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authorClay Sweetser <clay.sweetser@gmail.com>2014-06-07 23:29:53 -0400
committerClay Sweetser <clay.sweetser@gmail.com>2014-06-15 14:56:39 -0400
commitca1c516295e1711daf94e31f76d767efc27dc7a0 (patch)
treee44c9d63ef1f249b60cb247cf109659c1a30f259 /compiler/semstmts.nim
parent1658a29ec6bf24a4c144ad3cd36a41ebf35756ff (diff)
downloadNim-ca1c516295e1711daf94e31f76d767efc27dc7a0.tar.gz
Fixing issue #1090
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diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim
index d17351988..11399b38b 100644
--- a/compiler/semstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim
@@ -828,6 +828,9 @@ proc typeSectionFinalPass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
                               getCurrOwner(), s.info)
 
 proc semTypeSection(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+  ## Processes a type section. This must be done in separate passes, in order
+  ## to allow the type definitions in the section to reference each other
+  ## without regard for the order of their definitions.
   typeSectionLeftSidePass(c, n)
   typeSectionRightSidePass(c, n)
   typeSectionFinalPass(c, n)