fixes #13417, fixes #19703
When passing an expression to an `openarray` iterator parameter: If the
expression is a statement list (considered "complex"), it's assigned in
a non-deep-copying way to a temporary variable first, then this variable
is used as a parameter. If it's not a statement list, i.e. a call or a
symbol, the parameter is substituted directly with the given expression.
In the case of calls, this results in the call potentially being
executed more than once, or can cause redefined variables in the
codegen.
To fix this, calls are also considered as "complex" assignments to
openarrays, as long as the return type of the call is not `openarray` as
the generated assignment in that case has issues/is unimplemented
(caused a segfault [here in
datamancer](47ba4d81bf/src/datamancer/dataframe.nim (L1580))).
As for why creating a temporary isn't the default only with exceptions
for things like `nkSym`, the "non-deep-copying" way of assignment
apparently still causes arrays to be copied according to a comment in
the code. I'm not sure to what extent this is true: if it still happens
on ARC/ORC, if it happens for every array length, or if we can fix it by
passing arrays by reference. Otherwise, a more general way to assign to
openarrays might be needed, but I'm not sure if the compiler can easily
do this.
This directory contains the test cases.
Each test must have a filename of the form: t*.nim
Note: Testament is only aware of tests under a directory (eg tests/foo/) and will ignore
top-level tests like tests/tbar.nim.
Specs
Each test can contain a spec in a discard """ ... """ block.
Check out the parseSpec procedure in the specs module for a full and reliable reference
action
Specifies what action this test should take.
Default: run
Options:
compile- compiles the module and fails the test if compilations fails.run- compiles and runs the module, fails the test if compilation or execution of test code fails.reject- compiles the module and fails the test if compilation succeeds.
There are certain spec keys that imply run, including output and
outputsub.
Categories
Each folder under this directory represents a test category, which can be
tested by running koch tests pcat <category> (or cat to avoid parallel
testing, which is slower).
The folder dll contains simple DLL tests.
The folder realtimeGC contains a test for validating that the realtime GC
can run properly without linking against the nimrtl.dll/so.