Nim/compiler/cgen.nim

#
#
#           The Nim Compiler
#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
#
#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
#

## This module implements the C code generator.

import
  ast, astalgo, trees, platform, magicsys, extccomp, options,
  nversion, nimsets, msgs, bitsets, idents, types,
  ccgutils, ropes, wordrecg, treetab, cgmeth,
  rodutils, renderer, cgendata, aliases,
  lowerings, lineinfos, pathutils, transf,
  injectdestructors, astmsgs, modulepaths, pushpoppragmas,
  mangleutils, cbuilderbase, modulegraphs

from expanddefaults import caseObjDefaultBranch
from ast2nif import globalName, toNifFilename, icNifTypeName
from typekeys import modname
from std/algorithm import sort
import cnif

import pipelineutils

when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
  import std/assertions

when not defined(leanCompiler):
  import spawn, semparallel

import std/strutils except `%`, addf # collides with ropes.`%`

import std/[dynlib, math, tables, sets, os, intsets, hashes]

const
  # we use some ASCII control characters to insert directives that will be converted to real code in a postprocessing pass
  postprocessDirStart = '\1'
  postprocessDirSep = '\31'
  postprocessDirEnd = '\23'

when not declared(dynlib.libCandidates):
  proc libCandidates(s: string, dest: var seq[string]) =
    ## given a library name pattern `s` write possible library names to `dest`.
    var le = strutils.find(s, '(')
    var ri = strutils.find(s, ')', le+1)
    if le >= 0 and ri > le:
      var prefix = substr(s, 0, le - 1)
      var suffix = substr(s, ri + 1)
      for middle in split(substr(s, le + 1, ri - 1), '|'):
        libCandidates(prefix & middle & suffix, dest)
    else:
      dest.add(s)

when defined(tinyc): # == hasTinyCBackend; spelled out for the IC dep scanner
  import tccgen

proc hcrOn(m: BModule): bool = m.config.hcrOn
proc hcrOn(p: BProc): bool = p.module.config.hcrOn

proc addForwardedProc(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
  m.g.forwardedProcs.add(prc)

proc newModule*(g: BModuleList; module: PSym; conf: ConfigRef; idgen: IdGenerator): BModule
proc getCFile*(m: BModule): AbsoluteFile

proc findPendingModule(m: BModule, s: PSym): BModule =
  # TODO fixme
  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC and m.config.icBackendStage == "cg":
    # Per-module backend codegen: only module M (`m`) is emitted in this
    # process, so every demanded definition — whether a normal proc owned by
    # another (here unwritten) module or a minted instance/hook — is emitted
    # into M's TU. Definitions owned elsewhere are emitted again by their own
    # module's cg process; the merge stage keeps one per C name and turns the
    # rest into prototypes (which already live in the unmarked protos section).
    return m
  if m.config.symbolFiles == v2Sf or optCompress in m.config.globalOptions:
    let ms = s.itemId.module  #getModule(s)
    result = m.g.mods[ms]
  elif m.config.cmd in {cmdNifC, cmdM}:
    var ms = getModule(s)
    registerModule m.g.graph, ms
    if ms.position >= m.g.mods.len:
      result = newModule(m.g, ms, m.config, idGeneratorForBackend(ms))
    else:
      result = m.g.mods[ms.position]
      if result == nil:
        result = newModule(m.g, ms, m.config, idGeneratorForBackend(ms))
  else:
    var ms = getModule(s)
    result = m.g.mods[ms.position]

proc isReusedTU(m: BModule): bool =
  ## Whether this module's cached translation unit is reused — either as a
  ## loaded backend module or purely at the file level (a module the
  ## backend never loaded whose BModule demand-driven codegen created).
  m.config.cmd == cmdNifC and
    (m.module.position in m.g.graph.icReusedModules or
     (m.g.graph.icFileReusedCnames.len > 0 and
      getCFile(m).string in m.g.graph.icFileReusedCnames))

proc icNifName(m: BModule; s: PSym): string =
  ## The serialized NIF name of `s`, recorded next to its C name in the cnif
  ## artifact so a later run can re-demand the definition when a reused TU
  ## still references it (the def-retention check). Backend-minted symbols
  ## have no NIF name.
  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC and s != nil and not isBackendMinted(s.itemId):
    result = globalName(s, m.config)
  else:
    result = ""

proc icNifName(m: BModule; t: PType): string =
  ## The type flavor: recorded next to RTTI data definitions so the
  ## def-retention check can re-demand the typeinfo of a regenerating TU's
  ## previous artifact (`genTypeInfo` is type-driven, not symbol-driven).
  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
    result = icNifTypeName(t, m.config)
  else:
    result = ""

proc redirectToLiveModule(m: BModule, q: BModule): BModule =
  ## A module whose cached translation unit is reused never generates code,
  ## so a definition that `findPendingModule` routes into it must be emitted
  ## elsewhere: into the demanding module, or — when the demander is itself
  ## reused (demands raised while wiring up a reused module's init call) —
  ## into the main module, which is always regenerated.
  result = q
  if q != nil and m.config.cmd == cmdNifC and isReusedTU(q):
    if not isReusedTU(m):
      result = m
    else:
      result = nil
      for cand in m.g.mods:
        if cand != nil and sfMainModule in cand.module.flags:
          result = cand
          break
      if result == nil: result = m

proc emitsBodyInThisModule(m: BModule, prc: PSym): bool =
  ## Per-module backend codegen is concerned with ONE module: it emits the
  ## bodies of the routines that module OWNS (its own top-level defs) and only
  ## *prototypes* a routine owned by another module — that routine's body is
  ## emitted by its own module's `cg` process, and the merge stage's DCE prunes
  ## whatever ends up globally dead. The funnel where the main module re-emitted
  ## its entire transitive closure (≈1.8 GB, a 56 MB `.c.nif`) is exactly this
  ## rule being absent.
  ##
  ## Generic instances and synthesized hooks (`=destroy`, `$`, …) have no single
  ## owning-module top-level — they are minted on demand — so each demander emits
  ## them and the merge stage deduplicates by their content-addressed C name.
  if not (m.config.cmd == cmdNifC and m.config.icBackendStage == "cg"):
    return true
  result = prc.itemId.module == m.module.position or
           (prc.disamb and (InstanceDisambBit or HookDisambBit)) != 0'i32

proc initLoc(k: TLocKind, lode: PNode, s: TStorageLoc, flags: TLocFlags = {}): TLoc =
  result = TLoc(k: k, storage: s, lode: lode,
                snippet: "", flags: flags)

proc fillLoc(a: var TLoc, k: TLocKind, lode: PNode, r: Rope, s: TStorageLoc) {.inline.} =
  # fills the loc if it is not already initialized
  if a.k == locNone:
    a.k = k
    a.lode = lode
    a.storage = s
    if a.snippet == "": a.snippet = r

proc fillLoc(a: var TLoc, k: TLocKind, lode: PNode, s: TStorageLoc) {.inline.} =
  # fills the loc if it is not already initialized
  if a.k == locNone:
    a.k = k
    a.lode = lode
    a.storage = s

proc t(a: TLoc): PType {.inline.} =
  if a.lode.kind == nkSym:
    result = a.lode.sym.typ
  else:
    result = a.lode.typ

proc lodeTyp(t: PType): PNode =
  result = newNode(nkEmpty)
  result.typ = t

proc isSimpleConst(typ: PType): bool =
  let t = skipTypes(typ, abstractVar)
  result = t.kind notin
      {tyTuple, tyObject, tyArray, tySet, tySequence} and not
      (t.kind == tyProc and t.callConv == ccClosure)

proc useHeader(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
  if lfHeader in sym.loc.flags:
    assert(sym.annex != nil)
    let str = getStr(sym.annex.path)
    m.includeHeader(str)

proc cgsym(m: BModule, name: string)
proc cgsymValue(m: BModule, name: string): Rope

proc getModuleDllPath(m: BModule): Rope =
  let (dir, name, ext) = splitFile(getCFile(m))
  let filename = strutils.`%`(platform.OS[m.g.config.target.targetOS].dllFrmt, [name & ext])
  result = makeCString(dir.string & "/" & filename)

proc getModuleDllPath(m: BModule, module: int): Rope =
  result = getModuleDllPath(m.g.mods[module])

proc getModuleDllPath(m: BModule, s: PSym): Rope =
  result = getModuleDllPath(m.g.mods[s.itemId.module])

import std/macros

proc cgFormatValue(result: var string; value: string) =
  result.add value

proc cgFormatValue(result: var string; value: BiggestInt) =
  result.addInt value

proc cgFormatValue(result: var string; value: Int128) =
  result.addInt128 value

template addf(result: var Builder, args: varargs[untyped]) =
  result.buf.addf(args)

# TODO: please document
macro ropecg(m: BModule, frmt: static[FormatStr], args: untyped): Rope =
  args.expectKind nnkBracket
  # echo "ropecg ", newLit(frmt).repr, ", ", args.repr
  var i = 0
  result = nnkStmtListExpr.newTree()

  result.add quote do:
    assert `m` != nil

  let resVar = genSym(nskVar, "res")
  # during `koch boot` the median of all generates strings from this
  # macro is around 40 bytes in length.
  result.add newVarStmt(resVar, newCall(bindSym"newStringOfCap", newLit(80)))
  let formatValue = bindSym"cgFormatValue"

  var num = 0
  var strLit = ""

  template flushStrLit() =
    if strLit != "":
      result.add newCall(ident "add", resVar, newLit(strLit))
      strLit.setLen 0

  while i < frmt.len:
    if frmt[i] == '$':
      inc(i)                  # skip '$'
      case frmt[i]
      of '$':
        strLit.add '$'
        inc(i)
      of '#':
        flushStrLit()
        inc(i)
        result.add newCall(formatValue, resVar, args[num])
        inc(num)
      of '^':
        flushStrLit()
        inc(i)
        result.add newCall(formatValue, resVar, args[^1])
        inc(num)
      of '0'..'9':
        var j = 0
        while true:
          j = (j * 10) + ord(frmt[i]) - ord('0')
          inc(i)
          if i >= frmt.len or not (frmt[i] in {'0'..'9'}): break
        num = j
        if j > args.len:
          error("ropes: invalid format string " & newLit(frmt).repr & " args.len: " & $args.len)

        flushStrLit()
        result.add newCall(formatValue, resVar, args[j-1])
      of 'n':
        flushStrLit()
        result.add quote do:
          if optLineDir notin `m`.config.options:
            `resVar`.add("\L")
        inc(i)
      of 'N':
        strLit.add "\L"
        inc(i)
      else:
        error("ropes: invalid format string $" & frmt[i])
    elif frmt[i] == '#' and frmt[i+1] in IdentStartChars:
      inc(i)
      var j = i
      while frmt[j] in IdentChars: inc(j)
      var ident = newLit(substr(frmt, i, j-1))
      i = j
      flushStrLit()
      result.add newCall(formatValue, resVar, newCall(ident"cgsymValue", m, ident))
    elif frmt[i] == '#' and frmt[i+1] == '$':
      inc(i, 2)
      var j = 0
      while frmt[i] in Digits:
        j = (j * 10) + ord(frmt[i]) - ord('0')
        inc(i)
      let ident = args[j-1]
      flushStrLit()
      result.add newCall(formatValue, resVar, newCall(ident"cgsymValue", m, ident))
    elif frmt[i] == '#' and frmt[i+1] == '#':
      inc(i, 2)
      strLit.add("#")
    else:
      strLit.add(frmt[i])
      inc(i)

  flushStrLit()
  result.add newCall(ident"rope", resVar)

proc addIndent(p: BProc; result: var Rope) =
  var i = result.len
  let newLen = i + p.blocks.len
  result.setLen newLen
  while i < newLen:
    result[i] = '\t'
    inc i

proc addIndent(p: BProc; result: var Builder) =
  var i = result.buf.len
  let newLen = i + p.blocks.len
  result.buf.setLen newLen
  while i < newLen:
    result.buf[i] = '\t'
    inc i

template appcg(m: BModule, c: var (Rope | Builder), frmt: FormatStr,
           args: untyped) =
  c.add(ropecg(m, frmt, args))

template appcg(m: BModule, sec: TCFileSection, frmt: FormatStr,
           args: untyped) =
  m.s[sec].add(ropecg(m, frmt, args))

template appcg(p: BProc, sec: TCProcSection, frmt: FormatStr,
           args: untyped) =
  p.s(sec).add(ropecg(p.module, frmt, args))

template line(p: BProc, sec: TCProcSection, r: string) =
  addIndent p, p.s(sec)
  p.s(sec).add(r)

template lineF(p: BProc, sec: TCProcSection, frmt: FormatStr,
              args: untyped) =
  addIndent p, p.s(sec)
  p.s(sec).add(frmt % args)

template lineCg(p: BProc, sec: TCProcSection, frmt: FormatStr,
               args: untyped) =
  addIndent p, p.s(sec)
  p.s(sec).add(ropecg(p.module, frmt, args))

template linefmt(p: BProc, sec: TCProcSection, frmt: FormatStr,
             args: untyped) =
  addIndent p, p.s(sec)
  p.s(sec).add(ropecg(p.module, frmt, args))

proc safeLineNm(info: TLineInfo): int =
  result = toLinenumber(info)
  if result < 0: result = 0 # negative numbers are not allowed in #line

proc genPostprocessDir(field1, field2, field3: string): string =
  result = postprocessDirStart & field1 & postprocessDirSep & field2 & postprocessDirSep & field3 & postprocessDirEnd

proc genCLineDir(r: var Builder, fileIdx: FileIndex, line: int; conf: ConfigRef) =
  assert line >= 0
  if optLineDir in conf.options and line > 0:
    if fileIdx == InvalidFileIdx:
      r.add(rope("\n#line " & $line & " \"generated_not_to_break_here\"\n"))
    else:
      r.add(rope("\n#line " & $line & " FX_" & $fileIdx.int32 & "\n"))

proc genCLineDir(r: var Builder, fileIdx: FileIndex, line: int; p: BProc; info: TLineInfo; lastFileIndex: FileIndex) =
  assert line >= 0
  if optLineDir in p.config.options and line > 0:
    if fileIdx == InvalidFileIdx:
      r.add(rope("\n#line " & $line & " \"generated_not_to_break_here\"\n"))
    else:
      r.add(rope("\n#line " & $line & " FX_" & $fileIdx.int32 & "\n"))

proc genCLineDir(r: var Builder, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef) =
  if optLineDir in conf.options:
    genCLineDir(r, info.fileIndex, info.safeLineNm, conf)

proc freshLineInfo(p: BProc; info: TLineInfo): bool =
  if p.lastLineInfo.line != info.line or
     p.lastLineInfo.fileIndex != info.fileIndex:
    p.lastLineInfo.line = info.line
    p.lastLineInfo.fileIndex = info.fileIndex
    result = true
  else:
    result = false

proc genCLineDir(r: var Builder, p: BProc, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef) =
  if optLineDir in conf.options:
    let lastFileIndex = p.lastLineInfo.fileIndex
    if freshLineInfo(p, info):
      genCLineDir(r, info.fileIndex, info.safeLineNm, p, info, lastFileIndex)

proc genLineDir(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  if p == p.module.preInitProc: return
  let line = t.info.safeLineNm

  if optEmbedOrigSrc in p.config.globalOptions:
    var code = sourceLine(p.config, t.info)
    if code.endsWith('\\'):
      code.add "#"
    p.s(cpsStmts).add("// " & code & "\L")
  let lastFileIndex = p.lastLineInfo.fileIndex
  let freshLine = freshLineInfo(p, t.info)
  if freshLine:
    genCLineDir(p.s(cpsStmts), t.info.fileIndex, line, p, t.info, lastFileIndex)
  if ({optLineTrace, optStackTrace} * p.options == {optLineTrace, optStackTrace}) and
      (p.prc == nil or sfPure notin p.prc.flags) and t.info.fileIndex != InvalidFileIdx:
      if freshLine:
        line(p, cpsStmts, genPostprocessDir("nimln", $line, $t.info.fileIndex.int32))

proc accessThreadLocalVar(p: BProc, s: PSym)
proc emulatedThreadVars(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.}
proc genProc(m: BModule, prc: PSym)
proc raiseInstr(p: BProc; result: var Builder)

template compileToCpp(m: BModule): untyped =
  m.config.backend == backendCpp or sfCompileToCpp in m.module.flags

proc getTempName(m: BModule): Rope =
  result = m.tmpBase & rope(m.labels)
  inc m.labels

proc isNoReturn(m: BModule; s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
  sfNoReturn in s.flags and m.config.exc != excGoto

include cbuilderexprs
include cbuilderdecls
include cbuilderstmts

proc rdLoc(a: TLoc): Rope =
  # 'read' location (deref if indirect)
  if lfIndirect in a.flags:
    result = cDeref(a.snippet)
  else:
    result = a.snippet

proc addRdLoc(a: TLoc; result: var Builder) =
  if lfIndirect in a.flags:
    result.add cDeref(a.snippet)
  else:
    result.add a.snippet

proc lenField(p: BProc, val: Rope): Rope {.inline.} =
  if p.module.compileToCpp:
    result = derefField(val, "len")
  else:
    result = dotField(derefField(val, "Sup"), "len")

proc lenExpr(p: BProc; a: TLoc): Rope =
  if optSeqDestructors in p.config.globalOptions:
    if p.config.usesSso() and a.lode != nil and a.t != nil and
        a.t.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind == tyString:
      result = cCall(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimStrLen"), rdLoc(a))
    else:
      result = dotField(rdLoc(a), "len")
  else:
    let ra = rdLoc(a)
    result = cIfExpr(ra, lenField(p, ra), cIntValue(0))

proc dataFieldAccessor(p: BProc, sym: Rope): Rope =
  if optSeqDestructors in p.config.globalOptions:
    result = dotField(wrapPar(sym), "p")
  else:
    result = sym

proc dataField(p: BProc, val: Rope): Rope {.inline.} =
  result = derefField(dataFieldAccessor(p, val), "data")

proc genProcPrototype(m: BModule, sym: PSym)

include ccgliterals
include ccgtypes

# ------------------------------ Manager of temporaries ------------------

template mapTypeChooser(n: PNode): TSymKind =
  (if n.kind == nkSym: n.sym.kind else: skVar)

template mapTypeChooser(a: TLoc): TSymKind = mapTypeChooser(a.lode)

proc addAddrLoc(conf: ConfigRef; a: TLoc; result: var Builder) =
  if lfIndirect notin a.flags and mapType(conf, a.t, mapTypeChooser(a) == skParam) != ctArray:
    result.add wrapPar(cAddr(a.snippet))
  else:
    result.add a.snippet

proc addrLoc(conf: ConfigRef; a: TLoc): Rope =
  if lfIndirect notin a.flags and mapType(conf, a.t, mapTypeChooser(a) == skParam) != ctArray:
    result = wrapPar(cAddr(a.snippet))
  else:
    result = a.snippet

proc byRefLoc(p: BProc; a: TLoc): Rope =
  if lfIndirect notin a.flags and mapType(p.config, a.t, mapTypeChooser(a) == skParam) != ctArray and not
      p.module.compileToCpp:
    result = wrapPar(cAddr(a.snippet))
  else:
    result = a.snippet

proc rdCharLoc(a: TLoc): Rope =
  # read a location that may need a char-cast:
  result = rdLoc(a)
  if skipTypes(a.t, abstractRange).kind == tyChar:
    result = cCast(NimUint8, result)

type
  TAssignmentFlag = enum
    needToCopy
    needTempForOpenArray
    needAssignCall
  TAssignmentFlags = set[TAssignmentFlag]

proc genObjConstr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc)
proc rawConstExpr(p: BProc, n: PNode; d: var TLoc)
proc genAssignment(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc, flags: TAssignmentFlags)

type
  ObjConstrMode = enum
    constructObj,
    constructRefObj

proc genObjectInit(p: BProc, section: TCProcSection, t: PType, a: var TLoc,
                   mode: ObjConstrMode) =
  #if optNimV2 in p.config.globalOptions: return
  case analyseObjectWithTypeField(t)
  of frNone:
    discard
  of frHeader:
    var r = rdLoc(a)
    if mode == constructRefObj: r = cDeref(r)
    var s = skipTypes(t, abstractInst)
    if not p.module.compileToCpp:
      while s.kind == tyObject and s[0] != nil:
        r = dotField(r, "Sup")
        s = skipTypes(s[0], skipPtrs)
    if optTinyRtti in p.config.globalOptions:
      p.s(section).addFieldAssignment(r, "m_type", genTypeInfoV2(p.module, t, a.lode.info))
    else:
      p.s(section).addFieldAssignment(r, "m_type", genTypeInfoV1(p.module, t, a.lode.info))
  of frEmbedded:
    if optTinyRtti in p.config.globalOptions:
      var tmp: TLoc = default(TLoc)
      if mode == constructRefObj:
        let objType = t.skipTypes(abstractInst+{tyRef})
        rawConstExpr(p, newNodeIT(nkType, a.lode.info, objType), tmp)
        let ra = rdLoc(a)
        let rtmp = rdLoc(tmp)
        let rt = getTypeDesc(p.module, objType, descKindFromSymKind mapTypeChooser(a))
        p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimCopyMem"),
          cCast(CPointer, ra),
          cCast(CConstPointer, cAddr(rtmp)),
          cSizeof(rt))
      else:
        rawConstExpr(p, newNodeIT(nkType, a.lode.info, t), tmp)
        genAssignment(p, a, tmp, {})
    else:
      # worst case for performance:
      var r = if mode == constructObj: addrLoc(p.config, a) else: rdLoc(a)
      p.s(section).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "objectInit"),
        r,
        genTypeInfoV1(p.module, t, a.lode.info))

  if isException(t):
    var r = rdLoc(a)
    if mode == constructRefObj: r = cDeref(r)
    var s = skipTypes(t, abstractInst)
    if not p.module.compileToCpp:
      while s.kind == tyObject and s[0] != nil and s.sym.magic != mException:
        r = dotField(r, "Sup")
        s = skipTypes(s[0], skipPtrs)
    p.s(section).addFieldAssignment(r, "name", makeCString(t.skipTypes(abstractInst).sym.name.s))

proc genRefAssign(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc)

proc isComplexValueType(t: PType): bool {.inline.} =
  let t = t.skipTypes(abstractInst + tyUserTypeClasses)
  result = t.kind in {tyArray, tySet, tyTuple, tyObject, tyOpenArray} or
    (t.kind == tyProc and t.callConv == ccClosure)

include ccgreset

proc resetLoc(p: BProc, loc: var TLoc) =
  let containsGcRef = optSeqDestructors notin p.config.globalOptions and containsGarbageCollectedRef(loc.t)
  let typ = skipTypes(loc.t, abstractVarRange)
  if isImportedCppType(typ):
    var didGenTemp = false
    let rl = rdLoc(loc)
    let init = genCppInitializer(p.module, p, typ, didGenTemp)
    p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(rl, init)
    return
  if optSeqDestructors in p.config.globalOptions and typ.kind in {tyString, tySequence}:
    assert loc.snippet != ""

    let atyp = skipTypes(loc.t, abstractInst)
    let rl = rdLoc(loc)
    if typ.kind == tyString and p.config.usesSso():
      # SmallString zero state: bytes=0 (slen=0 in low byte, all inline chars zeroed)
      if atyp.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
        p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(derefField(rl, "bytes"), cIntValue(0))
        p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(derefField(rl, "more"), NimNil)
      else:
        p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(dotField(rl, "bytes"), cIntValue(0))
        p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(dotField(rl, "more"), NimNil)
    elif atyp.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
      p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(derefField(rl, "len"), cIntValue(0))
      p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(derefField(rl, "p"), NimNil)
    else:
      p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(dotField(rl, "len"), cIntValue(0))
      p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(dotField(rl, "p"), NimNil)
  elif not isComplexValueType(typ):
    if containsGcRef:
      var nilLoc: TLoc = initLoc(locTemp, loc.lode, OnStack)
      nilLoc.snippet = NimNil
      genRefAssign(p, loc, nilLoc)
    else:
      p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(rdLoc(loc), cIntValue(0))
  else:
    if loc.storage != OnStack and containsGcRef:
      specializeReset(p, loc)
      when false:
        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#genericReset((void*)$1, $2);$n",
                [addrLoc(p.config, loc), genTypeInfoV1(p.module, loc.t, loc.lode.info)])
      # XXX: generated reset procs should not touch the m_type
      # field, so disabling this should be safe:
      genObjectInit(p, cpsStmts, loc.t, loc, constructObj)
    else:
      # array passed as argument decayed into pointer, bug #7332
      # so we use getTypeDesc here rather than rdLoc(loc)
      let tyDesc = getTypeDesc(p.module, loc.t, descKindFromSymKind mapTypeChooser(loc))
      if p.module.compileToCpp and isOrHasImportedCppType(typ):
        if lfIndirect in loc.flags:
          #C++ cant be just zeroed. We need to call the ctors
          var tmp = getTemp(p, loc.t)
          let ral = addrLoc(p.config, loc)
          let ratmp = addrLoc(p.config, tmp)
          p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimCopyMem"),
            cCast(CPointer, ral),
            cCast(CConstPointer, ratmp),
            cSizeof(tyDesc))
      else:
        let ral = addrLoc(p.config, loc)
        p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimZeroMem"),
          cCast(CPointer, ral),
          cSizeof(tyDesc))

      # XXX: We can be extra clever here and call memset only
      # on the bytes following the m_type field?
      genObjectInit(p, cpsStmts, loc.t, loc, constructObj)

proc constructLoc(p: BProc, loc: var TLoc, isTemp = false) =
  let typ = loc.t
  if optSeqDestructors in p.config.globalOptions and skipTypes(typ, abstractInst + {tyStatic}).kind in {tyString, tySequence}:
    let rl = rdLoc(loc)
    if skipTypes(typ, abstractInst + {tyStatic}).kind == tyString and p.config.usesSso():
      # SmallString zero state: bytes=0 (slen=0 in low byte, all inline chars zeroed)
      p.s(cpsStmts).addFieldAssignment(rl, "bytes", cIntValue(0))
      p.s(cpsStmts).addFieldAssignment(rl, "more", NimNil)
    else:
      p.s(cpsStmts).addFieldAssignment(rl, "len", cIntValue(0))
      p.s(cpsStmts).addFieldAssignment(rl, "p", NimNil)
  elif not isComplexValueType(typ):
    if containsGarbageCollectedRef(loc.t):
      var nilLoc: TLoc = initLoc(locTemp, loc.lode, OnStack)
      nilLoc.snippet = NimNil
      genRefAssign(p, loc, nilLoc)
    else:
      let rl = rdLoc(loc)
      let rt = getTypeDesc(p.module, typ, descKindFromSymKind mapTypeChooser(loc))
      p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(rl, cCast(rt, cIntValue(0)))
  else:
    if (not isTemp or containsGarbageCollectedRef(loc.t)) and not hasNoInit(loc.t):
      # don't use nimZeroMem for temporary values for performance if we can
      # avoid it:
      if not isOrHasImportedCppType(typ):
        let ral = addrLoc(p.config, loc)
        let rt = getTypeDesc(p.module, typ, descKindFromSymKind mapTypeChooser(loc))
        p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimZeroMem"),
          cCast(CPointer, ral),
          cSizeof(rt))
    genObjectInit(p, cpsStmts, loc.t, loc, constructObj)

proc initLocalVar(p: BProc, v: PSym, immediateAsgn: bool) =
  if sfNoInit notin v.flags:
    # we know it is a local variable and thus on the stack!
    # If ``not immediateAsgn`` it is not initialized in a binding like
    # ``var v = X`` and thus we need to init it.
    # If ``v`` contains a GC-ref we may pass it to ``unsureAsgnRef`` somehow
    # which requires initialization. However this can really only happen if
    # ``var v = X()`` gets transformed into ``X(&v)``.
    # Nowadays the logic in ccgcalls deals with this case however.
    if not immediateAsgn:
      backendEnsureMutable v
      constructLoc(p, v.locImpl)

proc getTemp(p: BProc, t: PType, needsInit=false): TLoc =
  inc(p.labels)
  result = TLoc(snippet: "T" & rope(p.labels) & "_", k: locTemp, lode: lodeTyp t,
                storage: OnStack, flags: {})
  if p.module.compileToCpp and isOrHasImportedCppType(t):
    var didGenTemp = false
    linefmt(p, cpsLocals, "$1 $2$3;$n", [getTypeDesc(p.module, t, dkVar), result.snippet,
      genCppInitializer(p.module, p, t, didGenTemp)])
  else:
    p.s(cpsLocals).addVar(kind = Local,
      name = result.snippet,
      typ = getTypeDesc(p.module, t, dkVar))
  constructLoc(p, result, not needsInit)
  when false:
    # XXX Introduce a compiler switch in order to detect these easily.
    if getSize(p.config, t) > 1024 * 1024:
      if p.prc != nil:
        echo "ENORMOUS TEMPORARY! ", p.config $ p.prc.info
      else:
        echo "ENORMOUS TEMPORARY! ", p.config $ p.lastLineInfo
      writeStackTrace()

proc getTempCpp(p: BProc, t: PType, value: Rope): TLoc =
  inc(p.labels)
  result = TLoc(snippet: "T" & rope(p.labels) & "_", k: locTemp, lode: lodeTyp t,
                storage: OnStack, flags: {})
  p.s(cpsStmts).addVar(kind = Local,
    name = result.snippet,
    typ = "auto",
    initializer = value)

proc getIntTemp(p: BProc): TLoc =
  inc(p.labels)
  result = TLoc(snippet: "T" & rope(p.labels) & "_", k: locTemp,
                storage: OnStack, lode: lodeTyp getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo, tyInt),
                flags: {})
  p.s(cpsLocals).addVar(kind = Local, name = result.snippet, typ = NimInt)

proc localVarDecl(res: var Builder, p: BProc; n: PNode,
                  initializer: Snippet = "",
                  initializerKind: VarInitializerKind = Assignment) =
  let s = n.sym
  if s.loc.k == locNone:
    fillLocalName(p, s)
    backendEnsureMutable s
    fillLoc(s.locImpl, locLocalVar, n, OnStack)
    if s.kind == skLet: incl(s, lfNoDeepCopy)

  genCLineDir(res, p, n.info, p.config)

  res.addVar(p.module, s,
    name = s.loc.snippet,
    typ = getTypeDesc(p.module, s.typ, dkVar),
    initializer = initializer,
    initializerKind = initializerKind)

proc assignLocalVar(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
  #assert(s.loc.k == locNone) # not yet assigned
  # this need not be fulfilled for inline procs; they are regenerated
  # for each module that uses them!
  var initializer: Snippet = ""
  var initializerKind: VarInitializerKind = Assignment
  if p.module.compileToCpp and isOrHasImportedCppType(n.typ):
    var didGenTemp = false
    initializer = genCppInitializer(p.module, p, n.typ, didGenTemp)
    initializerKind = CppConstructor
  localVarDecl(p.s(cpsLocals), p, n, initializer, initializerKind)
  if optLineDir in p.config.options:
    p.s(cpsLocals).add("\n")

include ccgthreadvars

proc varInDynamicLib(m: BModule, sym: PSym)

proc treatGlobalDifferentlyForHCR(m: BModule, s: PSym): bool =
  return m.hcrOn and {sfThread, sfGlobal} * s.flags == {sfGlobal} and
      ({lfNoDecl, lfHeader} * s.loc.flags == {})
      # and s.owner.kind == skModule # owner isn't always a module (global pragma on local var)
      # and s.loc.k == locGlobalVar  # loc isn't always initialized when this proc is used

proc genGlobalVarDecl(res: var Builder, p: BProc, n: PNode; td: Snippet;
                      initializer: Snippet = "",
                      initializerKind: VarInitializerKind = Assignment,
                      allowConst = true) =
  let s = n.sym
  let vis =
    if p.hcrOn: StaticProc
    elif sfImportc in s.flags: Extern
    elif lfExportLib in s.loc.flags: ExportLibVar
    else: Private
  var typ = td
  if allowConst and s.kind == skLet and initializer.len != 0:
    typ = constType(typ)
  if p.hcrOn:
    typ = ptrType(typ)
  res.addVar(p.module, s,
    name = s.loc.snippet,
    typ = typ,
    visibility = vis,
    initializer = initializer,
    initializerKind = initializerKind)

proc assignGlobalVar(p: BProc, n: PNode; value: Rope) =
  let s = n.sym
  if s.loc.k == locNone:
    fillBackendName(p.module, s)
    backendEnsureMutable s
    fillLoc(s.locImpl, locGlobalVar, n, OnHeap)
    if treatGlobalDifferentlyForHCR(p.module, s): incl(s, lfIndirect)

  if lfDynamicLib in s.loc.flags:
    var q = findPendingModule(p.module, s)
    if q != nil and not containsOrIncl(q.declaredThings, s.id):
      varInDynamicLib(q, s)
    else:
      backendEnsureMutable s
      s.locImpl.snippet = mangleDynLibProc(s)
    if value != "":
      internalError(p.config, n.info, ".dynlib variables cannot have a value")
    return
  useHeader(p.module, s)
  if lfNoDecl in s.loc.flags: return
  if not containsOrIncl(p.module.declaredThings, s.id):
    if p.config.cmd == cmdNifC and sfImportc notin s.flags:
      p.module.icDataDefs.add (stripCnifMarks(s.loc.snippet),
                               icNifName(p.module, s))
    if sfThread in s.flags:
      declareThreadVar(p.module, s, sfImportc in s.flags)
      if value != "":
        internalError(p.config, n.info, ".threadvar variables cannot have a value")
    else:
      let td = getTypeDesc(p.module, s.loc.t, dkVar)
      var initializer: Snippet = ""
      if s.constraint.isNil:
        if value != "":
          if p.module.compileToCpp and value.startsWith "{{}":
            # TODO: taking this branch, re"\{\{\}(,\s\{\})*\}" might be emitted, resulting in
            # either warnings (GCC 12.2+) or errors (Clang 15, MSVC 19.3+) of C++11+ compilers **when
            # explicit constructors are around** due to overload resolution rules in place [^0][^1][^2]
            # *Workaround* here: have C++'s static initialization mechanism do the default init work,
            # for us lacking a deeper knowledge of an imported object's constructors' ex-/implicitness
            # (so far) *and yet* trying to achieve default initialization.
            # Still, generating {}s in genConstObjConstr() just to omit them here is faaaar from ideal;
            # need to figure out a better way, possibly by keeping around more data about the
            # imported objects' contructors?
            #
            # [^0]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/aggregate_initialization
            # [^1]: https://cplusplus.github.io/CWG/issues/1518.html
            # [^2]: https://eel.is/c++draft/over.match.ctor
            discard
          else:
            initializer = value
        else:
          discard
      else:
        initializer = value
      genGlobalVarDecl(p.module.s[cfsVars], p, n, td, initializer = initializer)
  if p.withinLoop > 0 and value == "":
    # fixes tests/run/tzeroarray:
    backendEnsureMutable s
    resetLoc(p, s.locImpl)

proc callGlobalVarCppCtor(p: BProc; v: PSym; vn, value: PNode; didGenTemp: var bool) =
  let s = vn.sym
  fillBackendName(p.module, s)
  backendEnsureMutable s
  fillLoc(s.locImpl, locGlobalVar, vn, OnHeap)
  let td = getTypeDesc(p.module, vn.sym.typ, dkVar)
  var val = genCppParamsForCtor(p, value, didGenTemp)
  if didGenTemp:  return # generated in the caller
  if val.len != 0:
    val = "(" & val & ")"
  genGlobalVarDecl(p.module.s[cfsVars], p, vn, td,
    initializer = val,
    initializerKind = CppConstructor,
    allowConst = false)

proc assignParam(p: BProc, s: PSym, retType: PType) =
  assert(s.loc.snippet != "")
  scopeMangledParam(p, s)

proc fillProcLoc(m: BModule; n: PNode) =
  let sym = n.sym
  if sym.loc.k == locNone:
    fillBackendName(m, sym)
    backendEnsureMutable sym
    fillLoc(sym.locImpl, locProc, n, OnStack)

proc getLabel(p: BProc): TLabel =
  inc(p.labels)
  result = "LA" & rope(p.labels) & "_"

proc fixLabel(p: BProc, labl: TLabel) =
  p.s(cpsStmts).addLabel(labl)

proc genVarPrototype(m: BModule, n: PNode)
proc requestConstImpl(p: BProc, sym: PSym)
proc genStmts(p: BProc, t: PNode)
proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc)

proc putLocIntoDest(p: BProc, d: var TLoc, s: TLoc)
proc genLiteral(p: BProc, n: PNode; result: var Builder)
proc genOtherArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType; result: var Builder; argBuilder: var CallBuilder)
proc raiseExit(p: BProc)
proc raiseExitCleanup(p: BProc, destroy: string)

proc initLocExpr(p: BProc, e: PNode, flags: TLocFlags = {}): TLoc =
  result = initLoc(locNone, e, OnUnknown, flags)
  expr(p, e, result)

proc initLocExprSingleUse(p: BProc, e: PNode): TLoc =
  result = initLoc(locNone, e, OnUnknown)
  if e.kind in nkCallKinds and (e[0].kind != nkSym or e[0].sym.magic == mNone):
    # We cannot check for tfNoSideEffect here because of mutable parameters.
    discard "bug #8202; enforce evaluation order for nested calls for C++ too"
    # We may need to consider that 'f(g())' cannot be rewritten to 'tmp = g(); f(tmp)'
    # if 'tmp' lacks a move/assignment operator.
    if e[0].kind == nkSym and sfCompileToCpp in e[0].sym.flags:
      result.flags.incl lfSingleUse
  else:
    result.flags.incl lfSingleUse
  expr(p, e, result)

proc icDceLive(m: BModule; sym: PSym): bool =
  ## Under `nim nifc` the eagerly emitted top-level routine listing is
  ## filtered through dce.nim's liveness result. Symbols generated on
  ## demand (`genProc` from a use site) never consult this.
  let g = m.g.graph
  if not g.icDceEnabled or sym.itemId.isBackendMinted:
    result = true
  else:
    result = globalName(sym, m.config) in g.icLiveNames

include ccgcalls, "ccgstmts.nim"

proc initFrame(p: BProc, procname, filename: Rope): Rope =
  # XXX cbuilder
  const frameDefines = """
$1define nimfr_(proc, file) \
  TFrame FR_; \
  FR_.procname = proc; FR_.filename = file; FR_.line = 0; FR_.len = 0; #nimFrame(&FR_);

$1define nimln_(n) \
  FR_.line = n;

$1define nimlf_(n, file) \
  FR_.line = n; FR_.filename = file;

"""
  if p.module.s[cfsFrameDefines].buf.len == 0:
    appcg(p.module, p.module.s[cfsFrameDefines], frameDefines, ["#"])

  cgsym(p.module, "nimFrame")
  result = ropecg(p.module, "\tnimfr_($1, $2);$n", [procname, filename])

proc initFrameNoDebug(p: BProc; frame, procname, filename: Snippet; line: int): Snippet =
  cgsym(p.module, "nimFrame")
  p.blocks[0].sections[cpsLocals].addVar(name = frame, typ = "TFrame")
  var res = newBuilder("")
  res.add('\t')
  res.addFieldAssignment(frame, "procname", procname)
  res.add('\t')
  res.addFieldAssignment(frame, "filename", filename)
  res.add('\t')
  res.addFieldAssignment(frame, "line", cIntValue(line))
  res.add('\t')
  res.addFieldAssignment(frame, "len", cIntValue(-1))
  res.add('\t')
  res.addCallStmt("nimFrame", cAddr(frame))
  result = extract(res)

proc deinitFrameNoDebug(p: BProc; frame: Snippet): Snippet =
  var res = newBuilder("")
  res.add('\t')
  res.addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "popFrameOfAddr"), cAddr(frame))
  result = extract(res)

proc deinitFrame(p: BProc): Snippet =
  var res = newBuilder("")
  res.add('\t')
  res.addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "popFrame"))
  result = extract(res)

include ccgexprs

# ----------------------------- dynamic library handling -----------------
# We don't finalize dynamic libs as the OS does this for us.

proc isGetProcAddr(lib: PLib): bool =
  let n = lib.path
  result = n.kind in nkCallKinds and n.typ != nil and
    n.typ.kind in {tyPointer, tyProc}

proc loadDynamicLib(m: BModule, lib: PLib) =
  assert(lib != nil)
  if not lib.generated:
    lib.generated = true
    var tmp = getTempName(m)
    assert(lib.name == "")
    lib.name = tmp # BUGFIX: cgsym has awful side-effects
    let loadFn = cgsymValue(m, "nimLoadLibrary")
    let loadErrorFn = cgsymValue(m, "nimLoadLibraryError")
    m.s[cfsVars].addVar(Global, name = tmp, typ = CPointer)
    if lib.path.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
      var s: TStringSeq = @[]
      libCandidates(lib.path.strVal, s)
      rawMessage(m.config, hintDependency, lib.path.strVal)
      let last = high(s)
      for i in 0..last:
        inc(m.labels)
        template doLoad(j: int) =
          let n = newStrNode(nkStrLit, s[j])
          n.info = lib.path.info
          m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignmentWithValue(tmp):
            var call: CallBuilder
            m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCall(call, loadFn):
              m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addArgument(call):
                genStringLiteral(m, n, m.s[cfsDynLibInit])
        if i == 0:
          doLoad(i)
        m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addSingleIfStmt(cOp(Not, tmp)):
          if i == last:
            m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addStmt():
              var call: CallBuilder
              m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCall(call, loadErrorFn):
                m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addArgument(call):
                  genStringLiteral(m, lib.path, m.s[cfsDynLibInit])
          else:
            doLoad(i + 1)

    else:
      var p = newProc(nil, m)
      p.options.excl optStackTrace
      p.flags.incl nimErrorFlagDisabled
      var dest: TLoc = initLoc(locTemp, lib.path, OnStack)
      dest.snippet = getTempName(m)
      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addVar(name = rdLoc(dest), typ = getTypeDesc(m, lib.path.typ, dkVar))
      expr(p, lib.path, dest)

      m.s[cfsVars].add(extract(p.s(cpsLocals)))
      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].add(extract(p.s(cpsInit)))
      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].add(extract(p.s(cpsStmts)))
      let rd = rdLoc(dest)
      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignment(tmp,
        cCall(loadFn, rd))
      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addSingleIfStmt(cOp(Not, tmp)):
        m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCallStmt(loadErrorFn, rd)

  if lib.name == "": internalError(m.config, "loadDynamicLib")

proc mangleDynLibProc(sym: PSym): Rope =
  # we have to build this as a single rope in order not to trip the
  # optimization in genInfixCall, see test tests/cpp/t8241.nim
  if sfCompilerProc in sym.flags:
    # NOTE: sym.loc.snippet is the external name!
    result = rope(sym.name.s)
  else:
    result = rope(strutils.`%`("Dl_$1_", $sym.id))

proc symInDynamicLib(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
  var lib = sym.annex
  let isCall = isGetProcAddr(lib)
  var extname = sym.loc.snippet
  if not isCall: loadDynamicLib(m, lib)
  var tmp = mangleDynLibProc(sym)
  backendEnsureMutable sym
  sym.locImpl.snippet = tmp             # from now on we only need the internal name
  sym.typ.sym = nil           # generate a new name
  inc(m.labels, 2)
  if isCall:
    let n = lib.path
    var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(m.initProc, n[0])
    let callee = rdLoc(a)
    var params: seq[Snippet] = @[]
    for i in 1..<n.len-1:
      a = initLocExpr(m.initProc, n[i])
      params.add(rdLoc(a))
    params.add(makeCString($extname))
    template load(builder: var Builder) =
      builder.add('\t')
      builder.addAssignment(tmp,
        cCast(getTypeDesc(m, sym.typ, dkVar),
          cCall(callee, params)))
    var last = lastSon(n)
    if last.kind == nkHiddenStdConv: last = last[1]
    internalAssert(m.config, last.kind == nkStrLit)
    let idx = last.strVal
    if idx.len == 0:
      load(m.initProc.s(cpsStmts))
    elif idx.len == 1 and idx[0] in {'0'..'9'}:
      load(m.extensionLoaders[idx[0]])
    else:
      internalError(m.config, sym.info, "wrong index: " & idx)
  else:
    # cgsym has side effects, do it first:
    let fn = cgsymValue(m, "nimGetProcAddr")
    m.s[cfsDynLibInit].add('\t')
    m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignment(tmp,
      cCast(getTypeDesc(m, sym.typ, dkVar),
        cCall(fn,
          lib.name,
          makeCString($extname))))
  m.s[cfsVars].addVar(name = sym.loc.snippet, typ = getTypeDesc(m, sym.loc.t, dkVar))

proc varInDynamicLib(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
  var lib = sym.annex
  var extname = sym.loc.snippet
  loadDynamicLib(m, lib)
  incl(sym, lfIndirect)
  var tmp = mangleDynLibProc(sym)
  backendEnsureMutable sym
  sym.locImpl.snippet = tmp             # from now on we only need the internal name
  inc(m.labels, 2)
  let t = ptrType(getTypeDesc(m, sym.typ, dkVar))
  # cgsym has side effects, do it first:
  let fn = cgsymValue(m, "nimGetProcAddr")
  m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignment(tmp,
    cCast(t,
      cCall(fn,
        lib.name,
        makeCString($extname))))
  m.s[cfsVars].addVar(name = sym.loc.snippet, typ = t)

proc symInDynamicLibPartial(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
  backendEnsureMutable sym
  sym.locImpl.snippet = mangleDynLibProc(sym)
  sym.typ.sym = nil           # generate a new name

proc cgsymImpl(m: BModule; sym: PSym) {.inline.} =
  case sym.kind
  of skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter, skIterator: genProc(m, sym)
  of skVar, skResult, skLet: genVarPrototype(m, newSymNode sym)
  of skType: discard getTypeDesc(m, sym.typ)
  else: internalError(m.config, "cgsym: " & $sym.kind)

proc cgsym(m: BModule, name: string) =
  let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, name)
  if sym != nil:
    cgsymImpl m, sym
  else:
    rawMessage(m.config, errGenerated, "system module needs: " & name)

proc cgsymValue(m: BModule, name: string): Rope =
  let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, name)
  if sym != nil:
    cgsymImpl m, sym
  else:
    rawMessage(m.config, errGenerated, "system module needs: " & name)
  result = sym.loc.snippet
  if m.hcrOn and sym != nil and sym.kind in {skProc..skIterator}:
    result.addActualSuffixForHCR(m.module, sym)

proc generateHeaders(m: BModule) =
  var nimbase = m.config.nimbasePattern
  if nimbase == "": nimbase = "nimbase.h"
  m.s[cfsHeaders].addInclude('"' & nimbase & '"')

  for it in m.headerFiles:
    if it[0] == '#':
      m.s[cfsHeaders].add(rope(it.replace('`', '"') & "\L"))
    elif it[0] notin {'"', '<'}:
      m.s[cfsHeaders].addInclude('"' & $it & '"')
    else:
      m.s[cfsHeaders].addInclude($it)
  m.s[cfsHeaders].add("""#undef LANGUAGE_C
#undef MIPSEB
#undef MIPSEL
#undef PPC
#undef R3000
#undef R4000
#undef i386
#undef linux
#undef mips
#undef near
#undef far
#undef powerpc
#undef unix
""")

proc openNamespaceNim(namespace: string; result: var Builder) =
  result.add("namespace ")
  result.add(namespace)
  result.add(" {\L")

proc closeNamespaceNim(result: var Builder) =
  result.add("}\L")

proc closureSetup(p: BProc, prc: PSym) =
  if tfCapturesEnv notin prc.typ.flags: return
  # prc.ast[paramsPos].last contains the type we're after:
  var ls = lastSon(prc.ast[paramsPos])
  if ls.kind != nkSym:
    internalError(p.config, prc.info, "closure generation failed")
  var env = ls.sym
  #echo "created environment: ", env.id, " for ", prc.name.s
  assignLocalVar(p, ls)
  # generate cast assignment:
  if p.config.selectedGC == gcGo:
    let renv = addrLoc(p.config, env.loc)
    let rt = getTypeDesc(p.module, env.typ)
    p.s(cpsStmts).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(p.module, "unsureAsgnRef"),
      cCast(ptrType(CPointer), renv),
      cCast(rt, "ClE_0"))
  else:
    let renv = rdLoc(env.loc)
    let rt = getTypeDesc(p.module, env.typ)
    p.s(cpsStmts).addAssignment(renv, cCast(rt, "ClE_0"))

const harmless = {nkConstSection, nkTypeSection, nkEmpty, nkCommentStmt, nkTemplateDef,
                  nkMacroDef, nkMixinStmt, nkBindStmt, nkFormalParams} +
                  declarativeDefs

proc containsResult(n: PNode): bool =
  result = false
  case n.kind
  of succ(nkEmpty)..pred(nkSym), succ(nkSym)..nkNilLit, harmless:
    discard
  of nkReturnStmt:
    for i in 0..<n.len:
      if containsResult(n[i]): return true
    result = n.len > 0 and n[0].kind == nkEmpty
  of nkSym:
    if n.sym.kind == skResult:
      result = true
  else:
    for i in 0..<n.len:
      if containsResult(n[i]): return true

proc easyResultAsgn(n: PNode): PNode =
  result = nil
  case n.kind
  of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr:
    var i = 0
    while i < n.len and n[i].kind in harmless: inc i
    if i < n.len: result = easyResultAsgn(n[i])
  of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn, nkSinkAsgn:
    if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.kind == skResult and not containsResult(n[1]):
      incl n.flags, nfPreventCg
      return n[1]
  of nkReturnStmt:
    if n.len > 0:
      result = easyResultAsgn(n[0])
      if result != nil: incl n.flags, nfPreventCg
  else: discard

type
  InitResultEnum = enum Unknown, InitSkippable, InitRequired

proc allPathsAsgnResult(p: BProc; n: PNode): InitResultEnum =
  # Exceptions coming from calls don't have not be considered here:
  #
  # proc bar(): string = raise newException(...)
  #
  # proc foo(): string =
  #   # optimized out: 'reset(result)'
  #   result = bar()
  #
  # try:
  #   a = foo()
  # except:
  #   echo "a was not written to"
  #
  template allPathsInBranch(it) =
    let a = allPathsAsgnResult(p, it)
    case a
    of InitRequired: return InitRequired
    of InitSkippable: discard
    of Unknown:
      # sticky, but can be overwritten by InitRequired:
      result = Unknown

  result = Unknown
  case n.kind
  of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr:
    for it in n:
      result = allPathsAsgnResult(p, it)
      if result != Unknown: return result
  of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn, nkSinkAsgn:
    if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.kind == skResult:
      if not containsResult(n[1]):
        if allPathsAsgnResult(p, n[1]) == InitRequired:
          result = InitRequired
        else:
          result = InitSkippable
      else: result = InitRequired
    elif containsResult(n):
      result = InitRequired
    else:
      result = allPathsAsgnResult(p, n[1])
  of nkReturnStmt:
    if n.len > 0:
      if n[0].kind == nkEmpty and result != InitSkippable:
        # This is a bare `return` statement, if `result` was not initialized
        # anywhere else (or if we're not sure about this) let's require it to be
        # initialized. This avoids cases like #9286 where this heuristic lead to
        # wrong code being generated.
        result = InitRequired
      else: result = allPathsAsgnResult(p, n[0])
  of nkIfStmt, nkIfExpr:
    var exhaustive = false
    result = InitSkippable
    for it in n:
      # Every condition must not use 'result':
      if it.len == 2 and containsResult(it[0]):
        return InitRequired
      if it.len == 1: exhaustive = true
      allPathsInBranch(it.lastSon)
    # if the 'if' statement is not exhaustive and yet it touched 'result'
    # in some way, say Unknown.
    if not exhaustive: result = Unknown
  of nkCaseStmt:
    if containsResult(n[0]): return InitRequired
    result = InitSkippable
    var exhaustive = skipTypes(n[0].typ,
        abstractVarRange-{tyTypeDesc}).kind notin {tyFloat..tyFloat128, tyString, tyCstring}
    for i in 1..<n.len:
      let it = n[i]
      allPathsInBranch(it.lastSon)
      if it.kind == nkElse: exhaustive = true
    if not exhaustive: result = Unknown
  of nkWhileStmt:
    # some dubious code can assign the result in the 'while'
    # condition and that would be fine. Everything else isn't:
    result = allPathsAsgnResult(p, n[0])
    if result == Unknown:
      result = allPathsAsgnResult(p, n[1])
      # we cannot assume that the 'while' loop is really executed at least once:
      if result == InitSkippable: result = Unknown
  of harmless:
    result = Unknown
  of nkGotoState, nkBreakState:
    # give up for now.
    result = InitRequired
  of nkSym:
    # some path reads from 'result' before it was written to!
    if n.sym.kind == skResult: result = InitRequired
  of nkTryStmt, nkHiddenTryStmt:
    # We need to watch out for the following problem:
    # try:
    #   result = stuffThatRaises()
    # except:
    #   discard "result was not set"
    #
    # So ... even if the assignment to 'result' is the very first
    # assignment this is not good enough! The only pattern we allow for
    # is 'finally: result = x'
    result = InitSkippable
    allPathsInBranch(n[0])
    for i in 1..<n.len:
      if n[i].kind == nkFinally:
        result = allPathsAsgnResult(p, n[i].lastSon)
      else:
        allPathsInBranch(n[i].lastSon)
  of nkCallKinds:
    if canRaiseDisp(p, n[0]) or
        (n[0].kind == nkSym and sfNoReturn in n[0].sym.flags):
      # requires initializations when encountering unreachable code
      result = InitRequired
    elif n[0].kind == nkSym and
        n[0].sym.magic in {mUnaryMinusI..mAbsI, mAddI..mPred} and
          optOverflowCheck in p.config.options:
      # arithmetic operations may raise exceptions
      result = InitRequired
    else:
      for i in 0..<n.safeLen:
        allPathsInBranch(n[i])
  of nkRaiseStmt:
    result = InitRequired
  of nkChckRangeF, nkChckRange64, nkChckRange:
    # TODO: more checks might need to be covered like overflow, indexDefect etc.
    # bug #22852
    result = InitRequired
  else:
    for i in 0..<n.safeLen:
      allPathsInBranch(n[i])

proc getProcTypeCast(m: BModule, prc: PSym): Rope =
  result = getTypeDesc(m, prc.loc.t)
  if prc.typ.callConv == ccClosure:
    var rettype: Snippet = ""
    var desc = newBuilder("")
    var check = initIntSet()
    genProcParams(m, prc.typ, rettype, desc, check)
    let params = extract(desc)
    result = procPtrTypeUnnamed(rettype = rettype, params = params)

proc genProcBody(p: BProc; procBody: PNode) =
  genStmts(p, procBody) # modifies p.locals, p.init, etc.
  if {nimErrorFlagAccessed, nimErrorFlagDeclared, nimErrorFlagDisabled} * p.flags == {nimErrorFlagAccessed}:
    p.flags.incl nimErrorFlagDeclared
    p.blocks[0].sections[cpsLocals].addVar(kind = Local,
      name = "nimErr_", typ = ptrType(NimBool))
    p.blocks[0].sections[cpsInit].addAssignmentWithValue("nimErr_"):
      p.blocks[0].sections[cpsInit].addCall(cgsymValue(p.module, "nimErrorFlag"))

proc genProcLvl3*(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
    fillBackendName(m, prc)
    if sfDispatcher in prc.flags and sfMainModule notin m.module.flags:
      # A method dispatcher enumerates the whole program's method set: its
      # body is synthesized by `generateIfMethodDispatchers` only after all
      # modules have been generated, and its single definition is emitted
      # into the main TU by `finishModule` (main is finished last and never
      # reused, so the definition can never go stale inside a cached TU).
      # Any demand before that point yields a prototype.
      genProcPrototype(m, prc)
      return
    # inline procs are emitted into every using TU; they are never shared
    # across translation units, so cached/cross-TU dedup must not touch
    # them. Dispatchers always (re)define in main, never from the cache.
    let key = stripCnifMarks(prc.loc.snippet)
    if (prc.typ == nil or prc.typ.callConv != ccInline) and
        sfDispatcher notin prc.flags:
      if key in m.g.graph.icCachedCDefs:
        # already defined inside a reused TU from the previous run
        genProcPrototype(m, prc)
        return
      # one definition program-wide: the first claimant's TU embeds it,
      # everyone else declares it. The claim records the TU as well: with
      # redirects the same symbol can be demanded into several TUs. Home
      # emissions must claim too — a hook's demand routing goes through the
      # type-owner module (`findPendingModule` walks `s.owner`) while its
      # eager emission uses the announcing module's TU; when the owner TU
      # is reused, the very same symbol reaches this point through both
      # paths and only the registry serializes them.
      let claim = (sym: prc.itemId, tu: m.module.position)
      if m.g.graph.icSharedDefOwner.hasKeyOrPut(key, claim) and
          m.g.graph.icSharedDefOwner[key] != claim:
        genProcPrototype(m, prc)
        return
    if prc.itemId.module != m.module.position and
        not isBackendMinted(prc.itemId) and
        (prc.typ == nil or prc.typ.callConv != ccInline) and
        sfDispatcher notin prc.flags:
      # this TU embeds a definition whose body lives in another module's
      # NIF: record the impl dependency (the artifact's cdeps head) so the
      # reuse gate re-checks that module's impl cookie. Inline bodies are
      # already part of the iface cookie; dispatcher bodies are synthesized
      # from the whole program and live in main, which never reuses.
      m.icImplMods.incl prc.itemId.module
  var p = newProc(prc, m)
  var header = newBuilder("")
  let isCppMember = m.config.backend == backendCpp and sfCppMember * prc.flags != {}
  var visibility: DeclVisibility = None
  if isCppMember:
    genMemberProcHeader(m, prc, header)
  else:
    genProcHeader(m, prc, header, visibility, asPtr = false, addAttributes = false)
  var returnStmt: Snippet = ""
  assert(prc.ast != nil)

  var procBody = transformBody(m.g.graph, m.idgen, prc, {})
  if sfInjectDestructors in prc.flags:
    procBody = injectDestructorCalls(m.g.graph, m.idgen, prc, procBody)

  let tmpInfo = prc.info
  discard freshLineInfo(p, prc.info)

  if sfPure notin prc.flags and prc.typ.returnType != nil:
    if resultPos >= prc.ast.len:
      internalError(m.config, prc.info, "proc has no result symbol")
    let resNode = prc.ast[resultPos]
    let res = resNode.sym # get result symbol
    if not isInvalidReturnType(m.config, prc.typ) and sfConstructor notin prc.flags:
      if sfNoInit in prc.flags: incl(res, sfNoInit)
      if sfNoInit in prc.flags and p.module.compileToCpp and (let val = easyResultAsgn(procBody); val != nil):
        var a: TLoc = initLocExprSingleUse(p, val)
        let ra = rdLoc(a)
        localVarDecl(p.s(cpsStmts), p, resNode, initializer = ra)
      else:
        # declare the result symbol:
        assignLocalVar(p, resNode)
        assert(res.loc.snippet != "")
        if p.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc} and
            allPathsAsgnResult(p, procBody) == InitSkippable:
          # In an ideal world the codegen could rely on injectdestructors doing its job properly
          # and then the analysis step would not be required.
          discard "result init optimized out"
        else:
          initLocalVar(p, res, immediateAsgn=false)
      var returnBuilder = newBuilder("\t")
      let rres = rdLoc(res.loc)
      returnBuilder.addReturn(rres)
      returnStmt = extract(returnBuilder)
    elif sfConstructor in prc.flags:
      resNode.sym.incl lfIndirect
      backendEnsureMutable resNode.sym
      fillLoc(resNode.sym.locImpl, locParam, resNode, "this", OnHeap)
      backendEnsureMutable prc
      prc.locImpl.snippet = getTypeDesc(m, resNode.sym.locImpl.t, dkVar)
    else:
      fillResult(p.config, resNode, prc.typ)
      assignParam(p, res, prc.typ.returnType)
      # We simplify 'unsureAsgn(result, nil); unsureAsgn(result, x)'
      # to 'unsureAsgn(result, x)'
      # Sketch why this is correct: If 'result' points to a stack location
      # the 'unsureAsgn' is a nop. If it points to a global variable the
      # global is either 'nil' or points to valid memory and so the RC operation
      # succeeds without touching not-initialized memory.
      if sfNoInit in prc.flags: discard
      elif allPathsAsgnResult(p, procBody) == InitSkippable: discard
      else:
        backendEnsureMutable res
        resetLoc(p, res.locImpl)
      if skipTypes(res.typ, abstractInst).kind == tyArray:
        #incl(res.loc.flags, lfIndirect)
        backendEnsureMutable res
        res.locImpl.storage = OnUnknown

  for i in 1..<prc.typ.n.len:
    let param = prc.typ.n[i].sym
    if param.typ.isCompileTimeOnly: continue
    assignParam(p, param, prc.typ.returnType)
  closureSetup(p, prc)
  genProcBody(p, procBody)

  # IC: spurious write, seems fine for now:
  prc.infoImpl = tmpInfo

  var generatedProc = newBuilder("")
  generatedProc.genCLineDir prc.info, m.config
  generatedProc.addDeclWithVisibility(visibility):
    if sfPure in prc.flags:
      generatedProc.add(extract(header))
      generatedProc.finishProcHeaderWithBody():
        generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsLocals)))
        generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsInit)))
        generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsStmts)))
    else:
      if m.hcrOn and isReloadable(m, prc):
        m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addDeclWithVisibility(visibility):
          # Add forward declaration for "_actual"-suffixed functions defined in the same module (or inline).
          # This fixes the use of methods and also the case when 2 functions within the same module
          # call each other using directly the "_actual" versions (an optimization) - see issue #11608
          m.s[cfsProcHeaders].add(extract(header))
          m.s[cfsProcHeaders].finishProcHeaderAsProto()
      generatedProc.add(extract(header))
      generatedProc.finishProcHeaderWithBody():
        if optStackTrace in prc.options:
          generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsLocals)))
          var procname = makeCString(prc.name.s)
          generatedProc.add(initFrame(p, procname, quotedFilename(p.config, prc.info)))
        else:
          generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsLocals)))
        if optProfiler in prc.options:
          # invoke at proc entry for recursion:
          p.s(cpsInit).add('\t')
          p.s(cpsInit).addCallStmt(cgsymValue(m, "nimProfile"))
        if beforeRetNeeded in p.flags:
          # this pair of {} is required for C++ (C++ is weird with its
          # control flow integrity checks):
          generatedProc.addScope():
            generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsInit)))
            generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsStmts)))
          generatedProc.addLabel("BeforeRet_")
        else:
          generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsInit)))
          generatedProc.add(extract(p.s(cpsStmts)))
        if optStackTrace in prc.options: generatedProc.add(deinitFrame(p))
        generatedProc.add(returnStmt)
  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
    # definition directive for the cnif artifact: groups the proc's text
    # under its name and carries the root-relevant flags. The end directive
    # right after the text makes the definition self-delimiting, so raw
    # cfsProcs emitters (NimMain block, trav markers, ...) never end up
    # inside a definition's span.
    var defFlags = ""
    if sfExportc in prc.flags or sfConstructor in prc.flags: defFlags.add 'x'
    if sfCompilerProc in prc.flags: defFlags.add 'c'
    if prc.kind == skMethod or sfDispatcher in prc.flags: defFlags.add 'm'
    if (prc.typ == nil or prc.typ.callConv != ccInline) and
        sfDispatcher notin prc.flags:
      # A unique program-wide definition: external linkage, so exactly one
      # translation unit may embed its body and everyone else declares it.
      # In the whole-program backend `icSharedDefOwner` (first claimant wins)
      # enforces this in process; in the per-module backend each module's `cg`
      # process emits the body (emit-everywhere), so this flag tells the merge
      # stage which definitions to assign a single owner and prototype in the
      # rest. The complement — inline procs and method dispatchers — is emitted
      # into every using TU (`static`/main-only) and must never be deduplicated.
      defFlags.add 'u'
    if not hasCnifMarks(prc.loc.snippet):
      # The C name was not minted through `fillBackendName` (e.g. set by an
      # `extern`/`rtl` pragma at sem time), so its uses are invisible to the
      # artifact's liveness walk — conservatively keep the definition.
      defFlags.add 'x'
    m.s[cfsProcs].add(cnifDefDirective(stripCnifMarks(prc.loc.snippet), defFlags,
                                       icNifName(m, prc)))
    m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(generatedProc))
    m.s[cfsProcs].add(cnifEndDefs())
  else:
    m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(generatedProc))
  if isReloadable(m, prc):
    m.s[cfsDynLibInit].add('\t')
    m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignmentWithValue(prc.loc.snippet):
      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCast(getProcTypeCast(m, prc)):
        m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCall("hcrRegisterProc",
          getModuleDllPath(m, prc),
          '"' & prc.loc.snippet & '"',
          cCast(CPointer, prc.loc.snippet & "_actual"))

proc requiresExternC(m: BModule; sym: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
  result = (sfCompileToCpp in m.module.flags and
           sfCompileToCpp notin sym.getModule().flags and
           m.config.backend != backendCpp) or (
           sym.flags * {sfInfixCall, sfCompilerProc, sfMangleCpp} == {} and
           sym.flags * {sfImportc, sfExportc} != {} and
           sym.magic == mNone and
           m.config.backend == backendCpp)

proc genProcPrototype(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
  useHeader(m, sym)
  if lfNoDecl in sym.loc.flags or sfCppMember * sym.flags != {}: return
  if lfDynamicLib in sym.loc.flags:
    if sym.itemId.module != m.module.position and
        not containsOrIncl(m.declaredThings, sym.id):
      let vis = if isReloadable(m, sym): StaticProc else: Extern
      let name = mangleDynLibProc(sym)
      let t = getTypeDesc(m, sym.loc.t)
      m.s[cfsVars].addDeclWithVisibility(vis):
        m.s[cfsVars].addVar(kind = Local,
          name = name,
          typ = t)
      if isReloadable(m, sym):
        m.s[cfsDynLibInit].add('\t')
        m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignmentWithValue(name):
          m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCast(t):
            m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addCall("hcrGetProc",
              getModuleDllPath(m, sym),
              '"' & name & '"')
  elif not containsOrIncl(m.declaredProtos, sym.id):
    if optCompress in m.config.globalOptions:
      m.queue.add(sym)
    let asPtr = isReloadable(m, sym)
    var header = newBuilder("")
    var visibility: DeclVisibility = None
    genProcHeader(m, sym, header, visibility, asPtr = asPtr, addAttributes = true)
    # A prototype is not a *use*: strip the cnif name marks so the artifact's
    # liveness walk does not see every forward-declared proc as referenced.
    var headerText = extract(header)
    if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
      headerText = stripCnifMarks(headerText)
    if asPtr:
      m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addDeclWithVisibility(visibility):
        # genProcHeader would give variable declaration, add it directly
        m.s[cfsProcHeaders].add(headerText)
    else:
      let extraVis =
        if sym.typ.callConv != ccInline and requiresExternC(m, sym):
          ExternC
        else:
          None
      m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addDeclWithVisibility(extraVis):
        m.s[cfsProcHeaders].addDeclWithVisibility(visibility):
          m.s[cfsProcHeaders].add(headerText)
          m.s[cfsProcHeaders].finishProcHeaderAsProto()

include inliner

proc genProcLvl2(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
  if lfImportCompilerProc in prc.loc.flags:
    fillProcLoc(m, prc.ast[namePos])
    useHeader(m, prc)
    # dependency to a compilerproc:
    cgsym(m, prc.name.s)
    return
  if lfNoDecl in prc.loc.flags:
    fillProcLoc(m, prc.ast[namePos])
    genProcPrototype(m, prc)
  elif lfDynamicLib in prc.loc.flags:
    var q = findPendingModule(m, prc)
    fillProcLoc(q, prc.ast[namePos])
    genProcPrototype(m, prc)
    if q != nil and not containsOrIncl(q.declaredThings, prc.id):
      symInDynamicLib(q, prc)
      # register the procedure even though it is in a different dynamic library and will not be
      # reloadable (and has no _actual suffix) - other modules will need to be able to get it through
      # the hcr dynlib (also put it in the DynLibInit section - right after it gets loaded)
      if isReloadable(q, prc):
        q.s[cfsDynLibInit].add('\t')
        q.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignment(prc.loc.snippet,
          cCast(getTypeDesc(q, prc.loc.t),
            cCall("hcrRegisterProc",
              getModuleDllPath(m, q.module),
              '"' & prc.loc.snippet & '"',
              cCast(CPointer, prc.loc.snippet))))
    else:
      symInDynamicLibPartial(m, prc)
  elif prc.typ.callConv == ccInline:
    # We add inline procs to the calling module to enable C based inlining.
    # This also means that a check with ``q.declaredThings`` is wrong, we need
    # a check for ``m.declaredThings``.
    if not containsOrIncl(m.declaredThings, prc.id):
      #if prc.loc.k == locNone:
      # mangle the inline proc based on the module where it is defined -
      # not on the first module that uses it
      if m.module.itemId.module != prc.itemId.module and optCompress in m.config.globalOptions:
        let prcCopy = prc # copyInlineProc(prc, m.idgen)
        fillProcLoc(m, prcCopy.ast[namePos])
        genProcPrototype(m, prcCopy)
        genProcLvl3(m, prcCopy)
      else:
        let m2 = if m.config.symbolFiles != disabledSf: m
                else: redirectToLiveModule(m, findPendingModule(m, prc))
        fillProcLoc(m2, prc.ast[namePos])
        #elif {sfExportc, sfImportc} * prc.flags == {}:
        #  # reset name to restore consistency in case of hashing collisions:
        #  #echo "resetting ", prc.id, " by ", m.module.name.s
        #  #prc.loc.snippet = nil
        #  #prc.loc.snippet = mangleName(m, prc)
        genProcPrototype(m, prc)
        genProcLvl3(m, prc)
  elif sfImportc notin prc.flags:
    var q = redirectToLiveModule(m, findPendingModule(m, prc))
    fillProcLoc(q, prc.ast[namePos])
    # generate a getProc call to initialize the pointer for this
    # externally-to-the-current-module defined proc, also important
    # to do the declaredProtos check before the call to genProcPrototype
    if isReloadable(m, prc) and prc.id notin m.declaredProtos and
      q != nil and not sameModules(q.module, m.module):
      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].add('\t')
      m.s[cfsDynLibInit].addAssignment(prc.loc.snippet,
        cCast(getProcTypeCast(m, prc),
          cCall("hcrGetProc",
            getModuleDllPath(m, prc),
            '"' & prc.loc.snippet & '"')))
    genProcPrototype(m, prc)
    if q != nil and not containsOrIncl(q.declaredThings, prc.id):
      # make sure there is a "prototype" in the external module
      # which will actually become a function pointer
      if isReloadable(m, prc):
        genProcPrototype(q, prc)
      if emitsBodyInThisModule(m, prc):
        genProcLvl3(q, prc)
  else:
    fillProcLoc(m, prc.ast[namePos])
    useHeader(m, prc)
    if sfInfixCall notin prc.flags: genProcPrototype(m, prc)

proc requestConstImpl(p: BProc, sym: PSym) =
  if genConstSetup(p, sym):
    let m = p.module
    # declare implementation:
    var q = findPendingModule(m, sym)
    var defineIt = true
    if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
      if stripCnifMarks(sym.loc.snippet) in m.g.graph.icCachedDataDefs:
        # already defined inside a reused TU from the previous run
        defineIt = false
      else:
        let q2 = redirectToLiveModule(m, q)
        if q2 != q:
          # redirected definition: one TU program-wide embeds it
          q = q2
          let key = stripCnifMarks(sym.loc.snippet)
          let claim = (sym: sym.itemId, tu: q2.module.position)
          if m.g.graph.icSharedDefOwner.hasKeyOrPut(key, claim) and
              m.g.graph.icSharedDefOwner[key] != claim:
            defineIt = false
    if defineIt and q != nil and not containsOrIncl(q.declaredThings, sym.id):
      assert q.initProc.module == q
      genConstDefinition(q, p, sym)
    # declare header:
    if q != m and not containsOrIncl(m.declaredThings, sym.id):
      genConstHeader(m, q, p, sym)

proc isActivated(prc: PSym): bool = prc.typ != nil

proc genProc(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
  if sfBorrow in prc.flags or not isActivated(prc): return
  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC and m.g.graph.icDceEnabled and
      sfImportc notin prc.flags and not icDceLive(m, prc):
    # Stage-2 readiness check: in the current single-process backend, demand
    # always wins over the liveness analysis (we generate the proc anyway).
    # But per-module codegen will have to trust the analysis, so a proc that
    # is demanded yet not marked live is an analysis bug — report it.
    m.g.graph.icDceMisses.incl globalName(prc, m.config)
  if sfForward in prc.flags:
    addForwardedProc(m, prc)
    fillProcLoc(m, prc.ast[namePos])
  else:
    genProcLvl2(m, prc)
    if {sfExportc, sfCompilerProc} * prc.flags == {sfExportc} and
        m.g.generatedHeader != nil and lfNoDecl notin prc.loc.flags:
      genProcPrototype(m.g.generatedHeader, prc)
      if prc.typ.callConv == ccInline:
        if not containsOrIncl(m.g.generatedHeader.declaredThings, prc.id):
          genProcLvl3(m.g.generatedHeader, prc)

proc requestProcDef*(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
  ## Public demand entry: request `prc`'s definition; it is routed to the
  ## module that owns it and generated once, exactly as if some generated
  ## code had referenced it.
  genProc(m, prc)

proc requestAnyDef*(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
  ## Demand entry for the def-retention check: a definition that lived in
  ## this TU in the previous run and that a reused TU still references must
  ## keep being emitted. Routines and constants can be re-demanded; symbols
  ## of any other kind never get here (the check un-reuses the referencing
  ## TU instead).
  case sym.kind
  of routineKinds: genProc(m, sym)
  of skConst: requestConstImpl(m.initProc, sym)
  else: discard

proc genVarPrototype(m: BModule, n: PNode) =
  #assert(sfGlobal in sym.flags)
  let sym = n.sym
  useHeader(m, sym)
  fillBackendName(m, sym)
  backendEnsureMutable sym
  fillLoc(sym.locImpl, locGlobalVar, n, OnHeap)
  if treatGlobalDifferentlyForHCR(m, sym): incl(sym, lfIndirect)

  if (lfNoDecl in sym.loc.flags) or contains(m.declaredThings, sym.id):
    return
  if not sameOwners(sym.owner, m.module):
    # else we already have the symbol generated!
    assert(sym.loc.snippet != "")
    incl(m.declaredThings, sym.id)
    if sfThread in sym.flags:
      declareThreadVar(m, sym, true)
    else:
      let vis = if m.hcrOn: StaticProc else: Extern
      var typ = getTypeDesc(m, sym.loc.t, dkVar)
      if m.hcrOn:
        typ = ptrType(typ)
      if lfDynamicLib in sym.loc.flags:
        typ = ptrType(typ)
      m.s[cfsVars].addVar(m, sym,
        name = sym.loc.snippet,
        typ = typ,
        visibility = vis)
      if m.hcrOn:
        m.initProc.procSec(cpsLocals).add('\t')
        m.initProc.procSec(cpsLocals).addAssignment(sym.loc.snippet,
          cCast(typ,
            cCall("hcrGetGlobal",
              getModuleDllPath(m, sym),
              '"' & sym.loc.snippet & '"')))

proc addNimDefines(result: var Builder; conf: ConfigRef) {.inline.} =
  result.addf("#define NIM_INTBITS $1\L", [
    platform.CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].intSize.rope])
  if conf.cppCustomNamespace.len > 0:
    result.add("#define USE_NIM_NAMESPACE ")
    result.add(conf.cppCustomNamespace)
    result.add("\L")
  if conf.isDefined("nimEmulateOverflowChecks"):
    result.add("#define NIM_EmulateOverflowChecks\L")

proc headerTop(): Rope =
  result = "/* Generated by Nim Compiler v$1 */$N" % [rope(VersionAsString)]

proc getCopyright(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile): Rope =
  result = headerTop()
  if optCompileOnly notin conf.globalOptions:
    result.add ("/* Compiled for: $1, $2, $3 */$N" &
        "/* Command for C compiler:$n   $4 */$N") %
        [rope(platform.OS[conf.target.targetOS].name),
        rope(platform.CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].name),
        rope(extccomp.CC[conf.cCompiler].name),
        rope(getCompileCFileCmd(conf, cfile))]

proc getFileHeader(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile): Rope =
  var res = newBuilder(getCopyright(conf, cfile))
  if conf.hcrOn: res.add("#define NIM_HOT_CODE_RELOADING\L")
  addNimDefines(res, conf)
  result = extract(res)

proc getSomeNameForModule(conf: ConfigRef, filename: AbsoluteFile): Rope =
  ## Returns a mangled module name.
  result = mangleModuleName(conf, filename).mangle

proc getSomeNameForModule*(m: BModule): Rope =
  ## Returns a mangled module name.
  assert m.module.kind == skModule
  assert m.module.owner.kind == skPackage
  result = mangleModuleName(m.g.config, m.filename).mangle

proc getSomeInitName(m: BModule, suffix: string): Rope =
  if not m.hcrOn:
    result = getSomeNameForModule(m)
  else:
    result = ""
  result.add suffix

proc getInitName(m: BModule): Rope =
  if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
    # generate constant name for main module, for "easy" debugging.
    result = rope(m.config.nimMainPrefix) & rope"NimMainModule"
  else:
    result = getSomeInitName(m, "Init000")

proc getDatInitName(m: BModule): Rope = getSomeInitName(m, "DatInit000")
proc getHcrInitName(m: BModule): Rope = getSomeInitName(m, "HcrInit000")

proc hcrGetProcLoadCode(builder: var Builder, m: BModule, sym, prefix, handle, getProcFunc: string)

# The use of a volatile function pointer to call Pre/NimMainInner
# prevents inlining of the NimMainInner function and dependent
# functions, which might otherwise merge their stack frames.
proc isInnerMainVolatile(m: BModule): bool =
  m.config.selectedGC notin {gcNone, gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc}

proc genPreMain(m: BModule) =
  m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
    m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader(m.config.nimMainPrefix & "PreMainInner", CVoid, cProcParams())
    m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
      m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(m.g.otherModsInit))
  if optNoMain notin m.config.globalOptions:
    m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      m.s[cfsProcs].addVar(name = "cmdCount", typ = CInt)
    m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      m.s[cfsProcs].addVar(name = "cmdLine", typ = ptrType(ptrType(CChar)))
  m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
    m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader(m.config.nimMainPrefix & "PreMain", CVoid, cProcParams())
    m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
      if isInnerMainVolatile(m):
        m.s[cfsProcs].addProcVar(name = "inner", rettype = CVoid, params = cProcParams(), isVolatile = true)
        m.s[cfsProcs].addAssignment("inner", m.config.nimMainPrefix & "PreMainInner")
        m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(m.g.mainDatInit))
        m.s[cfsProcs].addCallStmt(cDeref("inner"))
      else:
        # not volatile
        m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(m.g.mainDatInit))
        m.s[cfsProcs].addCallStmt(m.config.nimMainPrefix & "PreMainInner")

proc genMainProcs(m: BModule) =
  m.s[cfsProcs].addCallStmt(m.config.nimMainPrefix & "NimMain")

proc genMainProcsWithResult(m: BModule) =
  genMainProcs(m)
  if m.config.cmd != cmdNifC:
    var res = "nim_program_result"
    if m.hcrOn: res = cDeref(res)
    m.s[cfsProcs].addReturn(res)
  else:
    m.s[cfsProcs].addReturn(cIntValue(0))

proc genNimMainInner(m: BModule) =
  m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
    m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader(ccCDecl, m.config.nimMainPrefix & "NimMainInner", CVoid, cProcParams())
    m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
      m.s[cfsProcs].add(extract(m.g.mainModInit))
  m.s[cfsProcs].addNewline()

proc initStackBottom(m: BModule): bool =
  not (m.config.target.targetOS == osStandalone or m.config.selectedGC in {gcNone, gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc})

proc genNimMainProc(m: BModule, preMainCode: Snippet) =
  m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader(ccCDecl, m.config.nimMainPrefix & "NimMain", CVoid, cProcParams())
  m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
    if isInnerMainVolatile(m):
      m.s[cfsProcs].addProcVar(name = "inner", rettype = CVoid, params = cProcParams(), isVolatile = true)
      m.s[cfsProcs].add(preMainCode)
      m.s[cfsProcs].addAssignment("inner", m.config.nimMainPrefix & "NimMainInner")
      if initStackBottom(m):
        m.s[cfsProcs].addCallStmt("initStackBottomWith", cCast(CPointer, cAddr("inner")))
      m.s[cfsProcs].addCallStmt(cDeref("inner"))
    else:
      # not volatile
      m.s[cfsProcs].add(preMainCode)
      if initStackBottom(m):
        m.s[cfsProcs].addCallStmt("initStackBottomWith", cCast(CPointer, cAddr("inner")))
      m.s[cfsProcs].addCallStmt(m.config.nimMainPrefix & "NimMainInner")
  m.s[cfsProcs].addNewline()

proc genNimMainBody(m: BModule, preMainCode: Snippet) =
  genNimMainInner(m)
  genNimMainProc(m, preMainCode)

proc genPosixCMain(m: BModule) =
  m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader("main", CInt, cProcParams(
    (name: "argc", typ: CInt),
    (name: "args", typ: ptrType(ptrType(CChar)))))
  m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
    m.s[cfsProcs].addAssignment("cmdLine", "args")
    m.s[cfsProcs].addAssignment("cmdCount", "argc")
    genMainProcsWithResult(m)
  m.s[cfsProcs].addNewline()

proc genStandaloneCMain(m: BModule) =
  m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader("main", CInt, cProcParams())
  m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
    genMainProcs(m)
    m.s[cfsProcs].addReturn(cIntValue(0))
  m.s[cfsProcs].addNewline()

proc genWinNimMain(m: BModule, preMainCode: Snippet) =
  genNimMainBody(m, preMainCode)

proc genWinCMain(m: BModule) =
  m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader(ccStdCall, "WinMain", CInt, cProcParams(
    (name: "hCurInstance", typ: "HINSTANCE"),
    (name: "hPrevInstance", typ: "HINSTANCE"),
    (name: "lpCmdLine", typ: "LPSTR"),
    (name: "nCmdShow", typ: CInt)))
  m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
    genMainProcsWithResult(m)
  m.s[cfsProcs].addNewline()

proc genWinNimDllMain(m: BModule, preMainCode: Snippet) =
  genNimMainInner(m)
  m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
    genNimMainProc(m, preMainCode)

proc genWinCDllMain(m: BModule) =
  # used to use WINAPI macro, now ccStdCall:
  m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader(ccStdCall, "DllMain", "BOOL", cProcParams(
    (name: "hinstDLL", typ: "HINSTANCE"),
    (name: "fwdreason", typ: "DWORD"),
    (name: "lpvReserved", typ: "LPVOID")))
  m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
    m.s[cfsProcs].addSingleIfStmt(removeSinglePar(cOp(Equal, "fwdreason", "DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH"))):
      genMainProcs(m)
    m.s[cfsProcs].addReturn(cIntValue(1))
  m.s[cfsProcs].addNewline()

proc genPosixNimDllMain(m: BModule, preMainCode: Snippet) =
  genWinNimDllMain(m, preMainCode)

proc genPosixCDllMain(m: BModule) =
  # used to use NIM_POSIX_INIT, now uses direct constructor attribute
  m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader("NimMainInit", CVoid, cProcParams(), isConstructor = true)
  m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
    genMainProcs(m)
  m.s[cfsProcs].addNewline()

proc genGenodeNimMain(m: BModule, preMainCode: Snippet) =
  let typName = "Genode::Env"
  m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(Extern):
    m.s[cfsProcs].addVar(name = "nim_runtime_env", typ = ptrType(typName))
  m.s[cfsProcs].addDeclWithVisibility(ExternC):
    m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader("nim_component_construct", CVoid, cProcParams((name: "", typ: ptrType(typName))))
    m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderAsProto()
  genNimMainBody(m, preMainCode)

proc genComponentConstruct(m: BModule) =
  let fnName = "Libc::Component::construct"
  let typName = "Libc::Env"
  m.s[cfsProcs].addProcHeader(fnName, CVoid, cProcParams((name: "env", typ: cppRefType(typName))))
  m.s[cfsProcs].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
    m.s[cfsProcs].addLineComment("Set Env used during runtime initialization")
    m.s[cfsProcs].addAssignment("nim_runtime_env", cAddr("env"))
    let callFn = "Libc::with_libc"
    var call: CallBuilder
    m.s[cfsProcs].addStmt():
      m.s[cfsProcs].addCall(call, callFn):
        m.s[cfsProcs].addArgument(call):
          m.s[cfsProcs].addCppLambda(ByReference, cProcParams()):
            m.s[cfsProcs].addLineComment("Initialize runtime and globals")
            genMainProcs(m)
            m.s[cfsProcs].addLineComment("Call application construct")
            m.s[cfsProcs].addCallStmt("nim_component_construct", cAddr("env"))
  m.s[cfsProcs].addNewline()

proc genMainProc(m: BModule) =
  ## this function is called in cgenWriteModules after all modules are closed,
  ## it means raising dependency on the symbols is too late as it will not propagate
  ## into other modules, only simple rope manipulations are allowed
  var preMainBuilder = newBuilder("")
  if m.hcrOn:
    proc loadLib(builder: var Builder, handle: string, name: string) =
      let prc = magicsys.getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, name)
      assert prc != nil
      let n = newStrNode(nkStrLit, prc.annex.path.strVal)
      n.info = prc.annex.path.info
      var strLitBuilder = newBuilder("")
      genStringLiteral(m, n, strLitBuilder)
      let strLit = extract(strLitBuilder)
      builder.addAssignment(handle, cCall(cgsymValue(m, "nimLoadLibrary"), strLit))
      builder.addSingleIfStmt(cOp(Not, handle)):
        builder.addCallStmt(cgsymValue(m, "nimLoadLibraryError"), strLit)

    loadLib(preMainBuilder, "hcr_handle", "hcrGetProc")
    if m.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc}:
      preMainBuilder.addCallStmt(m.config.nimMainPrefix & "PreMain")
    else:
      preMainBuilder.addVar(name = "rtl_handle", typ = CPointer)
      loadLib(preMainBuilder, "rtl_handle", "nimGC_setStackBottom")
      hcrGetProcLoadCode(preMainBuilder, m, "nimGC_setStackBottom", "nimrtl_", "rtl_handle", "nimGetProcAddr")
      preMainBuilder.addAssignment("inner", m.config.nimMainPrefix & "PreMain")
      preMainBuilder.addCallStmt("initStackBottomWith_actual", cCast(CPointer, cAddr("inner")))
      preMainBuilder.addCallStmt(cDeref("inner"))
  else:
    preMainBuilder.addCallStmt(m.config.nimMainPrefix & "PreMain")
  let preMainCode = extract(preMainBuilder)

  if m.config.target.targetOS == osWindows and
      m.config.globalOptions * {optGenGuiApp, optGenDynLib} != {}:
    m.includeHeader("<windows.h>")
  elif m.config.target.targetOS == osGenode:
    m.includeHeader("<libc/component.h>")

  if initStackBottom(m):
    cgsym(m, "initStackBottomWith")
  inc(m.labels)

  genPreMain(m)

  if m.config.target.targetOS == osWindows and
      m.config.globalOptions * {optGenGuiApp, optGenDynLib} != {}:
    if optGenGuiApp in m.config.globalOptions:
      genWinNimMain(m, preMainCode)
    else:
      genWinNimDllMain(m, preMainCode)
  elif m.config.target.targetOS == osGenode:
    genGenodeNimMain(m, preMainCode)
  elif optGenDynLib in m.config.globalOptions:
    genPosixNimDllMain(m, preMainCode)
  else:
    genNimMainBody(m, preMainCode)

  if optNoMain notin m.config.globalOptions:
    if m.config.cppCustomNamespace.len > 0:
      closeNamespaceNim(m.s[cfsProcs])
      m.s[cfsProcs].add "using namespace " & m.config.cppCustomNamespace & ";\L"

    if m.config.target.targetOS == osWindows and
        m.config.globalOptions * {optGenGuiApp, optGenDynLib} != {}:
      if optGenGuiApp in m.config.globalOptions:
        genWinCMain(m)
      else:
        genWinCDllMain(m)
    elif m.config.target.targetOS == osGenode:
      genComponentConstruct(m)
    elif optGenDynLib in m.config.globalOptions:
      genPosixCDllMain(m)
    elif m.config.target.targetOS == osStandalone:
      genStandaloneCMain(m)
    else:
      genPosixCMain(m)

    if m.config.cppCustomNamespace.len > 0:
      openNamespaceNim(m.config.cppCustomNamespace, m.s[cfsProcs])

proc registerModuleToMain(g: BModuleList; m: BModule) =
  let
    init = m.getInitName
    datInit = m.getDatInitName

  if m.hcrOn:
    var hcrModuleMeta = newBuilder("")
    let systemModulePath = getModuleDllPath(m, g.mods[g.graph.config.m.systemFileIdx.int].module)
    let mainModulePath = getModuleDllPath(m, m.module)
    hcrModuleMeta.addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      hcrModuleMeta.addArrayVarWithInitializer(kind = Local,
          name = "hcr_module_list",
          elementType = ptrConstType(CChar),
          len = g.graph.importDeps.getOrDefault(FileIndex(m.module.position)).len +
            ord(sfMainModule in m.module.flags) +
            1):
        var modules: StructInitializer
        hcrModuleMeta.addStructInitializer(modules, siArray):
          if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
            hcrModuleMeta.addField(modules, ""):
              hcrModuleMeta.add(systemModulePath)
          g.graph.importDeps.withValue(FileIndex(m.module.position), deps):
            for curr in deps[]:
              hcrModuleMeta.addField(modules, ""):
                hcrModuleMeta.add(getModuleDllPath(m, g.mods[curr.int].module))
          hcrModuleMeta.addField(modules, ""):
            hcrModuleMeta.add("\"\"")
    hcrModuleMeta.addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
      hcrModuleMeta.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, "HcrGetImportedModules", ptrType(CPointer), cProcParams())
      hcrModuleMeta.finishProcHeaderWithBody():
        hcrModuleMeta.addReturn(cCast(ptrType(CPointer), "hcr_module_list"))
    hcrModuleMeta.addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
      hcrModuleMeta.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, "HcrGetSigHash", ptrType(CChar), cProcParams())
      hcrModuleMeta.finishProcHeaderWithBody():
        hcrModuleMeta.addReturn('"' & $sigHash(m.module, m.config) & '"')
    if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
      g.mainModProcs.add(extract(hcrModuleMeta))
      g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(StaticProc):
        g.mainModProcs.addVar(name = "hcr_handle", typ = CPointer)
      g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
        g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, init, CVoid, cProcParams())
        g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
      g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
        g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, datInit, CVoid, cProcParams())
        g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
      g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
        g.mainModProcs.addProcHeaderWithParams(ccNimCall, m.getHcrInitName, CVoid):
          var hcrInitParams: ProcParamBuilder
          g.mainModProcs.addProcParams(hcrInitParams):
            g.mainModProcs.addUnnamedParam(hcrInitParams, CPointer)
            g.mainModProcs.addProcTypedParam(hcrInitParams, ccNimCall, "getProcAddr", CPointer, cProcParams(
              (name: "", typ: CPointer),
              (name: "", typ: ptrType(CChar))))
        g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
      g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
        g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, "HcrCreateTypeInfos", CVoid, cProcParams())
        g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
      g.mainModInit.addCallStmt(init)
      g.otherModsInit.addCallStmt("hcrInit",
        cCast(ptrType(CPointer), "hcr_module_list"),
        mainModulePath,
        systemModulePath,
        datInit,
        "hcr_handle",
        "nimGetProcAddr")
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(m.getHcrInitName, "hcr_handle", "nimGetProcAddr")
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt("hcrAddModule", mainModulePath)
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt("HcrCreateTypeInfos")
      # nasty nasty hack to get the command line functionality working with HCR
      # register the 2 variables on behalf of the os module which might not even
      # be loaded (in which case it will get collected but that is not a problem)
      # EDIT: indeed, this hack, in combination with another un-necessary one
      # (`makeCString` was doing line wrap of string litterals) was root cause for
      # bug #16265.
      let osModulePath = ($systemModulePath).replace("stdlib_system", "stdlib_os").rope
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt("hcrAddModule", osModulePath)
      let cmdCountTyp = ptrType(CInt)
      let cmdLineTyp = ptrType(ptrType(ptrType(CChar)))
      g.mainDatInit.addVar(name = "cmd_count", typ = cmdCountTyp)
      g.mainDatInit.addVar(name = "cmd_line", typ = cmdLineTyp)
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt("hcrRegisterGlobal",
        osModulePath,
        "\"cmdCount\"",
        cSizeof(cmdCountTyp),
        CNil,
        cCast(ptrType(CPointer), cAddr("cmd_count")))
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt("hcrRegisterGlobal",
        osModulePath,
        "\"cmdLine\"",
        cSizeof(cmdLineTyp),
        CNil,
        cCast(ptrType(CPointer), cAddr("cmd_line")))
      g.mainDatInit.addAssignment(cDeref("cmd_count"), "cmdCount")
      g.mainDatInit.addAssignment(cDeref("cmd_line"), "cmdLine")
    else:
      m.s[cfsInitProc].add(extract(hcrModuleMeta))
    return

  if m.s[cfsDatInitProc].buf.len > 0:
    g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, datInit, CVoid, cProcParams())
      g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
    g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(datInit)

  # Initialization of TLS and GC should be done in between
  # systemDatInit and systemInit calls if any
  if sfSystemModule in m.module.flags:
    if emulatedThreadVars(m.config) and m.config.target.targetOS != osStandalone:
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(cgsymValue(m, "initThreadVarsEmulation"))
    if m.config.target.targetOS != osStandalone and m.config.selectedGC notin {gcNone, gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc}:
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(cgsymValue(m, "initStackBottomWith"),
        cCast(CPointer, cAddr("inner")))

  if m.s[cfsInitProc].buf.len > 0:
    g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, init, CVoid, cProcParams())
      g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
    if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
      g.mainModInit.addCallStmt(init)
    elif sfSystemModule in m.module.flags:
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(init) # systemInit must called right after systemDatInit if any
    else:
      g.otherModsInit.addCallStmt(init)

proc registerReusedInit*(g: BModuleList; moduleBase: string;
                         initRequired, datInitRequired: bool) =
  ## init/datInit registration for a translation unit that is reused purely
  ## from its cached files (the module is not even loaded); the names are
  ## reconstructed from the module's mangled base name recorded in the
  ## artifact's meta head.
  if datInitRequired:
    let datInit = moduleBase & "DatInit000"
    g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, datInit, CVoid, cProcParams())
      g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
    g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(datInit)
  if initRequired:
    let init = moduleBase & "Init000"
    g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, init, CVoid, cProcParams())
      g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
    g.otherModsInit.addCallStmt(init)

proc registerReusedModuleToMain*(g: BModuleList; m: BModule;
                                initRequired, datInitRequired: bool) =
  ## `registerModuleToMain` for a module whose cached translation unit is
  ## reused: the init/datInit presence comes from the artifact's meta head
  ## instead of the (never generated) sections. Mirrors the non-hcr path of
  ## `registerModuleToMain` — reuse is disabled when hcr is on.
  let
    init = m.getInitName
    datInit = m.getDatInitName

  if datInitRequired:
    g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, datInit, CVoid, cProcParams())
      g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
    g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(datInit)

  if sfSystemModule in m.module.flags:
    if emulatedThreadVars(m.config) and m.config.target.targetOS != osStandalone:
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(cgsymValue(m, "initThreadVarsEmulation"))
    if m.config.target.targetOS != osStandalone and m.config.selectedGC notin {gcNone, gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc}:
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(cgsymValue(m, "initStackBottomWith"),
        cCast(CPointer, cAddr("inner")))

  if initRequired:
    g.mainModProcs.addDeclWithVisibility(Private):
      g.mainModProcs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, init, CVoid, cProcParams())
      g.mainModProcs.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
    if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
      g.mainModInit.addCallStmt(init)
    elif sfSystemModule in m.module.flags:
      g.mainDatInit.addCallStmt(init) # systemInit right after systemDatInit
    else:
      g.otherModsInit.addCallStmt(init)

proc genDatInitCode(m: BModule) =
  ## this function is called in cgenWriteModules after all modules are closed,
  ## it means raising dependency on the symbols is too late as it will not propagate
  ## into other modules, only simple rope manipulations are allowed

  var moduleDatInitRequired = m.hcrOn

  var prc = newBuilder("")
  let vis = if m.hcrOn: ExportLib else: Private
  prc.addDeclWithVisibility(vis):
    prc.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, getDatInitName(m), CVoid, cProcParams())
    prc.finishProcHeaderWithBody():
      # we don't want to break into such init code - could happen if a line
      # directive from a function written by the user spills after itself
      genCLineDir(prc, InvalidFileIdx, 999999, m.config)

      for i in cfsTypeInit1..cfsDynLibInit:
        if m.s[i].buf.len != 0:
          moduleDatInitRequired = true
          prc.add(extract(m.s[i]))

  prc.addNewline()

  if moduleDatInitRequired:
    m.s[cfsDatInitProc].add(extract(prc))
    #rememberFlag(m.g.graph, m.module, HasDatInitProc)

# Very similar to the contents of symInDynamicLib - basically only the
# things needed for the hot code reloading runtime procs to be loaded
proc hcrGetProcLoadCode(builder: var Builder, m: BModule, sym, prefix, handle, getProcFunc: string) =
  let prc = magicsys.getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, sym)
  assert prc != nil
  fillProcLoc(m, prc.ast[namePos])

  var extname = prefix & sym
  var tmp = mangleDynLibProc(prc)
  backendEnsureMutable prc
  prc.locImpl.snippet = tmp
  prc.typ.sym = nil

  if not containsOrIncl(m.declaredThings, prc.id):
    m.s[cfsVars].addVar(Global, name = prc.loc.snippet, typ = getTypeDesc(m, prc.loc.t, dkVar))

  builder.addAssignment(tmp, cCast(getTypeDesc(m, prc.typ, dkVar),
    cCall(getProcFunc, handle, makeCString(prefix & sym))))

proc genInitCode(m: BModule) =
  ## this function is called in cgenWriteModules after all modules are closed,
  ## it means raising dependency on the symbols is too late as it will not propagate
  ## into other modules, only simple rope manipulations are allowed
  var moduleInitRequired = m.hcrOn
  let initname = getInitName(m)
  var prcBody = newBuilder("")
  # we don't want to break into such init code - could happen if a line
  # directive from a function written by the user spills after itself
  genCLineDir(prcBody, InvalidFileIdx, 999999, m.config)
  if m.typeNodes > 0:
    if m.hcrOn:
      m.s[cfsTypeInit1].addVar(name = m.typeNodesName, typ = ptrType(cgsymValue(m, "TNimNode")))
      m.s[cfsTypeInit1].addCallStmt("hcrRegisterGlobal",
        getModuleDllPath(m, m.module),
        '"' & m.typeNodesName & '_' & $m.typeNodes & '"',
        cOp(Mul, NimInt, cSizeof("TNimNode"), cIntValue(m.typeNodes)),
        CNil,
        cCast(ptrType(CPointer), cAddr(m.typeNodesName)))
    else:
      m.s[cfsTypeInit1].addArrayVar(Global, name = m.typeNodesName,
        elementType = cgsymValue(m, "TNimNode"), len = m.typeNodes)
  if m.nimTypes > 0:
    m.s[cfsTypeInit1].addArrayVar(Global, name = m.nimTypesName,
      elementType = cgsymValue(m, "TNimType"), len = m.nimTypes)

  if m.hcrOn:
    prcBody.addVar(name = "nim_hcr_dummy_", typ = ptrType(CInt), initializer = cIntValue(0))
    prcBody.addVar(name = "nim_hcr_do_init_", typ = NimBool,
      initializer = cCall("hcrRegisterGlobal",
        getModuleDllPath(m, m.module),
        "\"module_initialized_\"",
        cIntValue(1),
        CNil,
        cCast(ptrType(CPointer), cAddr("nim_hcr_dummy_"))))

  template writeSection(thing: untyped, section: TCProcSection, addHcrGuards = false) =
    if m.thing.s(section).buf.len > 0:
      moduleInitRequired = true
      if addHcrGuards:
        prcBody.addSingleIfStmt("nim_hcr_do_init_"):
          prcBody.addNewline()
          prcBody.add(extract(m.thing.s(section)))
          prcBody.addNewline()
      else:
        prcBody.add(extract(m.thing.s(section)))

  #echo "PRE INIT PROC ", m.module.name.s, " ", m.s[cfsVars].buf.len

  if m.preInitProc.s(cpsInit).buf.len > 0 or m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts).buf.len > 0:
    # Give this small function its own scope
    prcBody.addScope():
      # Keep a bogus frame in case the code needs one
      prcBody.addVar(name = "FR_", typ = "TFrame")
      prcBody.addFieldAssignment("FR_", "len", cIntValue(0))

      writeSection(preInitProc, cpsLocals)
      writeSection(preInitProc, cpsInit, m.hcrOn)
      writeSection(preInitProc, cpsStmts)
    when false:
      m.initProc.blocks[0].sections[cpsLocals].add m.preInitProc.s(cpsLocals)
      m.initProc.blocks[0].sections[cpsInit].prepend m.preInitProc.s(cpsInit)
      m.initProc.blocks[0].sections[cpsStmts].prepend m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts)

  # add new scope for following code, because old vcc compiler need variable
  # be defined at the top of the block
  prcBody.addScope():
    writeSection(initProc, cpsLocals)

    if m.initProc.s(cpsInit).buf.len > 0 or m.initProc.s(cpsStmts).buf.len > 0:
      moduleInitRequired = true
      if optStackTrace in m.initProc.options and frameDeclared notin m.flags:
        # BUT: the generated init code might depend on a current frame, so
        # declare it nevertheless:
        incl m.flags, frameDeclared
        if preventStackTrace notin m.flags:
          var procname = makeCString(m.module.name.s)
          prcBody.add(initFrame(m.initProc, procname, quotedFilename(m.config, m.module.info)))
        else:
          prcBody.addVar(name = "FR_", typ = "TFrame")
          prcBody.addFieldAssignment("FR_", "len", cIntValue(0))

      writeSection(initProc, cpsInit, m.hcrOn)
      writeSection(initProc, cpsStmts)

      if beforeRetNeeded in m.initProc.flags:
        prcBody.addLabel("BeforeRet_")

      if m.config.exc == excGoto:
        if getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, "nimTestErrorFlag") != nil:
          prcBody.addCallStmt(cgsymValue(m, "nimTestErrorFlag"))

      if optStackTrace in m.initProc.options and preventStackTrace notin m.flags:
        prcBody.add(deinitFrame(m.initProc))

  var procs = newBuilder("")
  let vis = if m.hcrOn: ExportLib else: Private
  procs.addDeclWithVisibility(vis):
    procs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, initname, CVoid, cProcParams())
    procs.finishProcHeaderWithBody():
      procs.add(extract(prcBody))

  # we cannot simply add the init proc to ``m.s[cfsProcs]`` anymore because
  # that would lead to a *nesting* of merge sections which the merger does
  # not support. So we add it to another special section: ``cfsInitProc``

  if m.hcrOn:
    var procsToLoad = @["hcrRegisterProc", "hcrGetProc", "hcrRegisterGlobal", "hcrGetGlobal"]

    m.s[cfsInitProc].addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
      m.s[cfsInitProc].addProcHeaderWithParams(ccNimCall, getHcrInitName(m), CVoid):
        var hcrInitParams: ProcParamBuilder
        m.s[cfsInitProc].addProcParams(hcrInitParams):
          m.s[cfsInitProc].addParam(hcrInitParams, "handle", CPointer)
          m.s[cfsInitProc].addProcTypedParam(hcrInitParams, ccNimCall, "getProcAddr", CPointer, cProcParams(
            (name: "", typ: CPointer),
            (name: "", typ: ptrType(CChar))))
      m.s[cfsInitProc].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
        if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
          # additional procs to load
          procsToLoad.add("hcrInit")
          procsToLoad.add("hcrAddModule")
        # load procs
        for curr in procsToLoad:
          hcrGetProcLoadCode(m.s[cfsInitProc], m, curr, "", "handle", "getProcAddr")

  for i, el in pairs(m.extensionLoaders):
    if el.buf.len != 0:
      moduleInitRequired = true
      procs.addDeclWithVisibility(ExternC):
        procs.addProcHeader(ccNimCall, "nimLoadProcs" & $(i.ord - '0'.ord), CVoid, cProcParams())
        procs.finishProcHeaderWithBody():
          procs.add(extract(el))

  if moduleInitRequired or sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
    m.s[cfsInitProc].add(extract(procs))
    #rememberFlag(m.g.graph, m.module, HasModuleInitProc)

  genDatInitCode(m)

  if m.hcrOn:
    m.s[cfsInitProc].addDeclWithVisibility(ExportLib):
      m.s[cfsInitProc].addProcHeader(ccNimCall, "HcrCreateTypeInfos", CVoid, cProcParams())
      m.s[cfsInitProc].finishProcHeaderWithBody():
        m.s[cfsInitProc].add(extract(m.hcrCreateTypeInfosProc))
    m.s[cfsInitProc].addNewline()

  registerModuleToMain(m.g, m)

proc postprocessCode(conf: ConfigRef, r: var Rope) =
  # find the first directive
  var f = r.find(postprocessDirStart)
  if f == -1:
    return

  var
    nimlnDirLastF = ""

  var res: Rope = r.substr(0, f - 1)
  while f != -1:
    var
      e = r.find(postprocessDirEnd, f + 1)
      dir = r.substr(f + 1, e - 1).split(postprocessDirSep)
    case dir[0]
    of "nimln":
      if dir[2] == nimlnDirLastF:
        res.add("nimln_(" & dir[1] & ");")
      else:
        res.add("nimlf_(" & dir[1] & ", " & quotedFilename(conf, dir[2].parseInt.FileIndex) & ");")
        nimlnDirLastF = dir[2]
    else:
      raiseAssert "unexpected postprocess directive"

    # find the next directive
    f = r.find(postprocessDirStart, e + 1)
    # copy the code until the next directive
    if f != -1:
      res.add(r.substr(e + 1, f - 1))
    else:
      res.add(r.substr(e + 1))

  r = res

proc genModule(m: BModule, cfile: Cfile): Rope =
  var moduleIsEmpty = true

  var res = newBuilder(getFileHeader(m.config, cfile))

  generateThreadLocalStorage(m)
  generateHeaders(m)
  res.add(extract(m.s[cfsHeaders]))
  if m.config.cppCustomNamespace.len > 0:
    openNamespaceNim(m.config.cppCustomNamespace, res)
  if m.s[cfsFrameDefines].buf.len > 0:
    res.add(extract(m.s[cfsFrameDefines]))

  for i in cfsForwardTypes..cfsProcs:
    if m.s[i].buf.len > 0:
      moduleIsEmpty = false
      res.add(extract(m.s[i]))

  # what `registerModuleToMain` will announce for this module; recorded in
  # the artifact's meta head so a later run can reuse the TU
  let initRequired = m.s[cfsInitProc].buf.len > 0
  let datInitRequired = m.s[cfsDatInitProc].buf.len > 0

  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
    # close the definitions section: the init procs that follow belong to
    # the artifact's top level (always-run code, hence liveness roots)
    res.add(cnifEndDefs())

  if m.s[cfsInitProc].buf.len > 0:
    moduleIsEmpty = false
    res.add(extract(m.s[cfsInitProc]))
  if m.s[cfsDatInitProc].buf.len > 0 or m.hcrOn:
    moduleIsEmpty = false
    res.add(extract(m.s[cfsDatInitProc]))

  if m.config.cppCustomNamespace.len > 0:
    closeNamespaceNim(res)

  result = extract(res)
  if optLineDir in m.config.options:
    var srcFileDefs = ""
    for fi in 0..m.config.m.fileInfos.high:
      srcFileDefs.add("#define FX_" & $fi & " " & makeSingleLineCString(toFullPath(m.config, fi.FileIndex)) & "\n")
    result = srcFileDefs & result

  if moduleIsEmpty:
    result = ""

  postprocessCode(m.config, result)

  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC and result.len > 0:
    let artifact = cfile.cname.string & ".nif"
    var implDeps: seq[string] = @[]
    for pos in m.icImplMods.items:
      if pos != m.module.position:
        implDeps.add modname(pos, m.config)
    sort implDeps
    writeCnifArtifact(result, artifact, initRequired, datInitRequired,
                      m.icDataDefs,
                      semmedNif = toNifFilename(m.config, FileIndex m.module.position),
                      moduleBase = getSomeNameForModule(m),
                      implDeps = implDeps)
    m.g.graph.icCnifFiles.add artifact
  # NB: under cmdNifC the returned text still carries the cnif marks; the
  # caller renders it (dropping dead definitions) or strips it.

proc initProcOptions(m: BModule): TOptions =
  let opts = m.config.options
  if sfSystemModule in m.module.flags: opts-{optStackTrace} else: opts

proc rawNewModule(g: BModuleList; module: PSym, filename: AbsoluteFile): BModule =
  new(result)
  result.g = g
  result.tmpBase = rope("TM" & $hashOwner(module) & "_")
  result.headerFiles = @[]
  result.declaredThings = initIntSet()
  result.declaredProtos = initIntSet()
  result.icImplMods = initIntSet()
  result.cfilename = filename
  result.filename = filename
  result.typeCache = initTable[SigHash, Rope]()
  result.forwTypeCache = initTable[SigHash, Rope]()
  result.module = module
  result.typeInfoMarker = initTable[SigHash, Rope]()
  result.sigConflicts = initCountTable[SigHash]()
  result.initProc = newProc(nil, result)
  for i in low(result.s)..high(result.s): result.s[i] = newBuilder("")
  result.initProc.options = initProcOptions(result)
  result.preInitProc = newProc(nil, result)
  result.preInitProc.flags.incl nimErrorFlagDisabled
  result.preInitProc.labels = 100_000 # little hack so that unique temporaries are generated
  result.hcrCreateTypeInfosProc = newBuilder("")
  result.dataCache = initNodeTable()
  result.typeStack = @[]
  result.typeNodesName = getTempName(result)
  result.nimTypesName = getTempName(result)
  # no line tracing for the init sections of the system module so that we
  # don't generate a TFrame which can confuse the stack bottom initialization:
  if sfSystemModule in module.flags:
    incl result.flags, preventStackTrace
    excl(result.preInitProc.options, optStackTrace)

proc rawNewModule(g: BModuleList; module: PSym; conf: ConfigRef): BModule =
  result = rawNewModule(g, module, AbsoluteFile toFullPath(conf, module.position.FileIndex))

proc newModule(g: BModuleList; module: PSym; conf: ConfigRef; idgen: IdGenerator): BModule =
  # we should create only one cgen module for each module sym
  result = rawNewModule(g, module, conf)
  result.idgen = idgen
  if module.position >= g.mods.len:
    setLen(g.mods, module.position + 1)
  #growCache g.modules, module.position
  g.mods[module.position] = result

template injectG() {.dirty.} =
  if graph.backend == nil:
    graph.backend = newModuleList(graph)
  let g = BModuleList(graph.backend)

proc setupCgen*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator): PPassContext =
  injectG()
  result = newModule(g, module, graph.config, idgen)
  if optGenIndex in graph.config.globalOptions and g.generatedHeader == nil:
    let f = if graph.config.headerFile.len > 0: AbsoluteFile graph.config.headerFile
            else: graph.config.projectFull
    g.generatedHeader = rawNewModule(g, module,
      changeFileExt(completeCfilePath(graph.config, f), hExt))
    incl g.generatedHeader.flags, isHeaderFile

proc writeHeader(m: BModule) =
  var result = newBuilder(headerTop())
  var guard = "__$1__" % [m.filename.splitFile.name.rope]
  result.addf("#ifndef $1$n#define $1$n", [guard])
  addNimDefines(result, m.config)
  generateHeaders(m)

  generateThreadLocalStorage(m)
  for i in cfsHeaders..cfsProcs:
    result.add(extract(m.s[i]))
    if m.config.cppCustomNamespace.len > 0 and i == cfsHeaders:
      openNamespaceNim(m.config.cppCustomNamespace, result)
  result.add(extract(m.s[cfsInitProc]))

  let vis = if optGenDynLib in m.config.globalOptions: ImportLib else: None
  result.addDeclWithVisibility(vis):
    result.addProcHeader(ccCDecl, m.config.nimMainPrefix & "NimMain", CVoid, cProcParams())
    result.finishProcHeaderAsProto()
  if m.config.cppCustomNamespace.len > 0: closeNamespaceNim(result)
  result.addf("#endif /* $1 */$n", [guard])
  var headerText = extract(result)
  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
    headerText = stripCnifMarks(headerText)
  if not writeRope(headerText, m.filename):
    rawMessage(m.config, errCannotOpenFile, m.filename.string)

proc getCFile*(m: BModule): AbsoluteFile =
  let ext =
      if m.compileToCpp: ".nim.cpp"
      elif m.config.backend == backendObjc or sfCompileToObjc in m.module.flags: ".nim.m"
      else: ".nim.c"
  result = changeFileExt(completeCfilePath(m.config, mangleModuleName(m.config, m.cfilename).AbsoluteFile), ext)

when false:
  proc myOpenCached(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym, rd: PRodReader): PPassContext =
    injectG()
    var m = newModule(g, module, graph.config)
    readMergeInfo(getCFile(m), m)
    result = m

proc addHcrInitGuards(p: BProc, n: PNode, inInitGuard: var bool, init: var IfBuilder) =
  if n.kind == nkStmtList:
    for child in n:
      addHcrInitGuards(p, child, inInitGuard, init)
  else:
    let stmtShouldExecute = n.kind in {nkVarSection, nkLetSection} or
                            nfExecuteOnReload in n.flags
    if inInitGuard:
      if stmtShouldExecute:
        endBlockWith(p):
          finishBranch(p.s(cpsStmts), init)
          finishIfStmt(p.s(cpsStmts), init)
        inInitGuard = false
    else:
      if not stmtShouldExecute:
        startBlockWith(p):
          init = initIfStmt(p.s(cpsStmts))
          initElifBranch(p.s(cpsStmts), init, "nim_hcr_do_init_")
        inInitGuard = true

    genStmts(p, n)

proc handleProcGlobals(m: BModule) =
  var procGlobals: seq[PNode] = move m.g.graph.procGlobals

  for i in 0..<procGlobals.len:
    var stmts = newBuilder("")

    # fixes recursive calls #24997
    swap stmts, m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts)
    var transformedN = procGlobals[i]
    if sfInjectDestructors in m.module.flags:
      transformedN = injectDestructorCalls(m.g.graph, m.idgen, m.module, transformedN)
    genStmts(m.preInitProc, transformedN)
    swap stmts, m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts)

    handleProcGlobals(m)
    m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts).add stmts.extract()

proc genTopLevelStmt*(m: BModule; n: PNode) =
  ## Also called from `ic/cbackend.nim`.
  if pipelineutils.skipCodegen(m.config, n): return
  m.initProc.options = initProcOptions(m)
  #softRnl = if optLineDir in m.config.options: noRnl else: rnl
  # XXX replicate this logic!
  var transformedN = transformStmt(m.g.graph, m.idgen, m.module, n)
  if sfInjectDestructors in m.module.flags:
    transformedN = injectDestructorCalls(m.g.graph, m.idgen, m.module, transformedN)

  if m.hcrOn:
    addHcrInitGuards(m.initProc, transformedN, m.inHcrInitGuard, m.hcrInitGuard)
  else:
    genProcBody(m.initProc, transformedN)

  handleProcGlobals(m)

proc shouldRecompile(m: BModule; code: Rope, cfile: Cfile): bool =
  if optForceFullMake notin m.config.globalOptions:
    if not moduleHasChanged(m.g.graph, m.module):
      result = false
    elif not equalsFile(code, cfile.cname):
      when false:
        #m.config.symbolFiles == readOnlySf: #isDefined(m.config, "nimdiff"):
        if fileExists(cfile.cname):
          copyFile(cfile.cname.string, cfile.cname.string & ".backup")
          echo "diff ", cfile.cname.string, ".backup ", cfile.cname.string
        else:
          echo "new file ", cfile.cname.string
      if not writeRope(code, cfile.cname):
        rawMessage(m.config, errCannotOpenFile, cfile.cname.string)
      result = true
    elif fileExists(cfile.obj) and os.fileNewer(cfile.obj.string, cfile.cname.string):
      result = false
    else:
      result = true
  else:
    if not writeRope(code, cfile.cname):
      rawMessage(m.config, errCannotOpenFile, cfile.cname.string)
    result = true

proc genModuleCode(m: BModule; cf: var Cfile): string =
  ## First half of `writeModule`: finalizes the module and produces its code
  ## text. Under cmdNifC the text still carries the cnif marks.
  if moduleHasChanged(m.g.graph, m.module):
    genInitCode(m)

    while m.queue.len > 0:
      let sym = m.queue.pop()
      genProcLvl2(m, sym)

    finishTypeDescriptions(m)
    if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
      # generate main file:
      genMainProc(m)
      m.s[cfsProcHeaders].add(extract(m.g.mainModProcs))
      generateThreadVarsSize(m)

  result = genModule(m, cf)

proc registerModuleCode(m: BModule; cf: var Cfile; code: string) =
  ## Second half of `writeModule`: writes the .c file if it changed and
  ## registers it for compilation.
  if code != "" or m.config.symbolFiles != disabledSf:
    when hasTinyCBackend:
      if m.config.cmd == cmdTcc:
        tccgen.compileCCode($code, m.config)
        return

    if not shouldRecompile(m, code, cf): cf.flags = {CfileFlag.Cached}
    addFileToCompile(m.config, cf)

proc writeModule(m: BModule) =
  let cfile = getCFile(m)
  var cf = Cfile(nimname: m.module.name.s, cname: cfile,
                  obj: completeCfilePath(m.config, toObjFile(m.config, cfile)), flags: {})
  var code = genModuleCode(m, cf)
  if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
    code = stripCnifMarks(code)
  registerModuleCode(m, cf, code)

proc updateCachedModule(m: BModule) =
  let cfile = getCFile(m)
  var cf = Cfile(nimname: m.module.name.s, cname: cfile,
                 obj: completeCfilePath(m.config, toObjFile(m.config, cfile)), flags: {})
  if sfMainModule notin m.module.flags:
    genMainProc(m)
  cf.flags = {CfileFlag.Cached}
  addFileToCompile(m.config, cf)

proc generateLibraryDestroyGlobals(graph: ModuleGraph; m: BModule; body: PNode; isDynlib: bool): PSym =
  let prefixedName = m.config.nimMainPrefix & "NimDestroyGlobals"
  let procname = getIdent(graph.cache, prefixedName)
  result = newSym(skProc, procname, m.idgen, m.module.owner, m.module.info)
  result.typ = newProcType(m.module.info, m.idgen, m.module.owner)
  result.typ.callConv = ccCDecl
  backendEnsureMutable result
  incl result.flagsImpl, sfExportc
  result.locImpl.snippet = prefixedName
  if isDynlib:
    incl(result.locImpl.flags, lfExportLib)

  let theProc = newNodeI(nkProcDef, m.module.info, bodyPos+1)
  for i in 0..<theProc.len: theProc[i] = newNodeI(nkEmpty, m.module.info)
  theProc[namePos] = newSymNode(result)
  theProc[bodyPos] = body
  result.ast = theProc

proc finalCodegenActions*(graph: ModuleGraph; m: BModule; n: PNode) =
  ## Also called from IC.
  if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
    # phase ordering problem here: We need to announce this
    # dependency to 'nimTestErrorFlag' before system.c has been written to disk.
    if m.config.exc == excGoto and getCompilerProc(graph, "nimTestErrorFlag") != nil:
      cgsym(m, "nimTestErrorFlag")

    if {optGenStaticLib, optGenDynLib, optNoMain} * m.config.globalOptions == {}:
      for i in countdown(high(graph.globalDestructors), 0):
        n.add graph.globalDestructors[i]
    else:
      var body = newNodeI(nkStmtList, m.module.info)
      for i in countdown(high(graph.globalDestructors), 0):
        body.add graph.globalDestructors[i]
      body.flags.incl nfTransf # should not be further transformed
      let dtor = generateLibraryDestroyGlobals(graph, m, body, optGenDynLib in m.config.globalOptions)
      genProcLvl3(m, dtor)
  if pipelineutils.skipCodegen(m.config, n): return
  if moduleHasChanged(graph, m.module):
    # if the module is cached, we don't regenerate the main proc
    # nor the dispatchers? But if the dispatchers changed?
    # XXX emit the dispatchers into its own .c file?
    if n != nil:
      m.initProc.options = initProcOptions(m)
      genProcBody(m.initProc, n)

    if m.hcrOn:
      # make sure this is pulled in (meaning hcrGetGlobal() is called for it during init)
      let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, "programResult")
      # ignore when not available, could be a module imported early in `system`
      if sym != nil:
        cgsymImpl m, sym
      if m.inHcrInitGuard:
        endBlockWith(m.initProc):
          finishBranch(m.initProc.s(cpsStmts), m.hcrInitGuard)
          finishIfStmt(m.initProc.s(cpsStmts), m.hcrInitGuard)

    if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
      if m.hcrOn:
        # pull ("define" since they are inline when HCR is on) these functions in the main file
        # so it can load the HCR runtime and later pass the library handle to the HCR runtime which
        # will in turn pass it to the other modules it initializes so they can initialize the
        # register/get procs so they don't have to have the definitions of these functions as well
        cgsym(m, "nimLoadLibrary")
        cgsym(m, "nimLoadLibraryError")
        cgsym(m, "nimGetProcAddr")
        cgsym(m, "procAddrError")
        cgsym(m, "rawWrite")

      # raise dependencies on behalf of genMainProc
      if m.config.target.targetOS != osStandalone and m.config.selectedGC notin {gcNone, gcArc, gcAtomicArc, gcOrc, gcYrc}:
        cgsym(m, "initStackBottomWith")
      if emulatedThreadVars(m.config) and m.config.target.targetOS != osStandalone:
        cgsym(m, "initThreadVarsEmulation")

      if m.g.forwardedProcs.len == 0:
        incl m.flags, objHasKidsValid
      if m.config.cmd == cmdNifC:
        # nifbackend synthesizes the dispatchers between the module loop
        # and the finish loop (emitMethodDispatchers): TUs demand-created
        # by the dispatcher bodies must still reach `modulesClosed`
        discard
      elif optMultiMethods in m.g.config.globalOptions or
          m.g.config.selectedGC notin {gcArc, gcOrc, gcAtomicArc, gcYrc} or
          vtables notin m.g.config.features:
        generateIfMethodDispatchers(graph, m.idgen)


  let mm = m
  m.g.modulesClosed.add mm

proc genForwardedProcs(g: BModuleList) =
  # Forward declared proc:s lack bodies when first encountered, so they're given
  # a second pass here
  # Note: ``genProcLvl2`` may add to ``forwardedProcs``
  while g.forwardedProcs.len > 0:
    let prc = g.forwardedProcs.pop()
    var m = g.mods[prc.itemId.module]
    if isReusedTU(m):
      # the home TU is reused; emit through the main module instead
      for cand in g.mods:
        if cand != nil and sfMainModule in cand.module.flags:
          m = cand
          break
    if sfForward in prc.flags:
      internalError(m.config, prc.info, "still forwarded: " & prc.name.s)

    genProcLvl2(m, prc)

proc reuseCachedModule(g: BModuleList; m: BModule) =
  ## The module's cached `.c`/`.o`/artifact are reused: register the cached
  ## object file for the link, keep the cached artifact in the liveness
  ## inputs and replay the module's init registration from the artifact's
  ## meta head.
  let cfile = getCFile(m)
  var cf = Cfile(nimname: m.module.name.s, cname: cfile,
                 obj: completeCfilePath(m.config, toObjFile(m.config, cfile)),
                 flags: {CfileFlag.Cached})
  addFileToCompile(m.config, cf)
  g.graph.icCnifFiles.add cfile.string & ".nif"
  let meta = g.graph.icReusedMeta.getOrDefault(m.module.position)
  registerReusedModuleToMain(g, m, meta.initRequired, meta.datInitRequired)

proc cgenWriteModules*(backend: RootRef, config: ConfigRef) =
  let g = BModuleList(backend)
  g.config = config

  # we need to process the transitive closure because recursive module
  # deps are allowed (and the system module is processed in the wrong
  # order anyway)
  genForwardedProcs(g)

  # translation units reused purely from cached files (modules the backend
  # never loaded): link their objects, keep their artifacts in the liveness
  # inputs, replay their init registration. NB: these TUs rarely have init
  # code (they were demand-only in the producing run as well).
  for fr in g.graph.icFileReused:
    var cf = Cfile(nimname: splitFile(fr.cname).name, cname: AbsoluteFile fr.cname,
                   obj: completeCfilePath(config, toObjFile(config, AbsoluteFile fr.cname)),
                   flags: {CfileFlag.Cached})
    addFileToCompile(config, cf)
    g.graph.icCnifFiles.add fr.cname & ".nif"
    registerReusedInit(g, fr.moduleBase, fr.initRequired, fr.datInitRequired)

  if config.cmd == cmdNifC and not isDefined(config, "icNoCDce"):
    # Two-phase write: produce every module's marked text and artifact
    # first, then compute global liveness over the artifacts and render
    # the .c files with dead definitions dropped. Demand-driven codegen
    # over-approximates (it cannot retract a definition once some path
    # requested it); this is where the surplus is removed.
    var mods: seq[BModule] = @[]
    var cfs: seq[Cfile] = @[]
    var codes: seq[string] = @[]
    for m in cgenModules(g):
      if m.module.position in g.graph.icReusedModules:
        reuseCachedModule(g, m)
        continue
      if isReusedTU(m):
        continue # file-level reused: registered before this loop already
      let cfile = getCFile(m)
      var cf = Cfile(nimname: m.module.name.s, cname: cfile,
                     obj: completeCfilePath(m.config, toObjFile(m.config, cfile)), flags: {})
      let code = genModuleCode(m, cf)
      mods.add m
      cfs.add cf
      codes.add code
    let cl = computeLiveFromCArtifacts(g.graph.icCnifFiles)
    var dropped = 0
    for i in 0..<mods.len:
      let rendered =
        if cl.broken: stripCnifMarks(codes[i])
        else: renderMarkedC(codes[i], cl.live, dropped)
      registerModuleCode(mods[i], cfs[i], rendered)
    g.graph.icCDefs = cl.defs
    g.graph.icCLiveDefs = cl.liveDefs
    g.graph.icCDropped = dropped
  else:
    for m in cgenModules(g):
      if config.cmd == cmdNifC and m.module.position in g.graph.icReusedModules:
        reuseCachedModule(g, m)
      elif isReusedTU(m):
        discard # file-level reused: registered before this loop already
      else:
        m.writeModule()
  writeMapping(config, g.mapping)
  if g.generatedHeader != nil: writeHeader(g.generatedHeader)