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authorAndreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>2017-10-30 09:18:47 +0100
committerAndreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>2017-10-30 09:19:02 +0100
commit6cb8bf8045b72180d66c4e6c26f47435406a0252 (patch)
treeb3cbaba43ad78fa765cbde1b6aeb6e1035a53d97 /compiler/ast.nim
parent560d87f5fde9a1a9d6331894a7b5c1f9641aebf8 (diff)
downloadNim-6cb8bf8045b72180d66c4e6c26f47435406a0252.tar.gz
fixes bug reported in PR #5637
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diff --git a/compiler/ast.nim b/compiler/ast.nim
index e6d967dde..176c2edca 100644
--- a/compiler/ast.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast.nim
@@ -1387,6 +1387,14 @@ proc skipTypes*(t: PType, kinds: TTypeKinds): PType =
   result = t
   while result.kind in kinds: result = lastSon(result)
 
+proc skipTypes*(t: PType, kinds: TTypeKinds; maxIters: int): PType =
+  result = t
+  var i = maxIters
+  while result.kind in kinds:
+    result = lastSon(result)
+    dec i
+    if i == 0: return nil
+
 proc skipTypesOrNil*(t: PType, kinds: TTypeKinds): PType =
   ## same as skipTypes but handles 'nil'
   result = t