added macros.newTree proc (why didn't we do this earlier?)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index 5583748e0..b78b94bd1 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -355,6 +355,12 @@ proc expectLen*(n: NimNode, len: int) {.compileTime.} =
   ## macros that check its number of arguments.
   if n.len != len: error("macro expects a node with " & $len & " children")
 
+proc newTree*(kind: NimNodeKind,
+              children: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
+  ## produces a new node with children.
+  result = newNimNode(kind)
+  result.add(children)
+
 proc newCall*(theProc: NimNode,
               args: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
   ## produces a new call node. `theProc` is the proc that is called with