(t: TIdTable, key: PIdObj): RootRef =
+  var index = idTableRawGet(t, key.id)
   if index >= 0: result = t.data[index].val
-  else: result = default(T)
+  else: result = nil
 
-template idTableGet*[T](t: TIdTable[T], key: PType | PSym): T =
-  getOrDefault(t, key.itemId)
+proc idTableGet(t: TIdTable, key: int): RootRef =
+  var index = idTableRawGet(t, key)
+  if index >= 0: result = t.data[index].val
+  else: result = nil
 
-proc idTableRawInsert[T](data: var TIdPairSeq[T], key: ItemId, val: T) =
+iterator pairs*(t: TIdTable): tuple[key: int, value: RootRef] =
+  for i in 0..high(t.data):
+    if t.data[i].key != nil:
+      yield (t.data[i].key.id, t.data[i].val)
+
+proc idTableRawInsert(data: var TIdPairSeq, key: PIdObj, val: RootRef) =
   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 = key.id and high(data)
+  while data[h].key != nil:
+    assert(data[h].key.id != key.id)
     h = nextTry(h, high(data))
-  assert(isNil(data[h].key))
+  assert(data[h].key == nil)
   data[h].key = key
   data[h].val = val
 
-proc `[]=`*[T](t: var TIdTable[T], key: ItemId, val: T) =
+proc idTablePut(t: var TIdTable, key: PIdObj, val: RootRef) =
   var
     index: int
-    n: TIdPairSeq[T]
-  index = idTableRawGet(t, toId(key))
+    n: TIdPairSeq
+  index = idTableRawGet(t, key.id)
   if index >= 0:
-    assert(not isNil(t.data[index].key))
+    assert(t.data[index].key != nil)
     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):
+        if t.data[i].key != nil:
           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] =
+iterator idTablePairs*(t: TIdTable): tuple[key: PIdObj, val: RootRef] =
   for i in 0..high(t.data):
-    if not isNil(t.data[i].key):
-      yield (t.data[i].key, t.data[i].val)
+    if not isNil(t.data[i].key): yield (t.data[i].key, t.data[i].val)
+
+proc idNodeTableRawGet(t: TIdNodeTable, key: PIdObj): int =
+  var h: Hash
+  h = key.id and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
+  while t.data[h].key != nil:
+    if t.data[h].key.id == key.id:
+      return h
+    h = nextTry(h, high(t.data))
+  result = - 1
+
+proc idNodeTableGet(t: TIdNodeTable, key: PIdObj): PNode =
+  var index: int
+  index = idNodeTableRawGet(t, key)
+  if index >= 0: result = t.data[index].val
+  else: result = nil
+
+proc idNodeTableRawInsert(data: var TIdNodePairSeq, key: PIdObj, val: PNode) =
+  var h: Hash
+  h = key.id and high(data)
+  while data[h].key != nil:
+    assert(data[h].key.id != key.id)
+    h = nextTry(h, high(data))
+  assert(data[h].key == nil)
+  data[h].key = key
+  data[h].val = val
+
+proc idNodeTablePut(t: var TIdNodeTable, key: PIdObj, val: PNode) =
+  var index = idNodeTableRawGet(t, key)
+  if index >= 0:
+    assert(t.data[index].key != nil)
+    t.data[index].val = val
+  else:
+    if mustRehash(t.data.len, t.counter):
+      var n: TIdNodePairSeq
+      newSeq(n, t.data.len * GrowthFactor)
+      for i in 0..high(t.data):
+        if t.data[i].key != nil:
+          idNodeTableRawInsert(n, t.data[i].key, t.data[i].val)
+      swap(t.data, n)
+    idNodeTableRawInsert(t.data, key, val)
+    inc(t.counter)
+
+iterator pairs*(t: TIdNodeTable): tuple[key: PIdObj, val: PNode] =
+  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
@@ -725,8 +1045,15 @@ proc iiTablePut(t: var TIITable, key, val: int) =
     iiTableRawInsert(t.data, key, val)
     inc(t.counter)
 
+proc isAddrNode*(n: PNode): bool =
+  case n.kind
+    of nkAddr, nkHiddenAddr: true
+    of nkCallKinds:
+      if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.magic == mAddr: true
+      else: false
+    else: false
+
 proc listSymbolNames*(symbols: openArray[PSym]): string =
-  result = ""
   for sym in symbols:
     if result.len > 0:
       result.add ", "

compiler/astmsgs.nim

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import options, ast, msgs
 proc typSym*(t: PType): PSym =
   result = t.sym
   if result == nil and t.kind == tyGenericInst: # this might need to be refined
-    result = t.genericHead.sym
+    result = t[0].sym
 
 proc addDeclaredLoc*(result: var string, conf: ConfigRef; sym: PSym) =
   result.add " [$1 declared in $2]" % [sym.kind.toHumanStr, toFileLineCol(conf, sym.info)]
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ proc addDeclaredLoc*(result: var string, conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType) =
     result.add " declared in " & toFileLineCol(conf, typ.sym.info)
   result.add "]"
 
-proc addTypeNodeDeclaredLoc*(result: var string, conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType) =
-  result.add " [$1" % typ.kind.toHumanStr
-  if typ.sym != nil:
-    result.add " declared in " & toFileLineCol(conf, typ.sym.info)
-  result.add "]"
-
 proc addDeclaredLocMaybe*(result: var string, conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType) =
   if optDeclaredLocs in conf.globalOptions: addDeclaredLoc(result, conf, typ)
 

compiler/astyaml.nim

@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-# AST YAML printing
-
-import "."/[ast, lineinfos, msgs, options, rodutils]
-import std/[intsets, strutils]
-
-proc addYamlString*(res: var string; s: string) =
-  res.add "\""
-  for c in s:
-    case c
-    of '\0' .. '\x1F', '\x7F' .. '\xFF':
-      res.add("\\u" & strutils.toHex(ord(c), 4))
-    of '\"', '\\':
-      res.add '\\' & c
-    else:
-      res.add c
-
-  res.add('\"')
-
-proc makeYamlString(s: string): string =
-  result = ""
-  result.addYamlString(s)
-
-proc flagsToStr[T](flags: set[T]): string =
-  if flags == {}:
-    result = "[]"
-  else:
-    result = ""
-    for x in items(flags):
-      if result != "":
-        result.add(", ")
-      result.addYamlString($x)
-    result = "[" & result & "]"
-
-proc lineInfoToStr*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): string =
-  result = "["
-  result.addYamlString(toFilename(conf, info))
-  result.addf ", $1, $2]", toLinenumber(info), toColumn(info)
-
-proc treeToYamlAux(res: var string; conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; marker: var IntSet; nl: bool, indent, maxRecDepth: int)
-proc symToYamlAux(res: var string; conf: ConfigRef; n: PSym; marker: var IntSet; nl: bool, indent, maxRecDepth: int)
-proc typeToYamlAux(res: var string; conf: ConfigRef; n: PType; marker: var IntSet; nl: bool, indent, maxRecDepth: int)
-
-proc symToYamlAux(res: var string; conf: ConfigRef; n: PSym; marker: var IntSet; nl: bool, indent: int; maxRecDepth: int) =
-  if n == nil:
-    res.add("null")
-  elif containsOrIncl(marker, n.id):
-    res.addYamlString(n.name.s)
-  else:
-    let istr = spaces(indent * 4)
-
-    if nl:
-      res.addf("\n$1", istr)
-    res.addf("kind: $1", [makeYamlString($n.kind)])
-    res.addf("\n$1name: $2", [istr, makeYamlString(n.name.s)])
-    res.addf("\n$1typ: ", [istr])
-    res.typeToYamlAux(conf, n.typ, marker, true, indent + 1, maxRecDepth - 1)
-    if conf != nil:
-      # if we don't pass the config, we probably don't care about the line info
-      res.addf("\n$1info: $2", [istr, lineInfoToStr(conf, n.info)])
-    if card(n.flags) > 0:
-      res.addf("\n$1flags: $2", [istr, flagsToStr(n.flags)])
-    res.addf("\n$1magic: $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.magic)])
-    res.addf("\n$1ast: ", [istr])
-    res.treeToYamlAux(conf, n.ast, marker, true, indent + 1, maxRecDepth - 1)
-    res.addf("\n$1options: $2", [istr, flagsToStr(n.options)])
-    res.addf("\n$1position: $2", [istr, $n.position])
-    res.addf("\n$1k: $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.loc.k)])
-    res.addf("\n$1storage: $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.loc.storage)])
-    if card(n.loc.flags) > 0:
-      res.addf("\n$1flags: $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.loc.flags)])
-    res.addf("\n$1snippet: $2", [istr, n.loc.snippet])
-    res.addf("\n$1lode: ", [istr])
-    res.treeToYamlAux(conf, n.loc.lode, marker, true, indent + 1, maxRecDepth - 1)
-
-proc typeToYamlAux(res: var string; conf: ConfigRef; n: PType; marker: var IntSet; nl: bool, indent: int; maxRecDepth: int) =
-  if n == nil:
-    res.add("null")
-  elif containsOrIncl(marker, n.id):
-    res.addf "\"$1 @$2\"" % [$n.kind, strutils.toHex(cast[uint](n), sizeof(n) * 2)]
-  else:
-    let istr = spaces(indent * 4)
-    if nl:
-      res.addf("\n$1", istr)
-    res.addf("kind: $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.kind)])
-    res.addf("\n$1sym: ", istr)
-    res.symToYamlAux(conf, n.sym, marker, true, indent + 1, maxRecDepth - 1)
-    res.addf("\n$1n: ", istr)
-    res.treeToYamlAux(conf, n.n, marker, true, indent + 1, maxRecDepth - 1)
-    if card(n.flags) > 0:
-      res.addf("\n$1flags: $2", [istr, flagsToStr(n.flags)])
-    res.addf("\n$1callconv: $2", [istr, makeYamlString($n.callConv)])
-    res.addf("\n$1size: $2", [istr, $(n.size)])
-    res.addf("\n$1align: $2", [istr, $(n.align)])
-    if n.hasElementType:
-      res.addf("\n$1sons:", istr)
-      for a in n.kids:
-        res.addf("\n$1  - ", istr)
-        res.typeToYamlAux(conf, a, marker, false, indent + 1, maxRecDepth - 1)
-
-proc treeToYamlAux(res: var string; conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; marker: var IntSet; nl: bool, indent: int;
-                   maxRecDepth: int) =
-  if n == nil:
-    res.add("null")
-  else:
-    var istr = spaces(indent * 4)
-    if nl:
-      res.addf("\n$1", istr)
-    res.addf("kind: $1" % [makeYamlString($n.kind)])
-
-    if maxRecDepth != 0:
-      if conf != nil:
-        res.addf("\n$1info: $2", [istr, lineInfoToStr(conf, n.info)])
-      case n.kind
-      of nkCharLit .. nkUInt64Lit:
-        res.addf("\n$1intVal: $2", [istr, $(n.intVal)])
-      of nkFloatLit .. nkFloat128Lit:
-        res.addf("\n$1floatVal: $2", [istr, n.floatVal.toStrMaxPrecision])
-      of nkStrLit .. nkTripleStrLit:
-        res.addf("\n$1strVal: $2", [istr, makeYamlString(n.strVal)])
-      of nkSym:
-        res.addf("\n$1sym: ", [istr])
-        res.symToYamlAux(conf, n.sym, marker, true, indent + 1, maxRecDepth)
-      of nkIdent:
-        if n.ident != nil:
-          res.addf("\n$1ident: $2", [istr, makeYamlString(n.ident.s)])
-        else:
-          res.addf("\n$1ident: null", [istr])
-      else:
-        if n.len > 0:
-          res.addf("\n$1sons: ", [istr])
-          for i in 0 ..< n.len:
-            res.addf("\n$1  - ", [istr])
-            res.treeToYamlAux(conf, n[i], marker, false, indent + 1, maxRecDepth - 1)
-      if n.typ != nil:
-        res.addf("\n$1typ: ", [istr])
-        res.typeToYamlAux(conf, n.typ, marker, true, indent + 1, maxRecDepth)
-
-proc treeToYaml*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; indent: int = 0; maxRecDepth: int = -1): string =
-  var marker = initIntSet()
-  result = newStringOfCap(1024)
-  result.treeToYamlAux(conf, n, marker, false, indent, maxRecDepth)
-
-proc typeToYaml*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PType; indent: int = 0; maxRecDepth: int = -1): string =
-  var marker = initIntSet()
-  result = newStringOfCap(1024)
-  result.typeToYamlAux(conf, n, marker, false, indent, maxRecDepth)
-
-proc symToYaml*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PSym; indent: int = 0; maxRecDepth: int = -1): string =
-  var marker = initIntSet()
-  result = newStringOfCap(1024)
-  result.symToYamlAux(conf, n, marker, false, indent, maxRecDepth)

compiler/bitsets.nim

@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 # this unit handles Nim sets; it implements bit sets
 # the code here should be reused in the Nim standard library
 
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
 type
   ElemType = byte
   TBitSet* = seq[ElemType]    # we use byte here to avoid issues with
@@ -26,40 +23,53 @@ const
 template modElemSize(arg: untyped): untyped = arg and 7
 template divElemSize(arg: untyped): untyped = arg shr 3
 
-proc bitSetIn*(x: TBitSet, e: BiggestInt): bool =
+proc bitSetInit*(b: var TBitSet, length: int)
+proc bitSetUnion*(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet)
+proc bitSetDiff*(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet)
+proc bitSetSymDiff*(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet)
+proc bitSetIntersect*(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet)
+proc bitSetIncl*(x: var TBitSet, elem: BiggestInt)
+proc bitSetExcl*(x: var TBitSet, elem: BiggestInt)
+proc bitSetIn*(x: TBitSet, e: BiggestInt): bool
+proc bitSetEquals*(x, y: TBitSet): bool
+proc bitSetContains*(x, y: TBitSet): bool
+proc bitSetCard*(x: TBitSet): BiggestInt
+# implementation
+
+proc bitSetIn(x: TBitSet, e: BiggestInt): bool =
   result = (x[int(e.divElemSize)] and (One shl e.modElemSize)) != Zero
 
-proc bitSetIncl*(x: var TBitSet, elem: BiggestInt) =
+proc bitSetIncl(x: var TBitSet, elem: BiggestInt) =
   assert(elem >= 0)
   x[int(elem.divElemSize)] = x[int(elem.divElemSize)] or
       (One shl elem.modElemSize)
 
-proc bitSetExcl*(x: var TBitSet, elem: BiggestInt) =
+proc bitSetExcl(x: var TBitSet, elem: BiggestInt) =
   x[int(elem.divElemSize)] = x[int(elem.divElemSize)] and
       not(One shl elem.modElemSize)
 
-proc bitSetInit*(b: var TBitSet, length: int) =
+proc bitSetInit(b: var TBitSet, length: int) =
   newSeq(b, length)
 
-proc bitSetUnion*(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet) =
+proc bitSetUnion(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet) =
   for i in 0..high(x): x[i] = x[i] or y[i]
 
-proc bitSetDiff*(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet) =
+proc bitSetDiff(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet) =
   for i in 0..high(x): x[i] = x[i] and not y[i]
 
-proc bitSetSymDiff*(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet) =
+proc bitSetSymDiff(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet) =
   for i in 0..high(x): x[i] = x[i] xor y[i]
 
-proc bitSetIntersect*(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet) =
+proc bitSetIntersect(x: var TBitSet, y: TBitSet) =
   for i in 0..high(x): x[i] = x[i] and y[i]
 
-proc bitSetEquals*(x, y: TBitSet): bool =
+proc bitSetEquals(x, y: TBitSet): bool =
   for i in 0..high(x):
     if x[i] != y[i]:
       return false
   result = true
 
-proc bitSetContains*(x, y: TBitSet): bool =
+proc bitSetContains(x, y: TBitSet): bool =
   for i in 0..high(x):
     if (x[i] and not y[i]) != Zero:
       return false
@@ -86,12 +96,6 @@ const populationCount: array[uint8, uint8] = block:
 
     arr
 
-proc bitSetCard*(x: TBitSet): BiggestInt =
-  result = 0
+proc bitSetCard(x: TBitSet): BiggestInt =
   for it in x:
     result.inc int(populationCount[it])
-
-proc bitSetToWord*(s: TBitSet; size: int): BiggestUInt =
-  result = 0
-  for j in 0..<size:
-    if j < s.len: result = result or (BiggestUInt(s[j]) shl (j * 8))

compiler/btrees.nim

@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 ## BTree implementation with few features, but good enough for the
 ## Nim compiler's needs.
 
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
 const
   M = 512    # max children per B-tree node = M-1
              # (must be even and greater than 2)
@@ -38,7 +35,6 @@ template less(a, b): bool = cmp(a, b) < 0
 template eq(a, b): bool = cmp(a, b) == 0
 
 proc getOrDefault*[Key, Val](b: BTree[Key, Val], key: Key): Val =
-  result = default(Val)
   var x = b.root
   while x.isInternal:
     for j in 0..<x.entries:
@@ -69,10 +65,7 @@ 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):
-        result.vals[j] = move h.vals[Mhalf + j]
-      else:
-        shallowCopy(result.vals[j], h.vals[Mhalf + j])
+      shallowCopy(result.vals[j], h.vals[Mhalf + j])
 
 proc split[Key, Val](h: Node[Key, Val]): Node[Key, Val] =
   ## split node in half
@@ -92,10 +85,7 @@ 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):
-        h.vals[i] = move h.vals[i-1]
-      else:
-        shallowCopy(h.vals[i], h.vals[i-1])
+      shallowCopy(h.vals[i], h.vals[i-1])
     h.vals[j] = val
   else:
     var newLink: Node[Key, Val] = nil

compiler/cbuilderbase.nim

@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-import ropes, int128
-
-type
-  Snippet* = string
-  Builder* = object
-    buf*: string
-    indents*: int
-
-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

compiler/cbuilderdecls.nim

@@ -1,668 +0,0 @@
-type VarKind = enum
-  Local
-  Global
-  Threadvar
-  Const
-  AlwaysConst ## const even on C++
-
-proc addVarHeader(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind) =
-  ## adds modifiers for given var kind:
-  ## Local has no modifier
-  ## Global has `static` modifier
-  ## Const has `static NIM_CONST` modifier
-  ## AlwaysConst has `static const` modifier (NIM_CONST is no-op on C++)
-  ## Threadvar is unimplemented
-  case kind
-  of Local: discard
-  of Global:
-    builder.add("static ")
-  of Const:
-    builder.add("static NIM_CONST ")
-  of AlwaysConst:
-    builder.add("static const ")
-  of Threadvar:
-    doAssert false, "unimplemented"
-
-proc addVar(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string, typ: Snippet, initializer: Snippet = "") =
-  ## adds a variable declaration to the builder
-  builder.addVarHeader(kind)
-  builder.add(typ)
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  if initializer.len != 0:
-    builder.add(" = ")
-    builder.add(initializer)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-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
-  builder.addVarHeader(kind)
-  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(";")
-
-template addVarWithTypeAndInitializer(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string,
-                                      typeBody, initializerBody: typed) =
-  ## adds a variable declaration to the builder, with `typeBody` building the type, and
-  ## `initializerBody` building the initializer. initializer must be provided
-  builder.addVarHeader(kind)
-  typeBody
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add(" = ")
-  initializerBody
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-proc addArrayVar(builder: var Builder, kind: VarKind = Local, name: string, elementType: Snippet, len: int, initializer: Snippet = "") =
-  ## adds an array variable declaration to the builder
-  builder.addVarHeader(kind)
-  builder.add(elementType)
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add("[")
-  builder.addIntValue(len)
-  builder.add("]")
-  if initializer.len != 0:
-    builder.add(" = ")
-    builder.add(initializer)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-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`
-  builder.addVarHeader(kind)
-  builder.add(elementType)
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add("[")
-  builder.addIntValue(len)
-  builder.add("] = ")
-  body
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-template addTypedef(builder: var Builder, name: string, typeBody: typed) =
-  ## adds a typedef declaration to the builder with name `name` and type as
-  ## built in `typeBody`
-  builder.add("typedef ")
-  typeBody
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.addLineEnd(";")
-
-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) =
-  ## adds an array typedef declaration to the builder with name `name`,
-  ## length `len`, and element type as built in `typeBody`
-  builder.add("typedef ")
-  typeBody
-  builder.add(" ")
-  builder.add(name)
-  builder.add("[")
-  builder.addIntValue(len)
-  builder.addLineEnd("];")
-
-type
-  StructInitializerKind = enum
-    siOrderedStruct ## struct constructor, but without named fields on C
-    siNamedStruct ## struct constructor, with named fields i.e. C99 designated initializer
-    siArray ## array constructor
-    siWrapper ## wrapper for a single field, generates it verbatim
-
-  StructInitializer = object
-    ## context for building struct initializers, i.e. `{ field1, field2 }`
-    kind: StructInitializerKind
-      ## if true, fields will not be named, instead values are placed in order
-    needsComma: bool
-
-proc initStructInitializer(builder: var Builder, kind: StructInitializerKind): StructInitializer =
-  ## starts building a struct initializer, i.e. braced initializer list
-  result = StructInitializer(kind: kind, needsComma: false)
-  if kind != siWrapper:
-    builder.add("{")
-
-template addField(builder: var Builder, constr: var StructInitializer, name: string, valueBody: typed) =
-  ## adds a field to a struct initializer, with the value built in `valueBody`
-  if constr.needsComma:
-    assert constr.kind != siWrapper, "wrapper constructor cannot have multiple fields"
-    builder.add(", ")
-  else:
-    constr.needsComma = true
-  case constr.kind
-  of siArray, siWrapper:
-    # no name, can just add value
-    valueBody
-  of siOrderedStruct:
-    # positional init - name not used in output (empty allowed for anonymous unions)
-    valueBody
-  of siNamedStruct:
-    # designated init - empty name for anonymous unions (skips .name = prefix)
-    if name.len != 0:
-      builder.add(".")
-      builder.add(name)
-      builder.add(" = ")
-    valueBody
-
-proc finishStructInitializer(builder: var Builder, constr: StructInitializer) =
-  ## finishes building a struct initializer
-  if constr.kind != siWrapper:
-    builder.add("}")
-
-template addStructInitializer(builder: var Builder, constr: out StructInitializer, kind: StructInitializerKind, body: typed) =
-  ## builds a struct initializer, i.e. `{ field1, field2 }`
-  ## a `var StructInitializer` must be declared and passed as a parameter so
-  ## that it can be used with `addField`
-  constr = builder.initStructInitializer(kind)
-  body
-  builder.finishStructInitializer(constr)
-
-proc addField(obj: var Builder; name, typ: Snippet; isFlexArray: bool = false; initializer: Snippet = "") =
-  ## adds a field inside a struct/union type
-  obj.add('\t')
-  obj.add(typ)
-  obj.add(" ")
-  obj.add(name)
-  if isFlexArray:
-    obj.add("[SEQ_DECL_SIZE]")
-  if initializer.len != 0:
-    obj.add(initializer)
-  obj.add(";\n")
-
-proc addArrayField(obj: var Builder; name, elementType: Snippet; len: int; initializer: Snippet = "") =
-  ## adds an array field inside a struct/union type
-  obj.add('\t')
-  obj.add(elementType)
-  obj.add(" ")
-  obj.add(name)
-  obj.add("[")
-  obj.addIntValue(len)
-  obj.add("]")
-  if initializer.len != 0:
-    obj.add(initializer)
-  obj.add(";\n")
-
-proc addField(obj: var Builder; field: PSym; name, typ: Snippet; isFlexArray: bool = false; initializer: Snippet = "") =
-  ## adds an field inside a struct/union type, based on an `skField` symbol
-  obj.add('\t')
-  if field.alignment > 0:
-    obj.add("NIM_ALIGN(")
-    obj.addIntValue(field.alignment)
-    obj.add(") ")
-  obj.add(typ)
-  if sfNoalias in field.flags:
-    obj.add(" NIM_NOALIAS")
-  obj.add(" ")
-  obj.add(name)
-  if isFlexArray:
-    obj.add("[SEQ_DECL_SIZE]")
-  if field.bitsize != 0:
-    obj.add(":")
-    obj.addIntValue(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
-    bcNone, bcCppInherit, bcSupField, bcNoneRtti, bcNoneTinyRtti
-  StructBuilderInfo = object
-    ## context for building `struct` types
-    baseKind: BaseClassKind
-    named: bool
-    preFieldsLen: int
-
-proc structOrUnion(t: PType): Snippet =
-  let t = t.skipTypes({tyAlias, tySink})
-  if tfUnion in t.flags: "union"
-  else: "struct"
-
-proc startSimpleStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; name: string; baseType: Snippet): StructBuilderInfo =
-  result = StructBuilderInfo(baseKind: bcNone, named: name.len != 0)
-  obj.add("struct")
-  if result.named:
-    obj.add(" ")
-    obj.add(name)
-  if baseType.len != 0:
-    if m.compileToCpp:
-      result.baseKind = bcCppInherit
-    else:
-      result.baseKind = bcSupField
-  if result.baseKind == bcCppInherit:
-    obj.add(" : public ")
-    obj.add(baseType)
-  obj.add(" ")
-  obj.add("{\n")
-  result.preFieldsLen = obj.buf.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:
-    # no fields were added, add dummy field
-    obj.addField(name = "dummy", typ = CChar)
-  if info.named:
-    obj.add("};\n")
-  else:
-    obj.add("}")
-
-template addSimpleStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; name: string; baseType: Snippet; body: typed) =
-  ## builds a struct type not based on a Nim type with fields according to `body`,
-  ## `name` can be empty to build as a type expression and not a statement
-  let info = startSimpleStruct(obj, m, name, baseType)
-  body
-  finishSimpleStruct(obj, m, info)
-
-proc startStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; t: PType; name: string; baseType: Snippet): StructBuilderInfo =
-  result = StructBuilderInfo(baseKind: bcNone, named: name.len != 0)
-  if tfPacked in t.flags:
-    if hasAttribute in CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-      obj.add(structOrUnion(t))
-      obj.add(" __attribute__((__packed__))")
-    else:
-      obj.add("#pragma pack(push, 1)\n")
-      obj.add(structOrUnion(t))
-  else:
-    obj.add(structOrUnion(t))
-  if result.named:
-    obj.add(" ")
-    obj.add(name)
-  if t.kind == tyObject:
-    if t.baseClass == nil:
-      if lacksMTypeField(t):
-        result.baseKind = bcNone
-      elif optTinyRtti in m.config.globalOptions:
-        result.baseKind = bcNoneTinyRtti
-      else:
-        result.baseKind = bcNoneRtti
-    elif m.compileToCpp:
-      result.baseKind = bcCppInherit
-    else:
-      result.baseKind = bcSupField
-  elif baseType.len != 0:
-    if m.compileToCpp:
-      result.baseKind = bcCppInherit
-    else:
-      result.baseKind = bcSupField
-  if result.baseKind == bcCppInherit:
-    obj.add(" : public ")
-    obj.add(baseType)
-  obj.add(" ")
-  obj.add("{\n")
-  result.preFieldsLen = obj.buf.len
-  case result.baseKind
-  of bcNone:
-    # rest of the options add a field or don't need it due to inheritance,
-    # we need to add the dummy field for uncheckedarray ahead of time
-    # so that it remains trailing
-    if t.itemId notin m.g.graph.memberProcsPerType and
-        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)
-  of bcCppInherit: discard
-  of bcNoneRtti:
-    obj.addField(name = "m_type", typ = ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "TNimType")))
-  of bcNoneTinyRtti:
-    obj.addField(name = "m_type", typ = ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "TNimTypeV2")))
-  of bcSupField:
-    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
-      t.itemId notin m.g.graph.memberProcsPerType:
-    # no fields were added, add dummy field
-    obj.addField(name = "dummy", typ = CChar)
-  if info.named:
-    obj.add("};\n")
-  else:
-    obj.add("}")
-  if tfPacked in t.flags and hasAttribute notin CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-    obj.add("#pragma pack(pop)\n")
-
-template addStruct(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; typ: PType; name: string; baseType: Snippet; body: typed) =
-  ## builds a struct type directly based on `typ` with fields according to `body`,
-  ## `name` can be empty to build as a type expression and not a statement
-  let info = startStruct(obj, m, typ, name, baseType)
-  body
-  finishStruct(obj, m, typ, info)
-
-template addFieldWithStructType(obj: var Builder; m: BModule; parentTyp: PType; fieldName: string, body: typed) =
-  ## adds a field with a `struct { ... }` type, building the fields according to `body`
-  obj.add('\t')
-  if tfPacked in parentTyp.flags:
-    if hasAttribute in CC[m.config.cCompiler].props:
-      obj.add("struct __attribute__((__packed__)) {\n")
-    else:
-      obj.add("#pragma pack(push, 1)\nstruct {")
-  else:
-    obj.add("struct {\n")
-  body
-  obj.add("} ")
-  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")
-
-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

@@ -1,259 +0,0 @@
-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 & "*"
-
-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",
-    "N_SYSCALL", # this is probably not correct for all platforms,
-                 # but one can #define it to what one wants
-    "N_INLINE", "N_NOINLINE", "N_FASTCALL", "N_THISCALL", "N_CLOSURE", "N_NOCONV",
-    "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 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 & ")"
-
-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 & ")"

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/ccgliterals.nim

@@ -16,295 +16,98 @@
 ## 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.ast))
+  result = m.g.field
 
 proc detectStrVersion(m: BModule): int =
-  if m.g.config.usesSso() and
-      m.g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcYrc, gcAtomicArc, gcHooks}:
-    result = 3
-  else:
-    detectVersion(strVersion, "nimStrVersion")
+  detectVersion(strVersion, "nimStrVersion")
+
+proc detectSeqVersion(m: BModule): int =
+  detectVersion(seqVersion, "nimSeqVersion")
 
 # ----- Version 1: GC'ed strings and seqs --------------------------------
 
-proc genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m: BModule, s: string; result: var Rope) =
-  cgsym(m, "TGenericSeq")
-  let tmp = getTempName(m)
-  result.add tmp
-  var res = newBuilder("")
-  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)
-  do:
-    var strInit: StructInitializer
-    res.addStructInitializer(strInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-      res.addField(strInit, name = "Sup"):
-        var seqInit: StructInitializer
-        res.addStructInitializer(seqInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-          res.addField(seqInit, name = "len"):
-            res.addIntValue(s.len)
-          res.addField(seqInit, name = "reserved"):
-            res.add(cCast(NimInt, cOp(BitOr, NimUint, cCast(NimUint, cIntValue(s.len)), NimStrlitFlag)))
-      res.addField(strInit, name = "data"):
-        res.add(makeCString(s))
-  m.s[cfsStrData].add(extract(res))
+proc genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m: BModule, s: string): Rope =
+  discard cgsym(m, "TGenericSeq")
+  result = getTempName(m)
+  m.s[cfsData].addf("STRING_LITERAL($1, $2, $3);$n",
+       [result, makeCString(s), rope(s.len)])
 
-proc genStringLiteralV1(m: BModule; n: PNode; result: var Builder) =
+proc genStringLiteralV1(m: BModule; n: PNode): Rope =
   if s.isNil:
-    result.add(cCast(ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "NimStringDesc")), NimNil))
+    result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) NIM_NIL)", [])
   else:
     let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
-    var name: string = ""
     if id == m.labels:
       # string literal not found in the cache:
-      genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m, n.strVal, name)
+      result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) &$1)",
+                      [genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m, n.strVal)])
     else:
-      name = m.tmpBase & $id
-    result.add(cCast(ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "NimStringDesc")), cAddr(name)))
+      result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) &$1$2)",
+                      [m.tmpBase, id])
 
 # ------ Version 2: destructor based strings and seqs -----------------------
 
 proc genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m: BModule, s: string; result: Rope; isConst: bool) =
-  var res = newBuilder("")
-  res.addVarWithTypeAndInitializer(
-      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)
-  do:
-    var structInit: StructInitializer
-    res.addStructInitializer(structInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-      res.addField(structInit, name = "cap"):
-        res.add(cOp(BitOr, NimInt, cIntValue(s.len), NimStrlitFlag))
-      res.addField(structInit, name = "data"):
-        res.add(makeCString(s))
-  m.s[cfsStrData].add(extract(res))
+  m.s[cfsData].addf("static $4 struct {$n" &
+       "  NI cap; NIM_CHAR data[$2+1];$n" &
+       "} $1 = { $2 | NIM_STRLIT_FLAG, $3 };$n",
+       [result, rope(s.len), makeCString(s),
+       rope(if isConst: "const" else: "")])
 
-proc genStringLiteralV2(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Builder) =
+proc genStringLiteralV2(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool): Rope =
   let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
-  var litName: string
   if id == m.labels:
-    cgsym(m, "NimStrPayload")
-    cgsym(m, "NimStringV2")
+    let pureLit = getTempName(m)
+    genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m, n.strVal, pureLit, isConst)
+    result = getTempName(m)
+    discard cgsym(m, "NimStrPayload")
+    discard cgsym(m, "NimStringV2")
     # string literal not found in the cache:
-    litName = getTempName(m)
-    genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m, n.strVal, litName, isConst)
+    m.s[cfsData].addf("static $4 NimStringV2 $1 = {$2, (NimStrPayload*)&$3};$n",
+          [result, rope(n.strVal.len), pureLit, rope(if isConst: "const" else: "")])
   else:
-    litName = m.tmpBase & $id
-  let tmp = getTempName(m)
-  result.add tmp
-  var res = newBuilder("")
-  res.addVarWithInitializer(
-      if isConst: AlwaysConst else: Global,
-      name = tmp,
-      typ = "NimStringV2"):
-    var strInit: StructInitializer
-    res.addStructInitializer(strInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-      res.addField(strInit, name = "len"):
-        res.addIntValue(n.strVal.len)
-      res.addField(strInit, name = "p"):
-        res.add(cCast(ptrType("NimStrPayload"), cAddr(litName)))
-  m.s[cfsStrData].add(extract(res))
+    result = getTempName(m)
+    m.s[cfsData].addf("static $4 NimStringV2 $1 = {$2, (NimStrPayload*)&$3};$n",
+          [result, rope(n.strVal.len), m.tmpBase & rope(id),
+          rope(if isConst: "const" else: "")])
 
-proc genStringLiteralV2Const(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Builder) =
+proc genStringLiteralV2Const(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool): Rope =
   let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
   var pureLit: Rope
   if id == m.labels:
     pureLit = getTempName(m)
-    cgsym(m, "NimStrPayload")
-    cgsym(m, "NimStringV2")
+    discard cgsym(m, "NimStrPayload")
+    discard cgsym(m, "NimStringV2")
     # string literal not found in the cache:
     genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m, n.strVal, pureLit, isConst)
   else:
     pureLit = m.tmpBase & rope(id)
-  var strInit: StructInitializer
-  result.addStructInitializer(strInit, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-    result.addField(strInit, name = "len"):
-      result.addIntValue(n.strVal.len)
-    result.addField(strInit, name = "p"):
-      result.add(cCast(ptrType("NimStrPayload"), cAddr(pureLit)))
-
-proc ssoBytesLit(m: BModule; s: string; slen: int): string =
-  ## Compute the `bytes` field value for the new SmallString layout.
-  ## byte 0 = slen, bytes 1-7 = inline chars 0-6 (zero-padded).
-  ## On LE: slen in bits 0-7, char[i] in bits (i+1)*8..(i+1)*8+7.
-  ## On BE: slen in bits 56-63, char[i] in bits (6-i)*8..(6-i)*8+7.
-  const AlwaysAvail = 7
-  var val: uint64
-  if CPU[m.g.config.target.targetCPU].endian == littleEndian:
-    val = uint64(slen)
-    for i in 0..<min(s.len, AlwaysAvail):
-      val = val or (uint64(s[i]) shl (uint(i + 1) * 8))
-  else:
-    val = uint64(slen) shl 56
-    for i in 0..<min(s.len, AlwaysAvail):
-      val = val or (uint64(s[i]) shl (uint(AlwaysAvail - 1 - i) * 8))
-  # Cast to NU (C name for Nim's uint, = NU64 on 64-bit). NU64 = uint64_t.
-  result = cCast("NU", $val & "ULL")
-
-proc ssoMoreLit(m: BModule; s: string): string =
-  ## For medium string literals (AlwaysAvail < len <= PayloadSize), encode
-  ## chars[AlwaysAvail..ptrSize-1] in the 'more' pointer field bit-pattern.
-  ## The last pointer byte is always '\0' (null terminator), guaranteed by
-  ## PayloadSize = AlwaysAvail + ptrSize - 1.  slen <= PayloadSize guards
-  ## prevent any code from dereferencing this as an actual pointer.
-  const AlwaysAvail = 7
-  let ptrSize = m.g.config.target.ptrSize
-  var val: uint64 = 0
-  for i in 0..<ptrSize:
-    let ch: uint64 = if AlwaysAvail + i < s.len: uint64(s[AlwaysAvail + i]) else: 0
-    if CPU[m.g.config.target.targetCPU].endian == littleEndian:
-      val = val or (ch shl (uint(i) * 8))
-    else:
-      val = val or (ch shl (uint(ptrSize - 1 - i) * 8))
-  result = cCast(ptrType("LongString"), "(uintptr_t)" & $val)
-
-proc genStringLiteralV3Const(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Builder) =
-  # Inline SmallString struct initializer for use inside const aggregate types.
-  # Layout: {bytes: NimUint, more: ptr LongString}
-  # bytes = slen (low byte) | char[0]<<8 | char[1]<<16 | ... | char[6]<<56
-  const AlwaysAvail = 7
-  let s = n.strVal
-
-  cgsym(m, "SmallString")
-  cgsym(m, "LongString")
-
-  let payloadSize = AlwaysAvail + m.g.config.target.ptrSize - 1
-  var si: StructInitializer
-  result.addStructInitializer(si, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-    if s.len <= AlwaysAvail:
-      result.addField(si, name = "bytes"):
-        result.add(ssoBytesLit(m, s, s.len))
-      result.addField(si, name = "more"):
-        result.add(NimNil)
-    elif s.len <= payloadSize:
-      # Medium string: bytes holds slen + chars 0-6; more holds chars 7..PayloadSize-1.
-      result.addField(si, name = "bytes"):
-        result.add(ssoBytesLit(m, s, s.len))
-      result.addField(si, name = "more"):
-        result.add(ssoMoreLit(m, s))
-    else:
-      # Emit the LongString block into cfsStrData and reference it inline.
-      let dataName = getTempName(m)
-      var res = newBuilder("")
-      res.addVarWithTypeAndInitializer(
-          if isConst: AlwaysConst else: Global,
-          name = dataName):
-        res.addSimpleStruct(m, name = "", baseType = ""):
-          res.addField(name = "rc", typ = NimInt)
-          res.addField(name = "fullLen", typ = NimInt)
-          res.addField(name = "capImpl", typ = NimInt)
-          res.addArrayField(name = "data", elementType = NimChar, len = s.len + 1)
-      do:
-        var di: StructInitializer
-        res.addStructInitializer(di, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-          res.addField(di, name = "fullLen"):
-            res.addIntValue(s.len)
-          res.addField(di, name = "rc"):
-            res.addIntValue(1)
-          res.addField(di, name = "capImpl"):
-            res.addIntValue(0)  # static, never freed
-          res.addField(di, name = "data"):
-            res.add(makeCString(s))
-      m.s[cfsStrData].add(extract(res))
-      # slen = StaticSlen (254): marks this as a static (never-freed) long string.
-      result.addField(si, name = "bytes"):
-        result.add(ssoBytesLit(m, s, 254))
-      result.addField(si, name = "more"):
-        result.add(cCast(ptrType("LongString"), cAddr(dataName)))
-
-# ------ Version 3: SmallString (SSO) strings --------------------------------
-
-proc genStringLiteralV3(m: BModule; n: PNode; isConst: bool; result: var Builder) =
-  # SmallString literal. Always generate a fresh SmallString variable (like v2
-  # always generates a fresh outer NimStringV2). For long strings, cache the
-  # LongString payload to avoid duplicates within a module.
-  const AlwaysAvail = 7  # must match strs_v3.nim
-  let s = n.strVal
-  let tmp = getTempName(m)
-  result.add tmp
-
-  cgsym(m, "SmallString")
-  cgsym(m, "LongString")
-
-  let payloadSize = AlwaysAvail + m.g.config.target.ptrSize - 1
-  var res = newBuilder("")
-  if s.len <= AlwaysAvail:
-    # Short: bytes holds slen + all chars (zero-padded), more = NULL.
-    res.addVarWithInitializer(
-        if isConst: AlwaysConst else: Global,
-        name = tmp, typ = "SmallString"):
-      var si: StructInitializer
-      res.addStructInitializer(si, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-        res.addField(si, name = "bytes"):
-          res.add(ssoBytesLit(m, s, s.len))
-        res.addField(si, name = "more"):
-          res.add(NimNil)
-  elif s.len <= payloadSize:
-    # Medium: bytes holds slen + chars 0-6; more holds chars 7..PayloadSize-1 as raw bits.
-    res.addVarWithInitializer(
-        if isConst: AlwaysConst else: Global,
-        name = tmp, typ = "SmallString"):
-      var si: StructInitializer
-      res.addStructInitializer(si, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-        res.addField(si, name = "bytes"):
-          res.add(ssoBytesLit(m, s, s.len))
-        res.addField(si, name = "more"):
-          res.add(ssoMoreLit(m, s))
-  else:
-    # Long: cache the LongString block to emit it only once per module per string.
-    # Always generate a fresh SmallString pointing at the (possibly cached) block.
-    let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
-    var dataName: string
-    if id == m.labels:
-      dataName = getTempName(m)
-      res.addVarWithTypeAndInitializer(
-          if isConst: AlwaysConst else: Global,
-          name = dataName):
-        res.addSimpleStruct(m, name = "", baseType = ""):
-          res.addField(name = "rc", typ = NimInt)
-          res.addField(name = "fullLen", typ = NimInt)
-          res.addField(name = "capImpl", typ = NimInt)
-          res.addArrayField(name = "data", elementType = NimChar, len = s.len + 1)
-      do:
-        var di: StructInitializer
-        res.addStructInitializer(di, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-          res.addField(di, name = "fullLen"):
-            res.addIntValue(s.len)
-          res.addField(di, name = "rc"):
-            res.addIntValue(1)
-          res.addField(di, name = "capImpl"):
-            res.addIntValue(0)  # bit 0 = 0: static, never freed
-          res.addField(di, name = "data"):
-            res.add(makeCString(s))
-    else:
-      dataName = m.tmpBase & $id
-    # slen = StaticSlen (254): marks this as a static (never-freed) long string.
-    res.addVarWithInitializer(
-        if isConst: AlwaysConst else: Global,
-        name = tmp, typ = "SmallString"):
-      var si: StructInitializer
-      res.addStructInitializer(si, kind = siOrderedStruct):
-        res.addField(si, name = "bytes"):
-          res.add(ssoBytesLit(m, s, 254))
-        res.addField(si, name = "more"):
-          res.add(cCast(ptrType("LongString"), cAddr(dataName)))
-  m.s[cfsStrData].add(extract(res))
+  result = "{$1, (NimStrPayload*)&$2}" % [rope(n.strVal.len), pureLit]
 
 # ------ Version selector ---------------------------------------------------
 
-proc genNilStringLiteral(m: BModule; info: TLineInfo; result: var Builder) =
-  result.add(cCast(ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "NimStringDesc")), NimNil))
-
-proc genStringLiteral(m: BModule; n: PNode; result: var Builder) =
+proc genStringLiteralDataOnly(m: BModule; s: string; info: TLineInfo;
+                              isConst: bool): Rope =
   case detectStrVersion(m)
-  of 0, 1: genStringLiteralV1(m, n, result)
-  of 2: genStringLiteralV2(m, n, isConst = true, result)
-  of 3: genStringLiteralV3(m, n, isConst = true, result)
+  of 0, 1: result = genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m, s)
+  of 2:
+    result = getTempName(m)
+    genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m, s, result, isConst)
+  else:
+    localError(m.config, info, "cannot determine how to produce code for string literal")
+
+proc genNilStringLiteral(m: BModule; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
+  result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) NIM_NIL)", [])
+
+proc genStringLiteral(m: BModule; n: PNode): Rope =
+  case detectStrVersion(m)
+  of 0, 1: result = genStringLiteralV1(m, n)
+  of 2: result = genStringLiteralV2(m, n, isConst = true)
   else:
     localError(m.config, n.info, "cannot determine how to produce code for string literal")

compiler/ccgmerge_unused.nim

@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ import
 
 const
   CFileSectionNames: array[TCFileSection, string] = [
+    cfsMergeInfo: "",
     cfsHeaders: "NIM_merge_HEADERS",
     cfsFrameDefines: "NIM_merge_FRAME_DEFINES",
     cfsForwardTypes: "NIM_merge_FORWARD_TYPES",
     cfsTypes: "NIM_merge_TYPES",
     cfsSeqTypes: "NIM_merge_SEQ_TYPES",
+    cfsFieldInfo: "NIM_merge_FIELD_INFO",
     cfsTypeInfo: "NIM_merge_TYPE_INFO",
     cfsProcHeaders: "NIM_merge_PROC_HEADERS",
     cfsData: "NIM_merge_DATA",
@@ -32,8 +34,11 @@ const
     cfsInitProc: "NIM_merge_INIT_PROC",
     cfsDatInitProc: "NIM_merge_DATINIT_PROC",
     cfsTypeInit1: "NIM_merge_TYPE_INIT1",
+    cfsTypeInit2: "NIM_merge_TYPE_INIT2",
     cfsTypeInit3: "NIM_merge_TYPE_INIT3",
-    cfsDynLibInit: "NIM_merge_DYNLIB_INIT"
+    cfsDebugInit: "NIM_merge_DEBUG_INIT",
+    cfsDynLibInit: "NIM_merge_DYNLIB_INIT",
+    cfsDynLibDeinit: "NIM_merge_DYNLIB_DEINIT",
   ]
   CProcSectionNames: array[TCProcSection, string] = [
     cpsLocals: "NIM_merge_PROC_LOCALS",

compiler/ccgreset.nim

@@ -24,31 +24,28 @@ proc specializeResetN(p: BProc, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
   of nkRecCase:
     if (n[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(p.config, n.info, "specializeResetN")
     let disc = n[0].sym
-    if disc.loc.snippet == "": fillObjectFields(p.module, typ)
+    if disc.loc.r == nil: 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.r])
+    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.r], 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.r == nil: 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.r], field.loc.t)
   else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "specializeResetN()")
 
 proc specializeResetT(p: BProc, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
@@ -57,79 +54,53 @@ proc specializeResetT(p: BProc, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   case typ.kind
   of tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyDistinct, tyInferred,
      tySink, tyOwned:
-    specializeResetT(p, accessor, skipModifier(typ))
+    specializeResetT(p, accessor, lastSon(typ))
   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)
+    let arraySize = lengthOrd(p.config, typ[0])
+    var i: TLoc
+    getTemp(p, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo, tyInt), i)
+    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = 0; $1 < $2; $1++) {$n",
+            [i.r, arraySize])
+    specializeResetT(p, ropecg(p.module, "$1[$2]", [accessor, i.r]), typ[1])
+    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$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 isCaseObj(typ.n):
-          # The active branch was released above. Clear the complete object so
-          # stale bytes from overlapping branches cannot be traced by the GC.
-          # type
-          #   Foo = object
-          #     case kind: bool
-          #     of true:
-          #       a: ref Bar   # 8 bytes (pointer)
-          #     of false:
-          #       b: int       # 4 bytes
-          # specializeResetT for b emits accessor.b = 0 — writes 4 bytes
-          # But the union is 8 bytes wide (sized by the largest branch)
-          # The remaining 4 bytes where a used to live are untouched
-          # Those stale bytes could contain a heap pointer the GC traces → crash
-          p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimZeroMem"),
-            cCast(CPointer, cAddr(accessor)),
-            cSizeof(getTypeDesc(p.module, typ)))
+    for i in 0..<typ.len:
+      var x = typ[i]
+      if x != nil: x = x.skipTypes(skipPtrs)
+      specializeResetT(p, accessor.parentObj(p.module), x)
+    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)
+    for i in 0..<typ.len:
+      specializeResetT(p, ropecg(p.module, "$1.Field$2", [accessor, i]), typ[i])
 
   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)
-  of tyChar, tyBool, tyEnum, tyRange, tyInt..tyUInt64:
-    p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(accessor, cIntValue(0))
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = NIM_NIL;$n", [accessor])
+  of tyChar, tyBool, tyEnum, tyInt..tyUInt64:
+    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,
-      tyGenericParam, tyOrdinal, tyOpenArray, tyForward, tyVarargs,
-      tyUncheckedArray, tyError, tyBuiltInTypeClass, tyUserTypeClass,
+      doAssert false, "unexpected set type kind"
+  of {tyNone, tyEmpty, tyNil, tyUntyped, tyTyped, tyGenericInvocation,
+      tyGenericParam, tyOrdinal, tyRange, tyOpenArray, tyForward, tyVarargs,
+      tyUncheckedArray, tyProxy, tyBuiltInTypeClass, tyUserTypeClass,
       tyUserTypeClassInst, tyCompositeTypeClass, tyAnd, tyOr, tyNot,
-      tyAnything, tyStatic, tyFromExpr, tyConcept, tyVoid, tyIterable:
+      tyAnything, tyStatic, tyFromExpr, tyConcept, tyVoid, tyIterable}:
     discard
 
 proc specializeReset(p: BProc, a: TLoc) =

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):
@@ -33,51 +30,30 @@ 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.r])
   else:
-    let vis =
-      if isExtern: Extern
-      elif lfExportLib in s.loc.flags: ExportLibVar
-      else: Private
-    if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC and vis == Private and not isExtern:
-      # A `{.threadvar.}`/`{.global.}` thread-local declared inside a routine is
-      # emitted by every module that emit-everywhere's its enclosing routine
-      # (e.g. libp2p's `var keys {.global.}: HashSet`), so its content-addressed
-      # name collides at link. Same fix as a plain global (genGlobalVarDecl):
-      # `extern` declaration + a droppable `'d'` definition unit the merge stage
-      # assigns one owner. The thread-local storage class rides on both.
-      let cname = stripCnifMarks(s.loc.snippet)
-      let td = getTypeDesc(m, s.loc.t)
-      # `extern` declaration via the full `addVar` overload — it knows the
-      # thread-local storage class (`NIM_THREADVAR`); the simple `addVar`'s
-      # `addVarHeader` does not implement `Threadvar`.
-      m.s[cfsVars].addVar(m, s, name = s.loc.snippet, typ = td,
-                          kind = Threadvar, visibility = Extern)
-      m.s[cfsVars].add(cnifDefDirective(cname, "d", icNifName(m, s)))
-      m.s[cfsVars].addVar(m, s,
-        name = s.loc.snippet, typ = td, kind = Threadvar, visibility = vis)
-      m.s[cfsVars].add(cnifEndDefs())
-    else:
-      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.r])
 
 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 != nil 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))
+    m.s[cfsSeqTypes].addf("typedef struct {$1} NimThreadVars;$n", [m.g.nimtv])
 
 proc generateThreadVarsSize(m: BModule) =
-  if m.g.nimtv.buf.len != 0:
+  if m.g.nimtv != nil:
     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

@@ -16,15 +16,12 @@ 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 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 genCaseRange(p: BProc, branch: PNode)
+proc getTemp(p: BProc, t: PType, result: var TLoc; needsInit=false)
 
 proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
                      typ: PType) =
@@ -37,35 +34,32 @@ proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
     if (n[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(c.p.config, n.info, "genTraverseProc")
     var p = c.p
     let disc = n[0].sym
-    if disc.loc.snippet == "": fillObjectFields(c.p.module, typ)
+    if disc.loc.r == nil: 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.r])
+    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.r == nil: 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.r], 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
 
@@ -77,156 +71,126 @@ proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   case typ.kind
   of tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyDistinct, tyInferred,
      tySink, tyOwned:
-    genTraverseProc(c, accessor, skipModifier(typ))
+    genTraverseProc(c, accessor, lastSon(typ))
   of tyArray:
-    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:
+    let arraySize = lengthOrd(c.p.config, typ[0])
+    var i: TLoc
+    getTemp(p, getSysType(c.p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo, tyInt), i)
+    let oldCode = p.s(cpsStmts)
+    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = 0; $1 < $2; $1++) {$n",
+            [i.r, arraySize])
+    let oldLen = p.s(cpsStmts).len
+    genTraverseProc(c, ropecg(c.p.module, "$1[$2]", [accessor, i.r]), typ[1])
+    if p.s(cpsStmts).len == oldLen:
       # do not emit dummy long loops for faster debug builds:
       p.s(cpsStmts) = oldCode
+    else:
+      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
   of tyObject:
-    var x = typ.baseClass
-    if x != nil: x = x.skipTypes(skipPtrs)
-    genTraverseProc(c, accessor.parentObj(c.p.module), x)
+    for i in 0..<typ.len:
+      var x = typ[i]
+      if x != nil: x = x.skipTypes(skipPtrs)
+      genTraverseProc(c, accessor.parentObj(c.p.module), x)
     if typ.n != nil: genTraverseProc(c, accessor, typ.n, typ)
   of tyTuple:
     let typ = getUniqueType(typ)
-    for i, a in typ.ikids:
-      genTraverseProc(c, dotField(accessor, "Field" & $i), a)
+    for i in 0..<typ.len:
+      genTraverseProc(c, ropecg(c.p.module, "$1.Field$2", [accessor, i]), typ[i])
   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)
-    elif containsGarbageCollectedRef(typ.elementType):
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, visitorFrmt, [accessor, c.visitorFrmt])
+    elif containsGarbageCollectedRef(typ.lastSon):
       # 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
 
 proc genTraverseProcSeq(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   var p = c.p
   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
-  var a = TLoc(snippet: accessor)
-  let le = lenExpr(c.p, a)
+  var i: TLoc
+  getTemp(p, getSysType(c.p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo, tyInt), i)
+  let oldCode = p.s(cpsStmts)
+  var a: TLoc
+  a.r = accessor
 
-  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.r, lenExpr(c.p, a)])
+  let oldLen = p.s(cpsStmts).len
+  genTraverseProc(c, "$1$3[$2]" % [accessor, i.r, dataField(c.p)], typ[0])
+  if p.s(cpsStmts).len == oldLen:
     # do not emit dummy long loops for faster debug builds:
     p.s(cpsStmts) = oldCode
+  else:
+    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
 
 proc genTraverseProc(m: BModule, origTyp: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
+  var c: TTraversalClosure
   var p = newProc(nil, m)
   result = "Marker_" & getTypeName(m, origTyp, sig)
   let
     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"
-    )
+  c.p = p
+  c.visitorFrmt = "op" # "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, op);$n"
 
   assert typ.kind != tyTypeDesc
   if typ.kind == tySequence:
     genTraverseProcSeq(c, "a".rope, typ)
   else:
-    if skipTypes(typ.elementType, typedescInst+{tyOwned}).kind == tyArray:
+    if skipTypes(typ[0], typedescInst+{tyOwned}).kind == tyArray:
       # C's arrays are broken beyond repair:
-      genTraverseProc(c, "a".rope, typ.elementType)
+      genTraverseProc(c, "a".rope, typ[0])
     else:
-      genTraverseProc(c, cDeref("a"), typ.elementType)
+      genTraverseProc(c, "(*a)".rope, typ[0])
 
-  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)
 
+  var c: TTraversalClosure
   var p = newProc(nil, m)
   var sLoc = rdLoc(s.loc)
   result = getTempName(m)
 
   if sfThread in s.flags and emulatedThreadVars(m.config):
     accessThreadLocalVar(p, s)
-    sLoc = derefField("NimTV_", sLoc)
-
-  var c = TTraversalClosure(p: p,
-    visitorFrmt: cIntValue(0) # "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, 0);$n"
-  )
+    sLoc = "NimTV_->" & sLoc
 
+  c.visitorFrmt = "0" # "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, 0);$n"
+  c.p = p
+  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

@@ -10,27 +10,19 @@
 # This module declares some helpers for the C code generator.
 
 import
-  ast, types, msgs, wordrecg,
-  platform, trees, options, cgendata, mangleutils, renderer, modulegraphs
-
-import std/[hashes, strutils, formatfloat]
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
+  ast, types, hashes, strutils, msgs, wordrecg,
+  platform, trees, options, cgendata
 
 proc getPragmaStmt*(n: PNode, w: TSpecialWord): PNode =
   case n.kind
   of nkStmtList:
-    result = nil
     for i in 0..<n.len:
       result = getPragmaStmt(n[i], w)
       if result != nil: break
   of nkPragma:
-    result = nil
     for i in 0..<n.len:
       if whichPragma(n[i]) == w: return n[i]
-  else:
-    result = nil
+  else: discard
 
 proc stmtsContainPragma*(n: PNode, w: TSpecialWord): bool =
   result = getPragmaStmt(n, w) != nil
@@ -58,7 +50,7 @@ proc hashString*(conf: ConfigRef; s: string): BiggestInt =
     a = a + (a shl 3)
     a = a xor (a shr 11)
     a = a + (a shl 15)
-    result = cast[Hash](uint(a))
+    result = cast[Hash](a)
 
 template getUniqueType*(key: PType): PType = key
 
@@ -68,6 +60,53 @@ proc makeSingleLineCString*(s: string): string =
     c.toCChar(result)
   result.add('\"')
 
+proc mangle*(name: string): string =
+  result = newStringOfCap(name.len)
+  var start = 0
+  if name[0] in Digits:
+    result.add("X" & name[0])
+    start = 1
+  var requiresUnderscore = false
+  template special(x) =
+    result.add x
+    requiresUnderscore = true
+  for i in start..<name.len:
+    let c = name[i]
+    case c
+    of 'a'..'z', '0'..'9', 'A'..'Z':
+      result.add(c)
+    of '_':
+      # we generate names like 'foo_9' for scope disambiguations and so
+      # disallow this here:
+      if i > 0 and i < name.len-1 and name[i+1] in Digits:
+        discard
+      else:
+        result.add(c)
+    of '$': special "dollar"
+    of '%': special "percent"
+    of '&': special "amp"
+    of '^': special "roof"
+    of '!': special "emark"
+    of '?': special "qmark"
+    of '*': special "star"
+    of '+': special "plus"
+    of '-': special "minus"
+    of '/': special "slash"
+    of '\\': special "backslash"
+    of '=': special "eq"
+    of '<': special "lt"
+    of '>': special "gt"
+    of '~': special "tilde"
+    of ':': special "colon"
+    of '.': special "dot"
+    of '@': special "at"
+    of '|': special "bar"
+    else:
+      result.add("X" & toHex(ord(c), 2))
+      requiresUnderscore = true
+  if requiresUnderscore:
+    result.add "_"
+
 proc mapSetType(conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType): TCTypeKind =
   case int(getSize(conf, typ))
   of 1: result = ctInt8
@@ -80,10 +119,7 @@ proc ccgIntroducedPtr*(conf: ConfigRef; s: PSym, retType: PType): bool =
   var pt = skipTypes(s.typ, typedescInst)
   assert skResult != s.kind
 
-  #note precedence: params override types
-  if optByRef in s.options: return true
-  elif sfByCopy in s.flags: return false
-  elif tfByRef in pt.flags: return true
+  if tfByRef in pt.flags: return true
   elif tfByCopy in pt.flags: return false
   case pt.kind
   of tyObject:
@@ -106,91 +142,3 @@ proc ccgIntroducedPtr*(conf: ConfigRef; s: PSym, retType: PType): bool =
     result = not (pt.kind in {tyVar, tyArray, tyOpenArray, tyVarargs, tyRef, tyPtr, tyPointer} or
       pt.kind == tySet and mapSetType(conf, pt) == ctArray)
 
-proc encodeName*(name: string): string =
-  result = mangle(name)
-  result = $result.len & result
-
-proc makeUnique(m: BModule; s: PSym, name: string = ""): string =
-  result = if name == "": s.name.s else: name
-  # keep backend-minted ids out of the `_u` namespace; their item counter
-  # restarts at 0 and would collide with loaded symbols' ids
-  if s.itemId.isBackendMinted:
-    result.add "_c"
-    if (s.disamb and HookDisambBit) != 0'i32:
-      # A backend-minted sym whose `disamb` is content-derived (setHookDisamb gave
-      # it HookDisambBit) — e.g. the `rttiDestroy` wrapper. Its `itemId.item` is a
-      # PER-PROCESS backend counter, so using it makes the C name diverge across
-      # the emit-everywhere processes: the type's RTTI table (emit-everywhere,
-      # merge-deduped) ends up referencing one process's `_c<item>` while the
-      # wrapper is defined with another's -> undefined at link (`rttiDestroy_c23`).
-      # The content-derived disamb is stable across processes, so use it.
-      result.add $s.disamb
-    else:
-      result.add $s.itemId.item
-  else:
-    result.add "_u"
-    # Mirror `mangleProcNameExt`: use the per-(module,name) `disamb`, NOT
-    # `itemId.item`. Under the per-module IC backend the same symbol is loaded
-    # from a NIF in many processes and `itemId.item` is a fresh, load-order
-    # dependent counter — so a method base would mangle to `_u1` in one module,
-    # `_u3` in another and clean at its owner, none of which link. `disamb` is
-    # assigned deterministically per (module, name) and is serialized, so every
-    # process that touches the symbol derives the identical C name.
-    result.add $s.disamb
-  # module suffix LAST (a strippable trailing token; see `mangleProcNameExt`)
-  result.add "__"
-  result.add m.g.graph.ifaces[s.itemId.module].uniqueName
-
-proc encodeSym*(m: BModule; s: PSym; makeUnique: bool = false; extra: string = ""): string =
-  #Module::Type
-  var name = s.name.s & extra
-  if makeUnique:
-    name = makeUnique(m, s, name)
-  "N" & encodeName(s.skipGenericOwner.name.s) & encodeName(name) & "E"
-
-proc encodeType*(m: BModule; t: PType; staticLists: var string): string =
-  result = ""
-  var kindName = ($t.kind)[2..^1]
-  kindName[0] = toLower($kindName[0])[0]
-  case t.kind
-  of tyObject, tyEnum, tyDistinct, tyUserTypeClass, tyGenericParam:
-    result = encodeSym(m, t.sym)
-  of tyGenericInst, tyUserTypeClassInst, tyGenericBody:
-    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 "E"
-  of tySequence, tyOpenArray, tyArray, tyVarargs, tyTuple, tyProc, tySet, tyTypeDesc,
-    tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent, tySink, tyUncheckedArray, tyOr, tyAnd, tyBuiltInTypeClass:
-    result =
-      case t.kind:
-      of tySequence: encodeName("seq")
-      else: encodeName(kindName)
-    result.add "I"
-    for i in 0..<t.len:
-      let s = t[i]
-      if s.isNil: continue
-      result.add encodeType(m, s, staticLists)
-    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}:
-      val.addFloat t.n[0].floatVal
-      val.add "_"
-      val.addFloat t.n[1].floatVal
-    else:
-      val.add $t.n[0].intVal & "_" & $t.n[1].intVal
-    result = encodeName(val)
-  of tyString..tyUInt64, tyPointer, tyBool, tyChar, tyVoid, tyAnything, tyNil, tyEmpty:
-    result = encodeName(kindName)
-  of tyAlias, tyInferred, tyOwned:
-    result = encodeType(m, t.elementType, staticLists)
-  else:
-    assert false, "encodeType " & $t.kind
-

compiler/cgendata.nim

@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@
 ## This module contains the data structures for the C code generation phase.
 
 import
-  ast, ropes, options,
-  lineinfos, pathutils, modulegraphs, cbuilderbase
-
-import std/[intsets, tables, sets]
+  ast, ropes, options, intsets,
+  tables, ndi, lineinfos, pathutils, modulegraphs, sets
 
 type
   TLabel* = Rope              # for the C generator a label is just a rope
   TCFileSection* = enum       # the sections a generated C file consists of
+    cfsMergeInfo,             # section containing merge information
     cfsHeaders,               # section for C include file headers
     cfsFrameDefines           # section for nim frame macros
     cfsForwardTypes,          # section for C forward typedefs
@@ -25,17 +24,21 @@ type
     cfsSeqTypes,              # section for sequence types only
                               # this is needed for strange type generation
                               # reasons
+    cfsFieldInfo,             # section for field information
     cfsTypeInfo,              # section for type information (ag ABI checks)
     cfsProcHeaders,           # section for C procs prototypes
-    cfsStrData,               # section for constant string literals
     cfsData,                  # section for C constant data
     cfsVars,                  # section for C variable declarations
     cfsProcs,                 # section for C procs that are not inline
     cfsInitProc,              # section for the C init proc
     cfsDatInitProc,           # section for the C datInit proc
     cfsTypeInit1,             # section 1 for declarations of type information
+    cfsTypeInit2,             # section 2 for init of type information
     cfsTypeInit3,             # section 3 for init of type information
+    cfsDebugInit,             # section for init of debug information
     cfsDynLibInit,            # section for init of dynamic library binding
+    cfsDynLibDeinit           # section for deinitialization of dynamic
+                              # libraries
   TCTypeKind* = enum          # describes the type kind of a C type
     ctVoid, ctChar, ctBool,
     ctInt, ctInt8, ctInt16, ctInt32, ctInt64,
@@ -43,12 +46,12 @@ 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
@@ -75,13 +78,10 @@ type
     flags*: set[TCProcFlag]
     lastLineInfo*: TLineInfo  # to avoid generating excessive 'nimln' statements
     currLineInfo*: TLineInfo  # AST codegen will make this superfluous
-    nestedTryStmts*: seq[tuple[fin: PNode, inExcept: bool, isHidden: bool, label: Natural]]
+    nestedTryStmts*: seq[tuple[fin: PNode, inExcept: bool, label: Natural]]
                               # in how many nested try statements we are
                               # (the vars must be volatile then)
-                              # `inExcept` is true when we are in the except part of a try block.
-                              # `isHidden` is true for compiler-injected `nkHiddenTryStmt` wrappers
-                              # (e.g. ARC's destructor try/finally around `except T as e:` bodies);
-                              # finallyActions walks past such wrappers to reach the user's try.
+                              # bool is true when are in the except part of a try block
     finallySafePoints*: seq[Rope]  # For correctly cleaning up exceptions when
                                    # using return in finally statements
     labels*: Natural          # for generating unique labels in the C proc
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ type
     options*: TOptions        # options that should be used for code
                               # generation; this is the same as prc.options
                               # unless prc == nil
-    optionsStack*: seq[(TOptions, TNoteKinds)]
     module*: BModule          # used to prevent excessive parameter passing
     withinLoop*: int          # > 0 if we are within a loop
     splitDecls*: int          # > 0 if we are in some context for C++ that
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ type
     withinTryWithExcept*: int # required for goto based exception handling
     withinBlockLeaveActions*: int # complex to explain
     sigConflicts*: CountTable[string]
-    inUncheckedAssignSection*: int
 
   TTypeSeq* = seq[PType]
   TypeCache* = Table[SigHash, Rope]
@@ -118,11 +116,11 @@ 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
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ 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
@@ -140,7 +138,6 @@ type
                             # unconditionally...
                             # nimtvDeps is VERY hard to cache because it's
                             # not a list of IDs nor can it be made to be one.
-    mangledPrcs*: HashSet[string]
 
   TCGen = object of PPassContext # represents a C source file
     s*: TCFileSections        # sections of the C file
@@ -154,83 +151,54 @@ type
     typeABICache*: HashSet[SigHash] # cache for ABI checks; reusing typeCache
                               # would be ideal but for some reason enums
                               # don't seem to get cached so it'd generate
-                              # 1 ABI check per occurrence in code
+                              # 1 ABI check per occurence in code
     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
-    emittedContentDefs*: HashSet[string]
-      # cmdNifC per-module backend: content-addressed C names (generic
-      # instances and synthesized hooks) whose body this TU already emitted.
-      # Distinct symbols (minted in different source modules) can share one
-      # `_i<disamb>` name; `declaredThings` keys on symbol id and lets the
-      # second one through, so we dedup the body by name here instead.
-    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]
-    icImplMods*: IntSet       # module ids whose routine BODIES this TU
-                              # embeds (redirected defs, shared instances,
-                              # hooks); recorded as the artifact's cdeps so
-                              # the reuse gate can check their impl cookies
-    icDataDefs*: seq[tuple[cname, nifname: string]]
-                              # C names of data definitions (consts, globals,
-                              # RTTI) this TU embeds plus their NIF symbol
-                              # names (empty for RTTI, which has no symbol);
-                              # recorded in the cnif artifact so a later run
-                              # can reuse the TU and re-demand definitions
-                              # that cached TUs still reference
     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("")
-
 proc newProc*(prc: PSym, module: BModule): BProc =
-  result = BProc(
-    prc: prc,
-    module: module,
-    optionsStack: if module.initProc != nil: module.initProc.optionsStack
-                  else: @[],
-    options: if prc != nil: prc.options
-             else: module.config.options,
-    blocks: @[initBlock()],
-    sigConflicts: initCountTable[string]())
-  if optQuirky in result.options:
-    result.flags = {nimErrorFlagDisabled}
+  new(result)
+  result.prc = prc
+  result.module = module
+  result.options = if prc != nil: prc.options
+                   else: module.config.options
+  newSeq(result.blocks, 1)
+  result.nestedTryStmts = @[]
+  result.finallySafePoints = @[]
+  result.sigConflicts = initCountTable[string]()
 
 proc newModuleList*(g: ModuleGraph): BModuleList =
   BModuleList(typeInfoMarker: initTable[SigHash, tuple[str: Rope, owner: int32]](),

compiler/cgmeth.nim

@@ -10,15 +10,8 @@
 ## This module implements code generation for methods.
 
 import
-  options, ast, msgs, idents, renderer, types, magicsys,
-  sempass2, modulegraphs, lineinfos, astalgo
-
-import std/intsets
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
-import std/[tables]
+  intsets, options, ast, msgs, idents, renderer, types, magicsys,
+  sempass2, strutils, modulegraphs, lineinfos
 
 proc genConv(n: PNode, d: PType, downcast: bool; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   var dest = skipTypes(d, abstractPtrs)
@@ -47,8 +40,6 @@ proc getDispatcher*(s: PSym): PSym =
   if dispatcherPos < s.ast.len:
     result = s.ast[dispatcherPos].sym
     doAssert sfDispatcher in result.flags
-  else:
-    result = nil
 
 proc methodCall*(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   result = n
@@ -67,25 +58,22 @@ type
   MethodResult = enum No, Invalid, Yes
 
 proc sameMethodBucket(a, b: PSym; multiMethods: bool): MethodResult =
-  result = No
   if a.name.id != b.name.id: return
-  if a.typ.signatureLen != b.typ.signatureLen:
+  if a.typ.len != b.typ.len:
     return
 
-  var i = 0
-  for x, y in paramTypePairs(a.typ, b.typ):
-    inc i
-    var aa = x
-    var bb = y
+  for i in 1..<a.typ.len:
+    var aa = a.typ[i]
+    var bb = b.typ[i]
     while true:
       aa = skipTypes(aa, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
       bb = skipTypes(bb, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
       if aa.kind == bb.kind and aa.kind in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyLent, tySink}:
-        aa = aa.elementType
-        bb = bb.elementType
+        aa = aa.lastSon
+        bb = bb.lastSon
       else:
         break
-    if sameType(x, y):
+    if sameType(a.typ[i], b.typ[i]):
       if aa.kind == tyObject and result != Invalid:
         result = Yes
     elif aa.kind == tyObject and bb.kind == tyObject and (i == 1 or multiMethods):
@@ -103,11 +91,10 @@ proc sameMethodBucket(a, b: PSym; multiMethods: bool): MethodResult =
       return No
   if result == Yes:
     # check for return type:
-    # ignore flags of return types; # bug #22673
-    if not sameTypeOrNil(a.typ.returnType, b.typ.returnType, {IgnoreFlags}):
-      if b.typ.returnType != nil and b.typ.returnType.kind == tyUntyped:
+    if not sameTypeOrNil(a.typ[0], b.typ[0]):
+      if b.typ[0] != nil and b.typ[0].kind == tyUntyped:
         # infer 'auto' from the base to make it consistent:
-        b.typ.setReturnType a.typ.returnType
+        b.typ[0] = a.typ[0]
       else:
         return No
 
@@ -122,21 +109,21 @@ proc attachDispatcher(s: PSym, dispatcher: PNode) =
     s.ast[dispatcherPos] = dispatcher
 
 proc createDispatcher(s: PSym; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
-  var disp = copySym(s, idgen)
-  incl(disp, sfDispatcher)
-  excl(disp, sfExported)
+  var disp = copySym(s, nextSymId(idgen))
+  incl(disp.flags, sfDispatcher)
+  excl(disp.flags, sfExported)
   let old = disp.typ
-  disp.typ = copyType(disp.typ, idgen, disp.typ.owner)
+  disp.typ = copyType(disp.typ, nextTypeId(idgen), disp.typ.owner)
   copyTypeProps(g, idgen.module, disp.typ, old)
 
   # we can't inline the dispatcher itself (for now):
   if disp.typ.callConv == ccInline: disp.typ.callConv = ccNimCall
   disp.ast = copyTree(s.ast)
   disp.ast[bodyPos] = newNodeI(nkEmpty, s.info)
-  disp.locImpl.snippet = ""
-  if s.typ.returnType != nil:
+  disp.loc.r = nil
+  if s.typ[0] != nil:
     if disp.ast.len > resultPos:
-      disp.ast[resultPos].sym = copySym(s.ast[resultPos].sym, idgen)
+      disp.ast[resultPos].sym = copySym(s.ast[resultPos].sym, nextSymId(idgen))
     else:
       # We've encountered a method prototype without a filled-in
       # resultPos slot. We put a placeholder in there that will
@@ -157,26 +144,25 @@ proc fixupDispatcher(meth, disp: PSym; conf: ConfigRef) =
      disp.ast[resultPos].kind == nkEmpty:
     disp.ast[resultPos] = copyTree(meth.ast[resultPos])
 
-proc methodDef*(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; s: PSym) =
-  var witness: PSym = nil
-  if s.typ.firstParamType.owner.getModule != s.getModule and vtables in g.config.features and not
-      g.config.isDefined("nimInternalNonVtablesTesting") and sfFromGeneric notin s.flags:
-    # `sfFromGeneric` excepted: this is the same-module restriction for vtable
-    # slot placement, and it must be judged on the GENERIC method, not on an
-    # instance. The generic `method skip[T](x: Input[T])` never reaches here
-    # (`semMethodPrototype` registers generic methods via `addMethodToGeneric`,
-    # bypassing `methodDef`); only its instance `skip[string]` does, and that
-    # instance's first-param type `Input[string]` is owned by whichever module
-    # first instantiated it (`tparsecombnum`, which `import parsecomb`s and uses
-    # it), NOT by `Input[T]`'s defining module — so the comparison spuriously
-    # fails for a method that is perfectly legal at the generic level. (Concrete
-    # methods, `sfFromGeneric notin flags`, are still checked.)
-    localError(g.config, s.info, errGenerated, "method `" & s.name.s &
-          "` can be defined only in the same module with its type (" & s.typ.firstParamType.typeToString() & ")")
-  if sfImportc in s.flags:
-    localError(g.config, s.info, errGenerated, "method `" & s.name.s &
-          "` is not allowed to have 'importc' pragmas")
+  # The following code works only with lock levels, so we disable
+  # it when they're not available.
+  when declared(TLockLevel):
+    proc `<`(a, b: TLockLevel): bool {.borrow.}
+    proc `==`(a, b: TLockLevel): bool {.borrow.}
+    if disp.typ.lockLevel == UnspecifiedLockLevel:
+      disp.typ.lockLevel = meth.typ.lockLevel
+    elif meth.typ.lockLevel != UnspecifiedLockLevel and
+         meth.typ.lockLevel != disp.typ.lockLevel:
+      message(conf, meth.info, warnLockLevel,
+        "method has lock level $1, but another method has $2" %
+        [$meth.typ.lockLevel, $disp.typ.lockLevel])
+      # XXX The following code silences a duplicate warning in
+      # checkMethodeffects() in sempass2.nim for now.
+      if disp.typ.lockLevel < meth.typ.lockLevel:
+        disp.typ.lockLevel = meth.typ.lockLevel
 
+proc methodDef*(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; s: PSym) =
+  var witness: PSym
   for i in 0..<g.methods.len:
     let disp = g.methods[i].dispatcher
     case sameMethodBucket(disp, s, multimethods = optMultiMethods in g.config.globalOptions)
@@ -190,19 +176,12 @@ proc methodDef*(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; s: PSym) =
            g.methods[i].methods[0] != s:
         # already exists due to forwarding definition?
         localError(g.config, s.info, "method is not a base")
-      logMethodDef(g, s)
       return
     of No: discard
     of Invalid:
       if witness.isNil: witness = g.methods[i].methods[0]
   # create a new dispatcher:
-  # stores the id and the position
-  if s.typ.firstParamType.skipTypes(skipPtrs).itemId notin g.bucketTable:
-    g.bucketTable[s.typ.firstParamType.skipTypes(skipPtrs).itemId] = 1
-  else:
-    g.bucketTable.inc(s.typ.firstParamType.skipTypes(skipPtrs).itemId)
   g.methods.add((methods: @[s], dispatcher: createDispatcher(s, g, idgen)))
-  logMethodDef(g, s)
   #echo "adding ", s.info
   if witness != nil:
     localError(g.config, s.info, "invalid declaration order; cannot attach '" & s.name.s &
@@ -210,9 +189,8 @@ proc methodDef*(g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator; s: PSym) =
   elif sfBase notin s.flags:
     message(g.config, s.info, warnUseBase)
 
-proc relevantCol*(methods: seq[PSym], col: int): bool =
+proc relevantCol(methods: seq[PSym], col: int): bool =
   # returns true iff the position is relevant
-  result = false
   var t = methods[0].typ[col].skipTypes(skipPtrs)
   if t.kind == tyObject:
     for i in 1..high(methods):
@@ -221,8 +199,7 @@ proc relevantCol*(methods: seq[PSym], col: int): bool =
         return true
 
 proc cmpSignatures(a, b: PSym, relevantCols: IntSet): int =
-  result = 0
-  for col in FirstParamAt..<a.typ.signatureLen:
+  for col in 1..<a.typ.len:
     if contains(relevantCols, col):
       var aa = skipTypes(a.typ[col], skipPtrs)
       var bb = skipTypes(b.typ[col], skipPtrs)
@@ -230,7 +207,7 @@ proc cmpSignatures(a, b: PSym, relevantCols: IntSet): int =
       if (d != high(int)) and d != 0:
         return d
 
-proc sortBucket*(a: var seq[PSym], relevantCols: IntSet) =
+proc sortBucket(a: var seq[PSym], relevantCols: IntSet) =
   # we use shellsort here; fast and simple
   var n = a.len
   var h = 1
@@ -249,16 +226,16 @@ proc sortBucket*(a: var seq[PSym], relevantCols: IntSet) =
       a[j] = v
     if h == 1: break
 
-proc genIfDispatcher*(g: ModuleGraph; methods: seq[PSym], relevantCols: IntSet; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
+proc genDispatcher(g: ModuleGraph; methods: seq[PSym], relevantCols: IntSet): PSym =
   var base = methods[0].ast[dispatcherPos].sym
   result = base
-  var paramLen = base.typ.signatureLen
+  var paramLen = base.typ.len
   var nilchecks = newNodeI(nkStmtList, base.info)
   var disp = newNodeI(nkIfStmt, base.info)
   var ands = getSysMagic(g, unknownLineInfo, "and", mAnd)
   var iss = getSysMagic(g, unknownLineInfo, "of", mOf)
   let boolType = getSysType(g, unknownLineInfo, tyBool)
-  for col in FirstParamAt..<paramLen:
+  for col in 1..<paramLen:
     if contains(relevantCols, col):
       let param = base.typ.n[col].sym
       if param.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}:
@@ -267,7 +244,7 @@ proc genIfDispatcher*(g: ModuleGraph; methods: seq[PSym], relevantCols: IntSet;
   for meth in 0..high(methods):
     var curr = methods[meth]      # generate condition:
     var cond: PNode = nil
-    for col in FirstParamAt..<paramLen:
+    for col in 1..<paramLen:
       if contains(relevantCols, col):
         var isn = newNodeIT(nkCall, base.info, boolType)
         isn.add newSymNode(iss)
@@ -282,7 +259,7 @@ proc genIfDispatcher*(g: ModuleGraph; methods: seq[PSym], relevantCols: IntSet;
           cond = a
         else:
           cond = isn
-    let retTyp = base.typ.returnType
+    let retTyp = base.typ[0]
     let call = newNodeIT(nkCall, base.info, retTyp)
     call.add newSymNode(curr)
     for col in 1..<paramLen:
@@ -308,13 +285,14 @@ proc genIfDispatcher*(g: ModuleGraph; methods: seq[PSym], relevantCols: IntSet;
   nilchecks.flags.incl nfTransf # should not be further transformed
   result.ast[bodyPos] = nilchecks
 
-proc generateIfMethodDispatchers*(g: ModuleGraph, idgen: IdGenerator) =
+proc generateMethodDispatchers*(g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  result = newNode(nkStmtList)
   for bucket in 0..<g.methods.len:
     var relevantCols = initIntSet()
-    for col in FirstParamAt..<g.methods[bucket].methods[0].typ.signatureLen:
+    for col in 1..<g.methods[bucket].methods[0].typ.len:
       if relevantCol(g.methods[bucket].methods, col): incl(relevantCols, col)
       if optMultiMethods notin g.config.globalOptions:
         # if multi-methods are not enabled, we are interested only in the first field
         break
     sortBucket(g.methods[bucket].methods, relevantCols)
-    g.addDispatchers genIfDispatcher(g, g.methods[bucket].methods, relevantCols, idgen)
+    result.add newSymNode(genDispatcher(g, g.methods[bucket].methods, relevantCols))

compiler/cmdlinehelper.nim

@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-## Helpers for binaries that use compiler passes, e.g.: nim, nimsuggest
+## Helpers for binaries that use compiler passes, e.g.: nim, nimsuggest, nimfix
 
 import
   options, idents, nimconf, extccomp, commands, msgs,
-  lineinfos, modulegraphs, condsyms, pathutils
-
-import std/[os, parseopt]
+  lineinfos, modulegraphs, condsyms, os, pathutils, parseopt
 
 proc prependCurDir*(f: AbsoluteFile): AbsoluteFile =
   when defined(unix):
@@ -53,16 +51,10 @@ proc processCmdLineAndProjectPath*(self: NimProg, conf: ConfigRef) =
 proc loadConfigsAndProcessCmdLine*(self: NimProg, cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef;
                                    graph: ModuleGraph): bool =
   if self.suggestMode:
-    conf.setCmd cmdCheck
-    conf.ideActive = true
+    conf.setCmd cmdIdeTools
   if conf.cmd == cmdNimscript:
     incl(conf.globalOptions, optWasNimscript)
   loadConfigs(DefaultConfig, cache, conf, graph.idgen) # load all config files
-  # restores `conf.notes` after loading config files
-  # because it has overwrites the notes when compiling the system module which
-  # is a foreign module compared to the project
-  if conf.cmd in cmdBackends:
-    conf.notes = conf.mainPackageNotes
 
   if not self.suggestMode:
     let scriptFile = conf.projectFull.changeFileExt("nims")

compiler/cnif.nim

@@ -1,726 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2026 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## The "cnif" artifact: the C code generator's output as a NIF file.
-##
-## This is deliberately *not* NIFC: the C text is kept verbatim (Nim's
-## C-level machinery — exception handling in particular — is more refined
-## than what NIFC models today; the gap can be closed incrementally later).
-## The only structure the artifact adds is the part dead code elimination
-## and generic-instance merging need:
-##
-## - raw C text as string literals
-## - every *global* entity's C name as a `Symbol` token
-## - every emitted proc definition as a `(cdef SymbolDef flags ...)` group
-##
-## The C generator marks names with control characters at the single place
-## a global's C name is minted (`fillBackendName`) and emits a definition
-## directive at the single place finished procs are appended; the marks then
-## ride through all of the snippet composition untouched. This module turns
-## the final marked module text into the `.c.nif` artifact and strips the
-## marks for the actual `.c` output. Rendering C from the artifact is a
-## plain token walk: string literals verbatim, symbols by name — which is
-## also where a later merge step redirects losing generic instances.
-##
-## Marker scheme (cannot collide: C string literals escape control chars,
-## and `\1`/`\31`/`\23` of cgen's postprocess directives are distinct):
-##   \2 name \3                       a global's C name
-##   \4 name \31 flags \31 nif \5     start of the definition of `name`;
-##                                    `nif` is the defining symbol's NIF name
-##                                    (empty for backend-minted symbols) so a
-##                                    later run can re-demand the definition
-##   \4 \5                            end of the definitions section
-
-import std / [tables, sets, os, assertions, syncio, algorithm]
-import "../dist/nimony/src/lib" / [nifbuilder, nifcoreparse]
-
-const
-  CnifSymStart* = '\2'
-  CnifSymEnd* = '\3'
-  CnifDefStart* = '\4'
-  CnifDefSep* = '\31'   # same separator char as cgen's postprocess directives
-  CnifDefEnd* = '\5'
-
-proc markCName*(name: string): string {.inline.} =
-  CnifSymStart & name & CnifSymEnd
-
-proc hasCnifMarks*(s: string): bool =
-  for c in s:
-    if c in {CnifSymStart, CnifSymEnd, CnifDefStart}: return true
-  false
-
-proc stripCnifMarks*(s: string): string =
-  ## Removes the symbol marks (keeping the names) and the definition
-  ## directives (entirely) so the result is plain C.
-  if not hasCnifMarks(s): return s
-  result = newStringOfCap(s.len)
-  var i = 0
-  while i < s.len:
-    case s[i]
-    of CnifSymStart, CnifSymEnd:
-      inc i
-    of CnifDefStart:
-      while i < s.len and s[i] != CnifDefEnd: inc i
-      inc i # skip CnifDefEnd
-    else:
-      result.add s[i]
-      inc i
-
-const
-  CnifVersion* = "4"
-    ## Artifact format version, stored in the meta head. Artifacts written
-    ## by an older compiler lack the NIF names and the cref group the
-    ## def-retention check needs (v2), the cdeps group the fine-grained
-    ## reuse gate needs (v3), or the type NIF names and cnif-marked extern
-    ## RTTI references the typeinfo flavor of the def-retention check
-    ## needs (v4); `readCnifHeads` reports them as invalid so their TUs
-    ## simply regenerate once.
-
-proc cnifDefDirective*(name, flags, nifName: string): string =
-  CnifDefStart & name & CnifDefSep & flags & CnifDefSep & nifName & CnifDefEnd
-
-proc cnifEndDefs*(): string =
-  CnifDefStart & CnifDefEnd
-
-proc writeCnifArtifact*(code: string; outfile: string;
-                        initRequired = false; datInitRequired = false;
-                        dataDefs: openArray[tuple[cname, nifname: string]] = [];
-                        semmedNif = ""; moduleBase = "";
-                        implDeps: openArray[string] = []) =
-  ## Splits the marked module text into the `.c.nif` artifact.
-  ## The artifact starts with a `(meta <flags> "semmedNif" "moduleBase"
-  ## "version")` head — whether the module has an init/datInit proc
-  ## ('i'/'d'), which semmed NIF it was generated from and the module's
-  ## mangled base name (what `registerModuleToMain` and the reuse decision
-  ## need when the TU is reused in a later run, possibly without the module
-  ## ever being loaded again) — a `(cdata (SymbolDef StrLit)*)` group naming
-  ## the data definitions (consts, globals, RTTI) the TU embeds together
-  ## with their NIF names, a `(cref Ident*)` group naming every C name
-  ## the TU references but does not define itself (what the def-retention
-  ## check consults when some *other* TU regenerates), and a
-  ## `(cdeps Ident*)` group naming the modules whose routine *bodies* this
-  ## TU embeds (redirected defs, shared instances, hooks): the fine-grained
-  ## reuse gate checks their `.impl.nif` cookies on top of the direct
-  ## imports' `.iface.nif` cookies.
-  # pre-pass: every marked name is a use, every definition directive (and
-  # every data def) is a definition; external references = uses - defs
-  var uses = initHashSet[string]()
-  var defs = initHashSet[string]()
-  block prePass:
-    var i = 0
-    while i < code.len:
-      case code[i]
-      of CnifSymStart:
-        inc i
-        var name = ""
-        while i < code.len and code[i] != CnifSymEnd:
-          name.add code[i]
-          inc i
-        inc i
-        uses.incl name
-      of CnifDefStart:
-        inc i
-        var payload = ""
-        while i < code.len and code[i] != CnifDefEnd:
-          payload.add code[i]
-          inc i
-        inc i
-        let sep = find(payload, CnifDefSep)
-        if sep > 0: defs.incl payload[0..<sep]
-        elif payload.len > 0: defs.incl payload
-      else:
-        inc i
-  for d in dataDefs: defs.incl d.cname
-  var crefs: seq[string] = @[]
-  for u in uses:
-    if u notin defs: crefs.add u
-  sort crefs
-
-  var b = nifbuilder.open(outfile)
-  b.withTree "stmts":
-    b.withTree "meta":
-      var metaFlags = ""
-      if initRequired: metaFlags.add 'i'
-      if datInitRequired: metaFlags.add 'd'
-      if metaFlags.len > 0: b.addIdent metaFlags
-      else: b.addEmpty
-      b.addStrLit semmedNif
-      b.addStrLit moduleBase
-      b.addStrLit CnifVersion
-    b.withTree "cdata":
-      for d in dataDefs:
-        b.addSymbolDef d.cname
-        b.addStrLit d.nifname
-    b.withTree "cref":
-      for r in crefs:
-        b.addIdent r
-    b.withTree "cdeps":
-      for s in implDeps:
-        b.addIdent s
-    var raw = ""
-    var inDef = false
-    template flushRaw() =
-      if raw.len > 0:
-        b.addStrLit raw
-        raw.setLen 0
-    var i = 0
-    while i < code.len:
-      case code[i]
-      of CnifSymStart:
-        flushRaw()
-        inc i
-        var name = ""
-        while i < code.len and code[i] != CnifSymEnd:
-          name.add code[i]
-          inc i
-        inc i # skip CnifSymEnd
-        b.addSymbol name, ""
-      of CnifDefStart:
-        flushRaw()
-        inc i
-        var payload = ""
-        while i < code.len and code[i] != CnifDefEnd:
-          payload.add code[i]
-          inc i
-        inc i # skip CnifDefEnd
-        if inDef:
-          b.endTree()
-          inDef = false
-        if payload.len > 0:
-          let sep = find(payload, CnifDefSep)
-          let name = if sep >= 0: payload[0..<sep] else: payload
-          var flags = if sep >= 0: payload[sep+1..^1] else: ""
-          var nifName = ""
-          let sep2 = find(flags, CnifDefSep)
-          if sep2 >= 0:
-            nifName = flags[sep2+1..^1]
-            flags = flags[0..<sep2]
-          b.addTree "cdef"
-          b.addSymbolDef name
-          if flags.len > 0: b.addIdent flags
-          else: b.addEmpty
-          b.addStrLit nifName
-          inDef = true
-      else:
-        raw.add code[i]
-        inc i
-    flushRaw()
-    if inDef:
-      b.endTree()
-  b.close()
-
-proc renderMarkedC*(code: string; live: HashSet[string]; dropped: var int): string =
-  ## Renders the final C text from the marked module text: symbol marks are
-  ## removed (keeping the names — a later merge step substitutes them here),
-  ## and definitions whose name is not in `live` are dropped entirely. Each
-  ## definition is self-delimiting (genProcAux emits an end directive right
-  ## after the proc's text), so text written by other emitters is never part
-  ## of a definition's span and survives unconditionally.
-  result = newStringOfCap(code.len)
-  var i = 0
-  while i < code.len:
-    case code[i]
-    of CnifSymStart, CnifSymEnd:
-      inc i
-    of CnifDefStart:
-      var payload = ""
-      inc i
-      while i < code.len and code[i] != CnifDefEnd:
-        payload.add code[i]
-        inc i
-      inc i # skip CnifDefEnd
-      if payload.len > 0:
-        let sep = find(payload, CnifDefSep)
-        let name = if sep >= 0: payload[0..<sep] else: payload
-        if name notin live:
-          inc dropped
-          # drop the definition's text: everything up to its end directive
-          while i < code.len and code[i] != CnifDefStart: inc i
-    else:
-      result.add code[i]
-      inc i
-
-# ---- Liveness over the artifact -------------------------------------------
-
-proc symOrIdentName(c: Cursor): string {.inline.} =
-  if c.kind == Ident: strVal(c) else: symName(c)
-
-type
-  CnifHeads* = object
-    ## The cheap-to-parse part of an artifact that a later run needs in
-    ## order to reuse the TU without regenerating it.
-    valid*: bool             ## file parsed, carries the meta head and has
-                             ## the current format version
-    initRequired*: bool
-    datInitRequired*: bool
-    semmedNif*: string       ## the semmed NIF this TU was generated from
-    moduleBase*: string      ## the module's mangled base name
-    cdefs*: seq[tuple[cname, nifname: string]] ## the proc definitions
-    cdata*: seq[tuple[cname, nifname: string]] ## the data definitions
-    crefs*: seq[string]      ## C names referenced but not defined here
-    cdeps*: seq[string]      ## module suffixes whose routine bodies this
-                             ## TU embeds (impl-cookie gated on reuse)
-
-proc readCnifHeads*(f: string): CnifHeads =
-  ## Reads `(meta ...)`, `(cdata ...)`, `(cref ...)` and the `(cdef ...)`
-  ## head names from an artifact. Artifacts written by an older compiler
-  ## (no meta head or a different format version) report `valid=false`.
-  result = CnifHeads()
-  if not fileExists(f): return
-  var pool = newPool()
-  var tags = newTagPool()
-  let stmtsTag = tags.registerTag("stmts")
-  let cdefTag = tags.registerTag("cdef")
-  let cdataTag = tags.registerTag("cdata")
-  let crefTag = tags.registerTag("cref")
-  let cdepsTag = tags.registerTag("cdeps")
-  let metaTag = tags.registerTag("meta")
-  var buf = parseFromFile(f, 1000, pool, tags)
-  var c = beginRead(buf)
-  if c.kind != TagLit or c.cursorTagId != stmtsTag:
-    endRead(c)
-    return
-  var version = ""
-  var sawMeta = false
-  c.loopInto:
-    if c.kind == TagLit:
-      if c.cursorTagId == metaTag:
-        sawMeta = true
-        var strIdx = 0
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind == Ident:
-            for ch in strVal(c):
-              if ch == 'i': result.initRequired = true
-              elif ch == 'd': result.datInitRequired = true
-            inc c
-          elif c.kind == StrLit:
-            if strIdx == 0: result.semmedNif = strVal(c)
-            elif strIdx == 1: result.moduleBase = strVal(c)
-            elif strIdx == 2: version = strVal(c)
-            inc strIdx
-            inc c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == cdataTag:
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind == SymbolDef:
-            result.cdata.add (symName(c), "")
-            inc c
-          elif c.kind == StrLit:
-            if result.cdata.len > 0:
-              result.cdata[^1].nifname = strVal(c)
-            inc c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == crefTag:
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind in {Ident, Symbol, SymbolDef}:
-            result.crefs.add symOrIdentName(c)
-            inc c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == cdepsTag:
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind in {Ident, Symbol, SymbolDef}:
-            result.cdeps.add symOrIdentName(c)
-            inc c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == cdefTag:
-        # fixed head: SymbolDef, flags (Ident or empty), NIF name StrLit;
-        # everything after that is the definition's body text
-        var state = 0
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind == SymbolDef:
-            result.cdefs.add (symName(c), "")
-            state = 1
-            inc c
-          elif state == 1: # the flags field
-            state = 2
-            skip c
-          elif state == 2: # the NIF name
-            if c.kind == StrLit and result.cdefs.len > 0:
-              result.cdefs[^1].nifname = strVal(c)
-            state = 3
-            skip c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      else:
-        skip c
-    else:
-      skip c
-  endRead(c)
-  result.valid = sawMeta and version == CnifVersion
-
-type
-  CnifLiveness* = object
-    defs*: int      ## proc definitions emitted across all modules
-    liveDefs*: int  ## of those, reachable from the roots
-    live*: HashSet[string] ## live C names
-    broken*: bool
-
-proc computeLiveFromCArtifacts*(files: openArray[string]): CnifLiveness =
-  ## dce1-style mark&sweep over the C-shaped artifacts: a `(cdef ...)`
-  ## group is a definition (flags 'x'/'c'/'m' — exportc, compilerproc,
-  ## method/dispatcher — make it a root), names at the top level (data,
-  ## globals, init code) are roots, names inside a group are its uses.
-  ## Because the artifact is *fully lowered* output, no conservative
-  ## modelling is needed: every call the C code contains is a token here.
-  ##
-  ## NB: mangled C names contain no dots, so NIF's text reader classifies
-  ## them as `Ident` rather than `Symbol`; the dialect therefore treats
-  ## Ident tokens as name uses. Inside a `(cdef ...)` the flags ident is
-  ## the one immediately following the SymbolDef; everything after is a use.
-  result = CnifLiveness(live: initHashSet[string]())
-  var pool = newPool()
-  var tags = newTagPool()
-  let stmtsTag = tags.registerTag("stmts")
-  let cdefTag = tags.registerTag("cdef")
-  let cdataTag = tags.registerTag("cdata")
-  let crefTag = tags.registerTag("cref")
-  let cdepsTag = tags.registerTag("cdeps")
-  let metaTag = tags.registerTag("meta")
-  var uses = initTable[string, HashSet[string]]()
-  var roots = initHashSet[string]()
-  var defs = initHashSet[string]()
-  for f in files:
-    if not fileExists(f):
-      result.broken = true
-      return
-    var buf = parseFromFile(f, 1000, pool, tags)
-    var c = beginRead(buf)
-    if c.kind != TagLit or c.cursorTagId != stmtsTag:
-      result.broken = true
-      endRead(c)
-      return
-    c.loopInto:
-      case c.kind
-      of Symbol, Ident:
-        roots.incl symOrIdentName(c)
-        inc c
-      of TagLit:
-        if c.cursorTagId == metaTag or c.cursorTagId == cdataTag or
-            c.cursorTagId == crefTag or c.cursorTagId == cdepsTag:
-          # bookkeeping for TU reuse, irrelevant for liveness
-          skip c
-        elif c.cursorTagId == cdefTag:
-          var owner = ""
-          var flagsSeen = false
-          c.loopInto:
-            case c.kind
-            of SymbolDef:
-              owner = symName(c)
-              defs.incl owner
-              flagsSeen = false
-              inc c
-            of Symbol, Ident:
-              let name = symOrIdentName(c)
-              if not flagsSeen:
-                # the flags field right after the SymbolDef
-                flagsSeen = true
-                for ch in name:
-                  # 'd' marks a data definition (const/RTTI): never DCE'd, so it
-                  # is a root whose body keeps its referenced procs live
-                  if ch in {'x', 'c', 'm', 'd'}:
-                    roots.incl owner
-                    break
-              else:
-                uses.mgetOrPut(owner, initHashSet[string]()).incl name
-              inc c
-            of DotToken:
-              flagsSeen = true # empty flags field
-              inc c
-            else:
-              skip c
-        else:
-          c.loopInto:
-            if c.kind in {Symbol, Ident}:
-              roots.incl symOrIdentName(c)
-              inc c
-            else:
-              skip c
-      else:
-        skip c
-    endRead(c)
-  # mark & sweep
-  var work = newSeqOfCap[string](roots.len)
-  for r in roots: work.add r
-  while work.len > 0:
-    let s = work.pop()
-    if not result.live.containsOrIncl(s):
-      if uses.hasKey(s):
-        for dep in uses[s]:
-          if dep notin result.live:
-            work.add dep
-  result.defs = defs.len
-  for d in defs:
-    if d in result.live: inc result.liveDefs
-
-# ---- The merge stage: liveness + owner assignment -------------------------
-
-type
-  MergeDecision* = object
-    ## What the per-module backend's `merge` stage computes from every
-    ## module's `.c.nif` and what its `emit` stage consumes to render the
-    ## final `.c` of one module.
-    live*: HashSet[string]        ## globally reachable C names (dead cdefs
-                                  ## are dropped from every module)
-    owners*: Table[string, string] ## for each `'u'`-flagged (unique,
-                                  ## externally-linked) definition, the single
-                                  ## artifact base name allowed to embed its
-                                  ## body; every other module prototypes it
-    broken*: bool                 ## an artifact was missing or unparsable —
-                                  ## the caller should fall back / regenerate
-    defs*, liveDefs*: int
-
-proc computeMergeDecision*(files: openArray[string]): MergeDecision =
-  ## One pass over every `.c.nif`: the same mark&sweep as
-  ## `computeLiveFromCArtifacts` plus, per definition, owner assignment.
-  ##
-  ## Each `cg` process emits the body of every definition it demands
-  ## (emit-everywhere), so the same externally-linked definition appears in
-  ## several artifacts. A `'u'` flag on the `(cdef ...)` marks those that need
-  ## exactly one owner, assigned here across processes: the owner is the
-  ## lexicographically smallest artifact that emits it — a pure function of the
-  ## claimant set, hence stable across rebuilds. Definitions without `'u'`
-  ## (inline procs, dispatchers) are `static`/main-only and emitted into every
-  ## using TU, so they get no owner entry and are never deduplicated.
-  result = MergeDecision(live: initHashSet[string](),
-                         owners: initTable[string, string]())
-  var pool = newPool()
-  var tags = newTagPool()
-  let stmtsTag = tags.registerTag("stmts")
-  let cdefTag = tags.registerTag("cdef")
-  let cdataTag = tags.registerTag("cdata")
-  let crefTag = tags.registerTag("cref")
-  let cdepsTag = tags.registerTag("cdeps")
-  let metaTag = tags.registerTag("meta")
-  var uses = initTable[string, HashSet[string]]()
-  var roots = initHashSet[string]()
-  var defs = initHashSet[string]()
-  for f in files:
-    if not fileExists(f):
-      result.broken = true
-      return
-    let owner = extractFilename(f)
-    var buf = parseFromFile(f, 1000, pool, tags)
-    var c = beginRead(buf)
-    if c.kind != TagLit or c.cursorTagId != stmtsTag:
-      result.broken = true
-      endRead(c)
-      return
-    c.loopInto:
-      case c.kind
-      of Symbol, Ident:
-        roots.incl symOrIdentName(c)
-        inc c
-      of TagLit:
-        if c.cursorTagId == metaTag or c.cursorTagId == cdataTag or
-            c.cursorTagId == crefTag or c.cursorTagId == cdepsTag:
-          skip c
-        elif c.cursorTagId == cdefTag:
-          var ownerName = ""
-          var flagsSeen = false
-          var needsOwner = false
-          c.loopInto:
-            case c.kind
-            of SymbolDef:
-              ownerName = symName(c)
-              defs.incl ownerName
-              flagsSeen = false
-              inc c
-            of Symbol, Ident:
-              let name = symOrIdentName(c)
-              if not flagsSeen:
-                flagsSeen = true
-                for ch in name:
-                  if ch in {'x', 'c', 'm'}: roots.incl ownerName
-                  # 'u' = unique proc (DCE'd), 'd' = data (never DCE'd, hence a
-                  # root); both need a single owner across the emit-everywhere
-                  # processes
-                  elif ch == 'u': needsOwner = true
-                  elif ch == 'd':
-                    needsOwner = true
-                    roots.incl ownerName
-              else:
-                uses.mgetOrPut(ownerName, initHashSet[string]()).incl name
-              inc c
-            of DotToken:
-              flagsSeen = true # empty flags field
-              inc c
-            else:
-              skip c
-          if needsOwner and ownerName.len > 0:
-            # smallest claimant wins; ties impossible (one entry per name)
-            let prev = result.owners.getOrDefault(ownerName, "")
-            if prev.len == 0 or owner < prev:
-              result.owners[ownerName] = owner
-        else:
-          c.loopInto:
-            if c.kind in {Symbol, Ident}:
-              roots.incl symOrIdentName(c)
-              inc c
-            else:
-              skip c
-      else:
-        skip c
-    endRead(c)
-  var work = newSeqOfCap[string](roots.len)
-  for r in roots: work.add r
-  while work.len > 0:
-    let s = work.pop()
-    if not result.live.containsOrIncl(s):
-      if uses.hasKey(s):
-        for dep in uses[s]:
-          if dep notin result.live:
-            work.add dep
-  result.defs = defs.len
-  for d in defs:
-    if d in result.live: inc result.liveDefs
-
-const MergeDecisionFile* = "ic.backend.merge.nif"
-  ## Fixed name of the merge stage's output in the nimcache, read by `emit`.
-
-proc writeMergeDecision*(outfile: string; d: MergeDecision) =
-  ## Serializes the merge decision: `(merge (live Symbol*) (owners (own
-  ## Symbol StrLit)*))`. C names are mangled (no dots) so they serialize as
-  ## symbols; owner artifact base names go in string literals.
-  var live: seq[string] = @[]
-  for n in d.live: live.add n
-  sort live
-  var keys: seq[string] = @[]
-  for k in d.owners.keys: keys.add k
-  sort keys
-  var b = nifbuilder.open(outfile)
-  b.withTree "merge":
-    b.withTree "live":
-      for n in live: b.addSymbol n, ""
-    b.withTree "owners":
-      for k in keys:
-        b.withTree "own":
-          b.addSymbol k, ""
-          b.addStrLit d.owners[k]
-  b.close()
-
-proc readMergeDecision*(f: string): MergeDecision =
-  ## Reads back a `writeMergeDecision` file; `broken=true` if absent/unparsable.
-  result = MergeDecision(live: initHashSet[string](),
-                         owners: initTable[string, string]())
-  if not fileExists(f):
-    result.broken = true
-    return
-  var pool = newPool()
-  var tags = newTagPool()
-  let mergeTag = tags.registerTag("merge")
-  let liveTag = tags.registerTag("live")
-  let ownersTag = tags.registerTag("owners")
-  let ownTag = tags.registerTag("own")
-  var buf = parseFromFile(f, 1000, pool, tags)
-  var c = beginRead(buf)
-  if c.kind != TagLit or c.cursorTagId != mergeTag:
-    result.broken = true
-    endRead(c)
-    return
-  c.loopInto:
-    if c.kind == TagLit and c.cursorTagId == liveTag:
-      c.loopInto:
-        if c.kind in {Symbol, Ident}:
-          result.live.incl symOrIdentName(c)
-          inc c
-        else:
-          skip c
-    elif c.kind == TagLit and c.cursorTagId == ownersTag:
-      c.loopInto:
-        if c.kind == TagLit and c.cursorTagId == ownTag:
-          var key = ""
-          c.loopInto:
-            if c.kind in {Symbol, Ident}:
-              key = symOrIdentName(c)
-              inc c
-            elif c.kind == StrLit:
-              if key.len > 0: result.owners[key] = strVal(c)
-              inc c
-            else:
-              skip c
-        else:
-          skip c
-    else:
-      skip c
-  endRead(c)
-
-proc renderCFromArtifact*(artifact: string; d: MergeDecision; ownerId: string;
-                          dropped: var int): string =
-  ## The per-module backend's `emit` stage: render one module's final `.c` from
-  ## its `.c.nif` and the merge decision. String literals are emitted verbatim,
-  ## symbols by name; a `(cdef ...)` body is dropped when the name is dead, or
-  ## when it is a `'u'` unique definition this module does not own. The body's
-  ## prototype lives in the surrounding raw text (cgen emits a forward
-  ## declaration for every *used* proc, independent of where the body lands), so
-  ## a dropped body still leaves a valid declaration — no synthesis needed. The
-  ## head groups (meta/cdata/cref/cdeps) carry no C text.
-  result = ""
-  if not fileExists(artifact): return
-  var pool = newPool()
-  var tags = newTagPool()
-  let stmtsTag = tags.registerTag("stmts")
-  let cdefTag = tags.registerTag("cdef")
-  var buf = parseFromFile(artifact, 1000, pool, tags)
-  var c = beginRead(buf)
-  if c.kind != TagLit or c.cursorTagId != stmtsTag:
-    endRead(c)
-    return
-  c.loopInto:
-    case c.kind
-    of StrLit:
-      result.add strVal(c)
-      inc c
-    of Symbol, Ident:
-      result.add symOrIdentName(c)
-      inc c
-    of TagLit:
-      if c.cursorTagId == cdefTag:
-        # fixed head: SymbolDef, flags (Ident or empty), nifname StrLit; the
-        # rest is the definition's body text. `state` counts past the head.
-        var name = ""
-        var isUnique = false
-        var isData = false
-        var keep = true
-        var state = 0
-        c.loopInto:
-          if state == 0 and c.kind == SymbolDef:
-            name = symName(c)
-            state = 1
-            inc c
-          elif state == 1: # the flags field (one token: Ident/Symbol or empty)
-            if c.kind in {Ident, Symbol}:
-              for ch in symOrIdentName(c):
-                if ch == 'u': isUnique = true
-                elif ch == 'd': isData = true
-            state = 2
-            inc c
-          elif state == 2: # the NIF name (one StrLit) — decide keep here
-            let owned = d.owners.getOrDefault(name, ownerId) == ownerId
-            keep =
-              if isData: owned                      # data: kept by its owner only
-              elif isUnique: (name in d.live) and owned
-              else: name in d.live                  # inline/dispatcher: per-TU
-            if not keep: inc dropped
-            state = 3
-            inc c
-          else: # body tokens
-            if keep:
-              if c.kind == StrLit: result.add strVal(c)
-              elif c.kind in {Symbol, Ident}: result.add symOrIdentName(c)
-            inc c
-      else:
-        # head groups (meta/cdata/cref/cdeps) carry no C text
-        skip c
-    else:
-      inc c
-  endRead(c)

compiler/commands.nim

@@ -24,18 +24,13 @@ bootSwitch(usedMarkAndSweep, defined(gcmarkandsweep), "--gc:markAndSweep")
 bootSwitch(usedGoGC, defined(gogc), "--gc:go")
 bootSwitch(usedNoGC, defined(nogc), "--gc:none")
 
-import std/[setutils, sets, os, strutils, parseutils, parseopt, sequtils, strtabs, enumutils]
+import std/[setutils, os, strutils, parseutils, parseopt, sequtils, strtabs]
 import
   msgs, options, nversion, condsyms, extccomp, platform,
-  wordrecg, nimblecmd, lineinfos, pathutils
-
-import std/pathnorm
+  wordrecg, nimblecmd, lineinfos, pathutils, pathnorm
 
 from ast import setUseIc, eqTypeFlags, tfGcSafe, tfNoSideEffect
 
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
 # but some have deps to imported modules. Yay.
 bootSwitch(usedTinyC, hasTinyCBackend, "-d:tinyc")
 bootSwitch(usedFFI, hasFFI, "-d:nimHasLibFFI")
@@ -118,7 +113,7 @@ 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 % "-")
@@ -186,7 +181,7 @@ proc processSpecificNote*(arg: string, state: TSpecialWord, pass: TCmdLinePass,
                          info: TLineInfo; orig: string; conf: ConfigRef) =
   var id = ""  # arg = key or [key] or key:val or [key]:val;  with val=on|off
   var i = 0
-  var notes: set[TMsgKind] = {}
+  var notes: set[TMsgKind]
   var isBracket = false
   if i < arg.len and arg[i] == '[':
     isBracket = true
@@ -203,16 +198,11 @@ 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])
-      else:
-        localError(conf, info, "unknown $#: $#" % [name, id])
+    else: localError(conf, info, "unknown $#: $#" % [name, id])
   case id.normalize
   of "all": # other note groups would be easy to support via additional cases
     notes = if isSomeHint: {hintMin..hintMax} else: {warnMin..warnMax}
@@ -245,12 +235,10 @@ 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', '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"
+  errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound = "'gui', 'console' or 'lib' expected, but '$1' found"
   errInvalidExceptionSystem = "'goto', 'setjmp', 'cpp' or 'quirky' expected, but '$1' found"
-  errInvalidFeatureButXFound = Feature.toSeq.map(proc(val:Feature): string = "'$1'" % $val).join(", ") & " expected, but '$1' found"
-  errDefaultOrSsoExpectedButXFound = "'default' or 'sso' expected, but '$1' found"
 
 template warningOptionNoop(switch: string) =
   warningDeprecated(conf, info, "'$#' is deprecated, now a noop" % switch)
@@ -267,23 +255,18 @@ 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
     of "stack", "regions": result = conf.selectedGC == gcRegions
-    of "atomicarc": result = conf.selectedGC == gcAtomicArc
-    else:
-      result = false
-      localError(conf, info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound % arg)
+    of "v2", "generational": warningOptionNoop(arg)
+    else: localError(conf, info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "opt":
     case arg.normalize
     of "speed": result = contains(conf.options, optOptimizeSpeed)
     of "size": result = contains(conf.options, optOptimizeSize)
     of "none": result = conf.options * {optOptimizeSpeed, optOptimizeSize} == {}
-    else:
-      result = false
-      localError(conf, info, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound % arg)
+    else: localError(conf, info, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "verbosity": result = $conf.verbosity == arg
   of "app":
     case arg.normalize
@@ -293,9 +276,7 @@ proc testCompileOptionArg*(conf: ConfigRef; switch, arg: string, info: TLineInfo
                       not contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
     of "staticlib": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenStaticLib) and
                       not contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-    else:
-      result = false
-      localError(conf, info, errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound % arg)
+    else: localError(conf, info, errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "dynliboverride":
     result = isDynlibOverride(conf, arg)
   of "exceptions":
@@ -304,25 +285,8 @@ proc testCompileOptionArg*(conf: ConfigRef; switch, arg: string, info: TLineInfo
     of "setjmp": result = conf.exc == excSetjmp
     of "quirky": result = conf.exc == excQuirky
     of "goto": result = conf.exc == excGoto
-    else:
-      result = false
-      localError(conf, info, errInvalidExceptionSystem % arg)
-  of "strings":
-    case arg.normalize
-    of "default": result = conf.selectedStrings == stringDefault
-    of "sso": result = conf.selectedStrings == stringSso
-    else:
-      result = false
-      localError(conf, info, errDefaultOrSsoExpectedButXFound % arg)
-  of "experimental":
-    try:
-      result = conf.features.contains parseEnum[Feature](arg)
-    except ValueError:
-      result = false
-      localError(conf, info, errInvalidFeatureButXFound % arg)
-  else:
-    result = false
-    invalidCmdLineOption(conf, passCmd1, switch, info)
+    else: localError(conf, info, errInvalidExceptionSystem % arg)
+  else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, passCmd1, switch, info)
 
 proc testCompileOption*(conf: ConfigRef; switch: string, info: TLineInfo): bool =
   case switch.normalize
@@ -360,7 +324,6 @@ proc testCompileOption*(conf: ConfigRef; switch: string, info: TLineInfo): bool
   of "run", "r": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optRun)
   of "symbolfiles": result = conf.symbolFiles != disabledSf
   of "genscript": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenScript)
-  of "gencdeps": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenCDeps)
   of "threads": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optThreads)
   of "tlsemulation": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optTlsEmulation)
   of "implicitstatic": result = contains(conf.options, optImplicitStatic)
@@ -368,15 +331,8 @@ proc testCompileOption*(conf: ConfigRef; switch: string, info: TLineInfo): bool
     if switch.normalize == "patterns": deprecatedAlias(switch, "trmacros")
     result = contains(conf.options, optTrMacros)
   of "excessivestacktrace": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optExcessiveStackTrace)
-  of "nilseqs", "nilchecks", "taintmode":
-    warningOptionNoop(switch)
-    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)
+  of "nilseqs", "nilchecks", "taintmode": warningOptionNoop(switch)
+  else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, passCmd1, switch, info)
 
 proc processPath(conf: ConfigRef; path: string, info: TLineInfo,
                  notRelativeToProj = false): AbsoluteDir =
@@ -418,8 +374,7 @@ proc makeAbsolute(s: string): AbsoluteFile =
 proc setTrackingInfo(conf: ConfigRef; dirty, file, line, column: string,
                      info: TLineInfo) =
   ## set tracking info, common code for track, trackDirty, & ideTrack
-  var ln: int = 0
-  var col: int = 0
+  var ln, col: int
   if parseUtils.parseInt(line, ln) <= 0:
     localError(conf, info, errInvalidNumber % line)
   if parseUtils.parseInt(column, col) <= 0:
@@ -469,7 +424,7 @@ template handleStdinOrCmdInput =
     conf.outDir = getNimcacheDir(conf)
 
 proc handleStdinInput*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  conf.projectName = conf.stdinFile.string
+  conf.projectName = "stdinfile"
   conf.projectIsStdin = true
   handleStdinOrCmdInput()
 
@@ -483,9 +438,7 @@ 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
   of "check": cmdCheck
   of "e": cmdNimscript
@@ -493,8 +446,6 @@ proc parseCommand*(command: string): Command =
   of "doc2", "doc": cmdDoc
   of "doc2tex": cmdDoc2tex
   of "rst2html": cmdRst2html
-  of "md2tex": cmdMd2tex
-  of "md2html": cmdMd2html
   of "rst2tex": cmdRst2tex
   of "jsondoc0": cmdJsondoc0
   of "jsondoc2", "jsondoc": cmdJsondoc
@@ -503,13 +454,10 @@ 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
-  of "icconfig": cmdIcConfig  # produce the precompiled config artifact
-  of "track": cmdTrack  # IDE goto-def / find-usages over `nim ic`'s NIF output
   else: cmdUnknown
 
 proc setCmd*(conf: ConfigRef, cmd: Command) =
@@ -521,12 +469,6 @@ 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) =
@@ -535,8 +477,7 @@ proc setCommandEarly*(conf: ConfigRef, command: string) =
   # command early customizations
   # must be handled here to honor subsequent `--hint:x:on|off`
   case conf.cmd
-  of cmdRst2html, cmdRst2tex, cmdMd2html, cmdMd2tex:
-      # xxx see whether to add others: cmdGendepend, etc.
+  of cmdRst2html, cmdRst2tex: # xxx see whether to add others: cmdGendepend, etc.
     conf.foreignPackageNotes = {hintSuccessX}
   else:
     conf.foreignPackageNotes = foreignPackageNotesDefault
@@ -556,117 +497,10 @@ proc specialDefine(conf: ConfigRef, key: string; pass: TCmdLinePass) =
         optOverflowCheck, optAssert, optStackTrace, optLineTrace, optLineDir}
       conf.globalOptions.excl {optCDebug}
 
-proc initOrcDefines*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  conf.selectedGC = gcOrc
-  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcorc")
-  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcdestructors")
-  incl conf.globalOptions, optSeqDestructors
-  incl conf.globalOptions, optTinyRtti
-  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
-  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimV2")
-  if conf.exc == excNone and conf.backend != backendCpp:
-    conf.exc = excGoto
-
-proc registerArcOrc(pass: TCmdLinePass, conf: ConfigRef) =
-  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcdestructors")
-  incl conf.globalOptions, optSeqDestructors
-  incl conf.globalOptions, optTinyRtti
-  if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
-    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimV2")
-  if conf.exc == excNone and conf.backend != backendCpp:
-    conf.exc = excGoto
-
-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")
-  excl conf.globalOptions, optSeqDestructors
-  excl conf.globalOptions, optTinyRtti
-
-proc processMemoryManagementOption(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
-                info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef) =
-  if conf.backend == backendJs: return # for: bug #16033
-  expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-  if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-    case arg.normalize
-    of "boehm":
-      unregisterArcOrc(conf)
-      conf.selectedGC = gcBoehm
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "boehmgc")
-      incl conf.globalOptions, optTlsEmulation # Boehm GC doesn't scan the real TLS
-    of "refc":
-      unregisterArcOrc(conf)
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcrefc")
-      conf.selectedGC = gcRefc
-    of "markandsweep":
-      unregisterArcOrc(conf)
-      conf.selectedGC = gcMarkAndSweep
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcmarkandsweep")
-    of "destructors", "arc":
-      conf.selectedGC = gcArc
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcarc")
-      registerArcOrc(pass, conf)
-    of "orc":
-      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")
-      registerArcOrc(pass, conf)
-    of "hooks":
-      conf.selectedGC = gcHooks
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gchooks")
-      incl conf.globalOptions, optSeqDestructors
-      processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optSeqDestructors}, arg, pass, info)
-      if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
-    of "go":
-      unregisterArcOrc(conf)
-      conf.selectedGC = gcGo
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gogc")
-    of "none":
-      unregisterArcOrc(conf)
-      conf.selectedGC = gcNone
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nogc")
-    of "stack", "regions":
-      unregisterArcOrc(conf)
-      conf.selectedGC = gcRegions
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcregions")
-    else: localError(conf, info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound % arg)
-
-proc pathRelativeToConfig(arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, conf: ConfigRef): string =
-  if pass == passPP and not isAbsolute(arg):
-    assert isAbsolute(conf.currentConfigDir), "something is wrong with currentConfigDir"
-    result = conf.currentConfigDir / arg
-  else:
-    result = arg
-
 proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
                     conf: ConfigRef) =
-  var key = ""
-  var val = ""
-  # Record config-file switches so the `nim ic` driver can serialise them into a
-  # precompiled-config artifact and have its per-module child processes replay
-  # them instead of re-parsing the `nim.cfg` chain (and re-running `config.nims`
-  # in the VM) on every invocation. Only `passPP` (config-file) switches are
-  # captured; command-line switches are forwarded by the build graph as usual.
-  # Path-search switches are skipped: their net effect already lives in the
-  # resolved `searchPaths` the driver forwards as `--path`, and replaying their
-  # raw (often relative-to-config-dir) arguments here would misresolve.
-  if pass == passPP and switch.normalize notin
-      ["path", "p", "nimblepath", "lazypath", "excludepath",
-       "nonimblepath", "clearnimblepath", "nimcache"]:
-    conf.icConfigSwitches.add (switch, arg)
+  var
+    key, val: string
   case switch.normalize
   of "eval":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
@@ -681,17 +515,17 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     for path in nimbleSubs(conf, arg):
       addPath(conf, if pass == passPP: processCfgPath(conf, path, info)
                     else: processPath(conf, path, info), info)
-  of "nimblepath":
+  of "nimblepath", "babelpath":
+    if switch.normalize == "babelpath": deprecatedAlias(switch, "nimblepath")
     if pass in {passCmd2, passPP} and optNoNimblePath notin conf.globalOptions:
       expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
       var path = processPath(conf, arg, info, notRelativeToProj=true)
       let nimbleDir = AbsoluteDir getEnv("NIMBLE_DIR")
       if not nimbleDir.isEmpty and pass == passPP:
-        path = nimbleDir / RelativeDir"pkgs2"
-        nimblePath(conf, path, info)
         path = nimbleDir / RelativeDir"pkgs"
       nimblePath(conf, path, info)
-  of "nonimblepath":
+  of "nonimblepath", "nobabelpath":
+    if switch.normalize == "nobabelpath": deprecatedAlias(switch, "nonimblepath")
     expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     disableNimblePath(conf)
   of "clearnimblepath":
@@ -708,7 +542,7 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     # refs bug #18674, otherwise `--os:windows` messes up with `--nimcache` set
     # in config nims files, e.g. via: `import os; switch("nimcache", "/tmp/somedir")`
     if conf.target.targetOS == osWindows and DirSep == '/': arg = arg.replace('\\', '/')
-    conf.nimcacheDir = processPath(conf, pathRelativeToConfig(arg, pass, conf), info, notRelativeToProj=true)
+    conf.nimcacheDir = processPath(conf, arg, info, notRelativeToProj=true)
   of "out", "o":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     let f = splitFile(processPath(conf, arg, info, notRelativeToProj=true).string)
@@ -719,14 +553,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     conf.outDir = processPath(conf, arg, info, notRelativeToProj=true)
   of "usenimcache":
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optUseNimcache}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "ideimports":
-    # nimsuggest: where the import closure comes from. IC is opt-in.
-    #   nif|on               load unchanged imports from precompiled NIF (cmdM)
-    #   source|off (default) recompile the whole closure from source (cmdCheck)
-    case arg.normalize
-    of "nif", "on", "": conf.ideImportsFromNif = true
-    of "source", "off": conf.ideImportsFromNif = false
-    else: localError(conf, info, "'--ideImports' expects 'nif' or 'source', got: '$1'" % arg)
   of "docseesrcurl":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     conf.docSeeSrcUrl = arg
@@ -735,11 +561,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "backend", "b":
     let backend = parseEnum(arg.normalize, TBackend.default)
     if backend == TBackend.default: localError(conf, info, "invalid backend: '$1'" % arg)
-    if backend == backendJs: # bug #21209
-      conf.globalOptions.excl {optThreadAnalysis, optThreads}
-      if optRun in conf.globalOptions:
-        # for now, -r uses nodejs, so define nodejs
-        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nodejs")
     conf.backend = backend
   of "doccmd": conf.docCmd = arg
   of "define", "d":
@@ -775,22 +596,60 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optForceFullMake}, arg, pass, info)
   of "project":
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optWholeProject, optGenIndex}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "gc":
-    warningDeprecated(conf, info, "`gc:option` is deprecated; use `mm:option` instead")
-    processMemoryManagementOption(switch, arg, pass, info, conf)
-  of "mm":
-    processMemoryManagementOption(switch, arg, pass, info, conf)
-  of "strings":
+  of "gc", "mm":
+    if conf.backend == backendJs: return # for: bug #16033
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
       case arg.normalize
-      of "default":
-        conf.selectedStrings = stringDefault
-      of "sso":
-        conf.selectedStrings = stringSso
-        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimsso")
-      else:
-        localError(conf, info, errDefaultOrSsoExpectedButXFound % arg)
+      of "boehm":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcBoehm
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "boehmgc")
+        incl conf.globalOptions, optTlsEmulation # Boehm GC doesn't scan the real TLS
+      of "refc":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcRefc
+      of "markandsweep":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcMarkAndSweep
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcmarkandsweep")
+      of "destructors", "arc":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcArc
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcdestructors")
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcarc")
+        incl conf.globalOptions, optSeqDestructors
+        incl conf.globalOptions, optTinyRtti
+        if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
+          defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
+          defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimV2")
+        if conf.exc == excNone and conf.backend != backendCpp:
+          conf.exc = excGoto
+      of "orc":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcOrc
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcdestructors")
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcorc")
+        incl conf.globalOptions, optSeqDestructors
+        incl conf.globalOptions, optTinyRtti
+        if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
+          defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
+          defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimV2")
+        if conf.exc == excNone and conf.backend != backendCpp:
+          conf.exc = excGoto
+      of "hooks":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcHooks
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gchooks")
+        incl conf.globalOptions, optSeqDestructors
+        processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optSeqDestructors}, arg, pass, info)
+        if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
+          defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
+      of "go":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcGo
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gogc")
+      of "none":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcNone
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nogc")
+      of "stack", "regions":
+        conf.selectedGC = gcRegions
+        defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcregions")
+      of "v2": warningOptionNoop(arg)
+      else: localError(conf, info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "warnings", "w":
     if processOnOffSwitchOrList(conf, {optWarns}, arg, pass, info): listWarnings(conf)
   of "warning": processSpecificNote(arg, wWarning, pass, info, switch, conf)
@@ -816,18 +675,6 @@ 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 "genbif":
-    processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optGenBif}, arg, pass, info)
   of "g": # alias for --debugger:native
     conf.globalOptions.incl optCDebug
     conf.options.incl optLineDir
@@ -843,7 +690,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "hotcodereloading":
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optHotCodeReloading}, arg, pass, info)
     if conf.hcrOn:
-      warningDeprecated(conf, info, "hotCodeReloading is deprecated, see https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/573 for further information")
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "hotcodereloading")
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "useNimRtl")
       # hardcoded linking with dynamic runtime for MSVC for smaller binaries
@@ -871,13 +717,10 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "linedir": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optLineDir}, arg, pass, info)
   of "assertions", "a": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optAssert}, arg, pass, info)
   of "threads":
-    if conf.backend == backendJs or conf.cmd == cmdNimscript: discard
+    if conf.backend == backendJs: discard
     else: processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optThreads}, arg, pass, info)
     #if optThreads in conf.globalOptions: conf.setNote(warnGcUnsafe)
-  of "tlsemulation":
-    processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optTlsEmulation}, arg, pass, info)
-    if optTlsEmulation in conf.globalOptions:
-      conf.legacyFeatures.incl emitGenerics
+  of "tlsemulation": processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optTlsEmulation}, arg, pass, info)
   of "implicitstatic":
     processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optImplicitStatic}, arg, pass, info)
   of "patterns", "trmacros":
@@ -914,7 +757,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "dll")
     of "staticlib":
       incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenStaticLib)
-      incl(conf.globalOptions, optNoMain)
       excl(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "library")
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "staticlib")
@@ -938,75 +780,16 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "header":
     if conf != nil: conf.headerFile = arg
     incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenIndex)
-  of "nimbasepattern":
-    if conf != nil: conf.nimbasePattern = arg
   of "index":
-    case arg.normalize
-    of "", "on": conf.globalOptions.incl {optGenIndex}
-    of "only": conf.globalOptions.incl {optGenIndexOnly, optGenIndex}
-    of "off": conf.globalOptions.excl {optGenIndex, optGenIndexOnly}
-    else: localError(conf, info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound % arg)
-  of "noimportdoc":
-    processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optNoImportdoc}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "ismainmodule":
-    # `nim m` (IC) only: marks the single module being checked as the program's
-    # real entry point so that `isMainModule` and `when isMainModule:` resolve
-    # correctly even though every module is compiled with `sfMainModule` set.
-    conf.isMainModule = switchOn(arg)
-  of "icgroup":
-    # `nim m` only: register a module that belongs to the current strongly-
-    # connected import group, so it is compiled from source (not loaded from a
-    # precompiled NIF) and gets its own NIF written. `deps.nim` emits one
-    # `--icGroup:<path>` per member of a dependency cycle. The argument is an
-    # absolute .nim path produced by the dependency scanner.
-    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-      conf.icGroup.incl(canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile arg).string)
-  of "icproject":
-    # `nim m`/`nim nifc` only: the ORIGINAL project file (see options.icProject)
-    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-      conf.icProject = canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile arg).string
-  of "icpreparsedconfig":
-    # `nim m`/`nim nifc` only: path of the precompiled-config artifact (see
-    # options.icPreparsedConfig). Read in `passCmd1`, before `loadConfigs`, so
-    # config loading can replay it instead of re-parsing the `nim.cfg` chain.
-    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    conf.icPreparsedConfig = arg
-  of "icconfigout":
-    # `nim icconfig` only: where to write the precompiled config artifact (see
-    # options.icConfigOut). The `nim ic` driver spawns the producer with this.
-    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    conf.icConfigOut = arg
-  of "icbackendstage":
-    # `nim nifc` only: per-module backend stage, one of cg|merge|emit (see
-    # options.icBackendStage). Empty (switch unused) keeps the whole-program
-    # backend. Emitted by `deps.nim`'s backend build file.
-    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-      conf.icBackendStage = arg
-  of "icbackendmodule":
-    # `nim nifc` only: the NIF module suffix the cg/emit stage operates on (see
-    # options.icBackendModule).
-    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-      conf.icBackendModule = arg
+    processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optGenIndex}, arg, pass, info)
   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(if arg.startsWith(stdPrefix): arg else: 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":
@@ -1031,38 +814,21 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
       setTarget(conf.target, conf.target.targetOS, cpu)
   of "run", "r":
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optRun}, arg, pass, info)
-    if conf.backend == backendJs:
-      # for now, -r uses nodejs, so define nodejs
-      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nodejs")
   of "maxloopiterationsvm":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    var value: int = 10_000_000
-    discard parseSaturatedNatural(arg, value)
-    if 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
+    conf.maxLoopIterationsVM = parseInt(arg)
   of "errormax":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     # Note: `nim check` (etc) can overwrite this.
     # `0` is meaningless, give it a useful meaning as in clang's -ferror-limit
     # If user doesn't set this flag and the code doesn't either, it'd
     # have the same effect as errorMax = 1
-    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)
+    let ret = parseInt(arg)
+    conf.errorMax = if ret == 0: high(int) else: ret
   of "verbosity":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     let verbosity = parseInt(arg)
-    if verbosity notin 0..3:
+    if verbosity notin {0..3}:
       localError(conf, info, "invalid verbosity level: '$1'" % arg)
     conf.verbosity = verbosity
     var verb = NotesVerbosity[conf.verbosity]
@@ -1072,9 +838,7 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     conf.mainPackageNotes = conf.notes
   of "parallelbuild":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
-    var value: int = 0
-    discard parseSaturatedNatural(arg, value)
-    conf.numberOfProcessors = value
+    conf.numberOfProcessors = parseInt(arg)
   of "version", "v":
     expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     writeVersionInfo(conf, pass)
@@ -1092,8 +856,7 @@ 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
@@ -1113,8 +876,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     if switch.normalize == "gendeps": deprecatedAlias(switch, "genscript")
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optGenScript}, arg, pass, info)
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optCompileOnly}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "gencdeps":
-    processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optGenCDeps}, arg, pass, info)
   of "colors": processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optUseColors}, arg, pass, info)
   of "lib":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
@@ -1198,12 +959,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     conf.exc = low(ExceptionSystem)
     defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "noCppExceptions")
-  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
@@ -1235,10 +990,9 @@ 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":
@@ -1259,6 +1013,25 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "expandarc":
     expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     conf.arcToExpand[arg] = "T"
+  of "useversion":
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    case arg
+    of "1.0":
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "NimMajor", "1")
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "NimMinor", "0")
+      # old behaviors go here:
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimOldRelativePathBehavior")
+      undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimDoesntTrackDefects")
+      ast.eqTypeFlags.excl {tfGcSafe, tfNoSideEffect}
+      conf.globalOptions.incl optNimV1Emulation
+    of "1.2":
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "NimMajor", "1")
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "NimMinor", "2")
+      conf.globalOptions.incl optNimV12Emulation
+    else:
+      localError(conf, info, "unknown Nim version; currently supported values are: `1.0`, `1.2`")
+    # always be compatible with 1.x.100:
+    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "NimPatch", "100")
   of "benchmarkvm":
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optBenchmarkVM}, arg, pass, info)
   of "profilevm":
@@ -1272,8 +1045,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optPanics}, arg, pass, info)
     if optPanics in conf.globalOptions:
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimPanics")
-  of "jsbigint64":
-    processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optJsBigInt64}, arg, pass, info)
   of "sourcemap": # xxx document in --fullhelp
     conf.globalOptions.incl optSourcemap
     conf.options.incl optLineDir
@@ -1288,8 +1059,7 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, pass, switch, info)
 
 proc processCommand*(switch: string, pass: TCmdLinePass; config: ConfigRef) =
-  var cmd = ""
-  var arg = ""
+  var cmd, arg: string
   splitSwitch(config, switch, cmd, arg, pass, gCmdLineInfo)
   processSwitch(cmd, arg, pass, gCmdLineInfo, config)
 
@@ -1316,10 +1086,7 @@ proc processArgument*(pass: TCmdLinePass; p: OptParser;
       config.projectName = unixToNativePath(p.key)
       config.arguments = cmdLineRest(p)
       result = true
-    elif pass != passCmd2:
-      setCommandEarly(config, p.key)
-      result = false
-    else: result = false
+    elif pass != passCmd2: setCommandEarly(config, p.key)
   else:
     if pass == passCmd1: config.commandArgs.add p.key
     if argsCount == 1:
@@ -1328,16 +1095,6 @@ proc processArgument*(pass: TCmdLinePass; p: OptParser;
       # support UNIX style filenames everywhere for portable build scripts:
       if config.projectName.len == 0:
         config.projectName = unixToNativePath(p.key)
-      if config.cmd == cmdTrack:
-        # `nim track PROJ --def:...`: unlike a normal command (where everything
-        # after the project file is passed to the compiled program), `track`
-        # accepts its IDE-query switches AFTER the project — the natural,
-        # nimsuggest-like invocation form. So don't swallow the rest of the line
-        # into `arguments`; keep parsing the remaining tokens as switches.
-        result = false
-      else:
-        config.arguments = cmdLineRest(p)
-        result = true
-    else:
-      result = false
+      config.arguments = cmdLineRest(p)
+      result = true
   inc argsCount

compiler/compiler.nimble

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-include "../lib/system/compilation.nim"
-version = $NimMajor & "." & $NimMinor & "." & $NimPatch
-author = "Andreas Rumpf"
-description = "Compiler package providing the compiler sources as a library."
-license = "MIT"
-skipDirs = @["."]
-installDirs = @["compiler"]
-
-import os
-
-var compilerDir = ""
-
-before install:
-  rmDir("compiler")
-
-  let
-    files = listFiles(".")
-    dirs = listDirs(".")
-
-  mkDir("compiler")
-
-  for f in files:
-    cpFile(f, "compiler" / f)
-
-  for d in dirs:
-    cpDir(d, "compiler" / d)
-
-requires "nim"

compiler/concepts.nim

@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@
 ## for details. Note this is a first implementation and only the "Concept matching"
 ## section has been implemented.
 
-import ast, semdata, lookups, lineinfos, idents, msgs, renderer, types, layeredtable
+import ast, astalgo, semdata, lookups, lineinfos, idents, msgs, renderer, types, intsets
 
-import std/sets
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
+from magicsys import addSonSkipIntLit
 
 const
-  logBindings = when defined(debugConcepts): true else: false
+  logBindings = false
 
 ## Code dealing with Concept declarations
 ## --------------------------------------
@@ -27,12 +24,24 @@ const
 proc declareSelf(c: PContext; info: TLineInfo) =
   ## Adds the magical 'Self' symbols to the current scope.
   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.add newType(tyEmpty, c.idgen, ow)
+  let s = newSym(skType, getIdent(c.cache, "Self"), nextSymId(c.idgen), ow, info)
+  s.typ = newType(tyTypeDesc, nextTypeId(c.idgen), ow)
+  s.typ.flags.incl {tfUnresolved, tfPacked}
+  s.typ.add newType(tyEmpty, nextTypeId(c.idgen), ow)
   addDecl(c, s, info)
 
+proc isSelf*(t: PType): bool {.inline.} =
+  ## Is this the magical 'Self' type?
+  t.kind == tyTypeDesc and tfPacked in t.flags
+
+proc makeTypeDesc*(c: PContext, typ: PType): PType =
+  if typ.kind == tyTypeDesc and not isSelf(typ):
+    result = typ
+  else:
+    result = newTypeS(tyTypeDesc, c)
+    incl result.flags, tfCheckedForDestructor
+    result.addSonSkipIntLit(typ, c.idgen)
+
 proc semConceptDecl(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
   ## Recursive helper for semantic checking for the concept declaration.
   ## Currently we only support (possibly empty) lists of statements
@@ -49,8 +58,6 @@ proc semConceptDecl(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
     for i in 0..<n.len-1:
       result[i] = n[i]
     result[^1] = semConceptDecl(c, n[^1])
-  of nkCommentStmt:
-    result = n
   else:
     localError(c.config, n.info, "unexpected construct in the new-styled concept: " & renderTree(n))
     result = n
@@ -70,413 +77,150 @@ 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
-  var match = false
-  for fdef in fn:
-    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)
+    result = matchType(c, f.lastSon, a, m)
   of tyTypeDesc:
     if isSelf(f):
-      if m.magic in {mArrPut, mArrGet}:
-        if m.potentialImplementation.reduceToBase.kind in arrPutGetMagicApplies:
-          bindParam(c, m, a, last m.potentialImplementation)
-          result = true
-      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:
+      if a.kind == tyTypeDesc and f.len == a.len:
+        for i in 0..<a.len:
+          if not matchType(c, f[i], a[i], m): return false
+        return true
+
+  of tyGenericInvocation:
+    if a.kind == tyGenericInst and a[0].kind == tyGenericBody:
+      if sameType(f[0], a[0]) and f.len == a.len-1:
+        for i in 1 ..< f.len:
+          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.len > 0 and f[0].kind != tyNone:
+          # also check the generic's constraints:
+          let oldLen = m.inferred.len
+          result = matchType(c, f[0], 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, lastSon ak))
           result = true
-        elif f.hasElementType:
-          result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a.elementType, m)
+        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
+    #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.
     if a.kind == f.kind:
-      result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a.elementType, m)
+      result = matchType(c, f.sons[0], a.sons[0], 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)
+      result = matchType(c, f.sons[0], a, 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:
-    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
+       (ak.kind == tyGenericParam and ak.len > 0 and ak[0].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:
+    let ak = a.skipTypes(ignorableForArgType - {f.kind})
+    if ak.kind == f.kind and f.len == ak.len:
+      for i in 0..<ak.len:
+        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()
-          let r = matchType(c, ff, aa, m)
+      for i in 0..<f.len:
+        for j in 0..<a.len:
+          let oldLenB = m.inferred.len
+          let r = matchType(c, f[i], a[j], m)
           if r:
             inc covered
             break
-          m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
+          m.inferred.setLen oldLenB
 
-      result = covered >= a.kidsLen
+      result = covered >= a.len
+      if not result:
+        m.inferred.setLen oldLen
     else:
-      for ff in f.kids:
-        m.bindings = m.bindings.newTypeMapLayer()
-        result = matchType(c, ff, a, m)
+      for i in 0..<f.len:
+        result = matchType(c, f[i], a, m)
         if result: break # and remember the binding!
-        m.bindings.setToPreviousLayer()
-  of tySet:
-    result = false
-    if a.kind == tySet:
-      result = matchType(c, f.elementType, a.elementType, m)
+        m.inferred.setLen oldLen
+  of tyNot:
+    if a.kind == tyNot:
+      result = matchType(c, f[0], a[0], m)
+    else:
+      let oldLen = m.inferred.len
+      result = not matchType(c, f[0], 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
@@ -486,38 +230,30 @@ 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.sons[0], candidate.typ.sons[0], m):
+    m.inferred.setLen oldLen
     return false
 
   # all other parameters have to be optional parameters:
@@ -525,7 +261,7 @@ 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
@@ -533,14 +269,12 @@ 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 = searchInScopesFilterBy(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'
@@ -567,72 +301,39 @@ proc conceptMatchNode(c: PContext; n: PNode; m: var MatchCon): bool =
     result = matchSyms(c, n, {skMethod}, m)
   of nkIteratorDef:
     result = matchSyms(c, n, {skIterator}, m)
-  of nkCommentStmt:
-    result = true
   else:
     # 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 TIdTable; 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
+  ## we extract its AST via 'concpt.n.lastSon'). 'arg' is the type that might fullfill the
   ## concept's requirements. If so, we return true and fill the 'bindings' with pairs of
   ## (typeVar, instance) pairs. ('typeVar' is usually simply written as a generic 'T'.)
   ## 'invocation' can be nil for atomic concepts. For non-atomic concepts, it contains the
-  ## `C[S, T]` parent type that we look for. We need this because we need to store bindings
+  ## '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.idTablePut(a, dest)
+          when logBindings: echo "A bind ", a, " ", dest
+      else:
+        bindings.idTablePut(a, b)
+        when logBindings: echo "B bind ", a, " ", b
+    # we have a match, so bind 'arg' itself to 'concpt':
+    bindings.idTablePut(concpt, arg)
+    # invocation != nil means we have a non-atomic concept:
+    if invocation != nil and arg.kind == tyGenericInst and invocation.len == arg.len-1:
+      # bind even more generic parameters
+      assert invocation.kind == tyGenericInvocation
+      for i in 1 ..< invocation.len:
+        bindings.idTablePut(invocation[i], arg[i])

compiler/condsyms.nim

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # This module handles the conditional symbols.
 
 import
-  std/strtabs
+  strtabs
 
 from options import Feature
 from lineinfos import hintMin, hintMax, warnMin, warnMax
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ proc undefSymbol*(symbols: StringTableRef; symbol: string) =
 #  result = if isDefined(symbol): gSymbols[symbol] else: nil
 
 iterator definedSymbolNames*(symbols: StringTableRef): string =
-  for key in keys(symbols):
+  for key, val in pairs(symbols):
     yield key
 
 proc countDefinedSymbols*(symbols: StringTableRef): int =
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ proc initDefines*(symbols: StringTableRef) =
   defineSymbol("nimNewTypedesc") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimrequiresnimframe") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimparsebiggestfloatmagic") # deadcode
+  defineSymbol("nimalias") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimlocks") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimnode") # deadcode
+  defineSymbol("nimnode") # deadcode pending `nimnode` reference in opengl package
+    # refs https://github.com/nim-lang/opengl/pull/79
   defineSymbol("nimvarargstyped") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimtypedescfixed") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimKnowsNimvm") # deadcode
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ proc initDefines*(symbols: StringTableRef) =
   defineSymbol("nimVmExportFixed") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimHasSymOwnerInMacro") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimNewRuntime") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimIncrSeqV3") # deadcode
+  defineSymbol("nimIncrSeqV3") # xxx: turn this into deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimAshr") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimNoNilSeqs") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimNoNilSeqs2") # deadcode
@@ -82,24 +84,10 @@ proc initDefines*(symbols: StringTableRef) =
   defineSymbol("nimHasSignatureHashInMacro") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimHasDefault") # deadcode
   defineSymbol("nimMacrosSizealignof") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimNoZeroExtendMagic") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimMacrosGetNodeId") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimFixedForwardGeneric") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimToOpenArrayCString") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasUsed") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimnomagic64") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimNewShiftOps") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasCursor") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimAlignPragma") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasExceptionsQuery") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasIsNamedTuple") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHashOrdinalFixed") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasSinkInference") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimNewIntegerOps") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasInvariant") # deadcode
-
-
 
+  # > 0.20.0
+  defineSymbol("nimNoZeroExtendMagic")
+  defineSymbol("nimMacrosGetNodeId")
   for f in Feature:
     defineSymbol("nimHas" & $f)
 
@@ -110,18 +98,31 @@ proc initDefines*(symbols: StringTableRef) =
 
   defineSymbol("nimFixedOwned")
   defineSymbol("nimHasStyleChecks")
+  defineSymbol("nimToOpenArrayCString")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasUsed")
+  defineSymbol("nimFixedForwardGeneric")
+  defineSymbol("nimnomagic64")
+  defineSymbol("nimNewShiftOps")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasCursor")
+  defineSymbol("nimAlignPragma")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasExceptionsQuery")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasIsNamedTuple")
+  defineSymbol("nimHashOrdinalFixed")
 
   when defined(nimHasLibFFI):
     # Renaming as we can't conflate input vs output define flags; e.g. this
     # will report the right thing regardless of whether user adds
     # `-d:nimHasLibFFI` in his user config.
-    defineSymbol("nimHasLibFFIEnabled") # deadcode
+    defineSymbol("nimHasLibFFIEnabled")
 
-  defineSymbol("nimHasStacktraceMsgs") # deadcode
+  defineSymbol("nimHasSinkInference")
+  defineSymbol("nimNewIntegerOps")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasInvariant")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasStacktraceMsgs")
   defineSymbol("nimDoesntTrackDefects")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasLentIterators") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasDeclaredMagic") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasStacktracesModule") # deadcode
+  defineSymbol("nimHasLentIterators")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasDeclaredMagic")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasStacktracesModule")
   defineSymbol("nimHasEffectTraitsModule")
   defineSymbol("nimHasCastPragmaBlocks")
   defineSymbol("nimHasDeclaredLocs")
@@ -132,48 +133,12 @@ proc initDefines*(symbols: StringTableRef) =
   defineSymbol("nimHasCustomLiterals")
   defineSymbol("nimHasUnifiedTuple")
   defineSymbol("nimHasIterable")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasTypeofVoid") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasDragonBox") # deadcode
+  defineSymbol("nimHasTypeofVoid")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasDragonBox")
   defineSymbol("nimHasHintAll")
   defineSymbol("nimHasTrace")
   defineSymbol("nimHasEffectsOf")
 
   defineSymbol("nimHasEnforceNoRaises")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasTopDownInference")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasTemplateRedefinitionPragma")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasCstringCase")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasCallsitePragma")
-
-  defineSymbol("nimHasWarnCastSizes") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasOutParams")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasSystemRaisesDefect")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasWarnUnnamedBreak")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasGenericDefine")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasDefineAliases")
   defineSymbol("nimHasWarnBareExcept")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasDup")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasChecksums")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasSendable")
-  defineSymbol("nimAllowNonVarDestructor")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasQuirky")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasEnsureMove")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasNoReturnError")
-
-  defineSymbol("nimUseStrictDefs") # deadcode
-  defineSymbol("nimHasNolineTooLong")
-
-  defineSymbol("nimHasCastExtendedVm")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasWarnStdPrefix")
-
-  defineSymbol("nimHasVtables")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasGenericsOpenSym2")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasGenericsOpenSym3")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasJsNoLambdaLifting")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasDefaultFloatRoundtrip")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasXorSet")
-
-  defineSymbol("nimHasSetLengthSeqUninitMagic")
-  defineSymbol("nimHasPreviewDuplicateModuleError")
-
-  defineSymbol("nimHasImplicitRangeConversion")
-
+  defineSymbol("nimHasTopDownInference")

compiler/debugutils.nim

@@ -54,19 +54,3 @@ proc isCompilerDebug*(): bool =
       {.undef(nimCompilerDebug).}
       echo 'x'
   conf0.isDefined("nimCompilerDebug")
-
-proc enteringDebugSection*() {.exportc, dynlib.} =
-  ## Provides a way for native debuggers to enable breakpoints, watchpoints, etc
-  ## when code of interest is being compiled.
-  ## 
-  ## Set your debugger to break on entering `nimCompilerIsEnteringDebugSection`
-  ## and then execute a desired command.
-  discard
-
-proc exitingDebugSection*() {.exportc, dynlib.} =
-  ## Provides a way for native debuggers to disable breakpoints, watchpoints, etc
-  ## when code of interest is no longer being compiled.
-  ## 
-  ## Set your debugger to break on entering `exitingDebugSection`
-  ## and then execute a desired command.
-  discard

compiler/depends.nim

@@ -9,18 +9,13 @@
 
 # This module implements a dependency file generator.
 
-import options, ast, ropes, pathutils, msgs, lineinfos
+import options, ast, ropes, passes, pathutils, msgs, lineinfos
 
 import modulegraphs
 
-import std/[os, parseutils]
-import std/strutils except addf
+import std/[os, strutils, parseutils]
 import std/private/globs
 
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
-
 type
   TGen = object of PPassContext
     module: PSym
@@ -42,7 +37,7 @@ proc toNimblePath(s: string, isStdlib: bool): string =
     let sub = "lib/"
     var start = s.find(sub)
     if start < 0:
-      raiseAssert "unreachable"
+      doAssert false
     else:
       start += sub.len
       let base = s[start..^1]
@@ -83,7 +78,7 @@ proc addDependency(c: PPassContext, g: PGen, b: Backend, n: PNode) =
   let child = nativeToUnixPath(path.dir / path.name).toNimblePath(belongsToStdlib(g.graph, n.sym))
   addDependencyAux(b, parent, child)
 
-proc addDotDependency*(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc addDotDependency(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   let g = PGen(c)
   let b = Backend(g.graph.backend)
@@ -104,7 +99,18 @@ proc generateDot*(graph: ModuleGraph; project: AbsoluteFile) =
       rope(project.splitFile.name), b.dotGraph],
             changeFileExt(project, "dot"))
 
-proc setupDependPass*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
-  result = PGen(module: module, config: graph.config, graph: graph)
+when not defined(nimHasSinkInference):
+  {.pragma: nosinks.}
+
+proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext {.nosinks.} =
+  var g: PGen
+  new(g)
+  g.module = module
+  g.config = graph.config
+  g.graph = graph
   if graph.backend == nil:
-    graph.backend = Backend(dotGraph: "")
+    graph.backend = Backend(dotGraph: nil)
+  result = g
+
+const gendependPass* = makePass(open = myOpen, process = addDotDependency)
+

compiler/dfa.nim

@@ -9,34 +9,37 @@
 
 ## Data flow analysis for Nim.
 ## We transform the AST into a linear list of instructions first to
-## make this easier to handle: There are only 3 different branching
+## make this easier to handle: There are only 2 different branching
 ## instructions: 'goto X' is an unconditional goto, 'fork X'
 ## is a conditional goto (either the next instruction or 'X' can be
-## taken), 'loop X' is the only jump that jumps back.
-##
-## Exhaustive case statements are translated
+## taken). Exhaustive case statements are translated
 ## so that the last branch is transformed into an 'else' branch.
 ## ``return`` and ``break`` are all covered by 'goto'.
 ##
+## Control flow through exception handling:
+## Contrary to popular belief, exception handling doesn't cause
+## many problems for this DFA representation, ``raise`` is a statement
+## that ``goes to`` the outer ``finally`` or ``except`` if there is one,
+## otherwise it is the same as ``return``. Every call is treated as
+## a call that can potentially ``raise``. However, without a surrounding
+## ``try`` we don't emit these ``fork ReturnLabel`` instructions in order
+## to speed up the dataflow analysis passes.
+##
 ## The data structures and algorithms used here are inspired by
 ## "A Graph–Free Approach to Data–Flow Analysis" by Markus Mohnen.
 ## https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/3-540-45937-5_6.pdf
 
-import ast, lineinfos, renderer, aliasanalysis
+import ast, intsets, lineinfos, renderer
 import std/private/asciitables
-import std/intsets
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
 
 type
   InstrKind* = enum
-    goto, loop, fork, def, use
+    goto, fork, def, use
   Instr* = object
+    n*: PNode # contains the def/use location.
     case kind*: InstrKind
-    of goto, fork, loop: dest*: int
-    of def, use:
-      n*: PNode # contains the def/use location.
+    of goto, fork: dest*: int
+    else: discard
 
   ControlFlowGraph* = seq[Instr]
 
@@ -46,26 +49,24 @@ type
     case isTryBlock: bool
     of false:
       label: PSym
-      breakFixups: seq[(TPosition, seq[PNode])] # Contains the gotos for the breaks along with their pending finales
+      breakFixups: seq[(TPosition, seq[PNode])] #Contains the gotos for the breaks along with their pending finales
     of true:
       finale: PNode
-      raiseFixups: seq[TPosition] # Contains the gotos for the raises
+      raiseFixups: seq[TPosition] #Contains the gotos for the raises
 
   Con = object
     code: ControlFlowGraph
-    inTryStmt, interestingInstructions: int
+    inTryStmt: int
     blocks: seq[TBlock]
     owner: PSym
-    root: PSym
 
 proc codeListing(c: ControlFlowGraph, start = 0; last = -1): string =
   # for debugging purposes
   # first iteration: compute all necessary labels:
-  result = ""
   var jumpTargets = initIntSet()
   let last = if last < 0: c.len-1 else: min(last, c.len-1)
   for i in start..last:
-    if c[i].kind in {goto, fork, loop}:
+    if c[i].kind in {goto, fork}:
       jumpTargets.incl(i+c[i].dest)
   var i = start
   while i <= last:
@@ -76,12 +77,12 @@ proc codeListing(c: ControlFlowGraph, start = 0; last = -1): string =
     case c[i].kind
     of def, use:
       result.add renderTree(c[i].n)
-      result.add("\t#")
-      result.add($c[i].n.info.line)
-      result.add("\n")
-    of goto, fork, loop:
+    of goto, fork:
       result.add "L"
       result.addInt c[i].dest+i
+    result.add("\t#")
+    result.add($c[i].n.info.line)
+    result.add("\n")
     inc i
   if i in jumpTargets: result.add("L" & $i & ": End\n")
 
@@ -89,13 +90,181 @@ proc echoCfg*(c: ControlFlowGraph; start = 0; last = -1) {.deprecated.} =
   ## echos the ControlFlowGraph for debugging purposes.
   echo codeListing(c, start, last).alignTable
 
-proc forkI(c: var Con): TPosition =
+proc forkI(c: var Con; n: PNode): TPosition =
   result = TPosition(c.code.len)
-  c.code.add Instr(kind: fork, dest: 0)
+  c.code.add Instr(n: n, kind: fork, dest: 0)
 
-proc gotoI(c: var Con): TPosition =
+proc gotoI(c: var Con; n: PNode): TPosition =
   result = TPosition(c.code.len)
-  c.code.add Instr(kind: goto, dest: 0)
+  c.code.add Instr(n: n, kind: goto, dest: 0)
+
+#[
+
+Join is no more
+===============
+Instead of generating join instructions we adapt our traversal of the CFG.
+
+When encountering a fork we split into two paths, we follow the path
+starting at "pc + 1" until it encounters the joinpoint: "pc + forkInstr.dest".
+If we encounter gotos that would jump further than the current joinpoint,
+as can happen with gotos generated by unstructured controlflow such as break, raise or return,
+we simply suspend following the current path, and follow the other path until the new joinpoint
+which is simply the instruction pointer returned to us by the now suspended path.
+If the path we are following now, also encounters a goto that exceeds the joinpoint
+we repeat the process; suspending the current path and evaluating the other one with a new joinpoint.
+If we eventually reach a common joinpoint we join the two paths.
+This new "ping-pong" approach has the obvious advantage of not requiring join instructions, as such
+cutting down on the CFG size but is also mandatory for correctly handling complicated cases
+of unstructured controlflow.
+
+
+Design of join
+==============
+
+block:
+  if cond: break
+  def(x)
+
+use(x)
+
+Generates:
+
+L0: fork lab1
+  join L0  # patched.
+  goto Louter
+lab1:
+  def x
+  join L0
+Louter:
+  use x
+
+
+block outer:
+  while a:
+    while b:
+      if foo:
+        if bar:
+          break outer # --> we need to 'join' every pushed 'fork' here
+
+
+This works and then our abstract interpretation needs to deal with 'fork'
+differently. It really causes a split in execution. Two threads are
+"spawned" and both need to reach the 'join L' instruction. Afterwards
+the abstract interpretations are joined and execution resumes single
+threaded.
+
+
+Abstract Interpretation
+-----------------------
+
+proc interpret(pc, state, comesFrom): state =
+  result = state
+  # we need an explicit 'create' instruction (an explicit heap), in order
+  # to deal with 'var x = create(); var y = x; var z = y; destroy(z)'
+  while true:
+    case pc
+    of fork:
+      let a = interpret(pc+1, result, pc)
+      let b = interpret(forkTarget, result, pc)
+      result = a ++ b # ++ is a union operation
+      inc pc
+    of join:
+      if joinTarget == comesFrom: return result
+      else: inc pc
+    of use X:
+      if not result.contains(x):
+        error "variable not initialized " & x
+      inc pc
+    of def X:
+      if not result.contains(x):
+        result.incl X
+      else:
+        error "overwrite of variable causes memory leak " & x
+      inc pc
+    of destroy X:
+      result.excl X
+
+This is correct but still can lead to false positives:
+
+proc p(cond: bool) =
+  if cond:
+    new(x)
+  otherThings()
+  if cond:
+    destroy x
+
+Is not a leak. We should find a way to model *data* flow, not just
+control flow. One solution is to rewrite the 'if' without a fork
+instruction. The unstructured aspect can now be easily dealt with
+the 'goto' and 'join' instructions.
+
+proc p(cond: bool) =
+  L0: fork Lend
+    new(x)
+    # do not 'join' here!
+
+  Lend:
+    otherThings()
+    join L0  # SKIP THIS FOR new(x) SOMEHOW
+  destroy x
+  join L0 # but here.
+
+
+
+But if we follow 'goto Louter' we will never come to the join point.
+We restore the bindings after popping pc from the stack then there
+"no" problem?!
+
+
+while cond:
+  prelude()
+  if not condB: break
+  postlude()
+
+--->
+var setFlag = true
+while cond and not setFlag:
+  prelude()
+  if not condB:
+    setFlag = true   # BUT: Dependency
+  if not setFlag:    # HERE
+    postlude()
+
+--->
+var setFlag = true
+while cond and not setFlag:
+  prelude()
+  if not condB:
+    postlude()
+    setFlag = true
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+while cond:
+  prelude()
+  if more:
+    if not condB: break
+    stuffHere()
+  postlude()
+
+-->
+var setFlag = true
+while cond and not setFlag:
+  prelude()
+  if more:
+    if not condB:
+      setFlag = false
+    else:
+      stuffHere()
+      postlude()
+  else:
+    postlude()
+
+This is getting complicated. Instead we keep the whole 'join' idea but
+duplicate the 'join' instructions on breaks and return exits!
+
+]#
 
 proc genLabel(c: Con): TPosition = TPosition(c.code.len)
 
@@ -103,8 +272,8 @@ template checkedDistance(dist): int =
   doAssert low(int) div 2 + 1 < dist and dist < high(int) div 2
   dist
 
-proc jmpBack(c: var Con, p = TPosition(0)) =
-  c.code.add Instr(kind: loop, dest: checkedDistance(p.int - c.code.len))
+proc jmpBack(c: var Con, n: PNode, p = TPosition(0)) =
+  c.code.add Instr(n: n, kind: goto, dest: checkedDistance(p.int - c.code.len))
 
 proc patch(c: var Con, p: TPosition) =
   # patch with current index
@@ -113,13 +282,13 @@ proc patch(c: var Con, p: TPosition) =
 proc gen(c: var Con; n: PNode)
 
 proc popBlock(c: var Con; oldLen: int) =
-  var exits: seq[TPosition] = @[]
-  exits.add c.gotoI()
+  var exits: seq[TPosition]
+  exits.add c.gotoI(newNode(nkEmpty))
   for f in c.blocks[oldLen].breakFixups:
     c.patch(f[0])
     for finale in f[1]:
       c.gen(finale)
-    exits.add c.gotoI()
+    exits.add c.gotoI(newNode(nkEmpty))
   for e in exits:
     c.patch e
   c.blocks.setLen(oldLen)
@@ -130,29 +299,95 @@ template withBlock(labl: PSym; body: untyped) =
   body
   popBlock(c, oldLen)
 
-template forkT(body) =
-  let lab1 = c.forkI()
+proc isTrue(n: PNode): bool =
+  n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind == skEnumField and n.sym.position != 0 or
+    n.kind == nkIntLit and n.intVal != 0
+
+when true:
+  proc genWhile(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
+    # We unroll every loop 3 times. We emulate 0, 1, 2 iterations
+    # through the loop. We need to prove this is correct for our
+    # purposes. But Herb Sutter claims it is. (Proof by authority.)
+    #
+    # EDIT: Actually, we only need to unroll 2 times
+    # because Nim doesn't have a way of breaking/goto-ing into
+    # a loop iteration. Unrolling 2 times is much better for compile
+    # times of nested loops than 3 times, so we do that here.
+    #[
+    while cond:
+      body
+
+    Becomes:
+
+    block:
+      if cond:
+        body
+        if cond:
+          body
+          if cond:
+            body
+
+    We still need to ensure 'break' resolves properly, so an AST to AST
+    translation is impossible.
+
+    So the code to generate is:
+
+      cond
+      fork L4  # F1
+      body
+      cond
+      fork L5  # F2
+      body
+      cond
+      fork L6  # F3
+      body
+    L6:
+      join F3
+    L5:
+      join F2
+    L4:
+      join F1
+    ]#
+    if isTrue(n[0]):
+      # 'while true' is an idiom in Nim and so we produce
+      # better code for it:
+      withBlock(nil):
+        for i in 0..1:
+          c.gen(n[1])
+    else:
+      withBlock(nil):
+        var endings: array[2, TPosition]
+        for i in 0..1:
+          c.gen(n[0])
+          endings[i] = c.forkI(n)
+          c.gen(n[1])
+        for i in countdown(endings.high, 0):
+          c.patch(endings[i])
+
+else:
+  proc genWhile(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
+    # lab1:
+    #   cond, tmp
+    #   fork tmp, lab2
+    #   body
+    #   jmp lab1
+    # lab2:
+    let lab1 = c.genLabel
+    withBlock(nil):
+      if isTrue(n[0]):
+        c.gen(n[1])
+        c.jmpBack(n, lab1)
+      else:
+        c.gen(n[0])
+        forkT(n):
+          c.gen(n[1])
+          c.jmpBack(n, lab1)
+
+template forkT(n, body) =
+  let lab1 = c.forkI(n)
   body
   c.patch(lab1)
 
-proc genWhile(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
-  # lab1:
-  #   cond, tmp
-  #   fork tmp, lab2
-  #   body
-  #   jmp lab1
-  # lab2:
-  let lab1 = c.genLabel
-  withBlock(nil):
-    if isTrue(n[0]):
-      c.gen(n[1])
-      c.jmpBack(lab1)
-    else:
-      c.gen(n[0])
-      forkT:
-        c.gen(n[1])
-        c.jmpBack(lab1)
-
 proc genIf(c: var Con, n: PNode) =
   #[
 
@@ -181,32 +416,34 @@ proc genIf(c: var Con, n: PNode) =
     goto Lend3
   L3:
     D
+    goto Lend3 # not eliminated to simplify the join generation
+  Lend3:
+    join F3
+  Lend2:
+    join F2
+  Lend:
+    join F1
+
   ]#
   var endings: seq[TPosition] = @[]
-  let oldInteresting = c.interestingInstructions
-  let oldLen = c.code.len
-
   for i in 0..<n.len:
     let it = n[i]
     c.gen(it[0])
     if it.len == 2:
-      forkT:
-        c.gen(it.lastSon)
-        endings.add c.gotoI()
-
-  if oldInteresting == c.interestingInstructions:
-    setLen c.code, oldLen
-  else:
-    for i in countdown(endings.high, 0):
-      c.patch(endings[i])
+      forkT(it[1]):
+        c.gen(it[1])
+        endings.add c.gotoI(it[1])
+  for i in countdown(endings.high, 0):
+    c.patch(endings[i])
 
 proc genAndOr(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   #   asgn dest, a
   #   fork lab1
   #   asgn dest, b
   # lab1:
+  #   join F1
   c.gen(n[1])
-  forkT:
+  forkT(n):
     c.gen(n[2])
 
 proc genCase(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
@@ -221,40 +458,39 @@ proc genCase(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   #    elsePart
   #  Lend:
   let isExhaustive = skipTypes(n[0].typ,
-    abstractVarRange-{tyTypeDesc}).kind notin {tyFloat..tyFloat128, tyString, tyCstring}
+    abstractVarRange-{tyTypeDesc}).kind notin {tyFloat..tyFloat128, tyString}
 
+  # we generate endings as a set of chained gotos, this is a bit awkward but it
+  # ensures when recursively traversing the CFG for various analysis, we don't
+  # artificially extended the life of each branch (for the purposes of DFA)
+  # beyond the minimum amount.
   var endings: seq[TPosition] = @[]
   c.gen(n[0])
-  let oldInteresting = c.interestingInstructions
-  let oldLen = c.code.len
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let it = n[i]
     if it.len == 1 or (i == n.len-1 and isExhaustive):
       # treat the last branch as 'else' if this is an exhaustive case statement.
       c.gen(it.lastSon)
+      if endings.len != 0:
+        c.patch(endings[^1])
     else:
-      forkT:
+      forkT(it.lastSon):
         c.gen(it.lastSon)
-        endings.add c.gotoI()
-
-  if oldInteresting == c.interestingInstructions:
-    setLen c.code, oldLen
-  else:
-    for i in countdown(endings.high, 0):
-      c.patch(endings[i])
+        if endings.len != 0:
+          c.patch(endings[^1])
+        endings.add c.gotoI(it.lastSon)
 
 proc genBlock(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   withBlock(n[0].sym):
     c.gen(n[1])
 
 proc genBreakOrRaiseAux(c: var Con, i: int, n: PNode) =
-  let lab1 = c.gotoI()
+  let lab1 = c.gotoI(n)
   if c.blocks[i].isTryBlock:
     c.blocks[i].raiseFixups.add lab1
   else:
-    var trailingFinales: seq[PNode] = @[]
-    if c.inTryStmt > 0:
-      # Ok, we are in a try, lets see which (if any) try's we break out from:
+    var trailingFinales: seq[PNode]
+    if c.inTryStmt > 0: #Ok, we are in a try, lets see which (if any) try's we break out from:
       for b in countdown(c.blocks.high, i):
         if c.blocks[b].isTryBlock:
           trailingFinales.add c.blocks[b].finale
@@ -262,7 +498,6 @@ proc genBreakOrRaiseAux(c: var Con, i: int, n: PNode) =
     c.blocks[i].breakFixups.add (lab1, trailingFinales)
 
 proc genBreak(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
-  inc c.interestingInstructions
   if n[0].kind == nkSym:
     for i in countdown(c.blocks.high, 0):
       if not c.blocks[i].isTryBlock and c.blocks[i].label == n[0].sym:
@@ -293,9 +528,9 @@ proc genTry(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let it = n[i]
     if it.kind != nkFinally:
-      forkT:
+      forkT(it):
         c.gen(it.lastSon)
-        endings.add c.gotoI()
+        endings.add c.gotoI(it)
   for i in countdown(endings.high, 0):
     c.patch(endings[i])
 
@@ -303,28 +538,26 @@ proc genTry(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   if fin.kind == nkFinally:
     c.gen(fin[0])
 
-template genNoReturn(c: var Con) =
+template genNoReturn(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   # leave the graph
-  c.code.add Instr(kind: goto, dest: high(int) - c.code.len)
+  c.code.add Instr(n: n, kind: goto, dest: high(int) - c.code.len)
 
 proc genRaise(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
-  inc c.interestingInstructions
   gen(c, n[0])
   if c.inTryStmt > 0:
     for i in countdown(c.blocks.high, 0):
       if c.blocks[i].isTryBlock:
         genBreakOrRaiseAux(c, i, n)
         return
-    assert false # Unreachable
+    assert false #Unreachable
   else:
-    genNoReturn(c)
+    genNoReturn(c, n)
 
 proc genImplicitReturn(c: var Con) =
   if c.owner.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skIterator, skConverter} and resultPos < c.owner.ast.len:
     gen(c, c.owner.ast[resultPos])
 
 proc genReturn(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
-  inc c.interestingInstructions
   if n[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     gen(c, n[0])
   else:
@@ -333,6 +566,122 @@ proc genReturn(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
 
 const
   InterestingSyms = {skVar, skResult, skLet, skParam, skForVar, skTemp}
+  PathKinds0 = {nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr,
+                nkBracketExpr, nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref,
+                nkAddr, nkHiddenAddr,
+                nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv}
+  PathKinds1 = {nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv}
+
+proc skipConvDfa*(n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  while true:
+    case result.kind
+    of nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv:
+      result = result[0]
+    of PathKinds1:
+      result = result[1]
+    else: break
+
+type AliasKind* = enum
+  yes, no, maybe
+
+proc aliases*(obj, field: PNode): AliasKind =
+  # obj -> field:
+  # x -> x: true
+  # x -> x.f: true
+  # x.f -> x: false
+  # x.f -> x.f: true
+  # x.f -> x.v: false
+  # x -> x[0]: true
+  # x[0] -> x: false
+  # x[0] -> x[0]: true
+  # x[0] -> x[1]: false
+  # x -> x[i]: true
+  # x[i] -> x: false
+  # x[i] -> x[i]: maybe; Further analysis could make this return true when i is a runtime-constant
+  # x[i] -> x[j]: maybe; also returns maybe if only one of i or j is a compiletime-constant
+  template collectImportantNodes(result, n) =
+    var result: seq[PNode]
+    var n = n
+    while true:
+      case n.kind
+      of PathKinds0 - {nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr}:
+        n = n[0]
+      of PathKinds1:
+        n = n[1]
+      of nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr:
+        result.add n
+        n = n[0]
+      of nkSym:
+        result.add n; break
+      else: return no
+
+  collectImportantNodes(objImportantNodes, obj)
+  collectImportantNodes(fieldImportantNodes, field)
+
+  # If field is less nested than obj, then it cannot be part of/aliased by obj
+  if fieldImportantNodes.len < objImportantNodes.len: return no
+
+  result = yes
+  for i in 1..objImportantNodes.len:
+    # We compare the nodes leading to the location of obj and field
+    # with each other.
+    # We continue until they diverge, in which case we return no, or
+    # until we reach the location of obj, in which case we do not need
+    # to look further, since field must be part of/aliased by obj now.
+    # If we encounter an element access using an index which is a runtime value,
+    # we simply return maybe instead of yes; should further nodes not diverge.
+    let currFieldPath = fieldImportantNodes[^i]
+    let currObjPath = objImportantNodes[^i]
+
+    if currFieldPath.kind != currObjPath.kind:
+      return no
+
+    case currFieldPath.kind
+    of nkSym:
+      if currFieldPath.sym != currObjPath.sym: return no
+    of nkDotExpr:
+      if currFieldPath[1].sym != currObjPath[1].sym: return no
+    of nkBracketExpr:
+      if currFieldPath[1].kind in nkLiterals and currObjPath[1].kind in nkLiterals:
+        if currFieldPath[1].intVal != currObjPath[1].intVal:
+          return no
+      else:
+        result = maybe
+    else: assert false # unreachable
+
+proc isAnalysableFieldAccess*(orig: PNode; owner: PSym): bool =
+  var n = orig
+  while true:
+    case n.kind
+    of PathKinds0 - {nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr}:
+      n = n[0]
+    of PathKinds1:
+      n = n[1]
+    of nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
+      # We "own" sinkparam[].loc but not ourVar[].location as it is a nasty
+      # pointer indirection.
+      # bug #14159, we cannot reason about sinkParam[].location as it can
+      # still be shared for tyRef.
+      n = n[0]
+      return n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.owner == owner and
+         (n.sym.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst-{tyOwned}).kind in {tyOwned})
+    else: break
+  # XXX Allow closure deref operations here if we know
+  # the owner controlled the closure allocation?
+  result = n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.owner == owner and
+    {sfGlobal, sfThread, sfCursor} * n.sym.flags == {} and
+    (n.sym.kind != skParam or isSinkParam(n.sym)) # or n.sym.typ.kind == tyVar)
+  # Note: There is a different move analyzer possible that checks for
+  # consume(param.key); param.key = newValue  for all paths. Then code like
+  #
+  #   let splited = split(move self.root, x)
+  #   self.root = merge(splited.lower, splited.greater)
+  #
+  # could be written without the ``move self.root``. However, this would be
+  # wrong! Then the write barrier for the ``self.root`` assignment would
+  # free the old data and all is lost! Lesson: Don't be too smart, trust the
+  # lower level C++ optimizer to specialize this code.
 
 proc skipTrivials(c: var Con, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
@@ -351,9 +700,8 @@ proc genUse(c: var Con; orig: PNode) =
   let n = c.skipTrivials(orig)
 
   if n.kind == nkSym:
-    if n.sym.kind in InterestingSyms and n.sym == c.root:
-      c.code.add Instr(kind: use, n: orig)
-      inc c.interestingInstructions
+    if n.sym.kind in InterestingSyms:
+      c.code.add Instr(n: orig, kind: use)
   else:
     gen(c, n)
 
@@ -361,9 +709,7 @@ proc genDef(c: var Con; orig: PNode) =
   let n = c.skipTrivials(orig)
 
   if n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind in InterestingSyms:
-    if n.sym == c.root:
-      c.code.add Instr(kind: def, n: orig)
-      inc c.interestingInstructions
+    c.code.add Instr(n: orig, kind: def)
 
 proc genCall(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   gen(c, n[0])
@@ -371,17 +717,18 @@ proc genCall(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   if t != nil: t = t.skipTypes(abstractInst)
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     gen(c, n[i])
-    if t != nil and i < t.signatureLen and isOutParam(t[i]):
-      # Pass by 'out' is a 'must def'. Good enough for a move optimizer.
-      genDef(c, n[i])
+    when false:
+      if t != nil and i < t.len and t[i].kind == tyOut:
+        # Pass by 'out' is a 'must def'. Good enough for a move optimizer.
+        genDef(c, n[i])
   # every call can potentially raise:
   if c.inTryStmt > 0 and canRaiseConservative(n[0]):
-    inc c.interestingInstructions
     # we generate the instruction sequence:
     # fork lab1
     # goto exceptionHandler (except or finally)
     # lab1:
-    forkT:
+    # join F1
+    forkT(n):
       for i in countdown(c.blocks.high, 0):
         if c.blocks[i].isTryBlock:
           genBreakOrRaiseAux(c, i, n)
@@ -419,11 +766,11 @@ proc gen(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
       else:
         genCall(c, n)
       if sfNoReturn in n[0].sym.flags:
-        genNoReturn(c)
+        genNoReturn(c, n)
     else:
       genCall(c, n)
   of nkCharLit..nkNilLit: discard
-  of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn, nkSinkAsgn:
+  of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
     gen(c, n[1])
 
     if n[0].kind in PathKinds0:
@@ -439,8 +786,8 @@ 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)
@@ -457,35 +804,16 @@ proc gen(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   of nkConv, nkExprColonExpr, nkExprEqExpr, nkCast, PathKinds1:
     gen(c, n[1])
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection: genVarSection(c, n)
-  of nkDefer: raiseAssert "dfa construction pass requires the elimination of 'defer'"
+  of nkDefer: doAssert false, "dfa construction pass requires the elimination of 'defer'"
   else: discard
 
-when false:
-  proc optimizeJumps(c: var ControlFlowGraph) =
-    for i in 0..<c.len:
-      case c[i].kind
-      of goto, fork:
-        var pc = i + c[i].dest
-        if pc < c.len and c[pc].kind == goto:
-          while pc < c.len and c[pc].kind == goto:
-            let newPc = pc + c[pc].dest
-            if newPc > pc:
-              pc = newPc
-            else:
-              break
-          c[i].dest = pc - i
-      of loop, def, use: discard
-
-proc constructCfg*(s: PSym; body: PNode; root: PSym): ControlFlowGraph =
+proc constructCfg*(s: PSym; body: PNode): ControlFlowGraph =
   ## constructs a control flow graph for ``body``.
-  var c = Con(code: @[], blocks: @[], owner: s, root: root)
+  var c = Con(code: @[], blocks: @[], owner: s)
   withBlock(s):
     gen(c, body)
-    if root.kind == skResult:
-      genImplicitReturn(c)
-  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc) or defined(gcAtomicArc) or defined(gcYrc):
+    genImplicitReturn(c)
+  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc):
     result = c.code # will move
   else:
     shallowCopy(result, c.code)
-  when false:
-    optimizeJumps result

compiler/docgen2.nim

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # semantic checking.
 
 import
-  options, ast, msgs, docgen, lineinfos, pathutils, packages
+  options, ast, msgs, passes, docgen, lineinfos, pathutils, packages
 
 from modulegraphs import ModuleGraph, PPassContext
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ proc shouldProcess(g: PGen): bool =
 template closeImpl(body: untyped) {.dirty.} =
   var g = PGen(p)
   let useWarning = sfMainModule notin g.module.flags
+  let groupedToc = true
   if shouldProcess(g):
     finishGenerateDoc(g.doc)
     body
@@ -37,27 +38,25 @@ template closeImpl(body: untyped) {.dirty.} =
     except IOError:
       discard
 
-proc closeDoc*(graph: ModuleGraph; p: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = nil
+proc close(graph: ModuleGraph; p: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   closeImpl:
-    writeOutput(g.doc, useWarning, true)
+    writeOutput(g.doc, useWarning, groupedToc)
 
-proc closeJson*(graph: ModuleGraph; p: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = nil
+proc closeJson(graph: ModuleGraph; p: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   closeImpl:
     writeOutputJson(g.doc, useWarning)
 
-proc processNode*(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc processNode(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   var g = PGen(c)
   if shouldProcess(g):
-    generateDoc(g.doc, n, n, g.config)
+    generateDoc(g.doc, n, n)
 
-proc processNodeJson*(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc processNodeJson(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   var g = PGen(c)
   if shouldProcess(g):
-    generateJson(g.doc, n, g.config, false)
+    generateJson(g.doc, n, false)
 
 template myOpenImpl(ext: untyped) {.dirty.} =
   var g: PGen
@@ -65,15 +64,25 @@ template myOpenImpl(ext: untyped) {.dirty.} =
   g.module = module
   g.config = graph.config
   var d = newDocumentor(AbsoluteFile toFullPath(graph.config, FileIndex module.position),
-      graph.cache, graph.config, ext, module, hasToc = true)
+      graph.cache, graph.config, ext, module)
+  d.hasToc = true
   g.doc = d
   result = g
 
-proc openHtml*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
+proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
   myOpenImpl(HtmlExt)
 
-proc openTex*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
+proc myOpenTex(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
   myOpenImpl(TexExt)
 
-proc openJson*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
+proc myOpenJson(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
   myOpenImpl(JsonExt)
+
+const docgen2Pass* = makePass(open = myOpen, process = processNode, close = close)
+const docgen2TexPass* = makePass(open = myOpenTex, process = processNode,
+                                 close = close)
+const docgen2JsonPass* = makePass(open = myOpenJson, process = processNodeJson,
+                                  close = closeJson)
+
+proc finishDoc2Pass*(project: string) =
+  discard

compiler/enumtostr.nim

@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 
 import ast, idents, lineinfos, modulegraphs, magicsys
 
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
-
 proc genEnumToStrProc*(t: PType; info: TLineInfo; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
-  result = newSym(skProc, getIdent(g.cache, "$"), idgen, t.owner, info)
+  result = newSym(skProc, getIdent(g.cache, "$"), nextSymId idgen, t.owner, info)
 
-  let dest = newSym(skParam, getIdent(g.cache, "e"), idgen, result, info)
+  let dest = newSym(skParam, getIdent(g.cache, "e"), nextSymId idgen, result, info)
   dest.typ = t
 
-  let res = newSym(skResult, getIdent(g.cache, "result"), idgen, result, info)
+  let res = newSym(skResult, getIdent(g.cache, "result"), nextSymId idgen, result, info)
   res.typ = getSysType(g, info, tyString)
 
-  result.typ = newType(tyProc, idgen, t.owner)
+  result.typ = newType(tyProc, nextTypeId idgen, t.owner)
   result.typ.n = newNodeI(nkFormalParams, info)
   rawAddSon(result.typ, res.typ)
   result.typ.n.add newNodeI(nkEffectList, info)
@@ -30,13 +26,9 @@ proc genEnumToStrProc*(t: PType; info: TLineInfo; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGener
     assert(t.n[i].kind == nkSym)
     var field = t.n[i].sym
     let val = if field.ast == nil: field.name.s else: field.ast.strVal
-    caseStmt.add newTree(nkOfBranch, newIntTypeNode(field.position, t),
+    caseStmt.add newTree(nkOfBranch, newSymNode(field),
       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)
 
@@ -47,5 +39,67 @@ 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}
-  setHookDisamb(g, result, "$enumtostr", t)
+  incl result.flags, sfFromGeneric
+  incl result.flags, sfNeverRaises
+
+proc searchObjCaseImpl(obj: PNode; field: PSym): PNode =
+  case obj.kind
+  of nkSym:
+    result = nil
+  of nkElse, nkOfBranch:
+    result = searchObjCaseImpl(obj.lastSon, field)
+  else:
+    if obj.kind == nkRecCase and obj[0].kind == nkSym and obj[0].sym == field:
+      result = obj
+    else:
+      for x in obj:
+        result = searchObjCaseImpl(x, field)
+        if result != nil: break
+
+proc searchObjCase(t: PType; field: PSym): PNode =
+  result = searchObjCaseImpl(t.n, field)
+  if result == nil and t.len > 0:
+    result = searchObjCase(t[0].skipTypes({tyAlias, tyGenericInst, tyRef, tyPtr}), field)
+  doAssert result != nil
+
+proc genCaseObjDiscMapping*(t: PType; field: PSym; info: TLineInfo; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
+  result = newSym(skProc, getIdent(g.cache, "objDiscMapping"), nextSymId idgen, t.owner, info)
+
+  let dest = newSym(skParam, getIdent(g.cache, "e"), nextSymId idgen, result, info)
+  dest.typ = field.typ
+
+  let res = newSym(skResult, getIdent(g.cache, "result"), nextSymId idgen, result, info)
+  res.typ = getSysType(g, info, tyUInt8)
+
+  result.typ = newType(tyProc, nextTypeId idgen, t.owner)
+  result.typ.n = newNodeI(nkFormalParams, info)
+  rawAddSon(result.typ, res.typ)
+  result.typ.n.add newNodeI(nkEffectList, info)
+
+  result.typ.addParam dest
+
+  var body = newNodeI(nkStmtList, info)
+  var caseStmt = newNodeI(nkCaseStmt, info)
+  caseStmt.add(newSymNode dest)
+
+  let subObj = searchObjCase(t, field)
+  for i in 1..<subObj.len:
+    let ofBranch = subObj[i]
+    var newBranch = newNodeI(ofBranch.kind, ofBranch.info)
+    for j in 0..<ofBranch.len-1:
+      newBranch.add ofBranch[j]
+
+    newBranch.add newTree(nkStmtList, newTree(nkFastAsgn, newSymNode(res), newIntNode(nkInt8Lit, i)))
+    caseStmt.add newBranch
+
+  body.add(caseStmt)
+
+  var n = newNodeI(nkProcDef, info, bodyPos+2)
+  for i in 0..<n.len: n[i] = newNodeI(nkEmpty, info)
+  n[namePos] = newSymNode(result)
+  n[paramsPos] = result.typ.n
+  n[bodyPos] = body
+  n[resultPos] = newSymNode(res)
+  result.ast = n
+  incl result.flags, sfFromGeneric
+  incl result.flags, sfNeverRaises

compiler/errorhandling.nim

@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@
 ## This module contains support code for new-styled error
 ## handling via an `nkError` node kind.
 
-import ast, renderer, options, types
-import std/strutils
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
+import ast, renderer, options, strutils, types
 
 type
   ErrorKind* = enum ## expand as you need.
@@ -41,8 +37,7 @@ proc newError*(wrongNode: PNode; k: ErrorKind; args: varargs[PNode]): PNode =
   let innerError = errorSubNode(wrongNode)
   if innerError != nil:
     return innerError
-  var idgen = idGeneratorForPackage(-1'i32)
-  result = newNodeIT(nkError, wrongNode.info, newType(tyError, idgen, nil))
+  result = newNodeIT(nkError, wrongNode.info, newType(tyError, ItemId(module: -1, item: -1), nil))
   result.add wrongNode
   result.add newIntNode(nkIntLit, ord(k))
   for a in args: result.add a
@@ -52,8 +47,7 @@ proc newError*(wrongNode: PNode; msg: string): PNode =
   let innerError = errorSubNode(wrongNode)
   if innerError != nil:
     return innerError
-  var idgen = idGeneratorForPackage(-1'i32)
-  result = newNodeIT(nkError, wrongNode.info, newType(tyError, idgen, nil))
+  result = newNodeIT(nkError, wrongNode.info, newType(tyError, ItemId(module: -1, item: -1), nil))
   result.add wrongNode
   result.add newIntNode(nkIntLit, ord(CustomError))
   result.add newStrNode(msg, wrongNode.info)

compiler/evalffi.nim

@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
 
 ## This file implements the FFI part of the evaluator for Nim code.
 
-import ast, types, options, msgs, lineinfos
-from std/os import getAppFilename
-import libffi/libffi
-
-import std/[tables, dynlib]
+import ast, types, options, tables, dynlib, msgs, lineinfos
+from os import getAppFilename
+import pkg/libffi
 
 when defined(windows):
   const libcDll = "msvcrt.dll"
@@ -39,10 +37,9 @@ else:
   var gExeHandle = loadLib()
 
 proc getDll(conf: ConfigRef, cache: var TDllCache; dll: string; info: TLineInfo): pointer =
-  result = nil
   if dll in cache:
     return cache[dll]
-  var libs: seq[string] = @[]
+  var libs: seq[string]
   libCandidates(dll, libs)
   for c in libs:
     result = loadLib(c)
@@ -64,23 +61,23 @@ proc importcSymbol*(conf: ConfigRef, sym: PSym): PNode =
     let lib = sym.annex
     if lib != nil and lib.path.kind notin {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
       globalError(conf, sym.info, "dynlib needs to be a string lit")
-    var theAddr: pointer = nil
+    var theAddr: pointer
     if (lib.isNil or lib.kind == libHeader) and not gExeHandle.isNil:
       libPathMsg = "current exe: " & getAppFilename() & " nor libc: " & libcDll
       # first try this exe itself:
-      theAddr = gExeHandle.symAddr(name.cstring)
+      theAddr = gExeHandle.symAddr(name)
       # then try libc:
       if theAddr.isNil:
         let dllhandle = getDll(conf, gDllCache, libcDll, sym.info)
-        theAddr = dllhandle.symAddr(name.cstring)
+        theAddr = dllhandle.symAddr(name)
     elif not lib.isNil:
       let dll = if lib.kind == libHeader: libcDll else: lib.path.strVal
       libPathMsg = dll
       let dllhandle = getDll(conf, gDllCache, dll, sym.info)
-      theAddr = dllhandle.symAddr(name.cstring)
+      theAddr = dllhandle.symAddr(name)
     if theAddr.isNil: globalError(conf, sym.info,
       "cannot import symbol: " & name & " from " & libPathMsg)
-    result.intVal = cast[int](theAddr)
+    result.intVal = cast[ByteAddress](theAddr)
 
 proc mapType(conf: ConfigRef, t: ast.PType): ptr libffi.Type =
   if t == nil: return addr libffi.type_void
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ proc mapType(conf: ConfigRef, t: ast.PType): ptr libffi.Type =
      tyTyped, tyTypeDesc, tyProc, tyArray, tyStatic, tyNil:
     result = addr libffi.type_pointer
   of tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink:
-    result = mapType(conf, t.skipModifier)
+    result = mapType(conf, t[0])
   else:
     result = nil
   # too risky:
@@ -111,13 +108,12 @@ proc mapCallConv(conf: ConfigRef, cc: TCallingConvention, info: TLineInfo): TABI
   of ccStdCall: result = when defined(windows) and defined(x86): STDCALL else: DEFAULT_ABI
   of ccCDecl: result = DEFAULT_ABI
   else:
-    result = default(TABI)
     globalError(conf, info, "cannot map calling convention to FFI")
 
 template rd(typ, p: untyped): untyped = (cast[ptr typ](p))[]
 template wr(typ, p, v: untyped): untyped = (cast[ptr typ](p))[] = v
 template `+!`(x, y: untyped): untyped =
-  cast[pointer](cast[int](x) + y)
+  cast[pointer](cast[ByteAddress](x) + y)
 
 proc packSize(conf: ConfigRef, v: PNode, typ: PType): int =
   ## computes the size of the blob
@@ -126,18 +122,16 @@ proc packSize(conf: ConfigRef, v: PNode, typ: PType): int =
     if v.kind in {nkNilLit, nkPtrLit}:
       result = sizeof(pointer)
     else:
-      result = sizeof(pointer) + packSize(conf, v[0], typ.elementType)
+      result = sizeof(pointer) + packSize(conf, v[0], typ.lastSon)
   of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
-    result = packSize(conf, v, typ.skipModifier)
+    result = packSize(conf, v, typ[0])
   of tyArray:
     # consider: ptr array[0..1000_000, int] which is common for interfacing;
     # we use the real length here instead
     if v.kind in {nkNilLit, nkPtrLit}:
       result = sizeof(pointer)
     elif v.len != 0:
-      result = v.len * packSize(conf, v[0], typ.elementType)
-    else:
-      result = 0
+      result = v.len * packSize(conf, v[0], typ[1])
   else:
     result = getSize(conf, typ).int
 
@@ -146,7 +140,6 @@ proc pack(conf: ConfigRef, v: PNode, typ: PType, res: pointer)
 proc getField(conf: ConfigRef, n: PNode; position: int): PSym =
   case n.kind
   of nkRecList:
-    result = nil
     for i in 0..<n.len:
       result = getField(conf, n[i], position)
       if result != nil: return
@@ -161,8 +154,7 @@ proc getField(conf: ConfigRef, n: PNode; position: int): PSym =
       else: internalError(conf, n.info, "getField(record case branch)")
   of nkSym:
     if n.sym.position == position: result = n.sym
-    else: result = nil
-  else: result = nil
+  else: discard
 
 proc packObject(conf: ConfigRef, x: PNode, typ: PType, res: pointer) =
   internalAssert conf, x.kind in {nkObjConstr, nkPar, nkTupleConstr}
@@ -234,19 +226,19 @@ proc pack(conf: ConfigRef, v: PNode, typ: PType, res: pointer) =
         packRecCheck = 0
         globalError(conf, v.info, "cannot map value to FFI " & typeToString(v.typ))
       inc packRecCheck
-      pack(conf, v[0], typ.elementType, res +! sizeof(pointer))
+      pack(conf, v[0], typ.lastSon, res +! sizeof(pointer))
       dec packRecCheck
       awr(pointer, res +! sizeof(pointer))
   of tyArray:
-    let baseSize = getSize(conf, typ.elementType)
+    let baseSize = getSize(conf, typ[1])
     for i in 0..<v.len:
-      pack(conf, v[i], typ.elementType, res +! i * baseSize)
+      pack(conf, v[i], typ[1], res +! i * baseSize)
   of tyObject, tyTuple:
     packObject(conf, v, typ, res)
   of tyNil:
     discard
   of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
-    pack(conf, v, typ.skipModifier, res)
+    pack(conf, v, typ[0], res)
   else:
     globalError(conf, v.info, "cannot map value to FFI " & typeToString(v.typ))
 
@@ -304,9 +296,9 @@ proc unpackArray(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
     result = n
     if result.kind != nkBracket:
       globalError(conf, n.info, "cannot map value from FFI")
-  let baseSize = getSize(conf, typ.elementType)
+  let baseSize = getSize(conf, typ[1])
   for i in 0..<result.len:
-    result[i] = unpack(conf, x +! i * baseSize, typ.elementType, result[i])
+    result[i] = unpack(conf, x +! i * baseSize, typ[1], result[i])
 
 proc canonNodeKind(k: TNodeKind): TNodeKind =
   case k
@@ -364,7 +356,6 @@ proc unpack(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
     of 4: awi(nkIntLit, rd(int32, x).BiggestInt)
     of 8: awi(nkIntLit, rd(int64, x).BiggestInt)
     else:
-      result = nil
       globalError(conf, n.info, "cannot map value from FFI (tyEnum, tySet)")
   of tyFloat: awf(nkFloatLit, rd(float, x))
   of tyFloat32: awf(nkFloat32Lit, rd(float32, x))
@@ -378,19 +369,18 @@ proc unpack(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
       # in their unboxed representation so nothing it to be unpacked:
       result = n
     else:
-      awi(nkPtrLit, cast[int](p))
+      awi(nkPtrLit, cast[ByteAddress](p))
   of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent:
     let p = rd(pointer, x)
     if p.isNil:
       setNil()
     elif n == nil or n.kind == nkPtrLit:
-      awi(nkPtrLit, cast[int](p))
+      awi(nkPtrLit, cast[ByteAddress](p))
     elif n != nil and n.len == 1:
       internalAssert(conf, n.kind == nkRefTy)
-      n[0] = unpack(conf, p, typ.elementType, n[0])
+      n[0] = unpack(conf, p, typ.lastSon, n[0])
       result = n
     else:
-      result = nil
       globalError(conf, n.info, "cannot map value from FFI " & typeToString(typ))
   of tyObject, tyTuple:
     result = unpackObject(conf, x, typ, n)
@@ -405,10 +395,9 @@ proc unpack(conf: ConfigRef, x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
   of tyNil:
     setNil()
   of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
-    result = unpack(conf, x, typ.skipModifier, n)
+    result = unpack(conf, x, typ.lastSon, n)
   else:
     # XXX what to do with 'array' here?
-    result = nil
     globalError(conf, n.info, "cannot map value from FFI " & typeToString(typ))
 
 proc fficast*(conf: ConfigRef, x: PNode, destTyp: PType): PNode =
@@ -434,8 +423,8 @@ proc fficast*(conf: ConfigRef, x: PNode, destTyp: PType): PNode =
 proc callForeignFunction*(conf: ConfigRef, call: PNode): PNode =
   internalAssert conf, call[0].kind == nkPtrLit
 
-  var cif: TCif = default(TCif)
-  var sig: ParamList = default(ParamList)
+  var cif: TCif
+  var sig: ParamList
   # use the arguments' types for varargs support:
   for i in 1..<call.len:
     sig[i-1] = mapType(conf, call[i].typ)
@@ -444,24 +433,24 @@ proc callForeignFunction*(conf: ConfigRef, call: PNode): PNode =
 
   let typ = call[0].typ
   if prep_cif(cif, mapCallConv(conf, typ.callConv, call.info), cuint(call.len-1),
-              mapType(conf, typ.returnType), sig) != OK:
+              mapType(conf, typ[0]), sig) != OK:
     globalError(conf, call.info, "error in FFI call")
 
-  var args: ArgList = default(ArgList)
+  var args: ArgList
   let fn = cast[pointer](call[0].intVal)
   for i in 1..<call.len:
     var t = call[i].typ
     args[i-1] = alloc0(packSize(conf, call[i], t))
     pack(conf, call[i], t, args[i-1])
-  let retVal = if isEmptyType(typ.returnType): pointer(nil)
-               else: alloc(getSize(conf, typ.returnType).int)
+  let retVal = if isEmptyType(typ[0]): pointer(nil)
+               else: alloc(getSize(conf, typ[0]).int)
 
   libffi.call(cif, fn, retVal, args)
 
   if retVal.isNil:
     result = newNode(nkEmpty)
   else:
-    result = unpack(conf, retVal, typ.returnType, nil)
+    result = unpack(conf, retVal, typ[0], nil)
     result.info = call.info
 
   if retVal != nil: dealloc retVal
@@ -474,8 +463,8 @@ proc callForeignFunction*(conf: ConfigRef, fn: PNode, fntyp: PType,
                           info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   internalAssert conf, fn.kind == nkPtrLit
 
-  var cif: TCif = default(TCif)
-  var sig: ParamList = default(ParamList)
+  var cif: TCif
+  var sig: ParamList
   for i in 0..len-1:
     var aTyp = args[i+start].typ
     if aTyp.isNil:
@@ -489,7 +478,7 @@ proc callForeignFunction*(conf: ConfigRef, fn: PNode, fntyp: PType,
               mapType(conf, fntyp[0]), sig) != OK:
     globalError(conf, info, "error in FFI call")
 
-  var cargs: ArgList = default(ArgList)
+  var cargs: ArgList
   let fn = cast[pointer](fn.intVal)
   for i in 0..len-1:
     let t = args[i+start].typ

compiler/evaltempl.nim

@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
 
 ## Template evaluation engine. Now hygienic.
 
-import options, ast, astalgo, msgs, renderer, lineinfos, idents, trees
-import std/strutils
+import
+  strutils, options, ast, astalgo, msgs, renderer, lineinfos, idents
 
 type
   TemplCtx = object
     owner, genSymOwner: PSym
     instLines: bool   # use the instantiation lines numbers
     isDeclarative: bool
-    mapping: SymMapping # every gensym'ed symbol needs to be mapped to some
-                        # new symbol
+    mapping: TIdTable # every gensym'ed symbol needs to be mapped to some
+                      # new symbol
     config: ConfigRef
     ic: IdentCache
     instID: int
@@ -26,26 +26,13 @@ type
 
 proc copyNode(ctx: TemplCtx, a, b: PNode): PNode =
   result = copyNode(a)
-  if ctx.instLines: setInfoRecursive(result, b.info)
+  if ctx.instLines: result.info = b.info
 
 proc evalTemplateAux(templ, actual: PNode, c: var TemplCtx, result: PNode) =
   template handleParam(param) =
     let x = param
     if x.kind == nkArgList:
       for y in items(x): result.add(y)
-    elif nfDefaultRefsParam in x.flags:
-      # value of default param needs to be evaluated like template body
-      # if it contains other template params
-      var res: PNode
-      if isAtom(x):
-        res = newNodeI(nkPar, x.info)
-        evalTemplateAux(x, actual, c, res)
-        if res.len == 1: res = res[0]
-      else:
-        res = copyNode(x)
-        for i in 0..<x.safeLen:
-          evalTemplateAux(x[i], actual, c, res)
-      result.add res
     else:
       result.add copyTree(x)
 
@@ -57,19 +44,18 @@ proc evalTemplateAux(templ, actual: PNode, c: var TemplCtx, result: PNode) =
         handleParam actual[s.position]
       elif (s.owner != nil) and (s.kind == skGenericParam or
            s.kind == skType and s.typ != nil and s.typ.kind == tyGenericParam):
-        handleParam actual[s.owner.typ.signatureLen + s.position - 1]
+        handleParam actual[s.owner.typ.len + s.position - 1]
       else:
         internalAssert c.config, sfGenSym in s.flags or s.kind == skType
-        var x = idTableGet(c.mapping, s)
+        var x = PSym(idTableGet(c.mapping, s))
         if x == nil:
-          x = copySym(s, c.idgen)
+          x = copySym(s, nextSymId(c.idgen))
           # sem'check needs to set the owner properly later, see bug #9476
-          setOwner(x, nil) # c.genSymOwner
+          x.owner = nil # c.genSymOwner
           #if x.kind == skParam and x.owner.kind == skModule:
           #  internalAssert c.config, false
           idTablePut(c.mapping, s, x)
         if sfGenSym in s.flags:
-          # TODO: getIdent(c.ic, "`" & x.name.s & "`gensym" & $c.instID)
           result.add newIdentNode(getIdent(c.ic, x.name.s & "`gensym" & $c.instID),
             if c.instLines: actual.info else: templ.info)
         else:
@@ -130,7 +116,7 @@ proc evalTemplateArgs(n: PNode, s: PSym; conf: ConfigRef; fromHlo: bool): PNode
     # now that we have working untyped parameters.
     genericParams = if fromHlo: 0
                     else: s.ast[genericParamsPos].len
-    expectedRegularParams = s.typ.paramsLen
+    expectedRegularParams = s.typ.len-1
     givenRegularParams = totalParams - genericParams
   if givenRegularParams < 0: givenRegularParams = 0
 
@@ -196,14 +182,14 @@ proc evalTemplate*(n: PNode, tmpl, genSymOwner: PSym;
 
   # replace each param by the corresponding node:
   var args = evalTemplateArgs(n, tmpl, conf, fromHlo)
-  var ctx = TemplCtx(owner: tmpl,
-    genSymOwner: genSymOwner,
-    config: conf,
-    ic: ic,
-    mapping: initSymMapping(),
-    instID: instID[],
-    idgen: idgen
-  )
+  var ctx: TemplCtx
+  ctx.owner = tmpl
+  ctx.genSymOwner = genSymOwner
+  ctx.config = conf
+  ctx.ic = ic
+  initIdTable(ctx.mapping)
+  ctx.instID = instID[]
+  ctx.idgen = idgen
 
   let body = tmpl.ast[bodyPos]
   #echo "instantion of ", renderTree(body, {renderIds})
@@ -218,7 +204,7 @@ proc evalTemplate*(n: PNode, tmpl, genSymOwner: PSym;
     result = copyNode(body)
     ctx.instLines = sfCallsite in tmpl.flags
     if ctx.instLines:
-      setInfoRecursive(result, n.info)
+      result.info = n.info
     for i in 0..<body.safeLen:
       evalTemplateAux(body[i], args, ctx, result)
   result.flags.incl nfFromTemplate

compiler/expanddefaults.nim

@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2023 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-import lineinfos, ast, types
-
-proc caseObjDefaultBranch*(obj: PNode; branch: Int128): int =
-  result = 0
-  for i in 1 ..< obj.len:
-    for j in 0 .. obj[i].len - 2:
-      if obj[i][j].kind == nkRange:
-        let x = getOrdValue(obj[i][j][0])
-        let y = getOrdValue(obj[i][j][1])
-        if branch >= x and branch <= y:
-          return i
-      elif getOrdValue(obj[i][j]) == branch:
-        return i
-    if obj[i].len == 1:
-      # else branch
-      return i
-  return 1
-
-template newZero(t: PType; info: TLineInfo; k = nkIntLit): PNode = newNodeIT(k, info, t)
-
-proc expandDefault*(t: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode
-
-proc expandField(s: PSym; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
-  result = newNodeIT(nkExprColonExpr, info, s.typ)
-  result.add newSymNode(s)
-  result.add expandDefault(s.typ, info)
-
-proc expandDefaultN(n: PNode; info: TLineInfo; res: PNode) =
-  case n.kind
-  of nkRecList:
-    for i in 0..<n.len:
-      expandDefaultN(n[i], info, res)
-  of nkRecCase:
-    res.add expandField(n[0].sym, info)
-    var branch = Zero
-    let constOrNil = n[0].sym.astdef
-    if constOrNil != nil:
-      branch = getOrdValue(constOrNil)
-
-    let selectedBranch = caseObjDefaultBranch(n, branch)
-    let b = lastSon(n[selectedBranch])
-    expandDefaultN b, info, res
-  of nkSym:
-    res.add expandField(n.sym, info)
-  else:
-    discard
-
-proc expandDefaultObj(t: PType; info: TLineInfo; res: PNode) =
-  if t.baseClass != nil:
-    expandDefaultObj(t.baseClass, info, res)
-  expandDefaultN(t.n, info, res)
-
-proc expandDefault(t: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
-  case t.kind
-  of tyInt:     result = newZero(t, info, nkIntLit)
-  of tyInt8:    result = newZero(t, info, nkInt8Lit)
-  of tyInt16:   result = newZero(t, info, nkInt16Lit)
-  of tyInt32:   result = newZero(t, info, nkInt32Lit)
-  of tyInt64:   result = newZero(t, info, nkInt64Lit)
-  of tyUInt:    result = newZero(t, info, nkUIntLit)
-  of tyUInt8:   result = newZero(t, info, nkUInt8Lit)
-  of tyUInt16:  result = newZero(t, info, nkUInt16Lit)
-  of tyUInt32:  result = newZero(t, info, nkUInt32Lit)
-  of tyUInt64:  result = newZero(t, info, nkUInt64Lit)
-  of tyFloat:   result = newZero(t, info, nkFloatLit)
-  of tyFloat32: result = newZero(t, info, nkFloat32Lit)
-  of tyFloat64: result = newZero(t, info, nkFloat64Lit)
-  of tyFloat128: result = newZero(t, info, nkFloat64Lit)
-  of tyChar:    result = newZero(t, info, nkCharLit)
-  of tyBool:    result = newZero(t, info, nkIntLit)
-  of tyEnum:
-    # Could use low(T) here to finally fix old language quirks
-    result = newZero(t, info, nkIntLit)
-  of tyRange:
-    # Could use low(T) here to finally fix old language quirks
-    result = expandDefault(skipModifier t, info)
-  of tyVoid: result = newZero(t, info, nkEmpty)
-  of tySink, tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias, tyOwned:
-    result = expandDefault(t.skipModifier, info)
-  of tyOrdinal, tyGenericBody, tyGenericParam, tyInferred, tyStatic:
-    if t.hasElementType:
-      result = expandDefault(t.skipModifier, info)
-    else:
-      result = newZero(t, info, nkEmpty)
-  of tyFromExpr:
-    if t.n != nil and t.n.typ != nil:
-      result = expandDefault(t.n.typ, info)
-    else:
-      result = newZero(t, info, nkEmpty)
-  of tyArray:
-    result = newZero(t, info, nkBracket)
-    let n = toInt64(lengthOrd(nil, t))
-    for i in 0..<n:
-      result.add expandDefault(t.elementType, info)
-  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyProc, tyPointer, tyCstring:
-    result = newZero(t, info, nkNilLit)
-  of tyVar, tyLent:
-    let e = t.elementType
-    if e.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyOpenArray, tyVarargs}:
-      # skip the modifier, `var openArray` is a (ptr, len) pair too:
-      result = expandDefault(e, info)
-    else:
-      result = newZero(e, info, nkNilLit)
-  of tySet:
-    result = newZero(t, info, nkCurly)
-  of tyObject:
-    result = newNodeIT(nkObjConstr, info, t)
-    result.add newNodeIT(nkType, info, t)
-    expandDefaultObj(t, info, result)
-  of tyTuple:
-    result = newZero(t, info, nkTupleConstr)
-    for it in t.kids:
-      result.add expandDefault(it, info)
-  of tyVarargs, tyOpenArray, tySequence, tyUncheckedArray:
-    result = newZero(t, info, nkBracket)
-  of tyString:
-    result = newZero(t, info, nkStrLit)
-  of tyNone, tyEmpty, tyUntyped, tyTyped, tyTypeDesc,
-     tyNil, tyGenericInvocation, tyError, tyBuiltInTypeClass,
-     tyUserTypeClass, tyUserTypeClassInst, tyCompositeTypeClass,
-     tyAnd, tyOr, tyNot, tyAnything, tyConcept, tyIterable, tyForward:
-    result = newZero(t, info, nkEmpty) # bug indicator

compiler/extccomp.nim

@@ -14,14 +14,7 @@
 
 import ropes, platform, condsyms, options, msgs, lineinfos, pathutils, modulepaths
 
-import std/[os, osproc, streams, sequtils, times, strtabs, json, jsonutils, sugar, parseutils]
-
-import std / strutils except addf
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/[syncio, assertions]
-
-import ../dist/checksums/src/checksums/sha1
+import std/[os, strutils, osproc, sha1, streams, sequtils, times, strtabs, json, jsonutils, sugar, parseutils]
 
 type
   TInfoCCProp* = enum         # properties of the C compiler:
@@ -33,7 +26,6 @@ type
     hasGnuAsm,                # CC's asm uses the absurd GNU assembler syntax
     hasDeclspec,              # CC has __declspec(X)
     hasAttribute,             # CC has __attribute__((X))
-    hasBuiltinUnreachable     # CC has __builtin_unreachable
   TInfoCCProps* = set[TInfoCCProp]
   TInfoCC* = tuple[
     name: string,        # the short name of the compiler
@@ -63,7 +55,7 @@ type
 
 # Configuration settings for various compilers.
 # When adding new compilers, the cmake sources could be a good reference:
-# https://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=tree;f=Modules/Platform;
+# http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=tree;f=Modules/Platform;
 
 template compiler(name, settings: untyped): untyped =
   proc name: TInfoCC {.compileTime.} = settings
@@ -91,12 +83,12 @@ compiler gcc:
     linkLibCmd: " -l$1",
     debug: "",
     pic: "-fPIC",
-    asmStmtFrmt: "__asm__($1);$n",
+    asmStmtFrmt: "asm($1);$n",
     structStmtFmt: "$1 $3 $2 ", # struct|union [packed] $name
     produceAsm: gnuAsmListing,
-    cppXsupport: "-std=gnu++17 -funsigned-char",
+    cppXsupport: "-std=gnu++14 -funsigned-char",
     props: {hasSwitchRange, hasComputedGoto, hasCpp, hasGcGuard, hasGnuAsm,
-            hasAttribute, hasBuiltinUnreachable})
+            hasAttribute})
 
 # GNU C and C++ Compiler
 compiler nintendoSwitchGCC:
@@ -121,9 +113,9 @@ compiler nintendoSwitchGCC:
     asmStmtFrmt: "asm($1);$n",
     structStmtFmt: "$1 $3 $2 ", # struct|union [packed] $name
     produceAsm: gnuAsmListing,
-    cppXsupport: "-std=gnu++17 -funsigned-char",
+    cppXsupport: "-std=gnu++14 -funsigned-char",
     props: {hasSwitchRange, hasComputedGoto, hasCpp, hasGcGuard, hasGnuAsm,
-            hasAttribute, hasBuiltinUnreachable})
+            hasAttribute})
 
 # LLVM Frontend for GCC/G++
 compiler llvmGcc:
@@ -162,11 +154,7 @@ compiler vcc:
     linkerExe: "cl",
     linkTmpl: "$builddll$vccplatform /Fe$exefile $objfiles $buildgui /nologo $options",
     includeCmd: " /I",
-    # HACK: we call `cl` so we have to pass `/link` for linker options,
-    # but users may still want to pass arguments to `cl` (see #14221)
-    # to deal with this, we add `/link` before each `/LIBPATH`,
-    # the linker ignores extra `/link`s since it's an unrecognized argument
-    linkDirCmd: " /link /LIBPATH:",
+    linkDirCmd: " /LIBPATH:",
     linkLibCmd: " $1.lib",
     debug: " /RTC1 /Z7 ",
     pic: "",
@@ -176,22 +164,6 @@ compiler vcc:
     cppXsupport: "",
     props: {hasCpp, hasAssume, hasDeclspec})
 
-# Nvidia CUDA NVCC Compiler
-compiler nvcc:
-  result = gcc()
-  result.name = "nvcc"
-  result.compilerExe = "nvcc"
-  result.cppCompiler = "nvcc"
-  result.compileTmpl = "-c -x cu -Xcompiler=\"$options\" $include -o $objfile $file"
-  result.linkTmpl = "$buildgui $builddll -o $exefile $objfiles -Xcompiler=\"$options\""
-
-# AMD HIPCC Compiler (rocm/cuda)
-compiler hipcc:
-  result = clang()
-  result.name = "hipcc"
-  result.compilerExe = "hipcc"
-  result.cppCompiler = "hipcc"
-
 compiler clangcl:
   result = vcc()
   result.name = "clang_cl"
@@ -257,8 +229,8 @@ 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",
@@ -305,9 +277,7 @@ const
     envcc(),
     icl(),
     icc(),
-    clangcl(),
-    hipcc(),
-    nvcc()]
+    clangcl()]
 
   hExt* = ".h"
 
@@ -341,7 +311,7 @@ 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
@@ -353,9 +323,7 @@ proc getConfigVar(conf: ConfigRef; c: TSystemCC, suffix: string): string =
                      platform.OS[conf.target.targetOS].name & '.' &
                      CC[c].name & fullSuffix
     result = getConfigVar(conf, fullCCname)
-    if existsConfigVar(conf, fullCCname):
-      result = getConfigVar(conf, fullCCname)
-    else:
+    if result.len == 0:
       # not overridden for this cross compilation setting?
       result = getConfigVar(conf, CC[c].name & fullSuffix)
   else:
@@ -463,22 +431,11 @@ proc noAbsolutePaths(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.} =
   # really: Cross compilation from Linux to Linux for example is entirely
   # reasonable.
   # `optGenMapping` is included here for niminst.
-  # We use absolute paths for vcc / cl, see issue #19883.
-  let options =
-    if conf.cCompiler == ccVcc:
-      {optGenMapping}
-    else:
-      {optGenScript, optGenMapping}
-  result = conf.globalOptions * options != {}
+  result = conf.globalOptions * {optGenScript, optGenMapping} != {}
 
 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)
@@ -514,10 +471,6 @@ proc vccplatform(conf: ConfigRef): string =
         of cpuArm: " --platform:arm"
         of cpuAmd64: " --platform:amd64"
         else: ""
-    else:
-      result = ""
-  else:
-    result = ""
 
 proc getLinkOptions(conf: ConfigRef): string =
   result = conf.linkOptions & " " & conf.linkOptionsCmd & " "
@@ -566,7 +519,7 @@ proc ccHasSaneOverflow*(conf: ConfigRef): bool =
     # NOTE: should we need the full version, use -dumpfullversion
     let (s, exitCode) = try: execCmdEx(exe & " -dumpversion") except IOError, OSError, ValueError: ("", 1)
     if exitCode == 0:
-      var major: int = 0
+      var major: int
       discard parseInt(s, major)
       result = major >= 5
   else:
@@ -654,7 +607,7 @@ proc getCompileCFileCmd*(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile,
           "for the selected C compiler: " & CC[conf.cCompiler].name)
 
   result.add(' ')
-  strutils.addf(result, CC[c].compileTmpl, [
+  result.addf(CC[c].compileTmpl, [
     "dfile", dfile,
     "file", cfsh, "objfile", quoteShell(objfile),
     "options", options, "include", includeCmd,
@@ -676,7 +629,7 @@ proc externalFileChanged(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile): bool =
 
   let hashFile = toGeneratedFile(conf, conf.mangleModuleName(cfile.cname).AbsoluteFile, "sha1")
   let currentHash = footprint(conf, cfile)
-  var f: File = default(File)
+  var f: File
   if open(f, hashFile.string, fmRead):
     let oldHash = parseSecureHash(f.readLine())
     close(f)
@@ -746,7 +699,7 @@ proc getLinkCmd(conf: ConfigRef; output: AbsoluteFile,
         "buildgui", buildgui, "options", linkOptions, "objfiles", objfiles,
         "exefile", exefile, "nim", getPrefixDir(conf).string, "lib", conf.libpath.string])
     result.add ' '
-    strutils.addf(result, linkTmpl, ["builddll", builddll,
+    result.addf(linkTmpl, ["builddll", builddll,
         "mapfile", mapfile,
         "buildgui", buildgui, "options", linkOptions,
         "objfiles", objfiles, "exefile", exefile,
@@ -786,7 +739,7 @@ proc getLinkCmd(conf: ConfigRef; output: AbsoluteFile,
     # https://blog.molecular-matters.com/2017/05/09/deleting-pdb-files-locked-by-visual-studio/
     # and a bit about the .pdb format in case that is ever needed:
     # https://github.com/crosire/blink
-    # https://www.debuginfo.com/articles/debuginfomatch.html#pdbfiles
+    # http://www.debuginfo.com/articles/debuginfomatch.html#pdbfiles
     if conf.hcrOn and isVSCompatible(conf):
       let t = now()
       let pdb = output.string & "." & format(t, "MMMM-yyyy-HH-mm-") & $t.nanosecond & ".pdb"
@@ -810,61 +763,7 @@ 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):
     if optCDebug in conf.globalOptions and optGenStaticLib notin conf.globalOptions:
       # if needed, add an option to skip or override location
@@ -947,38 +846,23 @@ proc hcrLinkTargetName(conf: ConfigRef, objFile: string, isMain = false): Absolu
   result = conf.getNimcacheDir / RelativeFile(targetName)
 
 proc displayProgressCC(conf: ConfigRef, path, compileCmd: string): string =
-  result = ""
   if conf.hasHint(hintCC):
     if optListCmd in conf.globalOptions or conf.verbosity > 1:
       result = MsgKindToStr[hintCC] % (demangleModuleName(path.splitFile.name) & ": " & compileCmd)
     else:
       result = MsgKindToStr[hintCC] % demangleModuleName(path.splitFile.name)
 
-proc preventLinkCmdMaxCmdLen(conf: ConfigRef, linkCmd: string) =
-  # Prevent linkcmd from exceeding the maximum command line length.
-  # Windows's command line limit is about 8K (8191 characters) so C compilers on
-  # Windows support a feature where the command line can be passed via ``@linkcmd``
-  # to them.
-  const MaxCmdLen = when defined(windows): 8_000 elif defined(macosx): 260_000 else: 32_000
-  if linkCmd.len > MaxCmdLen:
-    when defined(macosx):
-      linkViaShellScript(conf, linkCmd)
-    else:
-      linkViaResponseFile(conf, linkCmd)
-  else:
-    execLinkCmd(conf, linkCmd)
-
 proc callCCompiler*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   var
-    linkCmd: string = ""
+    linkCmd: string
     extraCmds: seq[string]
   if conf.globalOptions * {optCompileOnly, optGenScript} == {optCompileOnly}:
     return # speed up that call if only compiling and no script shall be
            # generated
   #var c = cCompiler
-  var script: Rope = ""
-  var cmds: TStringSeq = default(TStringSeq)
-  var prettyCmds: TStringSeq = default(TStringSeq)
+  var script: Rope = nil
+  var cmds: TStringSeq
+  var prettyCmds: TStringSeq
   let prettyCb = proc (idx: int) = writePrettyCmdsStderr(prettyCmds[idx])
 
   for idx, it in conf.toCompile:
@@ -1039,18 +923,25 @@ proc callCCompiler*(conf: ConfigRef) =
         objfiles.add(' ')
         objfiles.add(quoteShell(objFile))
       let mainOutput = if optGenScript notin conf.globalOptions: conf.prepareToWriteOutput
-                       else: AbsoluteFile(conf.outFile)
+                       else: AbsoluteFile(conf.projectName)
 
       linkCmd = getLinkCmd(conf, mainOutput, objfiles, removeStaticFile = true)
       extraCmds = getExtraCmds(conf, mainOutput)
       if optCompileOnly notin conf.globalOptions:
-        preventLinkCmdMaxCmdLen(conf, linkCmd)
+        const MaxCmdLen = when defined(windows): 8_000 elif defined(macosx): 260_000 else: 32_000
+        if linkCmd.len > MaxCmdLen:
+          when defined(macosx):
+            # macOS's `ar` does not support response files
+            linkViaShellScript(conf, linkCmd)
+          else:
+            # Windows's command line limit is about 8K (don't laugh...) so C compilers on
+            # Windows support a feature where the command line can be passed via ``@linkcmd``
+            # to them.
+            linkViaResponseFile(conf, linkCmd)
+        else:
+          execLinkCmd(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:
@@ -1066,11 +957,10 @@ proc jsonBuildInstructionsFile*(conf: ConfigRef): AbsoluteFile =
   # works out of the box with `hashMainCompilationParams`.
   result = getNimcacheDir(conf) / conf.outFile.changeFileExt("json")
 
-const cacheVersion = "D20240927T193831" # update when `BuildCache` spec changes
+const cacheVersion = "D20210525T193831" # update when `BuildCache` spec changes
 type BuildCache = object
   cacheVersion: string
   outputFile: string
-  outputLastModificationTime: string
   compile: seq[(string, string)]
   link: seq[string]
   linkcmd: string
@@ -1084,7 +974,7 @@ type BuildCache = object
   depfiles: seq[(string, string)]
   nimexe: string
 
-proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; deps: StringTableRef) =
+proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   var linkFiles = collect(for it in conf.externalToLink:
     var it = it
     if conf.noAbsolutePaths: it = it.extractFilename
@@ -1105,24 +995,17 @@ proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; deps: StringTableRef) =
     currentDir: getCurrentDir())
   if optRun in conf.globalOptions or isDefined(conf, "nimBetterRun"):
     bcache.cmdline = conf.commandLine
-    for it in conf.m.fileInfos:
+    bcache.depfiles = collect(for it in conf.m.fileInfos:
       let path = it.fullPath.string
       if isAbsolute(path): # TODO: else?
-        if path in deps:
-          bcache.depfiles.add (path, deps[path])
-        else: # backup for configs etc.
-          bcache.depfiles.add (path, $secureHashFile(path))
-
+        (path, $secureHashFile(path)))
     bcache.nimexe = hashNimExe()
-    if fileExists(bcache.outputFile):
-      bcache.outputLastModificationTime = $getLastModificationTime(bcache.outputFile)
   conf.jsonBuildFile = conf.jsonBuildInstructionsFile
   conf.jsonBuildFile.string.writeFile(bcache.toJson.pretty)
 
 proc changeDetectedViaJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; jsonFile: AbsoluteFile): bool =
-  result = false
   if not fileExists(jsonFile) or not fileExists(conf.absOutFile): return true
-  var bcache: BuildCache = default(BuildCache)
+  var bcache: BuildCache
   try: bcache.fromJson(jsonFile.string.parseFile)
   except IOError, OSError, ValueError:
     stderr.write "Warning: JSON processing failed for: $#\n" % jsonFile.string
@@ -1136,11 +1019,9 @@ proc changeDetectedViaJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; jsonFile: Absolute
     # xxx optimize by returning false if stdin input was the same
   for (file, hash) in bcache.depfiles:
     if $secureHashFile(file) != hash: return true
-  if bcache.outputLastModificationTime != $getLastModificationTime(bcache.outputFile):
-    return true
 
 proc runJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; jsonFile: AbsoluteFile) =
-  var bcache: BuildCache = default(BuildCache)
+  var bcache: BuildCache
   try: bcache.fromJson(jsonFile.string.parseFile)
   except ValueError, KeyError, JsonKindError:
     let e = getCurrentException()
@@ -1153,18 +1034,16 @@ proc runJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; jsonFile: AbsoluteFile) =
     globalError(conf, gCmdLineInfo,
       "jsonscript command outputFile '$1' must match '$2' which was specified during --compileOnly, see \"outputFile\" entry in '$3' " %
       [outputCurrent, output, jsonFile.string])
-  var cmds: TStringSeq = default(TStringSeq)
-  var prettyCmds: TStringSeq = default(TStringSeq)
+  var cmds, prettyCmds: TStringSeq
   let prettyCb = proc (idx: int) = writePrettyCmdsStderr(prettyCmds[idx])
   for (name, cmd) in bcache.compile:
     cmds.add cmd
     prettyCmds.add displayProgressCC(conf, name, cmd)
   execCmdsInParallel(conf, cmds, prettyCb)
-  preventLinkCmdMaxCmdLen(conf, bcache.linkcmd)
+  execLinkCmd(conf, bcache.linkcmd)
   for cmd in bcache.extraCmds: execExternalProgram(conf, cmd, hintExecuting)
 
 proc genMappingFiles(conf: ConfigRef; list: CfileList): Rope =
-  result = ""
   for it in list:
     result.addf("--file:r\"$1\"$N", [rope(it.cname.string)])
 

compiler/filter_tmpl.nim

@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
 # This module implements Nim's standard template filter.
 
 import
-  llstream, ast, msgs, options,
+  llstream, strutils, ast, msgs, options,
   filters, lineinfos, pathutils
 
-import std/strutils
-
 type
   TParseState = enum
     psDirective, psTempl
@@ -203,15 +201,17 @@ proc parseLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
 
 proc filterTmpl*(conf: ConfigRef, stdin: PLLStream, filename: AbsoluteFile,
                  call: PNode): PLLStream =
-  var p = TTmplParser(config: conf, info: newLineInfo(conf, filename, 0, 0),
-                outp: llStreamOpen(""), inp: stdin,
-                subsChar: charArg(conf, call, "subschar", 1, '$'),
-                nimDirective: charArg(conf, call, "metachar", 2, '#'),
-                emit: strArg(conf, call, "emit", 3, "result.add"),
-                conc: strArg(conf, call, "conc", 4, " & "),
-                toStr: strArg(conf, call, "tostring", 5, "$"),
-                x: newStringOfCap(120)
-                )
+  var p: TTmplParser
+  p.config = conf
+  p.info = newLineInfo(conf, filename, 0, 0)
+  p.outp = llStreamOpen("")
+  p.inp = stdin
+  p.subsChar = charArg(conf, call, "subschar", 1, '$')
+  p.nimDirective = charArg(conf, call, "metachar", 2, '#')
+  p.emit = strArg(conf, call, "emit", 3, "result.add")
+  p.conc = strArg(conf, call, "conc", 4, " & ")
+  p.toStr = strArg(conf, call, "tostring", 5, "$")
+  p.x = newStringOfCap(120)
   # do not process the first line which contains the directive:
   if llStreamReadLine(p.inp, p.x):
     inc p.info.line

compiler/filters.nim

@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
 # This module implements Nim's simple filters and helpers for filters.
 
 import
-  llstream, idents, ast, msgs, options,
+  llstream, idents, strutils, ast, msgs, options,
   renderer, pathutils
 
-import std/strutils
-
 proc invalidPragma(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode) =
   localError(conf, n.info,
       "'$1' not allowed here" % renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
@@ -31,30 +29,23 @@ proc getArg(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, name: string, pos: int): PNode =
       return n[i]
 
 proc charArg*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: char): char =
-
   var x = getArg(conf, n, name, pos)
   if x == nil: result = default
   elif x.kind == nkCharLit: result = chr(int(x.intVal))
-  else:
-    result = default(char)
-    invalidPragma(conf, n)
+  else: invalidPragma(conf, n)
 
 proc strArg*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: string): string =
   var x = getArg(conf, n, name, pos)
   if x == nil: result = default
   elif x.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}: result = x.strVal
-  else:
-    result = ""
-    invalidPragma(conf, n)
+  else: invalidPragma(conf, n)
 
 proc boolArg*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: bool): bool =
   var x = getArg(conf, n, name, pos)
   if x == nil: result = default
   elif x.kind == nkIdent and cmpIgnoreStyle(x.ident.s, "true") == 0: result = true
   elif x.kind == nkIdent and cmpIgnoreStyle(x.ident.s, "false") == 0: result = false
-  else:
-    result = false
-    invalidPragma(conf, n)
+  else: invalidPragma(conf, n)
 
 proc filterStrip*(conf: ConfigRef; stdin: PLLStream, filename: AbsoluteFile, call: PNode): PLLStream =
   var pattern = strArg(conf, call, "startswith", 1, "")

compiler/gorgeimpl.nim

@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@
 
 ## Module that implements ``gorge`` for the compiler.
 
-import msgs, options, lineinfos, pathutils
-
-import std/[os, osproc, streams]
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/syncio
-
-import ../dist/checksums/src/checksums/sha1
+import msgs, std / sha1, os, osproc, streams, options,
+  lineinfos, pathutils
 
 proc readOutput(p: Process): (string, int) =
   result[0] = ""
@@ -30,11 +24,10 @@ proc readOutput(p: Process): (string, int) =
 
 proc opGorge*(cmd, input, cache: string, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef): (string, int) =
   let workingDir = parentDir(toFullPath(conf, info))
-  result = ("", 0)
   if cache.len > 0:
     let h = secureHash(cmd & "\t" & input & "\t" & cache)
     let filename = toGeneratedFile(conf, AbsoluteFile("gorge_" & $h), "txt").string
-    var f: File = default(File)
+    var f: File
     if optForceFullMake notin conf.globalOptions and open(f, filename):
       result = (f.readAll, 0)
       f.close
@@ -53,11 +46,7 @@ proc opGorge*(cmd, input, cache: string, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef): (str
       if result[1] == 0:
         writeFile(filename, result[0])
     except IOError, OSError:
-      if not readSuccessful:
-        when defined(nimLegacyGorgeErrors):
-          result = ("", -1)
-        else:
-          result = ("Error running startProcess: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg(), -1)
+      if not readSuccessful: result = ("", -1)
   else:
     try:
       var p = startProcess(cmd, workingDir,
@@ -68,7 +57,4 @@ proc opGorge*(cmd, input, cache: string, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef): (str
       result = p.readOutput
       p.close()
     except IOError, OSError:
-      when defined(nimLegacyGorgeErrors):
-        result = ("", -1)
-      else:
-        result = ("Error running startProcess: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg(), -1)
+      result = ("", -1)

compiler/guards.nim

@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 import ast, astalgo, msgs, magicsys, nimsets, trees, types, renderer, idents,
   saturate, modulegraphs, options, lineinfos, int128
 
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
-
 const
   someEq = {mEqI, mEqF64, mEqEnum, mEqCh, mEqB, mEqRef, mEqProc,
     mEqStr, mEqSet, mEqCString}
@@ -46,15 +43,11 @@ proc isLocation(n: PNode): bool = not n.isValue
 
 proc isLet(n: PNode): bool =
   if n.kind == nkSym:
-    if n.sym.kind in {skLet, skConst, skTemp, skForVar}: # guard immutable variables
+    if n.sym.kind in {skLet, skTemp, skForVar}:
       result = true
     elif n.sym.kind == skParam and skipTypes(n.sym.typ,
                                              abstractInst).kind notin {tyVar}:
       result = true
-    else:
-      result = false
-  else:
-    result = false
 
 proc isVar(n: PNode): bool =
   n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind in {skResult, skVar} and
@@ -72,12 +65,9 @@ proc isLetLocation(m: PNode, isApprox: bool): bool =
     case n.kind
     of nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr, nkObjUpConv, nkObjDownConv:
       n = n[0]
-    of nkDerefExpr:
+    of nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref:
       n = n[0]
       inc derefs
-    of nkHiddenDeref:
-      n = n[0]
-      if not isApprox: inc derefs
     of nkBracketExpr:
       if isConstExpr(n[1]) or isLet(n[1]) or isConstExpr(n[1].skipConv):
         n = n[0]
@@ -140,8 +130,6 @@ proc neg(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
       result = a
     elif b != nil:
       result = b
-    else:
-      result = nil
   else:
     # leave  not (a == 4)  as it is
     result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 2)
@@ -209,7 +197,7 @@ proc highBound*(conf: ConfigRef; x: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
              nkIntLit.newIntNode(lastOrd(conf, typ))
            elif typ.kind == tySequence and x.kind == nkSym and
                x.sym.kind == skConst:
-             nkIntLit.newIntNode(x.sym.astdef.len-1)
+             nkIntLit.newIntNode(x.sym.ast.len-1)
            else:
              o.opAdd.buildCall(o.opLen.buildCall(x), minusOne())
   result.info = x.info
@@ -336,8 +324,6 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
         result = n
       elif n[1].getMagic in someLen or n[2].getMagic in someLen:
         result = n
-      else:
-        result = nil
   of someLe+someLt:
     if isLetLocation(n[1], true) or isLetLocation(n[2], true):
       # XXX algebraic simplifications!  'i-1 < a.len' --> 'i < a.len+1'
@@ -345,18 +331,12 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
     elif n[1].getMagic in someLen or n[2].getMagic in someLen:
       # XXX Rethink this whole idea of 'usefulFact' for semparallel
       result = n
-    else:
-      result = nil
   of mIsNil:
     if isLetLocation(n[1], false) or isVar(n[1]):
       result = n
-    else:
-      result = nil
   of someIn:
     if isLetLocation(n[1], true):
       result = n
-    else:
-      result = nil
   of mAnd:
     let
       a = usefulFact(n[1], o)
@@ -370,14 +350,10 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
       result = a
     elif b != nil:
       result = b
-    else:
-      result = nil
   of mNot:
     let a = usefulFact(n[1], o)
     if a != nil:
       result = a.neg(o)
-    else:
-      result = nil
   of mOr:
     # 'or' sucks! (p.isNil or q.isNil) --> hard to do anything
     # with that knowledge...
@@ -394,8 +370,6 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
       result[1] = a
       result[2] = b
       result = result.neg(o)
-    else:
-      result = nil
   elif n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind == skLet:
     # consider:
     #   let a = 2 < x
@@ -404,12 +378,8 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
     # We make can easily replace 'a' by '2 < x' here:
     if n.sym.astdef != nil:
       result = usefulFact(n.sym.astdef, o)
-    else:
-      result = nil
   elif n.kind == nkStmtListExpr:
     result = usefulFact(n.lastSon, o)
-  else:
-    result = nil
 
 type
   TModel* = object
@@ -475,9 +445,8 @@ proc hasSubTree(n, x: PNode): bool =
     of nkEmpty..nkNilLit:
       result = n.sameTree(x)
     of nkFormalParams:
-      result = false
+      discard
     else:
-      result = false
       for i in 0..<n.len:
         if hasSubTree(n[i], x): return true
 
@@ -508,8 +477,6 @@ proc invalidateFacts*(m: var TModel, n: PNode) =
 proc valuesUnequal(a, b: PNode): bool =
   if a.isValue and b.isValue:
     result = not sameValue(a, b)
-  else:
-    result = false
 
 proc impliesEq(fact, eq: PNode): TImplication =
   let (loc, val) = if isLocation(eq[1]): (1, 2) else: (2, 1)
@@ -520,26 +487,16 @@ proc impliesEq(fact, eq: PNode): TImplication =
       # this is not correct; consider:  a == b;  a == 1 --> unknown!
       if sameTree(fact[2], eq[val]): result = impYes
       elif valuesUnequal(fact[2], eq[val]): result = impNo
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
     elif sameTree(fact[2], eq[loc]):
       if sameTree(fact[1], eq[val]): result = impYes
       elif valuesUnequal(fact[1], eq[val]): result = impNo
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
   of mInSet:
     # remember: mInSet is 'contains' so the set comes first!
     if sameTree(fact[2], eq[loc]) and isValue(eq[val]):
       if inSet(fact[1], eq[val]): result = impYes
       else: result = impNo
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd:
-    result = impUnknown
-    assert(false, "impliesEq")
-  else: result = impUnknown
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesEq")
+  else: discard
 
 proc leImpliesIn(x, c, aSet: PNode): TImplication =
   if c.kind in {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit}:
@@ -549,19 +506,13 @@ proc leImpliesIn(x, c, aSet: PNode): TImplication =
     var value = newIntNode(c.kind, firstOrd(nil, x.typ))
     # don't iterate too often:
     if c.intVal - value.intVal < 1000:
-      var i, pos, neg: int = 0
+      var i, pos, neg: int
       while value.intVal <= c.intVal:
         if inSet(aSet, value): inc pos
         else: inc neg
         inc i; inc value.intVal
       if pos == i: result = impYes
       elif neg == i: result = impNo
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
-  else:
-    result = impUnknown
 
 proc geImpliesIn(x, c, aSet: PNode): TImplication =
   if c.kind in {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit}:
@@ -572,23 +523,17 @@ proc geImpliesIn(x, c, aSet: PNode): TImplication =
     let max = lastOrd(nil, x.typ)
     # don't iterate too often:
     if max - getInt(value) < toInt128(1000):
-      var i, pos, neg: int = 0
+      var i, pos, neg: int
       while value.intVal <= max:
         if inSet(aSet, value): inc pos
         else: inc neg
         inc i; inc value.intVal
       if pos == i: result = impYes
       elif neg == i: result = impNo
-      else: result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
-  else:
-    result = impUnknown
 
 proc compareSets(a, b: PNode): TImplication =
   if equalSets(nil, a, b): result = impYes
   elif intersectSets(nil, a, b).len == 0: result = impNo
-  else: result = impUnknown
 
 proc impliesIn(fact, loc, aSet: PNode): TImplication =
   case fact[0].sym.magic
@@ -599,32 +544,22 @@ proc impliesIn(fact, loc, aSet: PNode): TImplication =
     elif sameTree(fact[2], loc):
       if inSet(aSet, fact[1]): result = impYes
       else: result = impNo
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
   of mInSet:
     if sameTree(fact[2], loc):
       result = compareSets(fact[1], aSet)
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
   of someLe:
     if sameTree(fact[1], loc):
       result = leImpliesIn(fact[1], fact[2], aSet)
     elif sameTree(fact[2], loc):
       result = geImpliesIn(fact[2], fact[1], aSet)
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
   of someLt:
     if sameTree(fact[1], loc):
       result = leImpliesIn(fact[1], fact[2].pred, aSet)
     elif sameTree(fact[2], loc):
       # 4 < x  -->  3 <= x
       result = geImpliesIn(fact[2], fact[1].pred, aSet)
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd:
-    result = impUnknown
-    assert(false, "impliesIn")
-  else: result = impUnknown
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesIn")
+  else: discard
 
 proc valueIsNil(n: PNode): TImplication =
   if n.kind == nkNilLit: impYes
@@ -636,19 +571,13 @@ proc impliesIsNil(fact, eq: PNode): TImplication =
   of mIsNil:
     if sameTree(fact[1], eq[1]):
       result = impYes
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
   of someEq:
     if sameTree(fact[1], eq[1]):
       result = valueIsNil(fact[2].skipConv)
     elif sameTree(fact[2], eq[1]):
       result = valueIsNil(fact[1].skipConv)
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd:
-    result = impUnknown
-    assert(false, "impliesIsNil")
-  else: result = impUnknown
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesIsNil")
+  else: discard
 
 proc impliesGe(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
   assert isLocation(x)
@@ -659,57 +588,32 @@ proc impliesGe(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
         # fact:  x = 4;  question x >= 56? --> true iff 4 >= 56
         if leValue(c, fact[2]): result = impYes
         else: result = impNo
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
     elif sameTree(fact[2], x):
       if isValue(fact[1]) and isValue(c):
         if leValue(c, fact[1]): result = impYes
         else: result = impNo
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
   of someLt:
     if sameTree(fact[1], x):
       if isValue(fact[2]) and isValue(c):
         # fact:  x < 4;  question N <= x? --> false iff N <= 4
         if leValue(fact[2], c): result = impNo
-        else: result = impUnknown
         # fact:  x < 4;  question 2 <= x? --> we don't know
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
     elif sameTree(fact[2], x):
       # fact: 3 < x; question: N-1 < x ?  --> true iff N-1 <= 3
       if isValue(fact[1]) and isValue(c):
         if leValue(c.pred, fact[1]): result = impYes
-        else: result = impUnknown
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
   of someLe:
     if sameTree(fact[1], x):
       if isValue(fact[2]) and isValue(c):
         # fact:  x <= 4;  question x >= 56? --> false iff 4 <= 56
         if leValue(fact[2], c): result = impNo
         # fact:  x <= 4;  question x >= 2? --> we don't know
-        else:
-          result = impUnknown
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
     elif sameTree(fact[2], x):
       # fact: 3 <= x; question: x >= 2 ?  --> true iff 2 <= 3
       if isValue(fact[1]) and isValue(c):
         if leValue(c, fact[1]): result = impYes
-        else: result = impUnknown
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd:
-    result = impUnknown
-    assert(false, "impliesGe")
-  else: result = impUnknown
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesGe")
+  else: discard
 
 proc impliesLe(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
   if not isLocation(x):
@@ -724,59 +628,35 @@ proc impliesLe(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
         # fact:  x = 4;  question x <= 56? --> true iff 4 <= 56
         if leValue(fact[2], c): result = impYes
         else: result = impNo
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
     elif sameTree(fact[2], x):
       if isValue(fact[1]) and isValue(c):
         if leValue(fact[1], c): result = impYes
         else: result = impNo
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
   of someLt:
     if sameTree(fact[1], x):
       if isValue(fact[2]) and isValue(c):
         # fact:  x < 4;  question x <= N? --> true iff N-1 <= 4
         if leValue(fact[2], c.pred): result = impYes
-        else:
-          result = impUnknown
         # fact:  x < 4;  question x <= 2? --> we don't know
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
     elif sameTree(fact[2], x):
       # fact: 3 < x; question: x <= 1 ?  --> false iff 1 <= 3
       if isValue(fact[1]) and isValue(c):
         if leValue(c, fact[1]): result = impNo
-        else: result = impUnknown
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
+
   of someLe:
     if sameTree(fact[1], x):
       if isValue(fact[2]) and isValue(c):
         # fact:  x <= 4;  question x <= 56? --> true iff 4 <= 56
         if leValue(fact[2], c): result = impYes
-        else: result = impUnknown
         # fact:  x <= 4;  question x <= 2? --> we don't know
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
 
     elif sameTree(fact[2], x):
       # fact: 3 <= x; question: x <= 2 ?  --> false iff 2 < 3
       if isValue(fact[1]) and isValue(c):
         if leValue(c, fact[1].pred): result = impNo
-        else:result = impUnknown
-      else:
-        result = impUnknown
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
 
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd:
-    result = impUnknown
-    assert(false, "impliesLe")
-  else: result = impUnknown
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesLe")
+  else: discard
 
 proc impliesLt(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
   # x < 3  same as x <= 2:
@@ -788,8 +668,6 @@ proc impliesLt(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
     let q = x.pred
     if q != x:
       result = impliesLe(fact, q, c)
-    else:
-      result = impUnknown
 
 proc `~`(x: TImplication): TImplication =
   case x
@@ -841,7 +719,6 @@ proc factImplies(fact, prop: PNode): TImplication =
 
 proc doesImply*(facts: TModel, prop: PNode): TImplication =
   assert prop.kind in nkCallKinds
-  result = impUnknown
   for f in facts.s:
     # facts can be invalidated, in which case they are 'nil':
     if not f.isNil:
@@ -870,7 +747,7 @@ template isSub(x): untyped = x.getMagic in someSub
 template isVal(x): untyped = x.kind in {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit}
 template isIntVal(x, y): untyped = x.intVal == y
 
-import std/macros
+import macros
 
 macro `=~`(x: PNode, pat: untyped): bool =
   proc m(x, pat, conds: NimNode) =
@@ -1017,7 +894,6 @@ proc applyReplacements(n: PNode; rep: TReplacements): PNode =
 
 proc pleViaModelRec(m: var TModel; a, b: PNode): TImplication =
   # now check for inferrable facts: a <= b and b <= c  implies a <= c
-  result = impUnknown
   for i in 0..m.s.high:
     let fact = m.s[i]
     if fact != nil and fact.getMagic in someLe:
@@ -1063,7 +939,7 @@ proc pleViaModel(model: TModel; aa, bb: PNode): TImplication =
       let b = fact[2]
       if a.kind == nkSym: replacements.add((a,b))
       else: replacements.add((b,a))
-  var m = TModel()
+  var m: TModel
   var a = aa
   var b = bb
   if replacements.len > 0:
@@ -1098,8 +974,8 @@ proc addFactLt*(m: var TModel; a, b: PNode) =
   addFactLe(m, a, bb)
 
 proc settype(n: PNode): PType =
-  var idgen = idGeneratorForPackage(-1'i32)
-  result = newType(tySet, idgen, n.typ.owner)
+  result = newType(tySet, ItemId(module: -1, item: -1), n.typ.owner)
+  var idgen: IdGenerator
   addSonSkipIntLit(result, n.typ, idgen)
 
 proc buildOf(it, loc: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
@@ -1165,12 +1041,8 @@ proc buildProperFieldCheck(access, check: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   if check[1].kind == nkCurly:
     result = copyTree(check)
     if access.kind == nkDotExpr:
-      # change the access to the discriminator field access
       var a = copyTree(access)
-      # set field name to discriminator field name
       a[1] = check[2]
-      # set discriminator field type: important for `neg`
-      a.typ = check[2].typ
       result[2] = a
       # 'access.kind != nkDotExpr' can happen for object constructors
       # which we don't check yet
@@ -1179,12 +1051,8 @@ proc buildProperFieldCheck(access, check: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
     assert check.getMagic == mNot
     result = buildProperFieldCheck(access, check[1], o).neg(o)
 
-proc checkFieldAccess*(m: TModel, n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef; produceError: bool) =
+proc checkFieldAccess*(m: TModel, n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let check = buildProperFieldCheck(n[0], n[i], m.g.operators)
     if check != nil and m.doesImply(check) != impYes:
-      if produceError:
-        localError(conf, n.info, "field access outside of valid case branch: " & renderTree(n[0]))
-      else:
-        message(conf, n.info, warnProveField, renderTree(n[0]))
-      break
+      message(conf, n.info, warnProveField, renderTree(n[0])); break

compiler/hlo.nim

@@ -8,20 +8,17 @@
 #
 
 # 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
   # we need to ensure that the resulting AST is semchecked. However, it's
   # awful to semcheck before macro invocation, so we don't and treat
   # templates and macros as immediate in this context.
-  var rule: string =
-    if c.config.hasHint(hintPattern):
-      renderTree(n, {renderNoComments})
-    else:
-      ""
+  var rule: string
+  if c.config.hasHint(hintPattern):
+    rule = renderTree(n, {renderNoComments})
   let s = n[0].sym
   case s.kind
   of skMacro:
@@ -61,19 +58,18 @@ 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)
     result = n
   else:
-    if n.kind in {nkFastAsgn, nkAsgn, nkSinkAsgn, nkIdentDefs, nkVarTuple} and
+    if n.kind in {nkFastAsgn, nkAsgn, nkIdentDefs, nkVarTuple} and
         n[0].kind == nkSym and
-        {sfGlobal, sfPure} <= n[0].sym.flags:
+        {sfGlobal, sfPure} * n[0].sym.flags == {sfGlobal, sfPure}:
       # do not optimize 'var g {.global} = re(...)' again!
       return n
     result = applyPatterns(c, n)
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ 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 +87,17 @@ 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 +1,168 @@
+## A BiTable is a table that can be seen as an optimized pair
+## of (Table[LitId, Val], Table[Val, LitId]).
+
+import hashes, rodfiles
+
+type
+  LitId* = distinct uint32
+
+  BiTable*[T] = object
+    vals: seq[T] # indexed by LitId
+    keys: seq[LitId]  # indexed by hash(val)
+
+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 = 256 ##
+  ## Ids do not start with 0 but with this value. The IR needs it.
+  ## TODO: explain why
+
+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)
+
+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 +1,175 @@
+#
+#
+#           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
+
+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))
+  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..high(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..high(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..high(g.packed):
+    if i != mainModuleIdx:
+      genPackedModule(g, i, alive)
+  if mainModuleIdx >= 0:
+    genPackedModule(g, mainModuleIdx, alive)

compiler/ic/dce.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+#
+#
+#           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]
+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
+      # 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)
+
+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, n.operand)
+  of nkModuleRef:
+    let (n1, n2) = sons2(tree, n)
+    assert n1.kind == nkInt32Lit
+    assert n2.kind == nkInt32Lit
+    let m = n1.litId
+    let item = n2.operand
+    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 = n.firstSon.operand
+      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(high(g), 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/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 sets
+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) =
+  if tree[n.int].typeId != nilItemId:
+    checkType(c, tree[n.int].typeId)
+  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.nodes[n.int].operand)
+  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 == nkInt32Lit
+    assert n2.kind == nkInt32Lit
+    checkForeignSym(c, PackedItemId(module: n1.litId, item: tree.nodes[n2.int].operand))
+  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 i in 0..high(m.syms):
+    checkLocalSym c, int32(i)
+
+  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)]
+    methodsPerType*: seq[(PackedItemId, int, PackedItemId)]
+    enumToStringProcs*: seq[(PackedItemId, PackedItemId)]
+  ]#
+
+proc checkIntegrity*(g: ModuleGraph) =
+  var c = CheckedContext(g: g)
+  for i in 0..high(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 sets
+
+from os import nil
+from std/private/miscdollars import toLocation
+
+import ".." / [ast, modulegraphs, msgs, options]
+import packed_ast, bitabs, ic
+
+type
+  NavContext = object
+    g: ModuleGraph
+    thisModule: int32
+    trackPos: PackedLineInfo
+    alreadyEmitted: HashSet[string]
+    outputSep: char # for easier testing, use short filenames and spaces instead of tabs.
+
+proc isTracked(current, trackPos: PackedLineInfo, tokenLen: int): bool =
+  if current.file == trackPos.file and current.line == trackPos.line:
+    let col = trackPos.col
+    if col >= current.col and col < current.col+tokenLen:
+      return true
+
+proc searchLocalSym(c: var NavContext; s: PackedSym; info: PackedLineInfo): bool =
+  result = s.name != LitId(0) and
+    isTracked(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(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..high(tree.nodes):
+    case tree.nodes[i].kind
+    of nkSym:
+      let item = tree.nodes[i].operand
+      if searchLocalSym(c, c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.syms[item], tree.nodes[i].info):
+        return ItemId(module: c.thisModule, item: item)
+    of nkModuleRef:
+      if tree.nodes[i].info.line == c.trackPos.line and tree.nodes[i].info.file == c.trackPos.file:
+        let (n1, n2) = sons2(tree, NodePos i)
+        assert n1.kind == nkInt32Lit
+        assert n2.kind == nkInt32Lit
+        let pId = PackedItemId(module: n1.litId, item: tree.nodes[n2.int].operand)
+        let itemId = translateId(pId, c.g.packed, c.thisModule, c.g.config)
+        if searchForeignSym(c, itemId, tree.nodes[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.int].kind in declarativeNodes
+
+proc usage(c: var NavContext; info: PackedLineInfo; isDecl: bool) =
+  var m = ""
+  var file = c.g.packed[c.thisModule].fromDisk.strings[info.file]
+  if c.outputSep == ' ':
+    file = os.extractFilename file
+  toLocation(m, file, info.line.int, info.col.int + 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..high(tree.nodes):
+    case tree.nodes[i].kind
+    of nkSym:
+      let item = tree.nodes[i].operand
+      if sym.item == item and sym.module == c.thisModule:
+        usage(c, tree.nodes[i].info, isDecl(tree, parent(NodePos i)))
+    of nkModuleRef:
+      let (n1, n2) = sons2(tree, NodePos i)
+      assert n1.kind == nkInt32Lit
+      assert n2.kind == nkInt32Lit
+      let pId = PackedItemId(module: n1.litId, item: tree.nodes[n2.int].operand)
+      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.nodes[i].info, isDecl(tree, parent(NodePos i)))
+    else: discard
+
+proc searchForIncludeFile(g: ModuleGraph; fullPath: string): int =
+  for i in 0..high(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: PackedLineInfo(line: unpacked.line, col: unpacked.col, 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..high(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..high(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

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+#
+#
+#           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 hashes, tables, strtabs
+import bitabs
+import ".." / [ast, options]
+
+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: -1.int32)
+
+const
+  emptyNodeId* = NodeId(-1)
+
+type
+  PackedLineInfo* = object
+    line*: uint16
+    col*: int16
+    file*: LitId
+
+  PackedLib* = object
+    kind*: TLibKind
+    generated*: bool
+    isOverriden*: bool
+    name*: LitId
+    path*: NodeId
+
+  PackedSym* = object
+    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*: int
+    externalName*: LitId # instead of TLoc
+    locFlags*: TLocFlags
+    annex*: PackedLib
+    when hasFFI:
+      cname*: LitId
+    constraint*: NodeId
+
+  PackedType* = object
+    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
+    lockLevel*: TLockLevel # lock level as required for deadlock checking
+    # not serialized: loc*: TLoc because it is backend-specific
+    typeInst*: PackedItemId
+    nonUniqueId*: int32
+
+  PackedNode* = object     # 28 bytes
+    kind*: TNodeKind
+    flags*: TNodeFlags
+    operand*: int32  # for kind in {nkSym, nkSymDef}: SymId
+                     # for kind in {nkStrLit, nkIdent, nkNumberLit}: LitId
+                     # for kind in nkInt32Lit: direct value
+                     # for non-atom kinds: the number of nodes (for easy skipping)
+    typeId*: PackedItemId
+    info*: PackedLineInfo
+
+  PackedTree* = object ## usually represents a full Nim module
+    nodes*: seq[PackedNode]
+
+  PackedInstantiation* = object
+    key*, sym*: PackedItemId
+    concreteTypes*: seq[PackedItemId]
+
+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.nodes = @[]
+  when false: result.sh = old.sh
+
+when false:
+  proc declareSym*(tree: var PackedTree; kind: TSymKind;
+                  name: LitId; info: PackedLineInfo): SymId =
+    result = SymId(tree.sh.syms.len)
+    tree.sh.syms.add PackedSym(kind: kind, name: name, flags: {}, magic: mNone, info: info)
+
+  proc litIdFromName*(tree: PackedTree; name: string): LitId =
+    result = tree.sh.strings.getOrIncl(name)
+
+  proc add*(tree: var PackedTree; kind: TNodeKind; token: string; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+    tree.nodes.add PackedNode(kind: kind, info: info,
+                              operand: int32 getOrIncl(tree.sh.strings, token))
+
+  proc add*(tree: var PackedTree; kind: TNodeKind; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+    tree.nodes.add PackedNode(kind: kind, operand: 0, info: info)
+
+proc throwAwayLastNode*(tree: var PackedTree) =
+  tree.nodes.setLen(tree.nodes.len-1)
+
+proc addIdent*(tree: var PackedTree; s: LitId; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+  tree.nodes.add PackedNode(kind: nkIdent, operand: int32(s), info: info)
+
+proc addSym*(tree: var PackedTree; s: int32; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+  tree.nodes.add PackedNode(kind: nkSym, operand: s, info: info)
+
+proc addModuleId*(tree: var PackedTree; s: ModuleId; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+  tree.nodes.add PackedNode(kind: nkInt32Lit, operand: int32(s), info: info)
+
+proc addSymDef*(tree: var PackedTree; s: SymId; info: PackedLineInfo) =
+  tree.nodes.add PackedNode(kind: nkSym, operand: int32(s), info: info)
+
+proc isAtom*(tree: PackedTree; pos: int): bool {.inline.} = tree.nodes[pos].kind <= nkNilLit
+
+proc copyTree*(dest: var PackedTree; tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos) =
+  # and this is why the IR is superior. We can copy subtrees
+  # via a linear scan.
+  let pos = n.int
+  let L = if isAtom(tree, pos): 1 else: tree.nodes[pos].operand
+  let d = dest.nodes.len
+  dest.nodes.setLen(d + L)
+  for i in 0..<L:
+    dest.nodes[d+i] = tree.nodes[pos+i]
+
+when false:
+  proc copySym*(dest: var PackedTree; tree: PackedTree; s: SymId): SymId =
+    result = SymId(dest.sh.syms.len)
+    assert int(s) < tree.sh.syms.len
+    let oldSym = tree.sh.syms[s.int]
+    dest.sh.syms.add oldSym
+
+type
+  PatchPos = distinct int
+
+when false:
+  proc prepare*(tree: var PackedTree; kind: TNodeKind; info: PackedLineInfo): PatchPos =
+    result = PatchPos tree.nodes.len
+    tree.nodes.add PackedNode(kind: kind, operand: 0, info: info)
+
+proc prepare*(tree: var PackedTree; kind: TNodeKind; flags: TNodeFlags; typeId: PackedItemId; info: PackedLineInfo): PatchPos =
+  result = PatchPos tree.nodes.len
+  tree.nodes.add PackedNode(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
+  assert tree.nodes[pos].kind > nkNilLit
+  let distance = int32(tree.nodes.len - pos)
+  tree.nodes[pos].operand = distance
+
+proc len*(tree: PackedTree): int {.inline.} = tree.nodes.len
+
+proc `[]`*(tree: PackedTree; i: int): lent PackedNode {.inline.} =
+  tree.nodes[i]
+
+proc nextChild(tree: PackedTree; pos: var int) {.inline.} =
+  if tree.nodes[pos].kind > nkNilLit:
+    assert tree.nodes[pos].operand > 0
+    inc pos, tree.nodes[pos].operand
+  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].operand
+  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].operand
+  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].operand
+  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].operand - 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].operand
+proc info*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): PackedLineInfo {.inline.} =
+  tree.nodes[n.int].info
+
+template typ*(n: NodePos): PackedItemId =
+  tree.nodes[n.int].typeId
+template flags*(n: NodePos): TNodeFlags =
+  tree.nodes[n.int].flags
+
+template operand*(n: NodePos): int32 =
+  tree.nodes[n.int].operand
+
+proc span*(tree: PackedTree; pos: int): int {.inline.} =
+  if isAtom(tree, pos): 1 else: tree.nodes[pos].operand
+
+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 =
+  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].operand
+
+template symId*(n: NodePos): SymId = SymId tree.nodes[n.int].operand
+
+proc firstSon*(n: NodePos): NodePos {.inline.} = NodePos(n.int+1)
+
+when false:
+  # xxx `nkStrLit` or `nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:` below?
+  proc strLit*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): lent string =
+    assert n.kind == nkStrLit
+    result = tree.sh.strings[LitId tree.nodes[n.int].operand]
+
+  proc strVal*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): string =
+    assert n.kind == nkStrLit
+    result = tree.sh.strings[LitId tree.nodes[n.int].operand]
+    #result = cookedStrLit(raw)
+
+  proc filenameVal*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): string =
+    case n.kind
+    of nkStrLit:
+      result = strVal(tree, n)
+    of nkIdent:
+      result = tree.sh.strings[n.litId]
+    of nkSym:
+      result = tree.sh.strings[tree.sh.syms[int n.symId].name]
+    else:
+      result = ""
+
+  proc identAsStr*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): lent string =
+    assert n.kind == nkIdent
+    result = tree.sh.strings[LitId tree.nodes[n.int].operand]
+
+const
+  externIntLit* = {nkCharLit,
+    nkIntLit,
+    nkInt8Lit,
+    nkInt16Lit,
+    nkInt64Lit,
+    nkUIntLit,
+    nkUInt8Lit,
+    nkUInt16Lit,
+    nkUInt32Lit,
+    nkUInt64Lit} # nkInt32Lit is missing by design!
+
+  externSIntLit* = {nkIntLit, nkInt8Lit, nkInt16Lit, nkInt64Lit}
+  externUIntLit* = {nkUIntLit, nkUInt8Lit, nkUInt16Lit, nkUInt32Lit, nkUInt64Lit}
+  directIntLit* = nkInt32Lit
+
+when false:
+  proc identIdImpl(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos): LitId =
+    if n.kind == nkIdent:
+      result = n.litId
+    elif n.kind == nkSym:
+      result = tree.sh.syms[int n.symId].name
+    else:
+      result = LitId(0)
+
+  template identId*(n: NodePos): LitId = identIdImpl(tree, n)
+
+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
+
+when false:
+  proc hasPragma*(tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos; pragma: string): bool =
+    let litId = tree.sh.strings.getKeyId(pragma)
+    if litId == LitId(0):
+      return false
+    assert n.kind == nkPragma
+    for ch0 in sonsReadonly(tree, n):
+      if ch0.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+        if ch0.firstSon.identId == litId:
+          return true
+      elif ch0.identId == litId:
+        return true
+
+proc getNodeId*(tree: PackedTree): NodeId {.inline.} = NodeId tree.nodes.len
+
+when false:
+  proc produceError*(dest: var PackedTree; tree: PackedTree; n: NodePos; msg: string) =
+    let patchPos = prepare(dest, nkError, n.info)
+    dest.add nkStrLit, msg, n.info
+    copyTree(dest, tree, n)
+    patch dest, patchPos
+
+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)

compiler/ic/replayer.nim

@@ -14,16 +14,12 @@
 import ".." / [ast, modulegraphs, trees, extccomp, btrees,
   msgs, lineinfos, pathutils, options, cgmeth]
 
-import std/tables
+import tables
 
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
+import packed_ast, ic, bitabs
 
-proc replayStateChanges*(module: PSym; g: ModuleGraph; list: PNode) =
-  ## `list` is an `nkStmtList` of `nkReplayAction` nodes (macro-cache puts/incs/
-  ## adds/incls and a few pragmas) recorded for `module`. Under the NIF backend a
-  ## loaded module's `ast` is never reconstructed, so the caller passes the replay
-  ## actions it parsed out of the module's NIF directly.
+proc replayStateChanges*(module: PSym; g: ModuleGraph) =
+  let list = module.ast
   assert list != nil
   assert list.kind == nkStmtList
   for n in list:
@@ -67,9 +63,8 @@ proc replayStateChanges*(module: PSym; g: ModuleGraph; list: PNode) =
           g.cacheTables[destKey] = initBTree[string, PNode]()
         if not contains(g.cacheTables[destKey], key):
           g.cacheTables[destKey].add(key, val)
-        # else: the same key was already replayed. Under IC the import closure is
-        # replayed (direct module + transitive deps), so the same registration can
-        # legitimately be reached twice; re-applying it is a no-op, not an error.
+        else:
+          internalError(g.config, n.info, "key already exists: " & key)
       of "incl":
         let destKey = n[1].strVal
         let val = n[2]
@@ -91,36 +86,62 @@ proc replayStateChanges*(module: PSym; g: ModuleGraph; list: PNode) =
       else:
         internalAssert g.config, false
 
-proc replayBackendActions*(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; list: PNode) =
-  ## Applies the backend-relevant replay actions (C compile/link directives)
-  ## found in a NIF-loaded module's top-level statement list. The `nifc`
-  ## backend loads modules without going through sem's `replayStateChanges`,
-  ## so e.g. math's `{.passL: "-lm".}` was lost and the final link failed
-  ## with undefined references. VM cache actions are deliberately NOT
-  ## replayed here — codegen does not run macros.
-  if list == nil: return
-  for n in list:
-    if n.kind == nkReplayAction and n.len >= 2 and
-        n[0].kind == nkStrLit and n[1].kind == nkStrLit:
-      case n[0].strVal
-      of "compile":
-        if n.len == 4 and n[2].kind == nkStrLit:
-          let cname = AbsoluteFile n[1].strVal
-          var cf = Cfile(nimname: splitFile(cname).name, cname: cname,
-                         obj: AbsoluteFile n[2].strVal,
-                         flags: {CfileFlag.External},
-                         customArgs: n[3].strVal)
-          extccomp.addExternalFileToCompile(g.config, cf)
-      of "link":
-        extccomp.addExternalFileToLink(g.config, AbsoluteFile n[1].strVal)
-      of "passl":
-        extccomp.addLinkOption(g.config, n[1].strVal)
-      of "passc":
-        extccomp.addCompileOption(g.config, n[1].strVal)
-      of "localpassc":
-        extccomp.addLocalCompileOption(g.config, n[1].strVal,
-          toFullPathConsiderDirty(g.config, module.info.fileIndex))
-      of "cppdefine":
-        options.cppDefine(g.config, n[1].strVal)
-      else:
-        discard
+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.methodsPerType):
+    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.methodsPerType.mgetOrPut(key, @[]).add (col, 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.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 +1,247 @@
+#
+#
+#           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 typetraits import supportsCopyMem
+
+## 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 preceeded 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
+    macroUsagesSection
+    toReplaySection
+    topLevelSection
+    bodiesSection
+    symsSection
+    typesSection
+    typeInstCacheSection
+    procInstCacheSection
+    attachedOpsSection
+    methodsPerTypeSection
+    enumToStringProcsSection
+    typeInfoSection  # required by the backend
+    backendFlagsSection
+    aliveSymsSection # beware, this is stored in a `.alivesyms` file.
+
+  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 = 1
+  cookie = [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 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 storeHeader*(f: var RodFile) =
+  ## 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) =
+  ## Loads the header which is described by `cookie`.
+  if f.err != ok: return
+  var thisCookie: 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
+  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
+  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
+  if not open(result.f, filename, fmRead):
+    setError result, cannotOpen

compiler/icconfig.nim

@@ -1,292 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2026 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## Precompiled config for the incremental compiler (`nim ic`).
-##
-## `nim ic` builds the program by spawning one `nim m` child per module (or
-## strongly-connected import group) plus a final `nim nifc`. Each child is a
-## full Nim process, so each would normally re-read the whole `nim.cfg` chain
-## *and* re-run `config.nims` through the VM — work that is identical for every
-## child and, because of the VM run, far from free. With ~85 modules in the
-## compiler itself that config work is paid ~85 times during `koch bootic`.
-##
-## The fix mirrors Nimony's `.cfg.nif`: the driver parses config once, records
-## the net effect, and the children replay it. Every config-file switch funnels
-## through `processSwitch(..., passPP, ...)` (`nimconf.parseAssignment` and the
-## `switch()` callback in `scriptconfig`), so the recorded sequence of those
-## switches, replayed in order, reproduces an identical `ConfigRef` without any
-## file read or VM run. The one config side effect that does not go through
-## `processSwitch` is `cppDefine` (it mutates `conf.cppDefines` directly), so the
-## resolved set is serialised alongside.
-##
-## Path-search switches are deliberately excluded from the recording (see
-## `commands.processSwitch`): their resolved result already lives in
-## `conf.searchPaths`, which the driver forwards to every child as absolute
-## `--path` arguments; replaying their raw, config-dir-relative arguments here
-## would misresolve.
-
-import options, commands, lineinfos, pathutils, msgs
-import std/[algorithm, os, sets, osproc, times, streams, syncio]
-import "../dist/nimony/src/lib" / [nifbuilder, nifcoreparse]
-
-const
-  IcConfigVersion* = "2"
-    ## Artifact format version. Bump on any layout change here so a child built
-    ## by an older compiler rejects a stale artifact and falls back to normal
-    ## config loading instead of replaying a format it cannot parse.
-
-proc writeIcConfig*(conf: ConfigRef; outfile: string) =
-  ## Serialise the resolved config (the config-file switches recorded during
-  ## `loadConfigs`, the resolved `cppDefines`/`searchPaths`, the nimcache dir, and
-  ## the list of config *source* files for staleness detection) into `outfile`.
-  ## `OnlyIfChanged`: when the content is byte-identical to what is already on
-  ## disk the file is left untouched so its mtime does not advance — otherwise
-  ## every `nim ic` run would re-fire the whole nifmake graph (see `nifler`'s
-  ## `produceConfig`, whose model this mirrors).
-  var b = nifbuilder.open(outfile, writeMode = OnlyIfChanged)
-  b.withTree "stmts":
-    b.withTree "meta":
-      b.addStrLit IcConfigVersion
-    b.withTree "sources":
-      # Every config file read while loading (nim.cfg chain + config.nims), so a
-      # later run can decide via mtimes whether this artifact is still current
-      # (see `sourcesChanged`).
-      for f in conf.configFiles:
-        b.addStrLit f.string
-    b.withTree "nimcache":
-      # Resolved build nimcache. Recorded (unlike the path-search switches) so the
-      # driver, which replays this artifact instead of parsing `nim.cfg`, still
-      # learns a `--nimcache:` set inside `nim.cfg` and builds in the right place.
-      b.addStrLit conf.nimcacheDir.string
-    b.withTree "cppdefines":
-      # HashSet iteration order is unspecified; sort so the artifact is
-      # byte-stable across runs (nifmake keys rebuilds off content changes).
-      var defs: seq[string] = @[]
-      for d in conf.cppDefines: defs.add d
-      sort defs
-      for d in defs: b.addStrLit d
-    b.withTree "searchpaths":
-      # The resolved (absolute) search paths. Path-search *switches* are skipped
-      # below because their raw arguments are config-dir-relative; the net effect
-      # lives here instead, so a replayer with no `--path` command-line arguments
-      # (the `nim ic` driver itself) still resolves imports. `nim m`/`nim nifc`
-      # children also receive these as forwarded `--path` args; the dedup on
-      # replay makes the overlap harmless.
-      for p in conf.searchPaths:
-        b.addStrLit p.string
-    b.withTree "switches":
-      for sw in conf.icConfigSwitches:
-        b.addTree "sw"
-        b.addStrLit sw.switch
-        b.addStrLit sw.arg
-        b.endTree()
-  b.close()
-
-proc applyIcConfig*(conf: ConfigRef; infile: string): bool =
-  ## Replay the precompiled config into `conf`. Returns false (and applies
-  ## nothing meaningful) when the artifact is missing or written by a compiler
-  ## with an incompatible format version, so the caller can fall back to reading
-  ## the config files normally.
-  if not fileExists(infile): return false
-  var pool = newPool()
-  var tags = newTagPool()
-  let
-    stmtsTag = tags.registerTag("stmts")
-    metaTag = tags.registerTag("meta")
-    sourcesTag = tags.registerTag("sources")
-    nimcacheTag = tags.registerTag("nimcache")
-    cppTag = tags.registerTag("cppdefines")
-    pathsTag = tags.registerTag("searchpaths")
-    switchesTag = tags.registerTag("switches")
-    swTag = tags.registerTag("sw")
-  var buf = parseFromFile(infile, 1000, pool, tags)
-  var c = beginRead(buf)
-  if c.kind != TagLit or c.cursorTagId != stmtsTag:
-    endRead(c)
-    return false
-  var version = ""
-  var sawMeta = false
-  let info = unknownLineInfo
-  c.loopInto:
-    if c.kind == TagLit:
-      if c.cursorTagId == metaTag:
-        sawMeta = true
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind == StrLit:
-            version = strVal(c)
-            inc c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == nimcacheTag:
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind == StrLit:
-            let nc = strVal(c)
-            # Only when nimcache was not already pinned on the command line: a
-            # `--nimcache:` argument the driver/child was launched with must win
-            # over whatever `nim.cfg` recorded into the artifact.
-            if nc.len > 0 and conf.nimcacheDir.isEmpty:
-              conf.nimcacheDir = AbsoluteDir(nc)
-            inc c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == sourcesTag:
-        # Replay does not need the source list; it exists only for
-        # `sourcesChanged`. Skip the whole section.
-        skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == cppTag:
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind == StrLit:
-            cppDefine(conf, strVal(c))
-            inc c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == pathsTag:
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind == StrLit:
-            # Append preserving the serialised order (which already reflects the
-            # driver's addPath insert-at-front sequence), deduping against any
-            # path a child already received via a forwarded `--path` argument.
-            let d = AbsoluteDir(strVal(c))
-            if not conf.searchPaths.contains(d): conf.searchPaths.add d
-            inc c
-          else:
-            skip c
-      elif c.cursorTagId == switchesTag:
-        c.loopInto:
-          if c.kind == TagLit and c.cursorTagId == swTag:
-            var sw = ""
-            var arg = ""
-            var idx = 0
-            c.loopInto:
-              if c.kind == StrLit:
-                if idx == 0: sw = strVal(c)
-                else: arg = strVal(c)
-                inc idx
-                inc c
-              else:
-                skip c
-            processSwitch(sw, arg, passPP, info, conf)
-          else:
-            skip c
-      else:
-        skip c
-    else:
-      skip c
-  endRead(c)
-  result = sawMeta and version == IcConfigVersion
-
-proc sourcesChanged*(configFile: string): bool =
-  ## True when the precompiled config at `configFile` is missing, malformed,
-  ## written by an incompatible version, or any recorded config *source* file is
-  ## newer than it (or has vanished) — i.e. the artifact must be regenerated.
-  ## Mirrors nifler's `sourcesChanged`: the source list lives inside the artifact
-  ## so this needs no out-of-band knowledge of which `nim.cfg`s were read.
-  if not fileExists(configFile): return true
-  let modtime = getLastModificationTime(configFile)
-  var pool = newPool()
-  var tags = newTagPool()
-  let
-    stmtsTag = tags.registerTag("stmts")
-    metaTag = tags.registerTag("meta")
-    sourcesTag = tags.registerTag("sources")
-  var buf = parseFromFile(configFile, 1000, pool, tags)
-  var c = beginRead(buf)
-  if c.kind != TagLit or c.cursorTagId != stmtsTag:
-    endRead(c)
-    return true
-  var version = ""
-  var depsChanged = false
-  c.loopInto:
-    if c.kind == TagLit and c.cursorTagId == metaTag:
-      c.loopInto:
-        if c.kind == StrLit:
-          version = strVal(c)
-          inc c
-        else:
-          skip c
-    elif c.kind == TagLit and c.cursorTagId == sourcesTag:
-      c.loopInto:
-        if c.kind == StrLit:
-          let dep = strVal(c)
-          if not fileExists(dep) or getLastModificationTime(dep) >= modtime:
-            depsChanged = true
-          inc c
-        else:
-          skip c
-    else:
-      skip c
-  endRead(c)
-  result = depsChanged or version != IcConfigVersion
-
-proc produceIcConfig*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  ## The `cmdIcConfig` command. By the time it runs, the normal pipeline has
-  ## already fully parsed the `nim.cfg` chain and run `config.nims`, so the
-  ## resolved config is sitting in `conf`; just serialise it to `--o`.
-  let outPath = conf.icConfigOut
-  if outPath.len == 0:
-    rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "icconfig: missing output path (--icConfigOut)")
-    return
-  createDir(parentDir(outPath))
-  writeIcConfig(conf, outPath)
-
-proc ensureIcConfig*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  ## Driver-side (`cmdIc`). Make sure an up-to-date precompiled config exists,
-  ## (re)producing it in a *separate* process when missing or stale, then point
-  ## `conf.icPreparsedConfig` at it so the driver replays the very same config its
-  ## `nim m`/`nim nifc` children will — perfect speed (config parsed at most once,
-  ## skipped entirely when nothing changed) and consistency (one producer, every
-  ## process replays its output). The artifact lives in the nimcache derived from
-  ## the command line (pre-config-parse), which is the one the children are told;
-  ## a `--nimcache:` set inside `nim.cfg` is recovered from the artifact itself.
-  let cacheDir = getNimcacheDir(conf).string
-  # Start from a clean cache when the on-disk NIF format stamp is absent or stale
-  # (see `icFormatVersion`). This must happen HERE, before the config artifact is
-  # produced — `commandIc` performs the same check later, but by then the artifact
-  # would already live in the cache and the wipe would delete it.
-  createDir(cacheDir)
-  let versionFile = cacheDir / "ic.version"
-  let stamp = if fileExists(versionFile): readFile(versionFile) else: ""
-  if stamp != icFormatVersion:
-    removeDir(cacheDir)
-    createDir(cacheDir)
-    writeFile(versionFile, icFormatVersion)
-  let outPath = cacheDir / "ic_config.cfg.nif"
-  if not fileExists(outPath) or sourcesChanged(outPath):
-    createDir(cacheDir)
-    # Re-invoke ourselves as the config producer: reuse this process's command
-    # line, dropping the command argument (`ic`/`track`) in favour of `icconfig`
-    # and the explicit output path. Every switch must land BEFORE the project
-    # file, because anything after the project is swallowed into
-    # `config.arguments` by `cmdLineRest` (and a non-empty `arguments` without
-    # `--run` is a hard error). Callers may legitimately put switches after the
-    # project — `nim track PROJ --def:...` — so we re-order rather than replay
-    # verbatim: all `-`-prefixed switches first (in encounter order), then the
-    # non-switch project token(s). The producer re-reads `nim.cfg` itself.
-    var pargs = @["icconfig", "--icConfigOut:" & outPath]
-    var rest: seq[string] = @[]
-    var droppedCmd = false
-    for a in commandLineParams():
-      if a.len == 0: continue
-      if a[0] == '-':
-        pargs.add a
-      elif not droppedCmd:
-        droppedCmd = true  # drop the original command token (`ic`/`track`)
-      else:
-        rest.add a  # project file (and any further non-switch tokens) go last
-    for a in rest: pargs.add a
-    let p = startProcess(getAppFilename(), args = pargs,
-                         options = {poStdErrToStdOut})
-    let outp = p.outputStream.readAll()
-    let code = p.waitForExit()
-    p.close()
-    if code != 0 or not fileExists(outPath):
-      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated,
-        "failed to produce precompiled config (exit code " & $code & "):\n" & outp)
-      return
-  conf.icPreparsedConfig = outPath

compiler/icmodnames.nim

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-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2026 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## Nim's OWN module-suffix, replacing nimony's `gear2/modnames.moduleSuffix`.
-##
-## nimony's version hashes a path made RELATIVE to `getCurrentDir()` (or the
-## shortest search-path-relative form), so the produced suffix depends on the
-## current working directory AND the searchPath set. Under `nim ic` the
-## DISCOVERY pass (`deps.nim`, in the driver process) and the COMPILE pass
-## (`nifgen`/`typekeys`, in a child `nim m` process) can run with different CWDs
-## or `--path` sets, so the SAME file hashes to two different suffixes: e.g.
-## `std/staticos` became `sta5rk8sn1` at discovery but `sta4c0qxk` at compile, so
-## every importer waited forever for a `.s.bif` that was actually written under
-## the other name — a cold `nim ic` build (of anything pulling in `std/os`, whose
-## `oscommon` does `from std/staticos import PathComponent`) never converged.
-##
-## Hashing the CANONICAL ABSOLUTE path makes the suffix a pure function of the
-## file, identical across every process and call site. The base-name prefix +
-## base-36 `uhash` layout is kept byte-for-byte compatible with the old scheme so
-## nothing but the hashed string changes.
-
-import std/os
-import "../dist/nimony/src/lib" / tinyhashes
-
-const
-  PrefixLen = 3 # keep it short: the suffix ends up in every mangled C name
-  Base36 = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
-
-proc moduleSuffix*(path: string; searchPaths: openArray[string]): string =
-  ## `searchPaths` is accepted for signature-compatibility with the replaced
-  ## `modnames.moduleSuffix` but is deliberately IGNORED — the suffix must not
-  ## depend on the search-path set or the CWD (see the module doc).
-  # Absolute inputs (the norm at every call site: `toFullPath`/`projectFull`)
-  # pass straight through `normalizedPath` with no `getCurrentDir` involvement;
-  # a stray relative path is made absolute against the CWD only as a fallback.
-  var f = path
-  if not isAbsolute(f):
-    try: f = absolutePath(f)
-    except CatchableError: discard
-  f = normalizedPath(f)
-  let m = splitFile(f).name
-  var id = uhash(f)
-  result = newStringOfCap(10)
-  for i in 0 ..< min(m.len, PrefixLen):
-    result.add m[i]
-  # base-36 of the hash, low digit first (order is irrelevant for identity).
-  while id > 0'u32:
-    result.add Base36[int(id mod 36'u32)]
-    id = id div 36'u32

compiler/icnifcore.nim

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-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2026 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## nifcore-based IC serialization helpers — Stage 1 of porting the IC backend
-## from the old `nifstreams`/`nifcursors` NIF stack to `nifcore` (see
-## `doc/ic_nifcore_port.md`).
-##
-## It hosts:
-## * the process-wide shared `Pool`/`TagPool` that stands in for the old global
-##   `nifstreams.pool`,
-## * `writeFileStable`, the content-stable file writer mirroring
-##   `nifcursors.writeFile(..., OnlyIfChanged)`,
-## * the first ported writer (`writeSemDeps`), used as the migration spike.
-##
-## No `nifstreams`/`nifcursors` types cross this module's boundary: callers pass
-## plain Nim values (config, ids, string lists), so it can coexist with the
-## still-old-API `ast2nif.nim` during the migration.
-
-import std / [syncio, algorithm]
-from std / os import removeFile, moveFile
-import options, pathutils, typekeys
-import "../dist/nimony/src/lib" / [nifcore, nifcoreparse, nifreader, bif]
-
-# One shared literals pool + tag pool for the whole process — the nifcore
-# analogue of the old global `nifstreams.pool`. A single shared pool keeps
-# string/symbol/file ids stable across every TokenBuf the IC backend builds,
-# preserving the old global-pool semantics during the migration. (Stage 6 may
-# move to fresh per-file pools for bif's fast path; see doc/ic_nifcore_port.md.)
-let icPool* = newPool()
-let icTags* = newTagPool()
-
-proc createIcBuf*(cap = 16): TokenBuf {.inline.} =
-  ## A `TokenBuf` bound to the shared IC pools.
-  createTokenBuf(cap, icPool, icTags)
-
-proc tagId*(s: string): TagId {.inline.} =
-  ## Intern a tag name in the shared tag pool.
-  icTags.registerTag(s)
-
-type
-  IcBuilder* = object
-    ## A thin nifcore `TokenBuf` builder whose surface is *primitive types only*
-    ## (strings/ints/floats). It lets the still-old-API `ast2nif.nim` drive a
-    ## nifcore buffer without any nifcore type crossing the module boundary —
-    ## the bridge that routes IC output onto the nifcore serializer (Stage 2).
-    buf*: TokenBuf
-
-proc newIcBuilder*(cap = 16): IcBuilder = IcBuilder(buf: createIcBuf(cap))
-
-proc openTag*(b: var IcBuilder; tag: string) {.inline.} = b.buf.openTag(tagId(tag))
-proc closeTag*(b: var IcBuilder) {.inline.} = b.buf.closeTag()
-proc addSymUse*(b: var IcBuilder; s: string) {.inline.} = b.buf.addSymUse(s)
-proc addSymDef*(b: var IcBuilder; s: string) {.inline.} = b.buf.addSymDef(s)
-proc addIdent*(b: var IcBuilder; s: string) {.inline.} = b.buf.addIdent(s)
-proc addStrLit*(b: var IcBuilder; s: string) {.inline.} = b.buf.addStrLit(s)
-proc addIntLit*(b: var IcBuilder; v: int64) {.inline.} = b.buf.addIntLit(v)
-proc addUIntLit*(b: var IcBuilder; v: uint64) {.inline.} = b.buf.addUIntLit(v)
-proc addFloatLit*(b: var IcBuilder; v: float64) {.inline.} = b.buf.addFloatLit(v)
-proc addCharLit*(b: var IcBuilder; c: char) {.inline.} = b.buf.addCharLit(c)
-proc addDotToken*(b: var IcBuilder) {.inline.} = b.buf.addDotToken()
-
-proc lineInfo*(b: var IcBuilder; file: string; line, col: int32; comment = "") =
-  ## Attach line info (+ optional `#comment#`) to the head just emitted. No-op
-  ## when `file` is empty (matches the old "emit only when info is valid").
-  ## Strings are interned in the shared pools; the file/comment ids reproduce
-  ## the old `pool.files`/`pool.strings` entries by string value.
-  if file.len == 0: return
-  let fid = icPool.filenames.getOrIncl(file)
-  let cid = if comment.len > 0: icPool.strings.getOrIncl(comment) else: StrId(0)
-  b.buf.appendLineInfo(fid, line, col, cid)
-
-proc writeFileStable*(b: var TokenBuf; path: string; onlyIfChanged = false) =
-  ## Serialize `b` to canonical module NIF text and write it. Mirrors
-  ## `nifcursors.writeFile`: the module suffix is derived from `path`
-  ## (`"." & extractModuleSuffix`), and `onlyIfChanged` skips the write when the
-  ## on-disk bytes already match — the content-stability nifmake's incremental
-  ## rebuild depends on.
-  let content = toModuleString(b, "." & extractModuleSuffix(path))
-  if onlyIfChanged:
-    let existing =
-      try: readFile(path)
-      except CatchableError: ""
-    if existing == content: return
-  writeFile(path, content)
-
-proc writeStable*(b: var IcBuilder; path: string; onlyIfChanged = false) {.inline.} =
-  writeFileStable(b.buf, path, onlyIfChanged)
-
-proc cursorPool*(c: Cursor): Pool {.inline.} = nifcore.pool(c)
-  ## The literals pool the cursor's buffer was built against. `ast2nif.nim`
-  ## imports `nifcore` with `except pool` (to keep nifstreams' global `pool`
-  ## var the writer uses), so the reader reaches a cursor's pool through here —
-  ## needed once `bif`-loaded buffers carry their OWN fresh pool rather than the
-  ## shared `icPool`.
-
-proc freshModuleCopy(b: var IcBuilder): TokenBuf =
-  ## Re-home `b.buf` into a PRIVATE, module-local pool via `addSubtree` (which
-  ## re-interns only the literals/tags this buffer actually uses). `b.buf` is bound
-  ## to the process-wide shared `icPool`/`icTags`; storing it directly would embed
-  ## the WHOLE shared pool (correct but huge — see `bif.storeToFile`). The copy's
-  ## fresh-pool reload reproduces ids verbatim (the bif fresh-pool INVARIANT).
-  result = createTokenBuf(b.buf.len, newPool(), newTagPool())
-  var c = b.buf.beginRead()
-  while c.hasMore:
-    addSubtree(result, c)
-    skip c
-
-proc storeBif*(b: var IcBuilder; path: string; dottedSuffix: string) =
-  ## Persist the buffer as a compact, self-contained binary NIF (`.bif`).
-  var fresh = freshModuleCopy(b)
-  bif.store(fresh, path, dottedSuffix)
-
-proc storeBifStable*(b: var IcBuilder; path: string; dottedSuffix: string) =
-  ## Content-stable `bif` write — the binary analogue of `writeFileStable`'s
-  ## `onlyIfChanged`: only replace `path` when the encoded bytes differ, so an
-  ## unchanged sidecar keeps its mtime and nifmake prunes the dependent rebuild
-  ## cascade. Used for the iface/impl cookies + dep sidecars whose byte-stability
-  ## gates incremental builds. (bif encoding is deterministic for a given buffer
-  ## under fresh pools, so equal content ⇒ equal bytes.)
-  var fresh = freshModuleCopy(b)
-  let tmp = path & ".tmp"
-  bif.store(fresh, tmp, dottedSuffix)
-  let newBytes = readFile(tmp)
-  let oldBytes =
-    try: readFile(path)
-    except CatchableError: ""
-  if newBytes == oldBytes:
-    removeFile(tmp)
-  else:
-    moveFile(tmp, path)
-
-# --- subtree splicing (shared pool, so a raw subtree copy is exact) ----------
-
-proc addAll*(dest: var IcBuilder; src: var IcBuilder) =
-  ## Append every top-level subtree of `src` into `dest` — the nifcore analogue
-  ## of the old `dest.add wholeBuffer` splice.
-  var c = src.buf.beginRead()
-  while c.hasMore:
-    addSubtree(dest.buf, c)
-    skip c
-
-proc addStmtsBody*(dest: var IcBuilder; src: var IcBuilder) =
-  ## Append the BODY of a `(stmts . . <body> )` builder into `dest`, dropping the
-  ## wrapper tag and its two leading dot slots (flags/type) — the nifcore
-  ## analogue of the old `for i in 3 ..< content.len-1: dest.add content[i]`.
-  var c = src.buf.beginRead()   # at (stmts
-  c.into:
-    skip c   # flags dot
-    skip c   # type dot
-    while c.hasMore:
-      addSubtree(dest.buf, c)
-      skip c
-
-# --- cookie input: a line-info-free logical token list of the module ---------
-# The cookie hashers (ast2nif) need a flat, ParRi-bearing, index-addressable
-# view of the serialized module. nifcore has no ParRi kind and variable-width
-# tokens, so we flatten the buffer here (in the clean nifcore world) into a
-# neutral `CookieTok` list — no nifcore type crosses into ast2nif.
-
-type
-  CookieKind* = enum
-    ckParLe, ckParRi, ckSym, ckSymDef, ckIdent, ckStr, ckInt, ckUInt, ckFloat, ckChar, ckDot
-  CookieTok* = object
-    kind*: CookieKind
-    tag*: string       # ckParLe
-    name*: string      # ckSym / ckSymDef
-    sym*: uint32       # ckSym / ckSymDef id (identity key)
-    str*: string       # ckIdent / ckStr
-    ival*: int64
-    uval*: uint64
-    fval*: float64
-    cval*: uint32
-
-proc flattenGo(c: var Cursor; b: TokenBuf; acc: var seq[CookieTok]) =
-  while c.hasMore:
-    case c.kind
-    of TagLit:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckParLe, tag: b.tags.tagName(c.cursorTagId))
-      c.into:
-        flattenGo(c, b, acc)
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckParRi)
-    of Symbol:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckSym, name: symName(c, b.pool), sym: uint32(symId(c, b.pool)))
-      skip c
-    of SymbolDef:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckSymDef, name: symName(c, b.pool), sym: uint32(symId(c, b.pool)))
-      skip c
-    of Ident:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckIdent, str: strVal(c, b.pool)); skip c
-    of StrLit:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckStr, str: strVal(c, b.pool)); skip c
-    of IntLit:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckInt, ival: intVal(c)); skip c
-    of UIntLit:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckUInt, uval: uintVal(c)); skip c
-    of FloatLit:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckFloat, fval: floatVal(c)); skip c
-    of CharLit:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckChar, cval: uint32(ord(charLit(c)))); skip c
-    of DotToken:
-      acc.add CookieTok(kind: ckDot); skip c
-    else:
-      skip c   # LineInfoLit / ExtendedSuffix ride on heads, never standalone
-
-proc flattenForCookie*(b: var IcBuilder): seq[CookieTok] =
-  ## Flatten the nifcore module buffer to the cookie hashers' flat token list.
-  result = newSeqOfCap[CookieTok](b.buf.len)
-  var cur = b.buf.beginRead()
-  flattenGo(cur, b.buf, result)
-
-proc collectBifStrLits*(path: string): seq[string] =
-  ## Read a small `(tag "s" "s" …)` bif sidecar (`semdeps`/`edges`) and return every
-  ## string literal it holds, in order — the binary analogue of the old nifstreams
-  ## scan that collected `StrLit`s. Keeps nifcore types out of `deps.nim`, which
-  ## only needs the recorded string list.
-  ##
-  ## Uses `loadFromFile` (a full read into owned memory) rather than the mmap-backed
-  ## `bif.load`, then CLOSES the handle. `bif.load` intentionally leaves the mapping
-  ## resident for the process lifetime; for the `nim ic` driver that reads these
-  ## sidecars while `nim m` children rewrite them, a lingering read mapping is a
-  ## Windows sharing violation: the child's `open(path, fmWrite)` fails with
-  ## `IOError: cannot open`. These sidecars are tiny, so the zero-copy mmap buys
-  ## nothing here anyway.
-  result = @[]
-  var f = open(path, fmRead)
-  var m = bif.loadFromFile(f)
-  close(f)
-  var c = m.buf.beginRead()
-  while c.hasMore:
-    if c.kind == StrLit: result.add strVal(c)
-    inc c
-
-proc writeSemDeps*(config: ConfigRef; thisModule: int32; importPaths: seq[string]) =
-  ## Stage 1 spike: the nifcore port of `ast2nif.writeSemDeps`. Serializes the
-  ## module's resolved direct imports as `(semdeps "path" ...)`. Byte-identical
-  ## to the old writer (verified), so `nim ic` build graphs are unaffected.
-  let selfSuffix = modname(thisModule, config)
-  var paths = importPaths
-  sort paths
-  var dest = newIcBuilder(4 + 2*paths.len)
-  dest.openTag "semdeps"
-  for p in paths:
-    dest.addStrLit p
-  dest.closeTag()
-  let path = toGeneratedFile(config, AbsoluteFile(selfSuffix), ".s.deps.bif").string
-  storeBifStable(dest, path, "." & extractModuleSuffix(path))

compiler/idents.nim

@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@
 # An identifier is a shared immutable string that can be compared by its
 # id. This module is essential for the compiler's performance.
 
-import wordrecg
-import std/hashes
-
-when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-  import std/assertions
+import
+  hashes, wordrecg
 
 type
   PIdent* = ref TIdent

compiler/idetools.nim

@@ -1,279 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2026 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## NIF-based goto-definition / find-all-usages for `nim track`.
-##
-## This is the mainline-Nim port of nimony's `idetools.nim`. It answers a
-## `--def:FILE,LINE,COL` / `--usages:FILE,LINE,COL` query by *scanning the
-## `.s.bif` files* (binary NIF, see `dist/nimony/src/lib/bif.nim`) that the
-## preceding `nim ic` frontend (`nim track`) emitted into the nimcache directory
-## — NOT by re-running sem. NIF distinguishes a definition (`SymbolDef` token) from a use
-## (`Symbol` token) syntactically, so goto-def / find-uses become plain token
-## scans over type-checked NIF, which is more reliable than the classic PSym
-## engine because generics and macros are type-checked in the NIF too.
-##
-## Two passes (mirroring nimony's `usages`):
-##  1. Load the queried module's `.s.bif` and find the `Symbol`/`SymbolDef`
-##     token whose line info + identifier length contains `conf.m.trackPos`.
-##     That yields the mangled symbol NAME and whether it is global (>= 2 dots).
-##  2. `--usages`: emit every `Symbol` (use) token; `--def`: every `SymbolDef`.
-##     A global symbol is scanned across every module `.s.bif`; a local one only
-##     within the queried module.
-##
-## IMPORTANT porting note: `bif.load` mints FRESH per-file pools, so a `SymId`
-## from module A's buffer is meaningless in module B's. The cross-module match is
-## therefore by the mangled NAME string, never by `SymId` (nimony can compare ids
-## because it parses every text NIF into one shared global pool; we cannot).
-
-import std / [os, strutils, sets]
-import options, msgs, pathutils
-import lineinfos as astli
-import ast2nif   # toNifFilename
-from deps import includerSbifs   # deps-guided include-file lookup
-import "../dist/nimony/src/lib/nifcore"
-from "../dist/nimony/src/lib" / bif import load, BifModule, containsSym
-
-proc identLen(name: string): int =
-  ## Length of the displayed identifier: the run before the first `.` of a
-  ## mangled NIF name (`ident.disamb[.moduleSuffix]`). Bounds the column match.
-  let d = name.find('.')
-  result = if d < 0: name.len else: d
-
-proc isGlobalName(name: string): bool =
-  ## A global symbol carries `ident.disamb.moduleSuffix` (>= 2 dots); a local at
-  ## most `ident.disamb` (<= 1 dot). `moduleSuffix` is a dot-free hash, so a raw
-  ## dot count is equivalent to nifbuilder's suffix-compressed test for our use.
-  var dots = 0
-  for i in 1 ..< name.len:
-    if name[i] == '.': inc dots
-  result = dots >= 2
-
-proc posMatch(c: Cursor; conf: ConfigRef; target: TLineInfo; tokenLen: int): bool =
-  ## True when `target` (the queried position) falls within the identifier span
-  ## of the Symbol/SymbolDef token at `c`. Mirrors nimony's `lineInfoMatch`; the
-  ## filename is resolved through the loaded buffer's own pool (fresh per file),
-  ## then mapped to a `FileIndex` exactly like `ast2nif.oldLineInfo`.
-  let li = rawLineInfo(c)
-  if not li.isValid: return false
-  if li.line.int != target.line.int: return false
-  let f = fileInfoIdx(conf, AbsoluteFile lineInfoFile(c))
-  if f != target.fileIndex: return false
-  if target.col.int < li.col.int: return false
-  if target.col.int > li.col.int + tokenLen: return false
-  result = true
-
-const sep = '\t'
-
-proc formatSuggest(s: Suggest): string =
-  ## Reproduce `suggest.$Suggest` for the `ideDef`/`ideUse` sections without
-  ## importing `suggest` (which would create an import cycle). Layout:
-  ## `section⭾symkind⭾qualifiedPath⭾forth⭾filePath⭾line⭾column⭾⭾quality`.
-  ## symkind is always `skUnknown` here — the raw NIF scan has no PSym to give a
-  ## real kind (like nimony's `foundSymbol`, which leaves it empty).
-  result = $s.section
-  result.add sep
-  result.add "skUnknown"
-  result.add sep
-  if s.qualifiedPath.len != 0:
-    result.add s.qualifiedPath.join(".")
-  result.add sep
-  result.add s.forth
-  result.add sep
-  result.add s.filePath
-  result.add sep
-  result.add $s.line
-  result.add sep
-  result.add $s.column
-  result.add sep            # empty doc field (docgen is off outside nimsuggest)
-  if s.version == 0 or s.version == 3:
-    result.add sep
-    result.add $s.quality
-
-proc emit(conf: ConfigRef; c: Cursor; section: IdeCmd; name: string;
-          seen: var HashSet[string]) =
-  ## Report one hit as a nimsuggest-compatible result (routed through the
-  ## structured-output hook / `--stdout`). We only have the mangled name + line
-  ## info from the raw NIF, so symkind/type are left empty — like nimony's
-  ## `foundSymbol`. `seen` deduplicates: the same source location can back
-  ## several NIF `Symbol` tokens (e.g. a call argument re-emitted in a lowered
-  ## form), which must surface as one hit.
-  let li = rawLineInfo(c)
-  if not li.isValid: return
-  let key = $section.int & ":" & lineInfoFile(c) & ":" & $li.line.int & ":" & $li.col.int
-  if seen.containsOrIncl(key):
-    return  # already reported this location for this section
-  let s = Suggest(section: section,
-                  qualifiedPath: @[name[0 ..< identLen(name)]],
-                  filePath: lineInfoFile(c),
-                  line: li.line.int,
-                  column: li.col.int,
-                  tokenLen: identLen(name),
-                  forth: "",
-                  symkind: 0'u8,
-                  quality: 100,
-                  version: conf.suggestVersion)
-  if conf.suggestionResultHook != nil:
-    conf.suggestionResultHook(s)
-  else:
-    conf.suggestWriteln(formatSuggest(s))
-
-proc tokenSymId(c: Cursor): SymId {.inline.} =
-  ## SymId (in the cursor's own per-file pool) of a `Symbol`/`SymbolDef` token,
-  ## or `SymId(0)` for an inline-encoded one — which is never our search target:
-  ## a mangled name (`ident.disamb.suffix`) is always longer than
-  ## `StrInlineMaxLen`, so every occurrence of the symbol we look for is stored by
-  ## pool id, decoded here with a shift and no string materialization.
-  if isInlineLit(c): SymId(0) else: SymId(combinedPayload(c) shr 1)
-
-template symMatches(c: Cursor): bool =
-  ## True when the token at `c` is the searched symbol. The fast path is a pure
-  ## integer compare against `targetSym` (the symbol's id in THIS module's pool,
-  ## resolved once per file by the caller). `targetSym == 0` means the name is not
-  ## representable as a pool id (a rare <=3-byte local): fall back to a string
-  ## compare, correct for both inline and pooled encodings.
-  (if targetSym != SymId(0): tokenSymId(c) == targetSym else: symName(c) == targetName)
-
-proc scanUses(conf: ConfigRef; m: var BifModule; targetSym: SymId; targetName: string;
-              seen: var HashSet[string]) =
-  ## `--usages`: report every `Symbol` (use) occurrence with valid line info.
-  if m.buf.len == 0: return
-  var c = m.buf.beginRead()
-  while c.hasMore:
-    if c.kind == Symbol and symMatches(c) and rawLineInfo(c).isValid:
-      emit(conf, c, ideUse, targetName, seen)
-    inc c
-  c.endRead()
-
-proc scanDef(conf: ConfigRef; m: var BifModule; targetSym: SymId; targetName: string;
-             seen: var HashSet[string]) =
-  ## `--def`: report the declaration of the target symbol if this module owns it
-  ## (has its `SymbolDef`). The `SymbolDef` token itself carries no line info; the
-  ## declaration location lives on the *enclosing tag* (e.g. `(sd @file:line:col`,
-  ## like `bif.buildIndex`'s `mostRecentTagPos`). When that tag has no line info
-  ## either, fall back to the declaration-site `Symbol` occurrence — but only in
-  ## the owning module, so a plain user of the symbol is never reported as a def.
-  if m.buf.len == 0: return
-  var c = m.buf.beginRead()
-  var mostRecentTagPos = 0
-  var sawDef = false
-  var emitted = false
-  var fallbackPos = -1
-  while c.hasMore:
-    case c.kind
-    of TagLit:
-      mostRecentTagPos = cursorToPosition(m.buf, c)
-      inc c
-    of SymbolDef:
-      if symMatches(c):
-        sawDef = true
-        var tc = cursorAt(m.buf, mostRecentTagPos)
-        if rawLineInfo(tc).isValid:
-          emit(conf, tc, ideDef, targetName, seen)
-          emitted = true
-        tc.endRead()
-      inc c
-    of Symbol:
-      if fallbackPos < 0 and symMatches(c) and rawLineInfo(c).isValid:
-        fallbackPos = cursorToPosition(m.buf, c)
-      inc c
-    else:
-      inc c
-  c.endRead()
-  if sawDef and not emitted and fallbackPos >= 0:
-    var fc = cursorAt(m.buf, fallbackPos)
-    emit(conf, fc, ideDef, targetName, seen)
-    fc.endRead()
-
-proc scanBuf(conf: ConfigRef; m: var BifModule; section: IdeCmd;
-             targetSym: SymId; targetName: string; seen: var HashSet[string]) =
-  ## Emit hits for the target symbol in `m` per the query kind. `ideDus`
-  ## (`--defusages`) reports both the definition and every usage.
-  if section in {ideDef, ideDus}:
-    scanDef(conf, m, targetSym, targetName, seen)
-  if section in {ideUse, ideDus}:
-    scanUses(conf, m, targetSym, targetName, seen)
-
-proc findPos(conf: ConfigRef; m: var BifModule; target: TLineInfo;
-             foundName: var string): bool =
-  ## Scan `m` for the `Symbol`/`SymbolDef` token covering the queried position
-  ## `target` and set `foundName` to its mangled name. Returns true on a hit.
-  if m.buf.len == 0: return false
-  var c = m.buf.beginRead()
-  result = false
-  while c.hasMore:
-    let k = c.kind
-    if k == Symbol or k == SymbolDef:
-      let nm = symName(c)
-      if posMatch(c, conf, target, identLen(nm)):
-        foundName = nm
-        result = true
-        break
-    inc c
-  c.endRead()
-
-proc runIdeQuery*(conf: ConfigRef) =
-  ## Entry point: called from `main.nim` after `commandCheck` when a
-  ## `--def`/`--usages` query is active. Assumes the check just emitted the
-  ## project's `.s.bif` files into `getNimcacheDir(conf)`.
-  let section = conf.ideCmd
-  if section notin {ideDef, ideUse, ideDus}: return
-  let target = conf.m.trackPos
-  if target.fileIndex.int32 < 0: return
-
-  # Pass 1: position -> symbol. Try the queried file's own module bif first (the
-  # fast path when the position is inside a real module). An include file has no
-  # module bif of its own — its tokens live in the *including* module's bif with
-  # include-file line info — so when the direct lookup misses, consult the
-  # `.deps.nif` preludes (`includerSbifs`) to load only the module(s) that
-  # include the queried file (directly or transitively), never every bif in the
-  # nimcache. `ownerFile` is the bif that owns the hit.
-  let modFile = toNifFilename(conf, target.fileIndex)
-  var foundName = ""
-  var ownerFile = ""
-  if fileExists(modFile):
-    var qm = load(modFile)
-    if findPos(conf, qm, target, foundName):
-      ownerFile = modFile
-  if foundName.len == 0:
-    for cand in includerSbifs(conf, toFullPath(conf, target.fileIndex).AbsoluteFile):
-      if cand == modFile: continue
-      var m = load(cand)
-      if findPos(conf, m, target, foundName):
-        ownerFile = cand
-        break
-  if foundName.len == 0: return
-
-  # Pass 2: emit definition / usages. `seen` spans every module so a location is
-  # reported once even when scanned across the whole nimcache.
-  #
-  # Cross-file matching is by SymId, not by decoding every token's name. Two
-  # filters keep it cheap:
-  #   1. `bif.containsSym` — a sym-table-only probe that reads just the small
-  #      trailing pools, NOT the token block or any `BiTable`. A module that never
-  #      references the symbol is rejected here without a full `load` (no pools
-  #      built, no token block mapped) — so a query whose symbol lives in a few
-  #      modules no longer pays to load the whole nimcache.
-  #   2. For a module that does contain it, `bif.load` mints a fresh per-file pool,
-  #      so the name is resolved to THIS file's SymId once via `getKeyId`; the scan
-  #      then compares integer ids per token instead of materializing a string for
-  #      each (see `symMatches`).
-  var seen = initHashSet[string]()
-  if isGlobalName(foundName):
-    for f in walkFiles((getNimcacheDir(conf).string) / "*.s.bif"):
-      if not containsSym(f, foundName): continue
-      var m = load(f)
-      let tid = m.buf.pool.syms.getKeyId(foundName)
-      if tid != SymId(0):
-        scanBuf(conf, m, section, tid, foundName, seen)
-  else:
-    # Local symbol: its mangled name is not unique across modules, so restrict
-    # the scan to the module it lives in (the one that owns the queried position).
-    var qm = load(ownerFile)
-    let tid = qm.buf.pool.syms.getKeyId(foundName)
-    scanBuf(conf, qm, section, tid, foundName, seen)