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authorJacek Sieka <arnetheduck@gmail.com>2020-04-28 19:56:01 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-04-28 19:56:01 +0200
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Error -> Defect for defects (#13908)
* Error -> Defect for defects

The distinction between Error and Defect is subjective,
context-dependent and somewhat arbitrary, so when looking at an
exception, it's hard to guess what it is - this happens often when
looking at a `raises` list _without_ opening the corresponding
definition and digging through layers of inheritance.

With the help of a little consistency in naming, it's at least possible
to start disentangling the two error types and the standard lib can set
a good example here.
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diff --git a/compiler/ast.nim b/compiler/ast.nim
index 2e3169665..3fe75d1f3 100644
--- a/compiler/ast.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast.nim
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ type
     sfTemplateParam   # symbol is a template parameter
     sfCursor          # variable/field is a cursor, see RFC 177 for details
     sfInjectDestructors # whether the proc needs the 'injectdestructors' transformation
-    sfNeverRaises     # proc can never raise an exception, not even OverflowError
+    sfNeverRaises     # proc can never raise an exception, not even OverflowDefect
                       # or out-of-memory
 
   TSymFlags* = set[TSymFlag]