Nim/compiler/ccgstmts.nim

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

# included from cgen.nim
const
  RangeExpandLimit = 256      # do not generate ranges
                              # over 'RangeExpandLimit' elements
  stringCaseThreshold = 8
    # above X strings a hash-switch for strings is generated

proc registerTraverseProc(p: BProc, v: PSym) =
  var traverseProc = ""
  if p.config.selectedGC in {gcMarkAndSweep, gcHooks, gcRefc} and
      optOwnedRefs notin p.config.globalOptions and
      containsGarbageCollectedRef(v.loc.t):
    # we register a specialized marked proc here; this has the advantage
    # that it works out of the box for thread local storage then :-)
    traverseProc = genTraverseProcForGlobal(p.module, v, v.info)

  if traverseProc.len != 0 and not p.hcrOn:
    if sfThread in v.flags:
      appcg(p.module, p.module.preInitProc.procSec(cpsInit),
        "$n\t#nimRegisterThreadLocalMarker($1);$n$n", [traverseProc])
    else:
      appcg(p.module, p.module.preInitProc.procSec(cpsInit),
        "$n\t#nimRegisterGlobalMarker($1);$n$n", [traverseProc])

proc isAssignedImmediately(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
  if n.kind == nkEmpty:
    result = false
  elif n.kind in nkCallKinds and n[0] != nil and n[0].typ != nil and n[0].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind == tyProc:
    if n[0].kind == nkSym and sfConstructor in n[0].sym.flags:
      result = true
    elif isInvalidReturnType(conf, n[0].typ, true):
      # var v = f()
      # is transformed into: var v;  f(addr v)
      # where 'f' **does not** initialize the result!
      result = false
    else:
      result = true
  elif isInvalidReturnType(conf, n.typ, false):
    result = false
  else:
    result = true

proc inExceptBlockLen(p: BProc): int =
  result = 0
  for x in p.nestedTryStmts:
    if x.inExcept: result.inc

proc startBlockInternal(p: BProc): int {.discardable.} =
  inc(p.labels)
  result = p.blocks.len

  p.blocks.add initBlock()

  p.blocks[result].id = p.labels
  p.blocks[result].nestedTryStmts = p.nestedTryStmts.len.int16
  p.blocks[result].nestedExceptStmts = p.inExceptBlockLen.int16

template startBlock(p: BProc, start: FormatStr = "{$n",
                args: varargs[Rope]): int =
  lineCg(p, cpsStmts, start, args)
  startBlockInternal(p)

proc endBlock(p: BProc)

proc genVarTuple(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
  if n.kind != nkVarTuple: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genVarTuple")

  # if we have a something that's been captured, use the lowering instead:
  for i in 0..<n.len-2:
    if n[i].kind != nkSym:
      genStmts(p, lowerTupleUnpacking(p.module.g.graph, n, p.module.idgen, p.prc))
      return

  # check only the first son
  var forHcr = treatGlobalDifferentlyForHCR(p.module, n[0].sym)
  let hcrCond = if forHcr: getTempName(p.module) else: ""
  var hcrGlobals: seq[tuple[loc: TLoc, tp: Rope]] = @[]
  # determine if the tuple is constructed at top-level scope or inside of a block (if/while/block)
  let isGlobalInBlock = forHcr and p.blocks.len > 2
  # do not close and reopen blocks if this is a 'global' but inside of a block (if/while/block)
  forHcr = forHcr and not isGlobalInBlock

  if forHcr:
    # check with the boolean if the initializing code for the tuple should be ran
    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1)$n", [hcrCond])
    startBlock(p)

  genLineDir(p, n)
  var tup = initLocExpr(p, n[^1])
  var t = tup.t.skipTypes(abstractInst)
  for i in 0..<n.len-2:
    let vn = n[i]
    let v = vn.sym
    if sfCompileTime in v.flags: continue
    if sfGlobal in v.flags:
      assignGlobalVar(p, vn, "")
      genObjectInit(p, cpsInit, v.typ, v.loc, constructObj)
      registerTraverseProc(p, v)
    else:
      assignLocalVar(p, vn)
      initLocalVar(p, v, immediateAsgn=isAssignedImmediately(p.config, n[^1]))
    var field = initLoc(locExpr, vn, tup.storage)
    if t.kind == tyTuple:
      field.r = "$1.Field$2" % [rdLoc(tup), rope(i)]
    else:
      if t.n[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genVarTuple")
      field.r = "$1.$2" % [rdLoc(tup), mangleRecFieldName(p.module, t.n[i].sym)]
    putLocIntoDest(p, v.loc, field)
    if forHcr or isGlobalInBlock:
      hcrGlobals.add((loc: v.loc, tp: "NULL"))

  if forHcr:
    # end the block where the tuple gets initialized
    endBlock(p)
  if forHcr or isGlobalInBlock:
    # insert the registration of the globals for the different parts of the tuple at the
    # start of the current scope (after they have been iterated) and init a boolean to
    # check if any of them is newly introduced and the initializing code has to be ran
    lineCg(p, cpsLocals, "NIM_BOOL $1 = NIM_FALSE;$n", [hcrCond])
    for curr in hcrGlobals:
      lineCg(p, cpsLocals, "$1 |= hcrRegisterGlobal($4, \"$2\", sizeof($3), $5, (void**)&$2);$N",
              [hcrCond, curr.loc.r, rdLoc(curr.loc), getModuleDllPath(p.module, n[0].sym), curr.tp])


proc loadInto(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, a: var TLoc) {.inline.} =
  if ri.kind in nkCallKinds and (ri[0].kind != nkSym or
                                 ri[0].sym.magic == mNone):
    genAsgnCall(p, le, ri, a)
  else:
    # this is a hacky way to fix #1181 (tmissingderef)::
    #
    #  var arr1 = cast[ptr array[4, int8]](addr foo)[]
    #
    # However, fixing this properly really requires modelling 'array' as
    # a 'struct' in C to preserve dereferencing semantics completely. Not
    # worth the effort until version 1.0 is out.
    a.flags.incl(lfEnforceDeref)
    expr(p, ri, a)

proc assignLabel(b: var TBlock; result: var Rope) {.inline.} =
  b.label = "LA" & b.id.rope
  result.add b.label

proc blockBody(b: var TBlock; result: var Rope) =
  result.add b.sections[cpsLocals]
  if b.frameLen > 0:
    result.addf("FR_.len+=$1;$n", [b.frameLen.rope])
  result.add(b.sections[cpsInit])
  result.add(b.sections[cpsStmts])

proc endBlock(p: BProc, blockEnd: Rope) =
  let topBlock = p.blocks.len-1
  # the block is merged into the parent block
  p.blocks[topBlock].blockBody(p.blocks[topBlock-1].sections[cpsStmts])
  setLen(p.blocks, topBlock)
  # this is done after the block is popped so $n is
  # properly indented when pretty printing is enabled
  line(p, cpsStmts, blockEnd)

proc endBlock(p: BProc) =
  let topBlock = p.blocks.len - 1
  let frameLen = p.blocks[topBlock].frameLen
  var blockEnd: Rope = ""
  if frameLen > 0:
    blockEnd.addf("FR_.len-=$1;$n", [frameLen.rope])
  if p.blocks[topBlock].label.len != 0:
    blockEnd.addf("} $1: ;$n", [p.blocks[topBlock].label])
  else:
    blockEnd.addf("}$n", [])
  endBlock(p, blockEnd)

proc genSimpleBlock(p: BProc, stmts: PNode) {.inline.} =
  startBlock(p)
  genStmts(p, stmts)
  endBlock(p)

proc exprBlock(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  startBlock(p)
  expr(p, n, d)
  endBlock(p)

template preserveBreakIdx(body: untyped): untyped =
  var oldBreakIdx = p.breakIdx
  body
  p.breakIdx = oldBreakIdx

proc genState(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
  internalAssert p.config, n.len == 1
  let n0 = n[0]
  if n0.kind == nkIntLit:
    let idx = n[0].intVal
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "STATE$1: ;$n", [idx])
  elif n0.kind == nkStrLit:
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1: ;$n", [n0.strVal])

proc blockLeaveActions(p: BProc, howManyTrys, howManyExcepts: int) =
  # Called by return and break stmts.
  # Deals with issues faced when jumping out of try/except/finally stmts.

  var stack = newSeq[tuple[fin: PNode, inExcept: bool, label: Natural]](0)

  inc p.withinBlockLeaveActions
  for i in 1..howManyTrys:
    let tryStmt = p.nestedTryStmts.pop
    if p.config.exc == excSetjmp:
      # Pop safe points generated by try
      if not tryStmt.inExcept:
        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popSafePoint();$n", [])

    # Pop this try-stmt of the list of nested trys
    # so we don't infinite recurse on it in the next step.
    stack.add(tryStmt)

    # Find finally-stmt for this try-stmt
    # and generate a copy of its sons
    var finallyStmt = tryStmt.fin
    if finallyStmt != nil:
      genStmts(p, finallyStmt[0])

  dec p.withinBlockLeaveActions

  # push old elements again:
  for i in countdown(howManyTrys-1, 0):
    p.nestedTryStmts.add(stack[i])

  # Pop exceptions that was handled by the
  # except-blocks we are in
  if noSafePoints notin p.flags:
    for i in countdown(howManyExcepts-1, 0):
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n", [])

proc genGotoState(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
  # we resist the temptation to translate it into duff's device as it later
  # will be translated into computed gotos anyway for GCC at least:
  # switch (x.state) {
  #   case 0: goto STATE0;
  # ...
  var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, n[0])
  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "switch ($1) {$n", [rdLoc(a)])
  p.flags.incl beforeRetNeeded
  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case -1:$n", [])
  blockLeaveActions(p,
    howManyTrys    = p.nestedTryStmts.len,
    howManyExcepts = p.inExceptBlockLen)
  lineF(p, cpsStmts, " goto BeforeRet_;$n", [])
  var statesCounter = lastOrd(p.config, n[0].typ)
  if n.len >= 2 and n[1].kind == nkIntLit:
    statesCounter = getInt(n[1])
  let prefix = if n.len == 3 and n[2].kind == nkStrLit: n[2].strVal.rope
               else: rope"STATE"
  for i in 0i64..toInt64(statesCounter):
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case $2: goto $1$2;$n", [prefix, rope(i)])
  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])

proc genBreakState(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  var a: TLoc
  d = initLoc(locExpr, n, OnUnknown)

  if n[0].kind == nkClosure:
    a = initLocExpr(p, n[0][1])
    d.r = "(((NI*) $1)[1] < 0)" % [rdLoc(a)]
  else:
    a = initLocExpr(p, n[0])
    # the environment is guaranteed to contain the 'state' field at offset 1:
    d.r = "((((NI*) $1.ClE_0)[1]) < 0)" % [rdLoc(a)]

proc genGotoVar(p: BProc; value: PNode) =
  if value.kind notin {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit}:
    localError(p.config, value.info, "'goto' target must be a literal value")
  else:
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto NIMSTATE_$#;$n", [value.intVal.rope])

proc genBracedInit(p: BProc, n: PNode; isConst: bool; optionalType: PType; result: var Rope)

proc potentialValueInit(p: BProc; v: PSym; value: PNode; result: var Rope) =
  if lfDynamicLib in v.loc.flags or sfThread in v.flags or p.hcrOn:
    discard "nothing to do"
  elif sfGlobal in v.flags and value != nil and isDeepConstExpr(value, p.module.compileToCpp) and
      p.withinLoop == 0 and not containsGarbageCollectedRef(v.typ):
    #echo "New code produced for ", v.name.s, " ", p.config $ value.info
    genBracedInit(p, value, isConst = false, v.typ, result)

proc genCppParamsForCtor(p: BProc; call: PNode): string =
  result = ""
  var argsCounter = 0
  let typ = skipTypes(call[0].typ, abstractInst)
  assert(typ.kind == tyProc)
  for i in 1..<call.len:
    #if it's a type we can just generate here another initializer as we are in an initializer context
    if call[i].kind == nkCall and call[i][0].kind == nkSym and call[i][0].sym.kind == skType:
      if argsCounter > 0: result.add ","
      result.add genCppInitializer(p.module, p, call[i][0].sym.typ)
    else:
      genOtherArg(p, call, i, typ, result, argsCounter)

proc genCppVarForCtor(p: BProc; call: PNode; decl: var Rope) =
  let params = genCppParamsForCtor(p, call)
  if params.len == 0:
    decl = runtimeFormat("$#;\n", [decl])
  else:
    decl = runtimeFormat("$#($#);\n", [decl, params])

proc genSingleVar(p: BProc, v: PSym; vn, value: PNode) =
  if sfGoto in v.flags:
    # translate 'var state {.goto.} = X' into 'goto LX':
    genGotoVar(p, value)
    return
  let imm = isAssignedImmediately(p.config, value)
  let isCppCtorCall = p.module.compileToCpp and imm and
    value.kind in nkCallKinds and value[0].kind == nkSym and
    v.typ.kind != tyPtr and sfConstructor in value[0].sym.flags
  var targetProc = p
  var valueAsRope = ""
  potentialValueInit(p, v, value, valueAsRope)
  if sfGlobal in v.flags:
    if v.flags * {sfImportc, sfExportc} == {sfImportc} and
        value.kind == nkEmpty and
        v.loc.flags * {lfHeader, lfNoDecl} != {}:
      return
    if sfPure in v.flags:
      # v.owner.kind != skModule:
      targetProc = p.module.preInitProc
    if isCppCtorCall and not containsHiddenPointer(v.typ):
      callGlobalVarCppCtor(targetProc, v, vn, value)
    else:
      assignGlobalVar(targetProc, vn, valueAsRope)

    # XXX: be careful here.
    # Global variables should not be zeromem-ed within loops
    # (see bug #20).
    # That's why we are doing the construction inside the preInitProc.
    # genObjectInit relies on the C runtime's guarantees that
    # global variables will be initialized to zero.
    if valueAsRope.len == 0:
      var loc = v.loc
      # When the native TLS is unavailable, a global thread-local variable needs
      # one more layer of indirection in order to access the TLS block.
      # Only do this for complex types that may need a call to `objectInit`
      if sfThread in v.flags and emulatedThreadVars(p.config) and
        isComplexValueType(v.typ):
        loc = initLocExprSingleUse(p.module.preInitProc, vn)
      genObjectInit(p.module.preInitProc, cpsInit, v.typ, loc, constructObj)
    # Alternative construction using default constructor (which may zeromem):
    # if sfImportc notin v.flags: constructLoc(p.module.preInitProc, v.loc)
    if sfExportc in v.flags and p.module.g.generatedHeader != nil:
      genVarPrototype(p.module.g.generatedHeader, vn)
    registerTraverseProc(p, v)
  else:
    if imm and p.module.compileToCpp and p.splitDecls == 0 and
        not containsHiddenPointer(v.typ) and
        nimErrorFlagAccessed notin p.flags:
      # C++ really doesn't like things like 'Foo f; f = x' as that invokes a
      # parameterless constructor followed by an assignment operator. So we
      # generate better code here: 'Foo f = x;'
      genLineDir(p, vn)
      var decl = localVarDecl(p, vn)
      var tmp: TLoc
      if isCppCtorCall:
        genCppVarForCtor(p, value, decl)
        line(p, cpsStmts, decl)
      else:
        tmp = initLocExprSingleUse(p, value)
        if value.kind == nkEmpty:
          lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$#;\n", [decl])
        else:
          lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$# = $#;\n", [decl, tmp.rdLoc])
      return
    assignLocalVar(p, vn)
    initLocalVar(p, v, imm)

  let traverseProc = "NULL"
  # If the var is in a block (control flow like if/while or a block) in global scope just
  # register the so called "global" so it can be used later on. There is no need to close
  # and reopen of if (nim_hcr_do_init_) blocks because we are in one already anyway.
  var forHcr = treatGlobalDifferentlyForHCR(p.module, v)
  if forHcr and targetProc.blocks.len > 3 and v.owner.kind == skModule:
    # put it in the locals section - mainly because of loops which
    # use the var in a call to resetLoc() in the statements section
    lineCg(targetProc, cpsLocals, "hcrRegisterGlobal($3, \"$1\", sizeof($2), $4, (void**)&$1);$n",
           [v.loc.r, rdLoc(v.loc), getModuleDllPath(p.module, v), traverseProc])
    # nothing special left to do later on - let's avoid closing and reopening blocks
    forHcr = false

  # we close and reopen the global if (nim_hcr_do_init_) blocks in the main Init function
  # for the module so we can have globals and top-level code be interleaved and still
  # be able to re-run it but without the top level code - just the init of globals
  if forHcr:
    lineCg(targetProc, cpsStmts, "if (hcrRegisterGlobal($3, \"$1\", sizeof($2), $4, (void**)&$1))$N",
           [v.loc.r, rdLoc(v.loc), getModuleDllPath(p.module, v), traverseProc])
    startBlock(targetProc)
  if value.kind != nkEmpty and valueAsRope.len == 0:
    genLineDir(targetProc, vn)
    if not isCppCtorCall:
      loadInto(targetProc, vn, value, v.loc)
  if forHcr:
    endBlock(targetProc)

proc genSingleVar(p: BProc, a: PNode) =
  let v = a[0].sym
  if sfCompileTime in v.flags:
    # fix issue #12640
    # {.global, compileTime.} pragma in proc
    if sfGlobal in v.flags and p.prc != nil and p.prc.kind == skProc:
      discard
    else:
      return
  genSingleVar(p, v, a[0], a[2])

proc genClosureVar(p: BProc, a: PNode) =
  var immediateAsgn = a[2].kind != nkEmpty
  var v: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, a[0])
  genLineDir(p, a)
  if immediateAsgn:
    loadInto(p, a[0], a[2], v)
  elif sfNoInit notin a[0][1].sym.flags:
    constructLoc(p, v)

proc genVarStmt(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
  for it in n.sons:
    if it.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
    if it.kind == nkIdentDefs:
      # can be a lifted var nowadays ...
      if it[0].kind == nkSym:
        genSingleVar(p, it)
      else:
        genClosureVar(p, it)
    else:
      genVarTuple(p, it)

proc genIf(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  #
  #  { if (!expr1) goto L1;
  #   thenPart }
  #  goto LEnd
  #  L1:
  #  { if (!expr2) goto L2;
  #   thenPart2 }
  #  goto LEnd
  #  L2:
  #  { elsePart }
  #  Lend:
  var
    a: TLoc
    lelse: TLabel
  if not isEmptyType(n.typ) and d.k == locNone:
    d = getTemp(p, n.typ)
  genLineDir(p, n)
  let lend = getLabel(p)
  for it in n.sons:
    # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
    if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(n.typ): d.k = locNone
    if it.len == 2:
      startBlock(p)
      a = initLocExprSingleUse(p, it[0])
      lelse = getLabel(p)
      inc(p.labels)
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "if (!$1) goto $2;$n",
            [rdLoc(a), lelse])
      if p.module.compileToCpp:
        # avoid "jump to label crosses initialization" error:
        p.s(cpsStmts).add "{"
        expr(p, it[1], d)
        p.s(cpsStmts).add "}"
      else:
        expr(p, it[1], d)
      endBlock(p)
      if n.len > 1:
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto $1;$n", [lend])
      fixLabel(p, lelse)
    elif it.len == 1:
      startBlock(p)
      expr(p, it[0], d)
      endBlock(p)
    else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genIf()")
  if n.len > 1: fixLabel(p, lend)

proc genReturnStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  if nfPreventCg in t.flags: return
  p.flags.incl beforeRetNeeded
  genLineDir(p, t)
  if (t[0].kind != nkEmpty): genStmts(p, t[0])
  blockLeaveActions(p,
    howManyTrys    = p.nestedTryStmts.len,
    howManyExcepts = p.inExceptBlockLen)
  if (p.finallySafePoints.len > 0) and noSafePoints notin p.flags:
    # If we're in a finally block, and we came here by exception
    # consume it before we return.
    var safePoint = p.finallySafePoints[^1]
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1.status != 0) #popCurrentException();$n", [safePoint])
  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto BeforeRet_;$n", [])

proc genGotoForCase(p: BProc; caseStmt: PNode) =
  for i in 1..<caseStmt.len:
    startBlock(p)
    let it = caseStmt[i]
    for j in 0..<it.len-1:
      if it[j].kind == nkRange:
        localError(p.config, it.info, "range notation not available for computed goto")
        return
      let val = getOrdValue(it[j])
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "NIMSTATE_$#:$n", [val.rope])
    genStmts(p, it.lastSon)
    endBlock(p)


iterator fieldValuePairs(n: PNode): tuple[memberSym, valueSym: PNode] =
  assert(n.kind in {nkLetSection, nkVarSection})
  for identDefs in n:
    if identDefs.kind == nkIdentDefs:
      let valueSym = identDefs[^1]
      for i in 0..<identDefs.len-2:
        let memberSym = identDefs[i]
        yield((memberSym: memberSym, valueSym: valueSym))

proc genComputedGoto(p: BProc; n: PNode) =
  # first pass: Generate array of computed labels:

  # flatten the loop body because otherwise let and var sections
  # wrapped inside stmt lists by inject destructors won't be recognised
  let n = n.flattenStmts()
  var casePos = -1
  var arraySize: int = 0
  for i in 0..<n.len:
    let it = n[i]
    if it.kind == nkCaseStmt:
      if lastSon(it).kind != nkOfBranch:
        localError(p.config, it.info,
            "case statement must be exhaustive for computed goto"); return
      casePos = i
      if enumHasHoles(it[0].typ):
        localError(p.config, it.info,
            "case statement cannot work on enums with holes for computed goto"); return
      let aSize = lengthOrd(p.config, it[0].typ)
      if aSize > 10_000:
        localError(p.config, it.info,
            "case statement has too many cases for computed goto"); return
      arraySize = toInt(aSize)
      if firstOrd(p.config, it[0].typ) != 0:
        localError(p.config, it.info,
            "case statement has to start at 0 for computed goto"); return
  if casePos < 0:
    localError(p.config, n.info, "no case statement found for computed goto"); return
  var id = p.labels+1
  inc p.labels, arraySize+1
  let tmp = "TMP$1_" % [id.rope]
  var gotoArray = "static void* $#[$#] = {" % [tmp, arraySize.rope]
  for i in 1..arraySize-1:
    gotoArray.addf("&&TMP$#_, ", [rope(id+i)])
  gotoArray.addf("&&TMP$#_};$n", [rope(id+arraySize)])
  line(p, cpsLocals, gotoArray)

  for j in 0..<casePos:
    genStmts(p, n[j])

  let caseStmt = n[casePos]
  var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, caseStmt[0])
  # first goto:
  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto *$#[$#];$n", [tmp, a.rdLoc])

  for i in 1..<caseStmt.len:
    startBlock(p)
    let it = caseStmt[i]
    for j in 0..<it.len-1:
      if it[j].kind == nkRange:
        localError(p.config, it.info, "range notation not available for computed goto")
        return

      let val = getOrdValue(it[j])
      var lit = newRopeAppender()
      intLiteral(toInt64(val)+id+1, lit)
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "TMP$#_:$n", [lit])

    genStmts(p, it.lastSon)

    for j in casePos+1..<n.len:
      genStmts(p, n[j])

    for j in 0..<casePos:
      # prevent new local declarations
      # compile declarations as assignments
      let it = n[j]
      if it.kind in {nkLetSection, nkVarSection}:
        let asgn = copyNode(it)
        asgn.transitionSonsKind(nkAsgn)
        asgn.sons.setLen 2
        for sym, value in it.fieldValuePairs:
          if value.kind != nkEmpty:
            asgn[0] = sym
            asgn[1] = value
            genStmts(p, asgn)
      else:
        genStmts(p, it)

    var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, caseStmt[0])
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto *$#[$#];$n", [tmp, a.rdLoc])
    endBlock(p)

  for j in casePos+1..<n.len:
    genStmts(p, n[j])


proc genWhileStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  # we don't generate labels here as for example GCC would produce
  # significantly worse code
  var
    a: TLoc
  assert(t.len == 2)
  inc(p.withinLoop)
  genLineDir(p, t)

  preserveBreakIdx:
    var loopBody = t[1]
    if loopBody.stmtsContainPragma(wComputedGoto) and
       hasComputedGoto in CC[p.config.cCompiler].props:
         # for closure support weird loop bodies are generated:
      if loopBody.len == 2 and loopBody[0].kind == nkEmpty:
        loopBody = loopBody[1]
      genComputedGoto(p, loopBody)
    else:
      p.breakIdx = startBlock(p, "while (1) {$n")
      p.blocks[p.breakIdx].isLoop = true
      a = initLocExpr(p, t[0])
      if (t[0].kind != nkIntLit) or (t[0].intVal == 0):
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "if (!$1) goto ", [rdLoc(a)])
        assignLabel(p.blocks[p.breakIdx], p.s(cpsStmts))
        appcg(p, cpsStmts, ";$n", [])
      genStmts(p, loopBody)

      if optProfiler in p.options:
        # invoke at loop body exit:
        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#nimProfile();$n", [])
      endBlock(p)

  dec(p.withinLoop)

proc genBlock(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  if not isEmptyType(n.typ):
    # bug #4505: allocate the temp in the outer scope
    # so that it can escape the generated {}:
    if d.k == locNone:
      d = getTemp(p, n.typ)
    d.flags.incl(lfEnforceDeref)
  preserveBreakIdx:
    p.breakIdx = startBlock(p)
    if n[0].kind != nkEmpty:
      # named block?
      assert(n[0].kind == nkSym)
      var sym = n[0].sym
      sym.loc.k = locOther
      sym.position = p.breakIdx+1
    expr(p, n[1], d)
    endBlock(p)

proc genParForStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  assert(t.len == 3)
  inc(p.withinLoop)
  genLineDir(p, t)

  preserveBreakIdx:
    let forLoopVar = t[0].sym
    assignLocalVar(p, t[0])
    #initLoc(forLoopVar.loc, locLocalVar, forLoopVar.typ, onStack)
    #discard mangleName(forLoopVar)
    let call = t[1]
    assert(call.len == 4 or call.len == 5)
    var rangeA = initLocExpr(p, call[1])
    var rangeB = initLocExpr(p, call[2])

    # $n at the beginning because of #9710
    if call.len == 4: # procName(a, b, annotation)
      if call[0].sym.name.s == "||":  # `||`(a, b, annotation)
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$n#pragma omp $4$n" &
                            "for ($1 = $2; $1 <= $3; ++$1)",
                            [forLoopVar.loc.rdLoc,
                            rangeA.rdLoc, rangeB.rdLoc,
                            call[3].getStr.rope])
      else:
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$n#pragma $4$n" &
                    "for ($1 = $2; $1 <= $3; ++$1)",
                    [forLoopVar.loc.rdLoc,
                    rangeA.rdLoc, rangeB.rdLoc,
                    call[3].getStr.rope])
    else: # `||`(a, b, step, annotation)
      var step: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, call[3])
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$n#pragma omp $5$n" &
                    "for ($1 = $2; $1 <= $3; $1 += $4)",
                    [forLoopVar.loc.rdLoc,
                    rangeA.rdLoc, rangeB.rdLoc, step.rdLoc,
                    call[4].getStr.rope])

    p.breakIdx = startBlock(p)
    p.blocks[p.breakIdx].isLoop = true
    genStmts(p, t[2])
    endBlock(p)

  dec(p.withinLoop)

proc genBreakStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  var idx = p.breakIdx
  if t[0].kind != nkEmpty:
    # named break?
    assert(t[0].kind == nkSym)
    var sym = t[0].sym
    doAssert(sym.loc.k == locOther)
    idx = sym.position-1
  else:
    # an unnamed 'break' can only break a loop after 'transf' pass:
    while idx >= 0 and not p.blocks[idx].isLoop: dec idx
    if idx < 0 or not p.blocks[idx].isLoop:
      internalError(p.config, t.info, "no loop to break")
  p.blocks[idx].label = "LA" & p.blocks[idx].id.rope
  blockLeaveActions(p,
    p.nestedTryStmts.len - p.blocks[idx].nestedTryStmts,
    p.inExceptBlockLen - p.blocks[idx].nestedExceptStmts)
  genLineDir(p, t)
  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto $1;$n", [p.blocks[idx].label])

proc raiseExit(p: BProc) =
  assert p.config.exc == excGoto
  if nimErrorFlagDisabled notin p.flags:
    p.flags.incl nimErrorFlagAccessed
    if p.nestedTryStmts.len == 0:
      p.flags.incl beforeRetNeeded
      # easy case, simply goto 'ret':
      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "if (NIM_UNLIKELY(*nimErr_)) goto BeforeRet_;$n", [])
    else:
      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "if (NIM_UNLIKELY(*nimErr_)) goto LA$1_;$n",
        [p.nestedTryStmts[^1].label])

proc finallyActions(p: BProc) =
  if p.config.exc != excGoto and p.nestedTryStmts.len > 0 and p.nestedTryStmts[^1].inExcept:
    # if the current try stmt have a finally block,
    # we must execute it before reraising
    let finallyBlock = p.nestedTryStmts[^1].fin
    if finallyBlock != nil:
      genSimpleBlock(p, finallyBlock[0])

proc raiseInstr(p: BProc; result: var Rope) =
  if p.config.exc == excGoto:
    let L = p.nestedTryStmts.len
    if L == 0:
      p.flags.incl beforeRetNeeded
      # easy case, simply goto 'ret':
      result.add ropecg(p.module, "goto BeforeRet_;$n", [])
    else:
      # raise inside an 'except' must go to the finally block,
      # raise outside an 'except' block must go to the 'except' list.
      result.add ropecg(p.module, "goto LA$1_;$n",
        [p.nestedTryStmts[L-1].label])
      # + ord(p.nestedTryStmts[L-1].inExcept)])

proc genRaiseStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  if t[0].kind != nkEmpty:
    var a: TLoc = initLocExprSingleUse(p, t[0])
    finallyActions(p)
    var e = rdLoc(a)
    discard getTypeDesc(p.module, t[0].typ)
    var typ = skipTypes(t[0].typ, abstractPtrs)
    # XXX For reasons that currently escape me, this is only required by the new
    # C++ based exception handling:
    if p.config.exc == excCpp:
      blockLeaveActions(p, howManyTrys = 0, howManyExcepts = p.inExceptBlockLen)
    genLineDir(p, t)
    if isImportedException(typ, p.config):
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "throw $1;$n", [e])
    else:
      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "#raiseExceptionEx((#Exception*)$1, $2, $3, $4, $5);$n",
          [e, makeCString(typ.sym.name.s),
          makeCString(if p.prc != nil: p.prc.name.s else: p.module.module.name.s),
          quotedFilename(p.config, t.info), toLinenumber(t.info)])
      if optOwnedRefs in p.config.globalOptions:
        lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = NIM_NIL;$n", [e])
  else:
    finallyActions(p)
    genLineDir(p, t)
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#reraiseException();$n", [])
  raiseInstr(p, p.s(cpsStmts))

template genCaseGenericBranch(p: BProc, b: PNode, e: TLoc,
                          rangeFormat, eqFormat: FormatStr, labl: TLabel) =
  var x, y: TLoc
  for i in 0..<b.len - 1:
    if b[i].kind == nkRange:
      x = initLocExpr(p, b[i][0])
      y = initLocExpr(p, b[i][1])
      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, rangeFormat,
           [rdCharLoc(e), rdCharLoc(x), rdCharLoc(y), labl])
    else:
      x = initLocExpr(p, b[i])
      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, eqFormat, [rdCharLoc(e), rdCharLoc(x), labl])

proc genCaseSecondPass(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc,
                       labId, until: int): TLabel =
  var lend = getLabel(p)
  for i in 1..until:
    # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
    if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(t.typ): d.k = locNone
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "LA$1_: ;$n", [rope(labId + i)])
    if t[i].kind == nkOfBranch:
      exprBlock(p, t[i][^1], d)
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto $1;$n", [lend])
    else:
      exprBlock(p, t[i][0], d)
  result = lend

template genIfForCaseUntil(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc,
                       rangeFormat, eqFormat: FormatStr,
                       until: int, a: TLoc): TLabel =
  # generate a C-if statement for a Nim case statement
  var res: TLabel
  var labId = p.labels
  for i in 1..until:
    inc(p.labels)
    if t[i].kind == nkOfBranch: # else statement
      genCaseGenericBranch(p, t[i], a, rangeFormat, eqFormat,
                           "LA" & rope(p.labels) & "_")
    else:
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto LA$1_;$n", [rope(p.labels)])
  if until < t.len-1:
    inc(p.labels)
    var gotoTarget = p.labels
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto LA$1_;$n", [rope(gotoTarget)])
    res = genCaseSecondPass(p, t, d, labId, until)
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "LA$1_: ;$n", [rope(gotoTarget)])
  else:
    res = genCaseSecondPass(p, t, d, labId, until)
  res

template genCaseGeneric(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc,
                    rangeFormat, eqFormat: FormatStr) =
  var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, t[0])
  var lend = genIfForCaseUntil(p, t, d, rangeFormat, eqFormat, t.len-1, a)
  fixLabel(p, lend)

proc genCaseStringBranch(p: BProc, b: PNode, e: TLoc, labl: TLabel,
                         stringKind: TTypeKind,
                         branches: var openArray[Rope]) =
  var x: TLoc
  for i in 0..<b.len - 1:
    assert(b[i].kind != nkRange)
    x = initLocExpr(p, b[i])
    var j: int = 0
    case b[i].kind
    of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
      j = int(hashString(p.config, b[i].strVal) and high(branches))
    of nkNilLit: j = 0
    else:
      assert false, "invalid string case branch node kind"
    if stringKind == tyCstring:
      appcg(p.module, branches[j], "if (#eqCstrings($1, $2)) goto $3;$n",
         [rdLoc(e), rdLoc(x), labl])
    else:
      appcg(p.module, branches[j], "if (#eqStrings($1, $2)) goto $3;$n",
         [rdLoc(e), rdLoc(x), labl])

proc genStringCase(p: BProc, t: PNode, stringKind: TTypeKind, d: var TLoc) =
  # count how many constant strings there are in the case:
  var strings = 0
  for i in 1..<t.len:
    if t[i].kind == nkOfBranch: inc(strings, t[i].len - 1)
  if strings > stringCaseThreshold:
    var bitMask = math.nextPowerOfTwo(strings) - 1
    var branches: seq[Rope]
    newSeq(branches, bitMask + 1)
    var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, t[0]) # first pass: generate ifs+goto:
    var labId = p.labels
    for i in 1..<t.len:
      inc(p.labels)
      if t[i].kind == nkOfBranch:
        genCaseStringBranch(p, t[i], a, "LA" & rope(p.labels) & "_",
                            stringKind, branches)
      else:
        # else statement: nothing to do yet
        # but we reserved a label, which we use later
        discard
    if stringKind == tyCstring:
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "switch (#hashCstring($1) & $2) {$n",
              [rdLoc(a), bitMask])
    else:
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "switch (#hashString($1) & $2) {$n",
              [rdLoc(a), bitMask])
    for j in 0..high(branches):
      if branches[j] != "":
        var lit = newRopeAppender()
        intLiteral(j, lit)
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case $1: $n$2break;$n",
             [lit, branches[j]])
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", []) # else statement:
    if t[^1].kind != nkOfBranch:
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto LA$1_;$n", [rope(p.labels)])
    # third pass: generate statements
    var lend = genCaseSecondPass(p, t, d, labId, t.len-1)
    fixLabel(p, lend)
  else:
    if stringKind == tyCstring:
      genCaseGeneric(p, t, d, "", "if (#eqCstrings($1, $2)) goto $3;$n")
    else:
      genCaseGeneric(p, t, d, "", "if (#eqStrings($1, $2)) goto $3;$n")

proc branchHasTooBigRange(b: PNode): bool =
  result = false
  for it in b:
    # last son is block
    if (it.kind == nkRange) and
        it[1].intVal - it[0].intVal > RangeExpandLimit:
      return true

proc ifSwitchSplitPoint(p: BProc, n: PNode): int =
  result = 0
  for i in 1..<n.len:
    var branch = n[i]
    var stmtBlock = lastSon(branch)
    if stmtBlock.stmtsContainPragma(wLinearScanEnd):
      result = i
    elif hasSwitchRange notin CC[p.config.cCompiler].props:
      if branch.kind == nkOfBranch and branchHasTooBigRange(branch):
        result = i

proc genCaseRange(p: BProc, branch: PNode) =
  for j in 0..<branch.len-1:
    if branch[j].kind == nkRange:
      if hasSwitchRange in CC[p.config.cCompiler].props:
        var litA = newRopeAppender()
        var litB = newRopeAppender()
        genLiteral(p, branch[j][0], litA)
        genLiteral(p, branch[j][1], litB)
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case $1 ... $2:$n", [litA, litB])
      else:
        var v = copyNode(branch[j][0])
        while v.intVal <= branch[j][1].intVal:
          var litA = newRopeAppender()
          genLiteral(p, v, litA)
          lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case $1:$n", [litA])
          inc(v.intVal)
    else:
      var litA = newRopeAppender()
      genLiteral(p, branch[j], litA)
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case $1:$n", [litA])

proc genOrdinalCase(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  # analyse 'case' statement:
  var splitPoint = ifSwitchSplitPoint(p, n)

  # generate if part (might be empty):
  var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, n[0])
  var lend = if splitPoint > 0: genIfForCaseUntil(p, n, d,
                    rangeFormat = "if ($1 >= $2 && $1 <= $3) goto $4;$n",
                    eqFormat = "if ($1 == $2) goto $3;$n",
                    splitPoint, a) else: ""

  # generate switch part (might be empty):
  if splitPoint+1 < n.len:
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "switch ($1) {$n", [rdCharLoc(a)])
    var hasDefault = false
    for i in splitPoint+1..<n.len:
      # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
      if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(n.typ): d.k = locNone
      var branch = n[i]
      if branch.kind == nkOfBranch:
        genCaseRange(p, branch)
      else:
        # else part of case statement:
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "default:$n", [])
        hasDefault = true
      exprBlock(p, branch.lastSon, d)
      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "break;$n", [])
    if not hasDefault:
      if hasBuiltinUnreachable in CC[p.config.cCompiler].props:
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "default: __builtin_unreachable();$n", [])
      elif hasAssume in CC[p.config.cCompiler].props:
        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "default: __assume(0);$n", [])
    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
  if lend != "": fixLabel(p, lend)

proc genCase(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  genLineDir(p, t)
  if not isEmptyType(t.typ) and d.k == locNone:
    d = getTemp(p, t.typ)
  case skipTypes(t[0].typ, abstractVarRange).kind
  of tyString:
    genStringCase(p, t, tyString, d)
  of tyCstring:
    genStringCase(p, t, tyCstring, d)
  of tyFloat..tyFloat128:
    genCaseGeneric(p, t, d, "if ($1 >= $2 && $1 <= $3) goto $4;$n",
                            "if ($1 == $2) goto $3;$n")
  else:
    if t[0].kind == nkSym and sfGoto in t[0].sym.flags:
      genGotoForCase(p, t)
    else:
      genOrdinalCase(p, t, d)

proc genRestoreFrameAfterException(p: BProc) =
  if optStackTrace in p.module.config.options:
    if hasCurFramePointer notin p.flags:
      p.flags.incl hasCurFramePointer
      p.procSec(cpsLocals).add(ropecg(p.module, "\tTFrame* _nimCurFrame;$n", []))
      p.procSec(cpsInit).add(ropecg(p.module, "\t_nimCurFrame = #getFrame();$n", []))
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#setFrame(_nimCurFrame);$n", [])

proc genTryCpp(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  #[ code to generate:

    std::exception_ptr error;
    try {
      body;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      error = std::current_exception();
      if (ofExpr(e, TypeHere)) {

        error = nullptr; // handled
      } else if (...) {

      } else {
        throw;
      }
    } catch(...) {
      // C++ exception occured, not under Nim's control.
    }
    {
      /* finally: */
      printf('fin!\n');
      if (error) std::rethrow_exception(error); // re-raise the exception
    }
  ]#
  p.module.includeHeader("<exception>")

  if not isEmptyType(t.typ) and d.k == locNone:
    d = getTemp(p, t.typ)
  genLineDir(p, t)

  inc(p.labels, 2)
  let etmp = p.labels
  #init on locals, fixes #23306
  lineCg(p, cpsLocals, "std::exception_ptr T$1_;$n", [etmp])

  let fin = if t[^1].kind == nkFinally: t[^1] else: nil
  p.nestedTryStmts.add((fin, false, 0.Natural))

  if t.kind == nkHiddenTryStmt:
    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "try {$n", [])
    expr(p, t[0], d)
    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
  else:
    startBlock(p, "try {$n")
    expr(p, t[0], d)
    endBlock(p)

  # First pass: handle Nim based exceptions:
  lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "catch (#Exception* T$1_) {$n", [etmp+1])
  genRestoreFrameAfterException(p)
  # an unhandled exception happened!
  lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "T$1_ = std::current_exception();$n", [etmp])
  p.nestedTryStmts[^1].inExcept = true
  var hasImportedCppExceptions = false
  var i = 1
  var hasIf = false
  var hasElse = false
  while (i < t.len) and (t[i].kind == nkExceptBranch):
    # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
    if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(t.typ): d.k = locNone
    if t[i].len == 1:
      hasImportedCppExceptions = true
      # general except section:
      hasElse = true
      if hasIf: lineF(p, cpsStmts, "else ", [])
      startBlock(p)
      # we handled the error:
      expr(p, t[i][0], d)
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n", [])
      endBlock(p)
    else:
      var orExpr = newRopeAppender()
      var exvar = PNode(nil)
      for j in 0..<t[i].len - 1:
        var typeNode = t[i][j]
        if t[i][j].isInfixAs():
          typeNode = t[i][j][1]
          exvar = t[i][j][2] # ex1 in `except ExceptType as ex1:`
        assert(typeNode.kind == nkType)
        if isImportedException(typeNode.typ, p.config):
          hasImportedCppExceptions = true
        else:
          if orExpr.len != 0: orExpr.add("||")
          let memberName = if p.module.compileToCpp: "m_type" else: "Sup.m_type"
          if optTinyRtti in p.config.globalOptions:
            let checkFor = $getObjDepth(typeNode.typ)
            appcg(p.module, orExpr, "#isObjDisplayCheck(#nimBorrowCurrentException()->$1, $2, $3)", [memberName, checkFor, $genDisplayElem(MD5Digest(hashType(typeNode.typ, p.config)))])
          else:
            let checkFor = genTypeInfoV1(p.module, typeNode.typ, typeNode.info)
            appcg(p.module, orExpr, "#isObj(#nimBorrowCurrentException()->$1, $2)", [memberName, checkFor])

      if orExpr.len != 0:
        if hasIf:
          startBlock(p, "else if ($1) {$n", [orExpr])
        else:
          startBlock(p, "if ($1) {$n", [orExpr])
          hasIf = true
        if exvar != nil:
          fillLocalName(p, exvar.sym)
          fillLoc(exvar.sym.loc, locTemp, exvar, OnStack)
          linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 $2 = T$3_;$n", [getTypeDesc(p.module, exvar.sym.typ),
            rdLoc(exvar.sym.loc), rope(etmp+1)])
        # we handled the error:
        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "T$1_ = nullptr;$n", [etmp])
        expr(p, t[i][^1], d)
        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n", [])
        endBlock(p)
    inc(i)
  if hasIf and not hasElse:
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "else throw;$n", [etmp])
  linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])

  # Second pass: handle C++ based exceptions:
  template genExceptBranchBody(body: PNode) {.dirty.} =
    genRestoreFrameAfterException(p)
    #linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "T$1_ = std::current_exception();$n", [etmp])
    expr(p, body, d)

  var catchAllPresent = false
  incl p.flags, noSafePoints # mark as not needing 'popCurrentException'
  if hasImportedCppExceptions:
    for i in 1..<t.len:
      if t[i].kind != nkExceptBranch: break

      # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
      if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(t.typ): d.k = locNone

      if t[i].len == 1:
        # general except section:
        startBlock(p, "catch (...) {$n", [])
        genExceptBranchBody(t[i][0])
        endBlock(p)
        catchAllPresent = true
      else:
        for j in 0..<t[i].len-1:
          var typeNode = t[i][j]
          if t[i][j].isInfixAs():
            typeNode = t[i][j][1]
            if isImportedException(typeNode.typ, p.config):
              let exvar = t[i][j][2] # ex1 in `except ExceptType as ex1:`
              fillLocalName(p, exvar.sym)
              fillLoc(exvar.sym.loc, locTemp, exvar, OnStack)
              startBlock(p, "catch ($1& $2) {$n", getTypeDesc(p.module, typeNode.typ), rdLoc(exvar.sym.loc))
              genExceptBranchBody(t[i][^1])  # exception handler body will duplicated for every type
              endBlock(p)
          elif isImportedException(typeNode.typ, p.config):
            startBlock(p, "catch ($1&) {$n", getTypeDesc(p.module, t[i][j].typ))
            genExceptBranchBody(t[i][^1])  # exception handler body will duplicated for every type
            endBlock(p)

  excl p.flags, noSafePoints
  discard pop(p.nestedTryStmts)
  # general finally block:
  if t.len > 0 and t[^1].kind == nkFinally:
    if not catchAllPresent:
      startBlock(p, "catch (...) {$n", [])
      genRestoreFrameAfterException(p)
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "T$1_ = std::current_exception();$n", [etmp])
      endBlock(p)

    startBlock(p)
    genStmts(p, t[^1][0])
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "if (T$1_) std::rethrow_exception(T$1_);$n", [etmp])
    endBlock(p)

proc genTryCppOld(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  # There are two versions we generate, depending on whether we
  # catch C++ exceptions, imported via .importcpp or not. The
  # code can be easier if there are no imported C++ exceptions
  # to deal with.

  # code to generate:
  #
  #   try
  #   {
  #      myDiv(4, 9);
  #   } catch (NimExceptionType1&) {
  #      body
  #   } catch (NimExceptionType2&) {
  #      finallyPart()
  #      raise;
  #   }
  #   catch(...) {
  #     general_handler_body
  #   }
  #   finallyPart();

  template genExceptBranchBody(body: PNode) {.dirty.} =
    genRestoreFrameAfterException(p)
    expr(p, body, d)

  if not isEmptyType(t.typ) and d.k == locNone:
    d = getTemp(p, t.typ)
  genLineDir(p, t)
  cgsym(p.module, "popCurrentExceptionEx")
  let fin = if t[^1].kind == nkFinally: t[^1] else: nil
  p.nestedTryStmts.add((fin, false, 0.Natural))
  startBlock(p, "try {$n")
  expr(p, t[0], d)
  endBlock(p)

  var catchAllPresent = false

  p.nestedTryStmts[^1].inExcept = true
  for i in 1..<t.len:
    if t[i].kind != nkExceptBranch: break

    # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
    if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(t.typ): d.k = locNone

    if t[i].len == 1:
      # general except section:
      catchAllPresent = true
      startBlock(p, "catch (...) {$n")
      genExceptBranchBody(t[i][0])
      endBlock(p)
    else:
      for j in 0..<t[i].len-1:
        if t[i][j].isInfixAs():
          let exvar = t[i][j][2] # ex1 in `except ExceptType as ex1:`
          fillLocalName(p, exvar.sym)
          fillLoc(exvar.sym.loc, locTemp, exvar, OnUnknown)
          startBlock(p, "catch ($1& $2) {$n", getTypeDesc(p.module, t[i][j][1].typ), rdLoc(exvar.sym.loc))
        else:
          startBlock(p, "catch ($1&) {$n", getTypeDesc(p.module, t[i][j].typ))
        genExceptBranchBody(t[i][^1])  # exception handler body will duplicated for every type
        endBlock(p)

  discard pop(p.nestedTryStmts)

  if t[^1].kind == nkFinally:
    # c++ does not have finally, therefore code needs to be generated twice
    if not catchAllPresent:
      # finally requires catch all presence
      startBlock(p, "catch (...) {$n")
      genStmts(p, t[^1][0])
      line(p, cpsStmts, "throw;\n")
      endBlock(p)

    genSimpleBlock(p, t[^1][0])

proc bodyCanRaise(p: BProc; n: PNode): bool =
  case n.kind
  of nkCallKinds:
    result = canRaiseDisp(p, n[0])
    if not result:
      # also check the arguments:
      for i in 1 ..< n.len:
        if bodyCanRaise(p, n[i]): return true
  of nkRaiseStmt:
    result = true
  of nkTypeSection, nkProcDef, nkConverterDef, nkMethodDef, nkIteratorDef,
      nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef, nkLambda, nkDo, nkFuncDef:
    result = false
  else:
    for i in 0 ..< safeLen(n):
      if bodyCanRaise(p, n[i]): return true
    result = false

proc genTryGoto(p: BProc; t: PNode; d: var TLoc) =
  let fin = if t[^1].kind == nkFinally: t[^1] else: nil
  inc p.labels
  let lab = p.labels
  let hasExcept = t[1].kind == nkExceptBranch
  if hasExcept: inc p.withinTryWithExcept
  p.nestedTryStmts.add((fin, false, Natural lab))

  p.flags.incl nimErrorFlagAccessed

  if not isEmptyType(t.typ) and d.k == locNone:
    d = getTemp(p, t.typ)

  expr(p, t[0], d)

  if 1 < t.len and t[1].kind == nkExceptBranch:
    startBlock(p, "if (NIM_UNLIKELY(*nimErr_)) {$n")
  else:
    startBlock(p)
  linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "LA$1_:;$n", [lab])

  p.nestedTryStmts[^1].inExcept = true
  var i = 1
  while (i < t.len) and (t[i].kind == nkExceptBranch):

    inc p.labels
    let nextExcept = p.labels
    p.nestedTryStmts[^1].label = nextExcept

    # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
    if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(t.typ): d.k = locNone
    if t[i].len == 1:
      # general except section:
      if i > 1: lineF(p, cpsStmts, "else", [])
      startBlock(p)
      # we handled the exception, remember this:
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "*nimErr_ = NIM_FALSE;$n", [])
      expr(p, t[i][0], d)
    else:
      var orExpr = newRopeAppender()
      for j in 0..<t[i].len - 1:
        assert(t[i][j].kind == nkType)
        if orExpr.len != 0: orExpr.add("||")
        let memberName = if p.module.compileToCpp: "m_type" else: "Sup.m_type"
        if optTinyRtti in p.config.globalOptions:
          let checkFor = $getObjDepth(t[i][j].typ)
          appcg(p.module, orExpr, "#isObjDisplayCheck(#nimBorrowCurrentException()->$1, $2, $3)",
            [memberName, checkFor, $genDisplayElem(MD5Digest(hashType(t[i][j].typ, p.config)))])
        else:
          let checkFor = genTypeInfoV1(p.module, t[i][j].typ, t[i][j].info)
          appcg(p.module, orExpr, "#isObj(#nimBorrowCurrentException()->$1, $2)", [memberName, checkFor])

      if i > 1: line(p, cpsStmts, "else ")
      startBlock(p, "if ($1) {$n", [orExpr])
      # we handled the exception, remember this:
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "*nimErr_ = NIM_FALSE;$n", [])
      expr(p, t[i][^1], d)

    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n", [])
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "LA$1_:;$n", [nextExcept])
    endBlock(p)

    inc(i)
  discard pop(p.nestedTryStmts)
  endBlock(p)

  if i < t.len and t[i].kind == nkFinally:
    startBlock(p)
    if not bodyCanRaise(p, t[i][0]):
      # this is an important optimization; most destroy blocks are detected not to raise an
      # exception and so we help the C optimizer by not mutating nimErr_ pointlessly:
      genStmts(p, t[i][0])
    else:
      # pretend we did handle the error for the safe execution of the 'finally' section:
      p.procSec(cpsLocals).add(ropecg(p.module, "NIM_BOOL oldNimErrFin$1_;$n", [lab]))
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "oldNimErrFin$1_ = *nimErr_; *nimErr_ = NIM_FALSE;$n", [lab])
      genStmts(p, t[i][0])
      # this is correct for all these cases:
      # 1. finally is run during ordinary control flow
      # 2. finally is run after 'except' block handling: these however set the
      #    error back to nil.
      # 3. finally is run for exception handling code without any 'except'
      #    handler present or only handlers that did not match.
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "*nimErr_ = oldNimErrFin$1_;$n", [lab])
    endBlock(p)
  raiseExit(p)
  if hasExcept: inc p.withinTryWithExcept

proc genTrySetjmp(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
  # code to generate:
  #
  # XXX: There should be a standard dispatch algorithm
  # that's used both here and with multi-methods
  #
  #  TSafePoint sp;
  #  pushSafePoint(&sp);
  #  sp.status = setjmp(sp.context);
  #  if (sp.status == 0) {
  #    myDiv(4, 9);
  #    popSafePoint();
  #  } else {
  #    popSafePoint();
  #    /* except DivisionByZero: */
  #    if (sp.status == DivisionByZero) {
  #      printf('Division by Zero\n');
  #      clearException();
  #    } else {
  #      clearException();
  #    }
  #  }
  #  {
  #    /* finally: */
  #    printf('fin!\n');
  #  }
  #  if (exception not cleared)
  #    propagateCurrentException();
  #
  if not isEmptyType(t.typ) and d.k == locNone:
    d = getTemp(p, t.typ)
  let quirkyExceptions = p.config.exc == excQuirky or
      (t.kind == nkHiddenTryStmt and sfSystemModule in p.module.module.flags)
  if not quirkyExceptions:
    p.module.includeHeader("<setjmp.h>")
  else:
    p.flags.incl noSafePoints
  genLineDir(p, t)
  cgsym(p.module, "Exception")
  var safePoint: Rope = ""
  if not quirkyExceptions:
    safePoint = getTempName(p.module)
    linefmt(p, cpsLocals, "#TSafePoint $1;$n", [safePoint])
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#pushSafePoint(&$1);$n", [safePoint])
    if isDefined(p.config, "nimStdSetjmp"):
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = setjmp($1.context);$n", [safePoint])
    elif isDefined(p.config, "nimSigSetjmp"):
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = sigsetjmp($1.context, 0);$n", [safePoint])
    elif isDefined(p.config, "nimBuiltinSetjmp"):
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = __builtin_setjmp($1.context);$n", [safePoint])
    elif isDefined(p.config, "nimRawSetjmp"):
      if isDefined(p.config, "mswindows"):
        if isDefined(p.config, "vcc") or isDefined(p.config, "clangcl"):
          # For the vcc compiler, use `setjmp()` with one argument.
          # See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/setjmp?view=msvc-170
          linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = setjmp($1.context);$n", [safePoint])
        else:
          # The Windows `_setjmp()` takes two arguments, with the second being an
          # undocumented buffer used by the SEH mechanism for stack unwinding.
          # Mingw-w64 has been trying to get it right for years, but it's still
          # prone to stack corruption during unwinding, so we disable that by setting
          # it to NULL.
          # More details: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/issues/3121
          linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = _setjmp($1.context, 0);$n", [safePoint])
      else:
        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = _setjmp($1.context);$n", [safePoint])
    else:
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = setjmp($1.context);$n", [safePoint])
    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1.status == 0) {$n", [safePoint])
  let fin = if t[^1].kind == nkFinally: t[^1] else: nil
  p.nestedTryStmts.add((fin, quirkyExceptions, 0.Natural))
  expr(p, t[0], d)
  if not quirkyExceptions:
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popSafePoint();$n", [])
    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
    startBlock(p, "else {$n")
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popSafePoint();$n", [])
    genRestoreFrameAfterException(p)
  elif 1 < t.len and t[1].kind == nkExceptBranch:
    startBlock(p, "if (#nimBorrowCurrentException()) {$n")
  else:
    startBlock(p)
  p.nestedTryStmts[^1].inExcept = true
  var i = 1
  while (i < t.len) and (t[i].kind == nkExceptBranch):
    # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
    if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(t.typ): d.k = locNone
    if t[i].len == 1:
      # general except section:
      if i > 1: lineF(p, cpsStmts, "else", [])
      startBlock(p)
      if not quirkyExceptions:
        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = 0;$n", [safePoint])
      expr(p, t[i][0], d)
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n", [])
      endBlock(p)
    else:
      var orExpr = newRopeAppender()
      for j in 0..<t[i].len - 1:
        assert(t[i][j].kind == nkType)
        if orExpr.len != 0: orExpr.add("||")
        let memberName = if p.module.compileToCpp: "m_type" else: "Sup.m_type"
        if optTinyRtti in p.config.globalOptions:
          let checkFor = $getObjDepth(t[i][j].typ)
          appcg(p.module, orExpr, "#isObjDisplayCheck(#nimBorrowCurrentException()->$1, $2, $3)",
              [memberName, checkFor, $genDisplayElem(MD5Digest(hashType(t[i][j].typ, p.config)))])
        else:
          let checkFor = genTypeInfoV1(p.module, t[i][j].typ, t[i][j].info)
          appcg(p.module, orExpr, "#isObj(#nimBorrowCurrentException()->$1, $2)", [memberName, checkFor])

      if i > 1: line(p, cpsStmts, "else ")
      startBlock(p, "if ($1) {$n", [orExpr])
      if not quirkyExceptions:
        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = 0;$n", [safePoint])
      expr(p, t[i][^1], d)
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n", [])
      endBlock(p)
    inc(i)
  discard pop(p.nestedTryStmts)
  endBlock(p) # end of else block
  if i < t.len and t[i].kind == nkFinally:
    p.finallySafePoints.add(safePoint)
    startBlock(p)
    genStmts(p, t[i][0])
    # pretend we handled the exception in a 'finally' so that we don't
    # re-raise the unhandled one but instead keep the old one (it was
    # not popped either):
    if not quirkyExceptions and getCompilerProc(p.module.g.graph, "nimLeaveFinally") != nil:
      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1.status != 0) #nimLeaveFinally();$n", [safePoint])
    endBlock(p)
    discard pop(p.finallySafePoints)
  if not quirkyExceptions:
    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1.status != 0) #reraiseException();$n", [safePoint])

proc genAsmOrEmitStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode, isAsmStmt=false; result: var Rope) =
  var res = ""
  let offset =
    if isAsmStmt: 1 # first son is pragmas
    else: 0

  for i in offset..<t.len:
    let it = t[i]
    case it.kind
    of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
      res.add(it.strVal)
    of nkSym:
      var sym = it.sym
      if sym.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skIterator, skMethod}:
        var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, it)
        res.add($rdLoc(a))
      elif sym.kind == skType:
        res.add($getTypeDesc(p.module, sym.typ))
      else:
        discard getTypeDesc(p.module, skipTypes(sym.typ, abstractPtrs))
        fillBackendName(p.module, sym)
        res.add($sym.loc.r)
    of nkTypeOfExpr:
      res.add($getTypeDesc(p.module, it.typ))
    else:
      discard getTypeDesc(p.module, skipTypes(it.typ, abstractPtrs))
      var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, it)
      res.add($a.rdLoc)

  if isAsmStmt and hasGnuAsm in CC[p.config.cCompiler].props:
    for x in splitLines(res):
      var j = 0
      while j < x.len and x[j] in {' ', '\t'}: inc(j)
      if j < x.len:
        if x[j] in {'"', ':'}:
          # don't modify the line if already in quotes or
          # some clobber register list:
          result.add(x); result.add("\L")
        else:
          # ignore empty lines
          result.add("\"")
          result.add(x.replace("\"", "\\\""))
          result.add("\\n\"\n")
  else:
    res.add("\L")
    result.add res.rope

proc genAsmStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  assert(t.kind == nkAsmStmt)
  genLineDir(p, t)
  var s = newRopeAppender()

  var asmSyntax = ""
  if (let p = t[0]; p.kind == nkPragma):
    for i in p:
      if whichPragma(i) == wAsmSyntax:
        asmSyntax = i[1].strVal

  if asmSyntax != "" and 
     not (
      asmSyntax == "gcc" and hasGnuAsm in CC[p.config.cCompiler].props or
      asmSyntax == "vcc" and hasGnuAsm notin CC[p.config.cCompiler].props):
    localError(
      p.config, t.info, 
      "Your compiler does not support the specified inline assembler")
  
  genAsmOrEmitStmt(p, t, isAsmStmt=true, s)
  # see bug #2362, "top level asm statements" seem to be a mis-feature
  # but even if we don't do this, the example in #2362 cannot possibly
  # work:
  if p.prc == nil:
    # top level asm statement?
    p.module.s[cfsProcHeaders].add runtimeFormat(CC[p.config.cCompiler].asmStmtFrmt, [s])
  else:
    addIndent p, p.s(cpsStmts)
    p.s(cpsStmts).add runtimeFormat(CC[p.config.cCompiler].asmStmtFrmt, [s])

proc determineSection(n: PNode): TCFileSection =
  result = cfsProcHeaders
  if n.len >= 1 and n[0].kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
    let sec = n[0].strVal
    if sec.startsWith("/*TYPESECTION*/"): result = cfsForwardTypes # TODO WORKAROUND
    elif sec.startsWith("/*VARSECTION*/"): result = cfsVars
    elif sec.startsWith("/*INCLUDESECTION*/"): result = cfsHeaders

proc genEmit(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  var s = newRopeAppender()
  genAsmOrEmitStmt(p, t[1], false, s)
  if p.prc == nil:
    # top level emit pragma?
    let section = determineSection(t[1])
    genCLineDir(p.module.s[section], t.info, p.config)
    p.module.s[section].add(s)
  else:
    genLineDir(p, t)
    line(p, cpsStmts, s)

proc genPragma(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
  for i in 0..<n.len:
    let it = n[i]
    case whichPragma(it)
    of wEmit: genEmit(p, it)
    of wPush:
      processPushBackendOption(p.optionsStack, p.options, n, i+1)
    of wPop:
      processPopBackendOption(p.optionsStack, p.options)
    else: discard


proc genDiscriminantCheck(p: BProc, a, tmp: TLoc, objtype: PType,
                          field: PSym) =
  var t = skipTypes(objtype, abstractVar)
  assert t.kind == tyObject
  discard genTypeInfoV1(p.module, t, a.lode.info)
  if not containsOrIncl(p.module.declaredThings, field.id):
    appcg(p.module, cfsVars, "extern $1",
          [discriminatorTableDecl(p.module, t, field)])
  var lit = newRopeAppender()
  intLiteral(toInt64(lengthOrd(p.config, field.typ))+1, lit)
  lineCg(p, cpsStmts,
        "#FieldDiscriminantCheck((NI)(NU)($1), (NI)(NU)($2), $3, $4);$n",
        [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(tmp), discriminatorTableName(p.module, t, field),
         lit])
  if p.config.exc == excGoto:
    raiseExit(p)

when false:
  proc genCaseObjDiscMapping(p: BProc, e: PNode, t: PType, field: PSym; d: var TLoc) =
    const ObjDiscMappingProcSlot = -5
    var theProc: PSym = nil
    for idx, p in items(t.methods):
      if idx == ObjDiscMappingProcSlot:
        theProc = p
        break
    if theProc == nil:
      theProc = genCaseObjDiscMapping(t, field, e.info, p.module.g.graph, p.module.idgen)
      t.methods.add((ObjDiscMappingProcSlot, theProc))
    var call = newNodeIT(nkCall, e.info, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, e.info, tyUInt8))
    call.add newSymNode(theProc)
    call.add e
    expr(p, call, d)

proc asgnFieldDiscriminant(p: BProc, e: PNode) =
  var dotExpr = e[0]
  if dotExpr.kind == nkCheckedFieldExpr: dotExpr = dotExpr[0]
  var a = initLocExpr(p, e[0])
  var tmp: TLoc = getTemp(p, a.t)
  expr(p, e[1], tmp)
  if p.inUncheckedAssignSection == 0:
    let field = dotExpr[1].sym
    genDiscriminantCheck(p, a, tmp, dotExpr[0].typ, field)
    message(p.config, e.info, warnCaseTransition)
  genAssignment(p, a, tmp, {})

proc genAsgn(p: BProc, e: PNode, fastAsgn: bool) =
  if e[0].kind == nkSym and sfGoto in e[0].sym.flags:
    genLineDir(p, e)
    genGotoVar(p, e[1])
  elif optFieldCheck in p.options and isDiscriminantField(e[0]):
    genLineDir(p, e)
    asgnFieldDiscriminant(p, e)
  else:
    let le = e[0]
    let ri = e[1]
    var a: TLoc = initLoc(locNone, le, OnUnknown)
    discard getTypeDesc(p.module, le.typ.skipTypes(skipPtrs), dkVar)
    a.flags.incl(lfEnforceDeref)
    a.flags.incl(lfPrepareForMutation)
    genLineDir(p, le) # it can be a nkBracketExpr, which may raise
    expr(p, le, a)
    a.flags.excl(lfPrepareForMutation)
    if fastAsgn: incl(a.flags, lfNoDeepCopy)
    assert(a.t != nil)
    genLineDir(p, ri)
    loadInto(p, le, ri, a)

proc genStmts(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
  var a: TLoc = default(TLoc)

  let isPush = p.config.hasHint(hintExtendedContext)
  if isPush: pushInfoContext(p.config, t.info)
  expr(p, t, a)
  if isPush: popInfoContext(p.config)
  internalAssert p.config, a.k in {locNone, locTemp, locLocalVar, locExpr}