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authorDaniil Yarancev <21169548+Yardanico@users.noreply.github.com>2018-06-05 21:25:45 +0300
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-06-05 21:25:45 +0300
commit642641359821b6a63c6cf7edaaa45873b7ea59c7 (patch)
tree627af3020528cb916b3174bd94304307ca875c77 /compiler
parentfb44c522e6173528efa8035ecc459c84887d0167 (diff)
parent3cbc07ac7877b03c605498760fe198e3200cc197 (diff)
downloadNim-642641359821b6a63c6cf7edaaa45873b7ea59c7.tar.gz
Merge pull request #2 from nim-lang/devel
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Diffstat (limited to 'compiler')
-rw-r--r--compiler/aliases.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/ast.nim128
-rw-r--r--compiler/astalgo.nim24
-rw-r--r--compiler/bitsets.nim26
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgcalls.nim72
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgexprs.nim432
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgliterals.nim91
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgmerge.nim34
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgstmts.nim346
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgthreadvars.nim12
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgtrav.nim40
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgtypes.nim176
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgutils.nim10
-rw-r--r--compiler/cgen.nim280
-rw-r--r--compiler/cgendata.nim22
-rw-r--r--compiler/cgmeth.nim47
-rw-r--r--compiler/closureiters.nim1287
-rw-r--r--compiler/commands.nim864
-rw-r--r--compiler/condsyms.nim78
-rw-r--r--compiler/configuration.nim360
-rw-r--r--compiler/depends.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/destroyer.nim194
-rw-r--r--compiler/dfa.nim20
-rw-r--r--compiler/docgen.nim240
-rw-r--r--compiler/docgen2.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/evalffi.nim24
-rw-r--r--compiler/evaltempl.nim37
-rw-r--r--compiler/extccomp.nim393
-rw-r--r--compiler/filter_tmpl.nim57
-rw-r--r--compiler/filters.nim43
-rw-r--r--compiler/gorgeimpl.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/guards.nim246
-rw-r--r--compiler/hlo.nim20
-rw-r--r--compiler/idents.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/idgen.nim12
-rw-r--r--compiler/importer.nim51
-rw-r--r--compiler/installer.ini2
-rw-r--r--compiler/jsgen.nim840
-rw-r--r--compiler/jstypes.nim41
-rw-r--r--compiler/lambdalifting.nim245
-rw-r--r--compiler/lexer.nim174
-rw-r--r--compiler/liftlocals.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/lookups.nim120
-rw-r--r--compiler/lowerings.nim172
-rw-r--r--compiler/magicsys.nim184
-rw-r--r--compiler/main.nim252
-rw-r--r--compiler/modulegraphs.nim57
-rw-r--r--compiler/modulepaths.nim225
-rw-r--r--compiler/modules.nim191
-rw-r--r--compiler/msgs.nim844
-rw-r--r--compiler/nim.nim97
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimblecmd.nim33
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimconf.nim156
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimeval.nim1
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim16
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim33
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim18
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimsets.nim72
-rw-r--r--compiler/nversion.nim3
-rw-r--r--compiler/options.nim451
-rw-r--r--compiler/packagehandling.nim23
-rw-r--r--compiler/parampatterns.nim93
-rw-r--r--compiler/parser.nim164
-rw-r--r--compiler/passaux.nim18
-rw-r--r--compiler/passes.nim86
-rw-r--r--compiler/patterns.nim4
-rw-r--r--compiler/pbraces.nim1790
-rw-r--r--compiler/platform.nim5
-rw-r--r--compiler/plugins/active.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/plugins/itersgen.nim17
-rw-r--r--compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim4
-rw-r--r--compiler/pragmas.nim653
-rw-r--r--compiler/procfind.nim21
-rw-r--r--compiler/renderer.nim118
-rw-r--r--compiler/reorder.nim39
-rw-r--r--compiler/rod.nim26
-rw-r--r--compiler/rodimpl.nim947
-rw-r--r--compiler/rodread.nim179
-rw-r--r--compiler/rodutils.nim20
-rw-r--r--compiler/rodwrite.nim69
-rw-r--r--compiler/ropes.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/scriptconfig.nim75
-rw-r--r--compiler/sem.nim166
-rw-r--r--compiler/semasgn.nim60
-rw-r--r--compiler/semcall.nim140
-rw-r--r--compiler/semdata.nim74
-rw-r--r--compiler/semexprs.nim700
-rw-r--r--compiler/semfields.nim27
-rw-r--r--compiler/semfold.nim532
-rw-r--r--compiler/semgnrc.nim82
-rw-r--r--compiler/seminst.nim57
-rw-r--r--compiler/semmacrosanity.nim38
-rw-r--r--compiler/semmagic.nim73
-rw-r--r--compiler/semobjconstr.nim92
-rw-r--r--compiler/semparallel.nim131
-rw-r--r--compiler/sempass2.nim241
-rw-r--r--compiler/semstmts.nim922
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtempl.nim80
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtypes.nim397
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtypinst.nim57
-rw-r--r--compiler/service.nim26
-rw-r--r--compiler/sighashes.nim33
-rw-r--r--compiler/sigmatch.nim218
-rw-r--r--compiler/suggest.nim120
-rw-r--r--compiler/syntaxes.nim79
-rw-r--r--compiler/transf.nim121
-rw-r--r--compiler/trees.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/types.nim155
-rw-r--r--compiler/typesrenderer.nim7
-rw-r--r--compiler/vm.nim373
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmdef.nim13
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmdeps.nim21
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmgen.nim230
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmmarshal.nim75
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmops.nim58
-rw-r--r--compiler/wordrecg.nim10
-rw-r--r--compiler/writetracking.nim16
117 files changed, 10528 insertions, 9186 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/aliases.nim b/compiler/aliases.nim
index cd7e7f19a..f79210dd7 100644
--- a/compiler/aliases.nim
+++ b/compiler/aliases.nim
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ proc isPartOfAux(n: PNode, b: PType, marker: var IntSet): TAnalysisResult =
       of nkOfBranch, nkElse:
         result = isPartOfAux(lastSon(n.sons[i]), b, marker)
         if result == arYes: return
-      else: internalError("isPartOfAux(record case branch)")
+      else: discard "isPartOfAux(record case branch)"
   of nkSym:
     result = isPartOfAux(n.sym.typ, b, marker)
-  else: internalError(n.info, "isPartOfAux()")
+  else: discard
 
 proc isPartOfAux(a, b: PType, marker: var IntSet): TAnalysisResult =
   result = arNo
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ proc isPartOfAux(a, b: PType, marker: var IntSet): TAnalysisResult =
     if a.sons[0] != nil:
       result = isPartOfAux(a.sons[0].skipTypes(skipPtrs), b, marker)
     if result == arNo: result = isPartOfAux(a.n, b, marker)
-  of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias:
+  of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink:
     result = isPartOfAux(lastSon(a), b, marker)
   of tyArray, tySet, tyTuple:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(a) - 1):
diff --git a/compiler/ast.nim b/compiler/ast.nim
index 27a44c6c2..5a84b2b02 100644
--- a/compiler/ast.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # abstract syntax tree + symbol table
 
 import
-  msgs, hashes, nversion, options, strutils, securehash, ropes, idents,
+  msgs, hashes, nversion, options, strutils, std / sha1, ropes, idents,
   intsets, idgen
 
 type
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ type
     nkGotoState,          # used for the state machine (for iterators)
     nkState,              # give a label to a code section (for iterators)
     nkBreakState,         # special break statement for easier code generation
-    nkFuncDef             # a func
+    nkFuncDef,            # a func
+    nkTupleConstr         # a tuple constructor
 
   TNodeKinds* = set[TNodeKind]
 
@@ -261,7 +262,8 @@ type
                       # variable is a thread variable
     sfCompileTime,    # proc can be evaluated at compile time
     sfConstructor,    # proc is a C++ constructor
-    sfDeadCodeElim,   # dead code elimination for the module is turned on
+    sfDispatcher,     # copied method symbol is the dispatcher
+                      # deprecated and unused, except for the con
     sfBorrow,         # proc is borrowed
     sfInfixCall,      # symbol needs infix call syntax in target language;
                       # for interfacing with C++, JS
@@ -274,10 +276,9 @@ type
   TSymFlags* = set[TSymFlag]
 
 const
-  sfDispatcher* = sfDeadCodeElim # copied method symbol is the dispatcher
   sfNoInit* = sfMainModule       # don't generate code to init the variable
 
-  sfImmediate* = sfDeadCodeElim
+  sfImmediate* = sfDispatcher
     # macro or template is immediately expanded
     # without considering any possible overloads
   sfAllUntyped* = sfVolatile # macro or template is immediately expanded \
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ const
   sfEscapes* = sfProcvar              # param escapes
   sfBase* = sfDiscriminant
   sfIsSelf* = sfOverriden             # param is 'self'
+  sfCustomPragma* = sfRegister        # symbol is custom pragma template
 
 const
   # getting ready for the future expr/stmt merge
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ type
     tyInt, tyInt8, tyInt16, tyInt32, tyInt64, # signed integers
     tyFloat, tyFloat32, tyFloat64, tyFloat128,
     tyUInt, tyUInt8, tyUInt16, tyUInt32, tyUInt64,
-    tyOptAsRef, tyUnused1, tyUnused2,
+    tyOptAsRef, tySink, tyLent,
     tyVarargs,
     tyUnused,
     tyProxy # used as errornous type (for idetools)
@@ -631,16 +633,17 @@ type
     mCpuEndian, mHostOS, mHostCPU, mBuildOS, mBuildCPU, mAppType,
     mNaN, mInf, mNegInf,
     mCompileOption, mCompileOptionArg,
-    mNLen, mNChild, mNSetChild, mNAdd, mNAddMultiple, mNDel, mNKind,
+    mNLen, mNChild, mNSetChild, mNAdd, mNAddMultiple, mNDel,
+    mNKind, mNSymKind
     mNIntVal, mNFloatVal, mNSymbol, mNIdent, mNGetType, mNStrVal, mNSetIntVal,
     mNSetFloatVal, mNSetSymbol, mNSetIdent, mNSetType, mNSetStrVal, mNLineInfo,
-    mNNewNimNode, mNCopyNimNode, mNCopyNimTree, mStrToIdent, mIdentToStr,
+    mNNewNimNode, mNCopyNimNode, mNCopyNimTree, mStrToIdent,
     mNBindSym, mLocals, mNCallSite,
     mEqIdent, mEqNimrodNode, mSameNodeType, mGetImpl,
     mNHint, mNWarning, mNError,
     mInstantiationInfo, mGetTypeInfo, mNGenSym,
     mNimvm, mIntDefine, mStrDefine, mRunnableExamples,
-    mException
+    mException, mBuiltinType
 
 # things that we can evaluate safely at compile time, even if not asked for it:
 const
@@ -731,7 +734,7 @@ type
     locOther                  # location is something other
   TLocFlag* = enum
     lfIndirect,               # backend introduced a pointer
-    lfFullExternalName, # only used when 'gCmd == cmdPretty': Indicates
+    lfFullExternalName, # only used when 'conf.cmd == cmdPretty': Indicates
       # that the symbol has been imported via 'importc: "fullname"' and
       # no format string.
     lfNoDeepCopy,             # no need for a deep copy
@@ -846,6 +849,8 @@ type
     constraint*: PNode        # additional constraints like 'lit|result'; also
                               # misused for the codegenDecl pragma in the hope
                               # it won't cause problems
+                              # for skModule the string literal to output for
+                              # deprecated modules.
     when defined(nimsuggest):
       allUsages*: seq[TLineInfo]
 
@@ -940,13 +945,13 @@ const
     tyGenericParam}
 
   StructuralEquivTypes*: TTypeKinds = {tyNil, tyTuple, tyArray,
-    tySet, tyRange, tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tySequence, tyProc, tyOpenArray,
+    tySet, tyRange, tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent, tySequence, tyProc, tyOpenArray,
     tyVarargs}
 
   ConcreteTypes*: TTypeKinds = { # types of the expr that may occur in::
                                  # var x = expr
     tyBool, tyChar, tyEnum, tyArray, tyObject,
-    tySet, tyTuple, tyRange, tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tySequence, tyProc,
+    tySet, tyTuple, tyRange, tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent, tySequence, tyProc,
     tyPointer,
     tyOpenArray, tyString, tyCString, tyInt..tyInt64, tyFloat..tyFloat128,
     tyUInt..tyUInt64}
@@ -978,7 +983,9 @@ const
   nkIdentKinds* = {nkIdent, nkSym, nkAccQuoted, nkOpenSymChoice,
                    nkClosedSymChoice}
 
+  nkPragmaCallKinds* = {nkExprColonExpr, nkCall, nkCallStrLit}
   nkLiterals* = {nkCharLit..nkTripleStrLit}
+  nkFloatLiterals* = {nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit}
   nkLambdaKinds* = {nkLambda, nkDo}
   declarativeDefs* = {nkProcDef, nkFuncDef, nkMethodDef, nkIteratorDef, nkConverterDef}
   procDefs* = nkLambdaKinds + declarativeDefs
@@ -1035,9 +1042,9 @@ proc newNode*(kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
   new(result)
   result.kind = kind
   #result.info = UnknownLineInfo() inlined:
-  result.info.fileIndex = int32(-1)
+  result.info.fileIndex = InvalidFileIdx
   result.info.col = int16(-1)
-  result.info.line = int16(-1)
+  result.info.line = uint16(0)
   when defined(useNodeIds):
     result.id = gNodeId
     if result.id == nodeIdToDebug:
@@ -1071,14 +1078,14 @@ template previouslyInferred*(t: PType): PType =
   if t.sons.len > 1: t.lastSon else: nil
 
 proc newSym*(symKind: TSymKind, name: PIdent, owner: PSym,
-             info: TLineInfo): PSym =
+             info: TLineInfo; options: TOptions = {}): PSym =
   # generates a symbol and initializes the hash field too
   new(result)
   result.name = name
   result.kind = symKind
   result.flags = {}
   result.info = info
-  result.options = gOptions
+  result.options = options
   result.owner = owner
   result.offset = -1
   result.id = getID()
@@ -1088,7 +1095,7 @@ proc newSym*(symKind: TSymKind, name: PIdent, owner: PSym,
   #  writeStacktrace()
   #  MessageOut(name.s & " has id: " & toString(result.id))
 
-var emptyNode* = newNode(nkEmpty)
+var emptyNode* = newNode(nkEmpty) # XXX global variable here!
 # There is a single empty node that is shared! Do not overwrite it!
 
 proc isMetaType*(t: PType): bool =
@@ -1109,13 +1116,13 @@ proc linkTo*(s: PSym, t: PType): PSym {.discardable.} =
   s.typ = t
   result = s
 
-template fileIdx*(c: PSym): int32 =
+template fileIdx*(c: PSym): FileIndex =
   # XXX: this should be used only on module symbols
-  c.position.int32
+  c.position.FileIndex
 
 template filename*(c: PSym): string =
   # XXX: this should be used only on module symbols
-  c.position.int32.toFilename
+  c.position.FileIndex.toFilename
 
 proc appendToModule*(m: PSym, n: PNode) =
   ## The compiler will use this internally to add nodes that will be
@@ -1318,7 +1325,7 @@ proc copyType*(t: PType, owner: PSym, keepId: bool): PType =
 proc exactReplica*(t: PType): PType = copyType(t, t.owner, true)
 
 proc copySym*(s: PSym, keepId: bool = false): PSym =
-  result = newSym(s.kind, s.name, s.owner, s.info)
+  result = newSym(s.kind, s.name, s.owner, s.info, s.options)
   #result.ast = nil            # BUGFIX; was: s.ast which made problems
   result.typ = s.typ
   if keepId:
@@ -1337,8 +1344,9 @@ proc copySym*(s: PSym, keepId: bool = false): PSym =
   if result.kind in {skVar, skLet, skField}:
     result.guard = s.guard
 
-proc createModuleAlias*(s: PSym, newIdent: PIdent, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
-  result = newSym(s.kind, newIdent, s.owner, info)
+proc createModuleAlias*(s: PSym, newIdent: PIdent, info: TLineInfo;
+                        options: TOptions): PSym =
+  result = newSym(s.kind, newIdent, s.owner, info, options)
   # keep ID!
   result.ast = s.ast
   result.id = s.id
@@ -1427,7 +1435,7 @@ proc propagateToOwner*(owner, elem: PType) =
     owner.flags.incl tfHasMeta
 
   if tfHasAsgn in elem.flags:
-    let o2 = owner.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+    let o2 = owner.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
     if o2.kind in {tyTuple, tyObject, tyArray,
                    tySequence, tyOpt, tySet, tyDistinct}:
       o2.flags.incl tfHasAsgn
@@ -1435,7 +1443,7 @@ proc propagateToOwner*(owner, elem: PType) =
 
   if owner.kind notin {tyProc, tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody,
                        tyGenericInvocation, tyPtr}:
-    let elemB = elem.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+    let elemB = elem.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
     if elemB.isGCedMem or tfHasGCedMem in elemB.flags:
       # for simplicity, we propagate this flag even to generics. We then
       # ensure this doesn't bite us in sempass2.
@@ -1474,7 +1482,7 @@ proc copyNode*(src: PNode): PNode =
       echo "COMES FROM ", src.id
   case src.kind
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: result.intVal = src.intVal
-  of nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit: result.floatVal = src.floatVal
+  of nkFloatLiterals: result.floatVal = src.floatVal
   of nkSym: result.sym = src.sym
   of nkIdent: result.ident = src.ident
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit: result.strVal = src.strVal
@@ -1493,7 +1501,7 @@ proc shallowCopy*(src: PNode): PNode =
       echo "COMES FROM ", src.id
   case src.kind
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: result.intVal = src.intVal
-  of nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit: result.floatVal = src.floatVal
+  of nkFloatLiterals: result.floatVal = src.floatVal
   of nkSym: result.sym = src.sym
   of nkIdent: result.ident = src.ident
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit: result.strVal = src.strVal
@@ -1513,7 +1521,7 @@ proc copyTree*(src: PNode): PNode =
       echo "COMES FROM ", src.id
   case src.kind
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: result.intVal = src.intVal
-  of nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit: result.floatVal = src.floatVal
+  of nkFloatLiterals: result.floatVal = src.floatVal
   of nkSym: result.sym = src.sym
   of nkIdent: result.ident = src.ident
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit: result.strVal = src.strVal
@@ -1557,15 +1565,17 @@ proc getInt*(a: PNode): BiggestInt =
   case a.kind
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: result = a.intVal
   else:
-    internalError(a.info, "getInt")
-    result = 0
+    #internalError(a.info, "getInt")
+    doAssert false, "getInt"
+    #result = 0
 
 proc getFloat*(a: PNode): BiggestFloat =
   case a.kind
-  of nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit: result = a.floatVal
+  of nkFloatLiterals: result = a.floatVal
   else:
-    internalError(a.info, "getFloat")
-    result = 0.0
+    doAssert false, "getFloat"
+    #internalError(a.info, "getFloat")
+    #result = 0.0
 
 proc getStr*(a: PNode): string =
   case a.kind
@@ -1574,16 +1584,18 @@ proc getStr*(a: PNode): string =
     # let's hope this fixes more problems than it creates:
     result = nil
   else:
-    internalError(a.info, "getStr")
-    result = ""
+    doAssert false, "getStr"
+    #internalError(a.info, "getStr")
+    #result = ""
 
 proc getStrOrChar*(a: PNode): string =
   case a.kind
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit: result = a.strVal
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: result = $chr(int(a.intVal))
   else:
-    internalError(a.info, "getStrOrChar")
-    result = ""
+    doAssert false, "getStrOrChar"
+    #internalError(a.info, "getStrOrChar")
+    #result = ""
 
 proc isGenericRoutine*(s: PSym): bool =
   case s.kind
@@ -1608,6 +1620,19 @@ proc originatingModule*(s: PSym): PSym =
 proc isRoutine*(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   result = s.kind in skProcKinds
 
+proc isCompileTimeProc*(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
+  result = s.kind == skMacro or
+           s.kind == skProc and sfCompileTime in s.flags
+
+proc requiredParams*(s: PSym): int =
+  # Returns the number of required params (without default values)
+  # XXX: Perhaps we can store this in the `offset` field of the
+  # symbol instead?
+  for i in 1 ..< s.typ.len:
+    if s.typ.n[i].sym.ast != nil:
+      return i - 1
+  return s.typ.len - 1
+
 proc hasPattern*(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   result = isRoutine(s) and s.ast.sons[patternPos].kind != nkEmpty
 
@@ -1615,7 +1640,7 @@ iterator items*(n: PNode): PNode =
   for i in 0..<n.safeLen: yield n.sons[i]
 
 iterator pairs*(n: PNode): tuple[i: int, n: PNode] =
-  for i in 0..<n.len: yield (i, n.sons[i])
+  for i in 0..<n.safeLen: yield (i, n.sons[i])
 
 proc isAtom*(n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   result = n.kind >= nkNone and n.kind <= nkNilLit
@@ -1655,6 +1680,33 @@ proc toObject*(typ: PType): PType =
   if result.kind == tyRef:
     result = result.lastSon
 
+proc isException*(t: PType): bool =
+  # check if `y` is object type and it inherits from Exception
+  assert(t != nil)
+
+  if t.kind != tyObject:
+    return false
+
+  var base = t
+  while base != nil:
+    if base.sym != nil and base.sym.magic == mException:
+      return true
+    base = base.lastSon
+  return false
+
+proc isImportedException*(t: PType; conf: ConfigRef): bool =
+  assert(t != nil)
+  if optNoCppExceptions in conf.globalOptions:
+    return false
+
+  let base = t.skipTypes({tyAlias, tyPtr, tyDistinct, tyGenericInst})
+
+  if base.sym != nil and sfCompileToCpp in base.sym.flags:
+    result = true
+
+proc isInfixAs*(n: PNode): bool =
+  return n.kind == nkInfix and n[0].kind == nkIdent and n[0].ident.id == getIdent("as").id
+
 proc findUnresolvedStatic*(n: PNode): PNode =
   if n.kind == nkSym and n.typ.kind == tyStatic and n.typ.n == nil:
     return n
diff --git a/compiler/astalgo.nim b/compiler/astalgo.nim
index 196ac8690..15072e175 100644
--- a/compiler/astalgo.nim
+++ b/compiler/astalgo.nim
@@ -69,22 +69,22 @@ proc debug*(n: PNode) {.deprecated.}
 
 template mdbg*: bool {.dirty.} =
   when compiles(c.module):
-    c.module.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
+    c.module.fileIdx.int32 == c.config.projectMainIdx
   elif compiles(c.c.module):
-    c.c.module.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
+    c.c.module.fileIdx.int32 == c.c.config.projectMainIdx
   elif compiles(m.c.module):
-    m.c.module.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
+    m.c.module.fileIdx.int32 == m.c.config.projectMainIdx
   elif compiles(cl.c.module):
-    cl.c.module.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
+    cl.c.module.fileIdx.int32 == cl.c.config.projectMainIdx
   elif compiles(p):
     when compiles(p.lex):
-      p.lex.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
+      p.lex.fileIdx.int32 == p.lex.config.projectMainIdx
     else:
-      p.module.module.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
+      p.module.module.fileIdx.int32 == p.config.projectMainIdx
   elif compiles(m.module.fileIdx):
-    m.module.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
+    m.module.fileIdx.int32 == m.config.projectMainIdx
   elif compiles(L.fileIdx):
-    L.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
+    L.fileIdx.int32 == L.config.projectMainIdx
   else:
     error()
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ proc lookupInRecord(n: PNode, field: PIdent): PSym =
       result = lookupInRecord(n.sons[i], field)
       if result != nil: return
   of nkRecCase:
-    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(n.info, "lookupInRecord")
+    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): return nil
     result = lookupInRecord(n.sons[0], field)
     if result != nil: return
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ proc lookupInRecord(n: PNode, field: PIdent): PSym =
       of nkOfBranch, nkElse:
         result = lookupInRecord(lastSon(n.sons[i]), field)
         if result != nil: return
-      else: internalError(n.info, "lookupInRecord(record case branch)")
+      else: return nil
   of nkSym:
     if n.sym.name.id == field.id: result = n.sym
-  else: internalError(n.info, "lookupInRecord()")
+  else: return nil
 
 proc getModule(s: PSym): PSym =
   result = s
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ proc getSymFromList(list: PNode, ident: PIdent, start: int = 0): PSym =
     if list.sons[i].kind == nkSym:
       result = list.sons[i].sym
       if result.name.id == ident.id: return
-    else: internalError(list.info, "getSymFromList")
+    else: return nil
   result = nil
 
 proc hashNode(p: RootRef): Hash =
diff --git a/compiler/bitsets.nim b/compiler/bitsets.nim
index 5454ef5e7..e38732877 100644
--- a/compiler/bitsets.nim
+++ b/compiler/bitsets.nim
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ proc bitSetExcl*(x: var TBitSet, elem: BiggestInt)
 proc bitSetIn*(x: TBitSet, e: BiggestInt): bool
 proc bitSetEquals*(x, y: TBitSet): bool
 proc bitSetContains*(x, y: TBitSet): bool
+proc bitSetCard*(x: TBitSet): BiggestInt
 # implementation
 
 proc bitSetIn(x: TBitSet, e: BiggestInt): bool =
@@ -69,3 +70,28 @@ proc bitSetContains(x, y: TBitSet): bool =
     if (x[i] and not y[i]) != int8(0):
       return false
   result = true
+
+# Number of set bits for all values of int8
+const populationCount: array[low(int8)..high(int8), int8] = block:
+    var arr: array[low(int8)..high(int8), int8]
+
+    proc countSetBits(x: int8): int8 =
+      return
+        ( x and 0b00000001'i8) +
+        ((x and 0b00000010'i8) shr 1) +
+        ((x and 0b00000100'i8) shr 2) +
+        ((x and 0b00001000'i8) shr 3) +
+        ((x and 0b00010000'i8) shr 4) +
+        ((x and 0b00100000'i8) shr 5) +
+        ((x and 0b01000000'i8) shr 6) +
+        ((x and 0b10000000'i8) shr 7)
+        
+
+    for it in low(int8)..high(int8):
+      arr[it] = countSetBits(it)
+
+    arr
+
+proc bitSetCard(x: TBitSet): BiggestInt =
+  for it in x:
+    result.inc populationCount[it]
diff --git a/compiler/ccgcalls.nim b/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
index d4fad041d..7d355db5f 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ proc fixupCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc,
         if d.k == locNone: getTemp(p, typ.sons[0], d, needsInit=true)
         elif d.k notin {locTemp} and not hasNoInit(ri):
           # reset before pass as 'result' var:
-          resetLoc(p, d)
+          discard "resetLoc(p, d)"
         add(pl, addrLoc(d))
         add(pl, ~");$n")
         line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ proc isInCurrentFrame(p: BProc, n: PNode): bool =
     if n.sym.kind in {skVar, skResult, skTemp, skLet} and p.prc != nil:
       result = p.prc.id == n.sym.owner.id
   of nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr:
-    if skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractInst).kind notin {tyVar,tyPtr,tyRef}:
+    if skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractInst).kind notin {tyVar,tyLent,tyPtr,tyRef}:
       result = isInCurrentFrame(p, n.sons[0])
   of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv:
     result = isInCurrentFrame(p, n.sons[1])
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ proc isInCurrentFrame(p: BProc, n: PNode): bool =
     result = isInCurrentFrame(p, n.sons[0])
   else: discard
 
+proc genIndexCheck(p: BProc; arr, idx: TLoc)
+
 proc openArrayLoc(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
   var a: TLoc
 
@@ -93,18 +95,28 @@ proc openArrayLoc(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
     initLocExpr(p, q[1], a)
     initLocExpr(p, q[2], b)
     initLocExpr(p, q[3], c)
-    let fmt =
-      case skipTypes(a.t, abstractVar+{tyPtr}).kind
-      of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs, tyArray:
-        "($1)+($2), ($3)-($2)+1"
-      of tyString, tySequence:
-        if skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst).kind == tyVar and
-            not compileToCpp(p.module):
-          "(*$1)->data+($2), ($3)-($2)+1"
-        else:
-          "$1->data+($2), ($3)-($2)+1"
-      else: (internalError("openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t)); "")
-    result = fmt % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), rdLoc(c)]
+    # but first produce the required index checks:
+    if optBoundsCheck in p.options:
+      genIndexCheck(p, a, b)
+      genIndexCheck(p, a, c)
+    let ty = skipTypes(a.t, abstractVar+{tyPtr})
+    case ty.kind
+    of tyArray:
+      let first = firstOrd(ty)
+      if first == 0:
+        result = "($1)+($2), ($3)-($2)+1" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), rdLoc(c)]
+      else:
+        result = "($1)+(($2)-($4)), ($3)-($2)+1" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), rdLoc(c), intLiteral(first)]
+    of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
+      result = "($1)+($2), ($3)-($2)+1" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), rdLoc(c)]
+    of tyString, tySequence:
+      if skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst).kind == tyVar and
+          not compileToCpp(p.module):
+        result = "(*$1)->data+($2), ($3)-($2)+1" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), rdLoc(c)]
+      else:
+        result = "$1->data+($2), ($3)-($2)+1" % [rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), rdLoc(c)]
+    else:
+      internalError(p.config, "openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
   else:
     initLocExpr(p, n, a)
     case skipTypes(a.t, abstractVar).kind
@@ -113,25 +125,25 @@ proc openArrayLoc(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
     of tyString, tySequence:
       if skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst).kind == tyVar and
             not compileToCpp(p.module):
-        result = "(*$1)->data, (*$1)->$2" % [a.rdLoc, lenField(p)]
+        result = "(*$1)->data, (*$1 ? (*$1)->$2 : 0)" % [a.rdLoc, lenField(p)]
       else:
-        result = "$1->data, $1->$2" % [a.rdLoc, lenField(p)]
+        result = "$1->data, ($1 ? $1->$2 : 0)" % [a.rdLoc, lenField(p)]
     of tyArray:
       result = "$1, $2" % [rdLoc(a), rope(lengthOrd(a.t))]
     of tyPtr, tyRef:
       case lastSon(a.t).kind
       of tyString, tySequence:
-        result = "(*$1)->data, (*$1)->$2" % [a.rdLoc, lenField(p)]
+        result = "(*$1)->data, (*$1 ? (*$1)->$2 : 0)" % [a.rdLoc, lenField(p)]
       of tyArray:
         result = "$1, $2" % [rdLoc(a), rope(lengthOrd(lastSon(a.t)))]
       else:
-        internalError("openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
-    else: internalError("openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
+        internalError(p.config, "openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
+    else: internalError(p.config, "openArrayLoc: " & typeToString(a.t))
 
 proc genArgStringToCString(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope {.inline.} =
   var a: TLoc
   initLocExpr(p, n.sons[0], a)
-  result = "$1->data" % [a.rdLoc]
+  result = "($1 ? $1->data : (NCSTRING)\"\")" % [a.rdLoc]
 
 proc genArg(p: BProc, n: PNode, param: PSym; call: PNode): Rope =
   var a: TLoc
@@ -228,7 +240,7 @@ proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
           getTemp(p, typ.sons[0], d, needsInit=true)
         elif d.k notin {locTemp} and not hasNoInit(ri):
           # reset before pass as 'result' var:
-          resetLoc(p, d)
+          discard "resetLoc(p, d)"
         add(pl, addrLoc(d))
         genCallPattern()
       else:
@@ -261,7 +273,7 @@ proc genOtherArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType): Rope =
       result = genArgNoParam(p, ri.sons[i]) #, typ.n.sons[i].sym)
   else:
     if tfVarargs notin typ.flags:
-      localError(ri.info, "wrong argument count")
+      localError(p.config, ri.info, "wrong argument count")
       result = nil
     else:
       result = genArgNoParam(p, ri.sons[i])
@@ -325,13 +337,13 @@ proc genThisArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType): Rope =
   # for better or worse c2nim translates the 'this' argument to a 'var T'.
   # However manual wrappers may also use 'ptr T'. In any case we support both
   # for convenience.
-  internalAssert i < sonsLen(typ)
+  internalAssert p.config, i < sonsLen(typ)
   assert(typ.n.sons[i].kind == nkSym)
   # if the parameter is lying (tyVar) and thus we required an additional deref,
   # skip the deref:
   var ri = ri[i]
   while ri.kind == nkObjDownConv: ri = ri[0]
-  let t = typ.sons[i].skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  let t = typ.sons[i].skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   if t.kind == tyVar:
     let x = if ri.kind == nkHiddenAddr: ri[0] else: ri
     if x.typ.kind == tyPtr:
@@ -382,7 +394,7 @@ proc genPatternCall(p: BProc; ri: PNode; pat: string; typ: PType): Rope =
             result.add genOtherArg(p, ri, k, typ)
           result.add(~")")
         else:
-          localError(ri.info, "call expression expected for C++ pattern")
+          localError(p.config, ri.info, "call expression expected for C++ pattern")
         inc i
       elif pat[i+1] == '.':
         result.add genThisArg(p, ri, j, typ)
@@ -420,7 +432,7 @@ proc genInfixCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   assert(sonsLen(typ) == sonsLen(typ.n))
   # don't call '$' here for efficiency:
   let pat = ri.sons[0].sym.loc.r.data
-  internalAssert pat != nil
+  internalAssert p.config, pat != nil
   if pat.contains({'#', '(', '@', '\''}):
     var pl = genPatternCall(p, ri, pat, typ)
     # simpler version of 'fixupCall' that works with the pl+params combination:
@@ -469,7 +481,7 @@ proc genNamedParamCall(p: BProc, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
 
   # don't call '$' here for efficiency:
   let pat = ri.sons[0].sym.loc.r.data
-  internalAssert pat != nil
+  internalAssert p.config, pat != nil
   var start = 3
   if ' ' in pat:
     start = 1
@@ -489,7 +501,7 @@ proc genNamedParamCall(p: BProc, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   for i in countup(start, length-1):
     assert(sonsLen(typ) == sonsLen(typ.n))
     if i >= sonsLen(typ):
-      internalError(ri.info, "varargs for objective C method?")
+      internalError(p.config, ri.info, "varargs for objective C method?")
     assert(typ.n.sons[i].kind == nkSym)
     var param = typ.n.sons[i].sym
     add(pl, ~" ")
@@ -527,7 +539,7 @@ proc genNamedParamCall(p: BProc, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     line(p, cpsStmts, pl)
 
 proc genCall(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
-  if e.sons[0].typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).callConv == ccClosure:
+  if e.sons[0].typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).callConv == ccClosure:
     genClosureCall(p, nil, e, d)
   elif e.sons[0].kind == nkSym and sfInfixCall in e.sons[0].sym.flags:
     genInfixCall(p, nil, e, d)
@@ -538,7 +550,7 @@ proc genCall(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   postStmtActions(p)
 
 proc genAsgnCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
-  if ri.sons[0].typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).callConv == ccClosure:
+  if ri.sons[0].typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).callConv == ccClosure:
     genClosureCall(p, le, ri, d)
   elif ri.sons[0].kind == nkSym and sfInfixCall in ri.sons[0].sym.flags:
     genInfixCall(p, le, ri, d)
diff --git a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
index 5a25a9853..352402e0e 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 proc int64Literal(i: BiggestInt): Rope =
   if i > low(int64):
-    result = rfmt(nil, "IL64($1)", rope(i))
+    result = "IL64($1)" % [rope(i)]
   else:
     result = ~"(IL64(-9223372036854775807) - IL64(1))"
 
@@ -26,18 +26,12 @@ proc intLiteral(i: BiggestInt): Rope =
     # Nim has the same bug for the same reasons :-)
     result = ~"(-2147483647 -1)"
   elif i > low(int64):
-    result = rfmt(nil, "IL64($1)", rope(i))
+    result = "IL64($1)" % [rope(i)]
   else:
     result = ~"(IL64(-9223372036854775807) - IL64(1))"
 
-proc getStrLit(m: BModule, s: string): Rope =
-  discard cgsym(m, "TGenericSeq")
-  result = getTempName(m)
-  addf(m.s[cfsData], "STRING_LITERAL($1, $2, $3);$n",
-       [result, makeCString(s), rope(len(s))])
-
 proc genLiteral(p: BProc, n: PNode, ty: PType): Rope =
-  if ty == nil: internalError(n.info, "genLiteral: ty is nil")
+  if ty == nil: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genLiteral: ty is nil")
   case n.kind
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit:
     case skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange).kind
@@ -65,25 +59,24 @@ proc genLiteral(p: BProc, n: PNode, ty: PType): Rope =
     else:
       result = rope("NIM_NIL")
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
-    if n.strVal.isNil:
-      result = ropecg(p.module, "((#NimStringDesc*) NIM_NIL)", [])
-    elif skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange).kind == tyString:
-      let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(p.module.dataCache, n, p.module.labels)
-      if id == p.module.labels:
-        # string literal not found in the cache:
-        result = ropecg(p.module, "((#NimStringDesc*) &$1)",
-                        [getStrLit(p.module, n.strVal)])
-      else:
-        result = ropecg(p.module, "((#NimStringDesc*) &$1$2)",
-                        [p.module.tmpBase, rope(id)])
+    case skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange).kind
+    of tyNil:
+      result = genNilStringLiteral(p.module, n.info)
+    of tyString:
+      # with the new semantics for 'nil' strings, we can map "" to nil and
+      # save tons of allocations:
+      #if n.strVal.len == 0: result = genNilStringLiteral(p.module, n.info)
+      #else:
+      result = genStringLiteral(p.module, n)
     else:
-      result = makeCString(n.strVal)
+      if n.strVal.isNil: result = rope("NIM_NIL")
+      else: result = makeCString(n.strVal)
   of nkFloatLit, nkFloat64Lit:
     result = rope(n.floatVal.toStrMaxPrecision)
   of nkFloat32Lit:
     result = rope(n.floatVal.toStrMaxPrecision("f"))
   else:
-    internalError(n.info, "genLiteral(" & $n.kind & ')')
+    internalError(p.config, n.info, "genLiteral(" & $n.kind & ')')
     result = nil
 
 proc genLiteral(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
@@ -149,10 +142,10 @@ proc getStorageLoc(n: PNode): TStorageLoc =
     else: result = OnUnknown
   of nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref:
     case n.sons[0].typ.kind
-    of tyVar: result = OnUnknown
+    of tyVar, tyLent: result = OnUnknown
     of tyPtr: result = OnStack
     of tyRef: result = OnHeap
-    else: internalError(n.info, "getStorageLoc")
+    else: doAssert(false, "getStorageLoc")
   of nkBracketExpr, nkDotExpr, nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv:
     result = getStorageLoc(n.sons[0])
   else: result = OnUnknown
@@ -171,7 +164,7 @@ proc canMove(n: PNode): bool =
   #  result = false
 
 proc genRefAssign(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc, flags: TAssignmentFlags) =
-  if dest.storage == OnStack or not usesNativeGC():
+  if dest.storage == OnStack or not usesNativeGC(p.config):
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = $2;$n", rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(src))
   elif dest.storage == OnHeap:
     # location is on heap
@@ -263,7 +256,7 @@ proc genGenericAsgn(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc, flags: TAssignmentFlags) =
   # (for objects, etc.):
   if needToCopy notin flags or
       tfShallow in skipTypes(dest.t, abstractVarRange).flags:
-    if dest.storage == OnStack or not usesNativeGC():
+    if dest.storage == OnStack or not usesNativeGC(p.config):
       useStringh(p.module)
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts,
            "memcpy((void*)$1, (NIM_CONST void*)$2, sizeof($3));$n",
@@ -282,7 +275,7 @@ proc genAssignment(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc, flags: TAssignmentFlags) =
     # little HACK to support the new 'var T' as return type:
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = $2;$n", rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(src))
     return
-  let ty = skipTypes(dest.t, abstractRange + tyUserTypeClasses)
+  let ty = skipTypes(dest.t, abstractRange + tyUserTypeClasses + {tyStatic})
   case ty.kind
   of tyRef:
     genRefAssign(p, dest, src, flags)
@@ -297,7 +290,7 @@ proc genAssignment(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc, flags: TAssignmentFlags) =
     if (needToCopy notin flags and src.storage != OnStatic) or canMove(src.lode):
       genRefAssign(p, dest, src, flags)
     else:
-      if dest.storage == OnStack or not usesNativeGC():
+      if dest.storage == OnStack or not usesNativeGC(p.config):
         linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = #copyString($2);$n", dest.rdLoc, src.rdLoc)
       elif dest.storage == OnHeap:
         # we use a temporary to care for the dreaded self assignment:
@@ -333,7 +326,7 @@ proc genAssignment(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc, flags: TAssignmentFlags) =
     elif needsComplexAssignment(ty):
       if ty.sons[0].isNil and asgnComplexity(ty.n) <= 4:
         discard getTypeDesc(p.module, ty)
-        internalAssert ty.n != nil
+        internalAssert p.config, ty.n != nil
         genOptAsgnObject(p, dest, src, flags, ty.n, ty)
       else:
         genGenericAsgn(p, dest, src, flags)
@@ -368,9 +361,9 @@ proc genAssignment(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc, flags: TAssignmentFlags) =
     else:
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = $2;$n", rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(src))
   of tyPtr, tyPointer, tyChar, tyBool, tyEnum, tyCString,
-     tyInt..tyUInt64, tyRange, tyVar:
+     tyInt..tyUInt64, tyRange, tyVar, tyLent:
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = $2;$n", rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(src))
-  else: internalError("genAssignment: " & $ty.kind)
+  else: internalError(p.config, "genAssignment: " & $ty.kind)
 
   if optMemTracker in p.options and dest.storage in {OnHeap, OnUnknown}:
     #writeStackTrace()
@@ -414,9 +407,9 @@ proc genDeepCopy(p: BProc; dest, src: TLoc) =
     else:
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = $2;$n", rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(src))
   of tyPointer, tyChar, tyBool, tyEnum, tyCString,
-     tyInt..tyUInt64, tyRange, tyVar:
+     tyInt..tyUInt64, tyRange, tyVar, tyLent:
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = $2;$n", rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(src))
-  else: internalError("genDeepCopy: " & $ty.kind)
+  else: internalError(p.config, "genDeepCopy: " & $ty.kind)
 
 proc putLocIntoDest(p: BProc, d: var TLoc, s: TLoc) =
   if d.k != locNone:
@@ -457,14 +450,14 @@ proc putIntoDest(p: BProc, d: var TLoc, n: PNode, r: Rope; s=OnUnknown) =
 
 proc binaryStmt(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, frmt: string) =
   var a, b: TLoc
-  if d.k != locNone: internalError(e.info, "binaryStmt")
+  if d.k != locNone: internalError(p.config, e.info, "binaryStmt")
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
   lineCg(p, cpsStmts, frmt, rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b))
 
 proc unaryStmt(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, frmt: string) =
   var a: TLoc
-  if d.k != locNone: internalError(e.info, "unaryStmt")
+  if d.k != locNone: internalError(p.config, e.info, "unaryStmt")
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
   lineCg(p, cpsStmts, frmt, [rdLoc(a)])
 
@@ -699,7 +692,7 @@ proc genDeref(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc; enforceDeref=false) =
       case typ.kind
       of tyRef:
         d.storage = OnHeap
-      of tyVar:
+      of tyVar, tyLent:
         d.storage = OnUnknown
         if tfVarIsPtr notin typ.flags and p.module.compileToCpp and
             e.kind == nkHiddenDeref:
@@ -708,7 +701,7 @@ proc genDeref(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc; enforceDeref=false) =
       of tyPtr:
         d.storage = OnUnknown         # BUGFIX!
       else:
-        internalError(e.info, "genDeref " & $typ.kind)
+        internalError(p.config, e.info, "genDeref " & $typ.kind)
     elif p.module.compileToCpp:
       if typ.kind == tyVar and tfVarIsPtr notin typ.flags and
            e.kind == nkHiddenDeref:
@@ -743,7 +736,7 @@ template inheritLocation(d: var TLoc, a: TLoc) =
 
 proc genRecordFieldAux(p: BProc, e: PNode, d, a: var TLoc) =
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[0], a)
-  if e.sons[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(e.info, "genRecordFieldAux")
+  if e.sons[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(p.config, e.info, "genRecordFieldAux")
   d.inheritLocation(a)
   discard getTypeDesc(p.module, a.t) # fill the record's fields.loc
 
@@ -759,7 +752,7 @@ proc genTupleElem(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var r = rdLoc(a)
   case e.sons[1].kind
   of nkIntLit..nkUInt64Lit: i = int(e.sons[1].intVal)
-  else: internalError(e.info, "genTupleElem")
+  else: internalError(p.config, e.info, "genTupleElem")
   addf(r, ".Field$1", [rope(i)])
   putIntoDest(p, d, e, r, a.storage)
 
@@ -776,7 +769,7 @@ proc lookupFieldAgain(p: BProc, ty: PType; field: PSym; r: var Rope;
       break
     if not p.module.compileToCpp: add(r, ".Sup")
     ty = ty.sons[0]
-  if result == nil: internalError(field.info, "genCheckedRecordField")
+  if result == nil: internalError(p.config, field.info, "genCheckedRecordField")
 
 proc genRecordField(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var a: TLoc
@@ -793,7 +786,7 @@ proc genRecordField(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     var rtyp: PType
     let field = lookupFieldAgain(p, ty, f, r, addr rtyp)
     if field.loc.r == nil and rtyp != nil: fillObjectFields(p.module, rtyp)
-    if field.loc.r == nil: internalError(e.info, "genRecordField 3 " & typeToString(ty))
+    if field.loc.r == nil: internalError(p.config, e.info, "genRecordField 3 " & typeToString(ty))
     addf(r, ".$1", [field.loc.r])
     putIntoDest(p, d, e, r, a.storage)
 
@@ -818,16 +811,16 @@ proc genFieldCheck(p: BProc, e: PNode, obj: Rope, field: PSym) =
     genInExprAux(p, it, u, v, test)
     let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(p.module.dataCache,
                                newStrNode(nkStrLit, field.name.s), p.module.labels)
-    let strLit = if id == p.module.labels: getStrLit(p.module, field.name.s)
+    let strLit = if id == p.module.labels: genStringLiteralDataOnly(p.module, field.name.s, e.info)
                  else: p.module.tmpBase & rope(id)
     if op.magic == mNot:
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts,
-              "if ($1) #raiseFieldError(((#NimStringDesc*) &$2));$n",
-              rdLoc(test), strLit)
+              "if ($1) #raiseFieldError($2);$n",
+              rdLoc(test), genStringLiteralFromData(p.module, strLit, e.info))
     else:
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts,
-              "if (!($1)) #raiseFieldError(((#NimStringDesc*) &$2));$n",
-              rdLoc(test), strLit)
+              "if (!($1)) #raiseFieldError($2);$n",
+              rdLoc(test), genStringLiteralFromData(p.module, strLit, e.info))
 
 proc genCheckedRecordField(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   if optFieldCheck in p.options:
@@ -839,9 +832,9 @@ proc genCheckedRecordField(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     let field = lookupFieldAgain(p, ty, f, r)
     if field.loc.r == nil: fillObjectFields(p.module, ty)
     if field.loc.r == nil:
-      internalError(e.info, "genCheckedRecordField") # generate the checks:
+      internalError(p.config, e.info, "genCheckedRecordField") # generate the checks:
     genFieldCheck(p, e, r, field)
-    add(r, rfmt(nil, ".$1", field.loc.r))
+    add(r, ropecg(p.module, ".$1", field.loc.r))
     putIntoDest(p, d, e.sons[0], r, a.storage)
   else:
     genRecordField(p, e.sons[0], d)
@@ -866,10 +859,10 @@ proc genArrayElem(p: BProc, n, x, y: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     else:
       let idx = getOrdValue(y)
       if idx < firstOrd(ty) or idx > lastOrd(ty):
-        localError(x.info, errIndexOutOfBounds)
+        localError(p.config, x.info, "index out of bounds")
   d.inheritLocation(a)
   putIntoDest(p, d, n,
-              rfmt(nil, "$1[($2)- $3]", rdLoc(a), rdCharLoc(b), first), a.storage)
+              ropecg(p.module, "$1[($2)- $3]", rdLoc(a), rdCharLoc(b), first), a.storage)
 
 proc genCStringElem(p: BProc, n, x, y: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var a, b: TLoc
@@ -878,7 +871,24 @@ proc genCStringElem(p: BProc, n, x, y: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var ty = skipTypes(a.t, abstractVarRange)
   inheritLocation(d, a)
   putIntoDest(p, d, n,
-              rfmt(nil, "$1[$2]", rdLoc(a), rdCharLoc(b)), a.storage)
+              ropecg(p.module, "$1[$2]", rdLoc(a), rdCharLoc(b)), a.storage)
+
+proc genIndexCheck(p: BProc; arr, idx: TLoc) =
+  let ty = skipTypes(arr.t, abstractVarRange)
+  case ty.kind
+  of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
+    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "if ((NU)($1) >= (NU)($2Len_0)) #raiseIndexError();$n",
+            rdLoc(idx), rdLoc(arr))
+  of tyArray:
+    let first = intLiteral(firstOrd(ty))
+    if tfUncheckedArray notin ty.flags:
+      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1 < $2 || $1 > $3) #raiseIndexError();$n",
+              rdCharLoc(idx), first, intLiteral(lastOrd(ty)))
+  of tySequence, tyString:
+    linefmt(p, cpsStmts,
+          "if (!$2 || (NU)($1) >= (NU)($2->$3)) #raiseIndexError();$n",
+          rdLoc(idx), rdLoc(arr), lenField(p))
+  else: discard
 
 proc genOpenArrayElem(p: BProc, n, x, y: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var a, b: TLoc
@@ -889,7 +899,7 @@ proc genOpenArrayElem(p: BProc, n, x, y: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
             rdLoc(b), rdLoc(a)) # BUGFIX: ``>=`` and not ``>``!
   inheritLocation(d, a)
   putIntoDest(p, d, n,
-              rfmt(nil, "$1[$2]", rdLoc(a), rdCharLoc(b)), a.storage)
+              ropecg(p.module, "$1[$2]", rdLoc(a), rdCharLoc(b)), a.storage)
 
 proc genSeqElem(p: BProc, n, x, y: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var a, b: TLoc
@@ -899,19 +909,19 @@ proc genSeqElem(p: BProc, n, x, y: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   if ty.kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}:
     ty = skipTypes(ty.lastSon, abstractVarRange) # emit range check:
   if optBoundsCheck in p.options:
-    if ty.kind == tyString:
+    if ty.kind == tyString and (not defined(nimNoZeroTerminator) or optLaxStrings in p.options):
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts,
-           "if ((NU)($1) > (NU)($2->$3)) #raiseIndexError();$n",
-           rdLoc(b), rdLoc(a), lenField(p))
+              "if (!$2 || (NU)($1) > (NU)($2->$3)) #raiseIndexError();$n",
+              rdLoc(b), rdLoc(a), lenField(p))
     else:
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts,
-           "if ((NU)($1) >= (NU)($2->$3)) #raiseIndexError();$n",
-           rdLoc(b), rdLoc(a), lenField(p))
+              "if (!$2 || (NU)($1) >= (NU)($2->$3)) #raiseIndexError();$n",
+              rdLoc(b), rdLoc(a), lenField(p))
   if d.k == locNone: d.storage = OnHeap
   if skipTypes(a.t, abstractVar).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}:
-    a.r = rfmt(nil, "(*$1)", a.r)
+    a.r = ropecg(p.module, "(*$1)", a.r)
   putIntoDest(p, d, n,
-              rfmt(nil, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(a), rdCharLoc(b)), a.storage)
+              ropecg(p.module, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(a), rdCharLoc(b)), a.storage)
 
 proc genBracketExpr(p: BProc; n: PNode; d: var TLoc) =
   var ty = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractVarRange + tyUserTypeClasses)
@@ -922,7 +932,7 @@ proc genBracketExpr(p: BProc; n: PNode; d: var TLoc) =
   of tySequence, tyString: genSeqElem(p, n, n.sons[0], n.sons[1], d)
   of tyCString: genCStringElem(p, n, n.sons[0], n.sons[1], d)
   of tyTuple: genTupleElem(p, n, d)
-  else: internalError(n.info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $ty.kind & ')')
+  else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $ty.kind & ')')
 
 proc genAndOr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, m: TMagic) =
   # how to generate code?
@@ -967,17 +977,17 @@ proc genAndOr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, m: TMagic) =
 proc genEcho(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
   # this unusal way of implementing it ensures that e.g. ``echo("hallo", 45)``
   # is threadsafe.
-  internalAssert n.kind == nkBracket
+  internalAssert p.config, n.kind == nkBracket
   if platform.targetOS == osGenode:
     # bypass libc and print directly to the Genode LOG session
     var args: Rope = nil
     var a: TLoc
-    for i in countup(0, n.len-1):
-      if n.sons[i].skipConv.kind == nkNilLit:
-        add(args, ", \"nil\"")
+    for it in n.sons:
+      if it.skipConv.kind == nkNilLit:
+        add(args, ", \"\"")
       else:
-        initLocExpr(p, n.sons[i], a)
-        addf(args, ", $1? ($1)->data:\"nil\"", [rdLoc(a)])
+        initLocExpr(p, it, a)
+        addf(args, ", $1? ($1)->data:\"\"", [rdLoc(a)])
     p.module.includeHeader("<base/log.h>")
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, """Genode::log(""$1);$n""", args)
   else:
@@ -993,8 +1003,8 @@ proc genEcho(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
               makeCString(repeat("%s", n.len) & tnl), args)
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "fflush(stdout);$n")
 
-proc gcUsage(n: PNode) =
-  if gSelectedGC == gcNone: message(n.info, warnGcMem, n.renderTree)
+proc gcUsage(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode) =
+  if conf.selectedGC == gcNone: message(conf, n.info, warnGcMem, n.renderTree)
 
 proc genStrConcat(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   #   <Nim code>
@@ -1023,20 +1033,20 @@ proc genStrConcat(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i + 1], a)
     if skipTypes(e.sons[i + 1].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyChar:
       inc(L)
-      add(appends, rfmt(p.module, "#appendChar($1, $2);$n", tmp.r, rdLoc(a)))
+      add(appends, ropecg(p.module, "#appendChar($1, $2);$n", tmp.r, rdLoc(a)))
     else:
       if e.sons[i + 1].kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
         inc(L, len(e.sons[i + 1].strVal))
       else:
-        addf(lens, "$1->$2 + ", [rdLoc(a), lenField(p)])
-      add(appends, rfmt(p.module, "#appendString($1, $2);$n", tmp.r, rdLoc(a)))
+        addf(lens, "($1 ? $1->$2 : 0) + ", [rdLoc(a), lenField(p)])
+      add(appends, ropecg(p.module, "#appendString($1, $2);$n", tmp.r, rdLoc(a)))
   linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = #rawNewString($2$3);$n", tmp.r, lens, rope(L))
   add(p.s(cpsStmts), appends)
   if d.k == locNone:
     d = tmp
   else:
     genAssignment(p, d, tmp, {}) # no need for deep copying
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genStrAppend(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   #  <Nim code>
@@ -1061,44 +1071,44 @@ proc genStrAppend(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i + 2], a)
     if skipTypes(e.sons[i + 2].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyChar:
       inc(L)
-      add(appends, rfmt(p.module, "#appendChar($1, $2);$n",
+      add(appends, ropecg(p.module, "#appendChar($1, $2);$n",
                         rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(a)))
     else:
       if e.sons[i + 2].kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
         inc(L, len(e.sons[i + 2].strVal))
       else:
-        addf(lens, "$1->$2 + ", [rdLoc(a), lenField(p)])
-      add(appends, rfmt(p.module, "#appendString($1, $2);$n",
+        addf(lens, "($1 ? $1->$2 : 0) + ", [rdLoc(a), lenField(p)])
+      add(appends, ropecg(p.module, "#appendString($1, $2);$n",
                         rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(a)))
   linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = #resizeString($1, $2$3);$n",
           rdLoc(dest), lens, rope(L))
   add(p.s(cpsStmts), appends)
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genSeqElemAppend(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   # seq &= x  -->
   #    seq = (typeof seq) incrSeq(&seq->Sup, sizeof(x));
   #    seq->data[seq->len-1] = x;
   let seqAppendPattern = if not p.module.compileToCpp:
-                           "$1 = ($2) #incrSeqV2(&($1)->Sup, sizeof($3));$n"
+                           "$1 = ($2) #incrSeqV3(&($1)->Sup, $3);$n"
                          else:
-                           "$1 = ($2) #incrSeqV2($1, sizeof($3));$n"
+                           "$1 = ($2) #incrSeqV3($1, $3);$n"
   var a, b, dest, tmpL: TLoc
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
-  let bt = skipTypes(e.sons[2].typ, {tyVar})
+  let seqType = skipTypes(e.sons[1].typ, {tyVar})
   lineCg(p, cpsStmts, seqAppendPattern, [
       rdLoc(a),
       getTypeDesc(p.module, e.sons[1].typ),
-      getTypeDesc(p.module, bt)])
+      genTypeInfo(p.module, seqType, e.info)])
   #if bt != b.t:
   #  echo "YES ", e.info, " new: ", typeToString(bt), " old: ", typeToString(b.t)
   initLoc(dest, locExpr, e.sons[2], OnHeap)
   getIntTemp(p, tmpL)
   lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = $2->$3++;$n", tmpL.r, rdLoc(a), lenField(p))
-  dest.r = rfmt(nil, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(a), tmpL.r)
+  dest.r = ropecg(p.module, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(a), tmpL.r)
   genAssignment(p, dest, b, {needToCopy, afDestIsNil})
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genReset(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
   var a: TLoc
@@ -1121,7 +1131,7 @@ proc rawGenNew(p: BProc, a: TLoc, sizeExpr: Rope) =
   let args = [getTypeDesc(p.module, typ),
               genTypeInfo(p.module, typ, a.lode.info),
               sizeExpr]
-  if a.storage == OnHeap and usesNativeGC():
+  if a.storage == OnHeap and usesNativeGC(p.config):
     # use newObjRC1 as an optimization
     if canFormAcycle(a.t):
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1) { #nimGCunrefRC1($1); $1 = NIM_NIL; }$n", a.rdLoc)
@@ -1144,7 +1154,7 @@ proc genNew(p: BProc, e: PNode) =
     rawGenNew(p, a, se.rdLoc)
   else:
     rawGenNew(p, a, nil)
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genNewSeqAux(p: BProc, dest: TLoc, length: Rope) =
   let seqtype = skipTypes(dest.t, abstractVarRange)
@@ -1152,7 +1162,7 @@ proc genNewSeqAux(p: BProc, dest: TLoc, length: Rope) =
               genTypeInfo(p.module, seqtype, dest.lode.info), length]
   var call: TLoc
   initLoc(call, locExpr, dest.lode, OnHeap)
-  if dest.storage == OnHeap and usesNativeGC():
+  if dest.storage == OnHeap and usesNativeGC(p.config):
     if canFormAcycle(dest.t):
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1) { #nimGCunrefRC1($1); $1 = NIM_NIL; }$n", dest.rdLoc)
     else:
@@ -1168,7 +1178,7 @@ proc genNewSeq(p: BProc, e: PNode) =
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
   genNewSeqAux(p, a, b.rdLoc)
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genNewSeqOfCap(p: BProc; e: PNode; d: var TLoc) =
   let seqtype = skipTypes(e.typ, abstractVarRange)
@@ -1178,7 +1188,7 @@ proc genNewSeqOfCap(p: BProc; e: PNode; d: var TLoc) =
               "($1)#nimNewSeqOfCap($2, $3)", [
               getTypeDesc(p.module, seqtype),
               genTypeInfo(p.module, seqtype, e.info), a.rdLoc]))
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genConstExpr(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope
 proc handleConstExpr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc): bool =
@@ -1202,18 +1212,30 @@ proc genObjConstr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   # we skip this step here:
   if not p.module.compileToCpp:
     if handleConstExpr(p, e, d): return
-  var tmp: TLoc
   var t = e.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
-  getTemp(p, t, tmp)
   let isRef = t.kind == tyRef
-  var r = rdLoc(tmp)
-  if isRef:
-    rawGenNew(p, tmp, nil)
-    t = t.lastSon.skipTypes(abstractInst)
-    r = "(*$1)" % [r]
-    gcUsage(e)
+
+  # check if we need to construct the object in a temporary
+  var useTemp =
+        isRef or
+        (d.k notin {locTemp,locLocalVar,locGlobalVar,locParam,locField}) or
+        (isPartOf(d.lode, e) != arNo)
+
+  var tmp: TLoc
+  var r: Rope
+  if useTemp:
+    getTemp(p, t, tmp)
+    r = rdLoc(tmp)
+    if isRef:
+      rawGenNew(p, tmp, nil)
+      t = t.lastSon.skipTypes(abstractInst)
+      r = "(*$1)" % [r]
+      gcUsage(p.config, e)
+    else:
+      constructLoc(p, tmp)
   else:
-    constructLoc(p, tmp)
+    resetLoc(p, d)
+    r = rdLoc(d)
   discard getTypeDesc(p.module, t)
   let ty = getUniqueType(t)
   for i in 1 ..< e.len:
@@ -1222,20 +1244,24 @@ proc genObjConstr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     tmp2.r = r
     let field = lookupFieldAgain(p, ty, it.sons[0].sym, tmp2.r)
     if field.loc.r == nil: fillObjectFields(p.module, ty)
-    if field.loc.r == nil: internalError(e.info, "genObjConstr")
+    if field.loc.r == nil: internalError(p.config, e.info, "genObjConstr")
     if it.len == 3 and optFieldCheck in p.options:
       genFieldCheck(p, it.sons[2], r, field)
     add(tmp2.r, ".")
     add(tmp2.r, field.loc.r)
-    tmp2.k = locTemp
+    if useTemp:
+      tmp2.k = locTemp
+      tmp2.storage = if isRef: OnHeap else: OnStack
+    else:
+      tmp2.k = d.k
+      tmp2.storage = if isRef: OnHeap else: d.storage
     tmp2.lode = it.sons[1]
-    tmp2.storage = if isRef: OnHeap else: OnStack
     expr(p, it.sons[1], tmp2)
-
-  if d.k == locNone:
-    d = tmp
-  else:
-    genAssignment(p, d, tmp, {})
+  if useTemp:
+    if d.k == locNone:
+      d = tmp
+    else:
+      genAssignment(p, d, tmp, {})
 
 proc lhsDoesAlias(a, b: PNode): bool =
   for y in b:
@@ -1254,10 +1280,10 @@ proc genSeqConstr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   genNewSeqAux(p, dest[], intLiteral(sonsLen(n)))
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     initLoc(arr, locExpr, n[i], OnHeap)
-    arr.r = rfmt(nil, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(dest[]), intLiteral(i))
+    arr.r = ropecg(p.module, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(dest[]), intLiteral(i))
     arr.storage = OnHeap            # we know that sequences are on the heap
     expr(p, n[i], arr)
-  gcUsage(n)
+  gcUsage(p.config, n)
   if doesAlias:
     if d.k == locNone:
       d = tmp
@@ -1280,21 +1306,21 @@ proc genArrToSeq(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   if L < 10:
     for i in countup(0, L - 1):
       initLoc(elem, locExpr, lodeTyp elemType(skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst)), OnHeap)
-      elem.r = rfmt(nil, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(d), intLiteral(i))
+      elem.r = ropecg(p.module, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(d), intLiteral(i))
       elem.storage = OnHeap # we know that sequences are on the heap
       initLoc(arr, locExpr, lodeTyp elemType(skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractInst)), a.storage)
-      arr.r = rfmt(nil, "$1[$2]", rdLoc(a), intLiteral(i))
+      arr.r = ropecg(p.module, "$1[$2]", rdLoc(a), intLiteral(i))
       genAssignment(p, elem, arr, {afDestIsNil, needToCopy})
   else:
     var i: TLoc
-    getTemp(p, getSysType(tyInt), i)
+    getTemp(p, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyInt), i)
     let oldCode = p.s(cpsStmts)
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = 0; $1 < $2; $1++) {$n",  i.r, L.rope)
     initLoc(elem, locExpr, lodeTyp elemType(skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst)), OnHeap)
-    elem.r = rfmt(nil, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(d), rdLoc(i))
+    elem.r = ropecg(p.module, "$1->data[$2]", rdLoc(d), rdLoc(i))
     elem.storage = OnHeap # we know that sequences are on the heap
     initLoc(arr, locExpr, lodeTyp elemType(skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractInst)), a.storage)
-    arr.r = rfmt(nil, "$1[$2]", rdLoc(a), rdLoc(i))
+    arr.r = ropecg(p.module, "$1[$2]", rdLoc(a), rdLoc(i))
     genAssignment(p, elem, arr, {afDestIsNil, needToCopy})
     lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
 
@@ -1316,7 +1342,7 @@ proc genNewFinalize(p: BProc, e: PNode) =
   genAssignment(p, a, b, {})  # set the object type:
   bt = skipTypes(refType.lastSon, abstractRange)
   genObjectInit(p, cpsStmts, bt, a, false)
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genOfHelper(p: BProc; dest: PType; a: Rope; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
   # unfortunately 'genTypeInfo' sets tfObjHasKids as a side effect, so we
@@ -1330,10 +1356,10 @@ proc genOfHelper(p: BProc; dest: PType; a: Rope; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
     inc p.module.labels
     let cache = "Nim_OfCheck_CACHE" & p.module.labels.rope
     addf(p.module.s[cfsVars], "static TNimType* $#[2];$n", [cache])
-    result = rfmt(p.module, "#isObjWithCache($#.m_type, $#, $#)", a, ti, cache)
+    result = ropecg(p.module, "#isObjWithCache($#.m_type, $#, $#)", a, ti, cache)
   when false:
     # former version:
-    result = rfmt(p.module, "#isObj($1.m_type, $2)",
+    result = ropecg(p.module, "#isObj($1.m_type, $2)",
                   a, genTypeInfo(p.module, dest, info))
 
 proc genOf(p: BProc, x: PNode, typ: PType, d: var TLoc) =
@@ -1343,22 +1369,23 @@ proc genOf(p: BProc, x: PNode, typ: PType, d: var TLoc) =
   var r = rdLoc(a)
   var nilCheck: Rope = nil
   var t = skipTypes(a.t, abstractInst)
-  while t.kind in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef}:
-    if t.kind != tyVar: nilCheck = r
-    if t.kind != tyVar or not p.module.compileToCpp:
-      r = rfmt(nil, "(*$1)", r)
+  while t.kind in {tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef}:
+    if t.kind notin {tyVar, tyLent}: nilCheck = r
+    if t.kind notin {tyVar, tyLent} or not p.module.compileToCpp:
+      r = ropecg(p.module, "(*$1)", r)
     t = skipTypes(t.lastSon, typedescInst)
+  discard getTypeDesc(p.module, t)
   if not p.module.compileToCpp:
     while t.kind == tyObject and t.sons[0] != nil:
       add(r, ~".Sup")
       t = skipTypes(t.sons[0], skipPtrs)
   if isObjLackingTypeField(t):
-    globalError(x.info, errGenerated,
+    globalError(p.config, x.info,
       "no 'of' operator available for pure objects")
   if nilCheck != nil:
-    r = rfmt(p.module, "(($1) && ($2))", nilCheck, genOfHelper(p, dest, r, x.info))
+    r = ropecg(p.module, "(($1) && ($2))", nilCheck, genOfHelper(p, dest, r, x.info))
   else:
-    r = rfmt(p.module, "($1)", genOfHelper(p, dest, r, x.info))
+    r = ropecg(p.module, "($1)", genOfHelper(p, dest, r, x.info))
   putIntoDest(p, d, x, r, a.storage)
 
 proc genOf(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
@@ -1394,11 +1421,11 @@ proc genRepr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       putIntoDest(p, b, e, "$1, $1Len_0" % [rdLoc(a)], a.storage)
     of tyString, tySequence:
       putIntoDest(p, b, e,
-                  "$1->data, $1->$2" % [rdLoc(a), lenField(p)], a.storage)
+                  "$1->data, ($1 ? $1->$2 : 0)" % [rdLoc(a), lenField(p)], a.storage)
     of tyArray:
       putIntoDest(p, b, e,
                   "$1, $2" % [rdLoc(a), rope(lengthOrd(a.t))], a.storage)
-    else: internalError(e.sons[0].info, "genRepr()")
+    else: internalError(p.config, e.sons[0].info, "genRepr()")
     putIntoDest(p, d, e,
         ropecg(p.module, "#reprOpenArray($1, $2)", [rdLoc(b),
         genTypeInfo(p.module, elemType(t), e.info)]), a.storage)
@@ -1407,12 +1434,12 @@ proc genRepr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
                 ropecg(p.module, "#reprAny($1, $2)", [
                 rdLoc(a), genTypeInfo(p.module, t, e.info)]), a.storage)
   of tyEmpty, tyVoid:
-    localError(e.info, "'repr' doesn't support 'void' type")
+    localError(p.config, e.info, "'repr' doesn't support 'void' type")
   else:
     putIntoDest(p, d, e, ropecg(p.module, "#reprAny($1, $2)",
                               [addrLoc(a), genTypeInfo(p.module, t, e.info)]),
                                a.storage)
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genGetTypeInfo(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   let t = e.sons[1].typ
@@ -1424,7 +1451,7 @@ proc genDollar(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc, frmt: string) =
   a.r = ropecg(p.module, frmt, [rdLoc(a)])
   if d.k == locNone: getTemp(p, n.typ, d)
   genAssignment(p, d, a, {})
-  gcUsage(n)
+  gcUsage(p.config, n)
 
 proc genArrayLen(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
   var a = e.sons[1]
@@ -1466,7 +1493,7 @@ proc genArrayLen(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
     # YYY: length(sideeffect) is optimized away incorrectly?
     if op == mHigh: putIntoDest(p, d, e, rope(lastOrd(typ)))
     else: putIntoDest(p, d, e, rope(lengthOrd(typ)))
-  else: internalError(e.info, "genArrayLen()")
+  else: internalError(p.config, e.info, "genArrayLen()")
 
 proc genSetLengthSeq(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var a, b: TLoc
@@ -1477,18 +1504,18 @@ proc genSetLengthSeq(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
   let t = skipTypes(e.sons[1].typ, {tyVar})
   let setLenPattern = if not p.module.compileToCpp:
-      "$1 = ($3) #setLengthSeq(&($1)->Sup, sizeof($4), $2);$n"
+      "$1 = ($3) #setLengthSeqV2(&($1)->Sup, $4, $2);$n"
     else:
-      "$1 = ($3) #setLengthSeq($1, sizeof($4), $2);$n"
+      "$1 = ($3) #setLengthSeqV2($1, $4, $2);$n"
 
   lineCg(p, cpsStmts, setLenPattern, [
       rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b), getTypeDesc(p.module, t),
-      getTypeDesc(p.module, t.skipTypes(abstractInst).sons[0])])
-  gcUsage(e)
+      genTypeInfo(p.module, t.skipTypes(abstractInst), e.info)])
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genSetLengthStr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   binaryStmt(p, e, d, "$1 = #setLengthStr($1, $2);$n")
-  gcUsage(e)
+  gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
 proc genSwap(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   # swap(a, b) -->
@@ -1514,7 +1541,7 @@ proc rdSetElemLoc(a: TLoc, setType: PType): Rope =
 proc fewCmps(s: PNode): bool =
   # this function estimates whether it is better to emit code
   # for constructing the set or generating a bunch of comparisons directly
-  if s.kind != nkCurly: internalError(s.info, "fewCmps")
+  if s.kind != nkCurly: return false
   if (getSize(s.typ) <= platform.intSize) and (nfAllConst in s.flags):
     result = false            # it is better to emit the set generation code
   elif elemType(s.typ).kind in {tyInt, tyInt16..tyInt64}:
@@ -1556,13 +1583,14 @@ proc genInOp(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     b.r = rope("(")
     var length = sonsLen(e.sons[1])
     for i in countup(0, length - 1):
-      if e.sons[1].sons[i].kind == nkRange:
-        initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1].sons[i].sons[0], x)
-        initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1].sons[i].sons[1], y)
+      let it = e.sons[1].sons[i]
+      if it.kind == nkRange:
+        initLocExpr(p, it.sons[0], x)
+        initLocExpr(p, it.sons[1], y)
         addf(b.r, "$1 >= $2 && $1 <= $3",
              [rdCharLoc(a), rdCharLoc(x), rdCharLoc(y)])
       else:
-        initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1].sons[i], x)
+        initLocExpr(p, it, x)
         addf(b.r, "$1 == $2", [rdCharLoc(a), rdCharLoc(x)])
       if i < length - 1: add(b.r, " || ")
     add(b.r, ")")
@@ -1609,17 +1637,17 @@ proc genSetOp(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
     of mSymDiffSet: binaryExpr(p, e, d, "($1 ^ $2)")
     of mInSet:
       genInOp(p, e, d)
-    else: internalError(e.info, "genSetOp()")
+    else: internalError(p.config, e.info, "genSetOp()")
   else:
     case op
     of mIncl: binaryStmtInExcl(p, e, d, "$1[(NU)($2)>>3] |=(1U<<($2&7U));$n")
     of mExcl: binaryStmtInExcl(p, e, d, "$1[(NU)($2)>>3] &= ~(1U<<($2&7U));$n")
     of mCard: unaryExprChar(p, e, d, "#cardSet($1, " & $size & ')')
     of mLtSet, mLeSet:
-      getTemp(p, getSysType(tyInt), i) # our counter
+      getTemp(p, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyInt), i) # our counter
       initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
       initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
-      if d.k == locNone: getTemp(p, getSysType(tyBool), d)
+      if d.k == locNone: getTemp(p, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyBool), d)
       lineF(p, cpsStmts, lookupOpr[op],
            [rdLoc(i), rope(size), rdLoc(d), rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b)])
     of mEqSet:
@@ -1627,7 +1655,7 @@ proc genSetOp(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
       binaryExprChar(p, e, d, "(memcmp($1, $2, " & $(size) & ")==0)")
     of mMulSet, mPlusSet, mMinusSet, mSymDiffSet:
       # we inline the simple for loop for better code generation:
-      getTemp(p, getSysType(tyInt), i) # our counter
+      getTemp(p, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyInt), i) # our counter
       initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
       initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
       if d.k == locNone: getTemp(p, a.t, d)
@@ -1637,7 +1665,7 @@ proc genSetOp(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
           rdLoc(i), rope(size), rdLoc(d), rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b),
           rope(lookupOpr[op])])
     of mInSet: genInOp(p, e, d)
-    else: internalError(e.info, "genSetOp")
+    else: internalError(p.config, e.info, "genSetOp")
 
 proc genOrd(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   unaryExprChar(p, e, d, "$1")
@@ -1707,7 +1735,7 @@ proc genRangeChck(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc, magic: string) =
         rope(magic)]), a.storage)
 
 proc genConv(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
-  let destType = e.typ.skipTypes({tyVar, tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  let destType = e.typ.skipTypes({tyVar, tyLent, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   if sameBackendType(destType, e.sons[1].typ):
     expr(p, e.sons[1], d)
   else:
@@ -1716,7 +1744,7 @@ proc genConv(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
 proc convStrToCStr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var a: TLoc
   initLocExpr(p, n.sons[0], a)
-  putIntoDest(p, d, n, "$1->data" % [rdLoc(a)],
+  putIntoDest(p, d, n, "($1 ? $1->data : (NCSTRING)\"\")" % [rdLoc(a)],
               a.storage)
 
 proc convCStrToStr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
@@ -1725,22 +1753,20 @@ proc convCStrToStr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   putIntoDest(p, d, n,
               ropecg(p.module, "#cstrToNimstr($1)", [rdLoc(a)]),
               a.storage)
-  gcUsage(n)
+  gcUsage(p.config, n)
 
 proc genStrEquals(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var x: TLoc
   var a = e.sons[1]
   var b = e.sons[2]
-  if (a.kind == nkNilLit) or (b.kind == nkNilLit):
-    binaryExpr(p, e, d, "($1 == $2)")
-  elif (a.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}) and (a.strVal == ""):
+  if a.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit} and a.strVal == "":
     initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], x)
     putIntoDest(p, d, e,
-      rfmt(nil, "(($1) && ($1)->$2 == 0)", rdLoc(x), lenField(p)))
-  elif (b.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}) and (b.strVal == ""):
+      ropecg(p.module, "(!($1) || ($1)->$2 == 0)", rdLoc(x), lenField(p)))
+  elif b.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit} and b.strVal == "":
     initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], x)
     putIntoDest(p, d, e,
-      rfmt(nil, "(($1) && ($1)->$2 == 0)", rdLoc(x), lenField(p)))
+      ropecg(p.module, "(!($1) || ($1)->$2 == 0)", rdLoc(x), lenField(p)))
   else:
     binaryExpr(p, e, d, "#eqStrings($1, $2)")
 
@@ -1752,7 +1778,7 @@ proc binaryFloatArith(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, m: TMagic) =
     assert(e.sons[2].typ != nil)
     initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
     initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
-    putIntoDest(p, d, e, rfmt(nil, "(($4)($2) $1 ($4)($3))",
+    putIntoDest(p, d, e, ropecg(p.module, "(($4)($2) $1 ($4)($3))",
                               rope(opr[m]), rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b),
                               getSimpleTypeDesc(p.module, e[1].typ)))
     if optNaNCheck in p.options:
@@ -1783,7 +1809,7 @@ proc genMagicExpr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
                                                "$# = #subInt64($#, $#);$n"]
     const fun: array[mInc..mDec, string] = ["$# = #addInt($#, $#);$n",
                                              "$# = #subInt($#, $#);$n"]
-    let underlying = skipTypes(e.sons[1].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tyVar, tyRange})
+    let underlying = skipTypes(e.sons[1].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink, tyVar, tyLent, tyRange})
     if optOverflowCheck notin p.options or underlying.kind in {tyUInt..tyUInt64}:
       binaryStmt(p, e, d, opr[op])
     else:
@@ -1793,7 +1819,7 @@ proc genMagicExpr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
       initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
       initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
 
-      let ranged = skipTypes(e.sons[1].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tyVar})
+      let ranged = skipTypes(e.sons[1].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink, tyVar, tyLent})
       let res = binaryArithOverflowRaw(p, ranged, a, b,
         if underlying.kind == tyInt64: fun64[op] else: fun[op])
       putIntoDest(p, a, e.sons[1], "($#)($#)" % [
@@ -1861,12 +1887,12 @@ proc genMagicExpr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
   of mEcho: genEcho(p, e[1].skipConv)
   of mArrToSeq: genArrToSeq(p, e, d)
   of mNLen..mNError, mSlurp..mQuoteAst:
-    localError(e.info, errXMustBeCompileTime, e.sons[0].sym.name.s)
+    localError(p.config, e.info, strutils.`%`(errXMustBeCompileTime, e.sons[0].sym.name.s))
   of mSpawn:
-    let n = lowerings.wrapProcForSpawn(p.module.module, e, e.typ, nil, nil)
+    let n = lowerings.wrapProcForSpawn(p.module.g.graph, p.module.module, e, e.typ, nil, nil)
     expr(p, n, d)
   of mParallel:
-    let n = semparallel.liftParallel(p.module.module, e)
+    let n = semparallel.liftParallel(p.module.g.graph, p.module.module, e)
     expr(p, n, d)
   of mDeepCopy:
     var a, b: TLoc
@@ -1878,7 +1904,7 @@ proc genMagicExpr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
   else:
     when defined(debugMagics):
       echo p.prc.name.s, " ", p.prc.id, " ", p.prc.flags, " ", p.prc.ast[genericParamsPos].kind
-    internalError(e.info, "genMagicExpr: " & $op)
+    internalError(p.config, e.info, "genMagicExpr: " & $op)
 
 proc genSetConstr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   # example: { a..b, c, d, e, f..g }
@@ -1894,34 +1920,35 @@ proc genSetConstr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     if getSize(e.typ) > 8:
       # big set:
       useStringh(p.module)
-      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "memset($1, 0, sizeof($1));$n", [rdLoc(d)])
-      for i in countup(0, sonsLen(e) - 1):
-        if e.sons[i].kind == nkRange:
-          getTemp(p, getSysType(tyInt), idx) # our counter
-          initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i].sons[0], a)
-          initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i].sons[1], b)
+      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "memset($1, 0, sizeof($2));$n",
+          [rdLoc(d), getTypeDesc(p.module, e.typ)])
+      for it in e.sons:
+        if it.kind == nkRange:
+          getTemp(p, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyInt), idx) # our counter
+          initLocExpr(p, it.sons[0], a)
+          initLocExpr(p, it.sons[1], b)
           lineF(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = $3; $1 <= $4; $1++) $n" &
               "$2[(NU)($1)>>3] |=(1U<<((NU)($1)&7U));$n", [rdLoc(idx), rdLoc(d),
               rdSetElemLoc(a, e.typ), rdSetElemLoc(b, e.typ)])
         else:
-          initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i], a)
+          initLocExpr(p, it, a)
           lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$1[(NU)($2)>>3] |=(1U<<((NU)($2)&7U));$n",
                [rdLoc(d), rdSetElemLoc(a, e.typ)])
     else:
       # small set
       var ts = "NU" & $(getSize(e.typ) * 8)
       lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = 0;$n", [rdLoc(d)])
-      for i in countup(0, sonsLen(e) - 1):
-        if e.sons[i].kind == nkRange:
-          getTemp(p, getSysType(tyInt), idx) # our counter
-          initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i].sons[0], a)
-          initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i].sons[1], b)
+      for it in e.sons:
+        if it.kind == nkRange:
+          getTemp(p, getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyInt), idx) # our counter
+          initLocExpr(p, it.sons[0], a)
+          initLocExpr(p, it.sons[1], b)
           lineF(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = $3; $1 <= $4; $1++) $n" &
               "$2 |=((" & ts & ")(1)<<(($1)%(sizeof(" & ts & ")*8)));$n", [
               rdLoc(idx), rdLoc(d), rdSetElemLoc(a, e.typ),
               rdSetElemLoc(b, e.typ)])
         else:
-          initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i], a)
+          initLocExpr(p, it, a)
           lineF(p, cpsStmts,
                "$1 |=((" & ts & ")(1)<<(($2)%(sizeof(" & ts & ")*8)));$n",
                [rdLoc(d), rdSetElemLoc(a, e.typ)])
@@ -1957,7 +1984,7 @@ proc genClosure(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     initLocExpr(p, n.sons[0], a)
     initLocExpr(p, n.sons[1], b)
     if n.sons[0].skipConv.kind == nkClosure:
-      internalError(n.info, "closure to closure created")
+      internalError(p.config, n.info, "closure to closure created")
     # tasyncawait.nim breaks with this optimization:
     when false:
       if d.k != locNone:
@@ -1998,7 +2025,7 @@ template genStmtListExprImpl(exprOrStmt) {.dirty.} =
         let theMacro = it[0].sym
         add p.s(cpsStmts), initFrameNoDebug(p, frameName,
            makeCString theMacro.name.s,
-           theMacro.info.quotedFilename, it.info.line)
+           quotedFilename(p.config, theMacro.info), it.info.line.int)
     else:
       genStmts(p, it)
   if n.len > 0: exprOrStmt
@@ -2021,11 +2048,12 @@ proc upConv(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     var r = rdLoc(a)
     var nilCheck: Rope = nil
     var t = skipTypes(a.t, abstractInst)
-    while t.kind in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef}:
-      if t.kind != tyVar: nilCheck = r
-      if t.kind != tyVar or not p.module.compileToCpp:
+    while t.kind in {tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef}:
+      if t.kind notin {tyVar, tyLent}: nilCheck = r
+      if t.kind notin {tyVar, tyLent} or not p.module.compileToCpp:
         r = "(*$1)" % [r]
       t = skipTypes(t.lastSon, abstractInst)
+    discard getTypeDesc(p.module, t)
     if not p.module.compileToCpp:
       while t.kind == tyObject and t.sons[0] != nil:
         add(r, ".Sup")
@@ -2045,6 +2073,7 @@ proc upConv(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
 
 proc downConv(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   if p.module.compileToCpp:
+    discard getTypeDesc(p.module, skipTypes(n[0].typ, abstractPtrs))
     expr(p, n.sons[0], d)     # downcast does C++ for us
   else:
     var dest = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractPtrs)
@@ -2053,10 +2082,11 @@ proc downConv(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     while arg.kind == nkObjDownConv: arg = arg.sons[0]
 
     var src = skipTypes(arg.typ, abstractPtrs)
+    discard getTypeDesc(p.module, src)
     var a: TLoc
     initLocExpr(p, arg, a)
     var r = rdLoc(a)
-    let isRef = skipTypes(arg.typ, abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar}
+    let isRef = skipTypes(arg.typ, abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar, tyLent}
     if isRef:
       add(r, "->Sup")
     else:
@@ -2068,7 +2098,7 @@ proc downConv(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       # (see bug #837). However sometimes using a temporary is not correct:
       # init(TFigure(my)) # where it is passed to a 'var TFigure'. We test
       # this by ensuring the destination is also a pointer:
-      if d.k == locNone and skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar}:
+      if d.k == locNone and skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar, tyLent}:
         getTemp(p, n.typ, d)
         linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = &$2;$n", rdLoc(d), r)
       else:
@@ -2116,11 +2146,11 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       #if sym.kind == skIterator:
       #  echo renderTree(sym.getBody, {renderIds})
       if sfCompileTime in sym.flags:
-        localError(n.info, "request to generate code for .compileTime proc: " &
+        localError(p.config, n.info, "request to generate code for .compileTime proc: " &
            sym.name.s)
       genProc(p.module, sym)
       if sym.loc.r == nil or sym.loc.lode == nil:
-        internalError(n.info, "expr: proc not init " & sym.name.s)
+        internalError(p.config, n.info, "expr: proc not init " & sym.name.s)
       putLocIntoDest(p, d, sym.loc)
     of skConst:
       if isSimpleConst(sym.typ):
@@ -2128,6 +2158,9 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       else:
         genComplexConst(p, sym, d)
     of skEnumField:
+      # we never reach this case - as of the time of this comment,
+      # skEnumField is folded to an int in semfold.nim, but this code
+      # remains for robustness
       putIntoDest(p, d, n, rope(sym.position))
     of skVar, skForVar, skResult, skLet:
       if {sfGlobal, sfThread} * sym.flags != {}:
@@ -2135,10 +2168,10 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       if sym.loc.r == nil or sym.loc.t == nil:
         #echo "FAILED FOR PRCO ", p.prc.name.s
         #echo renderTree(p.prc.ast, {renderIds})
-        internalError n.info, "expr: var not init " & sym.name.s & "_" & $sym.id
+        internalError p.config, n.info, "expr: var not init " & sym.name.s & "_" & $sym.id
       if sfThread in sym.flags:
         accessThreadLocalVar(p, sym)
-        if emulatedThreadVars():
+        if emulatedThreadVars(p.config):
           putIntoDest(p, d, sym.loc.lode, "NimTV_->" & sym.loc.r)
         else:
           putLocIntoDest(p, d, sym.loc)
@@ -2148,16 +2181,16 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       if sym.loc.r == nil or sym.loc.t == nil:
         #echo "FAILED FOR PRCO ", p.prc.name.s
         #echo renderTree(p.prc.ast, {renderIds})
-        internalError(n.info, "expr: temp not init " & sym.name.s & "_" & $sym.id)
+        internalError(p.config, n.info, "expr: temp not init " & sym.name.s & "_" & $sym.id)
       putLocIntoDest(p, d, sym.loc)
     of skParam:
       if sym.loc.r == nil or sym.loc.t == nil:
         # echo "FAILED FOR PRCO ", p.prc.name.s
         # debug p.prc.typ.n
         # echo renderTree(p.prc.ast, {renderIds})
-        internalError(n.info, "expr: param not init " & sym.name.s & "_" & $sym.id)
+        internalError(p.config, n.info, "expr: param not init " & sym.name.s & "_" & $sym.id)
       putLocIntoDest(p, d, sym.loc)
-    else: internalError(n.info, "expr(" & $sym.kind & "); unknown symbol")
+    else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "expr(" & $sym.kind & "); unknown symbol")
   of nkNilLit:
     if not isEmptyType(n.typ):
       putIntoDest(p, d, n, genLiteral(p, n))
@@ -2195,7 +2228,7 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       genSeqConstr(p, n, d)
     else:
       genArrayConstr(p, n, d)
-  of nkPar:
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr:
     if isDeepConstExpr(n) and n.len != 0:
       exprComplexConst(p, n, d)
     else:
@@ -2226,15 +2259,15 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     var sym = n.sons[namePos].sym
     genProc(p.module, sym)
     if sym.loc.r == nil or sym.loc.lode == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "expr: proc not init " & sym.name.s)
+      internalError(p.config, n.info, "expr: proc not init " & sym.name.s)
     putLocIntoDest(p, d, sym.loc)
   of nkClosure: genClosure(p, n, d)
 
   of nkEmpty: discard
   of nkWhileStmt: genWhileStmt(p, n)
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection: genVarStmt(p, n)
-  of nkConstSection: genConstStmt(p, n)
-  of nkForStmt: internalError(n.info, "for statement not eliminated")
+  of nkConstSection: discard  # consts generated lazily on use
+  of nkForStmt: internalError(p.config, n.info, "for statement not eliminated")
   of nkCaseStmt: genCase(p, n, d)
   of nkReturnStmt: genReturnStmt(p, n)
   of nkBreakStmt: genBreakStmt(p, n)
@@ -2262,7 +2295,7 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
         initLocExpr(p, ex, a)
   of nkAsmStmt: genAsmStmt(p, n)
   of nkTryStmt:
-    if p.module.compileToCpp and optNoCppExceptions notin gGlobalOptions:
+    if p.module.compileToCpp and optNoCppExceptions notin p.config.globalOptions:
       genTryCpp(p, n, d)
     else:
       genTry(p, n, d)
@@ -2284,8 +2317,7 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       # are not transformed correctly. We work around this issue (#411) here
       # by ensuring it's no inner proc (owner is a module):
       if prc.skipGenericOwner.kind == skModule and sfCompileTime notin prc.flags:
-        if (not emitLazily(prc)) or
-            ({sfExportc, sfCompilerProc} * prc.flags == {sfExportc}) or
+        if ({sfExportc, sfCompilerProc} * prc.flags == {sfExportc}) or
             (sfExportc in prc.flags and lfExportLib in prc.loc.flags) or
             (prc.kind == skMethod):
           # we have not only the header:
@@ -2294,8 +2326,8 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   of nkParForStmt: genParForStmt(p, n)
   of nkState: genState(p, n)
   of nkGotoState: genGotoState(p, n)
-  of nkBreakState: genBreakState(p, n)
-  else: internalError(n.info, "expr(" & $n.kind & "); unknown node kind")
+  of nkBreakState: genBreakState(p, n, d)
+  else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "expr(" & $n.kind & "); unknown node kind")
 
 proc genNamedConstExpr(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
   if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr: result = genConstExpr(p, n.sons[1])
@@ -2307,7 +2339,7 @@ proc getDefaultValue(p: BProc; typ: PType; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
   of tyBool: result = rope"NIM_FALSE"
   of tyEnum, tyChar, tyInt..tyInt64, tyUInt..tyUInt64: result = rope"0"
   of tyFloat..tyFloat128: result = rope"0.0"
-  of tyCString, tyString, tyVar, tyPointer, tyPtr, tySequence, tyExpr,
+  of tyCString, tyString, tyVar, tyLent, tyPointer, tyPtr, tySequence, tyExpr,
      tyStmt, tyTypeDesc, tyStatic, tyRef, tyNil:
     result = rope"NIM_NIL"
   of tyProc:
@@ -2331,13 +2363,13 @@ proc getDefaultValue(p: BProc; typ: PType; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
     if mapType(t) == ctArray: result = rope"{}"
     else: result = rope"0"
   else:
-    globalError(info, "cannot create null element for: " & $t.kind)
+    globalError(p.config, info, "cannot create null element for: " & $t.kind)
 
 proc getNullValueAux(p: BProc; t: PType; obj, cons: PNode, result: var Rope; count: var int) =
   case obj.kind
   of nkRecList:
-    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(obj) - 1):
-      getNullValueAux(p, t, obj.sons[i], cons, result, count)
+    for it in obj.sons:
+      getNullValueAux(p, t, it, cons, result, count)
   of nkRecCase:
     getNullValueAux(p, t, obj.sons[0], cons, result, count)
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(obj) - 1):
@@ -2357,7 +2389,7 @@ proc getNullValueAux(p: BProc; t: PType; obj, cons: PNode, result: var Rope; cou
     # not found, produce default value:
     result.add getDefaultValue(p, field.typ, cons.info)
   else:
-    localError(cons.info, "cannot create null element for: " & $obj)
+    localError(p.config, cons.info, "cannot create null element for: " & $obj)
 
 proc getNullValueAuxT(p: BProc; orig, t: PType; obj, cons: PNode, result: var Rope; count: var int) =
   var base = t.sons[0]
@@ -2427,7 +2459,7 @@ proc genConstExpr(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
     var cs: TBitSet
     toBitSet(n, cs)
     result = genRawSetData(cs, int(getSize(n.typ)))
-  of nkBracket, nkPar, nkClosure:
+  of nkBracket, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkClosure:
     var t = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst)
     if t.kind == tySequence:
       result = genConstSeq(p, n, n.typ)
diff --git a/compiler/ccgliterals.nim b/compiler/ccgliterals.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfe71375e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/ccgliterals.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2018 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This include file contains the logic to produce constant string
+## and seq literals. The code here is responsible that
+## ``const x = ["a", "b"]`` works without hidden runtime creation code.
+## The price is that seqs and strings are not purely a library
+## implementation.
+
+template detectVersion(field, corename) =
+  if m.g.field == 0:
+    let core = getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, corename)
+    if core == nil or core.kind != skConst:
+      m.g.field = 1
+    else:
+      m.g.field = int ast.getInt(core.ast)
+  result = m.g.field
+
+proc detectStrVersion(m: BModule): int =
+  detectVersion(strVersion, "nimStrVersion")
+
+proc detectSeqVersion(m: BModule): int =
+  detectVersion(seqVersion, "nimSeqVersion")
+
+# ----- Version 1: GC'ed strings and seqs --------------------------------
+
+proc genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m: BModule, s: string): Rope =
+  discard cgsym(m, "TGenericSeq")
+  result = getTempName(m)
+  addf(m.s[cfsData], "STRING_LITERAL($1, $2, $3);$n",
+       [result, makeCString(s), rope(len(s))])
+
+proc genStringLiteralV1(m: BModule; n: PNode): Rope =
+  if s.isNil:
+    result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) NIM_NIL)", [])
+  else:
+    let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
+    if id == m.labels:
+      # string literal not found in the cache:
+      result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) &$1)",
+                      [genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m, n.strVal)])
+    else:
+      result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) &$1$2)",
+                      [m.tmpBase, rope(id)])
+
+# ------ Version 2: destructor based strings and seqs -----------------------
+
+proc genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m: BModule, s: string): Rope =
+  result = getTempName(m)
+  addf(m.s[cfsData], " static const NIM_CHAR $1[$2] = $3;$n",
+       [result, rope(len(s)+1), makeCString(s)])
+
+proc genStringLiteralV2(m: BModule; n: PNode): Rope =
+  let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(m.dataCache, n, m.labels)
+  if id == m.labels:
+    # string literal not found in the cache:
+    let pureLit = genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m, n.strVal)
+    result = getTempName(m)
+    addf(m.s[cfsData], "static const #NimStringV2 $1 = {$2, $2, $3};$n",
+        [result, rope(len(n.strVal)+1), pureLit])
+  else:
+    result = m.tmpBase & rope(id)
+
+# ------ Version selector ---------------------------------------------------
+
+proc genStringLiteralDataOnly(m: BModule; s: string; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
+  case detectStrVersion(m)
+  of 0, 1: result = genStringLiteralDataOnlyV1(m, s)
+  of 2: result = genStringLiteralDataOnlyV2(m, s)
+  else:
+    localError(m.config, info, "cannot determine how to produce code for string literal")
+
+proc genStringLiteralFromData(m: BModule; data: Rope; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
+  result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) &$1)",
+                [data])
+
+proc genNilStringLiteral(m: BModule; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
+  result = ropecg(m, "((#NimStringDesc*) NIM_NIL)", [])
+
+proc genStringLiteral(m: BModule; n: PNode): Rope =
+  case detectStrVersion(m)
+  of 0, 1: result = genStringLiteralV1(m, n)
+  of 2: result = genStringLiteralV2(m, n)
+  else:
+    localError(m.config, n.info, "cannot determine how to produce code for string literal")
diff --git a/compiler/ccgmerge.nim b/compiler/ccgmerge.nim
index f667be70f..4b4f9c0e6 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgmerge.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgmerge.nim
@@ -45,28 +45,28 @@ const
   ]
   NimMergeEndMark = "/*\tNIM_merge_END:*/"
 
-proc genSectionStart*(fs: TCFileSection): Rope =
-  if compilationCachePresent:
+proc genSectionStart*(fs: TCFileSection; conf: ConfigRef): Rope =
+  if compilationCachePresent(conf):
     result = rope(tnl)
     add(result, "/*\t")
     add(result, CFileSectionNames[fs])
     add(result, ":*/")
     add(result, tnl)
 
-proc genSectionEnd*(fs: TCFileSection): Rope =
-  if compilationCachePresent:
+proc genSectionEnd*(fs: TCFileSection; conf: ConfigRef): Rope =
+  if compilationCachePresent(conf):
     result = rope(NimMergeEndMark & tnl)
 
-proc genSectionStart*(ps: TCProcSection): Rope =
-  if compilationCachePresent:
+proc genSectionStart*(ps: TCProcSection; conf: ConfigRef): Rope =
+  if compilationCachePresent(conf):
     result = rope(tnl)
     add(result, "/*\t")
     add(result, CProcSectionNames[ps])
     add(result, ":*/")
     add(result, tnl)
 
-proc genSectionEnd*(ps: TCProcSection): Rope =
-  if compilationCachePresent:
+proc genSectionEnd*(ps: TCProcSection; conf: ConfigRef): Rope =
+  if compilationCachePresent(conf):
     result = rope(NimMergeEndMark & tnl)
 
 proc writeTypeCache(a: TypeCache, s: var string) =
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ proc writeIntSet(a: IntSet, s: var string) =
   s.add('}')
 
 proc genMergeInfo*(m: BModule): Rope =
-  if not compilationCachePresent: return nil
+  if not compilationCachePresent(m.config): return nil
   var s = "/*\tNIM_merge_INFO:"
   s.add(tnl)
   s.add("typeCache:{")
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ proc readVerbatimSection(L: var TBaseLexer): Rope =
       buf = L.buf
       r.add(tnl)
     of '\0':
-      internalError("ccgmerge: expected: " & NimMergeEndMark)
+      doAssert(false, "ccgmerge: expected: " & NimMergeEndMark)
       break
     else:
       if atEndMark(buf, pos):
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ proc readKey(L: var TBaseLexer, result: var string) =
   while buf[pos] in IdentChars:
     result.add(buf[pos])
     inc pos
-  if buf[pos] != ':': internalError("ccgmerge: ':' expected")
+  if buf[pos] != ':': doAssert(false, "ccgmerge: ':' expected")
   L.bufpos = pos + 1 # skip ':'
 
 proc newFakeType(id: int): PType =
@@ -187,12 +187,12 @@ proc newFakeType(id: int): PType =
   result.id = id
 
 proc readTypeCache(L: var TBaseLexer, result: var TypeCache) =
-  if ^L.bufpos != '{': internalError("ccgmerge: '{' expected")
+  if ^L.bufpos != '{': doAssert(false, "ccgmerge: '{' expected")
   inc L.bufpos
   while ^L.bufpos != '}':
     skipWhite(L)
     var key = decodeStr(L.buf, L.bufpos)
-    if ^L.bufpos != ':': internalError("ccgmerge: ':' expected")
+    if ^L.bufpos != ':': doAssert(false, "ccgmerge: ':' expected")
     inc L.bufpos
     var value = decodeStr(L.buf, L.bufpos)
     # XXX implement me
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ proc readTypeCache(L: var TBaseLexer, result: var TypeCache) =
   inc L.bufpos
 
 proc readIntSet(L: var TBaseLexer, result: var IntSet) =
-  if ^L.bufpos != '{': internalError("ccgmerge: '{' expected")
+  if ^L.bufpos != '{': doAssert(false, "ccgmerge: '{' expected")
   inc L.bufpos
   while ^L.bufpos != '}':
     skipWhite(L)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ proc processMergeInfo(L: var TBaseLexer, m: BModule) =
     of "labels":    m.labels = decodeVInt(L.buf, L.bufpos)
     of "flags":
       m.flags = cast[set[CodegenFlag]](decodeVInt(L.buf, L.bufpos) != 0)
-    else: internalError("ccgmerge: unknown key: " & k)
+    else: doAssert(false, "ccgmerge: unknown key: " & k)
 
 when not defined(nimhygiene):
   {.pragma: inject.}
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ proc readMergeSections(cfilename: string, m: var TMergeSections) =
         if sectionB >= 0 and sectionB <= high(TCProcSection).int:
           m.p[TCProcSection(sectionB)] = verbatim
         else:
-          internalError("ccgmerge: unknown section: " & k)
+          doAssert(false, "ccgmerge: unknown section: " & k)
     else:
-      internalError("ccgmerge: '*/' expected")
+      doAssert(false, "ccgmerge: '*/' expected")
 
 proc mergeRequired*(m: BModule): bool =
   for i in cfsHeaders..cfsProcs:
diff --git a/compiler/ccgstmts.nim b/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
index 36816cc2c..91a3add70 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ const
     # above X strings a hash-switch for strings is generated
 
 proc registerGcRoot(p: BProc, v: PSym) =
-  if gSelectedGC in {gcMarkAndSweep, gcGenerational, gcV2, gcRefc} and
+  if p.config.selectedGC in {gcMarkAndSweep, gcGenerational, gcV2, gcRefc} 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 :-)
     let prc = genTraverseProcForGlobal(p.module, v, v.info)
-    appcg(p.module, p.module.initProc.procSec(cpsInit),
-      "#nimRegisterGlobalMarker($1);$n", [prc])
+    if sfThread in v.flags:
+      appcg(p.module, p.module.initProc.procSec(cpsInit),
+        "#nimRegisterThreadLocalMarker($1);$n", [prc])
+    else:
+      appcg(p.module, p.module.initProc.procSec(cpsInit),
+        "#nimRegisterGlobalMarker($1);$n", [prc])
 
 proc isAssignedImmediately(n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   if n.kind == nkEmpty: return false
@@ -33,15 +37,19 @@ proc isAssignedImmediately(n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
     return false
   result = true
 
+proc inExceptBlockLen(p: BProc): int =
+  for x in p.nestedTryStmts:
+    if x.inExcept: result.inc
+
 proc genVarTuple(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
   var tup, field: TLoc
-  if n.kind != nkVarTuple: internalError(n.info, "genVarTuple")
+  if n.kind != nkVarTuple: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genVarTuple")
   var L = sonsLen(n)
 
   # if we have a something that's been captured, use the lowering instead:
   for i in countup(0, L-3):
     if n[i].kind != nkSym:
-      genStmts(p, lowerTupleUnpacking(n, p.prc))
+      genStmts(p, lowerTupleUnpacking(p.module.g.graph, n, p.prc))
       return
 
   genLineDir(p, n)
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ proc genVarTuple(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
     if t.kind == tyTuple:
       field.r = "$1.Field$2" % [rdLoc(tup), rope(i)]
     else:
-      if t.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(n.info, "genVarTuple")
+      if t.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genVarTuple")
       field.r = "$1.$2" % [rdLoc(tup), mangleRecFieldName(p.module, t.n.sons[i].sym, t)]
     putLocIntoDest(p, v.loc, field)
 
@@ -92,7 +100,7 @@ proc startBlock(p: BProc, start: FormatStr = "{$n",
   setLen(p.blocks, result + 1)
   p.blocks[result].id = p.labels
   p.blocks[result].nestedTryStmts = p.nestedTryStmts.len.int16
-  p.blocks[result].nestedExceptStmts = p.inExceptBlock.int16
+  p.blocks[result].nestedExceptStmts = p.inExceptBlockLen.int16
 
 proc assignLabel(b: var TBlock): Rope {.inline.} =
   b.label = "LA" & b.id.rope
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ proc endBlock(p: BProc, blockEnd: Rope) =
 proc endBlock(p: BProc) =
   let topBlock = p.blocks.len - 1
   var blockEnd = if p.blocks[topBlock].label != nil:
-      rfmt(nil, "} $1: ;$n", p.blocks[topBlock].label)
+      ropecg(p.module, "} $1: ;$n", p.blocks[topBlock].label)
     else:
       ~"}$n"
   let frameLen = p.blocks[topBlock].frameLen
@@ -141,7 +149,7 @@ template preserveBreakIdx(body: untyped): untyped =
   p.breakIdx = oldBreakIdx
 
 proc genState(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
-  internalAssert n.len == 1
+  internalAssert p.config, n.len == 1
   let n0 = n[0]
   if n0.kind == nkIntLit:
     let idx = n.sons[0].intVal
@@ -149,6 +157,39 @@ proc genState(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
   elif n0.kind == nkStrLit:
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1: ;$n", n0.strVal.rope)
 
+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[n: PNode, inExcept: bool]](0)
+
+  for i in countup(1, howManyTrys):
+    let tryStmt = p.nestedTryStmts.pop
+    if not p.module.compileToCpp or optNoCppExceptions in p.config.globalOptions:
+      # Pop safe points generated by try
+      if not tryStmt.inExcept:
+        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popSafePoint();$n")
+
+    # Pop this try-stmt of the list of nested trys
+    # so we don't infinite recurse on it in the next step.
+    stack.add(tryStmt)
+
+    # Find finally-stmt for this try-stmt
+    # and generate a copy of its sons
+    var finallyStmt = lastSon(tryStmt.n)
+    if finallyStmt.kind == nkFinally:
+      genStmts(p, finallyStmt.sons[0])
+
+  # push old elements again:
+  for i in countdown(howManyTrys-1, 0):
+    p.nestedTryStmts.add(stack[i])
+
+  if not p.module.compileToCpp or optNoCppExceptions in p.config.globalOptions:
+    # Pop exceptions that was handled by the
+    # except-blocks we are in
+    for i in countdown(howManyExcepts-1, 0):
+      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$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:
@@ -159,7 +200,11 @@ proc genGotoState(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
   initLocExpr(p, n.sons[0], a)
   lineF(p, cpsStmts, "switch ($1) {$n", [rdLoc(a)])
   p.beforeRetNeeded = true
-  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case -1: goto BeforeRet_;$n", [])
+  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case -1:$n", [])
+  blockLeaveActions(p,
+    howManyTrys    = p.nestedTryStmts.len,
+    howManyExcepts = p.inExceptBlockLen)
+  lineF(p, cpsStmts, " goto BeforeRet_;$n", [])
   var statesCounter = lastOrd(n.sons[0].typ)
   if n.len >= 2 and n[1].kind == nkIntLit:
     statesCounter = n[1].intVal
@@ -169,23 +214,21 @@ proc genGotoState(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
     lineF(p, cpsStmts, "case $2: goto $1$2;$n", [prefix, rope(i)])
   lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
 
-proc genBreakState(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
+proc genBreakState(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var a: TLoc
+  initLoc(d, locExpr, n, OnUnknown)
+
   if n.sons[0].kind == nkClosure:
-    # XXX this produces quite inefficient code!
     initLocExpr(p, n.sons[0].sons[1], a)
-    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "if (((NI*) $1)[1] < 0) break;$n", [rdLoc(a)])
+    d.r = "(((NI*) $1)[1] < 0)" % [rdLoc(a)]
   else:
     initLocExpr(p, n.sons[0], a)
     # the environment is guaranteed to contain the 'state' field at offset 1:
-    lineF(p, cpsStmts, "if ((((NI*) $1.ClE_0)[1]) < 0) break;$n", [rdLoc(a)])
-  #  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "if (($1) < 0) break;$n", [rdLoc(a)])
-
-proc genVarPrototypeAux(m: BModule, n: PNode)
+    d.r = "((((NI*) $1.ClE_0)[1]) < 0)" % [rdLoc(a)]
 
 proc genGotoVar(p: BProc; value: PNode) =
   if value.kind notin {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit}:
-    localError(value.info, "'goto' target must be a literal value")
+    localError(p.config, value.info, "'goto' target must be a literal value")
   else:
     lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto NIMSTATE_$#;$n", [value.intVal.rope])
 
@@ -217,7 +260,7 @@ proc genSingleVar(p: BProc, a: PNode) =
     # 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:
-      genVarPrototypeAux(p.module.g.generatedHeader, vn)
+      genVarPrototype(p.module.g.generatedHeader, vn)
     registerGcRoot(p, v)
   else:
     let value = a.sons[2]
@@ -239,7 +282,10 @@ proc genSingleVar(p: BProc, a: PNode) =
           if params != nil: params.add(~", ")
           assert(sonsLen(typ) == sonsLen(typ.n))
           add(params, genOtherArg(p, value, i, typ))
-        lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$#($#);$n", [decl, params])
+        if params == nil:
+          lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$#;$n", [decl])
+        else:
+          lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$#($#);$n", [decl, params])
       else:
         initLocExprSingleUse(p, value, tmp)
         lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$# = $#;$n", [decl, tmp.rdLoc])
@@ -260,28 +306,16 @@ proc genClosureVar(p: BProc, a: PNode) =
     loadInto(p, a.sons[0], a.sons[2], v)
 
 proc genVarStmt(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    var a = n.sons[i]
-    if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if a.kind == nkIdentDefs:
+  for it in n.sons:
+    if it.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
+    if it.kind == nkIdentDefs:
       # can be a lifted var nowadays ...
-      if a.sons[0].kind == nkSym:
-        genSingleVar(p, a)
+      if it.sons[0].kind == nkSym:
+        genSingleVar(p, it)
       else:
-        genClosureVar(p, a)
+        genClosureVar(p, it)
     else:
-      genVarTuple(p, a)
-
-proc genConstStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1):
-    var it = t.sons[i]
-    if it.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if it.kind != nkConstDef: internalError(t.info, "genConstStmt")
-    var c = it.sons[0].sym
-    if c.typ.containsCompileTimeOnly: continue
-    elif c.typ.kind in ConstantDataTypes and lfNoDecl notin c.loc.flags and
-        c.ast.len != 0:
-      if not emitLazily(c): requestConstImpl(p, c)
+      genVarTuple(p, it)
 
 proc genIf(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   #
@@ -302,10 +336,9 @@ proc genIf(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     getTemp(p, n.typ, d)
   genLineDir(p, n)
   let lend = getLabel(p)
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
+  for it in n.sons:
     # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
     if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(n.typ): d.k = locNone
-    let it = n.sons[i]
     if it.len == 2:
       when newScopeForIf: startBlock(p)
       initLocExprSingleUse(p, it.sons[0], a)
@@ -329,47 +362,9 @@ proc genIf(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       startBlock(p)
       expr(p, it.sons[0], d)
       endBlock(p)
-    else: internalError(n.info, "genIf()")
+    else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genIf()")
   if sonsLen(n) > 1: fixLabel(p, lend)
 
-
-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: seq[PNode]
-  newSeq(stack, 0)
-
-  var alreadyPoppedCnt = p.inExceptBlock
-  for i in countup(1, howManyTrys):
-    if not p.module.compileToCpp or optNoCppExceptions in gGlobalOptions:
-      # Pop safe points generated by try
-      if alreadyPoppedCnt > 0:
-        dec alreadyPoppedCnt
-      else:
-        linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popSafePoint();$n")
-
-    # Pop this try-stmt of the list of nested trys
-    # so we don't infinite recurse on it in the next step.
-    var tryStmt = p.nestedTryStmts.pop
-    stack.add(tryStmt)
-
-    # Find finally-stmt for this try-stmt
-    # and generate a copy of its sons
-    var finallyStmt = lastSon(tryStmt)
-    if finallyStmt.kind == nkFinally:
-      genStmts(p, finallyStmt.sons[0])
-
-  # push old elements again:
-  for i in countdown(howManyTrys-1, 0):
-    p.nestedTryStmts.add(stack[i])
-
-  if not p.module.compileToCpp or optNoCppExceptions in gGlobalOptions:
-    # Pop exceptions that was handled by the
-    # except-blocks we are in
-    for i in countdown(howManyExcepts-1, 0):
-      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n")
-
 proc genReturnStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
   if nfPreventCg in t.flags: return
   p.beforeRetNeeded = true
@@ -377,7 +372,7 @@ proc genReturnStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
   if (t.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty): genStmts(p, t.sons[0])
   blockLeaveActions(p,
     howManyTrys    = p.nestedTryStmts.len,
-    howManyExcepts = p.inExceptBlock)
+    howManyExcepts = p.inExceptBlockLen)
   if (p.finallySafePoints.len > 0):
     # If we're in a finally block, and we came here by exception
     # consume it before we return.
@@ -391,7 +386,7 @@ proc genGotoForCase(p: BProc; caseStmt: PNode) =
     let it = caseStmt.sons[i]
     for j in 0 .. it.len-2:
       if it.sons[j].kind == nkRange:
-        localError(it.info, "range notation not available for computed goto")
+        localError(p.config, it.info, "range notation not available for computed goto")
         return
       let val = getOrdValue(it.sons[j])
       lineF(p, cpsStmts, "NIMSTATE_$#:$n", [val.rope])
@@ -406,19 +401,19 @@ proc genComputedGoto(p: BProc; n: PNode) =
     let it = n.sons[i]
     if it.kind == nkCaseStmt:
       if lastSon(it).kind != nkOfBranch:
-        localError(it.info,
+        localError(p.config, it.info,
             "case statement must be exhaustive for computed goto"); return
       casePos = i
       let aSize = lengthOrd(it.sons[0].typ)
       if aSize > 10_000:
-        localError(it.info,
+        localError(p.config, it.info,
             "case statement has too many cases for computed goto"); return
       arraySize = aSize.int
       if firstOrd(it.sons[0].typ) != 0:
-        localError(it.info,
+        localError(p.config, it.info,
             "case statement has to start at 0 for computed goto"); return
   if casePos < 0:
-    localError(n.info, "no case statement found for computed goto"); return
+    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$1_" % [id.rope]
@@ -452,7 +447,7 @@ proc genComputedGoto(p: BProc; n: PNode) =
     let it = caseStmt.sons[i]
     for j in 0 .. it.len-2:
       if it.sons[j].kind == nkRange:
-        localError(it.info, "range notation not available for computed goto")
+        localError(p.config, it.info, "range notation not available for computed goto")
         return
       let val = getOrdValue(it.sons[j])
       lineF(p, cpsStmts, "TMP$#_:$n", [intLiteral(val+id+1)])
@@ -556,33 +551,38 @@ proc genBreakStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
     # 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(t.info, "no loop to break")
+      internalError(p.config, t.info, "no loop to break")
   let label = assignLabel(p.blocks[idx])
   blockLeaveActions(p,
     p.nestedTryStmts.len - p.blocks[idx].nestedTryStmts,
-    p.inExceptBlock - p.blocks[idx].nestedExceptStmts)
+    p.inExceptBlockLen - p.blocks[idx].nestedExceptStmts)
   genLineDir(p, t)
   lineF(p, cpsStmts, "goto $1;$n", [label])
 
 proc genRaiseStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
-  if p.inExceptBlock > 0:
+  if p.module.compileToCpp:
+    discard cgsym(p.module, "popCurrentExceptionEx")
+  if p.nestedTryStmts.len > 0 and p.nestedTryStmts[^1].inExcept:
     # if the current try stmt have a finally block,
     # we must execute it before reraising
-    var finallyBlock = p.nestedTryStmts[p.nestedTryStmts.len - 1].lastSon
+    var finallyBlock = p.nestedTryStmts[^1].n[^1]
     if finallyBlock.kind == nkFinally:
-      genSimpleBlock(p, finallyBlock.sons[0])
-  if t.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
+      genSimpleBlock(p, finallyBlock[0])
+  if t[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     var a: TLoc
-    initLocExpr(p, t.sons[0], a)
+    initLocExprSingleUse(p, t[0], a)
     var e = rdLoc(a)
-    var typ = skipTypes(t.sons[0].typ, abstractPtrs)
+    var typ = skipTypes(t[0].typ, abstractPtrs)
     genLineDir(p, t)
-    lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "#raiseException((#Exception*)$1, $2);$n",
-        [e, makeCString(typ.sym.name.s)])
+    if isImportedException(typ, p.config):
+      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "throw $1;$n", [e])
+    else:
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "#raiseException((#Exception*)$1, $2);$n",
+          [e, makeCString(typ.sym.name.s)])
   else:
     genLineDir(p, t)
     # reraise the last exception:
-    if p.module.compileToCpp and optNoCppExceptions notin gGlobalOptions:
+    if p.module.compileToCpp and optNoCppExceptions notin p.config.globalOptions:
       line(p, cpsStmts, ~"throw;$n")
     else:
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#reraiseException();$n")
@@ -775,91 +775,75 @@ proc genCase(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     else:
       genOrdinalCase(p, t, d)
 
+
 proc genTryCpp(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
-  #
   #   try
   #   {
   #      myDiv(4, 9);
-  #   } catch (NimException& exp) {
-  #      if (isObj(exp, EIO) {
-  #        ...
-  #      } else if (isObj(exp, ESystem) {
-  #        ...
-  #        finallyPart()
-  #        raise;
-  #      } else {
-  #        // general handler
-  #      }
-  #  }
-  #  finallyPart();
+  #   } catch (NimExceptionType1&) {
+  #      body
+  #   } catch (NimExceptionType2&) {
+  #      finallyPart()
+  #      raise;
+  #   }
+  #   catch(...) {
+  #     general_handler_body
+  #   }
+  #   finallyPart();
+
+  template genExceptBranchBody(body: PNode) {.dirty.} =
+    if optStackTrace in p.options:
+      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#setFrame((TFrame*)&FR_);$n")
+    expr(p, body, d)
+
   if not isEmptyType(t.typ) and d.k == locNone:
     getTemp(p, t.typ, d)
   genLineDir(p, t)
-  let exc = getTempName(p.module)
-  if getCompilerProc("Exception") != nil:
-    discard cgsym(p.module, "Exception")
-  else:
-    discard cgsym(p.module, "E_Base")
-  add(p.nestedTryStmts, t)
+  discard cgsym(p.module, "popCurrentExceptionEx")
+  add(p.nestedTryStmts, (t, false))
   startBlock(p, "try {$n")
-  expr(p, t.sons[0], d)
-  let length = sonsLen(t)
-  endBlock(p, ropecg(p.module, "} catch (NimException& $1) {$n", [exc]))
-  if optStackTrace in p.options:
-    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#setFrame((TFrame*)&FR_);$n")
-  inc p.inExceptBlock
-  var i = 1
+  expr(p, t[0], d)
+  endBlock(p)
+
   var catchAllPresent = false
-  while (i < length) and (t.sons[i].kind == nkExceptBranch):
+
+  p.nestedTryStmts[^1].inExcept = true
+  for i in 1..<t.len:
+    if t[i].kind != nkExceptBranch: break
+
     # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
     if d.k == locTemp and isEmptyType(t.typ): d.k = locNone
-    let blen = sonsLen(t.sons[i])
-    if i > 1: addf(p.s(cpsStmts), "else ", [])
-    if blen == 1:
+
+    if t[i].len == 1:
       # general except section:
       catchAllPresent = true
-      startBlock(p)
-      expr(p, t.sons[i].sons[0], d)
-      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n")
+      startBlock(p, "catch (...) {$n")
+      genExceptBranchBody(t[i][0])
       endBlock(p)
     else:
-      var orExpr: Rope = nil
-      for j in countup(0, blen - 2):
-        assert(t.sons[i].sons[j].kind == nkType)
-        if orExpr != nil: add(orExpr, "||")
-        appcg(p.module, orExpr,
-              "#isObj($1.exp->m_type, $2)",
-              [exc, genTypeInfo(p.module, t[i][j].typ, t[i][j].info)])
-      lineF(p, cpsStmts, "if ($1) ", [orExpr])
-      startBlock(p)
-      expr(p, t.sons[i].sons[blen-1], d)
-      linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n")
-      endBlock(p)
-    inc(i)
+      for j in 0..t[i].len-2:
+        if t[i][j].isInfixAs():
+          let exvar = t[i][j][2] # ex1 in `except ExceptType as ex1:`
+          fillLoc(exvar.sym.loc, locTemp, exvar, mangleLocalName(p, exvar.sym), 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)
 
-  # reraise the exception if there was no catch all
-  # and none of the handlers matched
-  if not catchAllPresent:
-    if i > 1: lineF(p, cpsStmts, "else ", [])
-    startBlock(p)
-    var finallyBlock = t.lastSon
-    if finallyBlock.kind == nkFinally:
-      #expr(p, finallyBlock.sons[0], d)
-      genStmts(p, finallyBlock.sons[0])
+  discard pop(p.nestedTryStmts)
 
+  if not catchAllPresent and t[^1].kind == nkFinally:
+    # finally requires catch all presence
+    startBlock(p, "catch (...) {$n")
+    genSimpleBlock(p, t[^1][0])
     line(p, cpsStmts, ~"throw;$n")
     endBlock(p)
 
-  lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", []) # end of catch block
-  dec p.inExceptBlock
-
-  discard pop(p.nestedTryStmts)
-  if (i < length) and (t.sons[i].kind == nkFinally):
-    genSimpleBlock(p, t.sons[i].sons[0])
+  if t[^1].kind == nkFinally:
+    genSimpleBlock(p, t[^1][0])
 
 proc genTry(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   # code to generate:
@@ -895,23 +879,20 @@ proc genTry(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   p.module.includeHeader("<setjmp.h>")
   genLineDir(p, t)
   var safePoint = getTempName(p.module)
-  if getCompilerProc("Exception") != nil:
-    discard cgsym(p.module, "Exception")
-  else:
-    discard cgsym(p.module, "E_Base")
+  discard cgsym(p.module, "Exception")
   linefmt(p, cpsLocals, "#TSafePoint $1;$n", safePoint)
   linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#pushSafePoint(&$1);$n", safePoint)
-  if isDefined("nimStdSetjmp"):
+  if isDefined(p.config, "nimStdSetjmp"):
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = setjmp($1.context);$n", safePoint)
-  elif isDefined("nimSigSetjmp"):
+  elif isDefined(p.config, "nimSigSetjmp"):
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = sigsetjmp($1.context, 0);$n", safePoint)
-  elif isDefined("nimRawSetjmp"):
+  elif isDefined(p.config, "nimRawSetjmp"):
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = _setjmp($1.context);$n", safePoint)
   else:
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "$1.status = setjmp($1.context);$n", safePoint)
   startBlock(p, "if ($1.status == 0) {$n", [safePoint])
   var length = sonsLen(t)
-  add(p.nestedTryStmts, t)
+  add(p.nestedTryStmts, (t, false))
   expr(p, t.sons[0], d)
   linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popSafePoint();$n")
   endBlock(p)
@@ -919,7 +900,7 @@ proc genTry(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popSafePoint();$n")
   if optStackTrace in p.options:
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#setFrame((TFrame*)&FR_);$n")
-  inc p.inExceptBlock
+  p.nestedTryStmts[^1].inExcept = true
   var i = 1
   while (i < length) and (t.sons[i].kind == nkExceptBranch):
     # bug #4230: avoid false sharing between branches:
@@ -950,7 +931,6 @@ proc genTry(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#popCurrentException();$n")
       endBlock(p)
     inc(i)
-  dec p.inExceptBlock
   discard pop(p.nestedTryStmts)
   endBlock(p) # end of else block
   if i < length and t.sons[i].kind == nkFinally:
@@ -961,19 +941,20 @@ proc genTry(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
 
 proc genAsmOrEmitStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode, isAsmStmt=false): Rope =
   var res = ""
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1):
-    case t.sons[i].kind
+  for it in t.sons:
+    case it.kind
     of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
-      res.add(t.sons[i].strVal)
+      res.add(it.strVal)
     of nkSym:
-      var sym = t.sons[i].sym
+      var sym = it.sym
       if sym.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skIterator, skMethod}:
         var a: TLoc
-        initLocExpr(p, t.sons[i], a)
+        initLocExpr(p, it, a)
         res.add($rdLoc(a))
       elif sym.kind == skType:
         res.add($getTypeDesc(p.module, sym.typ))
       else:
+        discard getTypeDesc(p.module, skipTypes(sym.typ, abstractPtrs))
         var r = sym.loc.r
         if r == nil:
           # if no name has already been given,
@@ -982,12 +963,12 @@ proc genAsmOrEmitStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode, isAsmStmt=false): Rope =
           sym.loc.r = r       # but be consequent!
         res.add($r)
     of nkTypeOfExpr:
-      res.add($getTypeDesc(p.module, t.sons[i].typ))
+      res.add($getTypeDesc(p.module, it.typ))
     else:
+      discard getTypeDesc(p.module, skipTypes(it.typ, abstractPtrs))
       var a: TLoc
-      initLocExpr(p, t.sons[i], a)
+      initLocExpr(p, it, a)
       res.add($a.rdLoc)
-      #internalError(t.sons[i].info, "genAsmOrEmitStmt()")
 
   if isAsmStmt and hasGnuAsm in CC[cCompiler].props:
     for x in splitLines(res):
@@ -1032,7 +1013,7 @@ proc genEmit(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
   if p.prc == nil:
     # top level emit pragma?
     let section = determineSection(t[1])
-    genCLineDir(p.module.s[section], t.info)
+    genCLineDir(p.module.s[section], t.info, p.config)
     add(p.module.s[section], s)
   else:
     genLineDir(p, t)
@@ -1063,8 +1044,7 @@ proc genWatchpoint(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
         genTypeInfo(p.module, typ, n.info)])
 
 proc genPragma(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    var it = n.sons[i]
+  for it in n.sons:
     case whichPragma(it)
     of wEmit: genEmit(p, it)
     of wBreakpoint: genBreakPoint(p, it)
@@ -1159,4 +1139,4 @@ proc genAsgn(p: BProc, e: PNode, fastAsgn: bool) =
 proc genStmts(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
   var a: TLoc
   expr(p, t, a)
-  internalAssert a.k in {locNone, locTemp, locLocalVar}
+  internalAssert p.config, a.k in {locNone, locTemp, locLocalVar}
diff --git a/compiler/ccgthreadvars.nim b/compiler/ccgthreadvars.nim
index 505b69eab..da5c624b7 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgthreadvars.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgthreadvars.nim
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 # included from cgen.nim
 
-proc emulatedThreadVars(): bool =
-  result = {optThreads, optTlsEmulation} <= gGlobalOptions
+proc emulatedThreadVars(conf: ConfigRef): bool =
+  result = {optThreads, optTlsEmulation} <= conf.globalOptions
 
 proc accessThreadLocalVar(p: BProc, s: PSym) =
-  if emulatedThreadVars() and not p.threadVarAccessed:
+  if emulatedThreadVars(p.config) and not p.threadVarAccessed:
     p.threadVarAccessed = true
     incl p.module.flags, usesThreadVars
     addf(p.procSec(cpsLocals), "\tNimThreadVars* NimTV_;$n", [])
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var
 # made to be one.
 
 proc declareThreadVar(m: BModule, s: PSym, isExtern: bool) =
-  if emulatedThreadVars():
+  if emulatedThreadVars(m.config):
     # we gather all thread locals var into a struct; we need to allocate
     # storage for that somehow, can't use the thread local storage
     # allocator for it :-(
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ proc declareThreadVar(m: BModule, s: PSym, isExtern: bool) =
       addf(nimtv, "$1 $2;$n", [getTypeDesc(m, s.loc.t), s.loc.r])
   else:
     if isExtern: add(m.s[cfsVars], "extern ")
-    if optThreads in gGlobalOptions: add(m.s[cfsVars], "NIM_THREADVAR ")
+    if optThreads in m.config.globalOptions: add(m.s[cfsVars], "NIM_THREADVAR ")
     add(m.s[cfsVars], getTypeDesc(m, s.loc.t))
     addf(m.s[cfsVars], " $1;$n", [s.loc.r])
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ proc generateThreadLocalStorage(m: BModule) =
 
 proc generateThreadVarsSize(m: BModule) =
   if nimtv != nil:
-    let externc = if gCmd == cmdCompileToCpp or
+    let externc = if m.config.cmd == cmdCompileToCpp or
                        sfCompileToCpp in m.module.flags: "extern \"C\" "
                   else: ""
     addf(m.s[cfsProcs],
diff --git a/compiler/ccgtrav.nim b/compiler/ccgtrav.nim
index 275c2ddb6..c265064a1 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgtrav.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgtrav.nim
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ type
     p: BProc
     visitorFrmt: string
 
-proc genTraverseProc(c: var TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType)
+proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType)
 proc genCaseRange(p: BProc, branch: PNode)
 proc getTemp(p: BProc, t: PType, result: var TLoc; needsInit=false)
 
-proc genTraverseProc(c: var TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
+proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
                      typ: PType) =
   if n == nil: return
   case n.kind
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ proc genTraverseProc(c: var TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       genTraverseProc(c, accessor, n.sons[i], typ)
   of nkRecCase:
-    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(n.info, "genTraverseProc")
+    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(c.p.config, n.info, "genTraverseProc")
     var p = c.p
     let disc = n.sons[0].sym
     if disc.loc.r == nil: fillObjectFields(c.p.module, typ)
     if disc.loc.t == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
+      internalError(c.p.config, n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
     lineF(p, cpsStmts, "switch ($1.$2) {$n", [accessor, disc.loc.r])
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       let branch = n.sons[i]
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ proc genTraverseProc(c: var TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, n: PNode;
     if field.typ.kind == tyVoid: return
     if field.loc.r == nil: fillObjectFields(c.p.module, typ)
     if field.loc.t == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
+      internalError(c.p.config, n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
     genTraverseProc(c, "$1.$2" % [accessor, field.loc.r], field.loc.t)
-  else: internalError(n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
+  else: internalError(c.p.config, n.info, "genTraverseProc()")
 
 proc parentObj(accessor: Rope; m: BModule): Rope {.inline.} =
   if not m.compileToCpp:
@@ -61,22 +61,23 @@ proc parentObj(accessor: Rope; m: BModule): Rope {.inline.} =
   else:
     result = accessor
 
-proc genTraverseProc(c: var TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
+proc genTraverseProc(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   if typ == nil: return
 
   var p = c.p
   case typ.kind
-  of tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyDistinct, tyInferred:
+  of tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyDistinct, tyInferred,
+     tySink:
     genTraverseProc(c, accessor, lastSon(typ))
   of tyArray:
     let arraySize = lengthOrd(typ.sons[0])
     var i: TLoc
-    getTemp(p, getSysType(tyInt), i)
+    getTemp(p, getSysType(c.p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyInt), i)
     let oldCode = p.s(cpsStmts)
     linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = 0; $1 < $2; $1++) {$n",
             i.r, arraySize.rope)
     let oldLen = p.s(cpsStmts).len
-    genTraverseProc(c, rfmt(nil, "$1[$2]", accessor, i.r), typ.sons[1])
+    genTraverseProc(c, ropecg(c.p.module, "$1[$2]", accessor, i.r), typ.sons[1])
     if p.s(cpsStmts).len == oldLen:
       # do not emit dummy long loops for faster debug builds:
       p.s(cpsStmts) = oldCode
@@ -91,20 +92,20 @@ proc genTraverseProc(c: var TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   of tyTuple:
     let typ = getUniqueType(typ)
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(typ) - 1):
-      genTraverseProc(c, rfmt(nil, "$1.Field$2", accessor, i.rope), typ.sons[i])
+      genTraverseProc(c, ropecg(c.p.module, "$1.Field$2", accessor, i.rope), typ.sons[i])
   of tyRef, tyString, tySequence:
     lineCg(p, cpsStmts, c.visitorFrmt, accessor)
   of tyProc:
     if typ.callConv == ccClosure:
-      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, c.visitorFrmt, rfmt(nil, "$1.ClE_0", accessor))
+      lineCg(p, cpsStmts, c.visitorFrmt, ropecg(c.p.module, "$1.ClE_0", accessor))
   else:
     discard
 
-proc genTraverseProcSeq(c: var TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
+proc genTraverseProcSeq(c: TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   var p = c.p
   assert typ.kind == tySequence
   var i: TLoc
-  getTemp(p, getSysType(tyInt), i)
+  getTemp(p, getSysType(c.p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyInt), i)
   let oldCode = p.s(cpsStmts)
   lineF(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = 0; $1 < $2->$3; $1++) {$n",
       [i.r, accessor, rope(if c.p.module.compileToCpp: "len" else: "Sup.len")])
@@ -116,18 +117,13 @@ proc genTraverseProcSeq(c: var TTraversalClosure, accessor: Rope, typ: PType) =
   else:
     lineF(p, cpsStmts, "}$n", [])
 
-proc genTraverseProc(m: BModule, origTyp: PType; sig: SigHash;
-                     reason: TTypeInfoReason): Rope =
+proc genTraverseProc(m: BModule, origTyp: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
   var c: TTraversalClosure
   var p = newProc(nil, m)
   result = "Marker_" & getTypeName(m, origTyp, sig)
   var typ = origTyp.skipTypes(abstractInst)
   if typ.kind == tyOpt: typ = optLowering(typ)
 
-  case reason
-  of tiNew: c.visitorFrmt = "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, op);$n"
-  else: assert false
-
   let header = "static N_NIMCALL(void, $1)(void* p, NI op)" % [result]
 
   let t = getTypeDesc(m, typ)
@@ -135,6 +131,8 @@ proc genTraverseProc(m: BModule, origTyp: PType; sig: SigHash;
   lineF(p, cpsInit, "a = ($1)p;$n", [t])
 
   c.p = p
+  c.visitorFrmt = "#nimGCvisit((void*)$1, op);$n"
+
   assert typ.kind != tyTypeDesc
   if typ.kind == tySequence:
     genTraverseProcSeq(c, "a".rope, typ)
@@ -159,7 +157,7 @@ proc genTraverseProcForGlobal(m: BModule, s: PSym; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
   var sLoc = s.loc.r
   result = getTempName(m)
 
-  if sfThread in s.flags and emulatedThreadVars():
+  if sfThread in s.flags and emulatedThreadVars(m.config):
     accessThreadLocalVar(p, s)
     sLoc = "NimTV_->" & sLoc
 
diff --git a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
index c9cd3b125..7b44cddad 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 import sighashes
 from lowerings import createObj
 
+proc genProcHeader(m: BModule, prc: PSym): Rope
+
 proc isKeyword(w: PIdent): bool =
   # Nim and C++ share some keywords
   # it's more efficient to test the whole Nim keywords range
@@ -42,38 +44,11 @@ when false:
     assert p.kind == skPackage
     result = gDebugInfo.register(p.name.s, m.name.s)
 
-proc idOrSig(m: BModule; s: PSym): Rope =
-  if s.kind in routineKinds and s.typ != nil:
-    # signatures for exported routines are reliable enough to
-    # produce a unique name and this means produced C++ is more stable wrt
-    # Nim changes:
-    let sig = hashProc(s)
-    result = rope($sig)
-    #let m = if s.typ.callConv != ccInline: findPendingModule(m, s) else: m
-    let counter = m.sigConflicts.getOrDefault(sig)
-    #if sigs == "_jckmNePK3i2MFnWwZlp6Lg" and s.name.s == "contains":
-    #  echo "counter ", counter, " ", s.id
-    if counter != 0:
-      result.add "_" & rope(counter+1)
-    # this minor hack is necessary to make tests/collections/thashes compile.
-    # The inlined hash function's original module is ambiguous so we end up
-    # generating duplicate names otherwise:
-    if s.typ.callConv == ccInline:
-      result.add rope(m.module.name.s)
-    m.sigConflicts.inc(sig)
-  else:
-    let sig = hashNonProc(s)
-    result = rope($sig)
-    let counter = m.sigConflicts.getOrDefault(sig)
-    if counter != 0:
-      result.add "_" & rope(counter+1)
-    m.sigConflicts.inc(sig)
-
 proc mangleName(m: BModule; s: PSym): Rope =
   result = s.loc.r
   if result == nil:
     result = s.name.s.mangle.rope
-    add(result, m.idOrSig(s))
+    add(result, idOrSig(s, m.module.name.s, m.sigConflicts))
     s.loc.r = result
     writeMangledName(m.ndi, s)
 
@@ -119,7 +94,7 @@ proc scopeMangledParam(p: BProc; param: PSym) =
 
 const
   irrelevantForBackend = {tyGenericBody, tyGenericInst, tyGenericInvocation,
-                          tyDistinct, tyRange, tyStatic, tyAlias, tyInferred}
+                          tyDistinct, tyRange, tyStatic, tyAlias, tySink, tyInferred}
 
 proc typeName(typ: PType): Rope =
   let typ = typ.skipTypes(irrelevantForBackend)
@@ -139,7 +114,7 @@ proc getTypeName(m: BModule; typ: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
       t = t.lastSon
     else:
       break
-  let typ = if typ.kind == tyAlias: typ.lastSon else: typ
+  let typ = if typ.kind in {tyAlias, tySink}: typ.lastSon else: typ
   if typ.loc.r == nil:
     typ.loc.r = typ.typeName & $sig
   else:
@@ -147,7 +122,7 @@ proc getTypeName(m: BModule; typ: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
       # check consistency:
       assert($typ.loc.r == $(typ.typeName & $sig))
   result = typ.loc.r
-  if result == nil: internalError("getTypeName: " & $typ.kind)
+  if result == nil: internalError(m.config, "getTypeName: " & $typ.kind)
 
 proc mapSetType(typ: PType): TCTypeKind =
   case int(getSize(typ))
@@ -167,10 +142,10 @@ proc mapType(typ: PType): TCTypeKind =
   of tyOpenArray, tyArray, tyVarargs: result = ctArray
   of tyObject, tyTuple: result = ctStruct
   of tyUserTypeClasses:
-    internalAssert typ.isResolvedUserTypeClass
+    doAssert typ.isResolvedUserTypeClass
     return mapType(typ.lastSon)
   of tyGenericBody, tyGenericInst, tyGenericParam, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal,
-     tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyInferred:
+     tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tySink, tyInferred:
     result = mapType(lastSon(typ))
   of tyEnum:
     if firstOrd(typ) < 0:
@@ -181,9 +156,9 @@ proc mapType(typ: PType): TCTypeKind =
       of 2: result = ctUInt16
       of 4: result = ctInt32
       of 8: result = ctInt64
-      else: internalError("mapType")
+      else: result = ctInt32
   of tyRange: result = mapType(typ.sons[0])
-  of tyPtr, tyVar, tyRef, tyOptAsRef:
+  of tyPtr, tyVar, tyLent, tyRef, tyOptAsRef:
     var base = skipTypes(typ.lastSon, typedescInst)
     case base.kind
     of tyOpenArray, tyArray, tyVarargs: result = ctPtrToArray
@@ -208,8 +183,8 @@ proc mapType(typ: PType): TCTypeKind =
     result = TCTypeKind(ord(typ.kind) - ord(tyInt) + ord(ctInt))
   of tyStatic:
     if typ.n != nil: result = mapType(lastSon typ)
-    else: internalError("mapType")
-  else: internalError("mapType")
+    else: doAssert(false, "mapType")
+  else: doAssert(false, "mapType")
 
 proc mapReturnType(typ: PType): TCTypeKind =
   #if skipTypes(typ, typedescInst).kind == tyArray: result = ctPtr
@@ -242,7 +217,7 @@ proc isInvalidReturnType(rettype: PType): bool =
     case mapType(rettype)
     of ctArray:
       result = not (skipTypes(rettype, typedescInst).kind in
-          {tyVar, tyRef, tyPtr})
+          {tyVar, tyLent, tyRef, tyPtr})
     of ctStruct:
       let t = skipTypes(rettype, typedescInst)
       if rettype.isImportedCppType or t.isImportedCppType: return false
@@ -264,13 +239,9 @@ proc cacheGetType(tab: TypeCache; sig: SigHash): Rope =
   result = tab.getOrDefault(sig)
 
 proc addAbiCheck(m: BModule, t: PType, name: Rope) =
-  if isDefined("checkabi"):
+  if isDefined(m.config, "checkabi"):
     addf(m.s[cfsTypeInfo], "NIM_CHECK_SIZE($1, $2);$n", [name, rope(getSize(t))])
 
-proc getTempName(m: BModule): Rope =
-  result = m.tmpBase & rope(m.labels)
-  inc m.labels
-
 proc ccgIntroducedPtr(s: PSym): bool =
   var pt = skipTypes(s.typ, typedescInst)
   assert skResult != s.kind
@@ -316,8 +287,13 @@ proc getSimpleTypeDesc(m: BModule, typ: PType): Rope =
   of tyPointer:
     result = typeNameOrLiteral(m, typ, "void*")
   of tyString:
-    discard cgsym(m, "NimStringDesc")
-    result = typeNameOrLiteral(m, typ, "NimStringDesc*")
+    case detectStrVersion(m)
+    of 2:
+      discard cgsym(m, "string")
+      result = typeNameOrLiteral(m, typ, "NimStringV2")
+    else:
+      discard cgsym(m, "NimStringDesc")
+      result = typeNameOrLiteral(m, typ, "NimStringDesc*")
   of tyCString: result = typeNameOrLiteral(m, typ, "NCSTRING")
   of tyBool: result = typeNameOrLiteral(m, typ, "NIM_BOOL")
   of tyChar: result = typeNameOrLiteral(m, typ, "NIM_CHAR")
@@ -327,8 +303,8 @@ proc getSimpleTypeDesc(m: BModule, typ: PType): Rope =
   of tyDistinct, tyRange, tyOrdinal: result = getSimpleTypeDesc(m, typ.sons[0])
   of tyStatic:
     if typ.n != nil: result = getSimpleTypeDesc(m, lastSon typ)
-    else: internalError("tyStatic for getSimpleTypeDesc")
-  of tyGenericInst, tyAlias:
+    else: internalError(m.config, "tyStatic for getSimpleTypeDesc")
+  of tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
     result = getSimpleTypeDesc(m, lastSon typ)
   else: result = nil
 
@@ -348,7 +324,7 @@ proc getTypePre(m: BModule, typ: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
     if result == nil: result = cacheGetType(m.typeCache, sig)
 
 proc structOrUnion(t: PType): Rope =
-  let t = t.skipTypes({tyAlias})
+  let t = t.skipTypes({tyAlias, tySink})
   (if tfUnion in t.flags: rope("union") else: rope("struct"))
 
 proc getForwardStructFormat(m: BModule): string =
@@ -368,8 +344,10 @@ proc getTypeForward(m: BModule, typ: PType; sig: SigHash): Rope =
     if not isImportedType(concrete):
       addf(m.s[cfsForwardTypes], getForwardStructFormat(m),
           [structOrUnion(typ), result])
+    else:
+      pushType(m, concrete)
     doAssert m.forwTypeCache[sig] == result
-  else: internalError("getTypeForward(" & $typ.kind & ')')
+  else: internalError(m.config, "getTypeForward(" & $typ.kind & ')')
 
 proc getTypeDescWeak(m: BModule; t: PType; check: var IntSet): Rope =
   ## like getTypeDescAux but creates only a *weak* dependency. In other words
@@ -396,7 +374,7 @@ proc getTypeDescWeak(m: BModule; t: PType; check: var IntSet): Rope =
     result = getTypeDescAux(m, t, check)
 
 proc paramStorageLoc(param: PSym): TStorageLoc =
-  if param.typ.skipTypes({tyVar, tyTypeDesc}).kind notin {
+  if param.typ.skipTypes({tyVar, tyLent, tyTypeDesc}).kind notin {
           tyArray, tyOpenArray, tyVarargs}:
     result = OnStack
   else:
@@ -411,7 +389,7 @@ proc genProcParams(m: BModule, t: PType, rettype, params: var Rope,
   else:
     rettype = getTypeDescAux(m, t.sons[0], check)
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(t.n) - 1):
-    if t.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(t.n.info, "genProcParams")
+    if t.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(m.config, t.n.info, "genProcParams")
     var param = t.n.sons[i].sym
     if isCompileTimeOnly(param.typ): continue
     if params != nil: add(params, ~", ")
@@ -430,11 +408,11 @@ proc genProcParams(m: BModule, t: PType, rettype, params: var Rope,
     add(params, param.loc.r)
     # declare the len field for open arrays:
     var arr = param.typ
-    if arr.kind == tyVar: arr = arr.sons[0]
+    if arr.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}: arr = arr.lastSon
     var j = 0
     while arr.kind in {tyOpenArray, tyVarargs}:
       # this fixes the 'sort' bug:
-      if param.typ.kind == tyVar: param.loc.storage = OnUnknown
+      if param.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}: param.loc.storage = OnUnknown
       # need to pass hidden parameter:
       addf(params, ", NI $1Len_$2", [param.loc.r, j.rope])
       inc(j)
@@ -464,7 +442,7 @@ proc mangleRecFieldName(m: BModule; field: PSym, rectype: PType): Rope =
     result = field.loc.r
   else:
     result = rope(mangleField(m, field.name))
-  if result == nil: internalError(field.info, "mangleRecFieldName")
+  if result == nil: internalError(m.config, field.info, "mangleRecFieldName")
 
 proc genRecordFieldsAux(m: BModule, n: PNode,
                         accessExpr: Rope, rectype: PType,
@@ -475,7 +453,7 @@ proc genRecordFieldsAux(m: BModule, n: PNode,
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       add(result, genRecordFieldsAux(m, n.sons[i], accessExpr, rectype, check))
   of nkRecCase:
-    if n.sons[0].kind != nkSym: internalError(n.info, "genRecordFieldsAux")
+    if n.sons[0].kind != nkSym: internalError(m.config, n.info, "genRecordFieldsAux")
     add(result, genRecordFieldsAux(m, n.sons[0], accessExpr, rectype, check))
     let uname = rope(mangle(n.sons[0].sym.name.s) & 'U')
     let ae = if accessExpr != nil: "$1.$2" % [accessExpr, uname]
@@ -496,14 +474,14 @@ proc genRecordFieldsAux(m: BModule, n: PNode,
               if hasAttribute in CC[cCompiler].props:
                 add(unionBody, "struct __attribute__((__packed__)){" )
               else:
-                addf(unionBody, "#pragma pack(1)$nstruct{", [])
+                addf(unionBody, "#pragma pack(push, 1)$nstruct{", [])
             add(unionBody, a)
             addf(unionBody, "} $1;$n", [sname])
             if tfPacked in rectype.flags and hasAttribute notin CC[cCompiler].props:
               addf(unionBody, "#pragma pack(pop)$n", [])
         else:
           add(unionBody, genRecordFieldsAux(m, k, ae, rectype, check))
-      else: internalError("genRecordFieldsAux(record case branch)")
+      else: internalError(m.config, "genRecordFieldsAux(record case branch)")
     if unionBody != nil:
       addf(result, "union{$n$1} $2;$n", [unionBody, uname])
   of nkSym:
@@ -531,7 +509,7 @@ proc genRecordFieldsAux(m: BModule, n: PNode,
         # don't use fieldType here because we need the
         # tyGenericInst for C++ template support
         addf(result, "$1 $2;$n", [getTypeDescAux(m, field.loc.t, check), sname])
-  else: internalError(n.info, "genRecordFieldsAux()")
+  else: internalError(m.config, n.info, "genRecordFieldsAux()")
 
 proc getRecordFields(m: BModule, typ: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
   result = genRecordFieldsAux(m, typ.n, nil, typ, check)
@@ -551,7 +529,7 @@ proc getRecordDesc(m: BModule, typ: PType, name: Rope,
     if hasAttribute in CC[cCompiler].props:
       result = structOrUnion(typ) & " __attribute__((__packed__))"
     else:
-      result = "#pragma pack(1)" & tnl & structOrUnion(typ)
+      result = "#pragma pack(push, 1)" & tnl & structOrUnion(typ)
   else:
     result = structOrUnion(typ)
 
@@ -569,6 +547,16 @@ proc getRecordDesc(m: BModule, typ: PType, name: Rope,
     elif m.compileToCpp:
       appcg(m, result, " : public $1 {$n",
                       [getTypeDescAux(m, typ.sons[0].skipTypes(skipPtrs), check)])
+      if typ.isException:
+        appcg(m, result, "virtual void raise() {throw *this;}$n") # required for polymorphic exceptions
+        if typ.sym.magic == mException:
+          # Add cleanup destructor to Exception base class
+          appcg(m, result, "~$1() {if(this->raise_id) popCurrentExceptionEx(this->raise_id);}$n", [name])
+          # hack: forward declare popCurrentExceptionEx() on top of type description,
+          # proper request to generate popCurrentExceptionEx not possible for 2 reasons:
+          # generated function will be below declared Exception type and circular dependency
+          # between Exception and popCurrentExceptionEx function
+          result = genProcHeader(m, magicsys.getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, "popCurrentExceptionEx")) & ";" & rnl & result
       hasField = true
     else:
       appcg(m, result, " {$n  $1 Sup;$n",
@@ -615,8 +603,10 @@ proc scanCppGenericSlot(pat: string, cursor, outIdx, outStars: var int): bool =
     return false
 
 proc resolveStarsInCppType(typ: PType, idx, stars: int): PType =
-  # XXX: we should catch this earlier and report it as a semantic error
-  if idx >= typ.len: internalError "invalid apostrophe type parameter index"
+  # Make sure the index refers to one of the generic params of the type.
+  # XXX: we should catch this earlier and report it as a semantic error.
+  if idx >= typ.len:
+    doAssert false, "invalid apostrophe type parameter index"
 
   result = typ.sons[idx]
   for i in 1..stars:
@@ -629,7 +619,7 @@ proc getTypeDescAux(m: BModule, origTyp: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
   var t = origTyp.skipTypes(irrelevantForBackend)
   if containsOrIncl(check, t.id):
     if not (isImportedCppType(origTyp) or isImportedCppType(t)):
-      internalError("cannot generate C type for: " & typeToString(origTyp))
+      internalError(m.config, "cannot generate C type for: " & typeToString(origTyp))
     # XXX: this BUG is hard to fix -> we need to introduce helper structs,
     # but determining when this needs to be done is hard. We should split
     # C type generation into an analysis and a code generation phase somehow.
@@ -641,7 +631,7 @@ proc getTypeDescAux(m: BModule, origTyp: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
     excl(check, t.id)
     return
   case t.kind
-  of tyRef, tyOptAsRef, tyPtr, tyVar:
+  of tyRef, tyOptAsRef, tyPtr, tyVar, tyLent:
     var star = if t.kind == tyVar and tfVarIsPtr notin origTyp.flags and
                     compileToCpp(m): "&" else: "*"
     var et = origTyp.skipTypes(abstractInst).lastSon
@@ -661,7 +651,6 @@ proc getTypeDescAux(m: BModule, origTyp: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
         let name = getTypeForward(m, et, hashType et)
         result = name & star
         m.typeCache[sig] = result
-        pushType(m, et)
     of tySequence:
       # no restriction! We have a forward declaration for structs
       let name = getTypeForward(m, et, hashType et)
@@ -708,7 +697,7 @@ proc getTypeDescAux(m: BModule, origTyp: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
           of 2: addf(m.s[cfsTypes], "typedef NU16 $1;$n", [result])
           of 4: addf(m.s[cfsTypes], "typedef NI32 $1;$n", [result])
           of 8: addf(m.s[cfsTypes], "typedef NI64 $1;$n", [result])
-          else: internalError(t.sym.info, "getTypeDescAux: enum")
+          else: internalError(m.config, t.sym.info, "getTypeDescAux: enum")
         when false:
           let owner = hashOwner(t.sym)
           if not gDebugInfo.hasEnum(t.sym.name.s, t.sym.info.line, owner):
@@ -818,6 +807,9 @@ proc getTypeDescAux(m: BModule, origTyp: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
             let typeInSlot = resolveStarsInCppType(origTyp, idx + 1, stars)
             if typeInSlot == nil or typeInSlot.kind == tyVoid:
               result.add(~"void")
+            elif typeInSlot.kind == tyStatic:
+              internalAssert m.config, typeInSlot.n != nil
+              result.add typeInSlot.n.renderTree
             else:
               result.add getTypeDescAux(m, typeInSlot, check)
         else:
@@ -834,6 +826,13 @@ proc getTypeDescAux(m: BModule, origTyp: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
       # always call for sideeffects:
       assert t.kind != tyTuple
       discard getRecordDesc(m, t, result, check)
+      # The resulting type will include commas and these won't play well
+      # with the C macros for defining procs such as N_NIMCALL. We must
+      # create a typedef for the type and use it in the proc signature:
+      let typedefName = ~"TY" & $sig
+      addf(m.s[cfsTypes], "typedef $1 $2;$n", [result, typedefName])
+      m.typeCache[sig] = typedefName
+      result = typedefName
     else:
       when false:
         if t.sym != nil and t.sym.name.s == "KeyValuePair":
@@ -872,11 +871,11 @@ proc getTypeDescAux(m: BModule, origTyp: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
       of 1, 2, 4, 8: addf(m.s[cfsTypes], "typedef NU$2 $1;$n", [result, rope(s*8)])
       else: addf(m.s[cfsTypes], "typedef NU8 $1[$2];$n",
              [result, rope(getSize(t))])
-  of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias,
+  of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tySink,
      tyUserTypeClass, tyUserTypeClassInst, tyInferred:
     result = getTypeDescAux(m, lastSon(t), check)
   else:
-    internalError("getTypeDescAux(" & $t.kind & ')')
+    internalError(m.config, "getTypeDescAux(" & $t.kind & ')')
     result = nil
   # fixes bug #145:
   excl(check, t.id)
@@ -916,7 +915,7 @@ template cgDeclFrmt*(s: PSym): string = s.constraint.strVal
 proc genProcHeader(m: BModule, prc: PSym): Rope =
   var
     rettype, params: Rope
-  genCLineDir(result, prc.info)
+  genCLineDir(result, prc.info, m.config)
   # using static is needed for inline procs
   if lfExportLib in prc.loc.flags:
     if isHeaderFile in m.flags:
@@ -969,8 +968,9 @@ proc genTypeInfoAuxBase(m: BModule; typ, origType: PType;
   if flags != 0:
     addf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], "$1.flags = $2;$n", [name, rope(flags)])
   discard cgsym(m, "TNimType")
-  if isDefined("nimTypeNames"):
-    var typename = typeToString(origType, preferName)
+  if isDefined(m.config, "nimTypeNames"):
+    var typename = typeToString(if origType.typeInst != nil: origType.typeInst
+                                else: origType, preferName)
     if typename == "ref object" and origType.skipTypes(skipPtrs).sym != nil:
       typename = "anon ref object from " & $origType.skipTypes(skipPtrs).sym.info
     addf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], "$1.name = $2;$n",
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ proc discriminatorTableName(m: BModule, objtype: PType, d: PSym): Rope =
   while lookupInRecord(objtype.n, d.name) == nil:
     objtype = objtype.sons[0]
   if objtype.sym == nil:
-    internalError(d.info, "anonymous obj with discriminator")
+    internalError(m.config, d.info, "anonymous obj with discriminator")
   result = "NimDT_$1_$2" % [rope($hashType(objtype)), rope(d.name.s.mangle)]
 
 proc discriminatorTableDecl(m: BModule, objtype: PType, d: PSym): Rope =
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ proc genObjectFields(m: BModule, typ, origType: PType, n: PNode, expr: Rope;
     assert L > 0
     if field.loc.r == nil: fillObjectFields(m, typ)
     if field.loc.t == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "genObjectFields")
+      internalError(m.config, n.info, "genObjectFields")
     addf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], "$1.kind = 3;$n" &
         "$1.offset = offsetof($2, $3);$n" & "$1.typ = $4;$n" &
         "$1.name = $5;$n" & "$1.sons = &$6[0];$n" &
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ proc genObjectFields(m: BModule, typ, origType: PType, n: PNode, expr: Rope;
       case b.kind
       of nkOfBranch:
         if sonsLen(b) < 2:
-          internalError(b.info, "genObjectFields; nkOfBranch broken")
+          internalError(m.config, b.info, "genObjectFields; nkOfBranch broken")
         for j in countup(0, sonsLen(b) - 2):
           if b.sons[j].kind == nkRange:
             var x = int(getOrdValue(b.sons[j].sons[0]))
@@ -1064,23 +1064,23 @@ proc genObjectFields(m: BModule, typ, origType: PType, n: PNode, expr: Rope;
       of nkElse:
         addf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], "$1[$2] = &$3;$n",
              [tmp, rope(L), tmp2])
-      else: internalError(n.info, "genObjectFields(nkRecCase)")
+      else: internalError(m.config, n.info, "genObjectFields(nkRecCase)")
   of nkSym:
     var field = n.sym
     if field.bitsize == 0:
       if field.loc.r == nil: fillObjectFields(m, typ)
       if field.loc.t == nil:
-        internalError(n.info, "genObjectFields")
+        internalError(m.config, n.info, "genObjectFields")
       addf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], "$1.kind = 1;$n" &
           "$1.offset = offsetof($2, $3);$n" & "$1.typ = $4;$n" &
           "$1.name = $5;$n", [expr, getTypeDesc(m, origType),
           field.loc.r, genTypeInfo(m, field.typ, info), makeCString(field.name.s)])
-  else: internalError(n.info, "genObjectFields")
+  else: internalError(m.config, n.info, "genObjectFields")
 
 proc genObjectInfo(m: BModule, typ, origType: PType, name: Rope; info: TLineInfo) =
   if typ.kind == tyObject:
     if incompleteType(typ):
-      localError(info, "request for RTTI generation for incomplete object: " &
+      localError(m.config, info, "request for RTTI generation for incomplete object: " &
                         typeToString(typ))
     genTypeInfoAux(m, typ, origType, name, info)
   else:
@@ -1171,19 +1171,15 @@ proc genSetInfo(m: BModule, typ: PType, name: Rope; info: TLineInfo) =
 proc genArrayInfo(m: BModule, typ: PType, name: Rope; info: TLineInfo) =
   genTypeInfoAuxBase(m, typ, typ, name, genTypeInfo(m, typ.sons[1], info), info)
 
-proc fakeClosureType(owner: PSym): PType =
+proc fakeClosureType(m: BModule; owner: PSym): PType =
   # we generate the same RTTI as for a tuple[pointer, ref tuple[]]
   result = newType(tyTuple, owner)
   result.rawAddSon(newType(tyPointer, owner))
   var r = newType(tyRef, owner)
-  let obj = createObj(owner, owner.info, final=false)
+  let obj = createObj(m.g.graph, owner, owner.info, final=false)
   r.rawAddSon(obj)
   result.rawAddSon(r)
 
-type
-  TTypeInfoReason = enum  ## for what do we need the type info?
-    tiNew,                ## for 'new'
-
 include ccgtrav
 
 proc genDeepCopyProc(m: BModule; s: PSym; result: Rope) =
@@ -1227,24 +1223,24 @@ proc genTypeInfo(m: BModule, t: PType; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
   m.g.typeInfoMarker[sig] = result
   case t.kind
   of tyEmpty, tyVoid: result = rope"0"
-  of tyPointer, tyBool, tyChar, tyCString, tyString, tyInt..tyUInt64, tyVar:
+  of tyPointer, tyBool, tyChar, tyCString, tyString, tyInt..tyUInt64, tyVar, tyLent:
     genTypeInfoAuxBase(m, t, t, result, rope"0", info)
   of tyStatic:
     if t.n != nil: result = genTypeInfo(m, lastSon t, info)
-    else: internalError("genTypeInfo(" & $t.kind & ')')
+    else: internalError(m.config, "genTypeInfo(" & $t.kind & ')')
   of tyUserTypeClasses:
-    internalAssert t.isResolvedUserTypeClass
+    internalAssert m.config, t.isResolvedUserTypeClass
     return genTypeInfo(m, t.lastSon, info)
   of tyProc:
     if t.callConv != ccClosure:
       genTypeInfoAuxBase(m, t, t, result, rope"0", info)
     else:
-      let x = fakeClosureType(t.owner)
+      let x = fakeClosureType(m, t.owner)
       genTupleInfo(m, x, x, result, info)
   of tySequence, tyRef, tyOptAsRef:
     genTypeInfoAux(m, t, t, result, info)
-    if gSelectedGC >= gcMarkAndSweep:
-      let markerProc = genTraverseProc(m, origType, sig, tiNew)
+    if m.config.selectedGC >= gcMarkAndSweep:
+      let markerProc = genTraverseProc(m, origType, sig)
       addf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], "$1.marker = $2;$n", [result, markerProc])
   of tyPtr, tyRange: genTypeInfoAux(m, t, t, result, info)
   of tyArray: genArrayInfo(m, t, result, info)
@@ -1257,7 +1253,7 @@ proc genTypeInfo(m: BModule, t: PType; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
     # BUGFIX: use consistently RTTI without proper field names; otherwise
     # results are not deterministic!
     genTupleInfo(m, t, origType, result, info)
-  else: internalError("genTypeInfo(" & $t.kind & ')')
+  else: internalError(m.config, "genTypeInfo(" & $t.kind & ')')
   if t.deepCopy != nil:
     genDeepCopyProc(m, t.deepCopy, result)
   elif origType.deepCopy != nil:
diff --git a/compiler/ccgutils.nim b/compiler/ccgutils.nim
index b1a268c9e..a6080a808 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgutils.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgutils.nim
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ proc hashString*(s: string): BiggestInt =
     result = a
 
 var
-  gTypeTable: array[TTypeKind, TIdTable]
+  gTypeTable: array[TTypeKind, TIdTable]  # XXX globals here
   gCanonicalTypes: array[TTypeKind, PType]
 
 proc initTypeTables() =
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ proc getUniqueType*(key: PType): PType =
     of tyDistinct:
       if key.deepCopy != nil: result = key
       else: result = getUniqueType(lastSon(key))
-    of tyGenericInst, tyOrdinal, tyStatic, tyAlias, tyInferred:
+    of tyGenericInst, tyOrdinal, tyStatic, tyAlias, tySink, tyInferred:
       result = getUniqueType(lastSon(key))
       #let obj = lastSon(key)
       #if obj.sym != nil and obj.sym.name.s == "TOption":
       #  echo "for ", typeToString(key), " I returned "
       #  debug result
-    of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar:
+    of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent:
       let elemType = lastSon(key)
       if elemType.kind in {tyBool, tyChar, tyInt..tyUInt64}:
         # no canonicalization for integral types, so that e.g. ``ptr pid_t`` is
@@ -211,8 +211,4 @@ proc mangle*(name: string): string =
   if requiresUnderscore:
     result.add "_"
 
-proc emitLazily*(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
-  result = optDeadCodeElim in gGlobalOptions or
-           sfDeadCodeElim in getModule(s).flags
-
 initTypeTables()
diff --git a/compiler/cgen.nim b/compiler/cgen.nim
index 630426cfd..6a16474c0 100644
--- a/compiler/cgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgen.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import
   ast, astalgo, hashes, trees, platform, magicsys, extccomp, options, intsets,
-  nversion, nimsets, msgs, securehash, bitsets, idents, types,
+  nversion, nimsets, msgs, std / sha1, bitsets, idents, types,
   ccgutils, os, ropes, math, passes, rodread, wordrecg, treetab, cgmeth,
   condsyms, rodutils, renderer, idgen, cgendata, ccgmerge, semfold, aliases,
   lowerings, semparallel, tables, sets, ndi
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import
 import strutils except `%` # collides with ropes.`%`
 
 from modulegraphs import ModuleGraph
+from configuration import warnGcMem, errXMustBeCompileTime, hintDependency, errGenerated
 import dynlib
 
 when not declared(dynlib.libCandidates):
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ proc useHeader(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
 proc cgsym(m: BModule, name: string): Rope
 
 proc ropecg(m: BModule, frmt: FormatStr, args: varargs[Rope]): Rope =
+  assert m != nil
   var i = 0
   var length = len(frmt)
   result = nil
@@ -115,15 +117,15 @@ proc ropecg(m: BModule, frmt: FormatStr, args: varargs[Rope]): Rope =
           if i >= length or not (frmt[i] in {'0'..'9'}): break
         num = j
         if j > high(args) + 1:
-          internalError("ropes: invalid format string $" & $j)
+          internalError(m.config, "ropes: invalid format string $" & $j)
         add(result, args[j-1])
       of 'n':
-        if optLineDir notin gOptions: add(result, rnl)
+        if optLineDir notin m.config.options: add(result, rnl)
         inc(i)
       of 'N':
         add(result, rnl)
         inc(i)
-      else: internalError("ropes: invalid format string $" & frmt[i])
+      else: internalError(m.config, "ropes: invalid format string $" & frmt[i])
     elif frmt[i] == '#' and frmt[i+1] in IdentStartChars:
       inc(i)
       var j = i
@@ -145,15 +147,10 @@ proc ropecg(m: BModule, frmt: FormatStr, args: varargs[Rope]): Rope =
     if i - 1 >= start:
       add(result, substr(frmt, start, i - 1))
 
-template rfmt(m: BModule, fmt: string, args: varargs[Rope]): untyped =
-  ropecg(m, fmt, args)
-
-var indent = "\t".rope
-
 proc indentLine(p: BProc, r: Rope): Rope =
   result = r
   for i in countup(0, p.blocks.len-1):
-    prepend(result, indent)
+    prepend(result, "\t".rope)
 
 proc appcg(m: BModule, c: var Rope, frmt: FormatStr,
            args: varargs[Rope]) =
@@ -189,14 +186,14 @@ proc safeLineNm(info: TLineInfo): int =
   result = toLinenumber(info)
   if result < 0: result = 0 # negative numbers are not allowed in #line
 
-proc genCLineDir(r: var Rope, filename: string, line: int) =
+proc genCLineDir(r: var Rope, filename: string, line: int; conf: ConfigRef) =
   assert line >= 0
-  if optLineDir in gOptions:
+  if optLineDir in conf.options:
     addf(r, "$N#line $2 $1$N",
         [rope(makeSingleLineCString(filename)), rope(line)])
 
-proc genCLineDir(r: var Rope, info: TLineInfo) =
-  genCLineDir(r, info.toFullPath, info.safeLineNm)
+proc genCLineDir(r: var Rope, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  genCLineDir(r, info.toFullPath, info.safeLineNm, conf)
 
 proc freshLineInfo(p: BProc; info: TLineInfo): bool =
   if p.lastLineInfo.line != info.line or
@@ -213,9 +210,9 @@ proc genLineDir(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
     tt = tt.sons[1]
   let line = tt.info.safeLineNm
 
-  if optEmbedOrigSrc in gGlobalOptions:
-    add(p.s(cpsStmts), ~"//" & tt.info.sourceLine & rnl)
-  genCLineDir(p.s(cpsStmts), tt.info.toFullPath, line)
+  if optEmbedOrigSrc in p.config.globalOptions:
+    add(p.s(cpsStmts), ~"//" & sourceLine(p.config, tt.info) & rnl)
+  genCLineDir(p.s(cpsStmts), tt.info.toFullPath, line, p.config)
   if ({optStackTrace, optEndb} * p.options == {optStackTrace, optEndb}) and
       (p.prc == nil or sfPure notin p.prc.flags):
     if freshLineInfo(p, tt.info):
@@ -223,22 +220,27 @@ proc genLineDir(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
               line.rope, makeCString(toFilename(tt.info)))
   elif ({optLineTrace, optStackTrace} * p.options ==
       {optLineTrace, optStackTrace}) and
-      (p.prc == nil or sfPure notin p.prc.flags) and tt.info.fileIndex >= 0:
+      (p.prc == nil or sfPure notin p.prc.flags) and tt.info.fileIndex != InvalidFileIDX:
     if freshLineInfo(p, tt.info):
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "nimln_($1, $2);$n",
-              line.rope, tt.info.quotedFilename)
+              line.rope, quotedFilename(p.config, tt.info))
 
 proc postStmtActions(p: BProc) {.inline.} =
   add(p.s(cpsStmts), p.module.injectStmt)
 
 proc accessThreadLocalVar(p: BProc, s: PSym)
-proc emulatedThreadVars(): bool {.inline.}
+proc emulatedThreadVars(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.}
 proc genProc(m: BModule, prc: PSym)
 
 template compileToCpp(m: BModule): untyped =
-  gCmd == cmdCompileToCpp or sfCompileToCpp in m.module.flags
+  m.config.cmd == cmdCompileToCpp or sfCompileToCpp in m.module.flags
 
-include "ccgtypes.nim"
+proc getTempName(m: BModule): Rope =
+  result = m.tmpBase & rope(m.labels)
+  inc m.labels
+
+include ccgliterals
+include ccgtypes
 
 # ------------------------------ Manager of temporaries ------------------
 
@@ -260,6 +262,11 @@ proc rdCharLoc(a: TLoc): Rope =
 
 proc genObjectInit(p: BProc, section: TCProcSection, t: PType, a: TLoc,
                    takeAddr: bool) =
+  if p.module.compileToCpp and t.isException and not isDefined(p.config, "noCppExceptions"):
+    # init vtable in Exception object for polymorphic exceptions
+    includeHeader(p.module, "<new>")
+    linefmt(p, section, "new ($1) $2;$n", rdLoc(a), getTypeDesc(p.module, t))
+
   case analyseObjectWithTypeField(t)
   of frNone:
     discard
@@ -312,8 +319,10 @@ proc resetLoc(p: BProc, loc: var TLoc) =
       genObjectInit(p, cpsStmts, loc.t, loc, true)
     else:
       useStringh(p.module)
+      # array passed as argument decayed into pointer, bug #7332
+      # so we use getTypeDesc here rather than rdLoc(loc)
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "memset((void*)$1, 0, sizeof($2));$n",
-              addrLoc(loc), rdLoc(loc))
+              addrLoc(loc), getTypeDesc(p.module, loc.t))
       # XXX: We can be extra clever here and call memset only
       # on the bytes following the m_type field?
       genObjectInit(p, cpsStmts, loc.t, loc, true)
@@ -330,7 +339,7 @@ proc constructLoc(p: BProc, loc: TLoc, isTemp = false) =
       if not isImportedCppType(typ):
         useStringh(p.module)
         linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "memset((void*)$1, 0, sizeof($2));$n",
-                addrLoc(loc), rdLoc(loc))
+                addrLoc(loc), getTypeDesc(p.module, typ))
     genObjectInit(p, cpsStmts, loc.t, loc, true)
 
 proc initLocalVar(p: BProc, v: PSym, immediateAsgn: bool) =
@@ -361,7 +370,7 @@ proc getIntTemp(p: BProc, result: var TLoc) =
   linefmt(p, cpsLocals, "NI $1;$n", result.r)
   result.k = locTemp
   result.storage = OnStack
-  result.lode = lodeTyp getSysType(tyInt)
+  result.lode = lodeTyp getSysType(p.module.g.graph, unknownLineInfo(), tyInt)
   result.flags = {}
 
 proc initGCFrame(p: BProc): Rope =
@@ -405,7 +414,7 @@ proc assignLocalVar(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
   #assert(s.loc.k == locNone) # not yet assigned
   # this need not be fulfilled for inline procs; they are regenerated
   # for each module that uses them!
-  let nl = if optLineDir in gOptions: "" else: tnl
+  let nl = if optLineDir in p.config.options: "" else: tnl
   let decl = localVarDecl(p, n) & ";" & nl
   line(p, cpsLocals, decl)
   localDebugInfo(p, n.sym)
@@ -499,24 +508,24 @@ proc initFrame(p: BProc, procname, filename: Rope): Rope =
   discard cgsym(p.module, "nimFrame")
   if p.maxFrameLen > 0:
     discard cgsym(p.module, "VarSlot")
-    result = rfmt(nil, "\tnimfrs_($1, $2, $3, $4);$n",
+    result = ropecg(p.module, "\tnimfrs_($1, $2, $3, $4);$n",
                   procname, filename, p.maxFrameLen.rope,
                   p.blocks[0].frameLen.rope)
   else:
-    result = rfmt(nil, "\tnimfr_($1, $2);$n", procname, filename)
+    result = ropecg(p.module, "\tnimfr_($1, $2);$n", procname, filename)
 
 proc initFrameNoDebug(p: BProc; frame, procname, filename: Rope; line: int): Rope =
   discard cgsym(p.module, "nimFrame")
   addf(p.blocks[0].sections[cpsLocals], "TFrame $1;$n", [frame])
-  result = rfmt(nil, "\t$1.procname = $2; $1.filename = $3; " &
+  result = ropecg(p.module, "\t$1.procname = $2; $1.filename = $3; " &
                       " $1.line = $4; $1.len = -1; nimFrame(&$1);$n",
                       frame, procname, filename, rope(line))
 
 proc deinitFrameNoDebug(p: BProc; frame: Rope): Rope =
-  result = rfmt(p.module, "\t#popFrameOfAddr(&$1);$n", frame)
+  result = ropecg(p.module, "\t#popFrameOfAddr(&$1);$n", frame)
 
 proc deinitFrame(p: BProc): Rope =
-  result = rfmt(p.module, "\t#popFrame();$n")
+  result = ropecg(p.module, "\t#popFrame();$n")
 
 include ccgexprs
 
@@ -539,16 +548,18 @@ proc loadDynamicLib(m: BModule, lib: PLib) =
     if lib.path.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
       var s: TStringSeq = @[]
       libCandidates(lib.path.strVal, s)
-      rawMessage(hintDependency, lib.path.strVal)
+      rawMessage(m.config, hintDependency, lib.path.strVal)
       var loadlib: Rope = nil
       for i in countup(0, high(s)):
         inc(m.labels)
         if i > 0: add(loadlib, "||")
-        appcg(m, loadlib, "($1 = #nimLoadLibrary((#NimStringDesc*) &$2))$n",
-              [tmp, getStrLit(m, s[i])])
+        let n = newStrNode(nkStrLit, s[i])
+        n.info = lib.path.info
+        appcg(m, loadlib, "($1 = #nimLoadLibrary($2))$n",
+              [tmp, genStringLiteral(m, n)])
       appcg(m, m.s[cfsDynLibInit],
-            "if (!($1)) #nimLoadLibraryError((#NimStringDesc*) &$2);$n",
-            [loadlib, getStrLit(m, lib.path.strVal)])
+            "if (!($1)) #nimLoadLibraryError($2);$n",
+            [loadlib, genStringLiteral(m, lib.path)])
     else:
       var p = newProc(nil, m)
       p.options = p.options - {optStackTrace, optEndb}
@@ -561,7 +572,7 @@ proc loadDynamicLib(m: BModule, lib: PLib) =
            "if (!($1 = #nimLoadLibrary($2))) #nimLoadLibraryError($2);$n",
            [tmp, rdLoc(dest)])
 
-  if lib.name == nil: internalError("loadDynamicLib")
+  if lib.name == nil: internalError(m.config, "loadDynamicLib")
 
 proc mangleDynLibProc(sym: PSym): Rope =
   if sfCompilerProc in sym.flags:
@@ -592,14 +603,14 @@ proc symInDynamicLib(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
         [tmp, getTypeDesc(m, sym.typ), params, makeCString($extname)]
     var last = lastSon(n)
     if last.kind == nkHiddenStdConv: last = last.sons[1]
-    internalAssert(last.kind == nkStrLit)
+    internalAssert(m.config, last.kind == nkStrLit)
     let idx = last.strVal
     if idx.len == 0:
       add(m.initProc.s(cpsStmts), load)
     elif idx.len == 1 and idx[0] in {'0'..'9'}:
       add(m.extensionLoaders[idx[0]], load)
     else:
-      internalError(sym.info, "wrong index: " & idx)
+      internalError(m.config, sym.info, "wrong index: " & idx)
   else:
     appcg(m, m.s[cfsDynLibInit],
         "\t$1 = ($2) #nimGetProcAddr($3, $4);$n",
@@ -625,18 +636,18 @@ proc symInDynamicLibPartial(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
   sym.typ.sym = nil           # generate a new name
 
 proc cgsym(m: BModule, name: string): Rope =
-  let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(name)
+  let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(m.g.graph, name)
   if sym != nil:
     case sym.kind
     of skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter, skIterator: genProc(m, sym)
     of skVar, skResult, skLet: genVarPrototype(m, newSymNode sym)
     of skType: discard getTypeDesc(m, sym.typ)
-    else: internalError("cgsym: " & name & ": " & $sym.kind)
+    else: internalError(m.config, "cgsym: " & name & ": " & $sym.kind)
   else:
     # we used to exclude the system module from this check, but for DLL
     # generation support this sloppyness leads to hard to detect bugs, so
     # we're picky here for the system module too:
-    rawMessage(errSystemNeeds, name)
+    rawMessage(m.config, errGenerated, "system module needs: " & name)
   result = sym.loc.r
 
 proc generateHeaders(m: BModule) =
@@ -662,12 +673,18 @@ proc generateHeaders(m: BModule) =
   add(m.s[cfsHeaders], "#undef powerpc" & tnl)
   add(m.s[cfsHeaders], "#undef unix" & tnl)
 
+proc openNamespaceNim(): Rope =
+  result.add("namespace Nim {" & tnl)
+
+proc closeNamespaceNim(): Rope =
+  result.add("}" & tnl)
+
 proc closureSetup(p: BProc, prc: PSym) =
   if tfCapturesEnv notin prc.typ.flags: return
   # prc.ast[paramsPos].last contains the type we're after:
   var ls = lastSon(prc.ast[paramsPos])
   if ls.kind != nkSym:
-    internalError(prc.info, "closure generation failed")
+    internalError(p.config, prc.info, "closure generation failed")
   var env = ls.sym
   #echo "created environment: ", env.id, " for ", prc.name.s
   assignLocalVar(p, ls)
@@ -707,7 +724,7 @@ proc genProcAux(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
   assert(prc.ast != nil)
   if sfPure notin prc.flags and prc.typ.sons[0] != nil:
     if resultPos >= prc.ast.len:
-      internalError(prc.info, "proc has no result symbol")
+      internalError(m.config, prc.info, "proc has no result symbol")
     let resNode = prc.ast.sons[resultPos]
     let res = resNode.sym # get result symbol
     if not isInvalidReturnType(prc.typ.sons[0]):
@@ -722,10 +739,11 @@ proc genProcAux(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
         assignLocalVar(p, resNode)
         assert(res.loc.r != nil)
         initLocalVar(p, res, immediateAsgn=false)
-      returnStmt = rfmt(nil, "\treturn $1;$n", rdLoc(res.loc))
+      returnStmt = ropecg(p.module, "\treturn $1;$n", rdLoc(res.loc))
     else:
       fillResult(resNode)
       assignParam(p, res)
+      if sfNoInit notin prc.flags: resetLoc(p, res.loc)
       if skipTypes(res.typ, abstractInst).kind == tyArray:
         #incl(res.loc.flags, lfIndirect)
         res.loc.storage = OnUnknown
@@ -743,15 +761,15 @@ proc genProcAux(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
   if sfPure in prc.flags:
     if hasDeclspec in extccomp.CC[extccomp.cCompiler].props:
       header = "__declspec(naked) " & header
-    generatedProc = rfmt(nil, "$N$1 {$n$2$3$4}$N$N",
+    generatedProc = ropecg(p.module, "$N$1 {$n$2$3$4}$N$N",
                          header, p.s(cpsLocals), p.s(cpsInit), p.s(cpsStmts))
   else:
-    generatedProc = rfmt(nil, "$N$1 {$N", header)
+    generatedProc = ropecg(p.module, "$N$1 {$N", header)
     add(generatedProc, initGCFrame(p))
     if optStackTrace in prc.options:
       add(generatedProc, p.s(cpsLocals))
       var procname = makeCString(prc.name.s)
-      add(generatedProc, initFrame(p, procname, prc.info.quotedFilename))
+      add(generatedProc, initFrame(p, procname, quotedFilename(p.config, prc.info)))
     else:
       add(generatedProc, p.s(cpsLocals))
     if optProfiler in prc.options:
@@ -770,10 +788,10 @@ proc genProcAux(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
 proc requiresExternC(m: BModule; sym: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   result = (sfCompileToCpp in m.module.flags and
            sfCompileToCpp notin sym.getModule().flags and
-           gCmd != cmdCompileToCpp) or (
+           m.config.cmd != cmdCompileToCpp) or (
            sym.flags * {sfImportc, sfInfixCall, sfCompilerProc} == {sfImportc} and
            sym.magic == mNone and
-           gCmd == cmdCompileToCpp)
+           m.config.cmd == cmdCompileToCpp)
 
 proc genProcPrototype(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
   useHeader(m, sym)
@@ -781,7 +799,7 @@ proc genProcPrototype(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
   if lfDynamicLib in sym.loc.flags:
     if getModule(sym).id != m.module.id and
         not containsOrIncl(m.declaredThings, sym.id):
-      add(m.s[cfsVars], rfmt(nil, "extern $1 $2;$n",
+      add(m.s[cfsVars], ropecg(m, "extern $1 $2;$n",
                         getTypeDesc(m, sym.loc.t), mangleDynLibProc(sym)))
   elif not containsOrIncl(m.declaredProtos, sym.id):
     var header = genProcHeader(m, sym)
@@ -793,7 +811,7 @@ proc genProcPrototype(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
       header.add(" __attribute__((naked))")
     if sfNoReturn in sym.flags and hasAttribute in CC[cCompiler].props:
       header.add(" __attribute__((noreturn))")
-    add(m.s[cfsProcHeaders], rfmt(nil, "$1;$n", header))
+    add(m.s[cfsProcHeaders], ropecg(m, "$1;$n", header))
 
 proc genProcNoForward(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
   if lfImportCompilerProc in prc.loc.flags:
@@ -879,7 +897,7 @@ proc genProc(m: BModule, prc: PSym) =
         if not containsOrIncl(m.g.generatedHeader.declaredThings, prc.id):
           genProcAux(m.g.generatedHeader, prc)
 
-proc genVarPrototypeAux(m: BModule, n: PNode) =
+proc genVarPrototype(m: BModule, n: PNode) =
   #assert(sfGlobal in sym.flags)
   let sym = n.sym
   useHeader(m, sym)
@@ -899,17 +917,14 @@ proc genVarPrototypeAux(m: BModule, n: PNode) =
       if sfVolatile in sym.flags: add(m.s[cfsVars], " volatile")
       addf(m.s[cfsVars], " $1;$n", [sym.loc.r])
 
-proc genVarPrototype(m: BModule, n: PNode) =
-  genVarPrototypeAux(m, n)
-
-proc addIntTypes(result: var Rope) {.inline.} =
+proc addIntTypes(result: var Rope; conf: ConfigRef) {.inline.} =
   addf(result, "#define NIM_NEW_MANGLING_RULES" & tnl &
                "#define NIM_INTBITS $1" & tnl, [
     platform.CPU[targetCPU].intSize.rope])
+  if optUseNimNamespace in conf.globalOptions: result.add("#define USE_NIM_NAMESPACE" & tnl)
 
-proc getCopyright(cfile: Cfile): Rope =
-  const copyrightYear = "2017"
-  if optCompileOnly in gGlobalOptions:
+proc getCopyright(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile): Rope =
+  if optCompileOnly in conf.globalOptions:
     result = ("/* Generated by Nim Compiler v$1 */$N" &
         "/*   (c) " & copyrightYear & " Andreas Rumpf */$N" &
         "/* The generated code is subject to the original license. */$N") %
@@ -924,11 +939,11 @@ proc getCopyright(cfile: Cfile): Rope =
         rope(platform.OS[targetOS].name),
         rope(platform.CPU[targetCPU].name),
         rope(extccomp.CC[extccomp.cCompiler].name),
-        rope(getCompileCFileCmd(cfile))]
+        rope(getCompileCFileCmd(conf, cfile))]
 
-proc getFileHeader(cfile: Cfile): Rope =
-  result = getCopyright(cfile)
-  addIntTypes(result)
+proc getFileHeader(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile): Rope =
+  result = getCopyright(conf, cfile)
+  addIntTypes(result, conf)
 
 proc genFilenames(m: BModule): Rope =
   discard cgsym(m, "dbgRegisterFilename")
@@ -1033,8 +1048,8 @@ proc genMainProc(m: BModule) =
 
   var nimMain, otherMain: FormatStr
   if platform.targetOS == osWindows and
-      gGlobalOptions * {optGenGuiApp, optGenDynLib} != {}:
-    if optGenGuiApp in gGlobalOptions:
+      m.config.globalOptions * {optGenGuiApp, optGenDynLib} != {}:
+    if optGenGuiApp in m.config.globalOptions:
       nimMain = WinNimMain
       otherMain = WinCMain
     else:
@@ -1044,7 +1059,7 @@ proc genMainProc(m: BModule) =
   elif platform.targetOS == osGenode:
     nimMain = GenodeNimMain
     otherMain = ComponentConstruct
-  elif optGenDynLib in gGlobalOptions:
+  elif optGenDynLib in m.config.globalOptions:
     nimMain = PosixNimDllMain
     otherMain = PosixCDllMain
   elif platform.targetOS == osStandalone:
@@ -1054,16 +1069,16 @@ proc genMainProc(m: BModule) =
     nimMain = PosixNimMain
     otherMain = PosixCMain
   if m.g.breakpoints != nil: discard cgsym(m, "dbgRegisterBreakpoint")
-  if optEndb in gOptions:
+  if optEndb in m.config.options:
     m.g.breakpoints.add(m.genFilenames)
 
   let initStackBottomCall =
-    if platform.targetOS == osStandalone or gSelectedGC == gcNone: "".rope
+    if platform.targetOS == osStandalone or m.config.selectedGC == gcNone: "".rope
     else: ropecg(m, "\t#initStackBottomWith((void *)&inner);$N")
   inc(m.labels)
   appcg(m, m.s[cfsProcs], PreMainBody, [
     m.g.mainDatInit, m.g.breakpoints, m.g.otherModsInit,
-     if emulatedThreadVars() and platform.targetOS != osStandalone:
+     if emulatedThreadVars(m.config) and platform.targetOS != osStandalone:
        ropecg(m, "\t#initThreadVarsEmulation();$N")
      else:
        "".rope,
@@ -1071,8 +1086,12 @@ proc genMainProc(m: BModule) =
 
   appcg(m, m.s[cfsProcs], nimMain,
         [m.g.mainModInit, initStackBottomCall, rope(m.labels)])
-  if optNoMain notin gGlobalOptions:
+  if optNoMain notin m.config.globalOptions:
+    if optUseNimNamespace in m.config.globalOptions:
+      m.s[cfsProcs].add closeNamespaceNim() & "using namespace Nim;" & tnl
+
     appcg(m, m.s[cfsProcs], otherMain, [])
+    if optUseNimNamespace in m.config.globalOptions: m.s[cfsProcs].add openNamespaceNim()
 
 proc getSomeInitName(m: PSym, suffix: string): Rope =
   assert m.kind == skModule
@@ -1080,7 +1099,7 @@ proc getSomeInitName(m: PSym, suffix: string): Rope =
   if {sfSystemModule, sfMainModule} * m.flags == {}:
     result = m.owner.name.s.mangle.rope
     result.add "_"
-  result.add m.name.s
+  result.add m.name.s.mangle
   result.add suffix
 
 proc getInitName(m: PSym): Rope =
@@ -1096,8 +1115,8 @@ proc registerModuleToMain(g: BModuleList; m: PSym) =
   var
     init = m.getInitName
     datInit = m.getDatInitName
-  addf(g.mainModProcs, "NIM_EXTERNC N_NOINLINE(void, $1)(void);$N", [init])
-  addf(g.mainModProcs, "NIM_EXTERNC N_NOINLINE(void, $1)(void);$N", [datInit])
+  addf(g.mainModProcs, "N_LIB_PRIVATE N_NIMCALL(void, $1)(void);$N", [init])
+  addf(g.mainModProcs, "N_LIB_PRIVATE N_NIMCALL(void, $1)(void);$N", [datInit])
   if sfSystemModule notin m.flags:
     addf(g.mainDatInit, "\t$1();$N", [datInit])
     let initCall = "\t$1();$N" % [init]
@@ -1108,7 +1127,7 @@ proc registerModuleToMain(g: BModuleList; m: PSym) =
 
 proc genInitCode(m: BModule) =
   var initname = getInitName(m.module)
-  var prc = "NIM_EXTERNC N_NOINLINE(void, $1)(void) {$N" % [initname]
+  var prc = "N_LIB_PRIVATE N_NIMCALL(void, $1)(void) {$N" % [initname]
   if m.typeNodes > 0:
     appcg(m, m.s[cfsTypeInit1], "static #TNimNode $1[$2];$n",
           [m.typeNodesName, rope(m.typeNodes)])
@@ -1118,11 +1137,11 @@ proc genInitCode(m: BModule) =
 
   add(prc, initGCFrame(m.initProc))
 
-  add(prc, genSectionStart(cpsLocals))
+  add(prc, genSectionStart(cpsLocals, m.config))
   add(prc, m.preInitProc.s(cpsLocals))
   add(prc, m.initProc.s(cpsLocals))
   add(prc, m.postInitProc.s(cpsLocals))
-  add(prc, genSectionEnd(cpsLocals))
+  add(prc, genSectionEnd(cpsLocals, m.config))
 
   if optStackTrace in m.initProc.options and frameDeclared notin m.flags:
     # BUT: the generated init code might depend on a current frame, so
@@ -1130,33 +1149,33 @@ proc genInitCode(m: BModule) =
     incl m.flags, frameDeclared
     if preventStackTrace notin m.flags:
       var procname = makeCString(m.module.name.s)
-      add(prc, initFrame(m.initProc, procname, m.module.info.quotedFilename))
+      add(prc, initFrame(m.initProc, procname, quotedFilename(m.config, m.module.info)))
     else:
       add(prc, ~"\tTFrame FR_; FR_.len = 0;$N")
 
-  add(prc, genSectionStart(cpsInit))
+  add(prc, genSectionStart(cpsInit, m.config))
   add(prc, m.preInitProc.s(cpsInit))
   add(prc, m.initProc.s(cpsInit))
   add(prc, m.postInitProc.s(cpsInit))
-  add(prc, genSectionEnd(cpsInit))
+  add(prc, genSectionEnd(cpsInit, m.config))
 
-  add(prc, genSectionStart(cpsStmts))
+  add(prc, genSectionStart(cpsStmts, m.config))
   add(prc, m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts))
   add(prc, m.initProc.s(cpsStmts))
   add(prc, m.postInitProc.s(cpsStmts))
-  add(prc, genSectionEnd(cpsStmts))
+  add(prc, genSectionEnd(cpsStmts, m.config))
   if optStackTrace in m.initProc.options and preventStackTrace notin m.flags:
     add(prc, deinitFrame(m.initProc))
   add(prc, deinitGCFrame(m.initProc))
   addf(prc, "}$N$N", [])
 
-  prc.addf("NIM_EXTERNC N_NOINLINE(void, $1)(void) {$N",
+  prc.addf("N_LIB_PRIVATE N_NIMCALL(void, $1)(void) {$N",
            [getDatInitName(m.module)])
 
   for i in cfsTypeInit1..cfsDynLibInit:
-    add(prc, genSectionStart(i))
+    add(prc, genSectionStart(i, m.config))
     add(prc, m.s[i])
-    add(prc, genSectionEnd(i))
+    add(prc, genSectionEnd(i, m.config))
 
   addf(prc, "}$N$N", [])
   # we cannot simply add the init proc to ``m.s[cfsProcs]`` anymore because
@@ -1171,16 +1190,19 @@ proc genInitCode(m: BModule) =
       add(m.s[cfsInitProc], ex)
 
 proc genModule(m: BModule, cfile: Cfile): Rope =
-  result = getFileHeader(cfile)
+  result = getFileHeader(m.config, cfile)
   result.add(genMergeInfo(m))
 
   generateThreadLocalStorage(m)
   generateHeaders(m)
   for i in countup(cfsHeaders, cfsProcs):
-    add(result, genSectionStart(i))
+    add(result, genSectionStart(i, m.config))
     add(result, m.s[i])
-    add(result, genSectionEnd(i))
+    add(result, genSectionEnd(i, m.config))
+    if optUseNimNamespace in m.config.globalOptions and i == cfsHeaders:
+      result.add openNamespaceNim()
   add(result, m.s[cfsInitProc])
+  if optUseNimNamespace in m.config.globalOptions: result.add closeNamespaceNim()
 
 proc newPreInitProc(m: BModule): BProc =
   result = newProc(nil, m)
@@ -1193,10 +1215,12 @@ proc newPostInitProc(m: BModule): BProc =
   result.labels = 200_000
 
 proc initProcOptions(m: BModule): TOptions =
-  if sfSystemModule in m.module.flags: gOptions-{optStackTrace} else: gOptions
+  let opts = m.config.options
+  if sfSystemModule in m.module.flags: opts-{optStackTrace} else: opts
 
 proc rawNewModule(g: BModuleList; module: PSym, filename: string): BModule =
   new(result)
+  result.g = g
   result.tmpBase = rope("TM" & $hashOwner(module) & "_")
   result.headerFiles = @[]
   result.declaredThings = initIntSet()
@@ -1217,14 +1241,13 @@ proc rawNewModule(g: BModuleList; module: PSym, filename: string): BModule =
   result.forwardedProcs = @[]
   result.typeNodesName = getTempName(result)
   result.nimTypesName = getTempName(result)
-  result.g = g
   # no line tracing for the init sections of the system module so that we
   # don't generate a TFrame which can confuse the stack botton initialization:
   if sfSystemModule in module.flags:
     incl result.flags, preventStackTrace
     excl(result.preInitProc.options, optStackTrace)
     excl(result.postInitProc.options, optStackTrace)
-  let ndiName = if optCDebug in gGlobalOptions: changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(filename), "ndi")
+  let ndiName = if optCDebug in g.config.globalOptions: changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(g.config, filename), "ndi")
                 else: ""
   open(result.ndi, ndiName)
 
@@ -1277,7 +1300,7 @@ proc resetCgenModules*(g: BModuleList) =
   for m in cgenModules(g): resetModule(m)
 
 proc rawNewModule(g: BModuleList; module: PSym): BModule =
-  result = rawNewModule(g, module, module.position.int32.toFullPath)
+  result = rawNewModule(g, module, module.position.FileIndex.toFullPath)
 
 proc newModule(g: BModuleList; module: PSym): BModule =
   # we should create only one cgen module for each module sym
@@ -1285,22 +1308,19 @@ proc newModule(g: BModuleList; module: PSym): BModule =
   growCache g.modules, module.position
   g.modules[module.position] = result
 
-  if (optDeadCodeElim in gGlobalOptions):
-    if (sfDeadCodeElim in module.flags):
-      internalError("added pending module twice: " & module.filename)
-
-template injectG(config) {.dirty.} =
+template injectG() {.dirty.} =
   if graph.backend == nil:
-    graph.backend = newModuleList(config)
+    graph.backend = newModuleList(graph)
   let g = BModuleList(graph.backend)
 
 proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
-  injectG(graph.config)
+  injectG()
   result = newModule(g, module)
-  if optGenIndex in gGlobalOptions and g.generatedHeader == nil:
-    let f = if graph.config.headerFile.len > 0: graph.config.headerFile else: gProjectFull
+  if optGenIndex in graph.config.globalOptions and g.generatedHeader == nil:
+    let f = if graph.config.headerFile.len > 0: graph.config.headerFile
+            else: graph.config.projectFull
     g.generatedHeader = rawNewModule(g, module,
-      changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(f), hExt))
+      changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(graph.config, f), hExt))
     incl g.generatedHeader.flags, isHeaderFile
 
 proc writeHeader(m: BModule) =
@@ -1311,41 +1331,44 @@ proc writeHeader(m: BModule) =
 
   var guard = "__$1__" % [m.filename.splitFile.name.rope]
   result.addf("#ifndef $1$n#define $1$n", [guard])
-  addIntTypes(result)
+  addIntTypes(result, m.config)
   generateHeaders(m)
 
   generateThreadLocalStorage(m)
   for i in countup(cfsHeaders, cfsProcs):
-    add(result, genSectionStart(i))
+    add(result, genSectionStart(i, m.config))
     add(result, m.s[i])
-    add(result, genSectionEnd(i))
+    add(result, genSectionEnd(i, m.config))
+    if optUseNimNamespace in m.config.globalOptions and i == cfsHeaders: result.add openNamespaceNim()
   add(result, m.s[cfsInitProc])
 
-  if optGenDynLib in gGlobalOptions:
+  if optGenDynLib in m.config.globalOptions:
     result.add("N_LIB_IMPORT ")
   result.addf("N_CDECL(void, NimMain)(void);$n", [])
+  if optUseNimNamespace in m.config.globalOptions: result.add closeNamespaceNim()
   result.addf("#endif /* $1 */$n", [guard])
   writeRope(result, m.filename)
 
 proc getCFile(m: BModule): string =
   let ext =
       if m.compileToCpp: ".cpp"
-      elif gCmd == cmdCompileToOC or sfCompileToObjC in m.module.flags: ".m"
+      elif m.config.cmd == cmdCompileToOC or sfCompileToObjC in m.module.flags: ".m"
       else: ".c"
-  result = changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(m.cfilename.withPackageName), ext)
+  result = changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(m.config, withPackageName(m.config, m.cfilename)), ext)
 
 proc myOpenCached(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym, rd: PRodReader): PPassContext =
-  injectG(graph.config)
+  injectG()
   var m = newModule(g, module)
   readMergeInfo(getCFile(m), m)
   result = m
 
 proc myProcess(b: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  if b == nil or passes.skipCodegen(n): return
+  if b == nil: return
   var m = BModule(b)
+  if passes.skipCodegen(m.config, n): return
   m.initProc.options = initProcOptions(m)
-  softRnl = if optLineDir in gOptions: noRnl else: rnl
+  softRnl = if optLineDir in m.config.options: noRnl else: rnl
   genStmts(m.initProc, n)
 
 proc finishModule(m: BModule) =
@@ -1355,18 +1378,18 @@ proc finishModule(m: BModule) =
     # a ``for`` loop here
     var prc = m.forwardedProcs[i]
     if sfForward in prc.flags:
-      internalError(prc.info, "still forwarded: " & prc.name.s)
+      internalError(m.config, prc.info, "still forwarded: " & prc.name.s)
     genProcNoForward(m, prc)
     inc(i)
   assert(m.g.forwardedProcsCounter >= i)
   dec(m.g.forwardedProcsCounter, i)
   setLen(m.forwardedProcs, 0)
 
-proc shouldRecompile(code: Rope, cfile: Cfile): bool =
+proc shouldRecompile(m: BModule; code: Rope, cfile: Cfile): bool =
   result = true
-  if optForceFullMake notin gGlobalOptions:
+  if optForceFullMake notin m.config.globalOptions:
     if not equalsFile(code, cfile.cname):
-      if isDefined("nimdiff"):
+      if isDefined(m.config, "nimdiff"):
         if fileExists(cfile.cname):
           copyFile(cfile.cname, cfile.cname & ".backup")
           echo "diff ", cfile.cname, ".backup ", cfile.cname
@@ -1389,7 +1412,7 @@ proc writeModule(m: BModule, pending: bool) =
   # generate code for the init statements of the module:
   let cfile = getCFile(m)
 
-  if m.rd == nil or optForceFullMake in gGlobalOptions:
+  if m.rd == nil or optForceFullMake in m.config.globalOptions:
     genInitCode(m)
     finishTypeDescriptions(m)
     if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
@@ -1397,35 +1420,35 @@ proc writeModule(m: BModule, pending: bool) =
       add(m.s[cfsProcHeaders], m.g.mainModProcs)
       generateThreadVarsSize(m)
 
-    var cf = Cfile(cname: cfile, obj: completeCFilePath(toObjFile(cfile)), flags: {})
+    var cf = Cfile(cname: cfile, obj: completeCFilePath(m.config, toObjFile(m.config, cfile)), flags: {})
     var code = genModule(m, cf)
     when hasTinyCBackend:
-      if gCmd == cmdRun:
+      if conf.cmd == cmdRun:
         tccgen.compileCCode($code)
         return
 
-    if not shouldRecompile(code, cf): cf.flags = {CfileFlag.Cached}
-    addFileToCompile(cf)
+    if not shouldRecompile(m, code, cf): cf.flags = {CfileFlag.Cached}
+    addFileToCompile(m.config, cf)
   elif pending and mergeRequired(m) and sfMainModule notin m.module.flags:
-    let cf = Cfile(cname: cfile, obj: completeCFilePath(toObjFile(cfile)), flags: {})
+    let cf = Cfile(cname: cfile, obj: completeCFilePath(m.config, toObjFile(m.config, cfile)), flags: {})
     mergeFiles(cfile, m)
     genInitCode(m)
     finishTypeDescriptions(m)
     var code = genModule(m, cf)
     writeRope(code, cfile)
-    addFileToCompile(cf)
+    addFileToCompile(m.config, cf)
   else:
     # Consider: first compilation compiles ``system.nim`` and produces
     # ``system.c`` but then compilation fails due to an error. This means
     # that ``system.o`` is missing, so we need to call the C compiler for it:
-    var cf = Cfile(cname: cfile, obj: completeCFilePath(toObjFile(cfile)), flags: {})
+    var cf = Cfile(cname: cfile, obj: completeCFilePath(m.config, toObjFile(m.config, cfile)), flags: {})
     if not existsFile(cf.obj): cf.flags = {CfileFlag.Cached}
-    addFileToCompile(cf)
+    addFileToCompile(m.config, cf)
   close(m.ndi)
 
 proc updateCachedModule(m: BModule) =
   let cfile = getCFile(m)
-  var cf = Cfile(cname: cfile, obj: completeCFilePath(toObjFile(cfile)), flags: {})
+  var cf = Cfile(cname: cfile, obj: completeCFilePath(m.config, toObjFile(m.config, cfile)), flags: {})
 
   if mergeRequired(m) and sfMainModule notin m.module.flags:
     mergeFiles(cfile, m)
@@ -1436,12 +1459,13 @@ proc updateCachedModule(m: BModule) =
     writeRope(code, cfile)
   else:
     cf.flags = {CfileFlag.Cached}
-  addFileToCompile(cf)
+  addFileToCompile(m.config, cf)
 
 proc myClose(graph: ModuleGraph; b: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  if b == nil or passes.skipCodegen(n): return
+  if b == nil: return
   var m = BModule(b)
+  if passes.skipCodegen(m.config, n): return
   # if the module is cached, we don't regenerate the main proc
   # nor the dispatchers? But if the dispatchers changed?
   # XXX emit the dispatchers into its own .c file?
@@ -1475,7 +1499,7 @@ proc cgenWriteModules*(backend: RootRef, config: ConfigRef) =
       m.updateCachedModule
     else:
       m.writeModule(pending=true)
-  writeMapping(g.mapping)
+  writeMapping(config, g.mapping)
   if g.generatedHeader != nil: writeHeader(g.generatedHeader)
 
 const cgenPass* = makePass(myOpen, myOpenCached, myProcess, myClose)
diff --git a/compiler/cgendata.nim b/compiler/cgendata.nim
index 0f8fa760e..ce3fc2f90 100644
--- a/compiler/cgendata.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgendata.nim
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import
   tables, ndi
 
 from msgs import TLineInfo
+from modulegraphs import ModuleGraph
 
 type
   TLabel* = Rope              # for the C generator a label is just a rope
@@ -70,11 +71,10 @@ type
     threadVarAccessed*: bool  # true if the proc already accessed some threadvar
     lastLineInfo*: TLineInfo  # to avoid generating excessive 'nimln' statements
     currLineInfo*: TLineInfo  # AST codegen will make this superfluous
-    nestedTryStmts*: seq[PNode]   # in how many nested try statements we are
-                                  # (the vars must be volatile then)
-    inExceptBlock*: int       # are we currently inside an except block?
-                              # leaving such scopes by raise or by return must
-                              # execute any applicable finally blocks
+    nestedTryStmts*: seq[tuple[n: PNode, inExcept: bool]]
+                              # in how many nested try statements we are
+                              # (the vars must be volatile then)
+                              # bool is true when are in the except part of a try block
     finallySafePoints*: seq[Rope]  # For correctly cleaning up exceptions when
                                    # using return in finally statements
     labels*: Natural          # for generating unique labels in the C proc
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ type
     breakpoints*: Rope # later the breakpoints are inserted into the main proc
     typeInfoMarker*: TypeCache
     config*: ConfigRef
+    graph*: ModuleGraph
+    strVersion*, seqVersion*: int # version of the string/seq implementation to use
 
   TCGen = object of TPassContext # represents a C source file
     s*: TCFileSections        # sections of the C file
@@ -148,6 +150,9 @@ type
     g*: BModuleList
     ndi*: NdiFile
 
+template config*(m: BModule): ConfigRef = m.g.config
+template config*(p: BProc): ConfigRef = p.module.g.config
+
 proc includeHeader*(this: BModule; header: string) =
   if not this.headerFiles.contains header:
     this.headerFiles.add header
@@ -165,14 +170,15 @@ proc newProc*(prc: PSym, module: BModule): BProc =
   result.prc = prc
   result.module = module
   if prc != nil: result.options = prc.options
-  else: result.options = gOptions
+  else: result.options = module.config.options
   newSeq(result.blocks, 1)
   result.nestedTryStmts = @[]
   result.finallySafePoints = @[]
   result.sigConflicts = initCountTable[string]()
 
-proc newModuleList*(config: ConfigRef): BModuleList =
-  BModuleList(modules: @[], typeInfoMarker: initTable[SigHash, Rope](), config: config)
+proc newModuleList*(g: ModuleGraph): BModuleList =
+  BModuleList(modules: @[], typeInfoMarker: initTable[SigHash, Rope](), config: g.config,
+    graph: g)
 
 iterator cgenModules*(g: BModuleList): BModule =
   for i in 0..high(g.modules):
diff --git a/compiler/cgmeth.nim b/compiler/cgmeth.nim
index 6f7d9f489..1d72952e2 100644
--- a/compiler/cgmeth.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgmeth.nim
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 import
   intsets, options, ast, astalgo, msgs, idents, renderer, types, magicsys,
-  sempass2, strutils, modulegraphs
+  sempass2, strutils, modulegraphs, configuration
 
-proc genConv(n: PNode, d: PType, downcast: bool): PNode =
+proc genConv(n: PNode, d: PType, downcast: bool; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   var dest = skipTypes(d, abstractPtrs)
   var source = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractPtrs)
   if (source.kind == tyObject) and (dest.kind == tyObject):
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ proc genConv(n: PNode, d: PType, downcast: bool): PNode =
     elif diff < 0:
       result = newNodeIT(nkObjUpConv, n.info, d)
       addSon(result, n)
-      if downcast: internalError(n.info, "cgmeth.genConv: no upcast allowed")
+      if downcast: internalError(conf, n.info, "cgmeth.genConv: no upcast allowed")
     elif diff > 0:
       result = newNodeIT(nkObjDownConv, n.info, d)
       addSon(result, n)
       if not downcast:
-        internalError(n.info, "cgmeth.genConv: no downcast allowed")
+        internalError(conf, n.info, "cgmeth.genConv: no downcast allowed")
     else:
       result = n
   else:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ proc getDispatcher*(s: PSym): PSym =
     let disp = dispn.sym
     if sfDispatcher in disp.flags: result = disp
 
-proc methodCall*(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc methodCall*(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   result = n
   # replace ordinary method by dispatcher method:
   let disp = getDispatcher(result.sons[0].sym)
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ proc methodCall*(n: PNode): PNode =
     result.sons[0].sym = disp
     # change the arguments to up/downcasts to fit the dispatcher's parameters:
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(result)-1):
-      result.sons[i] = genConv(result.sons[i], disp.typ.sons[i], true)
+      result.sons[i] = genConv(result.sons[i], disp.typ.sons[i], true, conf)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, "'" & $result.sons[0] & "' lacks a dispatcher")
+    localError(conf, n.info, "'" & $result.sons[0] & "' lacks a dispatcher")
 
 type
   MethodResult = enum No, Invalid, Yes
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ proc sameMethodBucket(a, b: PSym): MethodResult =
     while true:
       aa = skipTypes(aa, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
       bb = skipTypes(bb, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
-      if aa.kind == bb.kind and aa.kind in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef}:
+      if aa.kind == bb.kind and aa.kind in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyLent}:
         aa = aa.lastSon
         bb = bb.lastSon
       else:
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ proc createDispatcher(s: PSym): PSym =
   attachDispatcher(disp, newSymNode(disp))
   return disp
 
-proc fixupDispatcher(meth, disp: PSym) =
+proc fixupDispatcher(meth, disp: PSym; conf: ConfigRef) =
   # We may have constructed the dispatcher from a method prototype
   # and need to augment the incomplete dispatcher with information
   # from later definitions, particularly the resultPos slot. Also,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ proc fixupDispatcher(meth, disp: PSym) =
       disp.typ.lockLevel = meth.typ.lockLevel
     elif meth.typ.lockLevel != UnspecifiedLockLevel and
          meth.typ.lockLevel != disp.typ.lockLevel:
-      message(meth.info, warnLockLevel,
+      message(conf, meth.info, warnLockLevel,
         "method has lock level $1, but another method has $2" %
         [$meth.typ.lockLevel, $disp.typ.lockLevel])
       # XXX The following code silences a duplicate warning in
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ proc methodDef*(g: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, fromCache: bool) =
     of Yes:
       add(g.methods[i].methods, s)
       attachDispatcher(s, lastSon(disp.ast))
-      fixupDispatcher(s, disp)
+      fixupDispatcher(s, disp, g.config)
       #echo "fixup ", disp.name.s, " ", disp.id
-      when useEffectSystem: checkMethodEffects(disp, s)
+      when useEffectSystem: checkMethodEffects(g, disp, s)
       if {sfBase, sfFromGeneric} * s.flags == {sfBase} and
            g.methods[i].methods[0] != s:
         # already exists due to forwarding definition?
-        localError(s.info, "method is not a base")
+        localError(g.config, s.info, "method is not a base")
       return
     of No: discard
     of Invalid:
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ proc methodDef*(g: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, fromCache: bool) =
   #if fromCache:
   #  internalError(s.info, "no method dispatcher found")
   if witness != nil:
-    localError(s.info, "invalid declaration order; cannot attach '" & s.name.s &
+    localError(g.config, s.info, "invalid declaration order; cannot attach '" & s.name.s &
                        "' to method defined here: " & $witness.info)
   elif sfBase notin s.flags:
-    message(s.info, warnUseBase)
+    message(g.config, s.info, warnUseBase)
 
 proc relevantCol(methods: TSymSeq, col: int): bool =
   # returns true iff the position is relevant
@@ -225,32 +225,33 @@ proc sortBucket(a: var TSymSeq, relevantCols: IntSet) =
       a[j] = v
     if h == 1: break
 
-proc genDispatcher(methods: TSymSeq, relevantCols: IntSet): PSym =
+proc genDispatcher(g: ModuleGraph; methods: TSymSeq, relevantCols: IntSet): PSym =
   var base = lastSon(methods[0].ast).sym
   result = base
   var paramLen = sonsLen(base.typ)
   var nilchecks = newNodeI(nkStmtList, base.info)
   var disp = newNodeI(nkIfStmt, base.info)
-  var ands = getSysSym("and")
-  var iss = getSysSym("of")
+  var ands = getSysSym(g, unknownLineInfo(), "and")
+  var iss = getSysSym(g, unknownLineInfo(), "of")
+  let boolType = getSysType(g, unknownLineInfo(), tyBool)
   for col in countup(1, paramLen - 1):
     if contains(relevantCols, col):
       let param = base.typ.n.sons[col].sym
       if param.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}:
         addSon(nilchecks, newTree(nkCall,
-            newSymNode(getCompilerProc"chckNilDisp"), newSymNode(param)))
+            newSymNode(getCompilerProc(g, "chckNilDisp")), newSymNode(param)))
   for meth in countup(0, high(methods)):
     var curr = methods[meth]      # generate condition:
     var cond: PNode = nil
     for col in countup(1, paramLen - 1):
       if contains(relevantCols, col):
-        var isn = newNodeIT(nkCall, base.info, getSysType(tyBool))
+        var isn = newNodeIT(nkCall, base.info, boolType)
         addSon(isn, newSymNode(iss))
         let param = base.typ.n.sons[col].sym
         addSon(isn, newSymNode(param))
         addSon(isn, newNodeIT(nkType, base.info, curr.typ.sons[col]))
         if cond != nil:
-          var a = newNodeIT(nkCall, base.info, getSysType(tyBool))
+          var a = newNodeIT(nkCall, base.info, boolType)
           addSon(a, newSymNode(ands))
           addSon(a, cond)
           addSon(a, isn)
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ proc genDispatcher(methods: TSymSeq, relevantCols: IntSet): PSym =
     addSon(call, newSymNode(curr))
     for col in countup(1, paramLen - 1):
       addSon(call, genConv(newSymNode(base.typ.n.sons[col].sym),
-                           curr.typ.sons[col], false))
+                           curr.typ.sons[col], false, g.config))
     var ret: PNode
     if retTyp != nil:
       var a = newNodeI(nkFastAsgn, base.info)
@@ -290,4 +291,4 @@ proc generateMethodDispatchers*(g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
       if relevantCol(g.methods[bucket].methods, col): incl(relevantCols, col)
     sortBucket(g.methods[bucket].methods, relevantCols)
     addSon(result,
-           newSymNode(genDispatcher(g.methods[bucket].methods, relevantCols)))
+           newSymNode(genDispatcher(g, g.methods[bucket].methods, relevantCols)))
diff --git a/compiler/closureiters.nim b/compiler/closureiters.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86b63e34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/closureiters.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,1287 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2018 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+# This file implements closure iterator transformations.
+# The main idea is to split the closure iterator body to top level statements.
+# The body is split by yield statement.
+#
+# Example:
+#  while a > 0:
+#    echo "hi"
+#    yield a
+#    dec a
+#
+# Should be transformed to:
+#  STATE0:
+#    if a > 0:
+#      echo "hi"
+#      :state = 1 # Next state
+#      return a # yield
+#    else:
+#      :state = 2 # Next state
+#      break :stateLoop # Proceed to the next state
+#  STATE1:
+#    dec a
+#    :state = 0 # Next state
+#    break :stateLoop # Proceed to the next state
+#  STATE2:
+#    :state = -1 # End of execution
+
+# The transformation should play well with lambdalifting, however depending
+# on situation, it can be called either before or after lambdalifting
+# transformation. As such we behave slightly differently, when accessing
+# iterator state, or using temp variables. If lambdalifting did not happen,
+# we just create local variables, so that they will be lifted further on.
+# Otherwise, we utilize existing env, created by lambdalifting.
+
+# Lambdalifting treats :state variable specially, it should always end up
+# as the first field in env. Currently C codegen depends on this behavior.
+
+# One special subtransformation is nkStmtListExpr lowering.
+# Example:
+#   template foo(): int =
+#     yield 1
+#     2
+#
+#   iterator it(): int {.closure.} =
+#     if foo() == 2:
+#       yield 3
+#
+# If a nkStmtListExpr has yield inside, it has first to be lowered to:
+#   yield 1
+#   :tmpSlLower = 2
+#   if :tmpSlLower == 2:
+#     yield 3
+
+# nkTryStmt Transformations:
+# If the iter has an nkTryStmt with a yield inside
+#  - the closure iter is promoted to have exceptions (ctx.hasExceptions = true)
+#  - exception table is created. This is a const array, where
+#    `abs(exceptionTable[i])` is a state idx to which we should jump from state
+#    `i` should exception be raised in state `i`. For all states in `try` block
+#    the target state is `except` block. For all states in `except` block
+#    the target state is `finally` block. For all other states there is no
+#    target state (0, as the first block can never be neither except nor finally).
+#    `exceptionTable[i]` is < 0 if `abs(exceptionTable[i])` is except block,
+#    and > 0, for finally block.
+#  - local variable :curExc is created
+#  - the iter body is wrapped into a
+#      try:
+#       closureIterSetupExc(:curExc)
+#       ...body...
+#      catch:
+#        :state = exceptionTable[:state]
+#        if :state == 0: raise # No state that could handle exception
+#        :unrollFinally = :state > 0 # Target state is finally
+#        if :state < 0:
+#           :state = -:state
+#        :curExc = getCurrentException()
+#
+# nkReturnStmt within a try/except/finally now has to behave differently as we
+# want the nearest finally block to be executed before the return, thus it is
+# transformed to:
+#  :tmpResult = returnValue (if return doesn't have a value, this is skipped)
+#  :unrollFinally = true
+#  goto nearestFinally (or -1 if not exists)
+#
+# Every finally block calls closureIterEndFinally() upon its successful
+# completion.
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# try:
+#  yield 0
+#  raise ...
+# except:
+#  yield 1
+#  return 3
+# finally:
+#  yield 2
+#
+# Is transformed to (yields are left in place for example simplicity,
+#    in reality the code is subdivided even more, as described above):
+#
+# STATE0: # Try
+#   yield 0
+#   raise ...
+#   :state = 2 # What would happen should we not raise
+#   break :stateLoop
+# STATE1: # Except
+#   yield 1
+#   :tmpResult = 3           # Return
+#   :unrollFinally = true # Return
+#   :state = 2 # Goto Finally
+#   break :stateLoop
+#   :state = 2 # What would happen should we not return
+#   break :stateLoop
+# STATE2: # Finally
+#   yield 2
+#   if :unrollFinally: # This node is created by `newEndFinallyNode`
+#     if :curExc.isNil:
+#       return :tmpResult
+#     else:
+#       raise
+#   state = -1 # Goto next state. In this case we just exit
+#   break :stateLoop
+
+import
+  intsets, strutils, options, ast, astalgo, trees, treetab, msgs, idents,
+  renderer, types, magicsys, rodread, lowerings, lambdalifting, modulegraphs
+
+type
+  Ctx = object
+    g: ModuleGraph
+    fn: PSym
+    stateVarSym: PSym # :state variable. nil if env already introduced by lambdalifting
+    tmpResultSym: PSym # Used when we return, but finally has to interfere
+    unrollFinallySym: PSym # Indicates that we're unrolling finally states (either exception happened or premature return)
+    curExcSym: PSym # Current exception
+
+    states: seq[PNode] # The resulting states. Every state is an nkState node.
+    blockLevel: int # Temp used to transform break and continue stmts
+    stateLoopLabel: PSym # Label to break on, when jumping between states.
+    exitStateIdx: int # index of the last state
+    tempVarId: int # unique name counter
+    tempVars: PNode # Temp var decls, nkVarSection
+    exceptionTable: seq[int] # For state `i` jump to state `exceptionTable[i]` if exception is raised
+    hasExceptions: bool # Does closure have yield in try?
+    curExcHandlingState: int # Negative for except, positive for finally
+    nearestFinally: int # Index of the nearest finally block. For try/except it
+                    # is their finally. For finally it is parent finally. Otherwise -1
+
+proc newStateAccess(ctx: var Ctx): PNode =
+  if ctx.stateVarSym.isNil:
+    result = rawIndirectAccess(newSymNode(getEnvParam(ctx.fn)),
+        getStateField(ctx.g, ctx.fn), ctx.fn.info)
+  else:
+    result = newSymNode(ctx.stateVarSym)
+
+proc newStateAssgn(ctx: var Ctx, toValue: PNode): PNode =
+  # Creates state assignment:
+  #   :state = toValue
+  newTree(nkAsgn, ctx.newStateAccess(), toValue)
+
+proc newStateAssgn(ctx: var Ctx, stateNo: int = -2): PNode =
+  # Creates state assignment:
+  #   :state = stateNo
+  ctx.newStateAssgn(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, stateNo, ctx.g.getSysType(TLineInfo(), tyInt)))
+
+proc newEnvVar(ctx: var Ctx, name: string, typ: PType): PSym =
+  result = newSym(skVar, getIdent(name), ctx.fn, ctx.fn.info)
+  result.typ = typ
+  assert(not typ.isNil)
+
+  if not ctx.stateVarSym.isNil:
+    # We haven't gone through labmda lifting yet, so just create a local var,
+    # it will be lifted later
+    if ctx.tempVars.isNil:
+      ctx.tempVars = newNodeI(nkVarSection, ctx.fn.info)
+      addVar(ctx.tempVars, newSymNode(result))
+  else:
+    let envParam = getEnvParam(ctx.fn)
+    # let obj = envParam.typ.lastSon
+    result = addUniqueField(envParam.typ.lastSon, result)
+
+proc newEnvVarAccess(ctx: Ctx, s: PSym): PNode =
+  if ctx.stateVarSym.isNil:
+    result = rawIndirectAccess(newSymNode(getEnvParam(ctx.fn)), s, ctx.fn.info)
+  else:
+    result = newSymNode(s)
+
+proc newTmpResultAccess(ctx: var Ctx): PNode =
+  if ctx.tmpResultSym.isNil:
+    ctx.tmpResultSym = ctx.newEnvVar(":tmpResult", ctx.fn.typ[0])
+  ctx.newEnvVarAccess(ctx.tmpResultSym)
+
+proc newUnrollFinallyAccess(ctx: var Ctx, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+  if ctx.unrollFinallySym.isNil:
+    ctx.unrollFinallySym = ctx.newEnvVar(":unrollFinally", ctx.g.getSysType(info, tyBool))
+  ctx.newEnvVarAccess(ctx.unrollFinallySym)
+
+proc newCurExcAccess(ctx: var Ctx): PNode =
+  if ctx.curExcSym.isNil:
+    ctx.curExcSym = ctx.newEnvVar(":curExc", ctx.g.callCodegenProc("getCurrentException", emptyNode).typ)
+  ctx.newEnvVarAccess(ctx.curExcSym)
+
+proc newState(ctx: var Ctx, n, gotoOut: PNode): int =
+  # Creates a new state, adds it to the context fills out `gotoOut` so that it
+  # will goto this state.
+  # Returns index of the newly created state
+
+  result = ctx.states.len
+  let resLit = ctx.g.newIntLit(n.info, result)
+  let s = newNodeI(nkState, n.info)
+  s.add(resLit)
+  s.add(n)
+  ctx.states.add(s)
+  ctx.exceptionTable.add(ctx.curExcHandlingState)
+
+  if not gotoOut.isNil:
+    assert(gotoOut.len == 0)
+    gotoOut.add(ctx.g.newIntLit(gotoOut.info, result))
+
+proc toStmtList(n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  if result.kind notin {nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr}:
+    result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+    result.add(n)
+
+proc addGotoOut(n: PNode, gotoOut: PNode): PNode =
+  # Make sure `n` is a stmtlist, and ends with `gotoOut`
+  result = toStmtList(n)
+  if result.len != 0 and result.sons[^1].kind != nkGotoState:
+    result.add(gotoOut)
+
+proc newTempVar(ctx: var Ctx, typ: PType): PSym =
+  result = ctx.newEnvVar(":tmpSlLower" & $ctx.tempVarId, typ)
+  inc ctx.tempVarId
+
+proc hasYields(n: PNode): bool =
+  # TODO: This is very inefficient. It traverses the node, looking for nkYieldStmt.
+  case n.kind
+  of nkYieldStmt:
+    result = true
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+      nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+    discard
+  else:
+    for c in n:
+      if c.hasYields:
+        result = true
+        break
+
+proc transformBreaksAndContinuesInWhile(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode, before, after: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  case n.kind
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+      nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+    discard
+  of nkWhileStmt: discard # Do not recurse into nested whiles
+  of nkContinueStmt:
+    result = before
+  of nkBlockStmt:
+    inc ctx.blockLevel
+    result[1] = ctx.transformBreaksAndContinuesInWhile(result[1], before, after)
+    dec ctx.blockLevel
+  of nkBreakStmt:
+    if ctx.blockLevel == 0:
+      result = after
+  else:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.transformBreaksAndContinuesInWhile(n[i], before, after)
+
+proc transformBreaksInBlock(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode, label, after: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  case n.kind
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+      nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+    discard
+  of nkBlockStmt, nkWhileStmt:
+    inc ctx.blockLevel
+    result[1] = ctx.transformBreaksInBlock(result[1], label, after)
+    dec ctx.blockLevel
+  of nkBreakStmt:
+    if n[0].kind == nkEmpty:
+      if ctx.blockLevel == 0:
+        result = after
+    else:
+      if label.kind == nkSym and n[0].sym == label.sym:
+        result = after
+  else:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.transformBreaksInBlock(n[i], label, after)
+
+proc newNullifyCurExc(ctx: var Ctx, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+  # :curEcx = nil
+  let curExc = ctx.newCurExcAccess()
+  curExc.info = info
+  let nilnode = newNode(nkNilLit)
+  nilnode.typ = curExc.typ
+  result = newTree(nkAsgn, curExc, nilnode)
+
+proc newOr(g: ModuleGraph, a, b: PNode): PNode {.inline.} =
+  result = newTree(nkCall, newSymNode(g.getSysMagic(a.info, "or", mOr)), a, b)
+  result.typ = g.getSysType(a.info, tyBool)
+  result.info = a.info
+
+proc collectExceptState(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode): PNode {.inline.} =
+  var ifStmt = newNodeI(nkIfStmt, n.info)
+  let g = ctx.g
+  for c in n:
+    if c.kind == nkExceptBranch:
+      var ifBranch: PNode
+
+      if c.len > 1:
+        var cond: PNode
+        for i in 0 .. c.len - 2:
+          assert(c[i].kind == nkType)
+          let nextCond = newTree(nkCall,
+            newSymNode(g.getSysMagic(c.info, "of", mOf)),
+            g.callCodegenProc("getCurrentException", emptyNode),
+            c[i])
+          nextCond.typ = ctx.g.getSysType(c.info, tyBool)
+          nextCond.info = c.info
+
+          if cond.isNil:
+            cond = nextCond
+          else:
+            cond = g.newOr(cond, nextCond)
+
+        ifBranch = newNodeI(nkElifBranch, c.info)
+        ifBranch.add(cond)
+      else:
+        if ifStmt.len == 0:
+          ifStmt = newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info)
+          ifBranch = newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info)
+        else:
+          ifBranch = newNodeI(nkElse, c.info)
+
+      ifBranch.add(c[^1])
+      ifStmt.add(ifBranch)
+
+  if ifStmt.len != 0:
+    result = newTree(nkStmtList, ctx.newNullifyCurExc(n.info), ifStmt)
+  else:
+    result = emptyNode
+
+proc addElseToExcept(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode) =
+  if n.kind == nkStmtList and n[1].kind == nkIfStmt and n[1][^1].kind != nkElse:
+    # Not all cases are covered
+    let branchBody = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+
+    block: # :unrollFinally = true
+      branchBody.add(newTree(nkAsgn,
+        ctx.newUnrollFinallyAccess(n.info),
+        newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 1, ctx.g.getSysType(n.info, tyBool))))
+
+    block: # :curExc = getCurrentException()
+      branchBody.add(newTree(nkAsgn,
+        ctx.newCurExcAccess(),
+        ctx.g.callCodegenProc("getCurrentException", emptyNode)))
+
+    block: # goto nearestFinally
+      branchBody.add(newTree(nkGotoState, ctx.g.newIntLit(n.info, ctx.nearestFinally)))
+
+    let elseBranch = newTree(nkElse, branchBody)
+    n[1].add(elseBranch)
+
+proc getFinallyNode(n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n[^1]
+  if result.kind == nkFinally:
+    result = result[0]
+  else:
+    result = emptyNode
+
+proc hasYieldsInExpressions(n: PNode): bool =
+  case n.kind
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+      nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+    discard
+  of nkStmtListExpr:
+    if isEmptyType(n.typ):
+      for c in n:
+        if c.hasYieldsInExpressions:
+          return true
+    else:
+      result = n.hasYields
+  else:
+    for c in n:
+      if c.hasYieldsInExpressions:
+        return true
+
+proc exprToStmtList(n: PNode): tuple[s, res: PNode] =
+  assert(n.kind == nkStmtListExpr)
+
+  var parent = n
+  var lastSon = n[^1]
+
+  while lastSon.kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+    parent = lastSon
+    lastSon = lastSon[^1]
+
+  result.s = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+  result.s.sons = parent.sons
+  result.s.sons.setLen(result.s.sons.len - 1) # delete last son
+  result.res = lastSon
+
+proc newEnvVarAsgn(ctx: Ctx, s: PSym, v: PNode): PNode =
+  result = newTree(nkFastAsgn, ctx.newEnvVarAccess(s), v)
+  result.info = v.info
+
+proc addExprAssgn(ctx: Ctx, output, input: PNode, sym: PSym) =
+  if input.kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+    let (st, res) = exprToStmtList(input)
+    output.add(st)
+    output.add(ctx.newEnvVarAsgn(sym, res))
+  else:
+    output.add(ctx.newEnvVarAsgn(sym, input))
+
+proc convertExprBodyToAsgn(ctx: Ctx, exprBody: PNode, res: PSym): PNode =
+  result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, exprBody.info)
+  ctx.addExprAssgn(result, exprBody, res)
+
+proc newNotCall(g: ModuleGraph; e: PNode): PNode =
+  result = newTree(nkCall, newSymNode(g.getSysMagic(e.info, "not", mNot), e.info), e)
+  result.typ = g.getSysType(e.info, tyBool)
+
+proc lowerStmtListExprs(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode, needsSplit: var bool): PNode =
+  result = n
+  case n.kind
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+      nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+    discard
+
+  of nkYieldStmt:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      assert(n[0].kind == nkStmtListExpr)
+      result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+      let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[0])
+      result.add(st)
+      n[0] = ex
+      result.add(n)
+
+    needsSplit = true
+
+  of nkPar, nkObjConstr, nkTupleConstr, nkBracket:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      needsSplit = true
+
+      result = newNodeI(nkStmtListExpr, n.info)
+      if n.typ.isNil: internalError(ctx.g.config, "lowerStmtListExprs: constr typ.isNil")
+      result.typ = n.typ
+
+      for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+        if n[i].kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+          let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[i])
+          result.add(st)
+          n[i] = ex
+      result.add(n)
+
+  of nkIfStmt, nkIfExpr:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      needsSplit = true
+      var tmp: PSym
+      var s: PNode
+      let isExpr = not isEmptyType(n.typ)
+      if isExpr:
+        tmp = ctx.newTempVar(n.typ)
+        result = newNodeI(nkStmtListExpr, n.info)
+        result.typ = n.typ
+      else:
+        result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+
+      var curS = result
+
+      for branch in n:
+        case branch.kind
+        of nkElseExpr, nkElse:
+          if isExpr:
+            let branchBody = newNodeI(nkStmtList, branch.info)
+            ctx.addExprAssgn(branchBody, branch[0], tmp)
+            let newBranch = newTree(nkElse, branchBody)
+            curS.add(newBranch)
+          else:
+            curS.add(branch)
+
+        of nkElifExpr, nkElifBranch:
+          var newBranch: PNode
+          if branch[0].kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+            let (st, res) = exprToStmtList(branch[0])
+            let elseBody = newTree(nkStmtList, st)
+
+            newBranch = newTree(nkElifBranch, res, branch[1])
+
+            let newIf = newTree(nkIfStmt, newBranch)
+            elseBody.add(newIf)
+            if curS.kind == nkIfStmt:
+              let newElse = newNodeI(nkElse, branch.info)
+              newElse.add(elseBody)
+              curS.add(newElse)
+            else:
+              curS.add(elseBody)
+            curS = newIf
+          else:
+            newBranch = branch
+            if curS.kind == nkIfStmt:
+              curS.add(newBranch)
+            else:
+              let newIf = newTree(nkIfStmt, newBranch)
+              curS.add(newIf)
+              curS = newIf
+
+          if isExpr:
+            let branchBody = newNodeI(nkStmtList, branch[1].info)
+            ctx.addExprAssgn(branchBody, branch[1], tmp)
+            newBranch[1] = branchBody
+
+        else:
+          internalError(ctx.g.config, "lowerStmtListExpr(nkIf): " & $branch.kind)
+
+      if isExpr: result.add(ctx.newEnvVarAccess(tmp))
+
+  of nkTryStmt:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      needsSplit = true
+      let isExpr = not isEmptyType(n.typ)
+
+      if isExpr:
+        result = newNodeI(nkStmtListExpr, n.info)
+        result.typ = n.typ
+        let tmp = ctx.newTempVar(n.typ)
+
+        n[0] = ctx.convertExprBodyToAsgn(n[0], tmp)
+        for i in 1 ..< n.len:
+          let branch = n[i]
+          case branch.kind
+          of nkExceptBranch:
+            if branch[0].kind == nkType:
+              branch[1] = ctx.convertExprBodyToAsgn(branch[1], tmp)
+            else:
+              branch[0] = ctx.convertExprBodyToAsgn(branch[0], tmp)
+          of nkFinally:
+            discard
+          else:
+            internalError(ctx.g.config, "lowerStmtListExpr(nkTryStmt): " & $branch.kind)
+        result.add(n)
+        result.add(ctx.newEnvVarAccess(tmp))
+
+  of nkCaseStmt:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      needsSplit = true
+
+      let isExpr = not isEmptyType(n.typ)
+
+      if isExpr:
+        let tmp = ctx.newTempVar(n.typ)
+        result = newNodeI(nkStmtListExpr, n.info)
+        result.typ = n.typ
+
+        if n[0].kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+          let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[0])
+          result.add(st)
+          n[0] = ex
+
+        for i in 1 ..< n.len:
+          let branch = n[i]
+          case branch.kind
+          of nkOfBranch:
+            branch[1] = ctx.convertExprBodyToAsgn(branch[1], tmp)
+          of nkElse:
+            branch[0] = ctx.convertExprBodyToAsgn(branch[0], tmp)
+          else:
+            internalError(ctx.g.config, "lowerStmtListExpr(nkCaseStmt): " & $branch.kind)
+        result.add(n)
+        result.add(ctx.newEnvVarAccess(tmp))
+
+  of nkCallKinds:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      needsSplit = true
+      let isExpr = not isEmptyType(n.typ)
+
+      if isExpr:
+        result = newNodeI(nkStmtListExpr, n.info)
+        result.typ = n.typ
+      else:
+        result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+
+      if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.magic in {mAnd, mOr}: # `and`/`or` short cirquiting
+        var cond = n[1]
+        if cond.kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+          let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(cond)
+          result.add(st)
+          cond = ex
+
+        let tmp = ctx.newTempVar(cond.typ)
+        result.add(ctx.newEnvVarAsgn(tmp, cond))
+
+        var check = ctx.newEnvVarAccess(tmp)
+        if n[0].sym.magic == mOr:
+          check = ctx.g.newNotCall(check)
+
+        cond = n[2]
+        let ifBody = newNodeI(nkStmtList, cond.info)
+        if cond.kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+          let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(cond)
+          ifBody.add(st)
+          cond = ex
+        ifBody.add(ctx.newEnvVarAsgn(tmp, cond))
+
+        let ifBranch = newTree(nkElifBranch, check, ifBody)
+        let ifNode = newTree(nkIfStmt, ifBranch)
+        result.add(ifNode)
+        result.add(ctx.newEnvVarAccess(tmp))
+      else:
+        for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+          if n[i].kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+            let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[i])
+            result.add(st)
+            n[i] = ex
+
+          if n[i].kind in nkCallKinds: # XXX: This should better be some sort of side effect tracking
+            let tmp = ctx.newTempVar(n[i].typ)
+            result.add(ctx.newEnvVarAsgn(tmp, n[i]))
+            n[i] = ctx.newEnvVarAccess(tmp)
+
+        result.add(n)
+
+  of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
+    result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+    for c in n:
+      let varSect = newNodeI(n.kind, n.info)
+      varSect.add(c)
+      var ns = false
+      c[^1] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(c[^1], ns)
+      if ns:
+        needsSplit = true
+        assert(c[^1].kind == nkStmtListExpr)
+        let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(c[^1])
+        result.add(st)
+        c[^1] = ex
+      result.add(varSect)
+
+  of nkDiscardStmt, nkReturnStmt, nkRaiseStmt:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      needsSplit = true
+      result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+      let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[0])
+      result.add(st)
+      n[0] = ex
+      result.add(n)
+
+  of nkCast, nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      needsSplit = true
+      result = newNodeI(nkStmtListExpr, n.info)
+      result.typ = n.typ
+      let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[1])
+      result.add(st)
+      n[1] = ex
+      result.add(n)
+
+  of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
+    var ns = false
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+    if ns:
+      needsSplit = true
+      result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+      if n[0].kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+        let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[0])
+        result.add(st)
+        n[0] = ex
+
+      if n[1].kind == nkStmtListExpr:
+        let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[1])
+        result.add(st)
+        n[1] = ex
+
+      result.add(n)
+
+  of nkWhileStmt:
+    var ns = false
+
+    var condNeedsSplit = false
+    n[0] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[0], condNeedsSplit)
+    var bodyNeedsSplit = false
+    n[1] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[1], bodyNeedsSplit)
+
+    if condNeedsSplit or bodyNeedsSplit:
+      needsSplit = true
+
+      if condNeedsSplit:
+        let (st, ex) = exprToStmtList(n[0])
+        let brk = newTree(nkBreakStmt, emptyNode)
+        let branch = newTree(nkElifBranch, ctx.g.newNotCall(ex), brk)
+        let check = newTree(nkIfStmt, branch)
+        let newBody = newTree(nkStmtList, st, check, n[1])
+
+        n[0] = newSymNode(ctx.g.getSysSym(n[0].info, "true"))
+        n[1] = newBody
+  else:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], needsSplit)
+
+proc newEndFinallyNode(ctx: var Ctx, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+  # Generate the following code:
+  #   if :unrollFinally:
+  #       if :curExc.isNil:
+  #         return :tmpResult
+  #       else:
+  #         raise
+  let curExc = ctx.newCurExcAccess()
+  let nilnode = newNode(nkNilLit)
+  nilnode.typ = curExc.typ
+  let cmp = newTree(nkCall, newSymNode(ctx.g.getSysMagic(info, "==", mEqRef), info), curExc, nilnode)
+  cmp.typ = ctx.g.getSysType(info, tyBool)
+
+  let asgn = newTree(nkFastAsgn,
+    newSymNode(getClosureIterResult(ctx.fn), info),
+    ctx.newTmpResultAccess())
+
+  let retStmt = newTree(nkReturnStmt, asgn)
+  let branch = newTree(nkElifBranch, cmp, retStmt)
+
+  # The C++ backend requires `getCurrentException` here.
+  let raiseStmt = newTree(nkRaiseStmt, ctx.g.callCodegenProc("getCurrentException", emptyNode))
+  raiseStmt.info = info
+  let elseBranch = newTree(nkElse, raiseStmt)
+
+  let ifBody = newTree(nkIfStmt, branch, elseBranch)
+  let elifBranch = newTree(nkElifBranch, ctx.newUnrollFinallyAccess(info), ifBody)
+  elifBranch.info = info
+  result = newTree(nkIfStmt, elifBranch)
+
+proc transformReturnsInTry(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  # TODO: This is very inefficient. It traverses the node, looking for nkYieldStmt.
+  case n.kind
+  of nkReturnStmt:
+    # We're somewhere in try, transform to finally unrolling
+    assert(ctx.nearestFinally != 0)
+
+    result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+
+    block: # :unrollFinally = true
+      let asgn = newNodeI(nkAsgn, n.info)
+      asgn.add(ctx.newUnrollFinallyAccess(n.info))
+      asgn.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 1, ctx.g.getSysType(n.info, tyBool)))
+      result.add(asgn)
+
+    if n[0].kind != nkEmpty:
+      let asgnTmpResult = newNodeI(nkAsgn, n.info)
+      asgnTmpResult.add(ctx.newTmpResultAccess())
+      asgnTmpResult.add(n[0])
+      result.add(asgnTmpResult)
+
+    result.add(ctx.newNullifyCurExc(n.info))
+
+    let goto = newTree(nkGotoState, ctx.g.newIntLit(n.info, ctx.nearestFinally))
+    result.add(goto)
+
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+      nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+    discard
+  else:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.transformReturnsInTry(n[i])
+
+proc transformClosureIteratorBody(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode, gotoOut: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  case n.kind:
+    of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+        nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+      discard
+
+    of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr:
+      assert(isEmptyType(n.typ), "nkStmtListExpr not lowered")
+
+      result = addGotoOut(result, gotoOut)
+      for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+        if n[i].hasYieldsInExpressions:
+          # Lower nkStmtListExpr nodes inside `n[i]` first
+          var ns = false
+          n[i] = ctx.lowerStmtListExprs(n[i], ns)
+
+        if n[i].hasYields:
+          # Create a new split
+          let go = newNodeI(nkGotoState, n[i].info)
+          n[i] = ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(n[i], go)
+
+          let s = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n[i + 1].info)
+          for j in i + 1 ..< n.len:
+            s.add(n[j])
+
+          n.sons.setLen(i + 1)
+          discard ctx.newState(s, go)
+          if ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(s, gotoOut) != s:
+            internalError(ctx.g.config, "transformClosureIteratorBody != s")
+          break
+
+    of nkYieldStmt:
+      result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+      result.add(n)
+      result.add(gotoOut)
+
+    of nkElse, nkElseExpr:
+      result[0] = addGotoOut(result[0], gotoOut)
+      result[0] = ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(result[0], gotoOut)
+
+    of nkElifBranch, nkElifExpr, nkOfBranch:
+      result[1] = addGotoOut(result[1], gotoOut)
+      result[1] = ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(result[1], gotoOut)
+
+    of nkIfStmt, nkCaseStmt:
+      for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+        n[i] = ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(n[i], gotoOut)
+      if n[^1].kind != nkElse:
+        # We don't have an else branch, but every possible branch has to end with
+        # gotoOut, so add else here.
+        let elseBranch = newTree(nkElse, gotoOut)
+        n.add(elseBranch)
+
+    of nkWhileStmt:
+      # while e:
+      #   s
+      # ->
+      # BEGIN_STATE:
+      #   if e:
+      #     s
+      #     goto BEGIN_STATE
+      #   else:
+      #     goto OUT
+
+      result = newNodeI(nkGotoState, n.info)
+
+      let s = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+      discard ctx.newState(s, result)
+      let ifNode = newNodeI(nkIfStmt, n.info)
+      let elifBranch = newNodeI(nkElifBranch, n.info)
+      elifBranch.add(n[0])
+
+      var body = addGotoOut(n[1], result)
+
+      body = ctx.transformBreaksAndContinuesInWhile(body, result, gotoOut)
+      body = ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(body, result)
+
+      elifBranch.add(body)
+      ifNode.add(elifBranch)
+
+      let elseBranch = newTree(nkElse, gotoOut)
+      ifNode.add(elseBranch)
+      s.add(ifNode)
+
+    of nkBlockStmt:
+      result[1] = addGotoOut(result[1], gotoOut)
+      result[1] = ctx.transformBreaksInBlock(result[1], result[0], gotoOut)
+      result[1] = ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(result[1], gotoOut)
+
+    of nkTryStmt:
+      # See explanation above about how this works
+      ctx.hasExceptions = true
+
+      result = newNodeI(nkGotoState, n.info)
+      var tryBody = toStmtList(n[0])
+      var exceptBody = ctx.collectExceptState(n)
+      var finallyBody = newTree(nkStmtList, getFinallyNode(n))
+      finallyBody = ctx.transformReturnsInTry(finallyBody)
+      finallyBody.add(ctx.newEndFinallyNode(finallyBody.info))
+
+      # The following index calculation is based on the knowledge how state
+      # indexes are assigned
+      let tryIdx = ctx.states.len
+      var exceptIdx, finallyIdx: int
+      if exceptBody.kind != nkEmpty:
+        exceptIdx = -(tryIdx + 1)
+        finallyIdx = tryIdx + 2
+      else:
+        exceptIdx = tryIdx + 1
+        finallyIdx = tryIdx + 1
+
+      let outToFinally = newNodeI(nkGotoState, finallyBody.info)
+
+      block: # Create initial states.
+        let oldExcHandlingState = ctx.curExcHandlingState
+        ctx.curExcHandlingState = exceptIdx
+        let realTryIdx = ctx.newState(tryBody, result)
+        assert(realTryIdx == tryIdx)
+
+        if exceptBody.kind != nkEmpty:
+          ctx.curExcHandlingState = finallyIdx
+          let realExceptIdx = ctx.newState(exceptBody, nil)
+          assert(realExceptIdx == -exceptIdx)
+
+        ctx.curExcHandlingState = oldExcHandlingState
+        let realFinallyIdx = ctx.newState(finallyBody, outToFinally)
+        assert(realFinallyIdx == finallyIdx)
+
+      block: # Subdivide the states
+        let oldNearestFinally = ctx.nearestFinally
+        ctx.nearestFinally = finallyIdx
+
+        let oldExcHandlingState = ctx.curExcHandlingState
+
+        ctx.curExcHandlingState = exceptIdx
+
+        if ctx.transformReturnsInTry(tryBody) != tryBody:
+          internalError(ctx.g.config, "transformReturnsInTry != tryBody")
+        if ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(tryBody, outToFinally) != tryBody:
+          internalError(ctx.g.config, "transformClosureIteratorBody != tryBody")
+
+        ctx.curExcHandlingState = finallyIdx
+        ctx.addElseToExcept(exceptBody)
+        if ctx.transformReturnsInTry(exceptBody) != exceptBody:
+          internalError(ctx.g.config, "transformReturnsInTry != exceptBody")
+        if ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(exceptBody, outToFinally) != exceptBody:
+          internalError(ctx.g.config, "transformClosureIteratorBody != exceptBody")
+
+        ctx.curExcHandlingState = oldExcHandlingState
+        ctx.nearestFinally = oldNearestFinally
+        if ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(finallyBody, gotoOut) != finallyBody:
+          internalError(ctx.g.config, "transformClosureIteratorBody != finallyBody")
+
+    of nkGotoState, nkForStmt:
+      internalError(ctx.g.config, "closure iter " & $n.kind)
+
+    else:
+      for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+        n[i] = ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(n[i], gotoOut)
+
+proc stateFromGotoState(n: PNode): int =
+  assert(n.kind == nkGotoState)
+  result = n[0].intVal.int
+
+proc tranformStateAssignments(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode): PNode =
+  # This transforms 3 patterns:
+  ########################## 1
+  # yield e
+  # goto STATE
+  # ->
+  # :state = STATE
+  # return e
+  ########################## 2
+  # goto STATE
+  # ->
+  # :state = STATE
+  # break :stateLoop
+  ########################## 3
+  # return e
+  # ->
+  # :state = -1
+  # return e
+  #
+  result = n
+  case n.kind
+  of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr:
+    if n.len != 0 and n[0].kind == nkYieldStmt:
+      assert(n.len == 2)
+      assert(n[1].kind == nkGotoState)
+
+      result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+      result.add(ctx.newStateAssgn(stateFromGotoState(n[1])))
+
+      var retStmt = newNodeI(nkReturnStmt, n.info)
+      if n[0].sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
+        var a = newNodeI(nkAsgn, n[0].sons[0].info)
+        var retVal = n[0].sons[0] #liftCapturedVars(n.sons[0], owner, d, c)
+        addSon(a, newSymNode(getClosureIterResult(ctx.fn)))
+        addSon(a, retVal)
+        retStmt.add(a)
+      else:
+        retStmt.add(emptyNode)
+
+      result.add(retStmt)
+    else:
+      for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+        n[i] = ctx.tranformStateAssignments(n[i])
+
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+      nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+    discard
+
+  of nkReturnStmt:
+    result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+    result.add(ctx.newStateAssgn(-1))
+    result.add(n)
+
+  of nkGotoState:
+    result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+    result.add(ctx.newStateAssgn(stateFromGotoState(n)))
+
+    let breakState = newNodeI(nkBreakStmt, n.info)
+    breakState.add(newSymNode(ctx.stateLoopLabel))
+    result.add(breakState)
+
+  else:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.tranformStateAssignments(n[i])
+
+proc skipStmtList(n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  while result.kind in {nkStmtList}:
+    if result.len == 0: return emptyNode
+    result = result[0]
+
+proc skipEmptyStates(ctx: Ctx, stateIdx: int): int =
+  # Returns first non-empty state idx for `stateIdx`. Returns `stateIdx` if
+  # it is not empty
+  var maxJumps = ctx.states.len # maxJumps used only for debugging purposes.
+  var stateIdx = stateIdx
+  while true:
+    let label = stateIdx
+    if label == ctx.exitStateIdx: break
+    var newLabel = label
+    if label == -1:
+      newLabel = ctx.exitStateIdx
+    else:
+      let fs = ctx.states[label][1].skipStmtList()
+      if fs.kind == nkGotoState:
+        newLabel = fs[0].intVal.int
+    if label == newLabel: break
+    stateIdx = newLabel
+    dec maxJumps
+    if maxJumps == 0:
+      assert(false, "Internal error")
+
+  result = ctx.states[stateIdx][0].intVal.int
+
+proc skipThroughEmptyStates(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  case n.kind
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit, nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
+      nkSym, nkIdent, procDefs, nkTemplateDef:
+    discard
+  of nkGotoState:
+    result = copyTree(n)
+    result[0].intVal = ctx.skipEmptyStates(result[0].intVal.int)
+  else:
+    for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[i] = ctx.skipThroughEmptyStates(n[i])
+
+proc newArrayType(g: ModuleGraph; n: int, t: PType, owner: PSym): PType =
+  result = newType(tyArray, owner)
+
+  let rng = newType(tyRange, owner)
+  rng.n = newTree(nkRange, g.newIntLit(owner.info, 0), g.newIntLit(owner.info, n))
+  rng.rawAddSon(t)
+
+  result.rawAddSon(rng)
+  result.rawAddSon(t)
+
+proc createExceptionTable(ctx: var Ctx): PNode {.inline.} =
+  result = newNodeI(nkBracket, ctx.fn.info)
+  result.typ = ctx.g.newArrayType(ctx.exceptionTable.len, ctx.g.getSysType(ctx.fn.info, tyInt16), ctx.fn)
+
+  for i in ctx.exceptionTable:
+    let elem = newIntNode(nkIntLit, i)
+    elem.typ = ctx.g.getSysType(ctx.fn.info, tyInt16)
+    result.add(elem)
+
+proc newCatchBody(ctx: var Ctx, info: TLineInfo): PNode {.inline.} =
+  # Generates the code:
+  # :state = exceptionTable[:state]
+  # if :state == 0: raise
+  # :unrollFinally = :state > 0
+  # if :state < 0:
+  #   :state = -:state
+  # :curExc = getCurrentException()
+
+  result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, info)
+
+  let intTyp = ctx.g.getSysType(info, tyInt)
+  let boolTyp = ctx.g.getSysType(info, tyBool)
+
+  # :state = exceptionTable[:state]
+  block:
+
+    # exceptionTable[:state]
+    let getNextState = newTree(nkBracketExpr,
+      ctx.createExceptionTable(),
+      ctx.newStateAccess())
+    getNextState.typ = intTyp
+
+    # :state = exceptionTable[:state]
+    result.add(ctx.newStateAssgn(getNextState))
+
+  # if :state == 0: raise
+  block:
+    let cond = newTree(nkCall,
+      ctx.g.getSysMagic(info, "==", mEqI).newSymNode(),
+      ctx.newStateAccess(),
+      newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 0, intTyp))
+    cond.typ = boolTyp
+
+    let raiseStmt = newTree(nkRaiseStmt, emptyNode)
+    let ifBranch = newTree(nkElifBranch, cond, raiseStmt)
+    let ifStmt = newTree(nkIfStmt, ifBranch)
+    result.add(ifStmt)
+
+  # :unrollFinally = :state > 0
+  block:
+    let cond = newTree(nkCall,
+      ctx.g.getSysMagic(info, "<", mLtI).newSymNode,
+      newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 0, intTyp),
+      ctx.newStateAccess())
+    cond.typ = boolTyp
+
+    let asgn = newTree(nkAsgn, ctx.newUnrollFinallyAccess(info), cond)
+    result.add(asgn)
+
+  # if :state < 0: :state = -:state
+  block:
+    let cond = newTree(nkCall,
+      ctx.g.getSysMagic(info, "<", mLtI).newSymNode,
+      ctx.newStateAccess(),
+      newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 0, intTyp))
+    cond.typ = boolTyp
+
+    let negateState = newTree(nkCall,
+      ctx.g.getSysMagic(info, "-", mUnaryMinusI).newSymNode,
+      ctx.newStateAccess())
+    negateState.typ = intTyp
+
+    let ifBranch = newTree(nkElifBranch, cond, ctx.newStateAssgn(negateState))
+    let ifStmt = newTree(nkIfStmt, ifBranch)
+    result.add(ifStmt)
+
+  # :curExc = getCurrentException()
+  block:
+    result.add(newTree(nkAsgn,
+      ctx.newCurExcAccess(),
+      ctx.g.callCodegenProc("getCurrentException", emptyNode)))
+
+proc wrapIntoTryExcept(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode): PNode {.inline.} =
+  let setupExc = newTree(nkCall,
+    newSymNode(ctx.g.getCompilerProc("closureIterSetupExc")),
+    ctx.newCurExcAccess())
+
+  let tryBody = newTree(nkStmtList, setupExc, n)
+  let exceptBranch = newTree(nkExceptBranch, ctx.newCatchBody(ctx.fn.info))
+
+  result = newTree(nkTryStmt, tryBody, exceptBranch)
+
+proc wrapIntoStateLoop(ctx: var Ctx, n: PNode): PNode =
+  # while true:
+  #   block :stateLoop:
+  #     gotoState :state
+  #     body # Might get wrapped in try-except
+  let loopBody = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+  result = newTree(nkWhileStmt, newSymNode(ctx.g.getSysSym(n.info, "true")), loopBody)
+  result.info = n.info
+
+  if not ctx.stateVarSym.isNil:
+    let varSect = newNodeI(nkVarSection, n.info)
+    addVar(varSect, newSymNode(ctx.stateVarSym))
+    loopBody.add(varSect)
+
+    if not ctx.tempVars.isNil:
+      loopBody.add(ctx.tempVars)
+
+  let blockStmt = newNodeI(nkBlockStmt, n.info)
+  blockStmt.add(newSymNode(ctx.stateLoopLabel))
+
+  let gs = newNodeI(nkGotoState, n.info)
+  gs.add(ctx.newStateAccess())
+  gs.add(ctx.g.newIntLit(n.info, ctx.states.len - 1))
+
+  var blockBody = newTree(nkStmtList, gs, n)
+  if ctx.hasExceptions:
+    blockBody = ctx.wrapIntoTryExcept(blockBody)
+
+  blockStmt.add(blockBody)
+  loopBody.add(blockStmt)
+
+proc deleteEmptyStates(ctx: var Ctx) =
+  let goOut = newTree(nkGotoState, ctx.g.newIntLit(TLineInfo(), -1))
+  ctx.exitStateIdx = ctx.newState(goOut, nil)
+
+  # Apply new state indexes and mark unused states with -1
+  var iValid = 0
+  for i, s in ctx.states:
+    let body = s[1].skipStmtList()
+    if body.kind == nkGotoState and i != ctx.states.len - 1 and i != 0:
+      # This is an empty state. Mark with -1.
+      s[0].intVal = -1
+    else:
+      s[0].intVal = iValid
+      inc iValid
+
+  for i, s in ctx.states:
+    let body = s[1].skipStmtList()
+    if body.kind != nkGotoState or i == 0:
+      discard ctx.skipThroughEmptyStates(s)
+      let excHandlState = ctx.exceptionTable[i]
+      if excHandlState < 0:
+        ctx.exceptionTable[i] = -ctx.skipEmptyStates(-excHandlState)
+      elif excHandlState != 0:
+        ctx.exceptionTable[i] = ctx.skipEmptyStates(excHandlState)
+
+  var i = 0
+  while i < ctx.states.len - 1:
+    let fs = ctx.states[i][1].skipStmtList()
+    if fs.kind == nkGotoState and i != 0:
+      ctx.states.delete(i)
+      ctx.exceptionTable.delete(i)
+    else:
+      inc i
+
+proc transformClosureIterator*(g: ModuleGraph; fn: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+  var ctx: Ctx
+  ctx.g = g
+  ctx.fn = fn
+
+  if getEnvParam(fn).isNil:
+    # Lambda lifting was not done yet. Use temporary :state sym, which
+    # be handled specially by lambda lifting. Local temp vars (if needed)
+    # should folllow the same logic.
+    ctx.stateVarSym = newSym(skVar, getIdent(":state"), fn, fn.info)
+    ctx.stateVarSym.typ = g.createClosureIterStateType(fn)
+
+  ctx.stateLoopLabel = newSym(skLabel, getIdent(":stateLoop"), fn, fn.info)
+  let n = n.toStmtList
+
+  discard ctx.newState(n, nil)
+  let gotoOut = newTree(nkGotoState, g.newIntLit(n.info, -1))
+
+  # Splitting transformation
+  discard ctx.transformClosureIteratorBody(n, gotoOut)
+
+  # Optimize empty states away
+  ctx.deleteEmptyStates()
+
+  # Make new body by concating the list of states
+  result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+  for s in ctx.states:
+    assert(s.len == 2)
+    let body = s[1]
+    s.sons.del(1)
+    result.add(s)
+    result.add(body)
+
+  result = ctx.tranformStateAssignments(result)
+  result = ctx.wrapIntoStateLoop(result)
+
+  # echo "TRANSFORM TO STATES: "
+  # echo renderTree(result)
+
+  # echo "exception table:"
+  # for i, e in ctx.exceptionTable:
+  #   echo i, " -> ", e
diff --git a/compiler/commands.nim b/compiler/commands.nim
index 2d9f76959..09f63f0f5 100644
--- a/compiler/commands.nim
+++ b/compiler/commands.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ template bootSwitch(name, expr, userString) =
 
 bootSwitch(usedRelease, defined(release), "-d:release")
 bootSwitch(usedGnuReadline, defined(useLinenoise), "-d:useLinenoise")
-bootSwitch(usedNoCaas, defined(noCaas), "-d:noCaas")
 bootSwitch(usedBoehm, defined(boehmgc), "--gc:boehm")
 bootSwitch(usedMarkAndSweep, defined(gcmarkandsweep), "--gc:markAndSweep")
 bootSwitch(usedGenerational, defined(gcgenerational), "--gc:generational")
@@ -27,90 +26,100 @@ bootSwitch(usedNoGC, defined(nogc), "--gc:none")
 
 import
   os, msgs, options, nversion, condsyms, strutils, extccomp, platform,
-  wordrecg, parseutils, nimblecmd, idents, parseopt, sequtils
+  wordrecg, parseutils, nimblecmd, idents, parseopt, sequtils, configuration
 
 # but some have deps to imported modules. Yay.
 bootSwitch(usedTinyC, hasTinyCBackend, "-d:tinyc")
-bootSwitch(usedAvoidTimeMachine, noTimeMachine, "-d:avoidTimeMachine")
 bootSwitch(usedNativeStacktrace,
   defined(nativeStackTrace) and nativeStackTraceSupported,
   "-d:nativeStackTrace")
 bootSwitch(usedFFI, hasFFI, "-d:useFFI")
 
-
-proc writeCommandLineUsage*()
-
 type
   TCmdLinePass* = enum
     passCmd1,                 # first pass over the command line
     passCmd2,                 # second pass over the command line
     passPP                    # preprocessor called processCommand()
 
-proc processCommand*(switch: string, pass: TCmdLinePass)
-proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
-                    config: ConfigRef = nil)
-
-# implementation
-
 const
   HelpMessage = "Nim Compiler Version $1 [$2: $3]\n" &
-      "Copyright (c) 2006-2017 by Andreas Rumpf\n"
+      "Compiled at $4\n" &
+      "Copyright (c) 2006-" & copyrightYear & " by Andreas Rumpf\n"
 
 const
   Usage = slurp"../doc/basicopt.txt".replace("//", "")
-  AdvancedUsage = slurp"../doc/advopt.txt".replace("//", "")
+  FeatureDesc = block:
+    var x = ""
+    for f in low(Feature)..high(Feature):
+      if x.len > 0: x.add "|"
+      x.add $f
+    x
+  AdvancedUsage = slurp"../doc/advopt.txt".replace("//", "") % FeatureDesc
 
 proc getCommandLineDesc(): string =
   result = (HelpMessage % [VersionAsString, platform.OS[platform.hostOS].name,
-                           CPU[platform.hostCPU].name]) & Usage
+                           CPU[platform.hostCPU].name, CompileDate]) &
+                           Usage
 
-proc helpOnError(pass: TCmdLinePass) =
+proc helpOnError(conf: ConfigRef; pass: TCmdLinePass) =
   if pass == passCmd1:
-    msgWriteln(getCommandLineDesc(), {msgStdout})
+    msgWriteln(conf, getCommandLineDesc(), {msgStdout})
     msgQuit(0)
 
-proc writeAdvancedUsage(pass: TCmdLinePass) =
+proc writeAdvancedUsage(conf: ConfigRef; pass: TCmdLinePass) =
   if pass == passCmd1:
-    msgWriteln(`%`(HelpMessage, [VersionAsString,
+    msgWriteln(conf, (HelpMessage % [VersionAsString,
                                  platform.OS[platform.hostOS].name,
-                                 CPU[platform.hostCPU].name]) & AdvancedUsage,
+                                 CPU[platform.hostCPU].name, CompileDate]) &
+                                 AdvancedUsage,
                {msgStdout})
     msgQuit(0)
 
-proc writeVersionInfo(pass: TCmdLinePass) =
+proc writeFullhelp(conf: ConfigRef; pass: TCmdLinePass) =
   if pass == passCmd1:
-    msgWriteln(`%`(HelpMessage, [VersionAsString,
+    msgWriteln(conf, `%`(HelpMessage, [VersionAsString,
                                  platform.OS[platform.hostOS].name,
-                                 CPU[platform.hostCPU].name]),
+                                 CPU[platform.hostCPU].name, CompileDate]) &
+                                 Usage & AdvancedUsage,
+               {msgStdout})
+    msgQuit(0)
+
+proc writeVersionInfo(conf: ConfigRef; pass: TCmdLinePass) =
+  if pass == passCmd1:
+    msgWriteln(conf, `%`(HelpMessage, [VersionAsString,
+                                 platform.OS[platform.hostOS].name,
+                                 CPU[platform.hostCPU].name, CompileDate]),
                {msgStdout})
 
     const gitHash = gorge("git log -n 1 --format=%H").strip
     when gitHash.len == 40:
-      msgWriteln("git hash: " & gitHash, {msgStdout})
+      msgWriteln(conf, "git hash: " & gitHash, {msgStdout})
 
-    msgWriteln("active boot switches:" & usedRelease & usedAvoidTimeMachine &
-      usedTinyC & usedGnuReadline & usedNativeStacktrace & usedNoCaas &
+    msgWriteln(conf, "active boot switches:" & usedRelease &
+      usedTinyC & usedGnuReadline & usedNativeStacktrace &
       usedFFI & usedBoehm & usedMarkAndSweep & usedGenerational & usedGoGC & usedNoGC,
                {msgStdout})
     msgQuit(0)
 
-var
-  helpWritten: bool
-
-proc writeCommandLineUsage() =
+proc writeCommandLineUsage*(conf: ConfigRef; helpWritten: var bool) =
   if not helpWritten:
-    msgWriteln(getCommandLineDesc(), {msgStdout})
+    msgWriteln(conf, getCommandLineDesc(), {msgStdout})
     helpWritten = true
 
 proc addPrefix(switch: string): string =
   if len(switch) == 1: result = "-" & switch
   else: result = "--" & switch
 
-proc invalidCmdLineOption(pass: TCmdLinePass, switch: string, info: TLineInfo) =
-  if switch == " ": localError(info, errInvalidCmdLineOption, "-")
-  else: localError(info, errInvalidCmdLineOption, addPrefix(switch))
+const
+  errInvalidCmdLineOption = "invalid command line option: '$1'"
+  errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound = "'on' or 'off' expected, but '$1' found"
+  errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound = "'on', 'off' or 'list' expected, but '$1' found"
 
-proc splitSwitch(switch: string, cmd, arg: var string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
+proc invalidCmdLineOption(conf: ConfigRef; pass: TCmdLinePass, switch: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+  if switch == " ": localError(conf, info, errInvalidCmdLineOption % "-")
+  else: localError(conf, info, errInvalidCmdLineOption % addPrefix(switch))
+
+proc splitSwitch(conf: ConfigRef; switch: string, cmd, arg: var string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
                  info: TLineInfo) =
   cmd = ""
   var i = 0
@@ -123,46 +132,41 @@ proc splitSwitch(switch: string, cmd, arg: var string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
     inc(i)
   if i >= len(switch): arg = ""
   elif switch[i] in {':', '=', '['}: arg = substr(switch, i + 1)
-  else: invalidCmdLineOption(pass, switch, info)
+  else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, pass, switch, info)
 
-proc processOnOffSwitch(op: TOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
+proc processOnOffSwitch(conf: ConfigRef; op: TOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
                         info: TLineInfo) =
   case arg.normalize
-  of "on": gOptions = gOptions + op
-  of "off": gOptions = gOptions - op
-  else: localError(info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, arg)
+  of "on": conf.options = conf.options + op
+  of "off": conf.options = conf.options - op
+  else: localError(conf, info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound % arg)
 
-proc processOnOffSwitchOrList(op: TOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
+proc processOnOffSwitchOrList(conf: ConfigRef; op: TOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
                               info: TLineInfo): bool =
   result = false
   case arg.normalize
-  of "on": gOptions = gOptions + op
-  of "off": gOptions = gOptions - op
-  else:
-    if arg == "list":
-      result = true
-    else:
-      localError(info, errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound, arg)
+  of "on": conf.options = conf.options + op
+  of "off": conf.options = conf.options - op
+  of "list": result = true
+  else: localError(conf, info, errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound % arg)
 
-proc processOnOffSwitchG(op: TGlobalOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
+proc processOnOffSwitchG(conf: ConfigRef; op: TGlobalOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
                          info: TLineInfo) =
   case arg.normalize
-  of "on": gGlobalOptions = gGlobalOptions + op
-  of "off": gGlobalOptions = gGlobalOptions - op
-  else: localError(info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, arg)
-
-proc expectArg(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
-  if arg == "": localError(info, errCmdLineArgExpected, addPrefix(switch))
+  of "on": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + op
+  of "off": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions - op
+  else: localError(conf, info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound % arg)
 
-proc expectNoArg(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
-  if arg != "": localError(info, errCmdLineNoArgExpected, addPrefix(switch))
+proc expectArg(conf: ConfigRef; switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
+  if arg == "":
+    localError(conf, info, "argument for command line option expected: '$1'" % addPrefix(switch))
 
-var
-  enableNotes: TNoteKinds
-  disableNotes: TNoteKinds
+proc expectNoArg(conf: ConfigRef; switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
+  if arg != "":
+    localError(conf, info, "invalid argument for command line option: '$1'" % addPrefix(switch))
 
 proc processSpecificNote*(arg: string, state: TSpecialWord, pass: TCmdLinePass,
-                         info: TLineInfo; orig: string) =
+                         info: TLineInfo; orig: string; conf: ConfigRef) =
   var id = ""  # arg = "X]:on|off"
   var i = 0
   var n = hintMin
@@ -170,122 +174,127 @@ proc processSpecificNote*(arg: string, state: TSpecialWord, pass: TCmdLinePass,
     add(id, arg[i])
     inc(i)
   if i < len(arg) and (arg[i] == ']'): inc(i)
-  else: invalidCmdLineOption(pass, orig, info)
+  else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, pass, orig, info)
   if i < len(arg) and (arg[i] in {':', '='}): inc(i)
-  else: invalidCmdLineOption(pass, orig, info)
+  else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, pass, orig, info)
   if state == wHint:
-    var x = findStr(msgs.HintsToStr, id)
+    let x = findStr(configuration.HintsToStr, id)
     if x >= 0: n = TNoteKind(x + ord(hintMin))
-    else: localError(info, "unknown hint: " & id)
+    else: localError(conf, info, "unknown hint: " & id)
   else:
-    var x = findStr(msgs.WarningsToStr, id)
+    let x = findStr(configuration.WarningsToStr, id)
     if x >= 0: n = TNoteKind(x + ord(warnMin))
-    else: localError(info, "unknown warning: " & id)
+    else: localError(conf, info, "unknown warning: " & id)
   case substr(arg, i).normalize
   of "on":
-    incl(gNotes, n)
-    incl(gMainPackageNotes, n)
-    incl(enableNotes, n)
+    incl(conf.notes, n)
+    incl(conf.mainPackageNotes, n)
+    incl(conf.enableNotes, n)
   of "off":
-    excl(gNotes, n)
-    excl(gMainPackageNotes, n)
-    incl(disableNotes, n)
-    excl(ForeignPackageNotes, n)
-  else: localError(info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, arg)
-
-proc processCompile(filename: string) =
-  var found = findFile(filename)
+    excl(conf.notes, n)
+    excl(conf.mainPackageNotes, n)
+    incl(conf.disableNotes, n)
+    excl(conf.foreignPackageNotes, n)
+  else: localError(conf, info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound % arg)
+
+proc processCompile(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string) =
+  var found = findFile(conf, filename)
   if found == "": found = filename
-  extccomp.addExternalFileToCompile(found)
+  extccomp.addExternalFileToCompile(conf, found)
+
+const
+  errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound = "'none', 'boehm' or 'refc' expected, but '$1' found"
+  errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound = "'none', 'speed' or 'size' expected, but '$1' found"
+  errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound = "'gui', 'console' or 'lib' expected, but '$1' found"
 
-proc testCompileOptionArg*(switch, arg: string, info: TLineInfo): bool =
+proc testCompileOptionArg*(conf: ConfigRef; switch, arg: string, info: TLineInfo): bool =
   case switch.normalize
   of "gc":
     case arg.normalize
-    of "boehm":        result = gSelectedGC == gcBoehm
-    of "refc":         result = gSelectedGC == gcRefc
-    of "v2":           result = gSelectedGC == gcV2
-    of "markandsweep": result = gSelectedGC == gcMarkAndSweep
-    of "generational": result = gSelectedGC == gcGenerational
-    of "go":           result = gSelectedGC == gcGo
-    of "none":         result = gSelectedGC == gcNone
-    of "stack", "regions": result = gSelectedGC == gcRegions
-    else: localError(info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound, arg)
+    of "boehm":        result = conf.selectedGC == gcBoehm
+    of "refc":         result = conf.selectedGC == gcRefc
+    of "v2":           result = conf.selectedGC == gcV2
+    of "markandsweep": result = conf.selectedGC == gcMarkAndSweep
+    of "generational": result = conf.selectedGC == gcGenerational
+    of "go":           result = conf.selectedGC == gcGo
+    of "none":         result = conf.selectedGC == gcNone
+    of "stack", "regions": result = conf.selectedGC == gcRegions
+    else: localError(conf, info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "opt":
     case arg.normalize
-    of "speed": result = contains(gOptions, optOptimizeSpeed)
-    of "size": result = contains(gOptions, optOptimizeSize)
-    of "none": result = gOptions * {optOptimizeSpeed, optOptimizeSize} == {}
-    else: localError(info, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound, arg)
-  of "verbosity": result = $gVerbosity == arg
+    of "speed": result = contains(conf.options, optOptimizeSpeed)
+    of "size": result = contains(conf.options, optOptimizeSize)
+    of "none": result = conf.options * {optOptimizeSpeed, optOptimizeSize} == {}
+    else: localError(conf, info, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound % arg)
+  of "verbosity": result = $conf.verbosity == arg
   of "app":
     case arg.normalize
-    of "gui":       result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-    of "console":   result = not contains(gGlobalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-    of "lib":       result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optGenDynLib) and
-                      not contains(gGlobalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-    of "staticlib": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optGenStaticLib) and
-                      not contains(gGlobalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-    else: localError(info, errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound, arg)
+    of "gui":       result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
+    of "console":   result = not contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
+    of "lib":       result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenDynLib) and
+                      not contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
+    of "staticlib": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenStaticLib) and
+                      not contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
+    else: localError(conf, info, errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "dynliboverride":
-    result = isDynlibOverride(arg)
-  else: invalidCmdLineOption(passCmd1, switch, info)
+    result = isDynlibOverride(conf, arg)
+  else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, passCmd1, switch, info)
 
-proc testCompileOption*(switch: string, info: TLineInfo): bool =
+proc testCompileOption*(conf: ConfigRef; switch: string, info: TLineInfo): bool =
   case switch.normalize
-  of "debuginfo": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optCDebug)
-  of "compileonly", "c": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optCompileOnly)
-  of "nolinking": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optNoLinking)
-  of "nomain": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optNoMain)
-  of "forcebuild", "f": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optForceFullMake)
-  of "warnings", "w": result = contains(gOptions, optWarns)
-  of "hints": result = contains(gOptions, optHints)
-  of "threadanalysis": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optThreadAnalysis)
-  of "stacktrace": result = contains(gOptions, optStackTrace)
-  of "linetrace": result = contains(gOptions, optLineTrace)
-  of "debugger": result = contains(gOptions, optEndb)
-  of "profiler": result = contains(gOptions, optProfiler)
-  of "memtracker": result = contains(gOptions, optMemTracker)
-  of "checks", "x": result = gOptions * ChecksOptions == ChecksOptions
+  of "debuginfo": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optCDebug)
+  of "compileonly", "c": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optCompileOnly)
+  of "nolinking": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optNoLinking)
+  of "nomain": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optNoMain)
+  of "forcebuild", "f": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optForceFullMake)
+  of "warnings", "w": result = contains(conf.options, optWarns)
+  of "hints": result = contains(conf.options, optHints)
+  of "threadanalysis": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optThreadAnalysis)
+  of "stacktrace": result = contains(conf.options, optStackTrace)
+  of "linetrace": result = contains(conf.options, optLineTrace)
+  of "debugger": result = contains(conf.options, optEndb)
+  of "profiler": result = contains(conf.options, optProfiler)
+  of "memtracker": result = contains(conf.options, optMemTracker)
+  of "checks", "x": result = conf.options * ChecksOptions == ChecksOptions
   of "floatchecks":
-    result = gOptions * {optNaNCheck, optInfCheck} == {optNaNCheck, optInfCheck}
-  of "infchecks": result = contains(gOptions, optInfCheck)
-  of "nanchecks": result = contains(gOptions, optNaNCheck)
-  of "nilchecks": result = contains(gOptions, optNilCheck)
-  of "objchecks": result = contains(gOptions, optObjCheck)
-  of "fieldchecks": result = contains(gOptions, optFieldCheck)
-  of "rangechecks": result = contains(gOptions, optRangeCheck)
-  of "boundchecks": result = contains(gOptions, optBoundsCheck)
-  of "overflowchecks": result = contains(gOptions, optOverflowCheck)
-  of "linedir": result = contains(gOptions, optLineDir)
-  of "assertions", "a": result = contains(gOptions, optAssert)
-  of "deadcodeelim": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optDeadCodeElim)
-  of "run", "r": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optRun)
-  of "symbolfiles": result = gSymbolFiles != disabledSf
-  of "genscript": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optGenScript)
-  of "threads": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optThreads)
-  of "taintmode": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optTaintMode)
-  of "tlsemulation": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optTlsEmulation)
-  of "implicitstatic": result = contains(gOptions, optImplicitStatic)
-  of "patterns": result = contains(gOptions, optPatterns)
-  of "experimental": result = gExperimentalMode
-  of "excessivestacktrace": result = contains(gGlobalOptions, optExcessiveStackTrace)
-  else: invalidCmdLineOption(passCmd1, switch, info)
-
-proc processPath(path: string, info: TLineInfo,
+    result = conf.options * {optNaNCheck, optInfCheck} == {optNaNCheck, optInfCheck}
+  of "infchecks": result = contains(conf.options, optInfCheck)
+  of "nanchecks": result = contains(conf.options, optNaNCheck)
+  of "nilchecks": result = contains(conf.options, optNilCheck)
+  of "objchecks": result = contains(conf.options, optObjCheck)
+  of "fieldchecks": result = contains(conf.options, optFieldCheck)
+  of "rangechecks": result = contains(conf.options, optRangeCheck)
+  of "boundchecks": result = contains(conf.options, optBoundsCheck)
+  of "overflowchecks": result = contains(conf.options, optOverflowCheck)
+  of "movechecks": result = contains(conf.options, optMoveCheck)
+  of "linedir": result = contains(conf.options, optLineDir)
+  of "assertions", "a": result = contains(conf.options, optAssert)
+  of "run", "r": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optRun)
+  of "symbolfiles": result = conf.symbolFiles != disabledSf
+  of "genscript": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optGenScript)
+  of "threads": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optThreads)
+  of "taintmode": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optTaintMode)
+  of "tlsemulation": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optTlsEmulation)
+  of "implicitstatic": result = contains(conf.options, optImplicitStatic)
+  of "patterns": result = contains(conf.options, optPatterns)
+  of "excessivestacktrace": result = contains(conf.globalOptions, optExcessiveStackTrace)
+  else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, passCmd1, switch, info)
+
+proc processPath(conf: ConfigRef; path: string, info: TLineInfo,
                  notRelativeToProj = false): string =
-  let p = if notRelativeToProj or os.isAbsolute(path) or
-              '$' in path:
+  let p = if os.isAbsolute(path) or '$' in path:
             path
+          elif notRelativeToProj:
+            getCurrentDir() / path
           else:
-            options.gProjectPath / path
+            conf.projectPath / path
   try:
-    result = pathSubs(p, info.toFullPath().splitFile().dir)
+    result = pathSubs(conf, p, info.toFullPath().splitFile().dir)
   except ValueError:
-    localError(info, "invalid path: " & p)
+    localError(conf, info, "invalid path: " & p)
     result = p
 
-proc processCfgPath(path: string, info: TLineInfo): string =
+proc processCfgPath(conf: ConfigRef; path: string, info: TLineInfo): string =
   let path = if path[0] == '"': strutils.unescape(path) else: path
   let basedir = info.toFullPath().splitFile().dir
   let p = if os.isAbsolute(path) or '$' in path:
@@ -293,435 +302,466 @@ proc processCfgPath(path: string, info: TLineInfo): string =
           else:
             basedir / path
   try:
-    result = pathSubs(p, basedir)
+    result = pathSubs(conf, p, basedir)
   except ValueError:
-    localError(info, "invalid path: " & p)
+    localError(conf, info, "invalid path: " & p)
     result = p
 
-proc trackDirty(arg: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+const
+  errInvalidNumber = "$1 is not a valid number"
+
+proc trackDirty(conf: ConfigRef; arg: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   var a = arg.split(',')
-  if a.len != 4: localError(info, errTokenExpected,
-                            "DIRTY_BUFFER,ORIGINAL_FILE,LINE,COLUMN")
+  if a.len != 4: localError(conf, info,
+                            "DIRTY_BUFFER,ORIGINAL_FILE,LINE,COLUMN expected")
   var line, column: int
   if parseUtils.parseInt(a[2], line) <= 0:
-    localError(info, errInvalidNumber, a[1])
+    localError(conf, info, errInvalidNumber % a[1])
   if parseUtils.parseInt(a[3], column) <= 0:
-    localError(info, errInvalidNumber, a[2])
+    localError(conf, info, errInvalidNumber % a[2])
 
-  let dirtyOriginalIdx = a[1].fileInfoIdx
-  if dirtyOriginalIdx >= 0:
+  let dirtyOriginalIdx = fileInfoIdx(conf, a[1])
+  if dirtyOriginalIdx.int32 >= 0:
     msgs.setDirtyFile(dirtyOriginalIdx, a[0])
 
   gTrackPos = newLineInfo(dirtyOriginalIdx, line, column)
 
-proc track(arg: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+proc track(conf: ConfigRef; arg: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   var a = arg.split(',')
-  if a.len != 3: localError(info, errTokenExpected, "FILE,LINE,COLUMN")
+  if a.len != 3: localError(conf, info, "FILE,LINE,COLUMN expected")
   var line, column: int
   if parseUtils.parseInt(a[1], line) <= 0:
-    localError(info, errInvalidNumber, a[1])
+    localError(conf, info, errInvalidNumber % a[1])
   if parseUtils.parseInt(a[2], column) <= 0:
-    localError(info, errInvalidNumber, a[2])
-  gTrackPos = newLineInfo(a[0], line, column)
+    localError(conf, info, errInvalidNumber % a[2])
+  gTrackPos = newLineInfo(conf, a[0], line, column)
 
-proc dynlibOverride(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
+proc dynlibOverride(conf: ConfigRef; switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
   if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}:
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    options.inclDynlibOverride(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    options.inclDynlibOverride(conf, arg)
 
-proc processSwitch(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
-                   config: ConfigRef = nil) =
+proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
+                    conf: ConfigRef) =
   var
     theOS: TSystemOS
     cpu: TSystemCPU
     key, val: string
   case switch.normalize
   of "path", "p":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    addPath(if pass == passPP: processCfgPath(arg, info) else: processPath(arg, info), info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    addPath(conf, if pass == passPP: processCfgPath(conf, arg, info) else: processPath(conf, arg, info), info)
   of "nimblepath", "babelpath":
     # keep the old name for compat
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP} and not options.gNoNimblePath:
-      expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-      var path = processPath(arg, info, notRelativeToProj=true)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP} and optNoNimblePath notin conf.globalOptions:
+      expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+      var path = processPath(conf, arg, info, notRelativeToProj=true)
       let nimbleDir = getEnv("NIMBLE_DIR")
       if nimbleDir.len > 0 and pass == passPP: path = nimbleDir / "pkgs"
-      nimblePath(path, info)
+      nimblePath(conf, path, info)
   of "nonimblepath", "nobabelpath":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    disableNimblePath()
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    disableNimblePath(conf)
   of "excludepath":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    let path = processPath(arg, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    let path = processPath(conf, arg, info)
 
-    options.searchPaths.keepItIf( cmpPaths(it, path) != 0 )
-    options.lazyPaths.keepItIf( cmpPaths(it, path) != 0 )
+    conf.searchPaths.keepItIf(cmpPaths(it, path) != 0)
+    conf.lazyPaths.keepItIf(cmpPaths(it, path) != 0)
 
     if (len(path) > 0) and (path[len(path) - 1] == DirSep):
       let strippedPath = path[0 .. (len(path) - 2)]
-      options.searchPaths.keepItIf( cmpPaths(it, strippedPath) != 0 )
-      options.lazyPaths.keepItIf( cmpPaths(it, strippedPath) != 0 )
+      conf.searchPaths.keepItIf(cmpPaths(it, strippedPath) != 0)
+      conf.lazyPaths.keepItIf(cmpPaths(it, strippedPath) != 0)
   of "nimcache":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    options.nimcacheDir = processPath(arg, info, true)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.nimcacheDir = processPath(conf, arg, info, true)
   of "out", "o":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    options.outFile = arg
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.outFile = arg
   of "docseesrcurl":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    options.docSeeSrcUrl = arg
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.docSeeSrcUrl = arg
   of "mainmodule", "m":
     discard "allow for backwards compatibility, but don't do anything"
   of "define", "d":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     if {':', '='} in arg:
-      splitSwitch(arg, key, val, pass, info)
-      defineSymbol(key, val)
+      splitSwitch(conf, arg, key, val, pass, info)
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, key, val)
     else:
-      defineSymbol(arg)
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, arg)
   of "undef", "u":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    undefSymbol(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    undefSymbol(conf.symbols, arg)
   of "symbol":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     # deprecated, do nothing
   of "compile":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: processCompile(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: processCompile(conf, arg)
   of "link":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: addExternalFileToLink(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: addExternalFileToLink(conf, arg)
   of "debuginfo":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optCDebug)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optCDebug)
   of "embedsrc":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optEmbedOrigSrc)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optEmbedOrigSrc)
   of "compileonly", "c":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optCompileOnly)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optCompileOnly)
   of "nolinking":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optNoLinking)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optNoLinking)
   of "nomain":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optNoMain)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optNoMain)
   of "forcebuild", "f":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optForceFullMake)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optForceFullMake)
   of "project":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gWholeProject = true
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl conf.globalOptions, optWholeProject
   of "gc":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     case arg.normalize
     of "boehm":
-      gSelectedGC = gcBoehm
-      defineSymbol("boehmgc")
+      conf.selectedGC = gcBoehm
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "boehmgc")
     of "refc":
-      gSelectedGC = gcRefc
+      conf.selectedGC = gcRefc
     of "v2":
-      gSelectedGC = gcV2
+      conf.selectedGC = gcV2
     of "markandsweep":
-      gSelectedGC = gcMarkAndSweep
-      defineSymbol("gcmarkandsweep")
+      conf.selectedGC = gcMarkAndSweep
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcmarkandsweep")
     of "generational":
-      gSelectedGC = gcGenerational
-      defineSymbol("gcgenerational")
+      conf.selectedGC = gcGenerational
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcgenerational")
     of "go":
-      gSelectedGC = gcGo
-      defineSymbol("gogc")
+      conf.selectedGC = gcGo
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gogc")
     of "none":
-      gSelectedGC = gcNone
-      defineSymbol("nogc")
+      conf.selectedGC = gcNone
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nogc")
     of "stack", "regions":
-      gSelectedGC= gcRegions
-      defineSymbol("gcregions")
-    else: localError(info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound, arg)
+      conf.selectedGC= gcRegions
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "gcregions")
+    else: localError(conf, info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "warnings", "w":
-    if processOnOffSwitchOrList({optWarns}, arg, pass, info): listWarnings()
-  of "warning": processSpecificNote(arg, wWarning, pass, info, switch)
-  of "hint": processSpecificNote(arg, wHint, pass, info, switch)
+    if processOnOffSwitchOrList(conf, {optWarns}, arg, pass, info): listWarnings(conf)
+  of "warning": processSpecificNote(arg, wWarning, pass, info, switch, conf)
+  of "hint": processSpecificNote(arg, wHint, pass, info, switch, conf)
   of "hints":
-    if processOnOffSwitchOrList({optHints}, arg, pass, info): listHints()
-  of "threadanalysis": processOnOffSwitchG({optThreadAnalysis}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "stacktrace": processOnOffSwitch({optStackTrace}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "excessivestacktrace": processOnOffSwitchG({optExcessiveStackTrace}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "linetrace": processOnOffSwitch({optLineTrace}, arg, pass, info)
+    if processOnOffSwitchOrList(conf, {optHints}, arg, pass, info): listHints(conf)
+  of "threadanalysis": processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optThreadAnalysis}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "stacktrace": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optStackTrace}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "excessivestacktrace": processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optExcessiveStackTrace}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "linetrace": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optLineTrace}, arg, pass, info)
   of "debugger":
     case arg.normalize
     of "on", "endb":
-      gOptions.incl optEndb
-      defineSymbol("endb")
+      conf.options.incl optEndb
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "endb")
     of "off":
-      gOptions.excl optEndb
-      undefSymbol("endb")
+      conf.options.excl optEndb
+      undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "endb")
     of "native", "gdb":
-      incl(gGlobalOptions, optCDebug)
-      gOptions = gOptions + {optLineDir} - {optEndb}
-      defineSymbol("nimTypeNames", nil) # type names are used in gdb pretty printing
-      undefSymbol("endb")
+      incl(conf.globalOptions, optCDebug)
+      conf.options = conf.options + {optLineDir} - {optEndb}
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimTypeNames") # type names are used in gdb pretty printing
+      undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "endb")
     else:
-      localError(info, "expected endb|gdb but found " & arg)
+      localError(conf, info, "expected endb|gdb but found " & arg)
   of "profiler":
-    processOnOffSwitch({optProfiler}, arg, pass, info)
-    if optProfiler in gOptions: defineSymbol("profiler")
-    else: undefSymbol("profiler")
+    processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optProfiler}, arg, pass, info)
+    if optProfiler in conf.options: defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "profiler")
+    else: undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "profiler")
   of "memtracker":
-    processOnOffSwitch({optMemTracker}, arg, pass, info)
-    if optMemTracker in gOptions: defineSymbol("memtracker")
-    else: undefSymbol("memtracker")
-  of "checks", "x": processOnOffSwitch(ChecksOptions, arg, pass, info)
+    processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optMemTracker}, arg, pass, info)
+    if optMemTracker in conf.options: defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "memtracker")
+    else: undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "memtracker")
+  of "hotcodereloading":
+    processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optHotCodeReloading}, arg, pass, info)
+    if optHotCodeReloading in conf.options: defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "hotcodereloading")
+    else: undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "hotcodereloading")
+  of "oldnewlines":
+    case arg.normalize
+    of "on":
+      conf.oldNewlines = true
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimOldNewlines")
+    of "off":
+      conf.oldNewlines = false
+      undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimOldNewlines")
+    else:
+      localError(conf, info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound % arg)
+  of "laxstrings": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optLaxStrings}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "checks", "x": processOnOffSwitch(conf, ChecksOptions, arg, pass, info)
   of "floatchecks":
-    processOnOffSwitch({optNaNCheck, optInfCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "infchecks": processOnOffSwitch({optInfCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "nanchecks": processOnOffSwitch({optNaNCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "nilchecks": processOnOffSwitch({optNilCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "objchecks": processOnOffSwitch({optObjCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "fieldchecks": processOnOffSwitch({optFieldCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "rangechecks": processOnOffSwitch({optRangeCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "boundchecks": processOnOffSwitch({optBoundsCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "overflowchecks": processOnOffSwitch({optOverflowCheck}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "linedir": processOnOffSwitch({optLineDir}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "assertions", "a": processOnOffSwitch({optAssert}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "deadcodeelim": processOnOffSwitchG({optDeadCodeElim}, arg, pass, info)
+    processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optNaNCheck, optInfCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "infchecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optInfCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "nanchecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optNaNCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "nilchecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optNilCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "objchecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optObjCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "fieldchecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optFieldCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "rangechecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optRangeCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "boundchecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optBoundsCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "overflowchecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optOverflowCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "movechecks": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optMoveCheck}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "linedir": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optLineDir}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "assertions", "a": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optAssert}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "deadcodeelim": discard # deprecated, dead code elim always on
   of "threads":
-    processOnOffSwitchG({optThreads}, arg, pass, info)
-    #if optThreads in gGlobalOptions: incl(gNotes, warnGcUnsafe)
-  of "tlsemulation": processOnOffSwitchG({optTlsEmulation}, arg, pass, info)
-  of "taintmode": processOnOffSwitchG({optTaintMode}, arg, pass, info)
+    processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optThreads}, arg, pass, info)
+    #if optThreads in conf.globalOptions: incl(conf.notes, warnGcUnsafe)
+  of "tlsemulation": processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optTlsEmulation}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "taintmode": processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optTaintMode}, arg, pass, info)
   of "implicitstatic":
-    processOnOffSwitch({optImplicitStatic}, arg, pass, info)
+    processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optImplicitStatic}, arg, pass, info)
   of "patterns":
-    processOnOffSwitch({optPatterns}, arg, pass, info)
+    processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optPatterns}, arg, pass, info)
   of "opt":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     case arg.normalize
     of "speed":
-      incl(gOptions, optOptimizeSpeed)
-      excl(gOptions, optOptimizeSize)
+      incl(conf.options, optOptimizeSpeed)
+      excl(conf.options, optOptimizeSize)
     of "size":
-      excl(gOptions, optOptimizeSpeed)
-      incl(gOptions, optOptimizeSize)
+      excl(conf.options, optOptimizeSpeed)
+      incl(conf.options, optOptimizeSize)
     of "none":
-      excl(gOptions, optOptimizeSpeed)
-      excl(gOptions, optOptimizeSize)
-    else: localError(info, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound, arg)
+      excl(conf.options, optOptimizeSpeed)
+      excl(conf.options, optOptimizeSize)
+    else: localError(conf, info, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "app":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     case arg.normalize
     of "gui":
-      incl(gGlobalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-      defineSymbol("executable")
-      defineSymbol("guiapp")
+      incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "executable")
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "guiapp")
     of "console":
-      excl(gGlobalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-      defineSymbol("executable")
-      defineSymbol("consoleapp")
+      excl(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "executable")
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "consoleapp")
     of "lib":
-      incl(gGlobalOptions, optGenDynLib)
-      excl(gGlobalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-      defineSymbol("library")
-      defineSymbol("dll")
+      incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenDynLib)
+      excl(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "library")
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "dll")
     of "staticlib":
-      incl(gGlobalOptions, optGenStaticLib)
-      excl(gGlobalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
-      defineSymbol("library")
-      defineSymbol("staticlib")
-    else: localError(info, errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound, arg)
+      incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenStaticLib)
+      excl(conf.globalOptions, optGenGuiApp)
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "library")
+      defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "staticlib")
+    else: localError(conf, info, errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound % arg)
   of "passc", "t":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: extccomp.addCompileOptionCmd(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: extccomp.addCompileOptionCmd(conf, arg)
   of "passl", "l":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: extccomp.addLinkOptionCmd(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: extccomp.addLinkOptionCmd(conf, arg)
   of "cincludes":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: cIncludes.add arg.processPath(info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: cIncludes.add processPath(conf, arg, info)
   of "clibdir":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: cLibs.add arg.processPath(info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: cLibs.add processPath(conf, arg, info)
   of "clib":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: cLinkedLibs.add arg.processPath(info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: cLinkedLibs.add processPath(conf, arg, info)
   of "header":
-    if config != nil: config.headerFile = arg
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optGenIndex)
+    if conf != nil: conf.headerFile = arg
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenIndex)
   of "index":
-    processOnOffSwitchG({optGenIndex}, arg, pass, info)
+    processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optGenIndex}, arg, pass, info)
   of "import":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: implicitImports.add arg
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: conf.implicitImports.add arg
   of "include":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: implicitIncludes.add arg
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if pass in {passCmd2, passPP}: conf.implicitIncludes.add arg
   of "listcmd":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optListCmd)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optListCmd)
   of "genmapping":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optGenMapping)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenMapping)
   of "os":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     if pass in {passCmd1, passPP}:
       theOS = platform.nameToOS(arg)
-      if theOS == osNone: localError(info, errUnknownOS, arg)
+      if theOS == osNone: localError(conf, info, "unknown OS: '$1'" % arg)
       elif theOS != platform.hostOS:
         setTarget(theOS, targetCPU)
   of "cpu":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
     if pass in {passCmd1, passPP}:
       cpu = platform.nameToCPU(arg)
-      if cpu == cpuNone: localError(info, errUnknownCPU, arg)
+      if cpu == cpuNone: localError(conf, info, "unknown CPU: '$1'" % arg)
       elif cpu != platform.hostCPU:
         setTarget(targetOS, cpu)
   of "run", "r":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optRun)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optRun)
   of "verbosity":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gVerbosity = parseInt(arg)
-    gNotes = NotesVerbosity[gVerbosity]
-    incl(gNotes, enableNotes)
-    excl(gNotes, disableNotes)
-    gMainPackageNotes = gNotes
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.verbosity = parseInt(arg)
+    conf.notes = NotesVerbosity[conf.verbosity]
+    incl(conf.notes, conf.enableNotes)
+    excl(conf.notes, conf.disableNotes)
+    conf.mainPackageNotes = conf.notes
   of "parallelbuild":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gNumberOfProcessors = parseInt(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.numberOfProcessors = parseInt(arg)
   of "version", "v":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    writeVersionInfo(pass)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    writeVersionInfo(conf, pass)
   of "advanced":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    writeAdvancedUsage(pass)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    writeAdvancedUsage(conf, pass)
+  of "fullhelp":
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    writeFullhelp(conf, pass)
   of "help", "h":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    helpOnError(pass)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    helpOnError(conf, pass)
   of "symbolfiles":
     case arg.normalize
-    of "on": gSymbolFiles = enabledSf
-    of "off": gSymbolFiles = disabledSf
-    of "writeonly": gSymbolFiles = writeOnlySf
-    of "readonly": gSymbolFiles = readOnlySf
-    else: localError(info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, arg)
+    of "on": conf.symbolFiles = enabledSf
+    of "off": conf.symbolFiles = disabledSf
+    of "writeonly": conf.symbolFiles = writeOnlySf
+    of "readonly": conf.symbolFiles = readOnlySf
+    of "v2": conf.symbolFiles = v2Sf
+    else: localError(conf, info, "invalid option for --symbolFiles: " & arg)
   of "skipcfg":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optSkipConfigFile)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optSkipConfigFile)
   of "skipprojcfg":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optSkipProjConfigFile)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optSkipProjConfigFile)
   of "skipusercfg":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optSkipUserConfigFile)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optSkipUserConfigFile)
   of "skipparentcfg":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optSkipParentConfigFiles)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optSkipParentConfigFiles)
   of "genscript", "gendeps":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optGenScript)
-  of "colors": processOnOffSwitchG({optUseColors}, arg, pass, info)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optGenScript)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optCompileOnly)
+  of "colors": processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optUseColors}, arg, pass, info)
   of "lib":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    libpath = processPath(arg, info, notRelativeToProj=true)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.libpath = processPath(conf, arg, info, notRelativeToProj=true)
   of "putenv":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    splitSwitch(arg, key, val, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    splitSwitch(conf, arg, key, val, pass, info)
     os.putEnv(key, val)
   of "cc":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    setCC(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    setCC(conf, arg, info)
   of "track":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    track(arg, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    track(conf, arg, info)
   of "trackdirty":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    trackDirty(arg, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    trackDirty(conf, arg, info)
   of "suggest":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gIdeCmd = ideSug
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.ideCmd = ideSug
   of "def":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gIdeCmd = ideDef
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.ideCmd = ideDef
   of "eval":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gEvalExpr = arg
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.evalExpr = arg
   of "context":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gIdeCmd = ideCon
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.ideCmd = ideCon
   of "usages":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gIdeCmd = ideUse
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    conf.ideCmd = ideUse
   of "stdout":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optStdout)
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optStdout)
   of "listfullpaths":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gListFullPaths = true
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl conf.globalOptions, optListFullPaths
   of "dynliboverride":
-    dynlibOverride(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    dynlibOverride(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
   of "dynliboverrideall":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gDynlibOverrideAll = true
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl conf.globalOptions, optDynlibOverrideAll
   of "cs":
     # only supported for compatibility. Does nothing.
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
   of "experimental":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    gExperimentalMode = true
+    if arg.len == 0:
+      conf.features.incl oldExperimentalFeatures
+    else:
+      try:
+        conf.features.incl parseEnum[Feature](arg)
+      except ValueError:
+        localError(conf, info, "unknown experimental feature")
   of "nocppexceptions":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    incl(gGlobalOptions, optNoCppExceptions)
-    defineSymbol("noCppExceptions")
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl(conf.globalOptions, optNoCppExceptions)
+    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "noCppExceptions")
   of "cppdefine":
-    expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    if config != nil:
-      config.cppDefine(arg)
+    expectArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    if conf != nil:
+      conf.cppDefine(arg)
   of "newruntime":
-    expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    newDestructors = true
-    defineSymbol("nimNewRuntime")
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    doAssert(conf != nil)
+    incl(conf.features, destructor)
+    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimNewRuntime")
+  of "cppcompiletonamespace":
+    expectNoArg(conf, switch, arg, pass, info)
+    incl conf.globalOptions, optUseNimNamespace
+    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "cppCompileToNamespace")
   else:
-    if strutils.find(switch, '.') >= 0: options.setConfigVar(switch, arg)
-    else: invalidCmdLineOption(pass, switch, info)
+    if strutils.find(switch, '.') >= 0: options.setConfigVar(conf, switch, arg)
+    else: invalidCmdLineOption(conf, pass, switch, info)
 
-proc processCommand(switch: string, pass: TCmdLinePass) =
-  var cmd, arg: string
-  splitSwitch(switch, cmd, arg, pass, gCmdLineInfo)
-  processSwitch(cmd, arg, pass, gCmdLineInfo)
+template gCmdLineInfo*(): untyped = newLineInfo(config, "command line", 1, 1)
 
+proc processCommand*(switch: string, pass: TCmdLinePass; config: ConfigRef) =
+  var cmd, arg: string
+  splitSwitch(config, switch, cmd, arg, pass, gCmdLineInfo)
+  processSwitch(cmd, arg, pass, gCmdLineInfo, config)
 
-var
-  arguments* = ""
-    # the arguments to be passed to the program that
-    # should be run
 
-proc processSwitch*(pass: TCmdLinePass; p: OptParser) =
+proc processSwitch*(pass: TCmdLinePass; p: OptParser; config: ConfigRef) =
   # hint[X]:off is parsed as (p.key = "hint[X]", p.val = "off")
   # we fix this here
   var bracketLe = strutils.find(p.key, '[')
   if bracketLe >= 0:
     var key = substr(p.key, 0, bracketLe - 1)
     var val = substr(p.key, bracketLe + 1) & ':' & p.val
-    processSwitch(key, val, pass, gCmdLineInfo)
+    processSwitch(key, val, pass, gCmdLineInfo, config)
   else:
-    processSwitch(p.key, p.val, pass, gCmdLineInfo)
+    processSwitch(p.key, p.val, pass, gCmdLineInfo, config)
 
 proc processArgument*(pass: TCmdLinePass; p: OptParser;
-                      argsCount: var int): bool =
+                      argsCount: var int; config: ConfigRef): bool =
   if argsCount == 0:
     # nim filename.nims  is the same as "nim e filename.nims":
     if p.key.endswith(".nims"):
-      options.command = "e"
-      options.gProjectName = unixToNativePath(p.key)
-      arguments = cmdLineRest(p)
+      config.command = "e"
+      config.projectName = unixToNativePath(p.key)
+      config.arguments = cmdLineRest(p)
       result = true
     elif pass != passCmd2:
-      options.command = p.key
+      config.command = p.key
   else:
-    if pass == passCmd1: options.commandArgs.add p.key
+    if pass == passCmd1: config.commandArgs.add p.key
     if argsCount == 1:
       # support UNIX style filenames everywhere for portable build scripts:
-      options.gProjectName = unixToNativePath(p.key)
-      arguments = cmdLineRest(p)
+      config.projectName = unixToNativePath(p.key)
+      config.arguments = cmdLineRest(p)
       result = true
   inc argsCount
diff --git a/compiler/condsyms.nim b/compiler/condsyms.nim
index a52214e73..773c0faf9 100644
--- a/compiler/condsyms.nim
+++ b/compiler/condsyms.nim
@@ -12,78 +12,30 @@
 import
   strtabs, platform, strutils, idents
 
-# We need to use a StringTableRef here as defined symbols are always guaranteed
-# to be style insensitive. Otherwise hell would break lose.
-var gSymbols: StringTableRef
-
 const
   catNone = "false"
 
-proc defineSymbol*(symbol: string, value: string = "true") =
-  gSymbols[symbol] = value
-
-proc undefSymbol*(symbol: string) =
-  gSymbols[symbol] = catNone
-
-proc isDefined*(symbol: string): bool =
-  if gSymbols.hasKey(symbol):
-    result = gSymbols[symbol] != catNone
-  elif cmpIgnoreStyle(symbol, CPU[targetCPU].name) == 0:
-    result = true
-  elif cmpIgnoreStyle(symbol, platform.OS[targetOS].name) == 0:
-    result = true
-  else:
-    case symbol.normalize
-    of "x86": result = targetCPU == cpuI386
-    of "itanium": result = targetCPU == cpuIa64
-    of "x8664": result = targetCPU == cpuAmd64
-    of "posix", "unix":
-      result = targetOS in {osLinux, osMorphos, osSkyos, osIrix, osPalmos,
-                            osQnx, osAtari, osAix,
-                            osHaiku, osVxWorks, osSolaris, osNetbsd,
-                            osFreebsd, osOpenbsd, osDragonfly, osMacosx,
-                            osAndroid}
-    of "linux":
-      result = targetOS in {osLinux, osAndroid}
-    of "bsd":
-      result = targetOS in {osNetbsd, osFreebsd, osOpenbsd, osDragonfly}
-    of "emulatedthreadvars":
-      result = platform.OS[targetOS].props.contains(ospLacksThreadVars)
-    of "msdos": result = targetOS == osDos
-    of "mswindows", "win32": result = targetOS == osWindows
-    of "macintosh": result = targetOS in {osMacos, osMacosx}
-    of "sunos": result = targetOS == osSolaris
-    of "littleendian": result = CPU[targetCPU].endian == platform.littleEndian
-    of "bigendian": result = CPU[targetCPU].endian == platform.bigEndian
-    of "cpu8": result = CPU[targetCPU].bit == 8
-    of "cpu16": result = CPU[targetCPU].bit == 16
-    of "cpu32": result = CPU[targetCPU].bit == 32
-    of "cpu64": result = CPU[targetCPU].bit == 64
-    of "nimrawsetjmp":
-      result = targetOS in {osSolaris, osNetbsd, osFreebsd, osOpenbsd,
-                            osDragonfly, osMacosx}
-    else: discard
-
-proc isDefined*(symbol: PIdent): bool = isDefined(symbol.s)
+proc defineSymbol*(symbols: StringTableRef; symbol: string, value: string = "true") =
+  symbols[symbol] = value
 
-proc lookupSymbol*(symbol: string): string =
-  result = if isDefined(symbol): gSymbols[symbol] else: nil
+proc undefSymbol*(symbols: StringTableRef; symbol: string) =
+  symbols[symbol] = catNone
 
-proc lookupSymbol*(symbol: PIdent): string = lookupSymbol(symbol.s)
+#proc lookupSymbol*(symbols: StringTableRef; symbol: string): string =
+#  result = if isDefined(symbol): gSymbols[symbol] else: nil
 
-iterator definedSymbolNames*: string =
-  for key, val in pairs(gSymbols):
+iterator definedSymbolNames*(symbols: StringTableRef): string =
+  for key, val in pairs(symbols):
     if val != catNone: yield key
 
-proc countDefinedSymbols*(): int =
+proc countDefinedSymbols*(symbols: StringTableRef): int =
   result = 0
-  for key, val in pairs(gSymbols):
+  for key, val in pairs(symbols):
     if val != catNone: inc(result)
 
-proc initDefines*() =
-  gSymbols = newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive)
-  defineSymbol("nimrod") # 'nimrod' is always defined
+proc initDefines*(symbols: StringTableRef) =
   # for bootstrapping purposes and old code:
+  template defineSymbol(s) = symbols.defineSymbol(s)
   defineSymbol("nimhygiene")
   defineSymbol("niminheritable")
   defineSymbol("nimmixin")
@@ -112,3 +64,9 @@ proc initDefines*() =
   defineSymbol("nimNewRoof")
   defineSymbol("nimHasRunnableExamples")
   defineSymbol("nimNewDot")
+  defineSymbol("nimHasNilChecks")
+  defineSymbol("nimSymKind")
+  defineSymbol("nimVmEqIdent")
+  defineSymbol("nimNoNil")
+  defineSymbol("nimNoZeroTerminator")
+  defineSymbol("nimNotNil")
diff --git a/compiler/configuration.nim b/compiler/configuration.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9f0e623c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/configuration.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2018 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This module contains the rather excessive configuration object that
+## needs to be passed around to everything so that the compiler becomes
+## more useful as a library.
+
+import tables
+
+const
+  explanationsBaseUrl* = "https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual"
+
+type
+  TMsgKind* = enum
+    errUnknown, errInternal, errIllFormedAstX, errCannotOpenFile,
+    errXExpected,
+    errGridTableNotImplemented,
+    errGeneralParseError,
+    errNewSectionExpected,
+    errInvalidDirectiveX,
+    errGenerated,
+    errUser,
+    warnCannotOpenFile,
+    warnOctalEscape, warnXIsNeverRead, warnXmightNotBeenInit,
+    warnDeprecated, warnConfigDeprecated,
+    warnSmallLshouldNotBeUsed, warnUnknownMagic, warnRedefinitionOfLabel,
+    warnUnknownSubstitutionX, warnLanguageXNotSupported,
+    warnFieldXNotSupported, warnCommentXIgnored,
+    warnTypelessParam,
+    warnUseBase, warnWriteToForeignHeap, warnUnsafeCode,
+    warnEachIdentIsTuple, warnShadowIdent,
+    warnProveInit, warnProveField, warnProveIndex, warnGcUnsafe, warnGcUnsafe2,
+    warnUninit, warnGcMem, warnDestructor, warnLockLevel, warnResultShadowed,
+    warnInconsistentSpacing, warnUser,
+    hintSuccess, hintSuccessX,
+    hintLineTooLong, hintXDeclaredButNotUsed, hintConvToBaseNotNeeded,
+    hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded, hintExprAlwaysX, hintQuitCalled,
+    hintProcessing, hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd, hintConf, hintPath,
+    hintConditionAlwaysTrue, hintName, hintPattern,
+    hintExecuting, hintLinking, hintDependency,
+    hintSource, hintPerformance, hintStackTrace, hintGCStats,
+    hintUser, hintUserRaw
+
+const
+  MsgKindToStr*: array[TMsgKind, string] = [
+    errUnknown: "unknown error",
+    errInternal: "internal error: $1",
+    errIllFormedAstX: "illformed AST: $1",
+    errCannotOpenFile: "cannot open '$1'",
+    errXExpected: "'$1' expected",
+    errGridTableNotImplemented: "grid table is not implemented",
+    errGeneralParseError: "general parse error",
+    errNewSectionExpected: "new section expected",
+    errInvalidDirectiveX: "invalid directive: '$1'",
+    errGenerated: "$1",
+    errUser: "$1",
+    warnCannotOpenFile: "cannot open '$1'",
+    warnOctalEscape: "octal escape sequences do not exist; leading zero is ignored",
+    warnXIsNeverRead: "'$1' is never read",
+    warnXmightNotBeenInit: "'$1' might not have been initialized",
+    warnDeprecated: "$1 is deprecated",
+    warnConfigDeprecated: "config file '$1' is deprecated",
+    warnSmallLshouldNotBeUsed: "'l' should not be used as an identifier; may look like '1' (one)",
+    warnUnknownMagic: "unknown magic '$1' might crash the compiler",
+    warnRedefinitionOfLabel: "redefinition of label '$1'",
+    warnUnknownSubstitutionX: "unknown substitution '$1'",
+    warnLanguageXNotSupported: "language '$1' not supported",
+    warnFieldXNotSupported: "field '$1' not supported",
+    warnCommentXIgnored: "comment '$1' ignored",
+    warnTypelessParam: "'$1' has no type. Typeless parameters are deprecated; only allowed for 'template'",
+    warnUseBase: "use {.base.} for base methods; baseless methods are deprecated",
+    warnWriteToForeignHeap: "write to foreign heap",
+    warnUnsafeCode: "unsafe code: '$1'",
+    warnEachIdentIsTuple: "each identifier is a tuple",
+    warnShadowIdent: "shadowed identifier: '$1'",
+    warnProveInit: "Cannot prove that '$1' is initialized. This will become a compile time error in the future.",
+    warnProveField: "cannot prove that field '$1' is accessible",
+    warnProveIndex: "cannot prove index '$1' is valid",
+    warnGcUnsafe: "not GC-safe: '$1'",
+    warnGcUnsafe2: "$1",
+    warnUninit: "'$1' might not have been initialized",
+    warnGcMem: "'$1' uses GC'ed memory",
+    warnDestructor: "usage of a type with a destructor in a non destructible context. This will become a compile time error in the future.",
+    warnLockLevel: "$1",
+    warnResultShadowed: "Special variable 'result' is shadowed.",
+    warnInconsistentSpacing: "Number of spaces around '$#' is not consistent",
+    warnUser: "$1",
+    hintSuccess: "operation successful",
+    hintSuccessX: "operation successful ($# lines compiled; $# sec total; $#; $#)",
+    hintLineTooLong: "line too long",
+    hintXDeclaredButNotUsed: "'$1' is declared but not used",
+    hintConvToBaseNotNeeded: "conversion to base object is not needed",
+    hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded: "conversion from $1 to itself is pointless",
+    hintExprAlwaysX: "expression evaluates always to '$1'",
+    hintQuitCalled: "quit() called",
+    hintProcessing: "$1",
+    hintCodeBegin: "generated code listing:",
+    hintCodeEnd: "end of listing",
+    hintConf: "used config file '$1'",
+    hintPath: "added path: '$1'",
+    hintConditionAlwaysTrue: "condition is always true: '$1'",
+    hintName: "name should be: '$1'",
+    hintPattern: "$1",
+    hintExecuting: "$1",
+    hintLinking: "",
+    hintDependency: "$1",
+    hintSource: "$1",
+    hintPerformance: "$1",
+    hintStackTrace: "$1",
+    hintGCStats: "$1",
+    hintUser: "$1",
+    hintUserRaw: "$1"]
+
+const
+  WarningsToStr* = ["CannotOpenFile", "OctalEscape",
+    "XIsNeverRead", "XmightNotBeenInit",
+    "Deprecated", "ConfigDeprecated",
+    "SmallLshouldNotBeUsed", "UnknownMagic",
+    "RedefinitionOfLabel", "UnknownSubstitutionX",
+    "LanguageXNotSupported", "FieldXNotSupported",
+    "CommentXIgnored",
+    "TypelessParam", "UseBase", "WriteToForeignHeap",
+    "UnsafeCode", "EachIdentIsTuple", "ShadowIdent",
+    "ProveInit", "ProveField", "ProveIndex", "GcUnsafe", "GcUnsafe2", "Uninit",
+    "GcMem", "Destructor", "LockLevel", "ResultShadowed",
+    "Spacing", "User"]
+
+  HintsToStr* = ["Success", "SuccessX", "LineTooLong",
+    "XDeclaredButNotUsed", "ConvToBaseNotNeeded", "ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded",
+    "ExprAlwaysX", "QuitCalled", "Processing", "CodeBegin", "CodeEnd", "Conf",
+    "Path", "CondTrue", "Name", "Pattern", "Exec", "Link", "Dependency",
+    "Source", "Performance", "StackTrace", "GCStats",
+    "User", "UserRaw"]
+
+const
+  fatalMin* = errUnknown
+  fatalMax* = errInternal
+  errMin* = errUnknown
+  errMax* = errUser
+  warnMin* = warnCannotOpenFile
+  warnMax* = pred(hintSuccess)
+  hintMin* = hintSuccess
+  hintMax* = high(TMsgKind)
+
+static:
+  doAssert HintsToStr.len == ord(hintMax) - ord(hintMin) + 1
+  doAssert WarningsToStr.len == ord(warnMax) - ord(warnMin) + 1
+
+type
+  TNoteKind* = range[warnMin..hintMax] # "notes" are warnings or hints
+  TNoteKinds* = set[TNoteKind]
+
+const
+  NotesVerbosity*: array[0..3, TNoteKinds] = [
+    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {warnShadowIdent, warnUninit,
+                                         warnProveField, warnProveIndex,
+                                         warnGcUnsafe,
+                                         hintSuccessX, hintPath, hintConf,
+                                         hintProcessing, hintPattern,
+                                         hintDependency,
+                                         hintExecuting, hintLinking,
+                                         hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd,
+                                         hintSource, hintStackTrace,
+                                         hintGCStats},
+    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {warnShadowIdent, warnUninit,
+                                         warnProveField, warnProveIndex,
+                                         warnGcUnsafe,
+                                         hintPath,
+                                         hintDependency,
+                                         hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd,
+                                         hintSource, hintStackTrace,
+                                         hintGCStats},
+    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {hintStackTrace, warnUninit},
+    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)}]
+
+const
+  errXMustBeCompileTime* = "'$1' can only be used in compile-time context"
+  errArgsNeedRunOption* = "arguments can only be given if the '--run' option is selected"
+
+#[
+errStringLiteralExpected: "string literal expected",
+errIntLiteralExpected: "integer literal expected",
+errIdentifierExpected: "identifier expected, but found '$1'",
+errNewlineExpected: "newline expected, but found '$1'",
+errInvalidModuleName: "invalid module name: '$1'",
+errOnOrOffExpected: "'on' or 'off' expected",
+errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpected: "'none', 'speed' or 'size' expected",
+errInvalidPragma: "invalid pragma",
+errUnknownPragma: "unknown pragma: '$1'",
+errAtPopWithoutPush: "'pop' without a 'push' pragma",
+errEmptyAsm: "empty asm statement",
+errInvalidIndentation: "invalid indentation",
+
+errNoReturnWithReturnTypeNotAllowed: "routines with NoReturn pragma are not allowed to have return type",
+errAttemptToRedefine: ,
+errStmtInvalidAfterReturn: "statement not allowed after 'return', 'break', 'raise', 'continue' or proc call with noreturn pragma",
+errStmtExpected: "statement expected",
+errInvalidLabel: "'$1' is no label",
+errInvalidCmdLineOption: "invalid command line option: '$1'",
+errCmdLineArgExpected: "argument for command line option expected: '$1'",
+errCmdLineNoArgExpected: "invalid argument for command line option: '$1'",
+errInvalidVarSubstitution: "invalid variable substitution in '$1'",
+errUnknownVar: "unknown variable: '$1'",
+errUnknownCcompiler: "unknown C compiler: '$1'",
+errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound: "'on' or 'off' expected, but '$1' found",
+errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound: "'on', 'off' or 'list' expected, but '$1' found",
+errGenOutExpectedButXFound: "'c', 'c++' or 'yaml' expected, but '$1' found",
+,
+errInvalidMultipleAsgn: "multiple assignment is not allowed",
+errColonOrEqualsExpected: "':' or '=' expected, but found '$1'",
+errUndeclaredField: "undeclared field: '$1'",
+errUndeclaredRoutine: "attempting to call undeclared routine: '$1'",
+errUseQualifier: "ambiguous identifier: '$1' -- use a qualifier",
+errTypeExpected: "type expected",
+errSystemNeeds: "system module needs '$1'",
+errExecutionOfProgramFailed: "execution of an external program failed: '$1'",
+errNotOverloadable: ,
+errInvalidArgForX: "invalid argument for '$1'",
+errStmtHasNoEffect: "statement has no effect",
+,
+errXExpectsArrayType: "'$1' expects an array type",
+errIteratorCannotBeInstantiated: "'$1' cannot be instantiated because its body has not been compiled yet",
+errExprXAmbiguous: "expression '$1' ambiguous in this context",
+errConstantDivisionByZero: ,
+errOrdinalOrFloatTypeExpected: "ordinal or float type expected",
+errOverOrUnderflow: ,
+errCannotEvalXBecauseIncompletelyDefined: ,
+errChrExpectsRange0_255: "'chr' expects an int in the range 0..255",
+errDynlibRequiresExportc: "'dynlib' requires 'exportc'",
+errNilAccess: "attempt to access a nil address",
+errIndexOutOfBounds: "index out of bounds",
+errIndexTypesDoNotMatch: "index types do not match",
+errBracketsInvalidForType: "'[]' operator invalid for this type",
+errValueOutOfSetBounds: "value out of set bounds",
+errFieldNotInit: "field '$1' not initialized",
+errExprXCannotBeCalled: "expression '$1' cannot be called",
+errExprHasNoType: "expression has no type",
+errExprXHasNoType:,
+errCastNotInSafeMode: "'cast' not allowed in safe mode",
+errExprCannotBeCastToX: ,
+errCommaOrParRiExpected: "',' or ')' expected",
+errCurlyLeOrParLeExpected: "'{' or '(' expected",
+errSectionExpected: "section ('type', 'proc', etc.) expected",
+errRangeExpected: "range expected",
+errMagicOnlyInSystem: "'magic' only allowed in system module",
+errPowerOfTwoExpected: "power of two expected",
+errStringMayNotBeEmpty: "string literal may not be empty",
+errCallConvExpected: "calling convention expected",
+errProcOnlyOneCallConv: "a proc can only have one calling convention",
+errSymbolMustBeImported: "symbol must be imported if 'lib' pragma is used",
+errExprMustBeBool: "expression must be of type 'bool'",
+errConstExprExpected: "constant expression expected",
+errDuplicateCaseLabel: "duplicate case label",
+errRangeIsEmpty: "range is empty",
+,
+errSelectorMustBeOrdinal: "selector must be of an ordinal type",
+errOrdXMustNotBeNegative: "ord($1) must not be negative",
+errLenXinvalid: "len($1) must be less than 32768",
+errTypeXhasUnknownSize: "type '$1' has unknown size",
+errConstNeedsConstExpr: "a constant can only be initialized with a constant expression",
+errConstNeedsValue: "a constant needs a value",
+errResultCannotBeOpenArray: "the result type cannot be on open array",
+errSizeTooBig: "computing the type's size produced an overflow",
+errInheritanceOnlyWithEnums: "inheritance only works with an enum",
+errIllegalRecursionInTypeX:,
+errCannotInstantiateX: "cannot instantiate: '$1'",
+errTypeMismatch: "type mismatch: got <",
+errButExpected: "but expected one of: ",
+errButExpectedX: "but expected '$1'",
+errAmbiguousCallXYZ: "ambiguous call; both $1 and $2 match for: $3",
+errWrongNumberOfArguments: "wrong number of arguments",
+errWrongNumberOfArgumentsInCall: "wrong number of arguments in call to '$1'",
+errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate: "'$1' has unspecified generic parameters",
+errXCannotBePassedToProcVar: ,
+,
+errImplOfXexpected: ,
+
+errIllegalConvFromXtoY: ,
+errCannotBindXTwice: "cannot bind parameter '$1' twice",
+errInvalidOrderInArrayConstructor: ,
+errInvalidOrderInEnumX: "invalid order in enum '$1'",
+errEnumXHasHoles: "enum '$1' has holes",
+errExceptExpected: "'except' or 'finally' expected",
+errInvalidTry: "after catch all 'except' or 'finally' no section may follow",
+errOptionExpected: ,
+errXisNoLabel: "'$1' is not a label",
+errNotAllCasesCovered: "not all cases are covered",
+errUnknownSubstitionVar: "unknown substitution variable: '$1'",
+errComplexStmtRequiresInd: "complex statement requires indentation",
+errXisNotCallable: "'$1' is not callable",
+errNoPragmasAllowedForX: "no pragmas allowed for $1",
+,
+errInvalidParamKindX: "invalid param kind: '$1'",
+errDefaultArgumentInvalid: "default argument invalid",
+errNamedParamHasToBeIdent: "named parameter has to be an identifier",
+errNoReturnTypeForX: "no return type allowed for $1",
+errConvNeedsOneArg: "a type conversion needs exactly one argument",
+errInvalidPragmaX: ,
+errXNotAllowedHere: "$1 not allowed here",
+errXisNoType: "invalid type: '$1'",
+errCircumNeedsPointer: "'[]' needs a pointer or reference type",
+errInvalidExpression: "invalid expression",
+errInvalidExpressionX: "invalid expression: '$1'",
+errEnumHasNoValueX: "enum has no value '$1'",
+,
+errNoCommand: "no command given",
+errInvalidCommandX: "invalid command: '$1'",
+errXNeedsParamObjectType: ,
+errTemplateInstantiationTooNested: "template instantiation too nested, try --evalTemplateLimit:N",
+errMacroInstantiationTooNested: "macro instantiation too nested, try --evalMacroLimit:N",
+errInstantiationFrom: "template/generic instantiation from here",
+errInvalidIndexValueForTuple: "invalid index value for tuple subscript",
+errCommandExpectsFilename: "command expects a filename argument",
+errMainModuleMustBeSpecified: "please, specify a main module in the project configuration file",
+errXExpected: "'$1' expected",
+,
+errCastToANonConcreteType: "cannot cast to a non concrete type: '$1'",
+errInvalidSectionStart: "invalid section start",
+errGridTableNotImplemented: "grid table is not implemented",
+errGeneralParseError: "general parse error",
+errNewSectionExpected: "new section expected",
+errWhitespaceExpected: "whitespace expected, got '$1'",
+errXisNoValidIndexFile: "'$1' is no valid index file",
+errCannotRenderX: "cannot render reStructuredText element '$1'",
+errVarVarTypeNotAllowed: ,
+errInstantiateXExplicitly: "instantiate '$1' explicitly",
+errOnlyACallOpCanBeDelegator: ,
+errUsingNoSymbol: "'$1' is not a variable, constant or a proc name",
+errMacroBodyDependsOnGenericTypes: "the macro body cannot be compiled, " &
+                                   "because the parameter '$1' has a generic type",
+errDestructorNotGenericEnough: "Destructor signature is too specific. " &
+                               "A destructor must be associated will all instantiations of a generic type",
+errInlineIteratorsAsProcParams: "inline iterators can be used as parameters only for " &
+                                "templates, macros and other inline iterators",
+errXExpectsTwoArguments: "'$1' expects two arguments",
+errXExpectsObjectTypes: "'$1' expects object types",
+errXcanNeverBeOfThisSubtype: "'$1' can never be of this subtype",
+errTooManyIterations: "interpretation requires too many iterations; " &
+  "if you are sure this is not a bug in your code edit " &
+  "compiler/vmdef.MaxLoopIterations and rebuild the compiler",
+errFieldXNotFound: "field '$1' cannot be found",
+errInvalidConversionFromTypeX: "invalid conversion from type '$1'",
+errAssertionFailed: "assertion failed",
+errCannotGenerateCodeForX: "cannot generate code for '$1'",
+errXRequiresOneArgument: "$1 requires one parameter",
+errUnhandledExceptionX: "unhandled exception: $1",
+errCyclicTree: "macro returned a cyclic abstract syntax tree",
+errXisNoMacroOrTemplate: "'$1' is no macro or template",
+errXhasSideEffects: "'$1' can have side effects",
+errWrongSymbolX:,
+errIllegalCaptureX: "illegal capture '$1'",
+errXCannotBeClosure: "'$1' cannot have 'closure' calling convention",
+,
+]#
diff --git a/compiler/depends.nim b/compiler/depends.nim
index 2b600c1da..732404232 100644
--- a/compiler/depends.nim
+++ b/compiler/depends.nim
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ proc generateDot*(project: string)
 type
   TGen = object of TPassContext
     module*: PSym
+    config: ConfigRef
   PGen = ref TGen
 
 var gDotGraph: Rope # the generated DOT file; we need a global variable
@@ -33,10 +34,10 @@ proc addDotDependency(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   case n.kind
   of nkImportStmt:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      var imported = getModuleName(n.sons[i])
+      var imported = getModuleName(g.config, n.sons[i])
       addDependencyAux(g.module.name.s, imported)
   of nkFromStmt, nkImportExceptStmt:
-    var imported = getModuleName(n.sons[0])
+    var imported = getModuleName(g.config, n.sons[0])
     addDependencyAux(g.module.name.s, imported)
   of nkStmtList, nkBlockStmt, nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockExpr:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): discard addDotDependency(c, n.sons[i])
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
   var g: PGen
   new(g)
   g.module = module
+  g.config = graph.config
   result = g
 
 const gendependPass* = makePass(open = myOpen, process = addDotDependency)
diff --git a/compiler/destroyer.nim b/compiler/destroyer.nim
index 0fdeceba0..31c735794 100644
--- a/compiler/destroyer.nim
+++ b/compiler/destroyer.nim
@@ -89,11 +89,35 @@
 ##       tmp.bar))
 ## destroy(tmp.bar)
 ## destroy(tmp.x); destroy(tmp.y)
+##
+
+##[
+From https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Destructors
+
+Rule      Pattern                 Transformed into
+----      -------                 ----------------
+1.1	      var x: T; stmts	        var x: T; try stmts
+                                  finally: `=destroy`(x)
+1.2       var x: sink T; stmts    var x: sink T; stmts; ensureEmpty(x)
+2         x = f()                 `=sink`(x, f())
+3         x = lastReadOf z        `=sink`(x, z)
+4.1       y = sinkParam           `=sink`(y, sinkParam)
+4.2       x = y                   `=`(x, y) # a copy
+5.1       f_sink(g())             f_sink(g())
+5.2       f_sink(y)               f_sink(copy y); # copy unless we can see it's the last read
+5.3       f_sink(move y)          f_sink(y); reset(y) # explicit moves empties 'y'
+5.4       f_noSink(g())           var tmp = bitwiseCopy(g()); f(tmp); `=destroy`(tmp)
 
+Remarks: Rule 1.2 is not yet implemented because ``sink`` is currently
+  not allowed as a local variable.
+
+``move`` builtin needs to be implemented.
+]##
 
 import
   intsets, ast, astalgo, msgs, renderer, magicsys, types, idents, trees,
-  strutils, options, dfa, lowerings, rodread
+  strutils, options, dfa, lowerings, rodread, tables, modulegraphs,
+  configuration
 
 const
   InterestingSyms = {skVar, skResult, skLet}
@@ -106,6 +130,15 @@ type
     tmpObj: PType
     tmp: PSym
     destroys, topLevelVars: PNode
+    toDropBit: Table[int, PSym]
+    graph: ModuleGraph
+
+proc getTemp(c: var Con; typ: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+  # XXX why are temps fields in an object here?
+  let f = newSym(skField, getIdent(":d" & $c.tmpObj.n.len), c.owner, info)
+  f.typ = typ
+  rawAddField c.tmpObj, f
+  result = rawDirectAccess(c.tmp, f)
 
 proc isHarmlessVar*(s: PSym; c: Con): bool =
   # 's' is harmless if it used only once and its
@@ -174,7 +207,7 @@ proc patchHead(n: PNode) =
       if n[1].typ.isNil:
         # XXX toptree crashes without this workaround. Figure out why.
         return
-      let t = n[1].typ.skipTypes({tyVar, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tyInferred})
+      let t = n[1].typ.skipTypes({tyVar, tyLent, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink, tyInferred})
       template patch(op, field) =
         if s.name.s == op and field != nil and field != s:
           n.sons[0].sym = field
@@ -191,47 +224,118 @@ proc patchHead(s: PSym) =
 template genOp(opr, opname) =
   let op = opr
   if op == nil:
-    globalError(dest.info, "internal error: '" & opname & "' operator not found for type " & typeToString(t))
+    globalError(c.graph.config, dest.info, "internal error: '" & opname & "' operator not found for type " & typeToString(t))
   elif op.ast[genericParamsPos].kind != nkEmpty:
-    globalError(dest.info, "internal error: '" & opname & "' operator is generic")
+    globalError(c.graph.config, dest.info, "internal error: '" & opname & "' operator is generic")
   patchHead op
   result = newTree(nkCall, newSymNode(op), newTree(nkHiddenAddr, dest))
 
-proc genSink(t: PType; dest: PNode): PNode =
-  let t = t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+proc genSink(c: Con; t: PType; dest: PNode): PNode =
+  let t = t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   genOp(if t.sink != nil: t.sink else: t.assignment, "=sink")
 
-proc genCopy(t: PType; dest: PNode): PNode =
-  let t = t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+proc genCopy(c: Con; t: PType; dest: PNode): PNode =
+  let t = t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   genOp(t.assignment, "=")
 
-proc genDestroy(t: PType; dest: PNode): PNode =
-  let t = t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+proc genDestroy(c: Con; t: PType; dest: PNode): PNode =
+  let t = t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   genOp(t.destructor, "=destroy")
 
 proc addTopVar(c: var Con; v: PNode) =
   c.topLevelVars.add newTree(nkIdentDefs, v, emptyNode, emptyNode)
 
+proc dropBit(c: var Con; s: PSym): PSym =
+  result = c.toDropBit.getOrDefault(s.id)
+  assert result != nil
+
+proc registerDropBit(c: var Con; s: PSym) =
+  let result = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(s.name.s & "_AliveBit"), c.owner, s.info)
+  result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, s.info, tyBool)
+  let trueVal = newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 1, result.typ)
+  c.topLevelVars.add newTree(nkIdentDefs, newSymNode result, emptyNode, trueVal)
+  c.toDropBit[s.id] = result
+  # generate:
+  #  if not sinkParam_AliveBit: `=destroy`(sinkParam)
+  c.destroys.add newTree(nkIfStmt,
+    newTree(nkElifBranch, newSymNode result, genDestroy(c, s.typ, newSymNode s)))
+
 proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode
 
 template recurse(n, dest) =
   for i in 0..<n.len:
     dest.add p(n[i], c)
 
+proc isSinkParam(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
+  result = s.kind == skParam and s.typ.kind == tySink
+
+const constrExprs = nkCallKinds+{nkObjConstr}
+
+proc destructiveMoveSink(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
+  # generate:  (chckMove(sinkParam_AliveBit); sinkParam_AliveBit = false; sinkParam)
+  result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, n.info, n.typ)
+  let bit = newSymNode dropBit(c, n.sym)
+  if optMoveCheck in c.owner.options:
+    result.add callCodegenProc(c.graph, "chckMove", bit)
+  result.add newTree(nkAsgn, bit,
+    newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 0, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool)))
+  result.add n
+
 proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
-  if ri.kind in nkCallKinds+{nkObjConstr}:
-    result = genSink(ri.typ, dest)
+  if ri.kind in constrExprs:
+    result = genSink(c, ri.typ, dest)
     # watch out and no not transform 'ri' twice if it's a call:
     let ri2 = copyNode(ri)
     recurse(ri, ri2)
     result.add ri2
   elif ri.kind == nkSym and isHarmlessVar(ri.sym, c):
-    result = genSink(ri.typ, dest)
+    result = genSink(c, ri.typ, dest)
     result.add p(ri, c)
+  elif ri.kind == nkSym and isSinkParam(ri.sym):
+    result = genSink(c, ri.typ, dest)
+    result.add destructiveMoveSink(ri, c)
   else:
-    result = genCopy(ri.typ, dest)
+    result = genCopy(c, ri.typ, dest)
     result.add p(ri, c)
 
+proc passCopyToSink(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
+  result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, n.info, n.typ)
+  let tmp = getTemp(c, n.typ, n.info)
+  if hasDestructor(n.typ):
+    var m = genCopy(c, n.typ, tmp)
+    m.add p(n, c)
+    result.add m
+    message(c.graph.config, n.info, hintPerformance,
+      "passing '$1' to a sink parameter introduces an implicit copy; " &
+      "use 'move($1)' to prevent it" % $n)
+  else:
+    result.add newTree(nkAsgn, tmp, p(n, c))
+  result.add tmp
+
+proc genReset(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
+  result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info)
+  result.add(newSymNode(createMagic(c.graph, "reset", mReset)))
+  # The mReset builtin does not take the address:
+  result.add n
+
+proc destructiveMoveVar(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
+  # generate: (let tmp = v; reset(v); tmp)
+  result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, n.info, n.typ)
+
+  var temp = newSym(skLet, getIdent("blitTmp"), c.owner, n.info)
+  var v = newNodeI(nkLetSection, n.info)
+  let tempAsNode = newSymNode(temp)
+
+  var vpart = newNodeI(nkIdentDefs, tempAsNode.info, 3)
+  vpart.sons[0] = tempAsNode
+  vpart.sons[1] = ast.emptyNode
+  vpart.sons[2] = n
+  add(v, vpart)
+
+  result.add v
+  result.add genReset(n, c)
+  result.add tempAsNode
+
 proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
   case n.kind
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
@@ -243,7 +347,7 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
       let L = it.len-1
       let ri = it[L]
       if it.kind == nkVarTuple and hasDestructor(ri.typ):
-        let x = lowerTupleUnpacking(it, c.owner)
+        let x = lowerTupleUnpacking(c.graph, it, c.owner)
         result.add p(x, c)
       elif it.kind == nkIdentDefs and hasDestructor(it[0].typ):
         for j in 0..L-2:
@@ -252,7 +356,7 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
           # move the variable declaration to the top of the frame:
           c.addTopVar v
           # make sure it's destroyed at the end of the proc:
-          c.destroys.add genDestroy(v.typ, v)
+          c.destroys.add genDestroy(c, v.typ, v)
           if ri.kind != nkEmpty:
             let r = moveOrCopy(v, ri, c)
             result.add r
@@ -266,22 +370,45 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
         varSection.add itCopy
         result.add varSection
   of nkCallKinds:
+    let parameters = n[0].typ
+    let L = if parameters != nil: parameters.len else: 0
+    for i in 1 ..< n.len:
+      let arg = n[i]
+      if i < L and parameters[i].kind == tySink:
+        if arg.kind in nkCallKinds:
+          # recurse but skip the call expression in order to prevent
+          # destructor injections: Rule 5.1 is different from rule 5.4!
+          let a = copyNode(arg)
+          recurse(arg, a)
+          n.sons[i] = a
+        elif arg.kind in {nkObjConstr, nkCharLit..nkFloat128Lit}:
+          discard "object construction to sink parameter: nothing to do"
+        elif arg.kind == nkSym and isHarmlessVar(arg.sym, c):
+          # if x is a variable and it its last read we eliminate its
+          # destructor invokation, but don't. We need to reset its memory
+          # to disable its destructor which we have not elided:
+          n.sons[i] = destructiveMoveVar(arg, c)
+        elif arg.kind == nkSym and isSinkParam(arg.sym):
+          # mark the sink parameter as used:
+          n.sons[i] = destructiveMoveSink(arg, c)
+        else:
+          # an object that is not temporary but passed to a 'sink' parameter
+          # results in a copy.
+          n.sons[i] = passCopyToSink(arg, c)
+      else:
+        n.sons[i] = p(arg, c)
+
     if n.typ != nil and hasDestructor(n.typ):
       discard "produce temp creation"
       result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, n.info, n.typ)
-      let f = newSym(skField, getIdent(":d" & $c.tmpObj.n.len), c.owner, n.info)
-      f.typ = n.typ
-      rawAddField c.tmpObj, f
-      var m = genSink(n.typ, rawDirectAccess(c.tmp, f))
-      var call = copyNode(n)
-      recurse(n, call)
-      m.add call
-      result.add m
-      result.add rawDirectAccess(c.tmp, f)
-      c.destroys.add genDestroy(n.typ, rawDirectAccess(c.tmp, f))
+      let tmp = getTemp(c, n.typ, n.info)
+      var sinkExpr = genSink(c, n.typ, tmp)
+      sinkExpr.add n
+      result.add sinkExpr
+      result.add tmp
+      c.destroys.add genDestroy(c, n.typ, tmp)
     else:
-      result = copyNode(n)
-      recurse(n, result)
+      result = n
   of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
     if hasDestructor(n[0].typ):
       result = moveOrCopy(n[0], n[1], c)
@@ -295,22 +422,29 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
     result = copyNode(n)
     recurse(n, result)
 
-proc injectDestructorCalls*(owner: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
+proc injectDestructorCalls*(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
   when defined(nimDebugDestroys):
     echo "injecting into ", n
   var c: Con
   c.owner = owner
   c.tmp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent":d", owner, n.info)
-  c.tmpObj = createObj(owner, n.info)
+  c.tmpObj = createObj(g, owner, n.info)
   c.tmp.typ = c.tmpObj
   c.destroys = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   c.topLevelVars = newNodeI(nkVarSection, n.info)
+  c.toDropBit = initTable[int, PSym]()
+  c.graph = g
   let cfg = constructCfg(owner, n)
   shallowCopy(c.g, cfg)
   c.jumpTargets = initIntSet()
   for i in 0..<c.g.len:
     if c.g[i].kind in {goto, fork}:
       c.jumpTargets.incl(i+c.g[i].dest)
+  if owner.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skIterator, skConverter}:
+    let params = owner.typ.n
+    for i in 1 ..< params.len:
+      let param = params[i].sym
+      if param.typ.kind == tySink: registerDropBit(c, param)
   let body = p(n, c)
   if c.tmp.typ.n.len > 0:
     c.addTopVar(newSymNode c.tmp)
diff --git a/compiler/dfa.nim b/compiler/dfa.nim
index b648995f4..0fd706178 100644
--- a/compiler/dfa.nim
+++ b/compiler/dfa.nim
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ## "A Graph–Free Approach to Data–Flow Analysis" by Markus Mohnen.
 ## https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/3-540-45937-5_6.pdf
 
-import ast, astalgo, types, intsets, tables, msgs
+import ast, astalgo, types, intsets, tables, msgs, options
 
 type
   InstrKind* = enum
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ proc genLabel(c: Con): TPosition =
 
 proc jmpBack(c: var Con, n: PNode, p = TPosition(0)) =
   let dist = p.int - c.code.len
-  internalAssert(-0x7fff < dist and dist < 0x7fff)
+  doAssert(-0x7fff < dist and dist < 0x7fff)
   c.code.add Instr(n: n, kind: goto, dest: dist)
 
 proc patch(c: var Con, p: TPosition) =
   # patch with current index
   let p = p.int
   let diff = c.code.len - p
-  internalAssert(-0x7fff < diff and diff < 0x7fff)
+  doAssert(-0x7fff < diff and diff < 0x7fff)
   c.code[p].dest = diff
 
 proc popBlock(c: var Con; oldLen: int) =
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ proc genBreak(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
       if c.blocks[i].label == n.sons[0].sym:
         c.blocks[i].fixups.add L1
         return
-    globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM problem: cannot find 'break' target")
+    #globalError(n.info, "VM problem: cannot find 'break' target")
   else:
     c.blocks[c.blocks.high].fixups.add L1
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ proc gen(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   of nkBreakStmt: genBreak(c, n)
   of nkTryStmt: genTry(c, n)
   of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr, nkChckRangeF, nkChckRange64, nkChckRange,
-     nkBracket, nkCurly, nkPar, nkClosure, nkObjConstr:
+     nkBracket, nkCurly, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkClosure, nkObjConstr:
     for x in n: gen(c, x)
   of nkPragmaBlock: gen(c, n.lastSon)
   of nkDiscardStmt: gen(c, n.sons[0])
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ proc gen(c: var Con; n: PNode) =
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection: genVarSection(c, n)
   else: discard
 
-proc dfa(code: seq[Instr]) =
+proc dfa(code: seq[Instr]; conf: ConfigRef) =
   var u = newSeq[IntSet](code.len) # usages
   var d = newSeq[IntSet](code.len) # defs
   var c = newSeq[IntSet](code.len) # consumed
@@ -426,17 +426,17 @@ proc dfa(code: seq[Instr]) =
     of use, useWithinCall:
       let s = code[i].sym
       if s.id notin d[i]:
-        localError(code[i].n.info, "usage of uninitialized variable: " & s.name.s)
+        localError(conf, code[i].n.info, "usage of uninitialized variable: " & s.name.s)
       if s.id in c[i]:
-        localError(code[i].n.info, "usage of an already consumed variable: " & s.name.s)
+        localError(conf, code[i].n.info, "usage of an already consumed variable: " & s.name.s)
 
     else: discard
 
-proc dataflowAnalysis*(s: PSym; body: PNode) =
+proc dataflowAnalysis*(s: PSym; body: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   var c = Con(code: @[], blocks: @[])
   gen(c, body)
   when defined(useDfa) and defined(debugDfa): echoCfg(c.code)
-  dfa(c.code)
+  dfa(c.code, conf)
 
 proc constructCfg*(s: PSym; body: PNode): ControlFlowGraph =
   ## constructs a control flow graph for ``body``.
diff --git a/compiler/docgen.nim b/compiler/docgen.nim
index 65dcb73c9..7ab2f0eee 100644
--- a/compiler/docgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen.nim
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import
   wordrecg, syntaxes, renderer, lexer, packages/docutils/rstast,
   packages/docutils/rst, packages/docutils/rstgen, times,
   packages/docutils/highlite, sempass2, json, xmltree, cgi,
-  typesrenderer, astalgo, modulepaths
+  typesrenderer, astalgo, modulepaths, configuration
 
 type
   TSections = array[TSymKind, Rope]
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type
     jArray: JsonNode
     types: TStrTable
     isPureRst: bool
+    conf*: ConfigRef
 
   PDoc* = ref TDocumentor ## Alias to type less.
 
@@ -53,42 +54,47 @@ proc attachToType(d: PDoc; p: PSym): PSym =
   if params.len > 0: check(0)
   for i in 2..<params.len: check(i)
 
-proc compilerMsgHandler(filename: string, line, col: int,
-                        msgKind: rst.MsgKind, arg: string) {.procvar.} =
-  # translate msg kind:
-  var k: msgs.TMsgKind
-  case msgKind
-  of meCannotOpenFile: k = errCannotOpenFile
-  of meExpected: k = errXExpected
-  of meGridTableNotImplemented: k = errGridTableNotImplemented
-  of meNewSectionExpected: k = errNewSectionExpected
-  of meGeneralParseError: k = errGeneralParseError
-  of meInvalidDirective: k = errInvalidDirectiveX
-  of mwRedefinitionOfLabel: k = warnRedefinitionOfLabel
-  of mwUnknownSubstitution: k = warnUnknownSubstitutionX
-  of mwUnsupportedLanguage: k = warnLanguageXNotSupported
-  of mwUnsupportedField: k = warnFieldXNotSupported
-  globalError(newLineInfo(filename, line, col), k, arg)
-
-proc docgenFindFile(s: string): string {.procvar.} =
-  result = options.findFile(s)
-  if result.len == 0:
-    result = getCurrentDir() / s
-    if not existsFile(result): result = ""
+template declareClosures =
+  proc compilerMsgHandler(filename: string, line, col: int,
+                          msgKind: rst.MsgKind, arg: string) {.procvar.} =
+    # translate msg kind:
+    var k: TMsgKind
+    case msgKind
+    of meCannotOpenFile: k = errCannotOpenFile
+    of meExpected: k = errXExpected
+    of meGridTableNotImplemented: k = errGridTableNotImplemented
+    of meNewSectionExpected: k = errNewSectionExpected
+    of meGeneralParseError: k = errGeneralParseError
+    of meInvalidDirective: k = errInvalidDirectiveX
+    of mwRedefinitionOfLabel: k = warnRedefinitionOfLabel
+    of mwUnknownSubstitution: k = warnUnknownSubstitutionX
+    of mwUnsupportedLanguage: k = warnLanguageXNotSupported
+    of mwUnsupportedField: k = warnFieldXNotSupported
+    globalError(conf, newLineInfo(conf, filename, line, col), k, arg)
+
+  proc docgenFindFile(s: string): string {.procvar.} =
+    result = options.findFile(conf, s)
+    if result.len == 0:
+      result = getCurrentDir() / s
+      if not existsFile(result): result = ""
 
 proc parseRst(text, filename: string,
               line, column: int, hasToc: var bool,
-              rstOptions: RstParseOptions): PRstNode =
+              rstOptions: RstParseOptions;
+              conf: ConfigRef): PRstNode =
+  declareClosures()
   result = rstParse(text, filename, line, column, hasToc, rstOptions,
                     docgenFindFile, compilerMsgHandler)
 
-proc newDocumentor*(filename: string, config: StringTableRef): PDoc =
+proc newDocumentor*(filename: string, conf: ConfigRef): PDoc =
+  declareClosures()
   new(result)
-  initRstGenerator(result[], (if gCmd != cmdRst2tex: outHtml else: outLatex),
-                   options.gConfigVars, filename, {roSupportRawDirective},
+  result.conf = conf
+  initRstGenerator(result[], (if conf.cmd != cmdRst2tex: outHtml else: outLatex),
+                   conf.configVars, filename, {roSupportRawDirective},
                    docgenFindFile, compilerMsgHandler)
 
-  if config.hasKey("doc.googleAnalytics"):
+  if conf.configVars.hasKey("doc.googleAnalytics"):
     result.analytics = """
 <script>
   (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ proc newDocumentor*(filename: string, config: StringTableRef): PDoc =
   ga('send', 'pageview');
 
 </script>
-    """ % [config.getOrDefault"doc.googleAnalytics"]
+    """ % [conf.configVars.getOrDefault"doc.googleAnalytics"]
   else:
     result.analytics = ""
 
@@ -109,10 +115,10 @@ proc newDocumentor*(filename: string, config: StringTableRef): PDoc =
   result.jArray = newJArray()
   initStrTable result.types
   result.onTestSnippet = proc (d: var RstGenerator; filename, cmd: string; status: int; content: string) =
-    localError(newLineInfo(d.filename, -1, -1), warnUser, "only 'rst2html' supports the ':test:' attribute")
+    localError(conf, newLineInfo(conf, d.filename, -1, -1), warnUser, "only 'rst2html' supports the ':test:' attribute")
 
-proc dispA(dest: var Rope, xml, tex: string, args: openArray[Rope]) =
-  if gCmd != cmdRst2tex: addf(dest, xml, args)
+proc dispA(conf: ConfigRef; dest: var Rope, xml, tex: string, args: openArray[Rope]) =
+  if conf.cmd != cmdRst2tex: addf(dest, xml, args)
   else: addf(dest, tex, args)
 
 proc getVarIdx(varnames: openArray[string], id: string): int =
@@ -121,7 +127,8 @@ proc getVarIdx(varnames: openArray[string], id: string): int =
       return i
   result = -1
 
-proc ropeFormatNamedVars(frmt: FormatStr, varnames: openArray[string],
+proc ropeFormatNamedVars(conf: ConfigRef; frmt: FormatStr,
+                         varnames: openArray[string],
                          varvalues: openArray[Rope]): Rope =
   var i = 0
   var L = len(frmt)
@@ -144,7 +151,8 @@ proc ropeFormatNamedVars(frmt: FormatStr, varnames: openArray[string],
           j = (j * 10) + ord(frmt[i]) - ord('0')
           inc(i)
           if (i > L + 0 - 1) or not (frmt[i] in {'0'..'9'}): break
-        if j > high(varvalues) + 1: internalError("ropeFormatNamedVars")
+        if j > high(varvalues) + 1:
+          rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "Invalid format string; too many $s: " & frmt)
         num = j
         add(result, varvalues[j - 1])
       of 'A'..'Z', 'a'..'z', '\x80'..'\xFF':
@@ -155,20 +163,23 @@ proc ropeFormatNamedVars(frmt: FormatStr, varnames: openArray[string],
           if not (frmt[i] in {'A'..'Z', '_', 'a'..'z', '\x80'..'\xFF'}): break
         var idx = getVarIdx(varnames, id)
         if idx >= 0: add(result, varvalues[idx])
-        else: rawMessage(errUnknownSubstitionVar, id)
+        else: rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "unknown substition variable: " & id)
       of '{':
         var id = ""
         inc(i)
-        while frmt[i] != '}':
-          if frmt[i] == '\0': rawMessage(errTokenExpected, "}")
+        while i < frmt.len and frmt[i] != '}':
           add(id, frmt[i])
           inc(i)
-        inc(i)                # skip }
-                              # search for the variable:
-        var idx = getVarIdx(varnames, id)
+        if i >= frmt.len:
+          rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "expected closing '}'")
+        else:
+          inc(i)                # skip }
+        # search for the variable:
+        let idx = getVarIdx(varnames, id)
         if idx >= 0: add(result, varvalues[idx])
-        else: rawMessage(errUnknownSubstitionVar, id)
-      else: internalError("ropeFormatNamedVars")
+        else: rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "unknown substition variable: " & id)
+      else:
+        add(result, "$")
     var start = i
     while i < L:
       if frmt[i] != '$': inc(i)
@@ -181,7 +192,7 @@ proc genComment(d: PDoc, n: PNode): string =
   if n.comment != nil:
     renderRstToOut(d[], parseRst(n.comment, toFilename(n.info),
                                toLinenumber(n.info), toColumn(n.info),
-                               dummyHasToc, d.options), result)
+                               dummyHasToc, d.options, d.conf), result)
 
 proc genRecComment(d: PDoc, n: PNode): Rope =
   if n == nil: return nil
@@ -220,45 +231,46 @@ proc nodeToHighlightedHtml(d: PDoc; n: PNode; result: var Rope; renderFlags: TRe
     of tkEof:
       break
     of tkComment:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"Comment\">$1</span>", "\\spanComment{$1}",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"Comment\">$1</span>", "\\spanComment{$1}",
             [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tokKeywordLow..tokKeywordHigh:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"Keyword\">$1</span>", "\\spanKeyword{$1}",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"Keyword\">$1</span>", "\\spanKeyword{$1}",
             [rope(literal)])
     of tkOpr:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"Operator\">$1</span>", "\\spanOperator{$1}",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"Operator\">$1</span>", "\\spanOperator{$1}",
             [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tkStrLit..tkTripleStrLit:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"StringLit\">$1</span>",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"StringLit\">$1</span>",
             "\\spanStringLit{$1}", [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tkCharLit:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"CharLit\">$1</span>", "\\spanCharLit{$1}",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"CharLit\">$1</span>", "\\spanCharLit{$1}",
             [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tkIntLit..tkUInt64Lit:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"DecNumber\">$1</span>",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"DecNumber\">$1</span>",
             "\\spanDecNumber{$1}", [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tkFloatLit..tkFloat128Lit:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"FloatNumber\">$1</span>",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"FloatNumber\">$1</span>",
             "\\spanFloatNumber{$1}", [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tkSymbol:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"Identifier\">$1</span>",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"Identifier\">$1</span>",
             "\\spanIdentifier{$1}", [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tkSpaces, tkInvalid:
       add(result, literal)
     of tkCurlyDotLe:
-      dispA(result, """<span class="Other pragmabegin">$1</span><div class="pragma">""",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, """<span class="Other pragmabegin">$1</span><div class="pragma">""",
                     "\\spanOther{$1}",
                   [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tkCurlyDotRi:
-      dispA(result, "</div><span class=\"Other pragmaend\">$1</span>",
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "</div><span class=\"Other pragmaend\">$1</span>",
                     "\\spanOther{$1}",
                   [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
     of tkParLe, tkParRi, tkBracketLe, tkBracketRi, tkCurlyLe, tkCurlyRi,
        tkBracketDotLe, tkBracketDotRi, tkParDotLe,
        tkParDotRi, tkComma, tkSemiColon, tkColon, tkEquals, tkDot, tkDotDot,
        tkAccent, tkColonColon,
-       tkGStrLit, tkGTripleStrLit, tkInfixOpr, tkPrefixOpr, tkPostfixOpr:
-      dispA(result, "<span class=\"Other\">$1</span>", "\\spanOther{$1}",
+       tkGStrLit, tkGTripleStrLit, tkInfixOpr, tkPrefixOpr, tkPostfixOpr,
+       tkBracketLeColon:
+      dispA(d.conf, result, "<span class=\"Other\">$1</span>", "\\spanOther{$1}",
             [rope(esc(d.target, literal))])
 
 proc getAllRunnableExamples(d: PDoc; n: PNode; dest: var Rope) =
@@ -266,7 +278,7 @@ proc getAllRunnableExamples(d: PDoc; n: PNode; dest: var Rope) =
   of nkCallKinds:
     if n[0].kind == nkSym and n[0].sym.magic == mRunnableExamples and
         n.len >= 2 and n.lastSon.kind == nkStmtList:
-      dispA(dest, "\n<strong class=\"examples_text\">$1</strong>\n",
+      dispA(d.conf, dest, "\n<strong class=\"examples_text\">$1</strong>\n",
           "\n\\textbf{$1}\n", [rope"Examples:"])
       inc d.listingCounter
       let id = $d.listingCounter
@@ -335,7 +347,6 @@ proc getName(d: PDoc, n: PNode, splitAfter = -1): string =
   of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice:
     result = getName(d, n[0], splitAfter)
   else:
-    internalError(n.info, "getName()")
     result = ""
 
 proc getNameIdent(n: PNode): PIdent =
@@ -365,7 +376,6 @@ proc getRstName(n: PNode): PRstNode =
   of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice:
     result = getRstName(n[0])
   else:
-    internalError(n.info, "getRstName()")
     result = nil
 
 proc newUniquePlainSymbol(d: PDoc, original: string): string =
@@ -489,22 +499,22 @@ proc genItem(d: PDoc, n, nameNode: PNode, k: TSymKind) =
     symbolOrIdEncRope = encodeUrl(symbolOrId).rope
 
   var seeSrcRope: Rope = nil
-  let docItemSeeSrc = getConfigVar("doc.item.seesrc")
+  let docItemSeeSrc = getConfigVar(d.conf, "doc.item.seesrc")
   if docItemSeeSrc.len > 0:
-    let cwd = getCurrentDir().canonicalizePath()
+    let cwd = canonicalizePath(d.conf, getCurrentDir())
     var path = n.info.toFullPath
     if path.startsWith(cwd):
       path = path[cwd.len+1 .. ^1].replace('\\', '/')
-    let gitUrl = getConfigVar("git.url")
+    let gitUrl = getConfigVar(d.conf, "git.url")
     if gitUrl.len > 0:
-      var commit = getConfigVar("git.commit")
+      var commit = getConfigVar(d.conf, "git.commit")
       if commit.len == 0: commit = "master"
-      dispA(seeSrcRope, "$1", "", [ropeFormatNamedVars(docItemSeeSrc,
+      dispA(d.conf, seeSrcRope, "$1", "", [ropeFormatNamedVars(d.conf, docItemSeeSrc,
           ["path", "line", "url", "commit"], [rope path,
           rope($n.info.line), rope gitUrl,
           rope commit])])
 
-  add(d.section[k], ropeFormatNamedVars(getConfigVar("doc.item"),
+  add(d.section[k], ropeFormatNamedVars(d.conf, getConfigVar(d.conf, "doc.item"),
     ["name", "header", "desc", "itemID", "header_plain", "itemSym",
       "itemSymOrID", "itemSymEnc", "itemSymOrIDEnc", "seeSrc"],
     [nameRope, result, comm, itemIDRope, plainNameRope, plainSymbolRope,
@@ -515,7 +525,7 @@ proc genItem(d: PDoc, n, nameNode: PNode, k: TSymKind) =
     let att = attachToType(d, nameNode.sym)
     if att != nil:
       attype = rope esc(d.target, att.name.s)
-  add(d.toc[k], ropeFormatNamedVars(getConfigVar("doc.item.toc"),
+  add(d.toc[k], ropeFormatNamedVars(d.conf, getConfigVar(d.conf, "doc.item.toc"),
     ["name", "header", "desc", "itemID", "header_plain", "itemSym",
       "itemSymOrID", "itemSymEnc", "itemSymOrIDEnc", "attype"],
     [rope(getName(d, nameNode, d.splitAfter)), result, comm,
@@ -543,7 +553,7 @@ proc genJsonItem(d: PDoc, n, nameNode: PNode, k: TSymKind): JsonNode =
 
   initTokRender(r, n, {renderNoBody, renderNoComments, renderDocComments})
 
-  result = %{ "name": %name, "type": %($k), "line": %n.info.line,
+  result = %{ "name": %name, "type": %($k), "line": %n.info.line.int,
                  "col": %n.info.col}
   if comm != nil and comm != "":
     result["description"] = %comm
@@ -568,9 +578,9 @@ proc traceDeps(d: PDoc, it: PNode) =
       traceDeps(d, a)
   else:
     if d.section[k] != nil: add(d.section[k], ", ")
-    dispA(d.section[k],
+    dispA(d.conf, d.section[k],
           "<a class=\"reference external\" href=\"$1.html\">$1</a>",
-          "$1", [rope(getModuleName(it))])
+          "$1", [rope(getModuleName(d.conf, it))])
 
 proc generateDoc*(d: PDoc, n: PNode) =
   case n.kind
@@ -617,7 +627,7 @@ proc generateJson*(d: PDoc, n: PNode) =
   of nkCommentStmt:
     if n.comment != nil and startsWith(n.comment, "##"):
       let stripped = n.comment.substr(2).strip
-      d.add %{ "comment": %stripped, "line": %n.info.line,
+      d.add %{ "comment": %stripped, "line": %n.info.line.int,
                "col": %n.info.col }
   of nkProcDef:
     when useEffectSystem: documentRaises(n)
@@ -703,10 +713,10 @@ proc genSection(d: PDoc, kind: TSymKind) =
   ]
   if d.section[kind] == nil: return
   var title = sectionNames[kind].rope
-  d.section[kind] = ropeFormatNamedVars(getConfigVar("doc.section"), [
+  d.section[kind] = ropeFormatNamedVars(d.conf, getConfigVar(d.conf, "doc.section"), [
       "sectionid", "sectionTitle", "sectionTitleID", "content"], [
       ord(kind).rope, title, rope(ord(kind) + 50), d.section[kind]])
-  d.toc[kind] = ropeFormatNamedVars(getConfigVar("doc.section.toc"), [
+  d.toc[kind] = ropeFormatNamedVars(d.conf, getConfigVar(d.conf, "doc.section.toc"), [
       "sectionid", "sectionTitle", "sectionTitleID", "content"], [
       ord(kind).rope, title, rope(ord(kind) + 50), d.toc[kind]])
 
@@ -722,7 +732,7 @@ proc genOutFile(d: PDoc): Rope =
     genSection(d, i)
     add(toc, d.toc[i])
   if toc != nil:
-    toc = ropeFormatNamedVars(getConfigVar("doc.toc"), ["content"], [toc])
+    toc = ropeFormatNamedVars(d.conf, getConfigVar(d.conf, "doc.toc"), ["content"], [toc])
   for i in countup(low(TSymKind), high(TSymKind)): add(code, d.section[i])
 
   # Extract the title. Non API modules generate an entry in the index table.
@@ -736,13 +746,13 @@ proc genOutFile(d: PDoc): Rope =
   let bodyname = if d.hasToc and not d.isPureRst: "doc.body_toc_group"
                  elif d.hasToc: "doc.body_toc"
                  else: "doc.body_no_toc"
-  content = ropeFormatNamedVars(getConfigVar(bodyname), ["title",
+  content = ropeFormatNamedVars(d.conf, getConfigVar(d.conf, bodyname), ["title",
       "tableofcontents", "moduledesc", "date", "time", "content"],
       [title.rope, toc, d.modDesc, rope(getDateStr()),
       rope(getClockStr()), code])
-  if optCompileOnly notin gGlobalOptions:
+  if optCompileOnly notin d.conf.globalOptions:
     # XXX what is this hack doing here? 'optCompileOnly' means raw output!?
-    code = ropeFormatNamedVars(getConfigVar("doc.file"), ["title",
+    code = ropeFormatNamedVars(d.conf, getConfigVar(d.conf, "doc.file"), ["title",
         "tableofcontents", "moduledesc", "date", "time",
         "content", "author", "version", "analytics"],
         [title.rope, toc, d.modDesc, rope(getDateStr()),
@@ -753,60 +763,60 @@ proc genOutFile(d: PDoc): Rope =
   result = code
 
 proc generateIndex*(d: PDoc) =
-  if optGenIndex in gGlobalOptions:
-    writeIndexFile(d[], splitFile(options.outFile).dir /
+  if optGenIndex in d.conf.globalOptions:
+    writeIndexFile(d[], splitFile(d.conf.outFile).dir /
                         splitFile(d.filename).name & IndexExt)
 
-proc getOutFile2(filename, ext, dir: string): string =
-  if gWholeProject:
-    let d = if options.outFile != "": options.outFile else: dir
+proc getOutFile2(conf: ConfigRef; filename, ext, dir: string): string =
+  if optWholeProject in conf.globalOptions:
+    let d = if conf.outFile != "": conf.outFile else: dir
     createDir(d)
     result = d / changeFileExt(filename, ext)
   else:
-    result = getOutFile(filename, ext)
+    result = getOutFile(conf, filename, ext)
 
 proc writeOutput*(d: PDoc, filename, outExt: string, useWarning = false) =
   var content = genOutFile(d)
-  if optStdout in gGlobalOptions:
+  if optStdout in d.conf.globalOptions:
     writeRope(stdout, content)
   else:
-    writeRope(content, getOutFile2(filename, outExt, "htmldocs"), useWarning)
+    writeRope(content, getOutFile2(d.conf, filename, outExt, "htmldocs"), useWarning)
 
 proc writeOutputJson*(d: PDoc, filename, outExt: string,
                       useWarning = false) =
   let content = %*{"orig": d.filename,
-    "nimble": getPackageName(d.filename),
+    "nimble": getPackageName(d.conf, d.filename),
     "entries": d.jArray}
-  if optStdout in gGlobalOptions:
+  if optStdout in d.conf.globalOptions:
     write(stdout, $content)
   else:
     var f: File
-    if open(f, getOutFile2(splitFile(filename).name,
+    if open(f, getOutFile2(d.conf, splitFile(filename).name,
             outExt, "jsondocs"), fmWrite):
       write(f, $content)
       close(f)
     else:
       discard "fixme: error report"
 
-proc commandDoc*() =
-  var ast = parseFile(gProjectMainIdx, newIdentCache())
+proc commandDoc*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  var ast = parseFile(conf.projectMainIdx.FileIndex, newIdentCache(), conf)
   if ast == nil: return
-  var d = newDocumentor(gProjectFull, options.gConfigVars)
+  var d = newDocumentor(conf.projectFull, conf)
   d.hasToc = true
   generateDoc(d, ast)
-  writeOutput(d, gProjectFull, HtmlExt)
+  writeOutput(d, conf.projectFull, HtmlExt)
   generateIndex(d)
 
-proc commandRstAux(filename, outExt: string) =
+proc commandRstAux(conf: ConfigRef; filename, outExt: string) =
   var filen = addFileExt(filename, "txt")
-  var d = newDocumentor(filen, options.gConfigVars)
+  var d = newDocumentor(filen, conf)
   d.onTestSnippet = proc (d: var RstGenerator; filename, cmd: string;
                           status: int; content: string) =
     var outp: string
     if filename.len == 0:
       inc(d.id)
       let nameOnly = splitFile(d.filename).name
-      let subdir = getNimcacheDir() / nameOnly
+      let subdir = getNimcacheDir(conf) / nameOnly
       createDir(subdir)
       outp = subdir / (nameOnly & "_snippet_" & $d.id & ".nim")
     elif isAbsolute(filename):
@@ -815,14 +825,14 @@ proc commandRstAux(filename, outExt: string) =
       # Nim's convention: every path is relative to the file it was written in:
       outp = splitFile(d.filename).dir / filename
     writeFile(outp, content)
-    let cmd = unescape(cmd) % quoteShell(outp)
-    rawMessage(hintExecuting, cmd)
+    let cmd = cmd % quoteShell(outp)
+    rawMessage(conf, hintExecuting, cmd)
     if execShellCmd(cmd) != status:
-      rawMessage(errExecutionOfProgramFailed, cmd)
+      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "executing of external program failed: " & cmd)
 
   d.isPureRst = true
   var rst = parseRst(readFile(filen), filen, 0, 1, d.hasToc,
-                     {roSupportRawDirective})
+                     {roSupportRawDirective}, conf)
   var modDesc = newStringOfCap(30_000)
   #d.modDesc = newMutableRope(30_000)
   renderRstToOut(d[], rst, modDesc)
@@ -831,50 +841,50 @@ proc commandRstAux(filename, outExt: string) =
   writeOutput(d, filename, outExt)
   generateIndex(d)
 
-proc commandRst2Html*() =
-  commandRstAux(gProjectFull, HtmlExt)
+proc commandRst2Html*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  commandRstAux(conf, conf.projectFull, HtmlExt)
 
-proc commandRst2TeX*() =
+proc commandRst2TeX*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   splitter = "\\-"
-  commandRstAux(gProjectFull, TexExt)
+  commandRstAux(conf, conf.projectFull, TexExt)
 
-proc commandJson*() =
-  var ast = parseFile(gProjectMainIdx, newIdentCache())
+proc commandJson*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  var ast = parseFile(conf.projectMainIdx.FileIndex, newIdentCache(), conf)
   if ast == nil: return
-  var d = newDocumentor(gProjectFull, options.gConfigVars)
+  var d = newDocumentor(conf.projectFull, conf)
   d.hasToc = true
   generateJson(d, ast)
   let json = d.jArray
   let content = rope(pretty(json))
 
-  if optStdout in gGlobalOptions:
+  if optStdout in d.conf.globalOptions:
     writeRope(stdout, content)
   else:
     #echo getOutFile(gProjectFull, JsonExt)
-    writeRope(content, getOutFile(gProjectFull, JsonExt), useWarning = false)
+    writeRope(content, getOutFile(conf, conf.projectFull, JsonExt), useWarning = false)
 
-proc commandTags*() =
-  var ast = parseFile(gProjectMainIdx, newIdentCache())
+proc commandTags*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  var ast = parseFile(conf.projectMainIdx.FileIndex, newIdentCache(), conf)
   if ast == nil: return
-  var d = newDocumentor(gProjectFull, options.gConfigVars)
+  var d = newDocumentor(conf.projectFull, conf)
   d.hasToc = true
   var
     content: Rope
   generateTags(d, ast, content)
 
-  if optStdout in gGlobalOptions:
+  if optStdout in d.conf.globalOptions:
     writeRope(stdout, content)
   else:
     #echo getOutFile(gProjectFull, TagsExt)
-    writeRope(content, getOutFile(gProjectFull, TagsExt), useWarning = false)
+    writeRope(content, getOutFile(conf, conf.projectFull, TagsExt), useWarning = false)
 
-proc commandBuildIndex*() =
-  var content = mergeIndexes(gProjectFull).rope
+proc commandBuildIndex*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  var content = mergeIndexes(conf.projectFull).rope
 
-  let code = ropeFormatNamedVars(getConfigVar("doc.file"), ["title",
+  let code = ropeFormatNamedVars(conf, getConfigVar(conf, "doc.file"), ["title",
       "tableofcontents", "moduledesc", "date", "time",
       "content", "author", "version", "analytics"],
       ["Index".rope, nil, nil, rope(getDateStr()),
                    rope(getClockStr()), content, nil, nil, nil])
   # no analytics because context is not available
-  writeRope(code, getOutFile("theindex", HtmlExt))
+  writeRope(code, getOutFile(conf, "theindex", HtmlExt))
diff --git a/compiler/docgen2.nim b/compiler/docgen2.nim
index 118f1c7c5..d9a73e1cd 100644
--- a/compiler/docgen2.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen2.nim
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ template closeImpl(body: untyped) {.dirty.} =
   var g = PGen(p)
   let useWarning = sfMainModule notin g.module.flags
   #echo g.module.name.s, " ", g.module.owner.id, " ", gMainPackageId
-  if (g.module.owner.id == gMainPackageId and gWholeProject) or
-    sfMainModule in g.module.flags:
+  if (g.module.owner.id == gMainPackageId and optWholeProject in g.doc.conf.globalOptions) or
+      sfMainModule in g.module.flags:
     body
     try:
       generateIndex(g.doc)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
   var g: PGen
   new(g)
   g.module = module
-  var d = newDocumentor(module.filename, options.gConfigVars)
+  var d = newDocumentor(module.filename, graph.config)
   d.hasToc = true
   g.doc = d
   result = g
diff --git a/compiler/evalffi.nim b/compiler/evalffi.nim
index 51b65258b..0e3d0609d 100644
--- a/compiler/evalffi.nim
+++ b/compiler/evalffi.nim
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ proc mapType(t: ast.PType): ptr libffi.TType =
     else: result = nil
   of tyFloat, tyFloat64: result = addr libffi.type_double
   of tyFloat32: result = addr libffi.type_float
-  of tyVar, tyPointer, tyPtr, tyRef, tyCString, tySequence, tyString, tyExpr,
+  of tyVar, tyLent, tyPointer, tyPtr, tyRef, tyCString, tySequence, tyString, tyExpr,
      tyStmt, tyTypeDesc, tyProc, tyArray, tyStatic, tyNil:
     result = addr libffi.type_pointer
-  of tyDistinct, tyAlias:
+  of tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink:
     result = mapType(t.sons[0])
   else:
     result = nil
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ template `+!`(x, y: untyped): untyped =
 proc packSize(v: PNode, typ: PType): int =
   ## computes the size of the blob
   case typ.kind
-  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar:
+  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent:
     if v.kind in {nkNilLit, nkPtrLit}:
       result = sizeof(pointer)
     else:
       result = sizeof(pointer) + packSize(v.sons[0], typ.lastSon)
-  of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias:
+  of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
     result = packSize(v, typ.sons[0])
   of tyArray:
     # consider: ptr array[0..1000_000, int] which is common for interfacing;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ proc getField(n: PNode; position: int): PSym =
   else: discard
 
 proc packObject(x: PNode, typ: PType, res: pointer) =
-  internalAssert x.kind in {nkObjConstr, nkPar}
+  internalAssert x.kind in {nkObjConstr, nkPar, nkTupleConstr}
   # compute the field's offsets:
   discard typ.getSize
   for i in countup(ord(x.kind == nkObjConstr), sonsLen(x) - 1):
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ proc pack(v: PNode, typ: PType, res: pointer) =
       awr(cstring, cstring(v.strVal))
     else:
       globalError(v.info, "cannot map pointer/proc value to FFI")
-  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar:
+  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent:
     if v.kind == nkNilLit:
       # nothing to do since the memory is 0 initialized anyway
       discard
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ proc pack(v: PNode, typ: PType, res: pointer) =
     packObject(v, typ, res)
   of tyNil:
     discard
-  of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias:
+  of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
     pack(v, typ.sons[0], res)
   else:
     globalError(v.info, "cannot map value to FFI " & typeToString(v.typ))
@@ -260,14 +260,14 @@ proc unpackObject(x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
   # iterate over any actual field of 'n' ... if n is nil we need to create
   # the nkPar node:
   if n.isNil:
-    result = newNode(nkPar)
+    result = newNode(nkTupleConstr)
     result.typ = typ
     if typ.n.isNil:
       internalError("cannot unpack unnamed tuple")
     unpackObjectAdd(x, typ.n, result)
   else:
     result = n
-    if result.kind notin {nkObjConstr, nkPar}:
+    if result.kind notin {nkObjConstr, nkPar, nkTupleConstr}:
       globalError(n.info, "cannot map value from FFI")
     if typ.n.isNil:
       globalError(n.info, "cannot unpack unnamed tuple")
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ proc unpack(x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
       result = n
     else:
       awi(nkPtrLit, cast[ByteAddress](p))
-  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar:
+  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent:
     let p = rd(pointer, x)
     if p.isNil:
       setNil()
@@ -388,14 +388,14 @@ proc unpack(x: pointer, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
       aws(nkStrLit, $p)
   of tyNil:
     setNil()
-  of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias:
+  of tyDistinct, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
     result = unpack(x, typ.lastSon, n)
   else:
     # XXX what to do with 'array' here?
     globalError(n.info, "cannot map value from FFI " & typeToString(typ))
 
 proc fficast*(x: PNode, destTyp: PType): PNode =
-  if x.kind == nkPtrLit and x.typ.kind in {tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyPointer,
+  if x.kind == nkPtrLit and x.typ.kind in {tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent, tyPointer,
                                            tyProc, tyCString, tyString,
                                            tySequence}:
     result = newNodeIT(x.kind, x.info, destTyp)
diff --git a/compiler/evaltempl.nim b/compiler/evaltempl.nim
index 704ff819c..01c56ec9c 100644
--- a/compiler/evaltempl.nim
+++ b/compiler/evaltempl.nim
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ import
   rodread
 
 type
-  TemplCtx {.pure, final.} = object
+  TemplCtx = object
     owner, genSymOwner: PSym
     instLines: bool   # use the instantiation lines numbers
     mapping: TIdTable # every gensym'ed symbol needs to be mapped to some
                       # new symbol
+    config: ConfigRef
 
 proc copyNode(ctx: TemplCtx, a, b: PNode): PNode =
   result = copyNode(a)
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ proc evalTemplateAux(templ, actual: PNode, c: var TemplCtx, result: PNode) =
            s.kind == skType and s.typ != nil and s.typ.kind == tyGenericParam:
         handleParam actual.sons[s.owner.typ.len + s.position - 1]
       else:
-        internalAssert sfGenSym in s.flags or s.kind == skType
+        internalAssert c.config, sfGenSym in s.flags or s.kind == skType
         var x = PSym(idTableGet(c.mapping, s))
         if x == nil:
           x = copySym(s, false)
@@ -59,11 +60,16 @@ proc evalTemplateAux(templ, actual: PNode, c: var TemplCtx, result: PNode) =
       evalTemplateAux(templ.sons[i], actual, c, res)
     result.add res
 
-proc evalTemplateArgs(n: PNode, s: PSym; fromHlo: bool): PNode =
+const
+  errWrongNumberOfArguments = "wrong number of arguments"
+  errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate = "'$1' has unspecified generic parameters"
+  errTemplateInstantiationTooNested = "template instantiation too nested"
+
+proc evalTemplateArgs(n: PNode, s: PSym; conf: ConfigRef; fromHlo: bool): PNode =
   # if the template has zero arguments, it can be called without ``()``
   # `n` is then a nkSym or something similar
   var totalParams = case n.kind
-    of nkCall, nkInfix, nkPrefix, nkPostfix, nkCommand, nkCallStrLit: n.len-1
+    of nkCallKinds: n.len-1
     else: 0
 
   var
@@ -82,10 +88,10 @@ proc evalTemplateArgs(n: PNode, s: PSym; fromHlo: bool): PNode =
   if givenRegularParams < 0: givenRegularParams = 0
 
   if totalParams > expectedRegularParams + genericParams:
-    globalError(n.info, errWrongNumberOfArguments)
+    globalError(conf, n.info, errWrongNumberOfArguments)
 
   if totalParams < genericParams:
-    globalError(n.info, errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate,
+    globalError(conf, n.info, errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate %
                 n.renderTree)
 
   result = newNodeI(nkArgList, n.info)
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ proc evalTemplateArgs(n: PNode, s: PSym; fromHlo: bool): PNode =
   for i in givenRegularParams+1 .. expectedRegularParams:
     let default = s.typ.n.sons[i].sym.ast
     if default.isNil or default.kind == nkEmpty:
-      localError(n.info, errWrongNumberOfArguments)
+      localError(conf, n.info, errWrongNumberOfArguments)
       addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
     else:
       addSon(result, default.copyTree)
@@ -106,8 +112,9 @@ proc evalTemplateArgs(n: PNode, s: PSym; fromHlo: bool): PNode =
   for i in 1 .. genericParams:
     result.addSon n.sons[givenRegularParams + i]
 
-var evalTemplateCounter* = 0
-  # to prevent endless recursion in templates instantiation
+# to prevent endless recursion in template instantiation
+const evalTemplateLimit* = 1000
+var evalTemplateCounter* = 0 # XXX remove this global
 
 proc wrapInComesFrom*(info: TLineInfo; sym: PSym; res: PNode): PNode =
   when true:
@@ -131,17 +138,19 @@ proc wrapInComesFrom*(info: TLineInfo; sym: PSym; res: PNode): PNode =
     result.add res
     result.typ = res.typ
 
-proc evalTemplate*(n: PNode, tmpl, genSymOwner: PSym; fromHlo=false): PNode =
+proc evalTemplate*(n: PNode, tmpl, genSymOwner: PSym;
+                   conf: ConfigRef; fromHlo=false): PNode =
   inc(evalTemplateCounter)
-  if evalTemplateCounter > 100:
-    globalError(n.info, errTemplateInstantiationTooNested)
+  if evalTemplateCounter > evalTemplateLimit:
+    globalError(conf, n.info, errTemplateInstantiationTooNested)
     result = n
 
   # replace each param by the corresponding node:
-  var args = evalTemplateArgs(n, tmpl, fromHlo)
+  var args = evalTemplateArgs(n, tmpl, conf, fromHlo)
   var ctx: TemplCtx
   ctx.owner = tmpl
   ctx.genSymOwner = genSymOwner
+  ctx.config = conf
   initIdTable(ctx.mapping)
 
   let body = tmpl.getBody
@@ -150,7 +159,7 @@ proc evalTemplate*(n: PNode, tmpl, genSymOwner: PSym; fromHlo=false): PNode =
     evalTemplateAux(body, args, ctx, result)
     if result.len == 1: result = result.sons[0]
     else:
-      localError(result.info, errIllFormedAstX,
+      localError(conf, result.info, "illformed AST: " &
                   renderTree(result, {renderNoComments}))
   else:
     result = copyNode(body)
diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index 62990593d..3f0e6f611 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import
   ropes, os, strutils, osproc, platform, condsyms, options, msgs,
-  securehash, streams
+  configuration, std / sha1, streams
 
 #from debuginfo import writeDebugInfo
 
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ compiler bcc:
   result = (
     name: "bcc",
     objExt: "obj",
-    optSpeed: " -O2 -6 ",
+    optSpeed: " -O3 -6 ",
     optSize: " -O1 -6 ",
-    compilerExe: "bcc32",
-    cppCompiler: "",
+    compilerExe: "bcc32c",
+    cppCompiler: "cpp32c",
     compileTmpl: "-c $options $include -o$objfile $file",
     buildGui: " -tW",
     buildDll: " -tWD",
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ compiler bcc:
     pic: "",
     asmStmtFrmt: "__asm{$n$1$n}$n",
     structStmtFmt: "$1 $2",
-    props: {hasCpp})
+    props: {hasSwitchRange, hasComputedGoto, hasCpp, hasGcGuard,
+            hasAttribute})
+
 
 # Digital Mars C Compiler
 compiler dmc:
@@ -374,80 +376,81 @@ proc nameToCC*(name: string): TSystemCC =
       return i
   result = ccNone
 
-proc getConfigVar(c: TSystemCC, suffix: string): string =
+proc getConfigVar(conf: ConfigRef; c: TSystemCC, suffix: string): string =
   # use ``cpu.os.cc`` for cross compilation, unless ``--compileOnly`` is given
   # for niminst support
   let fullSuffix =
-    if gCmd == cmdCompileToCpp:
+    if conf.cmd == cmdCompileToCpp:
       ".cpp" & suffix
-    elif gCmd == cmdCompileToOC:
+    elif conf.cmd == cmdCompileToOC:
       ".objc" & suffix
-    elif gCmd == cmdCompileToJS:
+    elif conf.cmd == cmdCompileToJS:
       ".js" & suffix
     else:
       suffix
 
   if (platform.hostOS != targetOS or platform.hostCPU != targetCPU) and
-      optCompileOnly notin gGlobalOptions:
+      optCompileOnly notin conf.globalOptions:
     let fullCCname = platform.CPU[targetCPU].name & '.' &
                      platform.OS[targetOS].name & '.' &
                      CC[c].name & fullSuffix
-    result = getConfigVar(fullCCname)
+    result = getConfigVar(conf, fullCCname)
     if result.len == 0:
       # not overriden for this cross compilation setting?
-      result = getConfigVar(CC[c].name & fullSuffix)
+      result = getConfigVar(conf, CC[c].name & fullSuffix)
   else:
-    result = getConfigVar(CC[c].name & fullSuffix)
+    result = getConfigVar(conf, CC[c].name & fullSuffix)
 
-proc setCC*(ccname: string) =
+proc setCC*(conf: ConfigRef; ccname: string; info: TLineInfo) =
   cCompiler = nameToCC(ccname)
-  if cCompiler == ccNone: rawMessage(errUnknownCcompiler, ccname)
-  compileOptions = getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".options.always")
+  if cCompiler == ccNone:
+    localError(conf, info, "unknown C compiler: '$1'" % ccname)
+  compileOptions = getConfigVar(conf, cCompiler, ".options.always")
   linkOptions = ""
-  ccompilerpath = getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".path")
-  for i in countup(low(CC), high(CC)): undefSymbol(CC[i].name)
-  defineSymbol(CC[cCompiler].name)
+  ccompilerpath = getConfigVar(conf, cCompiler, ".path")
+  for i in countup(low(CC), high(CC)): undefSymbol(conf.symbols, CC[i].name)
+  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, CC[cCompiler].name)
 
 proc addOpt(dest: var string, src: string) =
   if len(dest) == 0 or dest[len(dest)-1] != ' ': add(dest, " ")
   add(dest, src)
 
-proc addLinkOption*(option: string) =
+proc addLinkOption*(conf: ConfigRef; option: string) =
   addOpt(linkOptions, option)
 
-proc addCompileOption*(option: string) =
+proc addCompileOption*(conf: ConfigRef; option: string) =
   if strutils.find(compileOptions, option, 0) < 0:
     addOpt(compileOptions, option)
 
-proc addLinkOptionCmd*(option: string) =
+proc addLinkOptionCmd*(conf: ConfigRef; option: string) =
   addOpt(linkOptionsCmd, option)
 
-proc addCompileOptionCmd*(option: string) =
+proc addCompileOptionCmd*(conf: ConfigRef; option: string) =
   compileOptionsCmd.add(option)
 
-proc initVars*() =
+proc initVars*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   # we need to define the symbol here, because ``CC`` may have never been set!
-  for i in countup(low(CC), high(CC)): undefSymbol(CC[i].name)
-  defineSymbol(CC[cCompiler].name)
-  addCompileOption(getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".options.always"))
+  for i in countup(low(CC), high(CC)): undefSymbol(conf.symbols, CC[i].name)
+  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, CC[cCompiler].name)
+  addCompileOption(conf, getConfigVar(conf, cCompiler, ".options.always"))
   #addLinkOption(getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".options.linker"))
   if len(ccompilerpath) == 0:
-    ccompilerpath = getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".path")
+    ccompilerpath = getConfigVar(conf, cCompiler, ".path")
 
-proc completeCFilePath*(cfile: string, createSubDir: bool = true): string =
-  result = completeGeneratedFilePath(cfile, createSubDir)
+proc completeCFilePath*(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: string, createSubDir: bool = true): string =
+  result = completeGeneratedFilePath(conf, cfile, createSubDir)
 
-proc toObjFile*(filename: string): string =
+proc toObjFile*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string): string =
   # Object file for compilation
   #if filename.endsWith(".cpp"):
   #  result = changeFileExt(filename, "cpp." & CC[cCompiler].objExt)
   #else:
   result = changeFileExt(filename, CC[cCompiler].objExt)
 
-proc addFileToCompile*(cf: Cfile) =
+proc addFileToCompile*(conf: ConfigRef; cf: Cfile) =
   toCompile.add(cf)
 
-proc resetCompilationLists* =
+proc resetCompilationLists*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   toCompile.setLen 0
   ## XXX: we must associate these with their originating module
   # when the module is loaded/unloaded it adds/removes its items
@@ -455,108 +458,112 @@ proc resetCompilationLists* =
   # Maybe we can do that in checkDep on the other hand?
   externalToLink.setLen 0
 
-proc addExternalFileToLink*(filename: string) =
+proc addExternalFileToLink*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string) =
   externalToLink.insert(filename, 0)
 
-proc execWithEcho(cmd: string, msg = hintExecuting): int =
-  rawMessage(msg, cmd)
+proc execWithEcho(conf: ConfigRef; cmd: string, msg = hintExecuting): int =
+  rawMessage(conf, msg, cmd)
   result = execCmd(cmd)
 
-proc execExternalProgram*(cmd: string, msg = hintExecuting) =
-  if execWithEcho(cmd, msg) != 0:
-    rawMessage(errExecutionOfProgramFailed, cmd)
+proc execExternalProgram*(conf: ConfigRef; cmd: string, msg = hintExecuting) =
+  if execWithEcho(conf, cmd, msg) != 0:
+    rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "execution of an external program failed: '$1'" %
+      cmd)
 
-proc generateScript(projectFile: string, script: Rope) =
+proc generateScript(conf: ConfigRef; projectFile: string, script: Rope) =
   let (dir, name, ext) = splitFile(projectFile)
-  writeRope(script, dir / addFileExt("compile_" & name,
+  writeRope(script, getNimcacheDir(conf) / addFileExt("compile_" & name,
                                      platform.OS[targetOS].scriptExt))
+  copyFile(conf.libpath / "nimbase.h", getNimcacheDir(conf) / "nimbase.h")
 
-proc getOptSpeed(c: TSystemCC): string =
-  result = getConfigVar(c, ".options.speed")
+proc getOptSpeed(conf: ConfigRef; c: TSystemCC): string =
+  result = getConfigVar(conf, c, ".options.speed")
   if result == "":
     result = CC[c].optSpeed   # use default settings from this file
 
-proc getDebug(c: TSystemCC): string =
-  result = getConfigVar(c, ".options.debug")
+proc getDebug(conf: ConfigRef; c: TSystemCC): string =
+  result = getConfigVar(conf, c, ".options.debug")
   if result == "":
     result = CC[c].debug      # use default settings from this file
 
-proc getOptSize(c: TSystemCC): string =
-  result = getConfigVar(c, ".options.size")
+proc getOptSize(conf: ConfigRef; c: TSystemCC): string =
+  result = getConfigVar(conf, c, ".options.size")
   if result == "":
     result = CC[c].optSize    # use default settings from this file
 
-proc noAbsolutePaths: bool {.inline.} =
+proc noAbsolutePaths(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.} =
   # We used to check current OS != specified OS, but this makes no sense
   # really: Cross compilation from Linux to Linux for example is entirely
   # reasonable.
   # `optGenMapping` is included here for niminst.
-  result = gGlobalOptions * {optGenScript, optGenMapping} != {}
+  result = conf.globalOptions * {optGenScript, optGenMapping} != {}
 
-proc cFileSpecificOptions(cfilename: string): string =
+proc cFileSpecificOptions(conf: ConfigRef; cfilename: string): string =
   result = compileOptions
   for option in compileOptionsCmd:
     if strutils.find(result, option, 0) < 0:
       addOpt(result, option)
 
-  var trunk = splitFile(cfilename).name
-  if optCDebug in gGlobalOptions:
-    var key = trunk & ".debug"
-    if existsConfigVar(key): addOpt(result, getConfigVar(key))
-    else: addOpt(result, getDebug(cCompiler))
-  if optOptimizeSpeed in gOptions:
-    var key = trunk & ".speed"
-    if existsConfigVar(key): addOpt(result, getConfigVar(key))
-    else: addOpt(result, getOptSpeed(cCompiler))
-  elif optOptimizeSize in gOptions:
-    var key = trunk & ".size"
-    if existsConfigVar(key): addOpt(result, getConfigVar(key))
-    else: addOpt(result, getOptSize(cCompiler))
-  var key = trunk & ".always"
-  if existsConfigVar(key): addOpt(result, getConfigVar(key))
-
-proc getCompileOptions: string =
-  result = cFileSpecificOptions("__dummy__")
-
-proc getLinkOptions: string =
+  let trunk = splitFile(cfilename).name
+  if optCDebug in conf.globalOptions:
+    let key = trunk & ".debug"
+    if existsConfigVar(conf, key): addOpt(result, getConfigVar(conf, key))
+    else: addOpt(result, getDebug(conf, cCompiler))
+  if optOptimizeSpeed in conf.options:
+    let key = trunk & ".speed"
+    if existsConfigVar(conf, key): addOpt(result, getConfigVar(conf, key))
+    else: addOpt(result, getOptSpeed(conf, cCompiler))
+  elif optOptimizeSize in conf.options:
+    let key = trunk & ".size"
+    if existsConfigVar(conf, key): addOpt(result, getConfigVar(conf, key))
+    else: addOpt(result, getOptSize(conf, cCompiler))
+  let key = trunk & ".always"
+  if existsConfigVar(conf, key): addOpt(result, getConfigVar(conf, key))
+
+proc getCompileOptions(conf: ConfigRef): string =
+  result = cFileSpecificOptions(conf, "__dummy__")
+
+proc getLinkOptions(conf: ConfigRef): string =
   result = linkOptions & " " & linkOptionsCmd & " "
   for linkedLib in items(cLinkedLibs):
     result.add(CC[cCompiler].linkLibCmd % linkedLib.quoteShell)
   for libDir in items(cLibs):
     result.add(join([CC[cCompiler].linkDirCmd, libDir.quoteShell]))
 
-proc needsExeExt(): bool {.inline.} =
-  result = (optGenScript in gGlobalOptions and targetOS == osWindows) or
+proc needsExeExt(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.} =
+  result = (optGenScript in conf.globalOptions and targetOS == osWindows) or
            (platform.hostOS == osWindows)
 
-proc getCompilerExe(compiler: TSystemCC; cfile: string): string =
-  result = if gCmd == cmdCompileToCpp and not cfile.endsWith(".c"):
+proc getCompilerExe(conf: ConfigRef; compiler: TSystemCC; cfile: string): string =
+  result = if conf.cmd == cmdCompileToCpp and not cfile.endsWith(".c"):
              CC[compiler].cppCompiler
            else:
              CC[compiler].compilerExe
   if result.len == 0:
-    rawMessage(errCompilerDoesntSupportTarget, CC[compiler].name)
+    rawMessage(conf, errGenerated,
+      "Compiler '$1' doesn't support the requested target" %
+      CC[compiler].name)
 
-proc getLinkerExe(compiler: TSystemCC): string =
+proc getLinkerExe(conf: ConfigRef; compiler: TSystemCC): string =
   result = if CC[compiler].linkerExe.len > 0: CC[compiler].linkerExe
-           elif gMixedMode and gCmd != cmdCompileToCpp: CC[compiler].cppCompiler
-           else: compiler.getCompilerExe("")
+           elif gMixedMode and conf.cmd != cmdCompileToCpp: CC[compiler].cppCompiler
+           else: getCompilerExe(conf, compiler, "")
 
-proc getCompileCFileCmd*(cfile: Cfile): string =
+proc getCompileCFileCmd*(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile): string =
   var c = cCompiler
-  var options = cFileSpecificOptions(cfile.cname)
-  var exe = getConfigVar(c, ".exe")
-  if exe.len == 0: exe = c.getCompilerExe(cfile.cname)
+  var options = cFileSpecificOptions(conf, cfile.cname)
+  var exe = getConfigVar(conf, c, ".exe")
+  if exe.len == 0: exe = getCompilerExe(conf, c, cfile.cname)
 
-  if needsExeExt(): exe = addFileExt(exe, "exe")
-  if optGenDynLib in gGlobalOptions and
+  if needsExeExt(conf): exe = addFileExt(exe, "exe")
+  if optGenDynLib in conf.globalOptions and
       ospNeedsPIC in platform.OS[targetOS].props:
     add(options, ' ' & CC[c].pic)
 
   var includeCmd, compilePattern: string
-  if not noAbsolutePaths():
+  if not noAbsolutePaths(conf):
     # compute include paths:
-    includeCmd = CC[c].includeCmd & quoteShell(libpath)
+    includeCmd = CC[c].includeCmd & quoteShell(conf.libpath)
 
     for includeDir in items(cIncludes):
       includeCmd.add(join([CC[c].includeCmd, includeDir.quoteShell]))
@@ -564,18 +571,18 @@ proc getCompileCFileCmd*(cfile: Cfile): string =
     compilePattern = joinPath(ccompilerpath, exe)
   else:
     includeCmd = ""
-    compilePattern = c.getCompilerExe(cfile.cname)
+    compilePattern = getCompilerExe(conf, c, cfile.cname)
 
-  var cf = if noAbsolutePaths(): extractFilename(cfile.cname)
+  var cf = if noAbsolutePaths(conf): extractFilename(cfile.cname)
            else: cfile.cname
 
   var objfile =
     if cfile.obj.len == 0:
-      if not cfile.flags.contains(CfileFlag.External) or noAbsolutePaths():
-        toObjFile(cf)
+      if not cfile.flags.contains(CfileFlag.External) or noAbsolutePaths(conf):
+        toObjFile(conf, cf)
       else:
-        completeCFilePath(toObjFile(cf))
-    elif noAbsolutePaths():
+        completeCFilePath(conf, toObjFile(conf, cf))
+    elif noAbsolutePaths(conf):
       extractFilename(cfile.obj)
     else:
       cfile.obj
@@ -584,30 +591,30 @@ proc getCompileCFileCmd*(cfile: Cfile): string =
   cf = quoteShell(cf)
   result = quoteShell(compilePattern % [
     "file", cf, "objfile", objfile, "options", options,
-    "include", includeCmd, "nim", getPrefixDir(),
-    "nim", getPrefixDir(), "lib", libpath])
+    "include", includeCmd, "nim", getPrefixDir(conf),
+    "nim", getPrefixDir(conf), "lib", conf.libpath])
   add(result, ' ')
   addf(result, CC[c].compileTmpl, [
     "file", cf, "objfile", objfile,
     "options", options, "include", includeCmd,
-    "nim", quoteShell(getPrefixDir()),
-    "nim", quoteShell(getPrefixDir()),
-    "lib", quoteShell(libpath)])
+    "nim", quoteShell(getPrefixDir(conf)),
+    "nim", quoteShell(getPrefixDir(conf)),
+    "lib", quoteShell(conf.libpath)])
 
-proc footprint(cfile: Cfile): SecureHash =
+proc footprint(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile): SecureHash =
   result = secureHash(
     $secureHashFile(cfile.cname) &
     platform.OS[targetOS].name &
     platform.CPU[targetCPU].name &
     extccomp.CC[extccomp.cCompiler].name &
-    getCompileCFileCmd(cfile))
+    getCompileCFileCmd(conf, cfile))
 
-proc externalFileChanged(cfile: Cfile): bool =
-  if gCmd notin {cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC, cmdCompileToLLVM}:
+proc externalFileChanged(conf: ConfigRef; cfile: Cfile): bool =
+  if conf.cmd notin {cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC, cmdCompileToLLVM}:
     return false
 
-  var hashFile = toGeneratedFile(cfile.cname.withPackageName, "sha1")
-  var currentHash = footprint(cfile)
+  var hashFile = toGeneratedFile(conf, conf.withPackageName(cfile.cname), "sha1")
+  var currentHash = footprint(conf, cfile)
   var f: File
   if open(f, hashFile, fmRead):
     let oldHash = parseSecureHash(f.readLine())
@@ -620,133 +627,137 @@ proc externalFileChanged(cfile: Cfile): bool =
       f.writeLine($currentHash)
       close(f)
 
-proc addExternalFileToCompile*(c: var Cfile) =
-  if optForceFullMake notin gGlobalOptions and not externalFileChanged(c):
+proc addExternalFileToCompile*(conf: ConfigRef; c: var Cfile) =
+  if optForceFullMake notin conf.globalOptions and not externalFileChanged(conf, c):
     c.flags.incl CfileFlag.Cached
   toCompile.add(c)
 
-proc addExternalFileToCompile*(filename: string) =
+proc addExternalFileToCompile*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string) =
   var c = Cfile(cname: filename,
-    obj: toObjFile(completeCFilePath(changeFileExt(filename, ""), false)),
+    obj: toObjFile(conf, completeCFilePath(conf, changeFileExt(filename, ""), false)),
     flags: {CfileFlag.External})
-  addExternalFileToCompile(c)
+  addExternalFileToCompile(conf, c)
 
-proc compileCFile(list: CFileList, script: var Rope, cmds: var TStringSeq,
+proc compileCFile(conf: ConfigRef; list: CFileList, script: var Rope, cmds: var TStringSeq,
                   prettyCmds: var TStringSeq) =
   for it in list:
     # call the C compiler for the .c file:
     if it.flags.contains(CfileFlag.Cached): continue
-    var compileCmd = getCompileCFileCmd(it)
-    if optCompileOnly notin gGlobalOptions:
+    var compileCmd = getCompileCFileCmd(conf, it)
+    if optCompileOnly notin conf.globalOptions:
       add(cmds, compileCmd)
       let (_, name, _) = splitFile(it.cname)
       add(prettyCmds, "CC: " & name)
-    if optGenScript in gGlobalOptions:
+    if optGenScript in conf.globalOptions:
       add(script, compileCmd)
       add(script, tnl)
 
-proc getLinkCmd(projectfile, objfiles: string): string =
-  if optGenStaticLib in gGlobalOptions:
+proc getLinkCmd(conf: ConfigRef; projectfile, objfiles: string): string =
+  if optGenStaticLib in conf.globalOptions:
     var libname: string
-    if options.outFile.len > 0:
-      libname = options.outFile.expandTilde
+    if conf.outFile.len > 0:
+      libname = conf.outFile.expandTilde
       if not libname.isAbsolute():
         libname = getCurrentDir() / libname
     else:
-      libname = (libNameTmpl() % splitFile(gProjectName).name)
+      libname = (libNameTmpl() % splitFile(conf.projectName).name)
     result = CC[cCompiler].buildLib % ["libfile", libname,
                                        "objfiles", objfiles]
   else:
-    var linkerExe = getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".linkerexe")
-    if len(linkerExe) == 0: linkerExe = cCompiler.getLinkerExe
+    var linkerExe = getConfigVar(conf, cCompiler, ".linkerexe")
+    if len(linkerExe) == 0: linkerExe = getLinkerExe(conf, cCompiler)
     # bug #6452: We must not use ``quoteShell`` here for ``linkerExe``
-    if needsExeExt(): linkerExe = addFileExt(linkerExe, "exe")
-    if noAbsolutePaths(): result = linkerExe
+    if needsExeExt(conf): linkerExe = addFileExt(linkerExe, "exe")
+    if noAbsolutePaths(conf): result = linkerExe
     else: result = joinPath(ccompilerpath, linkerExe)
-    let buildgui = if optGenGuiApp in gGlobalOptions: CC[cCompiler].buildGui
+    let buildgui = if optGenGuiApp in conf.globalOptions: CC[cCompiler].buildGui
                    else: ""
     var exefile, builddll: string
-    if optGenDynLib in gGlobalOptions:
+    if optGenDynLib in conf.globalOptions:
       exefile = platform.OS[targetOS].dllFrmt % splitFile(projectfile).name
       builddll = CC[cCompiler].buildDll
     else:
       exefile = splitFile(projectfile).name & platform.OS[targetOS].exeExt
       builddll = ""
-    if options.outFile.len > 0:
-      exefile = options.outFile.expandTilde
+    if conf.outFile.len > 0:
+      exefile = conf.outFile.expandTilde
       if not exefile.isAbsolute():
         exefile = getCurrentDir() / exefile
-    if not noAbsolutePaths():
+    if not noAbsolutePaths(conf):
       if not exefile.isAbsolute():
         exefile = joinPath(splitFile(projectfile).dir, exefile)
     when false:
-      if optCDebug in gGlobalOptions:
+      if optCDebug in conf.globalOptions:
         writeDebugInfo(exefile.changeFileExt("ndb"))
     exefile = quoteShell(exefile)
-    let linkOptions = getLinkOptions() & " " &
-                      getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".options.linker")
-    var linkTmpl = getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".linkTmpl")
+    let linkOptions = getLinkOptions(conf) & " " &
+                      getConfigVar(conf, cCompiler, ".options.linker")
+    var linkTmpl = getConfigVar(conf, cCompiler, ".linkTmpl")
     if linkTmpl.len == 0:
       linkTmpl = CC[cCompiler].linkTmpl
     result = quoteShell(result % ["builddll", builddll,
         "buildgui", buildgui, "options", linkOptions, "objfiles", objfiles,
-        "exefile", exefile, "nim", getPrefixDir(), "lib", libpath])
+        "exefile", exefile, "nim", getPrefixDir(conf), "lib", conf.libpath])
     result.add ' '
     addf(result, linkTmpl, ["builddll", builddll,
         "buildgui", buildgui, "options", linkOptions,
         "objfiles", objfiles, "exefile", exefile,
-        "nim", quoteShell(getPrefixDir()),
-        "lib", quoteShell(libpath)])
+        "nim", quoteShell(getPrefixDir(conf)),
+        "lib", quoteShell(conf.libpath)])
 
-template tryExceptOSErrorMessage(errorPrefix: string = "", body: untyped): typed =
+template tryExceptOSErrorMessage(conf: ConfigRef; errorPrefix: string = "", body: untyped): typed =
   try:
     body
   except OSError:
     let ose = (ref OSError)(getCurrentException())
     if errorPrefix.len > 0:
-      rawMessage(errGenerated, errorPrefix & " " & ose.msg & " " & $ose.errorCode)
+      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, errorPrefix & " " & ose.msg & " " & $ose.errorCode)
     else:
-      rawMessage(errExecutionOfProgramFailed, ose.msg & " " & $ose.errorCode)
+      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "execution of an external program failed: '$1'" %
+        (ose.msg & " " & $ose.errorCode))
     raise
 
-proc execLinkCmd(linkCmd: string) =
-  tryExceptOSErrorMessage("invocation of external linker program failed."):
-    execExternalProgram(linkCmd,
-      if optListCmd in gGlobalOptions or gVerbosity > 1: hintExecuting else: hintLinking)
+proc execLinkCmd(conf: ConfigRef; linkCmd: string) =
+  tryExceptOSErrorMessage(conf, "invocation of external linker program failed."):
+    execExternalProgram(conf, linkCmd,
+      if optListCmd in conf.globalOptions or conf.verbosity > 1: hintExecuting else: hintLinking)
 
-proc execCmdsInParallel(cmds: seq[string]; prettyCb: proc (idx: int)) =
+proc execCmdsInParallel(conf: ConfigRef; cmds: seq[string]; prettyCb: proc (idx: int)) =
   let runCb = proc (idx: int, p: Process) =
     let exitCode = p.peekExitCode
     if exitCode != 0:
-      rawMessage(errGenerated, "execution of an external compiler program '" &
+      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "execution of an external compiler program '" &
         cmds[idx] & "' failed with exit code: " & $exitCode & "\n\n" &
         p.outputStream.readAll.strip)
-  if gNumberOfProcessors == 0: gNumberOfProcessors = countProcessors()
+  if conf.numberOfProcessors == 0: conf.numberOfProcessors = countProcessors()
   var res = 0
-  if gNumberOfProcessors <= 1:
+  if conf.numberOfProcessors <= 1:
     for i in countup(0, high(cmds)):
-      tryExceptOSErrorMessage("invocation of external compiler program failed."):
-        res = execWithEcho(cmds[i])
-      if res != 0: rawMessage(errExecutionOfProgramFailed, cmds[i])
+      tryExceptOSErrorMessage(conf, "invocation of external compiler program failed."):
+        res = execWithEcho(conf, cmds[i])
+      if res != 0:
+        rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "execution of an external program failed: '$1'" %
+          cmds[i])
   else:
-    tryExceptOSErrorMessage("invocation of external compiler program failed."):
-      if optListCmd in gGlobalOptions or gVerbosity > 1:
+    tryExceptOSErrorMessage(conf, "invocation of external compiler program failed."):
+      if optListCmd in conf.globalOptions or conf.verbosity > 1:
         res = execProcesses(cmds, {poEchoCmd, poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath},
-                            gNumberOfProcessors, afterRunEvent=runCb)
-      elif gVerbosity == 1:
+                            conf.numberOfProcessors, afterRunEvent=runCb)
+      elif conf.verbosity == 1:
         res = execProcesses(cmds, {poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath},
-                            gNumberOfProcessors, prettyCb, afterRunEvent=runCb)
+                            conf.numberOfProcessors, prettyCb, afterRunEvent=runCb)
       else:
         res = execProcesses(cmds, {poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath},
-                            gNumberOfProcessors, afterRunEvent=runCb)
+                            conf.numberOfProcessors, afterRunEvent=runCb)
   if res != 0:
-    if gNumberOfProcessors <= 1:
-      rawMessage(errExecutionOfProgramFailed, cmds.join())
+    if conf.numberOfProcessors <= 1:
+      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "execution of an external program failed: '$1'" %
+        cmds.join())
 
-proc callCCompiler*(projectfile: string) =
+proc callCCompiler*(conf: ConfigRef; projectfile: string) =
   var
     linkCmd: string
-  if gGlobalOptions * {optCompileOnly, optGenScript} == {optCompileOnly}:
+  if conf.globalOptions * {optCompileOnly, optGenScript} == {optCompileOnly}:
     return # speed up that call if only compiling and no script shall be
            # generated
   #var c = cCompiler
@@ -755,36 +766,36 @@ proc callCCompiler*(projectfile: string) =
   var prettyCmds: TStringSeq = @[]
   let prettyCb = proc (idx: int) =
     echo prettyCmds[idx]
-  compileCFile(toCompile, script, cmds, prettyCmds)
-  if optCompileOnly notin gGlobalOptions:
-    execCmdsInParallel(cmds, prettyCb)
-  if optNoLinking notin gGlobalOptions:
+  compileCFile(conf, toCompile, script, cmds, prettyCmds)
+  if optCompileOnly notin conf.globalOptions:
+    execCmdsInParallel(conf, cmds, prettyCb)
+  if optNoLinking notin conf.globalOptions:
     # call the linker:
     var objfiles = ""
     for it in externalToLink:
-      let objFile = if noAbsolutePaths(): it.extractFilename else: it
+      let objFile = if noAbsolutePaths(conf): it.extractFilename else: it
       add(objfiles, ' ')
       add(objfiles, quoteShell(
           addFileExt(objFile, CC[cCompiler].objExt)))
     for x in toCompile:
-      let objFile = if noAbsolutePaths(): x.obj.extractFilename else: x.obj
+      let objFile = if noAbsolutePaths(conf): x.obj.extractFilename else: x.obj
       add(objfiles, ' ')
       add(objfiles, quoteShell(objFile))
 
-    linkCmd = getLinkCmd(projectfile, objfiles)
-    if optCompileOnly notin gGlobalOptions:
-      execLinkCmd(linkCmd)
+    linkCmd = getLinkCmd(conf, projectfile, objfiles)
+    if optCompileOnly notin conf.globalOptions:
+      execLinkCmd(conf, linkCmd)
   else:
     linkCmd = ""
-  if optGenScript in gGlobalOptions:
+  if optGenScript in conf.globalOptions:
     add(script, linkCmd)
     add(script, tnl)
-    generateScript(projectfile, script)
+    generateScript(conf, projectfile, script)
 
 #from json import escapeJson
 import json
 
-proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(projectfile: string) =
+proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; projectfile: string) =
   template lit(x: untyped) = f.write x
   template str(x: untyped) =
     when compiles(escapeJson(x, buf)):
@@ -794,11 +805,11 @@ proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(projectfile: string) =
     else:
       f.write escapeJson(x)
 
-  proc cfiles(f: File; buf: var string; clist: CfileList, isExternal: bool) =
+  proc cfiles(conf: ConfigRef; f: File; buf: var string; clist: CfileList, isExternal: bool) =
     var pastStart = false
     for it in clist:
       if CfileFlag.Cached in it.flags: continue
-      let compileCmd = getCompileCFileCmd(it)
+      let compileCmd = getCompileCFileCmd(conf, it)
       if pastStart: lit "],\L"
       lit "["
       str it.cname
@@ -807,11 +818,11 @@ proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(projectfile: string) =
       pastStart = true
     lit "]\L"
 
-  proc linkfiles(f: File; buf, objfiles: var string; clist: CfileList;
+  proc linkfiles(conf: ConfigRef; f: File; buf, objfiles: var string; clist: CfileList;
                  llist: seq[string]) =
     var pastStart = false
     for it in llist:
-      let objfile = if noAbsolutePaths(): it.extractFilename
+      let objfile = if noAbsolutePaths(conf): it.extractFilename
                     else: it
       let objstr = addFileExt(objfile, CC[cCompiler].objExt)
       add(objfiles, ' ')
@@ -832,25 +843,25 @@ proc writeJsonBuildInstructions*(projectfile: string) =
   var buf = newStringOfCap(50)
 
   let file = projectfile.splitFile.name
-  let jsonFile = toGeneratedFile(file, "json")
+  let jsonFile = toGeneratedFile(conf, file, "json")
 
   var f: File
   if open(f, jsonFile, fmWrite):
     lit "{\"compile\":[\L"
-    cfiles(f, buf, toCompile, false)
+    cfiles(conf, f, buf, toCompile, false)
     lit "],\L\"link\":[\L"
     var objfiles = ""
     # XXX add every file here that is to link
-    linkfiles(f, buf, objfiles, toCompile, externalToLink)
+    linkfiles(conf, f, buf, objfiles, toCompile, externalToLink)
 
     lit "],\L\"linkcmd\": "
-    str getLinkCmd(projectfile, objfiles)
+    str getLinkCmd(conf, projectfile, objfiles)
     lit "\L}\L"
     close(f)
 
-proc runJsonBuildInstructions*(projectfile: string) =
+proc runJsonBuildInstructions*(conf: ConfigRef; projectfile: string) =
   let file = projectfile.splitFile.name
-  let jsonFile = toGeneratedFile(file, "json")
+  let jsonFile = toGeneratedFile(conf, file, "json")
   try:
     let data = json.parseFile(jsonFile)
     let toCompile = data["compile"]
@@ -867,32 +878,32 @@ proc runJsonBuildInstructions*(projectfile: string) =
 
     let prettyCb = proc (idx: int) =
       echo prettyCmds[idx]
-    execCmdsInParallel(cmds, prettyCb)
+    execCmdsInParallel(conf, cmds, prettyCb)
 
     let linkCmd = data["linkcmd"]
     doAssert linkCmd.kind == JString
-    execLinkCmd(linkCmd.getStr)
+    execLinkCmd(conf, linkCmd.getStr)
   except:
     echo getCurrentException().getStackTrace()
     quit "error evaluating JSON file: " & jsonFile
 
-proc genMappingFiles(list: CFileList): Rope =
+proc genMappingFiles(conf: ConfigRef; list: CFileList): Rope =
   for it in list:
     addf(result, "--file:r\"$1\"$N", [rope(it.cname)])
 
-proc writeMapping*(gSymbolMapping: Rope) =
-  if optGenMapping notin gGlobalOptions: return
+proc writeMapping*(conf: ConfigRef; symbolMapping: Rope) =
+  if optGenMapping notin conf.globalOptions: return
   var code = rope("[C_Files]\n")
-  add(code, genMappingFiles(toCompile))
+  add(code, genMappingFiles(conf, toCompile))
   add(code, "\n[C_Compiler]\nFlags=")
-  add(code, strutils.escape(getCompileOptions()))
+  add(code, strutils.escape(getCompileOptions(conf)))
 
   add(code, "\n[Linker]\nFlags=")
-  add(code, strutils.escape(getLinkOptions() & " " &
-                            getConfigVar(cCompiler, ".options.linker")))
+  add(code, strutils.escape(getLinkOptions(conf) & " " &
+                            getConfigVar(conf, cCompiler, ".options.linker")))
 
   add(code, "\n[Environment]\nlibpath=")
-  add(code, strutils.escape(libpath))
+  add(code, strutils.escape(conf.libpath))
 
-  addf(code, "\n[Symbols]$n$1", [gSymbolMapping])
-  writeRope(code, joinPath(gProjectPath, "mapping.txt"))
+  addf(code, "\n[Symbols]$n$1", [symbolMapping])
+  writeRope(code, joinPath(conf.projectPath, "mapping.txt"))
diff --git a/compiler/filter_tmpl.nim b/compiler/filter_tmpl.nim
index ca9a3a801..6c16a0b4e 100644
--- a/compiler/filter_tmpl.nim
+++ b/compiler/filter_tmpl.nim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type
     emit, conc, toStr: string
     curly, bracket, par: int
     pendingExprLine: bool
-
+    config: ConfigRef
 
 const
   PatternChars = {'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '0'..'9', '\x80'..'\xFF', '.', '_'}
@@ -35,16 +35,15 @@ const
 proc newLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
   llStreamWrite(p.outp, repeat(')', p.emitPar))
   p.emitPar = 0
-  if p.info.line > int16(1): llStreamWrite(p.outp, "\n")
+  if p.info.line > uint16(1): llStreamWrite(p.outp, "\n")
   if p.pendingExprLine:
     llStreamWrite(p.outp, spaces(2))
     p.pendingExprLine = false
 
 proc scanPar(p: var TTmplParser, d: int) =
   var i = d
-  while true:
+  while i < p.x.len:
     case p.x[i]
-    of '\0': break
     of '(': inc(p.par)
     of ')': dec(p.par)
     of '[': inc(p.bracket)
@@ -63,16 +62,19 @@ const
 
 proc parseLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
   var j = 0
-  while p.x[j] == ' ': inc(j)
-  if p.x[0] == p.nimDirective and p.x[1] == '?':
+  let len = p.x.len
+
+  while j < len and p.x[j] == ' ': inc(j)
+
+  if len >= 2 and p.x[0] == p.nimDirective and p.x[1] == '?':
     newLine(p)
-  elif p.x[j] == p.nimDirective:
+  elif j < len and p.x[j] == p.nimDirective:
     newLine(p)
     inc(j)
-    while p.x[j] == ' ': inc(j)
+    while j < len and p.x[j] == ' ': inc(j)
     let d = j
     var keyw = ""
-    while p.x[j] in PatternChars:
+    while j < len and p.x[j] in PatternChars:
       add(keyw, p.x[j])
       inc(j)
 
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ proc parseLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
         dec(p.indent, 2)
       else:
         p.info.col = int16(j)
-        localError(p.info, errXNotAllowedHere, "end")
+        localError(p.config, p.info, "'end' does not close a control flow construct")
       llStreamWrite(p.outp, spaces(p.indent))
       llStreamWrite(p.outp, "#end")
     of "if", "when", "try", "while", "for", "block", "case", "proc", "iterator",
@@ -126,10 +128,8 @@ proc parseLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
       llStreamWrite(p.outp, "(\"")
       inc(p.emitPar)
     p.state = psTempl
-    while true:
+    while j < len:
       case p.x[j]
-      of '\0':
-        break
       of '\x01'..'\x1F', '\x80'..'\xFF':
         llStreamWrite(p.outp, "\\x")
         llStreamWrite(p.outp, toHex(ord(p.x[j]), 2))
@@ -156,11 +156,8 @@ proc parseLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
             llStreamWrite(p.outp, '(')
             inc(j)
             var curly = 0
-            while true:
+            while j < len:
               case p.x[j]
-              of '\0':
-                localError(p.info, errXExpected, "}")
-                break
               of '{':
                 inc(j)
                 inc(curly)
@@ -173,6 +170,9 @@ proc parseLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
               else:
                 llStreamWrite(p.outp, p.x[j])
                 inc(j)
+            if curly > 0:
+              localError(p.config, p.info, "expected closing '}'")
+              break
             llStreamWrite(p.outp, ')')
             llStreamWrite(p.outp, p.conc)
             llStreamWrite(p.outp, '\"')
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ proc parseLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
             llStreamWrite(p.outp, p.conc)
             llStreamWrite(p.outp, p.toStr)
             llStreamWrite(p.outp, '(')
-            while p.x[j] in PatternChars:
+            while j < len and p.x[j] in PatternChars:
               llStreamWrite(p.outp, p.x[j])
               inc(j)
             llStreamWrite(p.outp, ')')
@@ -193,28 +193,29 @@ proc parseLine(p: var TTmplParser) =
               inc(j)
             else:
               p.info.col = int16(j)
-              localError(p.info, errInvalidExpression, "$")
+              localError(p.config, p.info, "invalid expression")
         else:
           llStreamWrite(p.outp, p.x[j])
           inc(j)
     llStreamWrite(p.outp, "\\n\"")
 
-proc filterTmpl*(stdin: PLLStream, filename: string, call: PNode): PLLStream =
+proc filterTmpl*(stdin: PLLStream, filename: string, call: PNode; conf: ConfigRef): PLLStream =
   var p: TTmplParser
-  p.info = newLineInfo(filename, 0, 0)
+  p.config = conf
+  p.info = newLineInfo(conf, filename, 0, 0)
   p.outp = llStreamOpen("")
   p.inp = stdin
-  p.subsChar = charArg(call, "subschar", 1, '$')
-  p.nimDirective = charArg(call, "metachar", 2, '#')
-  p.emit = strArg(call, "emit", 3, "result.add")
-  p.conc = strArg(call, "conc", 4, " & ")
-  p.toStr = strArg(call, "tostring", 5, "$")
+  p.subsChar = charArg(conf, call, "subschar", 1, '$')
+  p.nimDirective = charArg(conf, call, "metachar", 2, '#')
+  p.emit = strArg(conf, call, "emit", 3, "result.add")
+  p.conc = strArg(conf, call, "conc", 4, " & ")
+  p.toStr = strArg(conf, call, "tostring", 5, "$")
   p.x = newStringOfCap(120)
   # do not process the first line which contains the directive:
   if llStreamReadLine(p.inp, p.x):
-    p.info.line = p.info.line + int16(1)
+    p.info.line = p.info.line + 1'u16
   while llStreamReadLine(p.inp, p.x):
-    p.info.line = p.info.line + int16(1)
+    p.info.line = p.info.line + 1'u16
     parseLine(p)
   newLine(p)
   result = p.outp
diff --git a/compiler/filters.nim b/compiler/filters.nim
index 37df628ed..3ebbad678 100644
--- a/compiler/filters.nim
+++ b/compiler/filters.nim
@@ -13,43 +13,44 @@ import
   llstream, os, wordrecg, idents, strutils, ast, astalgo, msgs, options,
   renderer
 
-proc invalidPragma(n: PNode) =
-  localError(n.info, errXNotAllowedHere, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
+proc invalidPragma(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode) =
+  localError(conf, n.info,
+      "'$1' not allowed here" % renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
 
-proc getArg(n: PNode, name: string, pos: int): PNode =
+proc getArg(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, name: string, pos: int): PNode =
   result = nil
   if n.kind in {nkEmpty..nkNilLit}: return
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     if n.sons[i].kind == nkExprEqExpr:
-      if n.sons[i].sons[0].kind != nkIdent: invalidPragma(n)
+      if n.sons[i].sons[0].kind != nkIdent: invalidPragma(conf, n)
       if cmpIgnoreStyle(n.sons[i].sons[0].ident.s, name) == 0:
         return n.sons[i].sons[1]
     elif i == pos:
       return n.sons[i]
 
-proc charArg*(n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: char): char =
-  var x = getArg(n, name, pos)
+proc charArg*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: char): char =
+  var x = getArg(conf, n, name, pos)
   if x == nil: result = default
   elif x.kind == nkCharLit: result = chr(int(x.intVal))
-  else: invalidPragma(n)
+  else: invalidPragma(conf, n)
 
-proc strArg*(n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: string): string =
-  var x = getArg(n, name, pos)
+proc strArg*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: string): string =
+  var x = getArg(conf, n, name, pos)
   if x == nil: result = default
   elif x.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}: result = x.strVal
-  else: invalidPragma(n)
+  else: invalidPragma(conf, n)
 
-proc boolArg*(n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: bool): bool =
-  var x = getArg(n, name, pos)
+proc boolArg*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, name: string, pos: int, default: bool): bool =
+  var x = getArg(conf, n, name, pos)
   if x == nil: result = default
   elif x.kind == nkIdent and cmpIgnoreStyle(x.ident.s, "true") == 0: result = true
   elif x.kind == nkIdent and cmpIgnoreStyle(x.ident.s, "false") == 0: result = false
-  else: invalidPragma(n)
+  else: invalidPragma(conf, n)
 
-proc filterStrip*(stdin: PLLStream, filename: string, call: PNode): PLLStream =
-  var pattern = strArg(call, "startswith", 1, "")
-  var leading = boolArg(call, "leading", 2, true)
-  var trailing = boolArg(call, "trailing", 3, true)
+proc filterStrip*(conf: ConfigRef; stdin: PLLStream, filename: string, call: PNode): PLLStream =
+  var pattern = strArg(conf, call, "startswith", 1, "")
+  var leading = boolArg(conf, call, "leading", 2, true)
+  var trailing = boolArg(conf, call, "trailing", 3, true)
   result = llStreamOpen("")
   var line = newStringOfCap(80)
   while llStreamReadLine(stdin, line):
@@ -60,10 +61,10 @@ proc filterStrip*(stdin: PLLStream, filename: string, call: PNode): PLLStream =
       llStreamWriteln(result, line)
   llStreamClose(stdin)
 
-proc filterReplace*(stdin: PLLStream, filename: string, call: PNode): PLLStream =
-  var sub = strArg(call, "sub", 1, "")
-  if len(sub) == 0: invalidPragma(call)
-  var by = strArg(call, "by", 2, "")
+proc filterReplace*(conf: ConfigRef; stdin: PLLStream, filename: string, call: PNode): PLLStream =
+  var sub = strArg(conf, call, "sub", 1, "")
+  if len(sub) == 0: invalidPragma(conf, call)
+  var by = strArg(conf, call, "by", 2, "")
   result = llStreamOpen("")
   var line = newStringOfCap(80)
   while llStreamReadLine(stdin, line):
diff --git a/compiler/gorgeimpl.nim b/compiler/gorgeimpl.nim
index 2c51752cd..44c7651bc 100644
--- a/compiler/gorgeimpl.nim
+++ b/compiler/gorgeimpl.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 ## Module that implements ``gorge`` for the compiler.
 
-import msgs, securehash, os, osproc, streams, strutils, options
+import msgs, std / sha1, os, osproc, streams, strutils, options
 
 proc readOutput(p: Process): (string, int) =
   result[0] = ""
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ proc readOutput(p: Process): (string, int) =
     result[0].setLen(result[0].len - "\n".len)
   result[1] = p.waitForExit
 
-proc opGorge*(cmd, input, cache: string, info: TLineInfo): (string, int) =
+proc opGorge*(cmd, input, cache: string, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef): (string, int) =
   let workingDir = parentDir(info.toFullPath)
   if cache.len > 0:# and optForceFullMake notin gGlobalOptions:
     let h = secureHash(cmd & "\t" & input & "\t" & cache)
-    let filename = options.toGeneratedFile("gorge_" & $h, "txt")
+    let filename = options.toGeneratedFile(conf, "gorge_" & $h, "txt")
     var f: File
     if open(f, filename):
       result = (f.readAll, 0)
diff --git a/compiler/guards.nim b/compiler/guards.nim
index a5e6058c9..d39ea799b 100644
--- a/compiler/guards.nim
+++ b/compiler/guards.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## This module implements the 'implies' relation for guards.
 
 import ast, astalgo, msgs, magicsys, nimsets, trees, types, renderer, idents,
-  saturate
+  saturate, modulegraphs, options, configuration
 
 const
   someEq = {mEqI, mEqF64, mEqEnum, mEqCh, mEqB, mEqRef, mEqProc,
@@ -83,18 +83,25 @@ proc isLetLocation(m: PNode, isApprox: bool): bool =
 
 proc interestingCaseExpr*(m: PNode): bool = isLetLocation(m, true)
 
-let
-  opLe = createMagic("<=", mLeI)
-  opLt = createMagic("<", mLtI)
-  opAnd = createMagic("and", mAnd)
-  opOr = createMagic("or", mOr)
-  opIsNil = createMagic("isnil", mIsNil)
-  opEq = createMagic("==", mEqI)
-  opAdd = createMagic("+", mAddI)
-  opSub = createMagic("-", mSubI)
-  opMul = createMagic("*", mMulI)
-  opDiv = createMagic("div", mDivI)
-  opLen = createMagic("len", mLengthSeq)
+type
+  Operators* = object
+    opNot, opContains, opLe, opLt, opAnd, opOr, opIsNil, opEq: PSym
+    opAdd, opSub, opMul, opDiv, opLen: PSym
+
+proc initOperators*(g: ModuleGraph): Operators =
+  result.opLe = createMagic(g, "<=", mLeI)
+  result.opLt = createMagic(g, "<", mLtI)
+  result.opAnd = createMagic(g, "and", mAnd)
+  result.opOr = createMagic(g, "or", mOr)
+  result.opIsNil = createMagic(g, "isnil", mIsNil)
+  result.opEq = createMagic(g, "==", mEqI)
+  result.opAdd = createMagic(g, "+", mAddI)
+  result.opSub = createMagic(g, "-", mSubI)
+  result.opMul = createMagic(g, "*", mMulI)
+  result.opDiv = createMagic(g, "div", mDivI)
+  result.opLen = createMagic(g, "len", mLengthSeq)
+  result.opNot = createMagic(g, "not", mNot)
+  result.opContains = createMagic(g, "contains", mInSet)
 
 proc swapArgs(fact: PNode, newOp: PSym): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, fact.info, 3)
@@ -102,16 +109,16 @@ proc swapArgs(fact: PNode, newOp: PSym): PNode =
   result.sons[1] = fact.sons[2]
   result.sons[2] = fact.sons[1]
 
-proc neg(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc neg(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   if n == nil: return nil
   case n.getMagic
   of mNot:
     result = n.sons[1]
   of someLt:
     # not (a < b)  ==  a >= b  ==  b <= a
-    result = swapArgs(n, opLe)
+    result = swapArgs(n, o.opLe)
   of someLe:
-    result = swapArgs(n, opLt)
+    result = swapArgs(n, o.opLt)
   of mInSet:
     if n.sons[1].kind != nkCurly: return nil
     let t = n.sons[2].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
@@ -133,11 +140,11 @@ proc neg(n: PNode): PNode =
   of mOr:
     # not (a or b) --> not a and not b
     let
-      a = n.sons[1].neg
-      b = n.sons[2].neg
+      a = n.sons[1].neg(o)
+      b = n.sons[2].neg(o)
     if a != nil and b != nil:
       result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 3)
-      result.sons[0] = newSymNode(opAnd)
+      result.sons[0] = newSymNode(o.opAnd)
       result.sons[1] = a
       result.sons[2] = b
     elif a != nil:
@@ -147,7 +154,7 @@ proc neg(n: PNode): PNode =
   else:
     # leave  not (a == 4)  as it is
     result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 2)
-    result.sons[0] = newSymNode(opNot)
+    result.sons[0] = newSymNode(o.opNot)
     result.sons[1] = n
 
 proc buildCall(op: PSym; a: PNode): PNode =
@@ -181,7 +188,7 @@ proc `|div|`(a, b: PNode): PNode =
   if a.kind in {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit}: result.intVal = a.intVal div b.intVal
   else: result.floatVal = a.floatVal / b.floatVal
 
-proc negate(a, b, res: PNode): PNode =
+proc negate(a, b, res: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   if b.kind in {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit} and b.intVal != low(BiggestInt):
     var b = copyNode(b)
     b.intVal = -b.intVal
@@ -189,11 +196,11 @@ proc negate(a, b, res: PNode): PNode =
       b.intVal = b.intVal |+| a.intVal
       result = b
     else:
-      result = buildCall(opAdd, a, b)
+      result = buildCall(o.opAdd, a, b)
   elif b.kind in {nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit}:
     var b = copyNode(b)
     b.floatVal = -b.floatVal
-    result = buildCall(opAdd, a, b)
+    result = buildCall(o.opAdd, a, b)
   else:
     result = res
 
@@ -205,7 +212,7 @@ proc lowBound*(x: PNode): PNode =
   result = nkIntLit.newIntNode(firstOrd(x.typ))
   result.info = x.info
 
-proc highBound*(x: PNode): PNode =
+proc highBound*(x: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   let typ = x.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
   result = if typ.kind == tyArray:
              nkIntLit.newIntNode(lastOrd(typ))
@@ -213,23 +220,23 @@ proc highBound*(x: PNode): PNode =
                x.sym.kind == skConst:
              nkIntLit.newIntNode(x.sym.ast.len-1)
            else:
-             opAdd.buildCall(opLen.buildCall(x), minusOne())
+             o.opAdd.buildCall(o.opLen.buildCall(x), minusOne())
   result.info = x.info
 
-proc reassociation(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc reassociation(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   result = n
   # (foo+5)+5 --> foo+10;  same for '*'
   case result.getMagic
   of someAdd:
     if result[2].isValue and
         result[1].getMagic in someAdd and result[1][2].isValue:
-      result = opAdd.buildCall(result[1][1], result[1][2] |+| result[2])
+      result = o.opAdd.buildCall(result[1][1], result[1][2] |+| result[2])
       if result[2].intVal == 0:
         result = result[1]
   of someMul:
     if result[2].isValue and
         result[1].getMagic in someMul and result[1][2].isValue:
-      result = opMul.buildCall(result[1][1], result[1][2] |*| result[2])
+      result = o.opMul.buildCall(result[1][1], result[1][2] |*| result[2])
       if result[2].intVal == 1:
         result = result[1]
       elif result[2].intVal == 0:
@@ -243,12 +250,12 @@ proc pred(n: PNode): PNode =
   else:
     result = n
 
-proc canon*(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc canon*(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   # XXX for now only the new code in 'semparallel' uses this
   if n.safeLen >= 1:
     result = shallowCopy(n)
     for i in 0 ..< n.len:
-      result.sons[i] = canon(n.sons[i])
+      result.sons[i] = canon(n.sons[i], o)
   elif n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind == skLet and
       n.sym.ast.getMagic in (someEq + someAdd + someMul + someMin +
       someMax + someHigh + {mUnaryLt} + someSub + someLen + someDiv):
@@ -263,24 +270,24 @@ proc canon*(n: PNode): PNode =
       # (4 + foo) + 2 --> (foo + 4) + 2
   of someHigh:
     # high == len+(-1)
-    result = opAdd.buildCall(opLen.buildCall(result[1]), minusOne())
+    result = o.opAdd.buildCall(o.opLen.buildCall(result[1]), minusOne())
   of mUnaryLt:
-    result = buildCall(opAdd, result[1], minusOne())
+    result = buildCall(o.opAdd, result[1], minusOne())
   of someSub:
     # x - 4  -->  x + (-4)
-    result = negate(result[1], result[2], result)
+    result = negate(result[1], result[2], result, o)
   of someLen:
-    result.sons[0] = opLen.newSymNode
+    result.sons[0] = o.opLen.newSymNode
   of someLt:
     # x < y  same as x <= y-1:
-    let y = n[2].canon
+    let y = n[2].canon(o)
     let p = pred(y)
-    let minus = if p != y: p else: opAdd.buildCall(y, minusOne()).canon
-    result = opLe.buildCall(n[1].canon, minus)
+    let minus = if p != y: p else: o.opAdd.buildCall(y, minusOne()).canon(o)
+    result = o.opLe.buildCall(n[1].canon(o), minus)
   else: discard
 
   result = skipConv(result)
-  result = reassociation(result)
+  result = reassociation(result, o)
   # most important rule: (x-4) <= a.len -->  x <= a.len+4
   case result.getMagic
   of someLe:
@@ -291,10 +298,10 @@ proc canon*(n: PNode): PNode =
       case x.getMagic
       of someSub:
         result = buildCall(result[0].sym, x[1],
-                           reassociation(opAdd.buildCall(y, x[2])))
+                           reassociation(o.opAdd.buildCall(y, x[2]), o))
       of someAdd:
         # Rule A:
-        let plus = negate(y, x[2], nil).reassociation
+        let plus = negate(y, x[2], nil, o).reassociation(o)
         if plus != nil: result = buildCall(result[0].sym, x[1], plus)
       else: discard
     elif y.kind in nkCallKinds and y.len == 3 and y[2].isValue and
@@ -303,9 +310,9 @@ proc canon*(n: PNode): PNode =
       case y.getMagic
       of someSub:
         result = buildCall(result[0].sym, y[1],
-                           reassociation(opAdd.buildCall(x, y[2])))
+                           reassociation(o.opAdd.buildCall(x, y[2]), o))
       of someAdd:
-        let plus = negate(x, y[2], nil).reassociation
+        let plus = negate(x, y[2], nil, o).reassociation(o)
         # ensure that Rule A will not trigger afterwards with the
         # additional 'not isLetLocation' constraint:
         if plus != nil and not isLetLocation(x, true):
@@ -323,15 +330,15 @@ proc canon*(n: PNode): PNode =
       result.sons[2] = y[1]
   else: discard
 
-proc `+@`*(a: PNode; b: BiggestInt): PNode =
-  canon(if b != 0: opAdd.buildCall(a, nkIntLit.newIntNode(b)) else: a)
+proc buildAdd*(a: PNode; b: BiggestInt; o: Operators): PNode =
+  canon(if b != 0: o.opAdd.buildCall(a, nkIntLit.newIntNode(b)) else: a, o)
 
-proc usefulFact(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc usefulFact(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   case n.getMagic
   of someEq:
     if skipConv(n.sons[2]).kind == nkNilLit and (
         isLetLocation(n.sons[1], false) or isVar(n.sons[1])):
-      result = opIsNil.buildCall(n.sons[1])
+      result = o.opIsNil.buildCall(n.sons[1])
     else:
       if isLetLocation(n.sons[1], true) or isLetLocation(n.sons[2], true):
         # XXX algebraic simplifications!  'i-1 < a.len' --> 'i < a.len+1'
@@ -351,11 +358,11 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode): PNode =
       result = n
   of mAnd:
     let
-      a = usefulFact(n.sons[1])
-      b = usefulFact(n.sons[2])
+      a = usefulFact(n.sons[1], o)
+      b = usefulFact(n.sons[2], o)
     if a != nil and b != nil:
       result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 3)
-      result.sons[0] = newSymNode(opAnd)
+      result.sons[0] = newSymNode(o.opAnd)
       result.sons[1] = a
       result.sons[2] = b
     elif a != nil:
@@ -363,9 +370,9 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode): PNode =
     elif b != nil:
       result = b
   of mNot:
-    let a = usefulFact(n.sons[1])
+    let a = usefulFact(n.sons[1], o)
     if a != nil:
-      result = a.neg
+      result = a.neg(o)
   of mOr:
     # 'or' sucks! (p.isNil or q.isNil) --> hard to do anything
     # with that knowledge...
@@ -374,14 +381,14 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode): PNode =
     #  (x == 3) or (y == 2)  ---> not ( not (x==3) and not (y == 2))
     #  not (x != 3 and y != 2)
     let
-      a = usefulFact(n.sons[1]).neg
-      b = usefulFact(n.sons[2]).neg
+      a = usefulFact(n.sons[1], o).neg(o)
+      b = usefulFact(n.sons[2], o).neg(o)
     if a != nil and b != nil:
       result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 3)
-      result.sons[0] = newSymNode(opAnd)
+      result.sons[0] = newSymNode(o.opAnd)
       result.sons[1] = a
       result.sons[2] = b
-      result = result.neg
+      result = result.neg(o)
   elif n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind == skLet:
     # consider:
     #   let a = 2 < x
@@ -389,32 +396,34 @@ proc usefulFact(n: PNode): PNode =
     #     ...
     # We make can easily replace 'a' by '2 < x' here:
     if n.sym.ast != nil:
-      result = usefulFact(n.sym.ast)
+      result = usefulFact(n.sym.ast, o)
   elif n.kind == nkStmtListExpr:
-    result = usefulFact(n.lastSon)
+    result = usefulFact(n.lastSon, o)
 
 type
-  TModel* = seq[PNode] # the "knowledge base"
+  TModel* = object
+    s*: seq[PNode] # the "knowledge base"
+    o*: Operators
 
 proc addFact*(m: var TModel, nn: PNode) =
-  let n = usefulFact(nn)
-  if n != nil: m.add n
+  let n = usefulFact(nn, m.o)
+  if n != nil: m.s.add n
 
 proc addFactNeg*(m: var TModel, n: PNode) =
-  let n = n.neg
+  let n = n.neg(m.o)
   if n != nil: addFact(m, n)
 
-proc canonOpr(opr: PSym): PSym =
-  case opr.magic
-  of someEq: result = opEq
-  of someLe: result = opLe
-  of someLt: result = opLt
-  of someLen: result = opLen
-  of someAdd: result = opAdd
-  of someSub: result = opSub
-  of someMul: result = opMul
-  of someDiv: result = opDiv
-  else: result = opr
+proc sameOpr(a, b: PSym): bool =
+  case a.magic
+  of someEq: result = b.magic in someEq
+  of someLe: result = b.magic in someLe
+  of someLt: result = b.magic in someLt
+  of someLen: result = b.magic in someLen
+  of someAdd: result = b.magic in someAdd
+  of someSub: result = b.magic in someSub
+  of someMul: result = b.magic in someMul
+  of someDiv: result = b.magic in someDiv
+  else: result = a == b
 
 proc sameTree*(a, b: PNode): bool =
   result = false
@@ -425,7 +434,7 @@ proc sameTree*(a, b: PNode): bool =
     of nkSym:
       result = a.sym == b.sym
       if not result and a.sym.magic != mNone:
-        result = a.sym.magic == b.sym.magic or canonOpr(a.sym) == canonOpr(b.sym)
+        result = a.sym.magic == b.sym.magic or sameOpr(a.sym, b.sym)
     of nkIdent: result = a.ident.id == b.ident.id
     of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit: result = a.intVal == b.intVal
     of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit: result = a.floatVal == b.floatVal
@@ -462,8 +471,8 @@ proc invalidateFacts*(m: var TModel, n: PNode) =
   # The same mechanism could be used for more complex data stored on the heap;
   # procs that 'write: []' cannot invalidate 'n.kind' for instance. In fact, we
   # could CSE these expressions then and help C's optimizer.
-  for i in 0..high(m):
-    if m[i] != nil and m[i].hasSubTree(n): m[i] = nil
+  for i in 0..high(m.s):
+    if m.s[i] != nil and m.s[i].hasSubTree(n): m.s[i] = nil
 
 proc valuesUnequal(a, b: PNode): bool =
   if a.isValue and b.isValue:
@@ -486,7 +495,7 @@ proc impliesEq(fact, eq: PNode): TImplication =
     if sameTree(fact.sons[2], eq.sons[loc]) and isValue(eq.sons[val]):
       if inSet(fact.sons[1], eq.sons[val]): result = impYes
       else: result = impNo
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: internalError(eq.info, "impliesEq")
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesEq")
   else: discard
 
 proc leImpliesIn(x, c, aSet: PNode): TImplication =
@@ -549,7 +558,7 @@ proc impliesIn(fact, loc, aSet: PNode): TImplication =
     elif sameTree(fact.sons[2], loc):
       # 4 < x  -->  3 <= x
       result = geImpliesIn(fact.sons[2], fact.sons[1].pred, aSet)
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: internalError(loc.info, "impliesIn")
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesIn")
   else: discard
 
 proc valueIsNil(n: PNode): TImplication =
@@ -567,11 +576,11 @@ proc impliesIsNil(fact, eq: PNode): TImplication =
       result = valueIsNil(fact.sons[2].skipConv)
     elif sameTree(fact.sons[2], eq.sons[1]):
       result = valueIsNil(fact.sons[1].skipConv)
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: internalError(eq.info, "impliesIsNil")
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesIsNil")
   else: discard
 
 proc impliesGe(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
-  internalAssert isLocation(x)
+  assert isLocation(x)
   case fact.sons[0].sym.magic
   of someEq:
     if sameTree(fact.sons[1], x):
@@ -603,7 +612,7 @@ proc impliesGe(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
       # fact: 3 <= x; question: x >= 2 ?  --> true iff 2 <= 3
       if isValue(fact.sons[1]) and isValue(c):
         if leValue(c, fact.sons[1]): result = impYes
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: internalError(x.info, "impliesGe")
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesGe")
   else: discard
 
 proc impliesLe(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
@@ -643,7 +652,7 @@ proc impliesLe(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
       if isValue(fact.sons[1]) and isValue(c):
         if leValue(c, fact.sons[1].pred): result = impNo
 
-  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: internalError(x.info, "impliesLe")
+  of mNot, mOr, mAnd: assert(false, "impliesLe")
   else: discard
 
 proc impliesLt(fact, x, c: PNode): TImplication =
@@ -707,14 +716,14 @@ proc factImplies(fact, prop: PNode): TImplication =
 
 proc doesImply*(facts: TModel, prop: PNode): TImplication =
   assert prop.kind in nkCallKinds
-  for f in facts:
+  for f in facts.s:
     # facts can be invalidated, in which case they are 'nil':
     if not f.isNil:
       result = f.factImplies(prop)
       if result != impUnknown: return
 
-proc impliesNotNil*(facts: TModel, arg: PNode): TImplication =
-  result = doesImply(facts, opIsNil.buildCall(arg).neg)
+proc impliesNotNil*(m: TModel, arg: PNode): TImplication =
+  result = doesImply(m, m.o.opIsNil.buildCall(arg).neg(m.o))
 
 proc simpleSlice*(a, b: PNode): BiggestInt =
   # returns 'c' if a..b matches (i+c)..(i+c), -1 otherwise. (i)..(i) is matched
@@ -768,8 +777,10 @@ macro `=~`(x: PNode, pat: untyped): bool =
 
   var conds = newTree(nnkBracket)
   m(x, pat, conds)
-  when declared(macros.toNimIdent):
-    result = nestList(toNimIdent"and", conds)
+  when compiles(nestList(ident"and", conds)):
+    result = nestList(ident"and", conds)
+  #elif declared(macros.toNimIdent):
+  #  result = nestList(toNimIdent"and", conds)
   else:
     result = nestList(!"and", conds)
 
@@ -815,20 +826,20 @@ proc ple(m: TModel; a, b: PNode): TImplication =
   if a.getMagic in someMul and a[2].isValue and a[1].getMagic in someDiv and
       a[1][2].isValue:
     # simplify   (x div 4) * 2 <= y   to  x div (c div d)  <= y
-    if ple(m, buildCall(opDiv, a[1][1], `|div|`(a[1][2], a[2])), b) == impYes:
+    if ple(m, buildCall(m.o.opDiv, a[1][1], `|div|`(a[1][2], a[2])), b) == impYes:
       return impYes
 
   # x*3 + x == x*4. It follows that:
   # x*3 + y <= x*4  if  y <= x  and 3 <= 4
   if a =~ x*dc + y and b =~ x2*ec:
     if sameTree(x, x2):
-      let ec1 = opAdd.buildCall(ec, minusOne())
+      let ec1 = m.o.opAdd.buildCall(ec, minusOne())
       if x >=? 1 and ec >=? 1 and dc >=? 1 and dc <=? ec1 and y <=? x:
         return impYes
   elif a =~ x*dc and b =~ x2*ec + y:
     #echo "BUG cam ehrer e ", a, " <=? ", b
     if sameTree(x, x2):
-      let ec1 = opAdd.buildCall(ec, minusOne())
+      let ec1 = m.o.opAdd.buildCall(ec, minusOne())
       if x >=? 1 and ec >=? 1 and dc >=? 1 and dc <=? ec1 and y <=? zero():
         return impYes
 
@@ -861,9 +872,9 @@ proc ple(m: TModel; a, b: PNode): TImplication =
 
   # use the knowledge base:
   return pleViaModel(m, a, b)
-  #return doesImply(m, opLe.buildCall(a, b))
+  #return doesImply(m, o.opLe.buildCall(a, b))
 
-type TReplacements = seq[tuple[a,b: PNode]]
+type TReplacements = seq[tuple[a, b: PNode]]
 
 proc replaceSubTree(n, x, by: PNode): PNode =
   if sameTree(n, x):
@@ -881,11 +892,11 @@ proc applyReplacements(n: PNode; rep: TReplacements): PNode =
 
 proc pleViaModelRec(m: var TModel; a, b: PNode): TImplication =
   # now check for inferrable facts: a <= b and b <= c  implies a <= c
-  for i in 0..m.high:
-    let fact = m[i]
+  for i in 0..m.s.high:
+    let fact = m.s[i]
     if fact != nil and fact.getMagic in someLe:
       # mark as used:
-      m[i] = nil
+      m.s[i] = nil
       # i <= len-100
       # i <=? len-1
       # --> true  if  (len-100) <= (len-1)
@@ -917,7 +928,7 @@ proc pleViaModelRec(m: var TModel; a, b: PNode): TImplication =
 proc pleViaModel(model: TModel; aa, bb: PNode): TImplication =
   # compute replacements:
   var replacements: TReplacements = @[]
-  for fact in model:
+  for fact in model.s:
     if fact != nil and fact.getMagic in someEq:
       let a = fact[1]
       let b = fact[2]
@@ -927,12 +938,13 @@ proc pleViaModel(model: TModel; aa, bb: PNode): TImplication =
   var a = aa
   var b = bb
   if replacements.len > 0:
-    m = @[]
+    m.s = @[]
+    m.o = model.o
     # make the other facts consistent:
-    for fact in model:
+    for fact in model.s:
       if fact != nil and fact.getMagic notin someEq:
         # XXX 'canon' should not be necessary here, but it is
-        m.add applyReplacements(fact, replacements).canon
+        m.s.add applyReplacements(fact, replacements).canon(m.o)
     a = applyReplacements(aa, replacements)
     b = applyReplacements(bb, replacements)
   else:
@@ -941,31 +953,31 @@ proc pleViaModel(model: TModel; aa, bb: PNode): TImplication =
   result = pleViaModelRec(m, a, b)
 
 proc proveLe*(m: TModel; a, b: PNode): TImplication =
-  let x = canon(opLe.buildCall(a, b))
+  let x = canon(m.o.opLe.buildCall(a, b), m.o)
   #echo "ROOT ", renderTree(x[1]), " <=? ", renderTree(x[2])
   result = ple(m, x[1], x[2])
   if result == impUnknown:
     # try an alternative:  a <= b  iff  not (b < a)  iff  not (b+1 <= a):
-    let y = canon(opLe.buildCall(opAdd.buildCall(b, one()), a))
+    let y = canon(m.o.opLe.buildCall(m.o.opAdd.buildCall(b, one()), a), m.o)
     result = ~ple(m, y[1], y[2])
 
 proc addFactLe*(m: var TModel; a, b: PNode) =
-  m.add canon(opLe.buildCall(a, b))
+  m.s.add canon(m.o.opLe.buildCall(a, b), m.o)
 
 proc settype(n: PNode): PType =
   result = newType(tySet, n.typ.owner)
   addSonSkipIntLit(result, n.typ)
 
-proc buildOf(it, loc: PNode): PNode =
+proc buildOf(it, loc: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   var s = newNodeI(nkCurly, it.info, it.len-1)
   s.typ = settype(loc)
   for i in 0..it.len-2: s.sons[i] = it.sons[i]
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, it.info, 3)
-  result.sons[0] = newSymNode(opContains)
+  result.sons[0] = newSymNode(o.opContains)
   result.sons[1] = s
   result.sons[2] = loc
 
-proc buildElse(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc buildElse(n: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   var s = newNodeIT(nkCurly, n.info, settype(n.sons[0]))
   for i in 1..n.len-2:
     let branch = n.sons[i]
@@ -973,23 +985,23 @@ proc buildElse(n: PNode): PNode =
     for j in 0..branch.len-2:
       s.add(branch.sons[j])
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 3)
-  result.sons[0] = newSymNode(opContains)
+  result.sons[0] = newSymNode(o.opContains)
   result.sons[1] = s
   result.sons[2] = n.sons[0]
 
 proc addDiscriminantFact*(m: var TModel, n: PNode) =
   var fact = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 3)
-  fact.sons[0] = newSymNode(opEq)
+  fact.sons[0] = newSymNode(m.o.opEq)
   fact.sons[1] = n.sons[0]
   fact.sons[2] = n.sons[1]
-  m.add fact
+  m.s.add fact
 
 proc addAsgnFact*(m: var TModel, key, value: PNode) =
   var fact = newNodeI(nkCall, key.info, 3)
-  fact.sons[0] = newSymNode(opEq)
+  fact.sons[0] = newSymNode(m.o.opEq)
   fact.sons[1] = key
   fact.sons[2] = value
-  m.add fact
+  m.s.add fact
 
 proc sameSubexprs*(m: TModel; a, b: PNode): bool =
   # This should be used to check whether two *path expressions* refer to the
@@ -1002,7 +1014,7 @@ proc sameSubexprs*(m: TModel; a, b: PNode): bool =
   # However, nil checking requires exactly the same mechanism! But for now
   # we simply use sameTree and live with the unsoundness of the analysis.
   var check = newNodeI(nkCall, a.info, 3)
-  check.sons[0] = newSymNode(opEq)
+  check.sons[0] = newSymNode(m.o.opEq)
   check.sons[1] = a
   check.sons[2] = b
   result = m.doesImply(check) == impYes
@@ -1010,11 +1022,11 @@ proc sameSubexprs*(m: TModel; a, b: PNode): bool =
 proc addCaseBranchFacts*(m: var TModel, n: PNode, i: int) =
   let branch = n.sons[i]
   if branch.kind == nkOfBranch:
-    m.add buildOf(branch, n.sons[0])
+    m.s.add buildOf(branch, n.sons[0], m.o)
   else:
-    m.add n.buildElse.neg
+    m.s.add n.buildElse(m.o).neg(m.o)
 
-proc buildProperFieldCheck(access, check: PNode): PNode =
+proc buildProperFieldCheck(access, check: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
   if check.sons[1].kind == nkCurly:
     result = copyTree(check)
     if access.kind == nkDotExpr:
@@ -1026,10 +1038,10 @@ proc buildProperFieldCheck(access, check: PNode): PNode =
   else:
     # it is some 'not'
     assert check.getMagic == mNot
-    result = buildProperFieldCheck(access, check.sons[1]).neg
+    result = buildProperFieldCheck(access, check.sons[1], o).neg(o)
 
-proc checkFieldAccess*(m: TModel, n: PNode) =
+proc checkFieldAccess*(m: TModel, n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   for i in 1..n.len-1:
-    let check = buildProperFieldCheck(n.sons[0], n.sons[i])
+    let check = buildProperFieldCheck(n.sons[0], n.sons[i], m.o)
     if check != nil and m.doesImply(check) != impYes:
-      message(n.info, warnProveField, renderTree(n.sons[0])); break
+      message(conf, n.info, warnProveField, renderTree(n.sons[0])); break
diff --git a/compiler/hlo.nim b/compiler/hlo.nim
index 2bffaa173..8251e3179 100644
--- a/compiler/hlo.nim
+++ b/compiler/hlo.nim
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 proc hlo(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
 
 proc evalPattern(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode): PNode =
-  internalAssert n.kind == nkCall and n.sons[0].kind == nkSym
+  internalAssert c.config, n.kind == nkCall and n.sons[0].kind == nkSym
   # we need to ensure that the resulting AST is semchecked. However, it's
   # aweful to semcheck before macro invocation, so we don't and treat
   # templates and macros as immediate in this context.
   var rule: string
-  if optHints in gOptions and hintPattern in gNotes:
+  if optHints in c.config.options and hintPattern in c.config.notes:
     rule = renderTree(n, {renderNoComments})
   let s = n.sons[0].sym
   case s.kind
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ proc evalPattern(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode): PNode =
     result = semTemplateExpr(c, n, s, {efFromHlo})
   else:
     result = semDirectOp(c, n, {})
-  if optHints in gOptions and hintPattern in gNotes:
-    message(orig.info, hintPattern, rule & " --> '" &
+  if optHints in c.config.options and hintPattern in c.config.notes:
+    message(c.config, orig.info, hintPattern, rule & " --> '" &
       renderTree(result, {renderNoComments}) & "'")
 
 proc applyPatterns(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ proc applyPatterns(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
         assert x.kind in {nkStmtList, nkCall}
         # better be safe than sorry, so check evalTemplateCounter too:
         inc(evalTemplateCounter)
-        if evalTemplateCounter > 100:
-          globalError(n.info, errTemplateInstantiationTooNested)
+        if evalTemplateCounter > evalTemplateLimit:
+          globalError(c.config, n.info, "template instantiation too nested")
         # deactivate this pattern:
         c.patterns[i] = nil
         if x.kind == nkStmtList:
@@ -86,18 +86,18 @@ proc hlo(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       else:
         result = fitNode(c, n.typ, result, n.info)
       # optimization has been applied so check again:
-      result = commonOptimizations(c.module, result)
+      result = commonOptimizations(c.graph, c.module, result)
       result = hlo(c, result)
-      result = commonOptimizations(c.module, result)
+      result = commonOptimizations(c.graph, c.module, result)
 
 proc hloBody(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   # fast exit:
-  if c.patterns.len == 0 or optPatterns notin gOptions: return n
+  if c.patterns.len == 0 or optPatterns notin c.config.options: return n
   c.hloLoopDetector = 0
   result = hlo(c, n)
 
 proc hloStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   # fast exit:
-  if c.patterns.len == 0 or optPatterns notin gOptions: return n
+  if c.patterns.len == 0 or optPatterns notin c.config.options: return n
   c.hloLoopDetector = 0
   result = hlo(c, n)
diff --git a/compiler/idents.nim b/compiler/idents.nim
index 2cce4710e..34cf5bf1e 100644
--- a/compiler/idents.nim
+++ b/compiler/idents.nim
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ proc resetIdentCache*() =
   for i in low(legacy.buckets)..high(legacy.buckets):
     legacy.buckets[i] = nil
 
-proc cmpIgnoreStyle(a, b: cstring, blen: int): int =
+proc cmpIgnoreStyle*(a, b: cstring, blen: int): int =
   if a[0] != b[0]: return 1
   var i = 0
   var j = 0
diff --git a/compiler/idgen.nim b/compiler/idgen.nim
index c6b1a4d07..7d103ffd7 100644
--- a/compiler/idgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/idgen.nim
@@ -36,20 +36,20 @@ proc setId*(id: int) {.inline.} =
 proc idSynchronizationPoint*(idRange: int) =
   gFrontEndId = (gFrontEndId div idRange + 1) * idRange + 1
 
-proc toGid(f: string): string =
+proc toGid(conf: ConfigRef; f: string): string =
   # we used to use ``f.addFileExt("gid")`` (aka ``$project.gid``), but this
   # will cause strange bugs if multiple projects are in the same folder, so
   # we simply use a project independent name:
-  result = options.completeGeneratedFilePath("nim.gid")
+  result = options.completeGeneratedFilePath(conf, "nim.gid")
 
-proc saveMaxIds*(project: string) =
-  var f = open(project.toGid, fmWrite)
+proc saveMaxIds*(conf: ConfigRef; project: string) =
+  var f = open(toGid(conf, project), fmWrite)
   f.writeLine($gFrontEndId)
   f.close()
 
-proc loadMaxIds*(project: string) =
+proc loadMaxIds*(conf: ConfigRef; project: string) =
   var f: File
-  if open(f, project.toGid, fmRead):
+  if open(f, toGid(conf, project), fmRead):
     var line = newStringOfCap(20)
     if f.readLine(line):
       var frontEndId = parseInt(line)
diff --git a/compiler/importer.nim b/compiler/importer.nim
index 46d675b27..90e774a50 100644
--- a/compiler/importer.nim
+++ b/compiler/importer.nim
@@ -11,11 +11,18 @@
 
 import
   intsets, strutils, os, ast, astalgo, msgs, options, idents, rodread, lookups,
-  semdata, passes, renderer, modulepaths
+  semdata, passes, renderer, modulepaths, sigmatch, configuration
 
 proc evalImport*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
 proc evalFrom*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
 
+proc readExceptSet*(c: PContext, n: PNode): IntSet =
+  assert n.kind in {nkImportExceptStmt, nkExportExceptStmt}
+  result = initIntSet()
+  for i in 1 ..< n.len:
+    let ident = lookups.considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n[i])
+    result.incl(ident.id)
+
 proc importPureEnumField*(c: PContext; s: PSym) =
   var check = strTableGet(c.importTable.symbols, s.name)
   if check == nil:
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ proc rawImportSymbol(c: PContext, s: PSym) =
       for j in countup(0, sonsLen(etyp.n) - 1):
         var e = etyp.n.sons[j].sym
         if e.kind != skEnumField:
-          internalError(s.info, "rawImportSymbol")
+          internalError(c.config, s.info, "rawImportSymbol")
           # BUGFIX: because of aliases for enums the symbol may already
           # have been put into the symbol table
           # BUGFIX: but only iff they are the same symbols!
@@ -62,14 +69,14 @@ proc rawImportSymbol(c: PContext, s: PSym) =
     if hasPattern(s): addPattern(c, s)
 
 proc importSymbol(c: PContext, n: PNode, fromMod: PSym) =
-  let ident = lookups.considerQuotedIdent(n)
+  let ident = lookups.considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n)
   let s = strTableGet(fromMod.tab, ident)
   if s == nil:
     errorUndeclaredIdentifier(c, n.info, ident.s)
   else:
     if s.kind == skStub: loadStub(s)
     if s.kind notin ExportableSymKinds:
-      internalError(n.info, "importSymbol: 2")
+      internalError(c.config, n.info, "importSymbol: 2")
     # for an enumeration we have to add all identifiers
     case s.kind
     of skProcKinds:
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@ proc importSymbol(c: PContext, n: PNode, fromMod: PSym) =
       var it: TIdentIter
       var e = initIdentIter(it, fromMod.tab, s.name)
       while e != nil:
-        if e.name.id != s.name.id: internalError(n.info, "importSymbol: 3")
+        if e.name.id != s.name.id: internalError(c.config, n.info, "importSymbol: 3")
         rawImportSymbol(c, e)
         e = nextIdentIter(it, fromMod.tab)
     else: rawImportSymbol(c, s)
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ proc importAllSymbolsExcept(c: PContext, fromMod: PSym, exceptSet: IntSet) =
     if s.kind != skModule:
       if s.kind != skEnumField:
         if s.kind notin ExportableSymKinds:
-          internalError(s.info, "importAllSymbols: " & $s.kind)
+          internalError(c.config, s.info, "importAllSymbols: " & $s.kind)
         if exceptSet.isNil or s.name.id notin exceptSet:
           rawImportSymbol(c, s)
     s = nextIter(i, fromMod.tab)
@@ -110,22 +117,23 @@ proc importForwarded(c: PContext, n: PNode, exceptSet: IntSet) =
       elif exceptSet.isNil or s.name.id notin exceptSet:
         rawImportSymbol(c, s)
   of nkExportExceptStmt:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "'export except' not implemented")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "'export except' not implemented")
   else:
     for i in 0..safeLen(n)-1:
       importForwarded(c, n.sons[i], exceptSet)
 
-proc importModuleAs(n: PNode, realModule: PSym): PSym =
+proc importModuleAs(c: PContext; n: PNode, realModule: PSym): PSym =
   result = realModule
   if n.kind != nkImportAs: discard
   elif n.len != 2 or n.sons[1].kind != nkIdent:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "module alias must be an identifier")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "module alias must be an identifier")
   elif n.sons[1].ident.id != realModule.name.id:
     # some misguided guy will write 'import abc.foo as foo' ...
-    result = createModuleAlias(realModule, n.sons[1].ident, realModule.info)
+    result = createModuleAlias(realModule, n.sons[1].ident, realModule.info,
+                               c.config.options)
 
 proc myImportModule(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
-  var f = checkModuleName(n)
+  var f = checkModuleName(c.config, n)
   if f != InvalidFileIDX:
     let L = c.graph.importStack.len
     let recursion = c.graph.importStack.find(f)
@@ -138,7 +146,7 @@ proc myImportModule(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
         err.add toFullPath(c.graph.importStack[i]) & " imports " &
                 toFullPath(c.graph.importStack[i+1])
       c.recursiveDep = err
-    result = importModuleAs(n, gImportModule(c.graph, c.module, f, c.cache))
+    result = importModuleAs(c, n, gImportModule(c.graph, c.module, f, c.cache))
     #echo "set back to ", L
     c.graph.importStack.setLen(L)
     # we cannot perform this check reliably because of
@@ -146,10 +154,13 @@ proc myImportModule(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
     when true:
       if result.info.fileIndex == c.module.info.fileIndex and
           result.info.fileIndex == n.info.fileIndex:
-        localError(n.info, errGenerated, "A module cannot import itself")
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "A module cannot import itself")
     if sfDeprecated in result.flags:
-      message(n.info, warnDeprecated, result.name.s)
-    #suggestSym(n.info, result, false)
+      if result.constraint != nil:
+        message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, result.constraint.strVal & "; " & result.name.s)
+      else:
+        message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, result.name.s)
+    suggestSym(c.config, n.info, result, c.graph.usageSym, false)
 
 proc impMod(c: PContext; it: PNode) =
   let m = myImportModule(c, it)
@@ -179,7 +190,7 @@ proc evalImport(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc evalFrom(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   var m = myImportModule(c, n.sons[0])
   if m != nil:
     n.sons[0] = newSymNode(m)
@@ -190,14 +201,10 @@ proc evalFrom(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc evalImportExcept*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   var m = myImportModule(c, n.sons[0])
   if m != nil:
     n.sons[0] = newSymNode(m)
     addDecl(c, m, n.info)               # add symbol to symbol table of module
-    var exceptSet = initIntSet()
-    for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      let ident = lookups.considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[i])
-      exceptSet.incl(ident.id)
-    importAllSymbolsExcept(c, m, exceptSet)
+    importAllSymbolsExcept(c, m, readExceptSet(c, n))
     #importForwarded(c, m.ast, exceptSet)
diff --git a/compiler/installer.ini b/compiler/installer.ini
index 8052121bf..2847e4e62 100644
--- a/compiler/installer.ini
+++ b/compiler/installer.ini
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Name: "Nim"
 Version: "$version"
 Platforms: """
   windows: i386;amd64
-  linux: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;mips;mipsel;mips64;mips64el;powerpc;powerpc64el;arm64
+  linux: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;mips;mipsel;mips64;mips64el;powerpc;powerpc64el;arm64;riscv64
   macosx: i386;amd64;powerpc64
   solaris: i386;amd64;sparc;sparc64
   freebsd: i386;amd64
diff --git a/compiler/jsgen.nim b/compiler/jsgen.nim
index dac2de746..25b554f7b 100644
--- a/compiler/jsgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/jsgen.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #
 
 # This is the JavaScript code generator.
-# Also a PHP code generator. ;-)
 
 discard """
 The JS code generator contains only 2 tricks:
@@ -31,18 +30,18 @@ implements the required case distinction.
 
 import
   ast, astalgo, strutils, hashes, trees, platform, magicsys, extccomp, options,
-  nversion, nimsets, msgs, securehash, bitsets, idents, types, os,
+  nversion, nimsets, msgs, std / sha1, bitsets, idents, types, os, tables,
   times, ropes, math, passes, ccgutils, wordrecg, renderer, rodread, rodutils,
-  intsets, cgmeth, lowerings
+  intsets, cgmeth, lowerings, sighashes, configuration
 
 from modulegraphs import ModuleGraph
 
 type
-  TTarget = enum
-    targetJS, targetPHP
   TJSGen = object of TPassContext
     module: PSym
-    target: TTarget
+    graph: ModuleGraph
+    config: ConfigRef
+    sigConflicts: CountTable[SigHash]
 
   BModule = ref TJSGen
   TJSTypeKind = enum       # necessary JS "types"
@@ -91,24 +90,20 @@ type
     module: BModule
     g: PGlobals
     beforeRetNeeded: bool
-    target: TTarget # duplicated here for faster dispatching
     unique: int    # for temp identifier generation
     blocks: seq[TBlock]
     extraIndent: int
     up: PProc     # up the call chain; required for closure support
     declaredGlobals: IntSet
 
-template `|`(a, b: untyped): untyped {.dirty.} =
-  (if p.target == targetJS: a else: b)
-
-var indent = "\t".rope
+template config*(p: PProc): ConfigRef = p.module.config
 
 proc indentLine(p: PProc, r: Rope): Rope =
   result = r
   var p = p
   while true:
     for i in countup(0, p.blocks.len - 1 + p.extraIndent):
-      prepend(result, indent)
+      prepend(result, "\t".rope)
     if p.up == nil or p.up.prc != p.prc.owner:
       break
     p = p.up
@@ -156,11 +151,8 @@ proc newProc(globals: PGlobals, module: BModule, procDef: PNode,
     module: module,
     procDef: procDef,
     g: globals,
-    target: module.target,
     extraIndent: int(procDef != nil))
   if procDef != nil: result.prc = procDef.sons[namePos].sym
-  if result.target == targetPHP:
-    result.declaredGlobals = initIntSet()
 
 proc declareGlobal(p: PProc; id: int; r: Rope) =
   if p.prc != nil and not p.declaredGlobals.containsOrIncl(id):
@@ -173,7 +165,7 @@ const
 proc mapType(typ: PType): TJSTypeKind =
   let t = skipTypes(typ, abstractInst)
   case t.kind
-  of tyVar, tyRef, tyPtr:
+  of tyVar, tyRef, tyPtr, tyLent:
     if skipTypes(t.lastSon, abstractInst).kind in MappedToObject:
       result = etyObject
     else:
@@ -196,20 +188,20 @@ proc mapType(typ: PType): TJSTypeKind =
      tyExpr, tyStmt, tyTypeDesc, tyBuiltInTypeClass, tyCompositeTypeClass,
      tyAnd, tyOr, tyNot, tyAnything, tyVoid:
     result = etyNone
-  of tyGenericInst, tyInferred, tyAlias, tyUserTypeClass, tyUserTypeClassInst:
+  of tyGenericInst, tyInferred, tyAlias, tyUserTypeClass, tyUserTypeClassInst,
+     tySink:
     result = mapType(typ.lastSon)
   of tyStatic:
     if t.n != nil: result = mapType(lastSon t)
     else: result = etyNone
   of tyProc: result = etyProc
   of tyCString: result = etyString
-  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef, tyUnused1, tyUnused2: internalError("mapType")
+  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef: doAssert(false, "mapType")
 
 proc mapType(p: PProc; typ: PType): TJSTypeKind =
-  if p.target == targetPHP: result = etyObject
-  else: result = mapType(typ)
+  result = mapType(typ)
 
-proc mangleName(s: PSym; target: TTarget): Rope =
+proc mangleName(m: BModule, s: PSym): Rope =
   proc validJsName(name: string): bool =
     result = true
     const reservedWords = ["abstract", "await", "boolean", "break", "byte",
@@ -234,7 +226,7 @@ proc mangleName(s: PSym; target: TTarget): Rope =
   if result == nil:
     if s.kind == skField and s.name.s.validJsName:
       result = rope(s.name.s)
-    elif target == targetJS or s.kind == skTemp:
+    elif s.kind == skTemp:
       result = rope(mangle(s.name.s))
     else:
       var x = newStringOfCap(s.name.s.len)
@@ -253,8 +245,13 @@ proc mangleName(s: PSym; target: TTarget): Rope =
         inc i
       result = rope(x)
     if s.name.s != "this" and s.kind != skField:
-      add(result, "_")
-      add(result, rope(s.id))
+      if optHotCodeReloading in m.config.options:
+        # When hot reloading is enabled, we must ensure that the names
+        # of functions and types will be preserved across rebuilds:
+        add(result, idOrSig(s, m.module.name.s, m.sigConflicts))
+      else:
+        add(result, "_")
+        add(result, rope(s.id))
     s.loc.r = result
 
 proc escapeJSString(s: string): string =
@@ -291,23 +288,22 @@ proc genConstant(p: PProc, c: PSym)
 
 proc useMagic(p: PProc, name: string) =
   if name.len == 0: return
-  var s = magicsys.getCompilerProc(name)
+  var s = magicsys.getCompilerProc(p.module.graph, name)
   if s != nil:
-    internalAssert s.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter}
+    internalAssert p.config, s.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter}
     if not p.g.generatedSyms.containsOrIncl(s.id):
       let code = genProc(p, s)
       add(p.g.constants, code)
   else:
-    # we used to exclude the system module from this check, but for DLL
-    # generation support this sloppyness leads to hard to detect bugs, so
-    # we're picky here for the system module too:
-    if p.prc != nil: globalError(p.prc.info, errSystemNeeds, name)
-    else: rawMessage(errSystemNeeds, name)
+    if p.prc != nil:
+      globalError(p.config, p.prc.info, "system module needs: " & name)
+    else:
+      rawMessage(p.config, errGenerated, "system module needs: " & name)
 
 proc isSimpleExpr(p: PProc; n: PNode): bool =
   # calls all the way down --> can stay expression based
-  if n.kind in nkCallKinds+{nkBracketExpr, nkDotExpr, nkPar} or
-      (p.target == targetJS and n.kind in {nkObjConstr, nkBracket, nkCurly}):
+  if n.kind in nkCallKinds+{nkBracketExpr, nkDotExpr, nkPar, nkTupleConstr} or
+      (n.kind in {nkObjConstr, nkBracket, nkCurly}):
     for c in n:
       if not p.isSimpleExpr(c): return false
     result = true
@@ -316,12 +312,9 @@ proc isSimpleExpr(p: PProc; n: PNode): bool =
 
 proc getTemp(p: PProc, defineInLocals: bool = true): Rope =
   inc(p.unique)
-  if p.target == targetJS:
-    result = "Tmp$1" % [rope(p.unique)]
-    if defineInLocals:
-      add(p.locals, p.indentLine("var $1;$n" % [result]))
-  else:
-    result = "$$Tmp$1" % [rope(p.unique)]
+  result = "Tmp$1" % [rope(p.unique)]
+  if defineInLocals:
+    add(p.locals, p.indentLine("var $1;$n" % [result]))
 
 proc genAnd(p: PProc, a, b: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   assert r.kind == resNone
@@ -470,15 +463,9 @@ proc unsignedTrimmerJS(size: BiggestInt): Rope =
   of 4: rope">>> 0"
   else: rope""
 
-proc unsignedTrimmerPHP(size: BiggestInt): Rope =
-  case size
-  of 1: rope"& 0xff"
-  of 2: rope"& 0xffff"
-  of 4: rope"& 0xffffffff"
-  else: rope""
 
 template unsignedTrimmer(size: BiggestInt): Rope =
-  size.unsignedTrimmerJS | size.unsignedTrimmerPHP
+  size.unsignedTrimmerJS
 
 proc binaryUintExpr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes, op: string,
                     reassign = false) =
@@ -526,46 +513,18 @@ proc arith(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes, op: TMagic) =
   of mMulU: binaryUintExpr(p, n, r, "*")
   of mDivU: binaryUintExpr(p, n, r, "/")
   of mDivI:
-    if p.target == targetPHP:
-      var x, y: TCompRes
-      gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
-      gen(p, n.sons[2], y)
-      r.res = "intval($1 / $2)" % [x.rdLoc, y.rdLoc]
-    else:
-      arithAux(p, n, r, op)
+    arithAux(p, n, r, op)
   of mModI:
-    if p.target == targetPHP:
-      var x, y: TCompRes
-      gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
-      gen(p, n.sons[2], y)
-      r.res = "($1 % $2)" % [x.rdLoc, y.rdLoc]
-    else:
-      arithAux(p, n, r, op)
+    arithAux(p, n, r, op)
   of mShrI:
     var x, y: TCompRes
     gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
     gen(p, n.sons[2], y)
     let trimmer = unsignedTrimmer(n[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractRange).size)
-    if p.target == targetPHP:
-      # XXX prevent multi evaluations
-      r.res = "(($1 $2) >= 0) ? (($1 $2) >> $3) : ((($1 $2) & 0x7fffffff) >> $3) | (0x40000000 >> ($3 - 1))" % [x.rdLoc, trimmer, y.rdLoc]
-    else:
-      r.res = "(($1 $2) >>> $3)" % [x.rdLoc, trimmer, y.rdLoc]
+    r.res = "(($1 $2) >>> $3)" % [x.rdLoc, trimmer, y.rdLoc]
   of mCharToStr, mBoolToStr, mIntToStr, mInt64ToStr, mFloatToStr,
       mCStrToStr, mStrToStr, mEnumToStr:
-    if p.target == targetPHP:
-      if op == mEnumToStr:
-        var x: TCompRes
-        gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
-        r.res = "$#[$#]" % [genEnumInfoPHP(p, n.sons[1].typ), x.rdLoc]
-      elif op == mCharToStr:
-        var x: TCompRes
-        gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
-        r.res = "chr($#)" % [x.rdLoc]
-      else:
-        gen(p, n.sons[1], r)
-    else:
-      arithAux(p, n, r, op)
+    arithAux(p, n, r, op)
   else:
     arithAux(p, n, r, op)
   r.kind = resExpr
@@ -584,12 +543,12 @@ proc genLineDir(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
     useMagic(p, "endb")
     lineF(p, "endb($1);$n", [rope(line)])
   elif hasFrameInfo(p):
-    lineF(p, "F.line = $1;$n" | "$$F['line'] = $1;$n", [rope(line)])
+    lineF(p, "F.line = $1;$n", [rope(line)])
 
 proc genWhileStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   var
     cond: TCompRes
-  internalAssert isEmptyType(n.typ)
+  internalAssert p.config, isEmptyType(n.typ)
   genLineDir(p, n)
   inc(p.unique)
   var length = len(p.blocks)
@@ -597,12 +556,12 @@ proc genWhileStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   p.blocks[length].id = -p.unique
   p.blocks[length].isLoop = true
   let labl = p.unique.rope
-  lineF(p, "L$1: while (true) {$n" | "while (true) {$n", [labl])
+  lineF(p, "L$1: while (true) {$n", [labl])
   p.nested: gen(p, n.sons[0], cond)
-  lineF(p, "if (!$1) break L$2;$n" | "if (!$1) goto L$2;$n",
+  lineF(p, "if (!$1) break L$2;$n",
        [cond.res, labl])
   p.nested: genStmt(p, n.sons[1])
-  lineF(p, "}$n" | "}L$#:;$n", [labl])
+  lineF(p, "}$n", [labl])
   setLen(p.blocks, length)
 
 proc moveInto(p: PProc, src: var TCompRes, dest: TCompRes) =
@@ -646,26 +605,22 @@ proc genTry(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var i = 1
   var length = sonsLen(n)
   var catchBranchesExist = length > 1 and n.sons[i].kind == nkExceptBranch
-  if catchBranchesExist and p.target == targetJS:
+  if catchBranchesExist:
     add(p.body, "++excHandler;" & tnl)
   var tmpFramePtr = rope"F"
   if optStackTrace notin p.options:
     tmpFramePtr = p.getTemp(true)
     line(p, tmpFramePtr & " = framePtr;" & tnl)
   lineF(p, "try {$n", [])
-  if p.target == targetPHP and p.globals == nil:
-      p.globals = "global $lastJSError; global $prevJSError;".rope
   var a: TCompRes
   gen(p, n.sons[0], a)
   moveInto(p, a, r)
   var generalCatchBranchExists = false
-  let dollar = rope(if p.target == targetJS: "" else: "$")
-  if p.target == targetJS and catchBranchesExist:
+  let dollar = rope("")
+  if catchBranchesExist:
     addf(p.body, "--excHandler;$n} catch (EXC) {$n var prevJSError = lastJSError;$n" &
         " lastJSError = EXC;$n --excHandler;$n", [])
     line(p, "framePtr = $1;$n" % [tmpFramePtr])
-  elif p.target == targetPHP:
-    lineF(p, "} catch (Exception $$EXC) {$n $$prevJSError = $$lastJSError;$n $$lastJSError = $$EXC;$n", [])
   while i < length and n.sons[i].kind == nkExceptBranch:
     let blen = sonsLen(n.sons[i])
     if blen == 1:
@@ -680,7 +635,7 @@ proc genTry(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       useMagic(p, "isObj")
       for j in countup(0, blen - 2):
         if n.sons[i].sons[j].kind != nkType:
-          internalError(n.info, "genTryStmt")
+          internalError(p.config, n.info, "genTryStmt")
         if orExpr != nil: add(orExpr, "||")
         addf(orExpr, "isObj($2lastJSError.m_type, $1)",
              [genTypeInfo(p, n.sons[i].sons[j].typ), dollar])
@@ -694,22 +649,14 @@ proc genTry(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     if not generalCatchBranchExists:
       useMagic(p, "reraiseException")
       line(p, "else {" & tnl)
-      line(p, indent & "reraiseException();" & tnl)
+      line(p, "\treraiseException();" & tnl)
       line(p, "}" & tnl)
     addf(p.body, "$1lastJSError = $1prevJSError;$n", [dollar])
-  if p.target == targetJS:
-    line(p, "} finally {" & tnl)
-    line(p, "framePtr = $1;$n" % [tmpFramePtr])
-  if p.target == targetPHP:
-    # XXX ugly hack for PHP codegen
-    line(p, "}" & tnl)
+  line(p, "} finally {" & tnl)
+  line(p, "framePtr = $1;$n" % [tmpFramePtr])
   if i < length and n.sons[i].kind == nkFinally:
     genStmt(p, n.sons[i].sons[0])
-  if p.target == targetPHP:
-    # XXX ugly hack for PHP codegen
-    line(p, "if($lastJSError) throw($lastJSError);" & tnl)
-  if p.target == targetJS:
-    line(p, "}" & tnl)
+  line(p, "}" & tnl)
 
 proc genRaiseStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   genLineDir(p, n)
@@ -730,7 +677,7 @@ proc genCaseJS(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   genLineDir(p, n)
   gen(p, n.sons[0], cond)
   let stringSwitch = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractVar).kind == tyString
-  if stringSwitch and p.target == targetJS:
+  if stringSwitch:
     useMagic(p, "toJSStr")
     lineF(p, "switch (toJSStr($1)) {$n", [cond.rdLoc])
   else:
@@ -755,7 +702,7 @@ proc genCaseJS(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
             case e.kind
             of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit: lineF(p, "case $1:$n",
                 [makeJSString(e.strVal, false)])
-            else: internalError(e.info, "jsgen.genCaseStmt: 2")
+            else: internalError(p.config, e.info, "jsgen.genCaseStmt: 2")
           else:
             gen(p, e, cond)
             lineF(p, "case $1:$n", [cond.rdLoc])
@@ -769,7 +716,7 @@ proc genCaseJS(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
         gen(p, it.sons[0], stmt)
         moveInto(p, stmt, r)
         lineF(p, "break;$n", [])
-    else: internalError(it.info, "jsgen.genCaseStmt")
+    else: internalError(p.config, it.info, "jsgen.genCaseStmt")
   lineF(p, "}$n", [])
 
 proc genBlock(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
@@ -777,17 +724,17 @@ proc genBlock(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   let idx = len(p.blocks)
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     # named block?
-    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(n.info, "genBlock")
+    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(p.config, n.info, "genBlock")
     var sym = n.sons[0].sym
     sym.loc.k = locOther
     sym.position = idx+1
   let labl = p.unique
-  lineF(p, "L$1: do {$n" | "", [labl.rope])
+  lineF(p, "L$1: do {$n", [labl.rope])
   setLen(p.blocks, idx + 1)
   p.blocks[idx].id = - p.unique # negative because it isn't used yet
   gen(p, n.sons[1], r)
   setLen(p.blocks, idx)
-  lineF(p, "} while(false);$n" | "$nL$#:;$n", [labl.rope])
+  lineF(p, "} while(false);$n", [labl.rope])
 
 proc genBreakStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   var idx: int
@@ -803,9 +750,9 @@ proc genBreakStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
     idx = len(p.blocks) - 1
     while idx >= 0 and not p.blocks[idx].isLoop: dec idx
     if idx < 0 or not p.blocks[idx].isLoop:
-      internalError(n.info, "no loop to break")
+      internalError(p.config, n.info, "no loop to break")
   p.blocks[idx].id = abs(p.blocks[idx].id) # label is used
-  lineF(p, "break L$1;$n" | "goto L$1;$n", [rope(p.blocks[idx].id)])
+  lineF(p, "break L$1;$n", [rope(p.blocks[idx].id)])
 
 proc genAsmOrEmitStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   genLineDir(p, n)
@@ -819,8 +766,7 @@ proc genAsmOrEmitStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
       let v = it.sym
       # for backwards compatibility we don't deref syms here :-(
       if v.kind in {skVar, skLet, skTemp, skConst, skResult, skParam, skForVar}:
-        if p.target == targetPHP: p.body.add "$"
-        p.body.add mangleName(v, p.target)
+        p.body.add mangleName(p.module, v)
       else:
         var r: TCompRes
         gen(p, it, r)
@@ -861,25 +807,12 @@ proc generateHeader(p: PProc, typ: PType): Rope =
     var param = typ.n.sons[i].sym
     if isCompileTimeOnly(param.typ): continue
     if result != nil: add(result, ", ")
-    var name = mangleName(param, p.target)
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      add(result, name)
-      if mapType(param.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
-        add(result, ", ")
-        add(result, name)
-        add(result, "_Idx")
-    elif not (i == 1 and param.name.s == "this"):
-      let k = param.typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind
-      if k in {tyVar, tyRef, tyPtr, tyPointer}:
-        add(result, "&")
-      add(result, "$")
+    var name = mangleName(p.module, param)
+    add(result, name)
+    if mapType(param.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
+      add(result, ", ")
       add(result, name)
-      # XXX I think something like this is needed for PHP to really support
-      # ptr "inside" strings and seq
-      #if mapType(param.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
-      #  add(result, ", $")
-      #  add(result, name)
-      #  add(result, "_Idx")
+      add(result, "_Idx")
 
 proc countJsParams(typ: PType): int =
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(typ.n) - 1):
@@ -893,27 +826,16 @@ proc countJsParams(typ: PType): int =
 
 const
   nodeKindsNeedNoCopy = {nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit, nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit,
-    nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit, nkCurly, nkPar, nkObjConstr, nkStringToCString,
+    nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit, nkCurly, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkObjConstr, nkStringToCString,
     nkCStringToString, nkCall, nkPrefix, nkPostfix, nkInfix,
     nkCommand, nkHiddenCallConv, nkCallStrLit}
 
 proc needsNoCopy(p: PProc; y: PNode): bool =
   result = (y.kind in nodeKindsNeedNoCopy) or
-      (skipTypes(y.typ, abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar}) or
-      p.target == targetPHP
+      (skipTypes(y.typ, abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyLent, tyVar})
 
 proc genAsgnAux(p: PProc, x, y: PNode, noCopyNeeded: bool) =
   var a, b: TCompRes
-
-  if p.target == targetPHP and x.kind == nkBracketExpr and
-      x[0].typ.skipTypes(abstractVar).kind in {tyString, tyCString}:
-    var c: TCompRes
-    gen(p, x[0], a)
-    gen(p, x[1], b)
-    gen(p, y, c)
-    lineF(p, "$#[$#] = chr($#);$n", [a.rdLoc, b.rdLoc, c.rdLoc])
-    return
-
   var xtyp = mapType(p, x.typ)
 
   if x.kind == nkHiddenDeref and x.sons[0].kind == nkCall and xtyp != etyObject:
@@ -953,7 +875,7 @@ proc genAsgnAux(p: PProc, x, y: PNode, noCopyNeeded: bool) =
       elif b.typ == etyBaseIndex:
         lineF(p, "$# = $#;$n", [a.res, b.rdLoc])
       else:
-        internalError(x.info, "genAsgn")
+        internalError(p.config, x.info, "genAsgn")
     else:
       lineF(p, "$1 = $2; $3 = $4;$n", [a.address, b.address, a.res, b.res])
   else:
@@ -961,7 +883,7 @@ proc genAsgnAux(p: PProc, x, y: PNode, noCopyNeeded: bool) =
 
 proc genAsgn(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   genLineDir(p, n)
-  genAsgnAux(p, n.sons[0], n.sons[1], noCopyNeeded=p.target == targetPHP)
+  genAsgnAux(p, n.sons[0], n.sons[1], noCopyNeeded=false)
 
 proc genFastAsgn(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   genLineDir(p, n)
@@ -983,20 +905,18 @@ proc genSwap(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   if mapType(p, skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVar)) == etyBaseIndex:
     let tmp2 = p.getTemp(false)
     if a.typ != etyBaseIndex or b.typ != etyBaseIndex:
-      internalError(n.info, "genSwap")
-    lineF(p, "var $1 = $2; $2 = $3; $3 = $1;$n" |
-             "$1 = $2; $2 = $3; $3 = $1;$n",
+      internalError(p.config, n.info, "genSwap")
+    lineF(p, "var $1 = $2; $2 = $3; $3 = $1;$n",
              [tmp, a.address, b.address])
     tmp = tmp2
-  lineF(p, "var $1 = $2; $2 = $3; $3 = $1;" |
-           "$1 = $2; $2 = $3; $3 = $1;",
+  lineF(p, "var $1 = $2; $2 = $3; $3 = $1;",
            [tmp, a.res, b.res])
 
-proc getFieldPosition(f: PNode): int =
+proc getFieldPosition(p: PProc; f: PNode): int =
   case f.kind
   of nkIntLit..nkUInt64Lit: result = int(f.intVal)
   of nkSym: result = f.sym.position
-  else: internalError(f.info, "genFieldPosition")
+  else: internalError(p.config, f.info, "genFieldPosition")
 
 proc genFieldAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var a: TCompRes
@@ -1004,16 +924,13 @@ proc genFieldAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   let b = if n.kind == nkHiddenAddr: n.sons[0] else: n
   gen(p, b.sons[0], a)
   if skipTypes(b.sons[0].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyTuple:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      r.res = makeJSString( "Field" & $getFieldPosition(b.sons[1]) )
-    else:
-      r.res = getFieldPosition(b.sons[1]).rope
+    r.res = makeJSString("Field" & $getFieldPosition(p, b.sons[1]))
   else:
-    if b.sons[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(b.sons[1].info, "genFieldAddr")
+    if b.sons[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(p.config, b.sons[1].info, "genFieldAddr")
     var f = b.sons[1].sym
-    if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(f, p.target)
+    if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(p.module, f)
     r.res = makeJSString($f.loc.r)
-  internalAssert a.typ != etyBaseIndex
+  internalAssert p.config, a.typ != etyBaseIndex
   r.address = a.res
   r.kind = resExpr
 
@@ -1022,26 +939,20 @@ proc genFieldAccess(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
   let otyp = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractVarRange)
   if otyp.kind == tyTuple:
-    r.res = ("$1.Field$2" | "$1[$2]") %
-        [r.res, getFieldPosition(n.sons[1]).rope]
+    r.res = ("$1.Field$2") %
+        [r.res, getFieldPosition(p, n.sons[1]).rope]
   else:
-    if n.sons[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(n.sons[1].info, "genFieldAccess")
+    if n.sons[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(p.config, n.sons[1].info, "genFieldAccess")
     var f = n.sons[1].sym
-    if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(f, p.target)
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      r.res = "$1.$2" % [r.res, f.loc.r]
-    else:
-      if {sfImportc, sfExportc} * f.flags != {}:
-        r.res = "$1->$2" % [r.res, f.loc.r]
-      else:
-        r.res = "$1['$2']" % [r.res, f.loc.r]
+    if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(p.module, f)
+    r.res = "$1.$2" % [r.res, f.loc.r]
   r.kind = resExpr
 
 proc genAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes)
 
 proc genCheckedFieldAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   let m = if n.kind == nkHiddenAddr: n.sons[0] else: n
-  internalAssert m.kind == nkCheckedFieldExpr
+  internalAssert p.config, m.kind == nkCheckedFieldExpr
   genAddr(p, m, r) # XXX
 
 proc genCheckedFieldAccess(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
@@ -1055,20 +966,14 @@ proc genArrayAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   let m = if n.kind == nkHiddenAddr: n.sons[0] else: n
   gen(p, m.sons[0], a)
   gen(p, m.sons[1], b)
-  internalAssert a.typ != etyBaseIndex and b.typ != etyBaseIndex
+  internalAssert p.config, a.typ != etyBaseIndex and b.typ != etyBaseIndex
   r.address = a.res
   var typ = skipTypes(m.sons[0].typ, abstractPtrs)
   if typ.kind == tyArray: first = firstOrd(typ.sons[0])
   else: first = 0
   if optBoundsCheck in p.options:
     useMagic(p, "chckIndx")
-    if p.target == targetPHP:
-      if typ.kind != tyString:
-        r.res = "chckIndx($1, $2, count($3)-1)-$2" % [b.res, rope(first), a.res]
-      else:
-        r.res = "chckIndx($1, $2, strlen($3))-$2" % [b.res, rope(first), a.res]
-    else:
-      r.res = "chckIndx($1, $2, $3.length+$2-1)-$2" % [b.res, rope(first), a.res]
+    r.res = "chckIndx($1, $2, $3.length+$2-1)-$2" % [b.res, rope(first), a.res]
   elif first != 0:
     r.res = "($1)-$2" % [b.res, rope(first)]
   else:
@@ -1077,31 +982,17 @@ proc genArrayAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
 
 proc genArrayAccess(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var ty = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractVarRange)
-  if ty.kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}: ty = skipTypes(ty.lastSon, abstractVarRange)
+  if ty.kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyLent}: ty = skipTypes(ty.lastSon, abstractVarRange)
   case ty.kind
   of tyArray, tyOpenArray, tySequence, tyString, tyCString, tyVarargs:
     genArrayAddr(p, n, r)
   of tyTuple:
-    if p.target == targetPHP:
-      genFieldAccess(p, n, r)
-      return
     genFieldAddr(p, n, r)
-  else: internalError(n.info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $ty.kind & ')')
+  else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $ty.kind & ')')
   r.typ = etyNone
-  if r.res == nil: internalError(n.info, "genArrayAccess")
-  if p.target == targetPHP:
-    if n.sons[0].kind in nkCallKinds+{nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
-      useMagic(p, "nimAt")
-      if ty.kind in {tyString, tyCString}:
-        # XXX this needs to be more like substr($1,$2)
-        r.res = "ord(nimAt($1, $2))" % [r.address, r.res]
-      else:
-        r.res = "nimAt($1, $2)" % [r.address, r.res]
-    elif ty.kind in {tyString, tyCString}:
-      # XXX this needs to be more like substr($1,$2)
-      r.res = "ord(@$1[$2])" % [r.address, r.res]
-    else:
-      r.res = "$1[$2]" % [r.address, r.res]
+  if r.res == nil: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genArrayAccess")
+  if ty.kind == tyCString:
+    r.res = "$1.charCodeAt($2)" % [r.address, r.res]
   else:
     r.res = "$1[$2]" % [r.address, r.res]
   r.address = nil
@@ -1113,13 +1004,13 @@ template isIndirect(x: PSym): bool =
     #(mapType(v.typ) != etyObject) and
     {sfImportc, sfVolatile, sfExportc} * v.flags == {} and
     v.kind notin {skProc, skFunc, skConverter, skMethod, skIterator,
-                  skConst, skTemp, skLet} and p.target == targetJS)
+                  skConst, skTemp, skLet})
 
 proc genAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   case n.sons[0].kind
   of nkSym:
     let s = n.sons[0].sym
-    if s.loc.r == nil: internalError(n.info, "genAddr: 3")
+    if s.loc.r == nil: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genAddr: 3")
     case s.kind
     of skVar, skLet, skResult:
       r.kind = resExpr
@@ -1129,8 +1020,6 @@ proc genAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
         r.typ = etyNone
         if isIndirect(s):
           r.res = s.loc.r & "[0]"
-        elif p.target == targetPHP:
-          r.res = "&" & s.loc.r
         else:
           r.res = s.loc.r
         r.address = nil
@@ -1143,8 +1032,8 @@ proc genAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       else:
         # 'var openArray' for instance produces an 'addr' but this is harmless:
         gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
-        #internalError(n.info, "genAddr: 4 " & renderTree(n))
-    else: internalError(n.info, "genAddr: 2")
+        #internalError(p.config, n.info, "genAddr: 4 " & renderTree(n))
+    else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genAddr: 2")
   of nkCheckedFieldExpr:
     genCheckedFieldAddr(p, n, r)
   of nkDotExpr:
@@ -1163,23 +1052,15 @@ proc genAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
         genArrayAddr(p, n.sons[0], r)
       of tyTuple:
         genFieldAddr(p, n.sons[0], r)
-      else: internalError(n.sons[0].info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $kindOfIndexedExpr & ')')
+      else: internalError(p.config, n.sons[0].info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $kindOfIndexedExpr & ')')
   of nkObjDownConv:
     gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
   of nkHiddenDeref:
     gen(p, n.sons[0].sons[0], r)
-  else: internalError(n.sons[0].info, "genAddr: " & $n.sons[0].kind)
+  else: internalError(p.config, n.sons[0].info, "genAddr: " & $n.sons[0].kind)
 
 proc thisParam(p: PProc; typ: PType): PType =
-  if p.target == targetPHP:
-    # XXX Might be very useful for the JS backend too?
-    let typ = skipTypes(typ, abstractInst)
-    assert(typ.kind == tyProc)
-    if 1 < sonsLen(typ.n):
-      assert(typ.n.sons[1].kind == nkSym)
-      let param = typ.n.sons[1].sym
-      if param.name.s == "this":
-        result = param.typ.skipTypes(abstractVar)
+  discard
 
 proc attachProc(p: PProc; content: Rope; s: PSym) =
   let otyp = thisParam(p, s.typ)
@@ -1210,40 +1091,28 @@ proc genSym(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   case s.kind
   of skVar, skLet, skParam, skTemp, skResult, skForVar:
     if s.loc.r == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "symbol has no generated name: " & s.name.s)
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      let k = mapType(p, s.typ)
-      if k == etyBaseIndex:
-        r.typ = etyBaseIndex
-        if {sfAddrTaken, sfGlobal} * s.flags != {}:
-          r.address = "$1[0]" % [s.loc.r]
-          r.res = "$1[1]" % [s.loc.r]
-        else:
-          r.address = s.loc.r
-          r.res = s.loc.r & "_Idx"
-      elif isIndirect(s):
-        r.res = "$1[0]" % [s.loc.r]
+      internalError(p.config, n.info, "symbol has no generated name: " & s.name.s)
+    let k = mapType(p, s.typ)
+    if k == etyBaseIndex:
+      r.typ = etyBaseIndex
+      if {sfAddrTaken, sfGlobal} * s.flags != {}:
+        r.address = "$1[0]" % [s.loc.r]
+        r.res = "$1[1]" % [s.loc.r]
       else:
-        r.res = s.loc.r
+        r.address = s.loc.r
+        r.res = s.loc.r & "_Idx"
+    elif isIndirect(s):
+      r.res = "$1[0]" % [s.loc.r]
     else:
-      r.res = "$" & s.loc.r
-      if sfGlobal in s.flags:
-        p.declareGlobal(s.id, r.res)
+      r.res = s.loc.r
   of skConst:
     genConstant(p, s)
     if s.loc.r == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "symbol has no generated name: " & s.name.s)
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      r.res = s.loc.r
-    else:
-      r.res = "$" & s.loc.r
-      p.declareGlobal(s.id, r.res)
+      internalError(p.config, n.info, "symbol has no generated name: " & s.name.s)
+    r.res = s.loc.r
   of skProc, skFunc, skConverter, skMethod:
-    discard mangleName(s, p.target)
-    if p.target == targetPHP and r.kind != resCallee:
-      r.res = makeJsString($s.loc.r)
-    else:
-      r.res = s.loc.r
+    discard mangleName(p.module, s)
+    r.res = s.loc.r
     if lfNoDecl in s.loc.flags or s.magic != mNone or
        {sfImportc, sfInfixCall} * s.flags != {}:
       discard
@@ -1256,7 +1125,7 @@ proc genSym(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       genProcForSymIfNeeded(p, s)
   else:
     if s.loc.r == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "symbol has no generated name: " & s.name.s)
+      internalError(p.config, n.info, "symbol has no generated name: " & s.name.s)
     r.res = s.loc.r
   r.kind = resVal
 
@@ -1277,7 +1146,7 @@ proc genDeref(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     elif t == etyBaseIndex:
       r.res = "$1[0]" % [a.res]
     else:
-      internalError(n.info, "genDeref")
+      internalError(p.config, n.info, "genDeref")
 
 proc genArgNoParam(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var a: TCompRes
@@ -1300,7 +1169,7 @@ proc genArg(p: PProc, n: PNode, param: PSym, r: var TCompRes; emitted: ptr int =
     add(r.res, ", ")
     add(r.res, a.res)
     if emitted != nil: inc emitted[]
-  elif n.typ.kind == tyVar and n.kind in nkCallKinds and mapType(param.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
+  elif n.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyLent} and n.kind in nkCallKinds and mapType(param.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
     # this fixes bug #5608:
     let tmp = getTemp(p)
     add(r.res, "($1 = $2, $1[0]), $1[1]" % [tmp, a.rdLoc])
@@ -1337,12 +1206,15 @@ proc genArgs(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes; start=1) =
     # XXX look into this:
     let jsp = countJsParams(typ)
     if emitted != jsp and tfVarargs notin typ.flags:
-      localError(n.info, "wrong number of parameters emitted; expected: " & $jsp &
+      localError(p.config, n.info, "wrong number of parameters emitted; expected: " & $jsp &
         " but got: " & $emitted)
   r.kind = resExpr
 
 proc genOtherArg(p: PProc; n: PNode; i: int; typ: PType;
                  generated: var int; r: var TCompRes) =
+  if i >= n.len:
+    globalError(p.config, n.info, "wrong importcpp pattern; expected parameter at position " & $i &
+        " but got only: " & $(n.len-1))
   let it = n[i]
   var paramType: PNode = nil
   if i < sonsLen(typ):
@@ -1392,10 +1264,10 @@ proc genPatternCall(p: PProc; n: PNode; pat: string; typ: PType;
 proc genInfixCall(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   # don't call '$' here for efficiency:
   let f = n[0].sym
-  if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(f, p.target)
+  if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(p.module, f)
   if sfInfixCall in f.flags:
     let pat = n.sons[0].sym.loc.r.data
-    internalAssert pat != nil
+    internalAssert p.config, pat != nil
     if pat.contains({'#', '(', '@'}):
       var typ = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractInst)
       assert(typ.kind == tyProc)
@@ -1405,14 +1277,12 @@ proc genInfixCall(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     gen(p, n.sons[1], r)
     if r.typ == etyBaseIndex:
       if r.address == nil:
-        globalError(n.info, "cannot invoke with infix syntax")
+        globalError(p.config, n.info, "cannot invoke with infix syntax")
       r.res = "$1[$2]" % [r.address, r.res]
       r.address = nil
       r.typ = etyNone
-    add(r.res, "." | "->")
+    add(r.res, ".")
   var op: TCompRes
-  if p.target == targetPHP:
-    op.kind = resCallee
   gen(p, n.sons[0], op)
   add(r.res, op.res)
   genArgs(p, n, r, 2)
@@ -1421,28 +1291,21 @@ proc genCall(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   if n.sons[0].kind == nkSym and thisParam(p, n.sons[0].typ) != nil:
     genInfixCall(p, n, r)
     return
-  if p.target == targetPHP:
-    r.kind = resCallee
   gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
   genArgs(p, n, r)
 
 proc genEcho(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   let n = n[1].skipConv
-  internalAssert n.kind == nkBracket
-  if p.target == targetJS:
-    useMagic(p, "toJSStr") # Used in rawEcho
-    useMagic(p, "rawEcho")
-  elif n.len == 0:
-    r.kind = resExpr
-    add(r.res, """print("\n")""")
-    return
-  add(r.res, "rawEcho(" | "print(")
+  internalAssert p.config, n.kind == nkBracket
+  useMagic(p, "toJSStr") # Used in rawEcho
+  useMagic(p, "rawEcho")
+  add(r.res, "rawEcho(")
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     let it = n.sons[i]
     if it.typ.isCompileTimeOnly: continue
-    if i > 0: add(r.res, ", " | ".")
+    if i > 0: add(r.res, ", ")
     genArgNoParam(p, it, r)
-  add(r.res, ")" | """."\n")""")
+  add(r.res, ")")
   r.kind = resExpr
 
 proc putToSeq(s: string, indirect: bool): Rope =
@@ -1462,18 +1325,15 @@ proc createRecordVarAux(p: PProc, rec: PNode, excludedFieldIDs: IntSet, output:
   of nkSym:
     if rec.sym.id notin excludedFieldIDs:
       if output.len > 0: output.add(", ")
-      if p.target == targetJS:
-        output.addf("$#: ", [mangleName(rec.sym, p.target)])
-      else:
-        output.addf("'$#' => ", [mangleName(rec.sym, p.target)])
+      output.addf("$#: ", [mangleName(p.module, rec.sym)])
       output.add(createVar(p, rec.sym.typ, false))
-  else: internalError(rec.info, "createRecordVarAux")
+  else: internalError(p.config, rec.info, "createRecordVarAux")
 
 proc createObjInitList(p: PProc, typ: PType, excludedFieldIDs: IntSet, output: var Rope) =
   var t = typ
   if objHasTypeField(t):
     if output.len > 0: output.add(", ")
-    addf(output, "m_type: $1" | "'m_type' => $#", [genTypeInfo(p, t)])
+    addf(output, "m_type: $1", [genTypeInfo(p, t)])
   while t != nil:
     t = t.skipTypes(skipPtrs)
     createRecordVarAux(p, t.n, excludedFieldIDs, output)
@@ -1499,54 +1359,47 @@ proc createVar(p: PProc, typ: PType, indirect: bool): Rope =
     result = putToSeq("0", indirect)
   of tyFloat..tyFloat128:
     result = putToSeq("0.0", indirect)
-  of tyRange, tyGenericInst, tyAlias:
+  of tyRange, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
     result = createVar(p, lastSon(typ), indirect)
   of tySet:
-    result = putToSeq("{}" | "array()", indirect)
+    result = putToSeq("{}", indirect)
   of tyBool:
     result = putToSeq("false", indirect)
   of tyArray:
     let length = int(lengthOrd(t))
     let e = elemType(t)
     let jsTyp = arrayTypeForElemType(e)
-    if not jsTyp.isNil and p.target == targetJS:
+    if not jsTyp.isNil:
       result = "new $1($2)" % [rope(jsTyp), rope(length)]
     elif length > 32:
       useMagic(p, "arrayConstr")
       # XXX: arrayConstr depends on nimCopy. This line shouldn't be necessary.
-      if p.target == targetJS: useMagic(p, "nimCopy")
+      useMagic(p, "nimCopy")
       result = "arrayConstr($1, $2, $3)" % [rope(length),
           createVar(p, e, false), genTypeInfo(p, e)]
     else:
-      result = rope("[" | "array(")
+      result = rope("[")
       var i = 0
       while i < length:
         if i > 0: add(result, ", ")
         add(result, createVar(p, e, false))
         inc(i)
-      add(result, "]" | ")")
+      add(result, "]")
     if indirect: result = "[$1]" % [result]
   of tyTuple:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      result = rope("{")
-      for i in 0..<t.sonsLen:
-        if i > 0: add(result, ", ")
-        addf(result, "Field$1: $2", [i.rope,
-             createVar(p, t.sons[i], false)])
-      add(result, "}")
-      if indirect: result = "[$1]" % [result]
-    else:
-      result = rope("array(")
-      for i in 0..<t.sonsLen:
-        if i > 0: add(result, ", ")
-        add(result, createVar(p, t.sons[i], false))
-      add(result, ")")
+    result = rope("{")
+    for i in 0..<t.sonsLen:
+      if i > 0: add(result, ", ")
+      addf(result, "Field$1: $2", [i.rope,
+            createVar(p, t.sons[i], false)])
+    add(result, "}")
+    if indirect: result = "[$1]" % [result]
   of tyObject:
     var initList: Rope
     createObjInitList(p, t, initIntSet(), initList)
-    result = ("{$1}" | "array($#)") % [initList]
+    result = ("{$1}") % [initList]
     if indirect: result = "[$1]" % [result]
-  of tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef:
+  of tyVar, tyPtr, tyLent, tyRef:
     if mapType(p, t) == etyBaseIndex:
       result = putToSeq("[null, 0]", indirect)
     else:
@@ -1557,10 +1410,10 @@ proc createVar(p: PProc, typ: PType, indirect: bool): Rope =
     if t.n != nil:
       result = createVar(p, lastSon t, indirect)
     else:
-      internalError("createVar: " & $t.kind)
+      internalError(p.config, "createVar: " & $t.kind)
       result = nil
   else:
-    internalError("createVar: " & $t.kind)
+    internalError(p.config, "createVar: " & $t.kind)
     result = nil
 
 template returnType: untyped =
@@ -1571,18 +1424,25 @@ proc genVarInit(p: PProc, v: PSym, n: PNode) =
     a: TCompRes
     s: Rope
     varCode: string
+    varName = mangleName(p.module, v)
+    useReloadingGuard = sfGlobal in v.flags and optHotCodeReloading in p.config.options
+
   if v.constraint.isNil:
-    varCode = "var $2"
+    if useReloadingGuard:
+      lineF(p, "var $1;$n", varName)
+      lineF(p, "if ($1 === undefined) {$n", varName)
+      varCode = $varName
+    else:
+      varCode = "var $2"
   else:
     varCode = v.constraint.strVal
+
   if n.kind == nkEmpty:
-    let mname = mangleName(v, p.target)
-    lineF(p, varCode & " = $3;$n" | "$$$2 = $3;$n",
-               [returnType, mname, createVar(p, v.typ, isIndirect(v))])
-    if v.typ.kind in { tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef } and mapType(p, v.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
-      lineF(p, "var $1_Idx = 0;$n", [ mname ])
+    lineF(p, varCode & " = $3;$n",
+               [returnType, varName, createVar(p, v.typ, isIndirect(v))])
+    if v.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyLent, tyRef} and mapType(p, v.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
+      lineF(p, "var $1_Idx = 0;$n", [varName])
   else:
-    discard mangleName(v, p.target)
     gen(p, n, a)
     case mapType(p, v.typ)
     of etyObject, etySeq:
@@ -1613,14 +1473,17 @@ proc genVarInit(p: PProc, v: PSym, n: PNode) =
     if isIndirect(v):
       lineF(p, varCode & " = [$3];$n", [returnType, v.loc.r, s])
     else:
-      lineF(p, varCode & " = $3;$n" | "$$$2 = $3;$n", [returnType, v.loc.r, s])
+      lineF(p, varCode & " = $3;$n", [returnType, v.loc.r, s])
+
+  if useReloadingGuard:
+    lineF(p, "}$n")
 
 proc genVarStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
     if a.kind != nkCommentStmt:
       if a.kind == nkVarTuple:
-        let unpacked = lowerTupleUnpacking(a, p.prc)
+        let unpacked = lowerTupleUnpacking(p.module.graph, a, p.prc)
         genStmt(p, unpacked)
       else:
         assert(a.kind == nkIdentDefs)
@@ -1643,25 +1506,21 @@ proc genNew(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   var a: TCompRes
   gen(p, n.sons[1], a)
   var t = skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVar).sons[0]
-  if p.target == targetJS:
-    lineF(p, "$1 = $2;$n", [a.res, createVar(p, t, false)])
-  else:
-    lineF(p, "$3 = $2; $1 = &$3;$n", [a.res, createVar(p, t, false), getTemp(p)])
+  lineF(p, "$1 = $2;$n", [a.res, createVar(p, t, false)])
 
 proc genNewSeq(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   var x, y: TCompRes
   gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
   gen(p, n.sons[2], y)
   let t = skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVar).sons[0]
-  lineF(p, "$1 = new Array($2); for (var i=0;i<$2;++i) {$1[i]=$3;}" |
-           "$1 = array(); for ($$i=0;$$i<$2;++$$i) {$1[]=$3;}", [
+  lineF(p, "$1 = new Array($2); for (var i=0;i<$2;++i) {$1[i]=$3;}", [
     x.rdLoc, y.rdLoc, createVar(p, t, false)])
 
 proc genOrd(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   case skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVar).kind
   of tyEnum, tyInt..tyUInt64, tyChar: gen(p, n.sons[1], r)
   of tyBool: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 ? 1:0)")
-  else: internalError(n.info, "genOrd")
+  else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genOrd")
 
 proc genConStrStr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var a: TCompRes
@@ -1686,21 +1545,6 @@ proc genConStrStr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   else:
     r.res.add("$1)" % [a.res])
 
-proc genConStrStrPHP(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
-  var a: TCompRes
-  gen(p, n.sons[1], a)
-  r.kind = resExpr
-  if skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyChar:
-    r.res.add("chr($1)" % [a.res])
-  else:
-    r.res.add(a.res)
-  for i in countup(2, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    gen(p, n.sons[i], a)
-    if skipTypes(n.sons[i].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyChar:
-      r.res.add(".chr($1)" % [a.res])
-    else:
-      r.res.add(".$1" % [a.res])
-
 proc genToArray(p: PProc; n: PNode; r: var TCompRes) =
   # we map mArray to PHP's array constructor, a mild hack:
   var a, b: TCompRes
@@ -1710,15 +1554,15 @@ proc genToArray(p: PProc; n: PNode; r: var TCompRes) =
   if x.kind == nkBracket:
     for i in countup(0, x.len - 1):
       let it = x[i]
-      if it.kind == nkPar and it.len == 2:
+      if it.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr} and it.len == 2:
         if i > 0: r.res.add(", ")
         gen(p, it[0], a)
         gen(p, it[1], b)
         r.res.add("$# => $#" % [a.rdLoc, b.rdLoc])
       else:
-        localError(it.info, "'toArray' needs tuple constructors")
+        localError(p.config, it.info, "'toArray' needs tuple constructors")
   else:
-    localError(x.info, "'toArray' needs an array literal")
+    localError(p.config, x.info, "'toArray' needs an array literal")
   r.res.add(")")
 
 proc genReprAux(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes, magic: string, typ: Rope = nil) =
@@ -1744,9 +1588,6 @@ proc genReprAux(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes, magic: string, typ: Rope =
   add(r.res, ")")
 
 proc genRepr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
-  if p.target == targetPHP:
-    localError(n.info, "'repr' not available for PHP backend")
-    return
   let t = skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVarRange)
   case t.kind:
   of tyInt..tyInt64, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
@@ -1764,7 +1605,7 @@ proc genRepr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of tySet:
     genReprAux(p, n, r, "reprSet", genTypeInfo(p, t))
   of tyEmpty, tyVoid:
-    localError(n.info, "'repr' doesn't support 'void' type")
+    localError(p.config, n.info, "'repr' doesn't support 'void' type")
   of tyPointer:
     genReprAux(p, n, r, "reprPointer")
   of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
@@ -1774,7 +1615,7 @@ proc genRepr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
 
 proc genOf(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var x: TCompRes
-  let t = skipTypes(n.sons[2].typ, abstractVarRange+{tyRef, tyPtr, tyTypeDesc})
+  let t = skipTypes(n.sons[2].typ, abstractVarRange+{tyRef, tyPtr, tyLent, tyTypeDesc})
   gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
   if tfFinal in t.flags:
     r.res = "($1.m_type == $2)" % [x.res, genTypeInfo(p, t)]
@@ -1806,57 +1647,36 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     if not (optOverflowCheck in p.options): unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1 - 1")
     else: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "subInt", "subInt($1, 1)")
   of mAppendStrCh:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "addChar",
-          "if ($1 != null) { addChar($1, $2); } else { $1 = [$2, 0]; }")
-    else:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1 .= chr($2)")
+    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "addChar",
+        "if ($1 != null) { addChar($1, $2); } else { $1 = [$2, 0]; }")
   of mAppendStrStr:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      if skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyCString:
-          binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "if ($1 != null) { $1 += $2; } else { $1 = $2; }")
-      else:
-        binaryExpr(p, n, r, "",
-          "if ($1 != null) { $1 = ($1.slice(0, -1)).concat($2); } else { $1 = $2;}")
-      # XXX: make a copy of $2, because of Javascript's sucking semantics
+    if skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyCString:
+        binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "if ($1 != null) { $1 += $2; } else { $1 = $2; }")
     else:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1 .= $2;")
+      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "",
+        "if ($1 != null) { $1 = ($1.slice(0, -1)).concat($2); } else { $1 = $2;}")
+    # XXX: make a copy of $2, because of Javascript's sucking semantics
   of mAppendSeqElem:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      var x, y: TCompRes
-      gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
-      gen(p, n.sons[2], y)
-      if needsNoCopy(p, n[2]):
-        r.res = "if ($1 != null) { $1.push($2); } else { $1 = [$2]; }" % [x.rdLoc, y.rdLoc]
-      else:
-        useMagic(p, "nimCopy")
-        let c = getTemp(p, defineInLocals=false)
-        lineF(p, "var $1 = nimCopy(null, $2, $3);$n",
-             [c, y.rdLoc, genTypeInfo(p, n[2].typ)])
-        r.res = "if ($1 != null) { $1.push($2); } else { $1 = [$2]; }" % [x.rdLoc, c]
-      r.kind = resExpr
+    var x, y: TCompRes
+    gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
+    gen(p, n.sons[2], y)
+    if needsNoCopy(p, n[2]):
+      r.res = "if ($1 != null) { $1.push($2); } else { $1 = [$2]; }" % [x.rdLoc, y.rdLoc]
     else:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1[] = $2")
+      useMagic(p, "nimCopy")
+      let c = getTemp(p, defineInLocals=false)
+      lineF(p, "var $1 = nimCopy(null, $2, $3);$n",
+            [c, y.rdLoc, genTypeInfo(p, n[2].typ)])
+      r.res = "if ($1 != null) { $1.push($2); } else { $1 = [$2]; }" % [x.rdLoc, c]
+    r.kind = resExpr
   of mConStrStr:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      genConStrStr(p, n, r)
-    else:
-      genConStrStrPHP(p, n, r)
+    genConStrStr(p, n, r)
   of mEqStr:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "eqStrings", "eqStrings($1, $2)")
-    else:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 == $2)")
+    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "eqStrings", "eqStrings($1, $2)")
   of mLeStr:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "cmpStrings", "(cmpStrings($1, $2) <= 0)")
-    else:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 <= $2)")
+    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "cmpStrings", "(cmpStrings($1, $2) <= 0)")
   of mLtStr:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "cmpStrings", "(cmpStrings($1, $2) < 0)")
-    else:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 < $2)")
+    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "cmpStrings", "(cmpStrings($1, $2) < 0)")
   of mIsNil: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 === null)")
   of mEnumToStr: genRepr(p, n, r)
   of mNew, mNewFinalize: genNew(p, n)
@@ -1864,24 +1684,20 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of mChr, mArrToSeq: gen(p, n.sons[1], r)      # nothing to do
   of mOrd: genOrd(p, n, r)
   of mLengthStr:
-    if p.target == targetJS and n.sons[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind == tyCString:
+    if n.sons[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind == tyCString:
       unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? $1.length : 0)")
     else:
-      unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? $1.length-1 : 0)" |
-                             "strlen($1)")
-  of mXLenStr: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1.length-1" | "strlen($1)")
+      unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? $1.length-1 : 0)")
+  of mXLenStr: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1.length-1")
   of mLengthSeq, mLengthOpenArray, mLengthArray:
-    unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? $1.length : 0)" |
-                           "count($1)")
+    unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? $1.length : 0)")
   of mXLenSeq:
-    unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1.length" | "count($1)")
+    unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1.length")
   of mHigh:
     if skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVar).kind == tyString:
-      unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? ($1.length-2) : -1)" |
-                             "(strlen($1)-1)")
+      unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? ($1.length-2) : -1)")
     else:
-      unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? ($1.length-1) : -1)" |
-                             "(count($1)-1)")
+      unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1 != null ? ($1.length-1) : -1)")
   of mInc:
     if n[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractRange).kind in tyUInt .. tyUInt64:
       binaryUintExpr(p, n, r, "+", true)
@@ -1895,7 +1711,7 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       if optOverflowCheck notin p.options: binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1 -= $2")
       else: binaryExpr(p, n, r, "subInt", "$1 = subInt($1, $2)")
   of mSetLengthStr:
-    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1.length = $2+1; $1[$1.length-1] = 0" | "$1 = substr($1, 0, $2)")
+    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1.length = $2+1; $1[$1.length-1] = 0")
   of mSetLengthSeq:
     var x, y: TCompRes
     gen(p, n.sons[1], x)
@@ -1912,50 +1728,23 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of mPlusSet: binaryExpr(p, n, r, "SetPlus", "SetPlus($1, $2)")
   of mMinusSet: binaryExpr(p, n, r, "SetMinus", "SetMinus($1, $2)")
   of mIncl: binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "$1[$2] = true")
-  of mExcl: binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "delete $1[$2]" | "unset $1[$2]")
+  of mExcl: binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "delete $1[$2]")
   of mInSet:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1[$2] != undefined)")
-    else:
-      let s = n.sons[1]
-      if s.kind == nkCurly:
-        var a, b, x: TCompRes
-        gen(p, n.sons[2], x)
-        r.res = rope("(")
-        r.kind = resExpr
-        for i in countup(0, sonsLen(s) - 1):
-          if i > 0: add(r.res, " || ")
-          var it = s.sons[i]
-          if it.kind == nkRange:
-            gen(p, it.sons[0], a)
-            gen(p, it.sons[1], b)
-            addf(r.res, "($1 >= $2 && $1 <= $3)", [x.res, a.res, b.res,])
-          else:
-            gen(p, it, a)
-            addf(r.res, "($1 == $2)", [x.res, a.res])
-        add(r.res, ")")
-      else:
-        binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "isset($1[$2])")
+    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1[$2] != undefined)")
   of mNewSeq: genNewSeq(p, n)
-  of mNewSeqOfCap: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "[]" | "array()")
+  of mNewSeqOfCap: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "[]")
   of mOf: genOf(p, n, r)
   of mReset: genReset(p, n)
   of mEcho: genEcho(p, n, r)
   of mNLen..mNError, mSlurp, mStaticExec:
-    localError(n.info, errXMustBeCompileTime, n.sons[0].sym.name.s)
+    localError(p.config, n.info, errXMustBeCompileTime % n.sons[0].sym.name.s)
   of mCopyStr:
-    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1.slice($2))" | "substr($1, $2)")
+    binaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1.slice($2))")
   of mCopyStrLast:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      ternaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1.slice($2, ($3)+1).concat(0))")
-    else:
-      ternaryExpr(p, n, r, "nimSubstr", "nimSubstr($#, $#, $#)")
+    ternaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1.slice($2, ($3)+1).concat(0))")
   of mNewString: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "mnewString", "mnewString($1)")
   of mNewStringOfCap:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      unaryExpr(p, n, r, "mnewString", "mnewString(0)")
-    else:
-      unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "''")
+    unaryExpr(p, n, r, "mnewString", "mnewString(0)")
   of mDotDot:
     genProcForSymIfNeeded(p, n.sons[0].sym)
     genCall(p, n, r)
@@ -1963,11 +1752,10 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     useMagic(p, "nimParseBiggestFloat")
     genCall(p, n, r)
   of mArray:
-    if p.target == targetPHP: genToArray(p, n, r)
-    else: genCall(p, n, r)
+    genCall(p, n, r)
   else:
     genCall(p, n, r)
-    #else internalError(e.info, 'genMagic: ' + magicToStr[op]);
+    #else internalError(p.config, e.info, 'genMagic: ' + magicToStr[op]);
 
 proc genSetConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var
@@ -1981,13 +1769,13 @@ proc genSetConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     if it.kind == nkRange:
       gen(p, it.sons[0], a)
       gen(p, it.sons[1], b)
-      addf(r.res, "[$1, $2]" | "array($#,$#)", [a.res, b.res])
+      addf(r.res, "[$1, $2]", [a.res, b.res])
     else:
       gen(p, it, a)
       add(r.res, a.res)
   add(r.res, ")")
   # emit better code for constant sets:
-  if p.target == targetJS and isDeepConstExpr(n):
+  if isDeepConstExpr(n):
     inc(p.g.unique)
     let tmp = rope("ConstSet") & rope(p.g.unique)
     addf(p.g.constants, "var $1 = $2;$n", [tmp, r.res])
@@ -1995,25 +1783,25 @@ proc genSetConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
 
 proc genArrayConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var a: TCompRes
-  r.res = rope("[" | "array(")
+  r.res = rope("[")
   r.kind = resExpr
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     if i > 0: add(r.res, ", ")
     gen(p, n.sons[i], a)
     add(r.res, a.res)
-  add(r.res, "]" | ")")
+  add(r.res, "]")
 
 proc genTupleConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var a: TCompRes
-  r.res = rope("{" | "array(")
+  r.res = rope("{")
   r.kind = resExpr
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     if i > 0: add(r.res, ", ")
     var it = n.sons[i]
     if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr: it = it.sons[1]
     gen(p, it, a)
-    addf(r.res, "Field$#: $#" | "$2", [i.rope, a.res])
-  r.res.add("}" | ")")
+    addf(r.res, "Field$#: $#", [i.rope, a.res])
+  r.res.add("}")
 
 proc genObjConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var a: TCompRes
@@ -2023,11 +1811,11 @@ proc genObjConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     if i > 1: add(initList, ", ")
     var it = n.sons[i]
-    internalAssert it.kind == nkExprColonExpr
+    internalAssert p.config, it.kind == nkExprColonExpr
     let val = it.sons[1]
     gen(p, val, a)
     var f = it.sons[0].sym
-    if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(f, p.target)
+    if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(p.module, f)
     fieldIDs.incl(f.id)
 
     let typ = val.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
@@ -2037,10 +1825,10 @@ proc genObjConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     else:
       useMagic(p, "nimCopy")
       a.res = "nimCopy(null, $1, $2)" % [a.rdLoc, genTypeInfo(p, typ)]
-    addf(initList, "$#: $#" | "'$#' => $#" , [f.loc.r, a.res])
+    addf(initList, "$#: $#", [f.loc.r, a.res])
   let t = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst + skipPtrs)
   createObjInitList(p, t, fieldIDs, initList)
-  r.res = ("{$1}" | "array($#)") % [initList]
+  r.res = ("{$1}") % [initList]
 
 proc genConv(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var dest = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVarRange)
@@ -2079,7 +1867,7 @@ proc convStrToCStr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     gen(p, n.sons[0].sons[0], r)
   else:
     gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
-    if r.res == nil: internalError(n.info, "convStrToCStr")
+    if r.res == nil: internalError(p.config, n.info, "convStrToCStr")
     useMagic(p, "toJSStr")
     r.res = "toJSStr($1)" % [r.res]
     r.kind = resExpr
@@ -2091,30 +1879,29 @@ proc convCStrToStr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     gen(p, n.sons[0].sons[0], r)
   else:
     gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
-    if r.res == nil: internalError(n.info, "convCStrToStr")
+    if r.res == nil: internalError(p.config, n.info, "convCStrToStr")
     useMagic(p, "cstrToNimstr")
     r.res = "cstrToNimstr($1)" % [r.res]
     r.kind = resExpr
 
 proc genReturnStmt(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
-  if p.procDef == nil: internalError(n.info, "genReturnStmt")
+  if p.procDef == nil: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genReturnStmt")
   p.beforeRetNeeded = true
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     genStmt(p, n.sons[0])
   else:
     genLineDir(p, n)
-  lineF(p, "break BeforeRet;$n" | "goto BeforeRet;$n", [])
+  lineF(p, "break BeforeRet;$n", [])
 
 proc frameCreate(p: PProc; procname, filename: Rope): Rope =
   let frameFmt =
-    "var F={procname:$1,prev:framePtr,filename:$2,line:0};$n" |
-    "global $$framePtr; $$F=array('procname'=>$#,'prev'=>$$framePtr,'filename'=>$#,'line'=>0);$n"
+    "var F={procname:$1,prev:framePtr,filename:$2,line:0};$n"
 
   result = p.indentLine(frameFmt % [procname, filename])
-  result.add p.indentLine(ropes.`%`("framePtr = F;$n" | "$$framePtr = &$$F;$n", []))
+  result.add p.indentLine(ropes.`%`("framePtr = F;$n", []))
 
 proc frameDestroy(p: PProc): Rope =
-  result = p.indentLine rope(("framePtr = F.prev;" | "$framePtr = $F['prev'];") & tnl)
+  result = p.indentLine rope(("framePtr = F.prev;") & tnl)
 
 proc genProcBody(p: PProc, prc: PSym): Rope =
   if hasFrameInfo(p):
@@ -2124,15 +1911,12 @@ proc genProcBody(p: PProc, prc: PSym): Rope =
   else:
     result = nil
   if p.beforeRetNeeded:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      result.add p.indentLine(~"BeforeRet: do {$n")
-      result.add p.body
-      result.add p.indentLine(~"} while (false);$n")
-    else:
-      addF(result, "$# BeforeRet:;$n", [p.body])
+    result.add p.indentLine(~"BeforeRet: do {$n")
+    result.add p.body
+    result.add p.indentLine(~"} while (false);$n")
   else:
     add(result, p.body)
-  if prc.typ.callConv == ccSysCall and p.target == targetJS:
+  if prc.typ.callConv == ccSysCall:
     result = ("try {$n$1} catch (e) {$n" &
       " alert(\"Unhandled exception:\\n\" + e.message + \"\\n\"$n}") % [result]
   if hasFrameInfo(p):
@@ -2154,14 +1938,15 @@ proc genProc(oldProc: PProc, prc: PSym): Rope =
   p.up = oldProc
   var returnStmt: Rope = nil
   var resultAsgn: Rope = nil
-  let name = mangleName(prc, p.target)
+  var name = mangleName(p.module, prc)
   let header = generateHeader(p, prc.typ)
   if prc.typ.sons[0] != nil and sfPure notin prc.flags:
     resultSym = prc.ast.sons[resultPos].sym
-    let mname = mangleName(resultSym, p.target)
+    let mname = mangleName(p.module, resultSym)
     let resVar = createVar(p, resultSym.typ, isIndirect(resultSym))
-    resultAsgn = p.indentLine(("var $# = $#;$n" | "$$$# = $#;$n") % [mname, resVar])
-    if resultSym.typ.kind in { tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef } and mapType(p, resultSym.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
+    resultAsgn = p.indentLine(("var $# = $#;$n") % [mname, resVar])
+    if resultSym.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyLent, tyRef} and
+        mapType(p, resultSym.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
       resultAsgn.add p.indentLine("var $#_Idx = 0;$n" % [mname])
     gen(p, prc.ast.sons[resultPos], a)
     if mapType(p, resultSym.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
@@ -2183,6 +1968,18 @@ proc genProc(oldProc: PProc, prc: PSym): Rope =
               optionaLine(genProcBody(p, prc)),
               optionaLine(p.indentLine(returnStmt))]
   else:
+    result = ~tnl
+
+    if optHotCodeReloading in p.config.options:
+      # Here, we introduce thunks that create the equivalent of a jump table
+      # for all global functions, because references to them may be stored
+      # in JavaScript variables. The added indirection ensures that such
+      # references will end up calling the reloaded code.
+      var thunkName = name
+      name = name & "IMLP"
+      result.add("function $#() { return $#.apply(this, arguments); }$n" %
+                 [thunkName, name])
+
     def = "function $#($#) {$n$#$#$#$#$#" %
             [ name,
               header,
@@ -2193,7 +1990,6 @@ proc genProc(oldProc: PProc, prc: PSym): Rope =
               optionaLine(p.indentLine(returnStmt))]
 
   dec p.extraIndent
-  result = ~tnl
   result.add p.indentLine(def)
   result.add p.indentLine(~"}$n")
 
@@ -2218,10 +2014,10 @@ proc genCast(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   if dest.kind == src.kind:
     # no-op conversion
     return
-  let toInt = (dest.kind in tyInt .. tyInt32)
-  let toUint = (dest.kind in tyUInt .. tyUInt32)
-  let fromInt = (src.kind in tyInt .. tyInt32)
-  let fromUint = (src.kind in tyUInt .. tyUInt32)
+  let toInt = (dest.kind in tyInt..tyInt32)
+  let toUint = (dest.kind in tyUInt..tyUInt32)
+  let fromInt = (src.kind in tyInt..tyInt32)
+  let fromUint = (src.kind in tyUInt..tyUInt32)
 
   if toUint and (fromInt or fromUint):
     let trimmer = unsignedTrimmer(dest.size)
@@ -2233,8 +2029,7 @@ proc genCast(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     elif fromUint:
       if src.size == 4 and dest.size == 4:
         # XXX prevent multi evaluations
-        r.res = "($1|0)" % [r.res] |
-          "($1>(float)2147483647?(int)$1-4294967296:$1)" % [r.res]
+        r.res = "($1|0)" % [r.res]
       else:
         let trimmer = unsignedTrimmer(dest.size)
         let minuend = case dest.size
@@ -2270,8 +2065,7 @@ proc gen(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       r.res = rope"null"
       r.kind = resExpr
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
-    if skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyString and
-       p.target == targetJS:
+    if skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyString:
       useMagic(p, "makeNimstrLit")
       r.res = "makeNimstrLit($1)" % [makeJSString(n.strVal)]
     else:
@@ -2279,11 +2073,17 @@ proc gen(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
     r.kind = resExpr
   of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit:
     let f = n.floatVal
-    if f != f: r.res = rope"NaN"
-    elif f == 0.0: r.res = rope"0.0"
-    elif f == 0.5 * f:
-      if f > 0.0: r.res = rope"Infinity"
-      else: r.res = rope"-Infinity"
+    case classify(f)
+    of fcNaN:
+      r.res = rope"NaN"
+    of fcNegZero:
+      r.res = rope"-0.0"
+    of fcZero:
+      r.res = rope"0.0"
+    of fcInf:
+      r.res = rope"Infinity"
+    of fcNegInf:
+      r.res = rope"-Infinity"
     else: r.res = rope(f.toStrMaxPrecision)
     r.kind = resExpr
   of nkCallKinds:
@@ -2298,14 +2098,11 @@ proc gen(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of nkClosure: gen(p, n[0], r)
   of nkCurly: genSetConstr(p, n, r)
   of nkBracket: genArrayConstr(p, n, r)
-  of nkPar: genTupleConstr(p, n, r)
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr: genTupleConstr(p, n, r)
   of nkObjConstr: genObjConstr(p, n, r)
   of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv: genConv(p, n, r)
   of nkAddr, nkHiddenAddr:
-    if p.target == targetJS:
-      genAddr(p, n, r)
-    else:
-      gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
+    genAddr(p, n, r)
   of nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref: genDeref(p, n, r)
   of nkBracketExpr: genArrayAccess(p, n, r)
   of nkDotExpr: genFieldAccess(p, n, r)
@@ -2321,7 +2118,7 @@ proc gen(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of nkEmpty: discard
   of nkLambdaKinds:
     let s = n.sons[namePos].sym
-    discard mangleName(s, p.target)
+    discard mangleName(p.module, s)
     r.res = s.loc.r
     if lfNoDecl in s.loc.flags or s.magic != mNone: discard
     elif not p.g.generatedSyms.containsOrIncl(s.id):
@@ -2344,7 +2141,7 @@ proc gen(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection: genVarStmt(p, n)
   of nkConstSection: discard
   of nkForStmt, nkParForStmt:
-    internalError(n.info, "for statement not eliminated")
+    internalError(p.config, n.info, "for statement not eliminated")
   of nkCaseStmt: genCaseJS(p, n, r)
   of nkReturnStmt: genReturnStmt(p, n)
   of nkBreakStmt: genBreakStmt(p, n)
@@ -2367,45 +2164,37 @@ proc gen(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       genSym(p, n.sons[namePos], r)
       r.res = nil
   of nkGotoState, nkState:
-    internalError(n.info, "first class iterators not implemented")
+    internalError(p.config, n.info, "first class iterators not implemented")
   of nkPragmaBlock: gen(p, n.lastSon, r)
   of nkComesFrom:
     discard "XXX to implement for better stack traces"
-  else: internalError(n.info, "gen: unknown node type: " & $n.kind)
+  else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "gen: unknown node type: " & $n.kind)
 
-var globals: PGlobals
+var globals: PGlobals # XXX global variable here
 
 proc newModule(module: PSym): BModule =
   new(result)
   result.module = module
+  result.sigConflicts = initCountTable[SigHash]()
   if globals == nil:
     globals = newGlobals()
 
-proc genHeader(target: TTarget): Rope =
-  if target == targetJS:
-    result = (
-      "/* Generated by the Nim Compiler v$1 */$n" &
-      "/*   (c) 2017 Andreas Rumpf */$n$n" &
-      "var framePtr = null;$n" &
-      "var excHandler = 0;$n" &
-      "var lastJSError = null;$n" &
-      "if (typeof Int8Array === 'undefined') Int8Array = Array;$n" &
-      "if (typeof Int16Array === 'undefined') Int16Array = Array;$n" &
-      "if (typeof Int32Array === 'undefined') Int32Array = Array;$n" &
-      "if (typeof Uint8Array === 'undefined') Uint8Array = Array;$n" &
-      "if (typeof Uint16Array === 'undefined') Uint16Array = Array;$n" &
-      "if (typeof Uint32Array === 'undefined') Uint32Array = Array;$n" &
-      "if (typeof Float32Array === 'undefined') Float32Array = Array;$n" &
-      "if (typeof Float64Array === 'undefined') Float64Array = Array;$n") %
-      [rope(VersionAsString)]
-  else:
-    result = ("<?php$n" &
-              "/* Generated by the Nim Compiler v$1 */$n" &
-              "/*   (c) 2017 Andreas Rumpf */$n$n" &
-              "$$framePtr = null;$n" &
-              "$$excHandler = 0;$n" &
-              "$$lastJSError = null;$n") %
-             [rope(VersionAsString)]
+proc genHeader(): Rope =
+  result = (
+    "/* Generated by the Nim Compiler v$1 */$n" &
+    "/*   (c) " & copyrightYear & " Andreas Rumpf */$n$n" &
+    "var framePtr = null;$n" &
+    "var excHandler = 0;$n" &
+    "var lastJSError = null;$n" &
+    "if (typeof Int8Array === 'undefined') Int8Array = Array;$n" &
+    "if (typeof Int16Array === 'undefined') Int16Array = Array;$n" &
+    "if (typeof Int32Array === 'undefined') Int32Array = Array;$n" &
+    "if (typeof Uint8Array === 'undefined') Uint8Array = Array;$n" &
+    "if (typeof Uint16Array === 'undefined') Uint16Array = Array;$n" &
+    "if (typeof Uint32Array === 'undefined') Uint32Array = Array;$n" &
+    "if (typeof Float32Array === 'undefined') Float32Array = Array;$n" &
+    "if (typeof Float64Array === 'undefined') Float64Array = Array;$n") %
+    [rope(VersionAsString)]
 
 proc genModule(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
   if optStackTrace in p.options:
@@ -2417,10 +2206,10 @@ proc genModule(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
     add(p.body, frameDestroy(p))
 
 proc myProcess(b: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  if passes.skipCodegen(n): return n
   result = n
-  var m = BModule(b)
-  if m.module == nil: internalError(n.info, "myProcess")
+  let m = BModule(b)
+  if passes.skipCodegen(m.config, n): return n
+  if m.module == nil: internalError(m.config, n.info, "myProcess")
   var p = newProc(globals, m, nil, m.module.options)
   p.unique = globals.unique
   genModule(p, n)
@@ -2447,11 +2236,11 @@ proc getClassName(t: PType): Rope =
   if s.isNil or sfAnon in s.flags:
     s = skipTypes(t, abstractPtrs).sym
   if s.isNil or sfAnon in s.flags:
-    internalError("cannot retrieve class name")
+    doAssert(false, "cannot retrieve class name")
   if s.loc.r != nil: result = s.loc.r
   else: result = rope(s.name.s)
 
-proc genClass(obj: PType; content: Rope; ext: string) =
+proc genClass(conf: ConfigRef; obj: PType; content: Rope; ext: string) =
   let cls = getClassName(obj)
   let t = skipTypes(obj, abstractPtrs)
   let extends = if t.kind == tyObject and t.sons[0] != nil:
@@ -2459,40 +2248,41 @@ proc genClass(obj: PType; content: Rope; ext: string) =
     else: nil
   let result = ("<?php$n" &
             "/* Generated by the Nim Compiler v$# */$n" &
-            "/*   (c) 2017 Andreas Rumpf */$n$n" &
+            "/*   (c) " & copyrightYear & " Andreas Rumpf */$n$n" &
             "require_once \"nimsystem.php\";$n" &
             "class $#$# {$n$#$n}$n") %
            [rope(VersionAsString), cls, extends, content]
 
-  let outfile = changeFileExt(completeCFilePath($cls), ext)
+  let outfile = changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(conf, $cls), ext)
   discard writeRopeIfNotEqual(result, outfile)
 
 proc myClose(graph: ModuleGraph; b: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  if passes.skipCodegen(n): return n
   result = myProcess(b, n)
   var m = BModule(b)
+  if passes.skipCodegen(m.config, n): return n
   if sfMainModule in m.module.flags:
-    let ext = if m.target == targetJS: "js" else: "php"
-    let f = if globals.classes.len == 0: m.module.filename
+    let ext = "js"
+    let f = if globals.classes.len == 0: toFilename(FileIndex m.module.position)
             else: "nimsystem"
     let code = wholeCode(graph, m)
     let outfile =
-      if options.outFile.len > 0:
-        if options.outFile.isAbsolute: options.outFile
-        else: getCurrentDir() / options.outFile
+      if m.config.outFile.len > 0:
+        if m.config.outFile.isAbsolute: m.config.outFile
+        else: getCurrentDir() / m.config.outFile
       else:
-        changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(f), ext)
-    discard writeRopeIfNotEqual(genHeader(m.target) & code, outfile)
+        changeFileExt(completeCFilePath(m.config, f), ext)
+    discard writeRopeIfNotEqual(genHeader() & code, outfile)
     for obj, content in items(globals.classes):
-      genClass(obj, content, ext)
+      genClass(m.config, obj, content, ext)
 
 proc myOpenCached(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, rd: PRodReader): PPassContext =
-  internalError("symbol files are not possible with the JS code generator")
+  internalError(graph.config, "symbol files are not possible with the JS code generator")
   result = nil
 
 proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
   var r = newModule(s)
-  r.target = if gCmd == cmdCompileToPHP: targetPHP else: targetJS
+  r.graph = graph
+  r.config = graph.config
   result = r
 
 const JSgenPass* = makePass(myOpen, myOpenCached, myProcess, myClose)
diff --git a/compiler/jstypes.nim b/compiler/jstypes.nim
index d9df04e4b..f9e4246eb 100644
--- a/compiler/jstypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/jstypes.nim
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ proc genObjectFields(p: PProc, typ: PType, n: PNode): Rope =
     s = genTypeInfo(p, field.typ)
     result = ("{kind: 1, offset: \"$1\", len: 0, " &
         "typ: $2, name: $3, sons: null}") %
-                   [mangleName(field, p.target), s,
+                   [mangleName(p.module, field), s,
                     makeJSString(field.name.s)]
   of nkRecCase:
     length = sonsLen(n)
-    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(n.info, "genObjectFields")
+    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(p.config, n.info, "genObjectFields")
     field = n.sons[0].sym
     s = genTypeInfo(p, field.typ)
     for i in countup(1, length - 1):
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ proc genObjectFields(p: PProc, typ: PType, n: PNode): Rope =
       case b.kind
       of nkOfBranch:
         if sonsLen(b) < 2:
-          internalError(b.info, "genObjectFields; nkOfBranch broken")
+          internalError(p.config, b.info, "genObjectFields; nkOfBranch broken")
         for j in countup(0, sonsLen(b) - 2):
           if u != nil: add(u, ", ")
           if b.sons[j].kind == nkRange:
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ proc genObjectFields(p: PProc, typ: PType, n: PNode): Rope =
             add(u, rope(getOrdValue(b.sons[j])))
       of nkElse:
         u = rope(lengthOrd(field.typ))
-      else: internalError(n.info, "genObjectFields(nkRecCase)")
+      else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genObjectFields(nkRecCase)")
       if result != nil: add(result, ", " & tnl)
       addf(result, "[setConstr($1), $2]",
            [u, genObjectFields(p, typ, lastSon(b))])
     result = ("{kind: 3, offset: \"$1\", len: $3, " &
         "typ: $2, name: $4, sons: [$5]}") % [
-        mangleName(field, p.target), s,
+        mangleName(p.module, field), s,
         rope(lengthOrd(field.typ)), makeJSString(field.name.s), result]
-  else: internalError(n.info, "genObjectFields")
+  else: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genObjectFields")
 
 proc objHasTypeField(t: PType): bool {.inline.} =
   tfInheritable in t.flags or t.sons[0] != nil
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ proc genEnumInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType, name: Rope) =
   let length = sonsLen(typ.n)
   var s: Rope = nil
   for i in countup(0, length - 1):
-    if (typ.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym): internalError(typ.n.info, "genEnumInfo")
+    if (typ.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym): internalError(p.config, typ.n.info, "genEnumInfo")
     let field = typ.n.sons[i].sym
     if i > 0: add(s, ", " & tnl)
     let extName = if field.ast == nil: field.name.s else: field.ast.strVal
@@ -121,27 +121,8 @@ proc genEnumInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType, name: Rope) =
     addf(p.g.typeInfo, "$1.base = $2;$n",
          [name, genTypeInfo(p, typ.sons[0])])
 
-proc genEnumInfoPHP(p: PProc; t: PType): Rope =
-  let t = t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias})
-  result = "$$NTI$1" % [rope(t.id)]
-  p.declareGlobal(t.id, result)
-  if containsOrIncl(p.g.typeInfoGenerated, t.id): return
-
-  let length = sonsLen(t.n)
-  var s: Rope = nil
-  for i in countup(0, length - 1):
-    if (t.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym): internalError(t.n.info, "genEnumInfo")
-    let field = t.n.sons[i].sym
-    if i > 0: add(s, ", " & tnl)
-    let extName = if field.ast == nil: field.name.s else: field.ast.strVal
-    addf(s, "$# => $#$n",
-         [rope(field.position), makeJSString(extName)])
-  prepend(p.g.typeInfo, "$$$# = $#;$n" % [result, s])
-
 proc genTypeInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType): Rope =
-  if p.target == targetPHP:
-    return makeJSString(typeToString(typ, preferModuleInfo))
-  let t = typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias})
+  let t = typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink})
   result = "NTI$1" % [rope(t.id)]
   if containsOrIncl(p.g.typeInfoGenerated, t.id): return
   case t.kind
@@ -152,7 +133,7 @@ proc genTypeInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType): Rope =
       "var $1 = {size: 0,kind: $2,base: null,node: null,finalizer: null};$n" %
       [result, rope(ord(t.kind))]
     prepend(p.g.typeInfo, s)
-  of tyVar, tyRef, tyPtr, tySequence, tyRange, tySet:
+  of tyVar, tyLent, tyRef, tyPtr, tySequence, tyRange, tySet:
     var s =
       "var $1 = {size: 0,kind: $2,base: null,node: null,finalizer: null};$n" %
               [result, rope(ord(t.kind))]
@@ -171,5 +152,5 @@ proc genTypeInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType): Rope =
   of tyTuple: genTupleInfo(p, t, result)
   of tyStatic:
     if t.n != nil: result = genTypeInfo(p, lastSon t)
-    else: internalError("genTypeInfo(" & $t.kind & ')')
-  else: internalError("genTypeInfo(" & $t.kind & ')')
+    else: internalError(p.config, "genTypeInfo(" & $t.kind & ')')
+  else: internalError(p.config, "genTypeInfo(" & $t.kind & ')')
diff --git a/compiler/lambdalifting.nim b/compiler/lambdalifting.nim
index cf43ba15d..40e5bb6b0 100644
--- a/compiler/lambdalifting.nim
+++ b/compiler/lambdalifting.nim
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-# This include file implements lambda lifting for the transformator.
+# This file implements lambda lifting for the transformator.
 
 import
-  intsets, strutils, options, ast, astalgo, trees, treetab, msgs, os,
-  idents, renderer, types, magicsys, rodread, lowerings, tables
+  intsets, strutils, options, ast, astalgo, trees, treetab, msgs,
+  idents, renderer, types, magicsys, rodread, lowerings, tables, modulegraphs
 
 discard """
   The basic approach is that captured vars need to be put on the heap and
@@ -125,32 +125,32 @@ proc newCall(a: PSym, b: PNode): PNode =
   result.add newSymNode(a)
   result.add b
 
-proc createStateType(iter: PSym): PType =
+proc createClosureIterStateType*(g: ModuleGraph; iter: PSym): PType =
   var n = newNodeI(nkRange, iter.info)
   addSon(n, newIntNode(nkIntLit, -1))
   addSon(n, newIntNode(nkIntLit, 0))
   result = newType(tyRange, iter)
   result.n = n
-  var intType = nilOrSysInt()
+  var intType = nilOrSysInt(g)
   if intType.isNil: intType = newType(tyInt, iter)
   rawAddSon(result, intType)
 
-proc createStateField(iter: PSym): PSym =
+proc createStateField(g: ModuleGraph; iter: PSym): PSym =
   result = newSym(skField, getIdent(":state"), iter, iter.info)
-  result.typ = createStateType(iter)
+  result.typ = createClosureIterStateType(g, iter)
 
-proc createEnvObj(owner: PSym; info: TLineInfo): PType =
+proc createEnvObj(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; info: TLineInfo): PType =
   # YYY meh, just add the state field for every closure for now, it's too
   # hard to figure out if it comes from a closure iterator:
-  result = createObj(owner, info, final=false)
-  rawAddField(result, createStateField(owner))
+  result = createObj(g, owner, info, final=false)
+  rawAddField(result, createStateField(g, owner))
 
-proc getIterResult(iter: PSym): PSym =
+proc getClosureIterResult*(iter: PSym): PSym =
   if resultPos < iter.ast.len:
     result = iter.ast.sons[resultPos].sym
   else:
     # XXX a bit hacky:
-    result = newSym(skResult, getIdent":result", iter, iter.info)
+    result = newSym(skResult, getIdent":result", iter, iter.info, {})
     result.typ = iter.typ.sons[0]
     incl(result.flags, sfUsed)
     iter.ast.add newSymNode(result)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ proc addHiddenParam(routine: PSym, param: PSym) =
   assert sfFromGeneric in param.flags
   #echo "produced environment: ", param.id, " for ", routine.id
 
-proc getHiddenParam(routine: PSym): PSym =
+proc getHiddenParam(g: ModuleGraph; routine: PSym): PSym =
   let params = routine.ast.sons[paramsPos]
   let hidden = lastSon(params)
   if hidden.kind == nkSym and hidden.sym.kind == skParam and hidden.sym.name.s == paramName:
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ proc getHiddenParam(routine: PSym): PSym =
     assert sfFromGeneric in result.flags
   else:
     # writeStackTrace()
-    localError(routine.info, "internal error: could not find env param for " & routine.name.s)
+    localError(g.config, routine.info, "internal error: could not find env param for " & routine.name.s)
     result = routine
 
 proc getEnvParam*(routine: PSym): PSym =
@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@ proc getEnvParam*(routine: PSym): PSym =
 
 proc interestingVar(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   result = s.kind in {skVar, skLet, skTemp, skForVar, skParam, skResult} and
-    sfGlobal notin s.flags
+    sfGlobal notin s.flags and
+    s.typ.kind notin {tyStatic, tyTypeDesc}
 
 proc illegalCapture(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   result = skipTypes(s.typ, abstractInst).kind in
-                   {tyVar, tyOpenArray, tyVarargs} or
+                   {tyVar, tyOpenArray, tyVarargs, tyLent} or
       s.kind == skResult
 
 proc isInnerProc(s: PSym): bool =
@@ -207,14 +208,14 @@ proc newAsgnStmt(le, ri: PNode, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   result.sons[0] = le
   result.sons[1] = ri
 
-proc makeClosure*(prc: PSym; env: PNode; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+proc makeClosure*(g: ModuleGraph; prc: PSym; env: PNode; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   result = newNodeIT(nkClosure, info, prc.typ)
   result.add(newSymNode(prc))
   if env == nil:
-    result.add(newNodeIT(nkNilLit, info, getSysType(tyNil)))
+    result.add(newNodeIT(nkNilLit, info, getSysType(g, info, tyNil)))
   else:
     if env.skipConv.kind == nkClosure:
-      localError(info, "internal error: taking closure of closure")
+      localError(g.config, info, "internal error: taking closure of closure")
     result.add(env)
 
 proc interestingIterVar(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
@@ -226,23 +227,23 @@ proc interestingIterVar(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
 template isIterator*(owner: PSym): bool =
   owner.kind == skIterator and owner.typ.callConv == ccClosure
 
-proc liftingHarmful(owner: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
+proc liftingHarmful(conf: ConfigRef; owner: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   ## lambda lifting can be harmful for JS-like code generators.
   let isCompileTime = sfCompileTime in owner.flags or owner.kind == skMacro
-  result = gCmd in {cmdCompileToPHP, cmdCompileToJS} and not isCompileTime
+  result = conf.cmd == cmdCompileToJS and not isCompileTime
 
-proc liftIterSym*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
+proc liftIterSym*(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   # transforms  (iter)  to  (let env = newClosure[iter](); (iter, env))
-  if liftingHarmful(owner): return n
+  if liftingHarmful(g.config, owner): return n
   let iter = n.sym
   assert iter.isIterator
 
   result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, n.info, n.typ)
 
-  let hp = getHiddenParam(iter)
+  let hp = getHiddenParam(g, iter)
   var env: PNode
   if owner.isIterator:
-    let it = getHiddenParam(owner)
+    let it = getHiddenParam(g, owner)
     addUniqueField(it.typ.sons[0], hp)
     env = indirectAccess(newSymNode(it), hp, hp.info)
   else:
@@ -254,11 +255,11 @@ proc liftIterSym*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
     addVar(v, env)
     result.add(v)
   # add 'new' statement:
-  result.add newCall(getSysSym"internalNew", env)
-  result.add makeClosure(iter, env, n.info)
+  result.add newCall(getSysSym(g, n.info, "internalNew"), env)
+  result.add makeClosure(g, iter, env, n.info)
 
-proc freshVarForClosureIter*(s, owner: PSym): PNode =
-  let envParam = getHiddenParam(owner)
+proc freshVarForClosureIter*(g: ModuleGraph; s, owner: PSym): PNode =
+  let envParam = getHiddenParam(g, owner)
   let obj = envParam.typ.lastSon
   addField(obj, s)
 
@@ -268,15 +269,19 @@ proc freshVarForClosureIter*(s, owner: PSym): PNode =
   if field != nil:
     result = rawIndirectAccess(access, field, s.info)
   else:
-    localError(s.info, "internal error: cannot generate fresh variable")
+    localError(g.config, s.info, "internal error: cannot generate fresh variable")
     result = access
 
 # ------------------ new stuff -------------------------------------------
 
-proc markAsClosure(owner: PSym; n: PNode) =
+proc markAsClosure(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; n: PNode) =
   let s = n.sym
-  if illegalCapture(s) or owner.typ.callConv notin {ccClosure, ccDefault}:
-    localError(n.info, errIllegalCaptureX, s.name.s)
+  if illegalCapture(s):
+    localError(g.config, n.info, "illegal capture '$1' of type <$2> which is declared here: $3" %
+      [s.name.s, typeToString(s.typ), $s.info])
+  elif owner.typ.callConv notin {ccClosure, ccDefault}:
+    localError(g.config, n.info, "illegal capture '$1' because '$2' has the calling convention: <$3>" %
+      [s.name.s, owner.name.s, CallingConvToStr[owner.typ.callConv]])
   incl(owner.typ.flags, tfCapturesEnv)
   owner.typ.callConv = ccClosure
 
@@ -285,12 +290,14 @@ type
     processed, capturedVars: IntSet
     ownerToType: Table[int, PType]
     somethingToDo: bool
+    graph: ModuleGraph
 
-proc initDetectionPass(fn: PSym): DetectionPass =
+proc initDetectionPass(g: ModuleGraph; fn: PSym): DetectionPass =
   result.processed = initIntSet()
   result.capturedVars = initIntSet()
   result.ownerToType = initTable[int, PType]()
   result.processed.incl(fn.id)
+  result.graph = g
 
 discard """
 proc outer =
@@ -307,7 +314,7 @@ proc getEnvTypeForOwner(c: var DetectionPass; owner: PSym;
   result = c.ownerToType.getOrDefault(owner.id)
   if result.isNil:
     result = newType(tyRef, owner)
-    let obj = createEnvObj(owner, info)
+    let obj = createEnvObj(c.graph, owner, info)
     rawAddSon(result, obj)
     c.ownerToType[owner.id] = result
 
@@ -316,13 +323,13 @@ proc createUpField(c: var DetectionPass; dest, dep: PSym; info: TLineInfo) =
   let obj = refObj.lastSon
   let fieldType = c.getEnvTypeForOwner(dep, info) #getHiddenParam(dep).typ
   if refObj == fieldType:
-    localError(dep.info, "internal error: invalid up reference computed")
+    localError(c.graph.config, dep.info, "internal error: invalid up reference computed")
 
   let upIdent = getIdent(upName)
   let upField = lookupInRecord(obj.n, upIdent)
   if upField != nil:
     if upField.typ != fieldType:
-      localError(dep.info, "internal error: up references do not agree")
+      localError(c.graph.config, dep.info, "internal error: up references do not agree")
   else:
     let result = newSym(skField, upIdent, obj.owner, obj.owner.info)
     result.typ = fieldType
@@ -364,7 +371,7 @@ proc addClosureParam(c: var DetectionPass; fn: PSym; info: TLineInfo) =
     cp.typ = t
     addHiddenParam(fn, cp)
   elif cp.typ != t and fn.kind != skIterator:
-    localError(fn.info, "internal error: inconsistent environment type")
+    localError(c.graph.config, fn.info, "internal error: inconsistent environment type")
   #echo "adding closure to ", fn.name.s
 
 proc detectCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; c: var DetectionPass) =
@@ -390,9 +397,13 @@ proc detectCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; c: var DetectionPass) =
         addClosureParam(c, owner, n.info)
         if interestingIterVar(s):
           if not c.capturedVars.containsOrIncl(s.id):
-            let obj = getHiddenParam(owner).typ.lastSon
+            let obj = getHiddenParam(c.graph, owner).typ.lastSon
             #let obj = c.getEnvTypeForOwner(s.owner).lastSon
-            addField(obj, s)
+
+            if s.name == getIdent(":state"):
+              obj.n[0].sym.id = -s.id
+            else:
+              addField(obj, s)
       # but always return because the rest of the proc is only relevant when
       # ow != owner:
       return
@@ -410,7 +421,7 @@ proc detectCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; c: var DetectionPass) =
       """
       # mark 'owner' as taking a closure:
       c.somethingToDo = true
-      markAsClosure(owner, n)
+      markAsClosure(c.graph, owner, n)
       addClosureParam(c, owner, n.info)
       #echo "capturing ", n.info
       # variable 's' is actually captured:
@@ -435,7 +446,7 @@ proc detectCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; c: var DetectionPass) =
           """
           let up = w.skipGenericOwner
           #echo "up for ", w.name.s, " up ", up.name.s
-          markAsClosure(w, n)
+          markAsClosure(c.graph, w, n)
           addClosureParam(c, w, n.info) # , ow
           createUpField(c, w, up, n.info)
           w = up
@@ -462,10 +473,10 @@ proc initLiftingPass(fn: PSym): LiftingPass =
   result.processed.incl(fn.id)
   result.envVars = initTable[int, PNode]()
 
-proc accessViaEnvParam(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
+proc accessViaEnvParam(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   let s = n.sym
   # Type based expression construction for simplicity:
-  let envParam = getHiddenParam(owner)
+  let envParam = getHiddenParam(g, owner)
   if not envParam.isNil:
     var access = newSymNode(envParam)
     while true:
@@ -477,7 +488,7 @@ proc accessViaEnvParam(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
       let upField = lookupInRecord(obj.n, getIdent(upName))
       if upField == nil: break
       access = rawIndirectAccess(access, upField, n.info)
-  localError(n.info, "internal error: environment misses: " & s.name.s)
+  localError(g.config, n.info, "internal error: environment misses: " & s.name.s)
   result = n
 
 proc newEnvVar(owner: PSym; typ: PType): PNode =
@@ -496,22 +507,22 @@ proc newEnvVar(owner: PSym; typ: PType): PNode =
 proc setupEnvVar(owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
                  c: var LiftingPass): PNode =
   if owner.isIterator:
-    return getHiddenParam(owner).newSymNode
+    return getHiddenParam(d.graph, owner).newSymNode
   result = c.envvars.getOrDefault(owner.id)
   if result.isNil:
     let envVarType = d.ownerToType.getOrDefault(owner.id)
     if envVarType.isNil:
-      localError owner.info, "internal error: could not determine closure type"
+      localError d.graph.config, owner.info, "internal error: could not determine closure type"
     result = newEnvVar(owner, envVarType)
     c.envVars[owner.id] = result
 
-proc getUpViaParam(owner: PSym): PNode =
-  let p = getHiddenParam(owner)
+proc getUpViaParam(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym): PNode =
+  let p = getHiddenParam(g, owner)
   result = p.newSymNode
   if owner.isIterator:
     let upField = lookupInRecord(p.typ.lastSon.n, getIdent(upName))
     if upField == nil:
-      localError(owner.info, "could not find up reference for closure iter")
+      localError(g.config, owner.info, "could not find up reference for closure iter")
     else:
       result = rawIndirectAccess(result, upField, p.info)
 
@@ -521,7 +532,7 @@ proc rawClosureCreation(owner: PSym;
 
   var env: PNode
   if owner.isIterator:
-    env = getHiddenParam(owner).newSymNode
+    env = getHiddenParam(d.graph, owner).newSymNode
   else:
     env = setupEnvVar(owner, d, c)
     if env.kind == nkSym:
@@ -529,7 +540,7 @@ proc rawClosureCreation(owner: PSym;
       addVar(v, env)
       result.add(v)
     # add 'new' statement:
-    result.add(newCall(getSysSym"internalNew", env))
+    result.add(newCall(getSysSym(d.graph, env.info, "internalNew"), env))
     # add assignment statements for captured parameters:
     for i in 1..<owner.typ.n.len:
       let local = owner.typ.n[i].sym
@@ -540,7 +551,7 @@ proc rawClosureCreation(owner: PSym;
 
   let upField = lookupInRecord(env.typ.lastSon.n, getIdent(upName))
   if upField != nil:
-    let up = getUpViaParam(owner)
+    let up = getUpViaParam(d.graph, owner)
     if up != nil and upField.typ == up.typ:
       result.add(newAsgnStmt(rawIndirectAccess(env, upField, env.info),
                  up, env.info))
@@ -548,7 +559,7 @@ proc rawClosureCreation(owner: PSym;
     #  result.add(newAsgnStmt(rawIndirectAccess(env, upField, env.info),
     #             oldenv, env.info))
     else:
-      localError(env.info, "internal error: cannot create up reference")
+      localError(d.graph.config, env.info, "internal error: cannot create up reference")
 
 proc closureCreationForIter(iter: PNode;
                             d: DetectionPass; c: var LiftingPass): PNode =
@@ -556,10 +567,10 @@ proc closureCreationForIter(iter: PNode;
   let owner = iter.sym.skipGenericOwner
   var v = newSym(skVar, getIdent(envName), owner, iter.info)
   incl(v.flags, sfShadowed)
-  v.typ = getHiddenParam(iter.sym).typ
+  v.typ = getHiddenParam(d.graph, iter.sym).typ
   var vnode: PNode
   if owner.isIterator:
-    let it = getHiddenParam(owner)
+    let it = getHiddenParam(d.graph, owner)
     addUniqueField(it.typ.sons[0], v)
     vnode = indirectAccess(newSymNode(it), v, v.info)
   else:
@@ -567,7 +578,7 @@ proc closureCreationForIter(iter: PNode;
     var vs = newNodeI(nkVarSection, iter.info)
     addVar(vs, vnode)
     result.add(vs)
-  result.add(newCall(getSysSym"internalNew", vnode))
+  result.add(newCall(getSysSym(d.graph, iter.info, "internalNew"), vnode))
 
   let upField = lookupInRecord(v.typ.lastSon.n, getIdent(upName))
   if upField != nil:
@@ -576,8 +587,8 @@ proc closureCreationForIter(iter: PNode;
       result.add(newAsgnStmt(rawIndirectAccess(vnode, upField, iter.info),
                  u, iter.info))
     else:
-      localError(iter.info, "internal error: cannot create up reference for iter")
-  result.add makeClosure(iter.sym, vnode, iter.info)
+      localError(d.graph.config, iter.info, "internal error: cannot create up reference for iter")
+  result.add makeClosure(d.graph, iter.sym, vnode, iter.info)
 
 proc accessViaEnvVar(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
                      c: var LiftingPass): PNode =
@@ -587,11 +598,11 @@ proc accessViaEnvVar(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
   if field != nil:
     result = rawIndirectAccess(access, field, n.info)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, "internal error: not part of closure object type")
+    localError(d.graph.config, n.info, "internal error: not part of closure object type")
     result = n
 
-proc getStateField(owner: PSym): PSym =
-  getHiddenParam(owner).typ.sons[0].n.sons[0].sym
+proc getStateField*(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym): PSym =
+  getHiddenParam(g, owner).typ.sons[0].n.sons[0].sym
 
 proc liftCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
                       c: var LiftingPass): PNode
@@ -599,8 +610,8 @@ proc liftCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
 proc transformYield(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
                     c: var LiftingPass): PNode =
   if c.inContainer > 0:
-    localError(n.info, "invalid control flow: 'yield' within a constructor")
-  let state = getStateField(owner)
+    localError(d.graph.config, n.info, "invalid control flow: 'yield' within a constructor")
+  let state = getStateField(d.graph, owner)
   assert state != nil
   assert state.typ != nil
   assert state.typ.n != nil
@@ -610,20 +621,22 @@ proc transformYield(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
   var stateAsgnStmt = newNodeI(nkAsgn, n.info)
   stateAsgnStmt.add(rawIndirectAccess(newSymNode(getEnvParam(owner)),
                     state, n.info))
-  stateAsgnStmt.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, stateNo, getSysType(tyInt)))
+  stateAsgnStmt.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, stateNo,
+                    getSysType(d.graph, n.info, tyInt)))
 
   var retStmt = newNodeI(nkReturnStmt, n.info)
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     var a = newNodeI(nkAsgn, n.sons[0].info)
     var retVal = liftCapturedVars(n.sons[0], owner, d, c)
-    addSon(a, newSymNode(getIterResult(owner)))
+    addSon(a, newSymNode(getClosureIterResult(owner)))
     addSon(a, retVal)
     retStmt.add(a)
   else:
     retStmt.add(emptyNode)
 
   var stateLabelStmt = newNodeI(nkState, n.info)
-  stateLabelStmt.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, stateNo, getSysType(tyInt)))
+  stateLabelStmt.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, stateNo,
+                     getSysType(d.graph, n.info, tyInt)))
 
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   result.add(stateAsgnStmt)
@@ -632,16 +645,16 @@ proc transformYield(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
 
 proc transformReturn(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
                      c: var LiftingPass): PNode =
-  let state = getStateField(owner)
+  let state = getStateField(d.graph, owner)
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   var stateAsgnStmt = newNodeI(nkAsgn, n.info)
   stateAsgnStmt.add(rawIndirectAccess(newSymNode(getEnvParam(owner)),
                     state, n.info))
-  stateAsgnStmt.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, -1, getSysType(tyInt)))
+  stateAsgnStmt.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, -1, getSysType(d.graph, n.info, tyInt)))
   result.add(stateAsgnStmt)
   result.add(n)
 
-proc wrapIterBody(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
+proc wrapIterBody(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   if not owner.isIterator: return n
   when false:
     # unfortunately control flow is still convoluted and we can end up
@@ -655,7 +668,7 @@ proc wrapIterBody(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   let info = n.info
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, info)
   var gs = newNodeI(nkGotoState, info)
-  gs.add(rawIndirectAccess(newSymNode(owner.getHiddenParam), getStateField(owner), info))
+  gs.add(rawIndirectAccess(newSymNode(getHiddenParam(g, owner)), getStateField(g, owner), info))
   result.add(gs)
   var state0 = newNodeI(nkState, info)
   state0.add(newIntNode(nkIntLit, 0))
@@ -664,9 +677,9 @@ proc wrapIterBody(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   result.add(n)
 
   var stateAsgnStmt = newNodeI(nkAsgn, info)
-  stateAsgnStmt.add(rawIndirectAccess(newSymNode(owner.getHiddenParam),
-                    getStateField(owner), info))
-  stateAsgnStmt.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, -1, getSysType(tyInt)))
+  stateAsgnStmt.add(rawIndirectAccess(newSymNode(getHiddenParam(g, owner)),
+                    getStateField(g, owner), info))
+  stateAsgnStmt.add(newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, -1, getSysType(g, info, tyInt)))
   result.add(stateAsgnStmt)
 
 proc symToClosure(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
@@ -674,25 +687,25 @@ proc symToClosure(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
   let s = n.sym
   if s == owner:
     # recursive calls go through (lambda, hiddenParam):
-    let available = getHiddenParam(owner)
-    result = makeClosure(s, available.newSymNode, n.info)
+    let available = getHiddenParam(d.graph, owner)
+    result = makeClosure(d.graph, s, available.newSymNode, n.info)
   elif s.isIterator:
     result = closureCreationForIter(n, d, c)
   elif s.skipGenericOwner == owner:
     # direct dependency, so use the outer's env variable:
-    result = makeClosure(s, setupEnvVar(owner, d, c), n.info)
+    result = makeClosure(d.graph, s, setupEnvVar(owner, d, c), n.info)
   else:
-    let available = getHiddenParam(owner)
-    let wanted = getHiddenParam(s).typ
+    let available = getHiddenParam(d.graph, owner)
+    let wanted = getHiddenParam(d.graph, s).typ
     # ugh: call through some other inner proc;
     var access = newSymNode(available)
     while true:
       if access.typ == wanted:
-        return makeClosure(s, access, n.info)
+        return makeClosure(d.graph, s, access, n.info)
       let obj = access.typ.sons[0]
       let upField = lookupInRecord(obj.n, getIdent(upName))
       if upField == nil:
-        localError(n.info, "internal error: no environment found")
+        localError(d.graph.config, n.info, "internal error: no environment found")
         return n
       access = rawIndirectAccess(access, upField, n.info)
 
@@ -708,7 +721,9 @@ proc liftCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
         #  echo renderTree(s.getBody, {renderIds})
         let oldInContainer = c.inContainer
         c.inContainer = 0
-        let body = wrapIterBody(liftCapturedVars(s.getBody, s, d, c), s)
+        var body = liftCapturedVars(s.getBody, s, d, c)
+        if oldIterTransf in d.graph.config.features:
+          body = wrapIterBody(d.graph, body, s)
         if c.envvars.getOrDefault(s.id).isNil:
           s.ast.sons[bodyPos] = body
         else:
@@ -718,9 +733,9 @@ proc liftCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
         result = symToClosure(n, owner, d, c)
     elif s.id in d.capturedVars:
       if s.owner != owner:
-        result = accessViaEnvParam(n, owner)
+        result = accessViaEnvParam(d.graph, n, owner)
       elif owner.isIterator and interestingIterVar(s):
-        result = accessViaEnvParam(n, owner)
+        result = accessViaEnvParam(d.graph, n, owner)
       else:
         result = accessViaEnvVar(n, owner, d, c)
   of nkEmpty..pred(nkSym), succ(nkSym)..nkNilLit, nkComesFrom,
@@ -751,9 +766,9 @@ proc liftCapturedVars(n: PNode; owner: PSym; d: DetectionPass;
       if n[1].kind == nkClosure: result = n[1]
   else:
     if owner.isIterator:
-      if n.kind == nkYieldStmt:
+      if oldIterTransf in d.graph.config.features and n.kind == nkYieldStmt:
         return transformYield(n, owner, d, c)
-      elif n.kind == nkReturnStmt:
+      elif oldIterTransf in d.graph.config.features and n.kind == nkReturnStmt:
         return transformReturn(n, owner, d, c)
       elif nfLL in n.flags:
         # special case 'when nimVm' due to bug #3636:
@@ -786,8 +801,8 @@ proc semCaptureSym*(s, owner: PSym) =
     # since the analysis is not entirely correct, we don't set 'tfCapturesEnv'
     # here
 
-proc liftIterToProc*(fn: PSym; body: PNode; ptrType: PType): PNode =
-  var d = initDetectionPass(fn)
+proc liftIterToProc*(g: ModuleGraph; fn: PSym; body: PNode; ptrType: PType): PNode =
+  var d = initDetectionPass(g, fn)
   var c = initLiftingPass(fn)
   # pretend 'fn' is a closure iterator for the analysis:
   let oldKind = fn.kind
@@ -796,11 +811,11 @@ proc liftIterToProc*(fn: PSym; body: PNode; ptrType: PType): PNode =
   fn.typ.callConv = ccClosure
   d.ownerToType[fn.id] = ptrType
   detectCapturedVars(body, fn, d)
-  result = wrapIterBody(liftCapturedVars(body, fn, d, c), fn)
+  result = wrapIterBody(g, liftCapturedVars(body, fn, d, c), fn)
   fn.kind = oldKind
   fn.typ.callConv = oldCC
 
-proc liftLambdas*(fn: PSym, body: PNode; tooEarly: var bool): PNode =
+proc liftLambdas*(g: ModuleGraph; fn: PSym, body: PNode; tooEarly: var bool): PNode =
   # XXX gCmd == cmdCompileToJS does not suffice! The compiletime stuff needs
   # the transformation even when compiling to JS ...
 
@@ -808,23 +823,26 @@ proc liftLambdas*(fn: PSym, body: PNode; tooEarly: var bool): PNode =
   let isCompileTime = sfCompileTime in fn.flags or fn.kind == skMacro
 
   if body.kind == nkEmpty or (
-      gCmd in {cmdCompileToPHP, cmdCompileToJS} and not isCompileTime) or
+      g.config.cmd == cmdCompileToJS and not isCompileTime) or
       fn.skipGenericOwner.kind != skModule:
+
     # ignore forward declaration:
     result = body
     tooEarly = true
   else:
-    var d = initDetectionPass(fn)
+    var d = initDetectionPass(g, fn)
     detectCapturedVars(body, fn, d)
     if not d.somethingToDo and fn.isIterator:
       addClosureParam(d, fn, body.info)
       d.somethingToDo = true
     if d.somethingToDo:
       var c = initLiftingPass(fn)
-      var newBody = liftCapturedVars(body, fn, d, c)
+      result = liftCapturedVars(body, fn, d, c)
       if c.envvars.getOrDefault(fn.id) != nil:
-        newBody = newTree(nkStmtList, rawClosureCreation(fn, d, c), newBody)
-      result = wrapIterBody(newBody, fn)
+        result = newTree(nkStmtList, rawClosureCreation(fn, d, c), result)
+
+      if oldIterTransf in g.config.features:
+        result = wrapIterBody(g, result, fn)
     else:
       result = body
     #if fn.name.s == "get2":
@@ -832,15 +850,12 @@ proc liftLambdas*(fn: PSym, body: PNode; tooEarly: var bool): PNode =
     #  echo renderTree(result, {renderIds})
 
 proc liftLambdasForTopLevel*(module: PSym, body: PNode): PNode =
-  if body.kind == nkEmpty or gCmd == cmdCompileToJS:
-    result = body
-  else:
-    # XXX implement it properly
-    result = body
+  # XXX implement it properly
+  result = body
 
 # ------------------- iterator transformation --------------------------------
 
-proc liftForLoop*(body: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
+proc liftForLoop*(g: ModuleGraph; body: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   # problem ahead: the iterator could be invoked indirectly, but then
   # we don't know what environment to create here:
   #
@@ -865,13 +880,14 @@ proc liftForLoop*(body: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
       cl = createClosure()
       while true:
         let i = foo(cl)
-        nkBreakState(cl.state)
+        if (nkBreakState(cl.state)):
+          break
         ...
     """
-  if liftingHarmful(owner): return body
+  if liftingHarmful(g.config, owner): return body
   var L = body.len
   if not (body.kind == nkForStmt and body[L-2].kind in nkCallKinds):
-    localError(body.info, "ignored invalid for loop")
+    localError(g.config, body.info, "ignored invalid for loop")
     return body
   var call = body[L-2]
 
@@ -884,7 +900,7 @@ proc liftForLoop*(body: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
     # createClosure()
     let iter = op.sym
 
-    let hp = getHiddenParam(iter)
+    let hp = getHiddenParam(g, iter)
     env = newSym(skLet, iter.name, owner, body.info)
     env.typ = hp.typ
     env.flags = hp.flags
@@ -893,7 +909,7 @@ proc liftForLoop*(body: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
     addVar(v, newSymNode(env))
     result.add(v)
     # add 'new' statement:
-    result.add(newCall(getSysSym"internalNew", env.newSymNode))
+    result.add(newCall(getSysSym(g, env.info, "internalNew"), env.newSymNode))
   elif op.kind == nkStmtListExpr:
     let closure = op.lastSon
     if closure.kind == nkClosure:
@@ -903,7 +919,7 @@ proc liftForLoop*(body: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
 
   var loopBody = newNodeI(nkStmtList, body.info, 3)
   var whileLoop = newNodeI(nkWhileStmt, body.info, 2)
-  whileLoop.sons[0] = newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 1, getSysType(tyBool))
+  whileLoop.sons[0] = newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 1, getSysType(g, body.info, tyBool))
   whileLoop.sons[1] = loopBody
   result.add whileLoop
 
@@ -918,12 +934,23 @@ proc liftForLoop*(body: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
 
   addSon(vpart, ast.emptyNode) # no explicit type
   if not env.isNil:
-    call.sons[0] = makeClosure(call.sons[0].sym, env.newSymNode, body.info)
+    call.sons[0] = makeClosure(g, call.sons[0].sym, env.newSymNode, body.info)
   addSon(vpart, call)
   addSon(v2, vpart)
 
   loopBody.sons[0] = v2
   var bs = newNodeI(nkBreakState, body.info)
   bs.addSon(call.sons[0])
-  loopBody.sons[1] = bs
+
+  let ibs = newNode(nkIfStmt)
+  let elifBranch = newNode(nkElifBranch)
+  elifBranch.add(bs)
+
+  let br = newNode(nkBreakStmt)
+  br.add(emptyNode)
+
+  elifBranch.add(br)
+  ibs.add(elifBranch)
+
+  loopBody.sons[1] = ibs
   loopBody.sons[2] = body[L-1]
diff --git a/compiler/lexer.nim b/compiler/lexer.nim
index bca07e500..591561987 100644
--- a/compiler/lexer.nim
+++ b/compiler/lexer.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import
   hashes, options, msgs, strutils, platform, idents, nimlexbase, llstream,
-  wordrecg
+  wordrecg, configuration
 
 const
   MaxLineLength* = 80         # lines longer than this lead to a warning
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type
     tkCurlyDotLe, tkCurlyDotRi, # {.  and  .}
     tkParDotLe, tkParDotRi,   # (. and .)
     tkComma, tkSemiColon,
-    tkColon, tkColonColon, tkEquals, tkDot, tkDotDot,
+    tkColon, tkColonColon, tkEquals, tkDot, tkDotDot, tkBracketLeColon,
     tkOpr, tkComment, tkAccent,
     tkSpaces, tkInfixOpr, tkPrefixOpr, tkPostfixOpr
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const
     "tkTripleStrLit", "tkGStrLit", "tkGTripleStrLit", "tkCharLit", "(",
     ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "[.", ".]", "{.", ".}", "(.", ".)",
     ",", ";",
-    ":", "::", "=", ".", "..",
+    ":", "::", "=", ".", "..", "[:",
     "tkOpr", "tkComment", "`",
     "tkSpaces", "tkInfixOpr",
     "tkPrefixOpr", "tkPostfixOpr"]
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ type
                                 # like 0b01 or  r"\L" are unaffected
       commentOffsetA*, commentOffsetB*: int
 
-  TErrorHandler* = proc (info: TLineInfo; msg: TMsgKind; arg: string)
+  TErrorHandler* = proc (conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; msg: TMsgKind; arg: string)
   TLexer* = object of TBaseLexer
-    fileIdx*: int32
+    fileIdx*: FileIndex
     indentAhead*: int         # if > 0 an indendation has already been read
                               # this is needed because scanning comments
                               # needs so much look-ahead
@@ -144,13 +144,12 @@ type
     cache*: IdentCache
     when defined(nimsuggest):
       previousToken: TLineInfo
+    config*: ConfigRef
 
 when defined(nimpretty):
   var
     gIndentationWidth*: int
 
-var gLinesCompiled*: int  # all lines that have been compiled
-
 proc getLineInfo*(L: TLexer, tok: TToken): TLineInfo {.inline.} =
   result = newLineInfo(L.fileIdx, tok.line, tok.col)
   when defined(nimpretty):
@@ -165,13 +164,12 @@ proc isKeyword*(kind: TTokType): bool =
 template ones(n): untyped = ((1 shl n)-1) # for utf-8 conversion
 
 proc isNimIdentifier*(s: string): bool =
-  if s[0] in SymStartChars:
+  let sLen = s.len
+  if sLen > 0 and s[0] in SymStartChars:
     var i = 1
-    var sLen = s.len
     while i < sLen:
-      if s[i] == '_':
-        inc(i)
-      if s[i] notin SymChars: return
+      if s[i] == '_': inc(i)
+      if i < sLen and s[i] notin SymChars: return
       inc(i)
     result = true
 
@@ -192,8 +190,8 @@ proc prettyTok*(tok: TToken): string =
   if isKeyword(tok.tokType): result = "keyword " & tok.ident.s
   else: result = tokToStr(tok)
 
-proc printTok*(tok: TToken) =
-  msgWriteln($tok.line & ":" & $tok.col & "\t" &
+proc printTok*(conf: ConfigRef; tok: TToken) =
+  msgWriteln(conf, $tok.line & ":" & $tok.col & "\t" &
       TokTypeToStr[tok.tokType] & " " & tokToStr(tok))
 
 proc initToken*(L: var TToken) =
@@ -222,8 +220,8 @@ proc fillToken(L: var TToken) =
     L.commentOffsetA = 0
     L.commentOffsetB = 0
 
-proc openLexer*(lex: var TLexer, fileIdx: int32, inputstream: PLLStream;
-                 cache: IdentCache) =
+proc openLexer*(lex: var TLexer, fileIdx: FileIndex, inputstream: PLLStream;
+                 cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef) =
   openBaseLexer(lex, inputstream)
   lex.fileIdx = fileidx
   lex.indentAhead = - 1
@@ -232,13 +230,15 @@ proc openLexer*(lex: var TLexer, fileIdx: int32, inputstream: PLLStream;
   lex.cache = cache
   when defined(nimsuggest):
     lex.previousToken.fileIndex = fileIdx
+  lex.config = config
 
 proc openLexer*(lex: var TLexer, filename: string, inputstream: PLLStream;
-                cache: IdentCache) =
-  openLexer(lex, filename.fileInfoIdx, inputstream, cache)
+                cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef) =
+  openLexer(lex, fileInfoIdx(config, filename), inputstream, cache, config)
 
 proc closeLexer*(lex: var TLexer) =
-  inc(gLinesCompiled, lex.lineNumber)
+  if lex.config != nil:
+    inc(lex.config.linesCompiled, lex.lineNumber)
   closeBaseLexer(lex)
 
 proc getLineInfo(L: TLexer): TLineInfo =
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ proc getLineInfo(L: TLexer): TLineInfo =
 
 proc dispMessage(L: TLexer; info: TLineInfo; msg: TMsgKind; arg: string) =
   if L.errorHandler.isNil:
-    msgs.message(info, msg, arg)
+    msgs.message(L.config, info, msg, arg)
   else:
-    L.errorHandler(info, msg, arg)
+    L.errorHandler(L.config, info, msg, arg)
 
 proc lexMessage*(L: TLexer, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
   L.dispMessage(getLineInfo(L), msg, arg)
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ template tokenEnd(tok, pos) {.dirty.} =
   when defined(nimsuggest):
     let colB = getColNumber(L, pos)+1
     if L.fileIdx == gTrackPos.fileIndex and gTrackPos.col in colA..colB and
-        L.lineNumber == gTrackPos.line and gIdeCmd in {ideSug, ideCon}:
+        L.lineNumber == gTrackPos.line.int and L.config.ideCmd in {ideSug, ideCon}:
       L.cursor = CursorPosition.InToken
       gTrackPos.col = colA.int16
     colA = 0
@@ -285,9 +285,9 @@ template tokenEndIgnore(tok, pos) =
   when defined(nimsuggest):
     let colB = getColNumber(L, pos)
     if L.fileIdx == gTrackPos.fileIndex and gTrackPos.col in colA..colB and
-        L.lineNumber == gTrackPos.line and gIdeCmd in {ideSug, ideCon}:
+        L.lineNumber == gTrackPos.line.int and L.config.ideCmd in {ideSug, ideCon}:
       gTrackPos.fileIndex = trackPosInvalidFileIdx
-      gTrackPos.line = -1
+      gTrackPos.line = 0'u16
     colA = 0
   when defined(nimpretty):
     tok.offsetB = L.offsetBase + pos
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ template tokenEndPrevious(tok, pos) =
     # the cursor in a string literal or comment:
     let colB = getColNumber(L, pos)
     if L.fileIdx == gTrackPos.fileIndex and gTrackPos.col in colA..colB and
-        L.lineNumber == gTrackPos.line and gIdeCmd in {ideSug, ideCon}:
+        L.lineNumber == gTrackPos.line.int and L.config.ideCmd in {ideSug, ideCon}:
       L.cursor = CursorPosition.BeforeToken
       gTrackPos = L.previousToken
       gTrackPosAttached = true
@@ -311,12 +311,12 @@ template tokenEndPrevious(tok, pos) =
 # We need to parse the largest uint literal without overflow checks
 proc unsafeParseUInt(s: string, b: var BiggestInt, start = 0): int =
   var i = start
-  if s[i] in {'0'..'9'}:
+  if i < s.len and s[i] in {'0'..'9'}:
     b = 0
-    while s[i] in {'0'..'9'}:
+    while i < s.len and s[i] in {'0'..'9'}:
       b = b * 10 + (ord(s[i]) - ord('0'))
       inc(i)
-      while s[i] == '_': inc(i) # underscores are allowed and ignored
+      while i < s.len and s[i] == '_': inc(i) # underscores are allowed and ignored
     result = i - start
 {.pop.} # overflowChecks
 
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
         break
       if buf[pos] == '_':
         if buf[pos+1] notin chars:
-          lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "_")
+          lexMessage(L, errGenerated,
+            "only single underscores may occur in a token: '__' is invalid")
           break
         add(tok.literal, '_')
         inc(pos)
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
       inc(pos)
     L.bufpos = pos
 
-  proc lexMessageLitNum(L: var TLexer, msg: TMsgKind, startpos: int) =
+  proc lexMessageLitNum(L: var TLexer, msg: string, startpos: int) =
     # Used to get slightly human friendlier err messages.
     # Note: the erroneous 'O' char in the character set is intentional
     const literalishChars = {'A'..'F', 'a'..'f', '0'..'9', 'X', 'x', 'o', 'O',
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
       add(t.literal, L.buf[L.bufpos])
       matchChars(L, t, {'0'..'9'})
     L.bufpos = msgPos
-    lexMessage(L, msg, t.literal)
+    lexMessage(L, errGenerated, msg % t.literal)
 
   var
     startpos, endpos: int
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
     eatChar(L, result, '0')
     case L.buf[L.bufpos]
     of 'O':
-      lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumberOctalCode, startpos)
+      lexMessageLitNum(L, "$1 is not a valid number; did you mean octal? Then use one of '0o', '0c' or '0C'.", startpos)
     of 'x', 'X':
       eatChar(L, result, 'x')
       matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'9', 'a'..'f', 'A'..'F'})
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
       eatChar(L, result, 'b')
       matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'1'})
     else:
-      internalError(getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
+      internalError(L.config, getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
   else:
     matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'9'})
     if (L.buf[L.bufpos] == '.') and (L.buf[L.bufpos + 1] in {'0'..'9'}):
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
         result.tokType = tkInt8Lit
         inc(postPos)
       else:
-        lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumber, startpos)
+        lexMessageLitNum(L, "invalid number: '$1'", startpos)
     of 'u', 'U':
       inc(postPos)
       if (L.buf[postPos] == '6') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '4'):
@@ -482,12 +483,12 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
       else:
         result.tokType = tkUIntLit
     else:
-      lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumber, startpos)
+      lexMessageLitNum(L, "invalid number: '$1'", startpos)
 
   # Is there still a literalish char awaiting? Then it's an error!
   if  L.buf[postPos] in literalishChars or
      (L.buf[postPos] == '.' and L.buf[postPos + 1] in {'0'..'9'}):
-    lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumber, startpos)
+    lexMessageLitNum(L, "invalid number: '$1'", startpos)
 
   # Third stage, extract actual number
   L.bufpos = startpos            # restore position
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
           else:
             break
       else:
-        internalError(getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
+        internalError(L.config, getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
 
       case result.tokType
       of tkIntLit, tkInt64Lit: result.iNumber = xi
@@ -545,7 +546,7 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
         # XXX: Test this on big endian machine!
       of tkFloat64Lit, tkFloatLit:
         result.fNumber = (cast[PFloat64](addr(xi)))[]
-      else: internalError(getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
+      else: internalError(L.config, getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
 
       # Bounds checks. Non decimal literals are allowed to overflow the range of
       # the datatype as long as their pattern don't overflow _bitwise_, hence
@@ -561,7 +562,7 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
 
         if outOfRange:
           #echo "out of range num: ", result.iNumber, " vs ", xi
-          lexMessageLitNum(L, errNumberOutOfRange, startpos)
+          lexMessageLitNum(L, "number out of range: '$1'", startpos)
 
     else:
       case result.tokType
@@ -577,19 +578,20 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
         result.iNumber = parseBiggestInt(result.literal)
 
       # Explicit bounds checks
-      let outOfRange = case result.tokType:
-      of tkInt8Lit: (result.iNumber < int8.low or result.iNumber > int8.high)
-      of tkUInt8Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint8.low) or
-                      result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint8.high))
-      of tkInt16Lit: (result.iNumber < int16.low or result.iNumber > int16.high)
-      of tkUInt16Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint16.low) or
-                      result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint16.high))
-      of tkInt32Lit: (result.iNumber < int32.low or result.iNumber > int32.high)
-      of tkUInt32Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint32.low) or
-                      result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint32.high))
-      else: false
-
-      if outOfRange: lexMessageLitNum(L, errNumberOutOfRange, startpos)
+      let outOfRange =
+        case result.tokType
+        of tkInt8Lit: (result.iNumber < int8.low or result.iNumber > int8.high)
+        of tkUInt8Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint8.low) or
+                        result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint8.high))
+        of tkInt16Lit: (result.iNumber < int16.low or result.iNumber > int16.high)
+        of tkUInt16Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint16.low) or
+                        result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint16.high))
+        of tkInt32Lit: (result.iNumber < int32.low or result.iNumber > int32.high)
+        of tkUInt32Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint32.low) or
+                        result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint32.high))
+        else: false
+
+      if outOfRange: lexMessageLitNum(L, "number out of range: '$1'", startpos)
 
     # Promote int literal to int64? Not always necessary, but more consistent
     if result.tokType == tkIntLit:
@@ -597,9 +599,9 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer, result: var TToken) =
         result.tokType = tkInt64Lit
 
   except ValueError:
-    lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumber, startpos)
+    lexMessageLitNum(L, "invalid number: '$1'", startpos)
   except OverflowError, RangeError:
-    lexMessageLitNum(L, errNumberOutOfRange, startpos)
+    lexMessageLitNum(L, "number out of range: '$1'", startpos)
   tokenEnd(result, postPos-1)
   L.bufpos = postPos
 
@@ -625,7 +627,16 @@ proc getEscapedChar(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
   inc(L.bufpos)               # skip '\'
   case L.buf[L.bufpos]
   of 'n', 'N':
-    if tok.tokType == tkCharLit: lexMessage(L, errNnotAllowedInCharacter)
+    if L.config.oldNewlines:
+      if tok.tokType == tkCharLit:
+        lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "\\n not allowed in character literal")
+      add(tok.literal, tnl)
+    else:
+      add(tok.literal, '\L')
+    inc(L.bufpos)
+  of 'p', 'P':
+    if tok.tokType == tkCharLit:
+      lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "\\p not allowed in character literal")
     add(tok.literal, tnl)
     inc(L.bufpos)
   of 'r', 'R', 'c', 'C':
@@ -687,8 +698,8 @@ proc getEscapedChar(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
     var xi = 0
     handleDecChars(L, xi)
     if (xi <= 255): add(tok.literal, chr(xi))
-    else: lexMessage(L, errInvalidCharacterConstant)
-  else: lexMessage(L, errInvalidCharacterConstant)
+    else: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "invalid character constant")
+  else: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "invalid character constant")
 
 proc newString(s: cstring, len: int): string =
   ## XXX, how come there is no support for this?
@@ -703,7 +714,7 @@ proc handleCRLF(L: var TLexer, pos: int): int =
     if col > MaxLineLength:
       lexMessagePos(L, hintLineTooLong, pos)
 
-    if optEmbedOrigSrc in gGlobalOptions:
+    if optEmbedOrigSrc in L.config.globalOptions:
       let lineStart = cast[ByteAddress](L.buf) + L.lineStart
       let line = newString(cast[cstring](lineStart), col)
       addSourceLine(L.fileIdx, line)
@@ -747,12 +758,12 @@ proc getString(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, rawMode: bool) =
         tokenEndIgnore(tok, pos)
         pos = handleCRLF(L, pos)
         buf = L.buf
-        add(tok.literal, tnl)
+        add(tok.literal, "\n")
       of nimlexbase.EndOfFile:
         tokenEndIgnore(tok, pos)
         var line2 = L.lineNumber
         L.lineNumber = line
-        lexMessagePos(L, errClosingTripleQuoteExpected, L.lineStart)
+        lexMessagePos(L, errGenerated, L.lineStart, "closing \"\"\" expected, but end of file reached")
         L.lineNumber = line2
         L.bufpos = pos
         break
@@ -775,7 +786,7 @@ proc getString(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, rawMode: bool) =
           break
       elif c in {CR, LF, nimlexbase.EndOfFile}:
         tokenEndIgnore(tok, pos)
-        lexMessage(L, errClosingQuoteExpected)
+        lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "closing \" expected")
         break
       elif (c == '\\') and not rawMode:
         L.bufpos = pos
@@ -791,12 +802,13 @@ proc getCharacter(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
   inc(L.bufpos)               # skip '
   var c = L.buf[L.bufpos]
   case c
-  of '\0'..pred(' '), '\'': lexMessage(L, errInvalidCharacterConstant)
+  of '\0'..pred(' '), '\'': lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "invalid character literal")
   of '\\': getEscapedChar(L, tok)
   else:
     tok.literal = $c
     inc(L.bufpos)
-  if L.buf[L.bufpos] != '\'': lexMessage(L, errMissingFinalQuote)
+  if L.buf[L.bufpos] != '\'':
+    lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "missing closing ' for character literal")
   tokenEndIgnore(tok, L.bufpos)
   inc(L.bufpos)               # skip '
 
@@ -817,7 +829,7 @@ proc getSymbol(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
       inc(pos)
     of '_':
       if buf[pos+1] notin SymChars:
-        lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "_")
+        lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "invalid token: trailing underscore")
         break
       inc(pos)
     else: break
@@ -995,13 +1007,17 @@ proc skip(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
   var buf = L.buf
   tokenBegin(tok, pos)
   tok.strongSpaceA = 0
+  when defined(nimpretty):
+    var hasComment = false
+    tok.commentOffsetA = L.offsetBase + pos
+    tok.commentOffsetB = tok.commentOffsetA
   while true:
     case buf[pos]
     of ' ':
       inc(pos)
       inc(tok.strongSpaceA)
     of '\t':
-      if not L.allowTabs: lexMessagePos(L, errTabulatorsAreNotAllowed, pos)
+      if not L.allowTabs: lexMessagePos(L, errGenerated, pos, "tabulators are not allowed")
       inc(pos)
     of CR, LF:
       tokenEndPrevious(tok, pos)
@@ -1013,6 +1029,7 @@ proc skip(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
           inc(pos)
           inc(indent)
         elif buf[pos] == '#' and buf[pos+1] == '[':
+          when defined(nimpretty): hasComment = true
           skipMultiLineComment(L, tok, pos+2, false)
           pos = L.bufpos
           buf = L.buf
@@ -1026,14 +1043,11 @@ proc skip(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
     of '#':
       # do not skip documentation comment:
       if buf[pos+1] == '#': break
-      when defined(nimpretty):
-        tok.commentOffsetA = L.offsetBase + pos
+      when defined(nimpretty): hasComment = true
       if buf[pos+1] == '[':
         skipMultiLineComment(L, tok, pos+2, false)
         pos = L.bufpos
         buf = L.buf
-        when defined(nimpretty):
-          tok.commentOffsetB = L.offsetBase + pos
       else:
         tokenBegin(tok, pos)
         while buf[pos] notin {CR, LF, nimlexbase.EndOfFile}: inc(pos)
@@ -1045,6 +1059,9 @@ proc skip(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
   tokenEndPrevious(tok, pos-1)
   L.bufpos = pos
   when defined(nimpretty):
+    if hasComment:
+      tok.commentOffsetB = L.offsetBase + pos
+      tok.tokType = tkComment
     if gIndentationWidth <= 0:
       gIndentationWidth = tok.indent
 
@@ -1053,7 +1070,7 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
     when defined(nimsuggest):
       # we attach the cursor to the last *strong* token
       if tok.tokType notin weakTokens:
-        L.previousToken.line = tok.line.int16
+        L.previousToken.line = tok.line.uint16
         L.previousToken.col = tok.col.int16
 
   when defined(nimsuggest):
@@ -1066,6 +1083,10 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
   else:
     tok.indent = -1
   skip(L, tok)
+  when defined(nimpretty):
+    if tok.tokType == tkComment:
+      L.indentAhead = L.currLineIndent
+      return
   var c = L.buf[L.bufpos]
   tok.line = L.lineNumber
   tok.col = getColNumber(L, L.bufpos)
@@ -1101,7 +1122,7 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
         tok.tokType = tkParLe
         when defined(nimsuggest):
           if L.fileIdx == gTrackPos.fileIndex and tok.col < gTrackPos.col and
-                    tok.line == gTrackPos.line and gIdeCmd == ideCon:
+                    tok.line == gTrackPos.line.int and L.config.ideCmd == ideCon:
             gTrackPos.col = tok.col.int16
     of ')':
       tok.tokType = tkParRi
@@ -1111,6 +1132,9 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
       if L.buf[L.bufpos] == '.' and L.buf[L.bufpos+1] != '.':
         tok.tokType = tkBracketDotLe
         inc(L.bufpos)
+      elif L.buf[L.bufpos] == ':':
+        tok.tokType = tkBracketLeColon
+        inc(L.bufpos)
       else:
         tok.tokType = tkBracketLe
     of ']':
@@ -1119,7 +1143,7 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
     of '.':
       when defined(nimsuggest):
         if L.fileIdx == gTrackPos.fileIndex and tok.col+1 == gTrackPos.col and
-            tok.line == gTrackPos.line and gIdeCmd == ideSug:
+            tok.line == gTrackPos.line.int and L.config.ideCmd == ideSug:
           tok.tokType = tkDot
           L.cursor = CursorPosition.InToken
           gTrackPos.col = tok.col.int16
@@ -1161,7 +1185,7 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
       else:
         tok.literal = $c
         tok.tokType = tkInvalid
-        lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, c & " (\\" & $(ord(c)) & ')')
+        lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "invalid token: " & c & " (\\" & $(ord(c)) & ')')
     of '\"':
       # check for extended raw string literal:
       var rawMode = L.bufpos > 0 and L.buf[L.bufpos-1] in SymChars
@@ -1178,7 +1202,7 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
       getNumber(L, tok)
       let c = L.buf[L.bufpos]
       if c in SymChars+{'_'}:
-        lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, c & " (\\" & $(ord(c)) & ')')
+        lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "invalid token: no whitespace between number and identifier")
     else:
       if c in OpChars:
         getOperator(L, tok)
@@ -1188,6 +1212,6 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
       else:
         tok.literal = $c
         tok.tokType = tkInvalid
-        lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, c & " (\\" & $(ord(c)) & ')')
+        lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "invalid token: " & c & " (\\" & $(ord(c)) & ')')
         inc(L.bufpos)
   atTokenEnd()
diff --git a/compiler/liftlocals.nim b/compiler/liftlocals.nim
index 3610a1486..4603d357b 100644
--- a/compiler/liftlocals.nim
+++ b/compiler/liftlocals.nim
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ proc lookupParam(params, dest: PNode): PSym =
     if params[i].kind == nkSym and params[i].sym.name.id == dest.ident.id:
       return params[i].sym
 
-proc liftLocalsIfRequested*(prc: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
+proc liftLocalsIfRequested*(prc: PSym; n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   let liftDest = getPragmaVal(prc.ast, wLiftLocals)
   if liftDest == nil: return n
   let partialParam = lookupParam(prc.typ.n, liftDest)
   if partialParam.isNil:
-    localError(liftDest.info, "'$1' is not a parameter of '$2'" %
+    localError(conf, liftDest.info, "'$1' is not a parameter of '$2'" %
               [$liftDest, prc.name.s])
     return n
   let objType = partialParam.typ.skipTypes(abstractPtrs)
   if objType.kind != tyObject or tfPartial notin objType.flags:
-    localError(liftDest.info, "parameter '$1' is not a pointer to a partial object" % $liftDest)
+    localError(conf, liftDest.info, "parameter '$1' is not a pointer to a partial object" % $liftDest)
     return n
   var c = Ctx(partialParam: partialParam, objType: objType)
   let w = newTree(nkStmtList, n)
diff --git a/compiler/lookups.nim b/compiler/lookups.nim
index c409acc59..b6d63d0bd 100644
--- a/compiler/lookups.nim
+++ b/compiler/lookups.nim
@@ -11,23 +11,23 @@
 
 import
   intsets, ast, astalgo, idents, semdata, types, msgs, options, rodread,
-  renderer, wordrecg, idgen, nimfix.prettybase
+  renderer, wordrecg, idgen, nimfix.prettybase, configuration, strutils
 
-proc ensureNoMissingOrUnusedSymbols(scope: PScope)
+proc ensureNoMissingOrUnusedSymbols(c: PContext; scope: PScope)
 
-proc noidentError(n, origin: PNode) =
+proc noidentError(conf: ConfigRef; n, origin: PNode) =
   var m = ""
   if origin != nil:
     m.add "in expression '" & origin.renderTree & "': "
   m.add "identifier expected, but found '" & n.renderTree & "'"
-  localError(n.info, m)
+  localError(conf, n.info, m)
 
-proc considerQuotedIdent*(n: PNode, origin: PNode = nil): PIdent =
+proc considerQuotedIdent*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode, origin: PNode = nil): PIdent =
   ## Retrieve a PIdent from a PNode, taking into account accent nodes.
   ## ``origin`` can be nil. If it is not nil, it is used for a better
   ## error message.
   template handleError(n, origin: PNode) =
-    noidentError(n, origin)
+    noidentError(conf, n, origin)
     result = getIdent"<Error>"
 
   case n.kind
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ proc considerQuotedIdent*(n: PNode, origin: PNode = nil): PIdent =
   of nkAccQuoted:
     case n.len
     of 0: handleError(n, origin)
-    of 1: result = considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[0], origin)
+    of 1: result = considerQuotedIdent(conf, n.sons[0], origin)
     else:
       var id = ""
       for i in 0..<n.len:
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ proc considerQuotedIdent*(n: PNode, origin: PNode = nil): PIdent =
         case x.kind
         of nkIdent: id.add(x.ident.s)
         of nkSym: id.add(x.sym.name.s)
+        of nkLiterals - nkFloatLiterals: id.add(x.renderTree)
         else: handleError(n, origin)
       result = getIdent(id)
   of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice:
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ proc rawCloseScope*(c: PContext) =
   c.currentScope = c.currentScope.parent
 
 proc closeScope*(c: PContext) =
-  ensureNoMissingOrUnusedSymbols(c.currentScope)
+  ensureNoMissingOrUnusedSymbols(c, c.currentScope)
   rawCloseScope(c)
 
 iterator walkScopes*(scope: PScope): PScope =
@@ -79,15 +80,15 @@ iterator walkScopes*(scope: PScope): PScope =
     yield current
     current = current.parent
 
-proc skipAlias*(s: PSym; n: PNode): PSym =
+proc skipAlias*(s: PSym; n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef): PSym =
   if s == nil or s.kind != skAlias:
     result = s
   else:
     result = s.owner
-    if gCmd == cmdPretty:
+    if conf.cmd == cmdPretty:
       prettybase.replaceDeprecated(n.info, s, result)
     else:
-      message(n.info, warnDeprecated, "use " & result.name.s & " instead; " &
+      message(conf, n.info, warnDeprecated, "use " & result.name.s & " instead; " &
               s.name.s)
 
 proc localSearchInScope*(c: PContext, s: PIdent): PSym =
@@ -124,14 +125,14 @@ proc errorSym*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
   # ensure that 'considerQuotedIdent' can't fail:
   if m.kind == nkDotExpr: m = m.sons[1]
   let ident = if m.kind in {nkIdent, nkSym, nkAccQuoted}:
-      considerQuotedIdent(m)
+      considerQuotedIdent(c.config, m)
     else:
       getIdent("err:" & renderTree(m))
-  result = newSym(skError, ident, getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
+  result = newSym(skError, ident, getCurrOwner(c), n.info, {})
   result.typ = errorType(c)
   incl(result.flags, sfDiscardable)
   # pretend it's imported from some unknown module to prevent cascading errors:
-  if gCmd != cmdInteractive and c.compilesContextId == 0:
+  if c.config.cmd != cmdInteractive and c.compilesContextId == 0:
     c.importTable.addSym(result)
 
 type
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ proc getSymRepr*(s: PSym): string =
   else:
     result = s.name.s
 
-proc ensureNoMissingOrUnusedSymbols(scope: PScope) =
+proc ensureNoMissingOrUnusedSymbols(c: PContext; scope: PScope) =
   # check if all symbols have been used and defined:
   var it: TTabIter
   var s = initTabIter(it, scope.symbols)
@@ -163,54 +164,53 @@ proc ensureNoMissingOrUnusedSymbols(scope: PScope) =
       # too many 'implementation of X' errors are annoying
       # and slow 'suggest' down:
       if missingImpls == 0:
-        localError(s.info, errImplOfXexpected, getSymRepr(s))
+        localError(c.config, s.info, "implementation of '$1' expected" % getSymRepr(s))
       inc missingImpls
     elif {sfUsed, sfExported} * s.flags == {} and optHints in s.options:
-      # BUGFIX: check options in s!
       if s.kind notin {skForVar, skParam, skMethod, skUnknown, skGenericParam}:
         # XXX: implicit type params are currently skTypes
         # maybe they can be made skGenericParam as well.
         if s.typ != nil and tfImplicitTypeParam notin s.typ.flags and
            s.typ.kind != tyGenericParam:
-          message(s.info, hintXDeclaredButNotUsed, getSymRepr(s))
+          message(c.config, s.info, hintXDeclaredButNotUsed, getSymRepr(s))
     s = nextIter(it, scope.symbols)
 
-proc wrongRedefinition*(info: TLineInfo, s: string) =
-  if gCmd != cmdInteractive:
-    localError(info, errAttemptToRedefine, s)
+proc wrongRedefinition*(c: PContext; info: TLineInfo, s: string) =
+  if c.config.cmd != cmdInteractive:
+    localError(c.config, info, "redefinition of '$1'" % s)
 
 proc addDecl*(c: PContext, sym: PSym, info: TLineInfo) =
   if not c.currentScope.addUniqueSym(sym):
-    wrongRedefinition(info, sym.name.s)
+    wrongRedefinition(c, info, sym.name.s)
 
 proc addDecl*(c: PContext, sym: PSym) =
   if not c.currentScope.addUniqueSym(sym):
-    wrongRedefinition(sym.info, sym.name.s)
+    wrongRedefinition(c, sym.info, sym.name.s)
 
 proc addPrelimDecl*(c: PContext, sym: PSym) =
   discard c.currentScope.addUniqueSym(sym)
 
-proc addDeclAt*(scope: PScope, sym: PSym) =
+proc addDeclAt*(c: PContext; scope: PScope, sym: PSym) =
   if not scope.addUniqueSym(sym):
-    wrongRedefinition(sym.info, sym.name.s)
+    wrongRedefinition(c, sym.info, sym.name.s)
 
 proc addInterfaceDeclAux(c: PContext, sym: PSym) =
   if sfExported in sym.flags:
     # add to interface:
     if c.module != nil: strTableAdd(c.module.tab, sym)
-    else: internalError(sym.info, "addInterfaceDeclAux")
+    else: internalError(c.config, sym.info, "addInterfaceDeclAux")
 
 proc addInterfaceDeclAt*(c: PContext, scope: PScope, sym: PSym) =
-  addDeclAt(scope, sym)
+  addDeclAt(c, scope, sym)
   addInterfaceDeclAux(c, sym)
 
-proc addOverloadableSymAt*(scope: PScope, fn: PSym) =
+proc addOverloadableSymAt*(c: PContext; scope: PScope, fn: PSym) =
   if fn.kind notin OverloadableSyms:
-    internalError(fn.info, "addOverloadableSymAt")
+    internalError(c.config, fn.info, "addOverloadableSymAt")
     return
   let check = strTableGet(scope.symbols, fn.name)
   if check != nil and check.kind notin OverloadableSyms:
-    wrongRedefinition(fn.info, fn.name.s)
+    wrongRedefinition(c, fn.info, fn.name.s)
   else:
     scope.addSym(fn)
 
@@ -221,12 +221,10 @@ proc addInterfaceDecl*(c: PContext, sym: PSym) =
 
 proc addInterfaceOverloadableSymAt*(c: PContext, scope: PScope, sym: PSym) =
   # it adds the symbol to the interface if appropriate
-  addOverloadableSymAt(scope, sym)
+  addOverloadableSymAt(c, scope, sym)
   addInterfaceDeclAux(c, sym)
 
 when defined(nimfix):
-  import strutils
-
   # when we cannot find the identifier, retry with a changed identifer:
   proc altSpelling(x: PIdent): PIdent =
     case x.s[0]
@@ -254,7 +252,7 @@ proc errorUseQualifier*(c: PContext; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
     err.add candidate.owner.name.s & "." & candidate.name.s
     candidate = nextIdentIter(ti, c.importTable.symbols)
     inc i
-  localError(info, errGenerated, err)
+  localError(c.config, info, errGenerated, err)
 
 proc errorUndeclaredIdentifier*(c: PContext; info: TLineInfo; name: string) =
   var err = "undeclared identifier: '" & name & "'"
@@ -263,13 +261,13 @@ proc errorUndeclaredIdentifier*(c: PContext; info: TLineInfo; name: string) =
     err.add c.recursiveDep
     # prevent excessive errors for 'nim check'
     c.recursiveDep = nil
-  localError(info, errGenerated, err)
+  localError(c.config, info, errGenerated, err)
 
 proc lookUp*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
   # Looks up a symbol. Generates an error in case of nil.
   case n.kind
   of nkIdent:
-    result = searchInScopes(c, n.ident).skipAlias(n)
+    result = searchInScopes(c, n.ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
     if result == nil:
       fixSpelling(n, n.ident, searchInScopes)
       errorUndeclaredIdentifier(c, n.info, n.ident.s)
@@ -277,14 +275,14 @@ proc lookUp*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
   of nkSym:
     result = n.sym
   of nkAccQuoted:
-    var ident = considerQuotedIdent(n)
-    result = searchInScopes(c, ident).skipAlias(n)
+    var ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n)
+    result = searchInScopes(c, ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
     if result == nil:
       fixSpelling(n, ident, searchInScopes)
       errorUndeclaredIdentifier(c, n.info, ident.s)
       result = errorSym(c, n)
   else:
-    internalError(n.info, "lookUp")
+    internalError(c.config, n.info, "lookUp")
     return
   if contains(c.ambiguousSymbols, result.id):
     errorUseQualifier(c, n.info, result)
@@ -298,11 +296,11 @@ proc qualifiedLookUp*(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: set[TLookupFlag]): PSym =
   const allExceptModule = {low(TSymKind)..high(TSymKind)}-{skModule,skPackage}
   case n.kind
   of nkIdent, nkAccQuoted:
-    var ident = considerQuotedIdent(n)
+    var ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n)
     if checkModule in flags:
-      result = searchInScopes(c, ident).skipAlias(n)
+      result = searchInScopes(c, ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
     else:
-      result = searchInScopes(c, ident, allExceptModule).skipAlias(n)
+      result = searchInScopes(c, ident, allExceptModule).skipAlias(n, c.config)
     if result == nil and checkPureEnumFields in flags:
       result = strTableGet(c.pureEnumFields, ident)
     if result == nil and checkUndeclared in flags:
@@ -324,12 +322,12 @@ proc qualifiedLookUp*(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: set[TLookupFlag]): PSym =
       if n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent:
         ident = n.sons[1].ident
       elif n.sons[1].kind == nkAccQuoted:
-        ident = considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[1])
+        ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n.sons[1])
       if ident != nil:
         if m == c.module:
-          result = strTableGet(c.topLevelScope.symbols, ident).skipAlias(n)
+          result = strTableGet(c.topLevelScope.symbols, ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
         else:
-          result = strTableGet(m.tab, ident).skipAlias(n)
+          result = strTableGet(m.tab, ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
         if result == nil and checkUndeclared in flags:
           fixSpelling(n.sons[1], ident, searchInScopes)
           errorUndeclaredIdentifier(c, n.sons[1].info, ident.s)
@@ -338,7 +336,7 @@ proc qualifiedLookUp*(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: set[TLookupFlag]): PSym =
         result = n.sons[1].sym
       elif checkUndeclared in flags and
            n.sons[1].kind notin {nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice}:
-        localError(n.sons[1].info, errIdentifierExpected,
+        localError(c.config, n.sons[1].info, "identifier expected, but got: " &
                    renderTree(n.sons[1]))
         result = errorSym(c, n.sons[1])
   else:
@@ -348,11 +346,11 @@ proc qualifiedLookUp*(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: set[TLookupFlag]): PSym =
 proc initOverloadIter*(o: var TOverloadIter, c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
   case n.kind
   of nkIdent, nkAccQuoted:
-    var ident = considerQuotedIdent(n)
+    var ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n)
     o.scope = c.currentScope
     o.mode = oimNoQualifier
     while true:
-      result = initIdentIter(o.it, o.scope.symbols, ident).skipAlias(n)
+      result = initIdentIter(o.it, o.scope.symbols, ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
       if result != nil:
         break
       else:
@@ -369,17 +367,17 @@ proc initOverloadIter*(o: var TOverloadIter, c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
       if n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent:
         ident = n.sons[1].ident
       elif n.sons[1].kind == nkAccQuoted:
-        ident = considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[1], n)
+        ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n.sons[1], n)
       if ident != nil:
         if o.m == c.module:
           # a module may access its private members:
           result = initIdentIter(o.it, c.topLevelScope.symbols,
-                                 ident).skipAlias(n)
+                                 ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
           o.mode = oimSelfModule
         else:
-          result = initIdentIter(o.it, o.m.tab, ident).skipAlias(n)
+          result = initIdentIter(o.it, o.m.tab, ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
       else:
-        noidentError(n.sons[1], n)
+        noidentError(c.config, n.sons[1], n)
         result = errorSym(c, n.sons[1])
   of nkClosedSymChoice, nkOpenSymChoice:
     o.mode = oimSymChoice
@@ -407,18 +405,18 @@ proc nextOverloadIter*(o: var TOverloadIter, c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
     result = nil
   of oimNoQualifier:
     if o.scope != nil:
-      result = nextIdentIter(o.it, o.scope.symbols).skipAlias(n)
+      result = nextIdentIter(o.it, o.scope.symbols).skipAlias(n, c.config)
       while result == nil:
         o.scope = o.scope.parent
         if o.scope == nil: break
-        result = initIdentIter(o.it, o.scope.symbols, o.it.name).skipAlias(n)
+        result = initIdentIter(o.it, o.scope.symbols, o.it.name).skipAlias(n, c.config)
         # BUGFIX: o.it.name <-> n.ident
     else:
       result = nil
   of oimSelfModule:
-    result = nextIdentIter(o.it, c.topLevelScope.symbols).skipAlias(n)
+    result = nextIdentIter(o.it, c.topLevelScope.symbols).skipAlias(n, c.config)
   of oimOtherModule:
-    result = nextIdentIter(o.it, o.m.tab).skipAlias(n)
+    result = nextIdentIter(o.it, o.m.tab).skipAlias(n, c.config)
   of oimSymChoice:
     if o.symChoiceIndex < sonsLen(n):
       result = n.sons[o.symChoiceIndex].sym
@@ -429,19 +427,19 @@ proc nextOverloadIter*(o: var TOverloadIter, c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
       o.mode = oimSymChoiceLocalLookup
       o.scope = c.currentScope
       result = firstIdentExcluding(o.it, o.scope.symbols,
-                                   n.sons[0].sym.name, o.inSymChoice).skipAlias(n)
+                                   n.sons[0].sym.name, o.inSymChoice).skipAlias(n, c.config)
       while result == nil:
         o.scope = o.scope.parent
         if o.scope == nil: break
         result = firstIdentExcluding(o.it, o.scope.symbols,
-                                     n.sons[0].sym.name, o.inSymChoice).skipAlias(n)
+                                     n.sons[0].sym.name, o.inSymChoice).skipAlias(n, c.config)
   of oimSymChoiceLocalLookup:
-    result = nextIdentExcluding(o.it, o.scope.symbols, o.inSymChoice).skipAlias(n)
+    result = nextIdentExcluding(o.it, o.scope.symbols, o.inSymChoice).skipAlias(n, c.config)
     while result == nil:
       o.scope = o.scope.parent
       if o.scope == nil: break
       result = firstIdentExcluding(o.it, o.scope.symbols,
-                                   n.sons[0].sym.name, o.inSymChoice).skipAlias(n)
+                                   n.sons[0].sym.name, o.inSymChoice).skipAlias(n, c.config)
 
   if result != nil and result.kind == skStub: loadStub(result)
 
@@ -455,5 +453,3 @@ proc pickSym*(c: PContext, n: PNode; kinds: set[TSymKind];
       else: return nil # ambiguous
     a = nextOverloadIter(o, c, n)
 
-proc isInfixAs*(n: PNode): bool =
-  return n.kind == nkInfix and considerQuotedIdent(n[0]).s == "as"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/lowerings.nim b/compiler/lowerings.nim
index 9612ff0ab..13336f00e 100644
--- a/compiler/lowerings.nim
+++ b/compiler/lowerings.nim
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
 const
   genPrefix* = ":tmp"         # prefix for generated names
 
-import ast, astalgo, types, idents, magicsys, msgs, options
+import ast, astalgo, types, idents, magicsys, msgs, options, modulegraphs
 from trees import getMagic
 
 proc newDeref*(n: PNode): PNode {.inline.} =
   result = newNodeIT(nkHiddenDeref, n.info, n.typ.sons[0])
   addSon(result, n)
 
-proc newTupleAccess*(tup: PNode, i: int): PNode =
+proc newTupleAccess*(g: ModuleGraph; tup: PNode, i: int): PNode =
   result = newNodeIT(nkBracketExpr, tup.info, tup.typ.skipTypes(
                      abstractInst).sons[i])
   addSon(result, copyTree(tup))
-  var lit = newNodeIT(nkIntLit, tup.info, getSysType(tyInt))
+  var lit = newNodeIT(nkIntLit, tup.info, getSysType(g, tup.info, tyInt))
   lit.intVal = i
   addSon(result, lit)
 
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ proc newFastAsgnStmt(le, ri: PNode): PNode =
   result.sons[0] = le
   result.sons[1] = ri
 
-proc lowerTupleUnpacking*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
+proc lowerTupleUnpacking*(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   assert n.kind == nkVarTuple
   let value = n.lastSon
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
 
-  var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(genPrefix), owner, value.info)
+  var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(genPrefix), owner, value.info, g.config.options)
   temp.typ = skipTypes(value.typ, abstractInst)
   incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ proc lowerTupleUnpacking*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   result.add newAsgnStmt(tempAsNode, value)
   for i in 0 .. n.len-3:
     if n.sons[i].kind == nkSym: v.addVar(n.sons[i])
-    result.add newAsgnStmt(n.sons[i], newTupleAccess(tempAsNode, i))
+    result.add newAsgnStmt(n.sons[i], newTupleAccess(g, tempAsNode, i))
 
 proc newTupleAccessRaw*(tup: PNode, i: int): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkBracketExpr, tup.info)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ proc lowerTupleUnpackingForAsgn*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   let value = n.lastSon
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
 
-  var temp = newSym(skLet, getIdent("_"), owner, value.info)
+  var temp = newSym(skLet, getIdent("_"), owner, value.info, owner.options)
   var v = newNodeI(nkLetSection, value.info)
   let tempAsNode = newSymNode(temp) #newIdentNode(getIdent(genPrefix & $temp.id), value.info)
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ proc lowerTupleUnpackingForAsgn*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
 proc lowerSwap*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   # note: cannot use 'skTemp' here cause we really need the copy for the VM :-(
-  var temp = newSym(skVar, getIdent(genPrefix), owner, n.info)
+  var temp = newSym(skVar, getIdent(genPrefix), owner, n.info, owner.options)
   temp.typ = n.sons[1].typ
   incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
 
@@ -112,16 +112,16 @@ proc lowerSwap*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
   result.add newFastAsgnStmt(n[1], n[2])
   result.add newFastAsgnStmt(n[2], tempAsNode)
 
-proc createObj*(owner: PSym, info: TLineInfo; final=true): PType =
+proc createObj*(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym, info: TLineInfo; final=true): PType =
   result = newType(tyObject, owner)
   if final:
     rawAddSon(result, nil)
     incl result.flags, tfFinal
   else:
-    rawAddSon(result, getCompilerProc("RootObj").typ)
+    rawAddSon(result, getCompilerProc(g, "RootObj").typ)
   result.n = newNodeI(nkRecList, info)
   let s = newSym(skType, getIdent("Env_" & info.toFilename),
-                  owner, info)
+                  owner, info, owner.options)
   incl s.flags, sfAnon
   s.typ = result
   result.sym = s
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ proc lookupInRecord(n: PNode, id: int): PSym =
 proc addField*(obj: PType; s: PSym) =
   # because of 'gensym' support, we have to mangle the name with its ID.
   # This is hacky but the clean solution is much more complex than it looks.
-  var field = newSym(skField, getIdent(s.name.s & $obj.n.len), s.owner, s.info)
+  var field = newSym(skField, getIdent(s.name.s & $obj.n.len), s.owner, s.info,
+                     s.options)
   field.id = -s.id
   let t = skipIntLit(s.typ)
   field.typ = t
@@ -185,7 +186,8 @@ proc addField*(obj: PType; s: PSym) =
 proc addUniqueField*(obj: PType; s: PSym): PSym {.discardable.} =
   result = lookupInRecord(obj.n, s.id)
   if result == nil:
-    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent(s.name.s & $obj.n.len), s.owner, s.info)
+    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent(s.name.s & $obj.n.len), s.owner, s.info,
+                       s.options)
     field.id = -s.id
     let t = skipIntLit(s.typ)
     field.typ = t
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ proc indirectAccess*(a: PNode, b: int, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   #if field == nil:
   #  echo "FIELD ", b
   #  debug deref.typ
-  internalAssert field != nil
+  assert field != nil
   addSon(deref, a)
   result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
   addSon(result, deref)
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ proc indirectAccess(a: PNode, b: string, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   #if field == nil:
   #  echo "FIELD ", b
   #  debug deref.typ
-  internalAssert field != nil
+  assert field != nil
   addSon(deref, a)
   result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
   addSon(result, deref)
@@ -278,12 +280,12 @@ proc genDeref*(n: PNode): PNode =
                      n.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).sons[0])
   result.add n
 
-proc callCodegenProc*(name: string, arg1: PNode;
+proc callCodegenProc*(g: ModuleGraph; name: string, arg1: PNode;
                       arg2, arg3, optionalArgs: PNode = nil): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, arg1.info)
-  let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(name)
+  let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(g, name)
   if sym == nil:
-    localError(arg1.info, errSystemNeeds, name)
+    localError(g.config, arg1.info, "system module needs: " & name)
   else:
     result.add newSymNode(sym)
     result.add arg1
@@ -330,12 +332,13 @@ proc typeNeedsNoDeepCopy(t: PType): bool =
   # note that seq[T] is fine, but 'var seq[T]' is not, so we need to skip 'var'
   # for the stricter check and likewise we can skip 'seq' for a less
   # strict check:
-  if t.kind in {tyVar, tySequence}: t = t.sons[0]
+  if t.kind in {tyVar, tyLent, tySequence}: t = t.lastSon
   result = not containsGarbageCollectedRef(t)
 
-proc addLocalVar(varSection, varInit: PNode; owner: PSym; typ: PType;
+proc addLocalVar(g: ModuleGraph; varSection, varInit: PNode; owner: PSym; typ: PType;
                  v: PNode; useShallowCopy=false): PSym =
-  result = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(genPrefix), owner, varSection.info)
+  result = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(genPrefix), owner, varSection.info,
+                  owner.options)
   result.typ = typ
   incl(result.flags, sfFromGeneric)
 
@@ -349,7 +352,7 @@ proc addLocalVar(varSection, varInit: PNode; owner: PSym; typ: PType;
       varInit.add newFastAsgnStmt(newSymNode(result), v)
     else:
       let deepCopyCall = newNodeI(nkCall, varInit.info, 3)
-      deepCopyCall.sons[0] = newSymNode(getSysMagic("deepCopy", mDeepCopy))
+      deepCopyCall.sons[0] = newSymNode(getSysMagic(g, varSection.info, "deepCopy", mDeepCopy))
       deepCopyCall.sons[1] = newSymNode(result)
       deepCopyCall.sons[2] = v
       varInit.add deepCopyCall
@@ -384,23 +387,23 @@ stmtList:
 
 """
 
-proc createWrapperProc(f: PNode; threadParam, argsParam: PSym;
+proc createWrapperProc(g: ModuleGraph; f: PNode; threadParam, argsParam: PSym;
                        varSection, varInit, call, barrier, fv: PNode;
                        spawnKind: TSpawnResult): PSym =
   var body = newNodeI(nkStmtList, f.info)
   var threadLocalBarrier: PSym
   if barrier != nil:
     var varSection2 = newNodeI(nkVarSection, barrier.info)
-    threadLocalBarrier = addLocalVar(varSection2, nil, argsParam.owner,
+    threadLocalBarrier = addLocalVar(g, varSection2, nil, argsParam.owner,
                                      barrier.typ, barrier)
     body.add varSection2
-    body.add callCodegenProc("barrierEnter", threadLocalBarrier.newSymNode)
+    body.add callCodegenProc(g, "barrierEnter", threadLocalBarrier.newSymNode)
   var threadLocalProm: PSym
   if spawnKind == srByVar:
-    threadLocalProm = addLocalVar(varSection, nil, argsParam.owner, fv.typ, fv)
+    threadLocalProm = addLocalVar(g, varSection, nil, argsParam.owner, fv.typ, fv)
   elif fv != nil:
-    internalAssert fv.typ.kind == tyGenericInst
-    threadLocalProm = addLocalVar(varSection, nil, argsParam.owner, fv.typ, fv)
+    internalAssert g.config, fv.typ.kind == tyGenericInst
+    threadLocalProm = addLocalVar(g, varSection, nil, argsParam.owner, fv.typ, fv)
   body.add varSection
   body.add varInit
   if fv != nil and spawnKind != srByVar:
@@ -409,30 +412,30 @@ proc createWrapperProc(f: PNode; threadParam, argsParam: PSym;
     body.add newAsgnStmt(indirectAccess(threadLocalProm.newSymNode,
       "owner", fv.info), threadParam.newSymNode)
 
-  body.add callCodegenProc("nimArgsPassingDone", threadParam.newSymNode)
+  body.add callCodegenProc(g, "nimArgsPassingDone", threadParam.newSymNode)
   if spawnKind == srByVar:
     body.add newAsgnStmt(genDeref(threadLocalProm.newSymNode), call)
   elif fv != nil:
     let fk = fv.typ.sons[1].flowVarKind
     if fk == fvInvalid:
-      localError(f.info, "cannot create a flowVar of type: " &
+      localError(g.config, f.info, "cannot create a flowVar of type: " &
         typeToString(fv.typ.sons[1]))
     body.add newAsgnStmt(indirectAccess(threadLocalProm.newSymNode,
       if fk == fvGC: "data" else: "blob", fv.info), call)
     if fk == fvGC:
       let incRefCall = newNodeI(nkCall, fv.info, 2)
-      incRefCall.sons[0] = newSymNode(getSysMagic("GCref", mGCref))
+      incRefCall.sons[0] = newSymNode(getSysMagic(g, fv.info, "GCref", mGCref))
       incRefCall.sons[1] = indirectAccess(threadLocalProm.newSymNode,
                                           "data", fv.info)
       body.add incRefCall
     if barrier == nil:
       # by now 'fv' is shared and thus might have beeen overwritten! we need
       # to use the thread-local view instead:
-      body.add callCodegenProc("nimFlowVarSignal", threadLocalProm.newSymNode)
+      body.add callCodegenProc(g, "nimFlowVarSignal", threadLocalProm.newSymNode)
   else:
     body.add call
   if barrier != nil:
-    body.add callCodegenProc("barrierLeave", threadLocalBarrier.newSymNode)
+    body.add callCodegenProc(g, "barrierLeave", threadLocalBarrier.newSymNode)
 
   var params = newNodeI(nkFormalParams, f.info)
   params.add emptyNode
@@ -449,7 +452,8 @@ proc createWrapperProc(f: PNode; threadParam, argsParam: PSym;
   t.n.add argsParam.newSymNode
 
   let name = (if f.kind == nkSym: f.sym.name.s else: genPrefix) & "Wrapper"
-  result = newSym(skProc, getIdent(name), argsParam.owner, f.info)
+  result = newSym(skProc, getIdent(name), argsParam.owner, f.info,
+                  argsParam.options)
   result.ast = newProcNode(nkProcDef, f.info, body, params, newSymNode(result))
   result.typ = t
 
@@ -460,7 +464,7 @@ proc createCastExpr(argsParam: PSym; objType: PType): PNode =
   result.typ = newType(tyPtr, objType.owner)
   result.typ.rawAddSon(objType)
 
-proc setupArgsForConcurrency(n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym,
+proc setupArgsForConcurrency(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym,
                              castExpr, call,
                              varSection, varInit, result: PNode) =
   let formals = n[0].typ.n
@@ -469,18 +473,18 @@ proc setupArgsForConcurrency(n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym,
     # we pick n's type here, which hopefully is 'tyArray' and not
     # 'tyOpenArray':
     var argType = n[i].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
-    if i < formals.len and formals[i].typ.kind == tyVar:
-      localError(n[i].info, "'spawn'ed function cannot have a 'var' parameter")
+    if i < formals.len and formals[i].typ.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+      localError(g.config, n[i].info, "'spawn'ed function cannot have a 'var' parameter")
     #elif containsTyRef(argType):
     #  localError(n[i].info, "'spawn'ed function cannot refer to 'ref'/closure")
 
     let fieldname = if i < formals.len: formals[i].sym.name else: tmpName
-    var field = newSym(skField, fieldname, objType.owner, n.info)
+    var field = newSym(skField, fieldname, objType.owner, n.info, g.config.options)
     field.typ = argType
     objType.addField(field)
     result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, field), n[i])
 
-    let temp = addLocalVar(varSection, varInit, objType.owner, argType,
+    let temp = addLocalVar(g, varSection, varInit, objType.owner, argType,
                            indirectAccess(castExpr, field, n.info))
     call.add(newSymNode(temp))
 
@@ -501,20 +505,20 @@ proc getRoot*(n: PNode): PSym =
     if getMagic(n) == mSlice: result = getRoot(n.sons[1])
   else: discard
 
-proc newIntLit*(value: BiggestInt): PNode =
+proc newIntLit*(g: ModuleGraph; info: TLineInfo; value: BiggestInt): PNode =
   result = nkIntLit.newIntNode(value)
-  result.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
+  result.typ = getSysType(g, info, tyInt)
 
-proc genHigh*(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc genHigh*(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode): PNode =
   if skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVar).kind == tyArray:
-    result = newIntLit(lastOrd(skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVar)))
+    result = newIntLit(g, n.info, lastOrd(skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVar)))
   else:
     result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 2)
-    result.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
-    result.sons[0] = newSymNode(getSysMagic("high", mHigh))
+    result.typ = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt)
+    result.sons[0] = newSymNode(getSysMagic(g, n.info, "high", mHigh))
     result.sons[1] = n
 
-proc setupArgsForParallelism(n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym;
+proc setupArgsForParallelism(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym;
                              castExpr, call,
                              varSection, varInit, result: PNode) =
   let formals = n[0].typ.n
@@ -529,16 +533,16 @@ proc setupArgsForParallelism(n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym;
     #  localError(n.info, "'spawn'ed function cannot refer to 'ref'/closure")
 
     let fieldname = if i < formals.len: formals[i].sym.name else: tmpName
-    var field = newSym(skField, fieldname, objType.owner, n.info)
+    var field = newSym(skField, fieldname, objType.owner, n.info, g.config.options)
 
     if argType.kind in {tyVarargs, tyOpenArray}:
       # important special case: we always create a zero-copy slice:
       let slice = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info, 4)
       slice.typ = n.typ
-      slice.sons[0] = newSymNode(createMagic("slice", mSlice))
-      slice.sons[0].typ = getSysType(tyInt) # fake type
-      var fieldB = newSym(skField, tmpName, objType.owner, n.info)
-      fieldB.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
+      slice.sons[0] = newSymNode(createMagic(g, "slice", mSlice))
+      slice.sons[0].typ = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt) # fake type
+      var fieldB = newSym(skField, tmpName, objType.owner, n.info, g.config.options)
+      fieldB.typ = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt)
       objType.addField(fieldB)
 
       if getMagic(n) == mSlice:
@@ -547,13 +551,13 @@ proc setupArgsForParallelism(n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym;
         objType.addField(field)
         result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, field), a)
 
-        var fieldA = newSym(skField, tmpName, objType.owner, n.info)
-        fieldA.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
+        var fieldA = newSym(skField, tmpName, objType.owner, n.info, g.config.options)
+        fieldA.typ = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt)
         objType.addField(fieldA)
         result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, fieldA), n[2])
         result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, fieldB), n[3])
 
-        let threadLocal = addLocalVar(varSection,nil, objType.owner, fieldA.typ,
+        let threadLocal = addLocalVar(g, varSection,nil, objType.owner, fieldA.typ,
                                       indirectAccess(castExpr, fieldA, n.info),
                                       useShallowCopy=true)
         slice.sons[2] = threadLocal.newSymNode
@@ -562,13 +566,13 @@ proc setupArgsForParallelism(n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym;
         field.typ = a.typ
         objType.addField(field)
         result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, field), a)
-        result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, fieldB), genHigh(n))
+        result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, fieldB), genHigh(g, n))
 
-        slice.sons[2] = newIntLit(0)
+        slice.sons[2] = newIntLit(g, n.info, 0)
       # the array itself does not need to go through a thread local variable:
       slice.sons[1] = genDeref(indirectAccess(castExpr, field, n.info))
 
-      let threadLocal = addLocalVar(varSection,nil, objType.owner, fieldB.typ,
+      let threadLocal = addLocalVar(g, varSection,nil, objType.owner, fieldB.typ,
                                     indirectAccess(castExpr, fieldB, n.info),
                                     useShallowCopy=true)
       slice.sons[3] = threadLocal.newSymNode
@@ -580,7 +584,7 @@ proc setupArgsForParallelism(n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym;
       field.typ = a.typ
       objType.addField(field)
       result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, field), a)
-      let threadLocal = addLocalVar(varSection,nil, objType.owner, field.typ,
+      let threadLocal = addLocalVar(g, varSection,nil, objType.owner, field.typ,
                                     indirectAccess(castExpr, field, n.info),
                                     useShallowCopy=true)
       call.add(genDeref(threadLocal.newSymNode))
@@ -589,13 +593,13 @@ proc setupArgsForParallelism(n: PNode; objType: PType; scratchObj: PSym;
       field.typ = argType
       objType.addField(field)
       result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, field), n)
-      let threadLocal = addLocalVar(varSection, varInit,
+      let threadLocal = addLocalVar(g, varSection, varInit,
                                     objType.owner, field.typ,
                                     indirectAccess(castExpr, field, n.info),
                                     useShallowCopy=true)
       call.add(threadLocal.newSymNode)
 
-proc wrapProcForSpawn*(owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
+proc wrapProcForSpawn*(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
                        barrier, dest: PNode = nil): PNode =
   # if 'barrier' != nil, then it is in a 'parallel' section and we
   # generate quite different code
@@ -603,35 +607,35 @@ proc wrapProcForSpawn*(owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
   let spawnKind = spawnResult(retType, barrier!=nil)
   case spawnKind
   of srVoid:
-    internalAssert dest == nil
+    internalAssert g.config, dest == nil
     result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   of srFlowVar:
-    internalAssert dest == nil
+    internalAssert g.config, dest == nil
     result = newNodeIT(nkStmtListExpr, n.info, retType)
   of srByVar:
-    if dest == nil: localError(n.info, "'spawn' must not be discarded")
+    if dest == nil: localError(g.config, n.info, "'spawn' must not be discarded")
     result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
 
   if n.kind notin nkCallKinds:
-    localError(n.info, "'spawn' takes a call expression")
+    localError(g.config, n.info, "'spawn' takes a call expression")
     return
-  if optThreadAnalysis in gGlobalOptions:
+  if optThreadAnalysis in g.config.globalOptions:
     if {tfThread, tfNoSideEffect} * n[0].typ.flags == {}:
-      localError(n.info, "'spawn' takes a GC safe call expression")
+      localError(g.config, n.info, "'spawn' takes a GC safe call expression")
   var
-    threadParam = newSym(skParam, getIdent"thread", owner, n.info)
-    argsParam = newSym(skParam, getIdent"args", owner, n.info)
+    threadParam = newSym(skParam, getIdent"thread", owner, n.info, g.config.options)
+    argsParam = newSym(skParam, getIdent"args", owner, n.info, g.config.options)
   block:
-    let ptrType = getSysType(tyPointer)
+    let ptrType = getSysType(g, n.info, tyPointer)
     threadParam.typ = ptrType
     argsParam.typ = ptrType
     argsParam.position = 1
 
-  var objType = createObj(owner, n.info)
+  var objType = createObj(g, owner, n.info)
   incl(objType.flags, tfFinal)
   let castExpr = createCastExpr(argsParam, objType)
 
-  var scratchObj = newSym(skVar, getIdent"scratch", owner, n.info)
+  var scratchObj = newSym(skVar, getIdent"scratch", owner, n.info, g.config.options)
   block:
     scratchObj.typ = objType
     incl(scratchObj.flags, sfFromGeneric)
@@ -644,36 +648,36 @@ proc wrapProcForSpawn*(owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
   # templates and macros are in fact valid here due to the nature of
   # the transformation:
   if fn.kind == nkClosure:
-    localError(n.info, "closure in spawn environment is not allowed")
+    localError(g.config, n.info, "closure in spawn environment is not allowed")
   if not (fn.kind == nkSym and fn.sym.kind in {skProc, skTemplate, skMacro,
                                                skFunc, skMethod, skConverter}):
     # for indirect calls we pass the function pointer in the scratchObj
     var argType = n[0].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
-    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent"fn", owner, n.info)
+    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent"fn", owner, n.info, g.config.options)
     field.typ = argType
     objType.addField(field)
     result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, field), n[0])
     fn = indirectAccess(castExpr, field, n.info)
   elif fn.kind == nkSym and fn.sym.kind == skIterator:
-    localError(n.info, "iterator in spawn environment is not allowed")
+    localError(g.config, n.info, "iterator in spawn environment is not allowed")
   elif fn.typ.callConv == ccClosure:
-    localError(n.info, "closure in spawn environment is not allowed")
+    localError(g.config, n.info, "closure in spawn environment is not allowed")
 
   call.add(fn)
   var varSection = newNodeI(nkVarSection, n.info)
   var varInit = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   if barrier.isNil:
-    setupArgsForConcurrency(n, objType, scratchObj, castExpr, call,
+    setupArgsForConcurrency(g, n, objType, scratchObj, castExpr, call,
                             varSection, varInit, result)
   else:
-    setupArgsForParallelism(n, objType, scratchObj, castExpr, call,
+    setupArgsForParallelism(g, n, objType, scratchObj, castExpr, call,
                             varSection, varInit, result)
 
   var barrierAsExpr: PNode = nil
   if barrier != nil:
     let typ = newType(tyPtr, owner)
-    typ.rawAddSon(magicsys.getCompilerProc("Barrier").typ)
-    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent"barrier", owner, n.info)
+    typ.rawAddSon(magicsys.getCompilerProc(g, "Barrier").typ)
+    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent"barrier", owner, n.info, g.config.options)
     field.typ = typ
     objType.addField(field)
     result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, field), barrier)
@@ -681,7 +685,7 @@ proc wrapProcForSpawn*(owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
 
   var fvField, fvAsExpr: PNode = nil
   if spawnKind == srFlowVar:
-    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent"fv", owner, n.info)
+    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent"fv", owner, n.info, g.config.options)
     field.typ = retType
     objType.addField(field)
     fvField = newDotExpr(scratchObj, field)
@@ -689,20 +693,20 @@ proc wrapProcForSpawn*(owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
     # create flowVar:
     result.add newFastAsgnStmt(fvField, callProc(spawnExpr[^1]))
     if barrier == nil:
-      result.add callCodegenProc("nimFlowVarCreateSemaphore", fvField)
+      result.add callCodegenProc(g, "nimFlowVarCreateSemaphore", fvField)
 
   elif spawnKind == srByVar:
-    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent"fv", owner, n.info)
+    var field = newSym(skField, getIdent"fv", owner, n.info, g.config.options)
     field.typ = newType(tyPtr, objType.owner)
     field.typ.rawAddSon(retType)
     objType.addField(field)
     fvAsExpr = indirectAccess(castExpr, field, n.info)
     result.add newFastAsgnStmt(newDotExpr(scratchObj, field), genAddrOf(dest))
 
-  let wrapper = createWrapperProc(fn, threadParam, argsParam,
+  let wrapper = createWrapperProc(g, fn, threadParam, argsParam,
                                   varSection, varInit, call,
                                   barrierAsExpr, fvAsExpr, spawnKind)
-  result.add callCodegenProc("nimSpawn" & $spawnExpr.len, wrapper.newSymNode,
+  result.add callCodegenProc(g, "nimSpawn" & $spawnExpr.len, wrapper.newSymNode,
                              genAddrOf(scratchObj.newSymNode), nil, spawnExpr)
 
   if spawnKind == srFlowVar: result.add fvField
diff --git a/compiler/magicsys.nim b/compiler/magicsys.nim
index 6a9d69082..b5577d961 100644
--- a/compiler/magicsys.nim
+++ b/compiler/magicsys.nim
@@ -10,63 +10,62 @@
 # Built-in types and compilerprocs are registered here.
 
 import
-  ast, astalgo, hashes, msgs, platform, nversion, times, idents, rodread
+  ast, astalgo, hashes, msgs, platform, nversion, times, idents, rodread,
+  modulegraphs
 
-var systemModule*: PSym
+export createMagic
 
-var
-  gSysTypes: array[TTypeKind, PType]
-  compilerprocs: TStrTable
-  exposed: TStrTable
+proc nilOrSysInt*(g: ModuleGraph): PType = g.sysTypes[tyInt]
 
-proc nilOrSysInt*: PType = gSysTypes[tyInt]
+proc registerSysType*(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType) =
+  if g.sysTypes[t.kind] == nil: g.sysTypes[t.kind] = t
 
-proc registerSysType*(t: PType) =
-  if gSysTypes[t.kind] == nil: gSysTypes[t.kind] = t
-
-proc newSysType(kind: TTypeKind, size: int): PType =
-  result = newType(kind, systemModule)
+proc newSysType(g: ModuleGraph; kind: TTypeKind, size: int): PType =
+  result = newType(kind, g.systemModule)
   result.size = size
   result.align = size.int16
 
-proc getSysSym*(name: string): PSym =
-  result = strTableGet(systemModule.tab, getIdent(name))
+proc getSysSym*(g: ModuleGraph; info: TLineInfo; name: string): PSym =
+  result = strTableGet(g.systemModule.tab, getIdent(name))
   if result == nil:
-    rawMessage(errSystemNeeds, name)
-    result = newSym(skError, getIdent(name), systemModule, systemModule.info)
-    result.typ = newType(tyError, systemModule)
+    localError(g.config, info, "system module needs: " & name)
+    result = newSym(skError, getIdent(name), g.systemModule, g.systemModule.info, {})
+    result.typ = newType(tyError, g.systemModule)
   if result.kind == skStub: loadStub(result)
   if result.kind == skAlias: result = result.owner
 
-proc createMagic*(name: string, m: TMagic): PSym =
-  result = newSym(skProc, getIdent(name), nil, unknownLineInfo())
-  result.magic = m
+when false:
+  proc createMagic*(g: ModuleGraph; name: string, m: TMagic): PSym =
+    result = newSym(skProc, getIdent(name), nil, unknownLineInfo())
+    result.magic = m
 
-let
-  opNot* = createMagic("not", mNot)
-  opContains* = createMagic("contains", mInSet)
+when false:
+  let
+    opNot* = createMagic("not", mNot)
+    opContains* = createMagic("contains", mInSet)
 
-proc getSysMagic*(name: string, m: TMagic): PSym =
+proc getSysMagic*(g: ModuleGraph; info: TLineInfo; name: string, m: TMagic): PSym =
   var ti: TIdentIter
   let id = getIdent(name)
-  var r = initIdentIter(ti, systemModule.tab, id)
+  var r = initIdentIter(ti, g.systemModule.tab, id)
   while r != nil:
     if r.kind == skStub: loadStub(r)
     if r.magic == m:
       # prefer the tyInt variant:
       if r.typ.sons[0] != nil and r.typ.sons[0].kind == tyInt: return r
       result = r
-    r = nextIdentIter(ti, systemModule.tab)
+    r = nextIdentIter(ti, g.systemModule.tab)
   if result != nil: return result
-  rawMessage(errSystemNeeds, name)
-  result = newSym(skError, id, systemModule, systemModule.info)
-  result.typ = newType(tyError, systemModule)
+  localError(g.config, info, "system module needs: " & name)
+  result = newSym(skError, id, g.systemModule, g.systemModule.info, {})
+  result.typ = newType(tyError, g.systemModule)
 
-proc sysTypeFromName*(name: string): PType =
-  result = getSysSym(name).typ
+proc sysTypeFromName*(g: ModuleGraph; info: TLineInfo; name: string): PType =
+  result = getSysSym(g, info, name).typ
 
-proc getSysType*(kind: TTypeKind): PType =
-  result = gSysTypes[kind]
+proc getSysType*(g: ModuleGraph; info: TLineInfo; kind: TTypeKind): PType =
+  template sysTypeFromName(s: string): untyped = sysTypeFromName(g, info, s)
+  result = g.sysTypes[kind]
   if result == nil:
     case kind
     of tyInt: result = sysTypeFromName("int")
@@ -88,51 +87,49 @@ proc getSysType*(kind: TTypeKind): PType =
     of tyString: result = sysTypeFromName("string")
     of tyCString: result = sysTypeFromName("cstring")
     of tyPointer: result = sysTypeFromName("pointer")
-    of tyNil: result = newSysType(tyNil, ptrSize)
-    else: internalError("request for typekind: " & $kind)
-    gSysTypes[kind] = result
+    of tyNil: result = newSysType(g, tyNil, ptrSize)
+    else: internalError(g.config, "request for typekind: " & $kind)
+    g.sysTypes[kind] = result
   if result.kind != kind:
-    internalError("wanted: " & $kind & " got: " & $result.kind)
-  if result == nil: internalError("type not found: " & $kind)
-
-var
-  intTypeCache: array[-5..64, PType]
+    internalError(g.config, "wanted: " & $kind & " got: " & $result.kind)
+  if result == nil: internalError(g.config, "type not found: " & $kind)
 
-proc resetSysTypes* =
-  systemModule = nil
-  initStrTable(compilerprocs)
-  initStrTable(exposed)
-  for i in low(gSysTypes)..high(gSysTypes):
-    gSysTypes[i] = nil
+proc resetSysTypes*(g: ModuleGraph) =
+  g.systemModule = nil
+  initStrTable(g.compilerprocs)
+  initStrTable(g.exposed)
+  for i in low(g.sysTypes)..high(g.sysTypes):
+    g.sysTypes[i] = nil
 
-  for i in low(intTypeCache)..high(intTypeCache):
-    intTypeCache[i] = nil
+  for i in low(g.intTypeCache)..high(g.intTypeCache):
+    g.intTypeCache[i] = nil
 
-proc getIntLitType*(literal: PNode): PType =
+proc getIntLitType*(g: ModuleGraph; literal: PNode): PType =
   # we cache some common integer literal types for performance:
   let value = literal.intVal
-  if value >= low(intTypeCache) and value <= high(intTypeCache):
-    result = intTypeCache[value.int]
+  if value >= low(g.intTypeCache) and value <= high(g.intTypeCache):
+    result = g.intTypeCache[value.int]
     if result == nil:
-      let ti = getSysType(tyInt)
+      let ti = getSysType(g, literal.info, tyInt)
       result = copyType(ti, ti.owner, false)
       result.n = literal
-      intTypeCache[value.int] = result
+      g.intTypeCache[value.int] = result
   else:
-    let ti = getSysType(tyInt)
+    let ti = getSysType(g, literal.info, tyInt)
     result = copyType(ti, ti.owner, false)
     result.n = literal
 
-proc getFloatLitType*(literal: PNode): PType =
+proc getFloatLitType*(g: ModuleGraph; literal: PNode): PType =
   # for now we do not cache these:
-  result = newSysType(tyFloat, size=8)
+  result = newSysType(g, tyFloat, size=8)
   result.n = literal
 
 proc skipIntLit*(t: PType): PType {.inline.} =
-  if t.n != nil:
-    if t.kind in {tyInt, tyFloat}:
-      return getSysType(t.kind)
-  result = t
+  if t.n != nil and t.kind in {tyInt, tyFloat}:
+    result = copyType(t, t.owner, false)
+    result.n = nil
+  else:
+    result = t
 
 proc addSonSkipIntLit*(father, son: PType) =
   if isNil(father.sons): father.sons = @[]
@@ -140,60 +137,59 @@ proc addSonSkipIntLit*(father, son: PType) =
   add(father.sons, s)
   propagateToOwner(father, s)
 
-proc setIntLitType*(result: PNode) =
+proc setIntLitType*(g: ModuleGraph; result: PNode) =
   let i = result.intVal
   case platform.intSize
-  of 8: result.typ = getIntLitType(result)
+  of 8: result.typ = getIntLitType(g, result)
   of 4:
     if i >= low(int32) and i <= high(int32):
-      result.typ = getIntLitType(result)
+      result.typ = getIntLitType(g, result)
     else:
-      result.typ = getSysType(tyInt64)
+      result.typ = getSysType(g, result.info, tyInt64)
   of 2:
     if i >= low(int16) and i <= high(int16):
-      result.typ = getIntLitType(result)
+      result.typ = getIntLitType(g, result)
     elif i >= low(int32) and i <= high(int32):
-      result.typ = getSysType(tyInt32)
+      result.typ = getSysType(g, result.info, tyInt32)
     else:
-      result.typ = getSysType(tyInt64)
+      result.typ = getSysType(g, result.info, tyInt64)
   of 1:
     # 8 bit CPUs are insane ...
     if i >= low(int8) and i <= high(int8):
-      result.typ = getIntLitType(result)
+      result.typ = getIntLitType(g, result)
     elif i >= low(int16) and i <= high(int16):
-      result.typ = getSysType(tyInt16)
+      result.typ = getSysType(g, result.info, tyInt16)
     elif i >= low(int32) and i <= high(int32):
-      result.typ = getSysType(tyInt32)
+      result.typ = getSysType(g, result.info, tyInt32)
     else:
-      result.typ = getSysType(tyInt64)
-  else: internalError(result.info, "invalid int size")
+      result.typ = getSysType(g, result.info, tyInt64)
+  else:
+    internalError(g.config, result.info, "invalid int size")
 
-proc getCompilerProc*(name: string): PSym =
+proc getCompilerProc*(g: ModuleGraph; name: string): PSym =
   let ident = getIdent(name)
-  result = strTableGet(compilerprocs, ident)
-  if result == nil:
-    result = strTableGet(rodCompilerprocs, ident)
-    if result != nil:
-      strTableAdd(compilerprocs, result)
-      if result.kind == skStub: loadStub(result)
-      if result.kind == skAlias: result = result.owner
+  result = strTableGet(g.compilerprocs, ident)
+  when false:
+    if result == nil:
+      result = strTableGet(g.rodCompilerprocs, ident)
+      if result != nil:
+        strTableAdd(g.compilerprocs, result)
+        if result.kind == skStub: loadStub(result)
+        if result.kind == skAlias: result = result.owner
 
-proc registerCompilerProc*(s: PSym) =
-  strTableAdd(compilerprocs, s)
+proc registerCompilerProc*(g: ModuleGraph; s: PSym) =
+  strTableAdd(g.compilerprocs, s)
 
-proc registerNimScriptSymbol*(s: PSym) =
+proc registerNimScriptSymbol*(g: ModuleGraph; s: PSym) =
   # Nimscript symbols must be al unique:
-  let conflict = strTableGet(exposed, s.name)
+  let conflict = strTableGet(g.exposed, s.name)
   if conflict == nil:
-    strTableAdd(exposed, s)
+    strTableAdd(g.exposed, s)
   else:
-    localError(s.info, "symbol conflicts with other .exportNims symbol at: " &
-      $conflict.info)
-
-proc getNimScriptSymbol*(name: string): PSym =
-  strTableGet(exposed, getIdent(name))
+    localError(g.config, s.info,
+      "symbol conflicts with other .exportNims symbol at: " & $conflict.info)
 
-proc resetNimScriptSymbols*() = initStrTable(exposed)
+proc getNimScriptSymbol*(g: ModuleGraph; name: string): PSym =
+  strTableGet(g.exposed, getIdent(name))
 
-initStrTable(compilerprocs)
-initStrTable(exposed)
+proc resetNimScriptSymbols*(g: ModuleGraph) = initStrTable(g.exposed)
diff --git a/compiler/main.nim b/compiler/main.nim
index 9bf8bb7c0..e3f00db9e 100644
--- a/compiler/main.nim
+++ b/compiler/main.nim
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import
   cgen, jsgen, json, nversion,
   platform, nimconf, importer, passaux, depends, vm, vmdef, types, idgen,
   docgen2, service, parser, modules, ccgutils, sigmatch, ropes,
-  modulegraphs, tables
+  modulegraphs, tables, rod, configuration
 
-from magicsys import systemModule, resetSysTypes
+from magicsys import resetSysTypes
 
-proc rodPass =
-  if gSymbolFiles in {enabledSf, writeOnlySf}:
+proc rodPass(g: ModuleGraph) =
+  if g.config.symbolFiles in {enabledSf, writeOnlySf}:
     registerPass(rodwritePass)
 
 proc codegenPass =
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ proc writeDepsFile(g: ModuleGraph; project: string) =
   let f = open(changeFileExt(project, "deps"), fmWrite)
   for m in g.modules:
     if m != nil:
-      f.writeLine(toFullPath(m.position.int32))
+      f.writeLine(toFullPath(m.position.FileIndex))
   for k in g.inclToMod.keys:
     if g.getModule(k).isNil:  # don't repeat includes which are also modules
       f.writeLine(k.toFullPath)
@@ -46,55 +46,55 @@ proc commandGenDepend(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
   registerPass(gendependPass)
   #registerPass(cleanupPass)
   compileProject(graph, cache)
-  writeDepsFile(graph, gProjectFull)
-  generateDot(gProjectFull)
-  execExternalProgram("dot -Tpng -o" & changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "png") &
-      ' ' & changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "dot"))
+  let project = graph.config.projectFull
+  writeDepsFile(graph, project)
+  generateDot(project)
+  execExternalProgram(graph.config, "dot -Tpng -o" & changeFileExt(project, "png") &
+      ' ' & changeFileExt(project, "dot"))
 
 proc commandCheck(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
-  msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
-  defineSymbol("nimcheck")
+  graph.config.errorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
+  defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "nimcheck")
   semanticPasses()            # use an empty backend for semantic checking only
-  rodPass()
+  rodPass(graph)
   compileProject(graph, cache)
 
 proc commandDoc2(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache; json: bool) =
-  msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
+  graph.config.errorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
   semanticPasses()
   if json: registerPass(docgen2JsonPass)
   else: registerPass(docgen2Pass)
   #registerPass(cleanupPass())
   compileProject(graph, cache)
-  finishDoc2Pass(gProjectName)
+  finishDoc2Pass(graph.config.projectName)
 
 proc commandCompileToC(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
-  extccomp.initVars()
+  let conf = graph.config
+  extccomp.initVars(conf)
   semanticPasses()
   registerPass(cgenPass)
-  rodPass()
+  rodPass(graph)
   #registerPass(cleanupPass())
 
   compileProject(graph, cache)
-  cgenWriteModules(graph.backend, graph.config)
-  if gCmd != cmdRun:
-    let proj = changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "")
-    extccomp.callCCompiler(proj)
-    extccomp.writeJsonBuildInstructions(proj)
-    if optGenScript in gGlobalOptions:
-      writeDepsFile(graph, toGeneratedFile(proj, ""))
+  cgenWriteModules(graph.backend, conf)
+  if conf.cmd != cmdRun:
+    let proj = changeFileExt(conf.projectFull, "")
+    extccomp.callCCompiler(conf, proj)
+    extccomp.writeJsonBuildInstructions(conf, proj)
+    if optGenScript in graph.config.globalOptions:
+      writeDepsFile(graph, toGeneratedFile(conf, proj, ""))
 
 proc commandJsonScript(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
-  let proj = changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "")
-  extccomp.runJsonBuildInstructions(proj)
+  let proj = changeFileExt(graph.config.projectFull, "")
+  extccomp.runJsonBuildInstructions(graph.config, proj)
 
 proc commandCompileToJS(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
   #incl(gGlobalOptions, optSafeCode)
   setTarget(osJS, cpuJS)
   #initDefines()
-  defineSymbol("nimrod") # 'nimrod' is always defined
-  defineSymbol("ecmascript") # For backward compatibility
-  defineSymbol("js")
-  if gCmd == cmdCompileToPHP: defineSymbol("nimphp")
+  defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "ecmascript") # For backward compatibility
+  defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "js")
   semanticPasses()
   registerPass(JSgenPass)
   compileProject(graph, cache)
@@ -102,19 +102,19 @@ proc commandCompileToJS(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
 proc interactivePasses(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
   #incl(gGlobalOptions, optSafeCode)
   #setTarget(osNimrodVM, cpuNimrodVM)
-  initDefines()
-  defineSymbol("nimscript")
-  when hasFFI: defineSymbol("nimffi")
+  initDefines(graph.config.symbols)
+  defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "nimscript")
+  when hasFFI: defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "nimffi")
   registerPass(verbosePass)
   registerPass(semPass)
   registerPass(evalPass)
 
 proc commandInteractive(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
-  msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
+  graph.config.errorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
   interactivePasses(graph, cache)
   compileSystemModule(graph, cache)
-  if commandArgs.len > 0:
-    discard graph.compileModule(fileInfoIdx(gProjectFull), cache, {})
+  if graph.config.commandArgs.len > 0:
+    discard graph.compileModule(fileInfoIdx(graph.config, graph.config.projectFull), cache, {})
   else:
     var m = graph.makeStdinModule()
     incl(m.flags, sfMainModule)
@@ -126,178 +126,171 @@ proc evalNim(graph: ModuleGraph; nodes: PNode, module: PSym; cache: IdentCache)
   carryPasses(graph, nodes, module, cache, evalPasses)
 
 proc commandEval(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache; exp: string) =
-  if systemModule == nil:
+  if graph.systemModule == nil:
     interactivePasses(graph, cache)
     compileSystemModule(graph, cache)
   let echoExp = "echo \"eval\\t\", " & "repr(" & exp & ")"
-  evalNim(graph, echoExp.parseString(cache), makeStdinModule(graph), cache)
+  evalNim(graph, echoExp.parseString(cache, graph.config),
+    makeStdinModule(graph), cache)
 
-proc commandScan(cache: IdentCache) =
-  var f = addFileExt(mainCommandArg(), NimExt)
+proc commandScan(cache: IdentCache, config: ConfigRef) =
+  var f = addFileExt(mainCommandArg(config), NimExt)
   var stream = llStreamOpen(f, fmRead)
   if stream != nil:
     var
       L: TLexer
       tok: TToken
     initToken(tok)
-    openLexer(L, f, stream, cache)
+    openLexer(L, f, stream, cache, config)
     while true:
       rawGetTok(L, tok)
-      printTok(tok)
+      printTok(config, tok)
       if tok.tokType == tkEof: break
     closeLexer(L)
   else:
-    rawMessage(errCannotOpenFile, f)
+    rawMessage(config, errGenerated, "cannot open file: " & f)
 
 const
-  SimulateCaasMemReset = false
   PrintRopeCacheStats = false
 
 proc mainCommand*(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
-  when SimulateCaasMemReset:
-    gGlobalOptions.incl(optCaasEnabled)
+  let conf = graph.config
 
+  setupModuleCache()
   # In "nim serve" scenario, each command must reset the registered passes
   clearPasses()
-  gLastCmdTime = epochTime()
-  searchPaths.add(options.libpath)
-  when false: # gProjectFull.len != 0:
-    # current path is always looked first for modules
-    prependStr(searchPaths, gProjectPath)
+  conf.lastCmdTime = epochTime()
+  conf.searchPaths.add(conf.libpath)
   setId(100)
-  case command.normalize
+  case conf.command.normalize
   of "c", "cc", "compile", "compiletoc":
     # compile means compileToC currently
-    gCmd = cmdCompileToC
+    conf.cmd = cmdCompileToC
     commandCompileToC(graph, cache)
   of "cpp", "compiletocpp":
-    gCmd = cmdCompileToCpp
-    defineSymbol("cpp")
+    conf.cmd = cmdCompileToCpp
+    defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "cpp")
     commandCompileToC(graph, cache)
   of "objc", "compiletooc":
-    gCmd = cmdCompileToOC
-    defineSymbol("objc")
+    conf.cmd = cmdCompileToOC
+    defineSymbol(graph.config.symbols, "objc")
     commandCompileToC(graph, cache)
   of "run":
-    gCmd = cmdRun
+    conf.cmd = cmdRun
     when hasTinyCBackend:
       extccomp.setCC("tcc")
       commandCompileToC(graph, cache)
     else:
-      rawMessage(errInvalidCommandX, command)
+      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "'run' command not available; rebuild with -d:tinyc")
   of "js", "compiletojs":
-    gCmd = cmdCompileToJS
-    commandCompileToJS(graph, cache)
-  of "php":
-    gCmd = cmdCompileToPHP
+    conf.cmd = cmdCompileToJS
     commandCompileToJS(graph, cache)
   of "doc0":
-    wantMainModule()
-    gCmd = cmdDoc
-    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache)
-    commandDoc()
+    wantMainModule(conf)
+    conf.cmd = cmdDoc
+    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf)
+    commandDoc(conf)
   of "doc2", "doc":
-    gCmd = cmdDoc
-    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache)
-    defineSymbol("nimdoc")
+    conf.cmd = cmdDoc
+    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf)
+    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimdoc")
     commandDoc2(graph, cache, false)
   of "rst2html":
-    gCmd = cmdRst2html
-    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache)
-    commandRst2Html()
+    conf.cmd = cmdRst2html
+    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf)
+    commandRst2Html(conf)
   of "rst2tex":
-    gCmd = cmdRst2tex
-    loadConfigs(DocTexConfig, cache)
-    commandRst2TeX()
-  of "jsondoc":
-    wantMainModule()
-    gCmd = cmdDoc
-    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache)
-    wantMainModule()
-    defineSymbol("nimdoc")
-    commandJson()
-  of "jsondoc2":
-    gCmd = cmdDoc
-    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache)
-    wantMainModule()
-    defineSymbol("nimdoc")
+    conf.cmd = cmdRst2tex
+    loadConfigs(DocTexConfig, cache, conf)
+    commandRst2TeX(conf)
+  of "jsondoc0":
+    wantMainModule(conf)
+    conf.cmd = cmdDoc
+    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf)
+    wantMainModule(conf)
+    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimdoc")
+    commandJson(conf)
+  of "jsondoc2", "jsondoc":
+    conf.cmd = cmdDoc
+    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf)
+    wantMainModule(conf)
+    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimdoc")
     commandDoc2(graph, cache, true)
   of "ctags":
-    wantMainModule()
-    gCmd = cmdDoc
-    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache)
-    wantMainModule()
-    defineSymbol("nimdoc")
-    commandTags()
+    wantMainModule(conf)
+    conf.cmd = cmdDoc
+    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf)
+    defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimdoc")
+    commandTags(conf)
   of "buildindex":
-    gCmd = cmdDoc
-    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache)
-    commandBuildIndex()
+    conf.cmd = cmdDoc
+    loadConfigs(DocConfig, cache, conf)
+    commandBuildIndex(conf)
   of "gendepend":
-    gCmd = cmdGenDepend
+    conf.cmd = cmdGenDepend
     commandGenDepend(graph, cache)
   of "dump":
-    gCmd = cmdDump
-    if getConfigVar("dump.format") == "json":
-      wantMainModule()
+    conf.cmd = cmdDump
+    if getConfigVar(conf, "dump.format") == "json":
+      wantMainModule(conf)
 
       var definedSymbols = newJArray()
-      for s in definedSymbolNames(): definedSymbols.elems.add(%s)
+      for s in definedSymbolNames(conf.symbols): definedSymbols.elems.add(%s)
 
       var libpaths = newJArray()
-      for dir in searchPaths: libpaths.elems.add(%dir)
+      for dir in conf.searchPaths: libpaths.elems.add(%dir)
 
       var dumpdata = % [
         (key: "version", val: %VersionAsString),
-        (key: "project_path", val: %gProjectFull),
+        (key: "project_path", val: %conf.projectFull),
         (key: "defined_symbols", val: definedSymbols),
         (key: "lib_paths", val: libpaths)
       ]
 
-      msgWriteln($dumpdata, {msgStdout, msgSkipHook})
+      msgWriteln(conf, $dumpdata, {msgStdout, msgSkipHook})
     else:
-      msgWriteln("-- list of currently defined symbols --",
+      msgWriteln(conf, "-- list of currently defined symbols --",
                  {msgStdout, msgSkipHook})
-      for s in definedSymbolNames(): msgWriteln(s, {msgStdout, msgSkipHook})
-      msgWriteln("-- end of list --", {msgStdout, msgSkipHook})
+      for s in definedSymbolNames(conf.symbols): msgWriteln(conf, s, {msgStdout, msgSkipHook})
+      msgWriteln(conf, "-- end of list --", {msgStdout, msgSkipHook})
 
-      for it in searchPaths: msgWriteln(it)
+      for it in conf.searchPaths: msgWriteln(conf, it)
   of "check":
-    gCmd = cmdCheck
+    conf.cmd = cmdCheck
     commandCheck(graph, cache)
   of "parse":
-    gCmd = cmdParse
-    wantMainModule()
-    discard parseFile(gProjectMainIdx, cache)
+    conf.cmd = cmdParse
+    wantMainModule(conf)
+    discard parseFile(FileIndex conf.projectMainIdx, cache, conf)
   of "scan":
-    gCmd = cmdScan
-    wantMainModule()
-    commandScan(cache)
-    msgWriteln("Beware: Indentation tokens depend on the parser's state!")
+    conf.cmd = cmdScan
+    wantMainModule(conf)
+    commandScan(cache, conf)
+    msgWriteln(conf, "Beware: Indentation tokens depend on the parser's state!")
   of "secret":
-    gCmd = cmdInteractive
+    conf.cmd = cmdInteractive
     commandInteractive(graph, cache)
   of "e":
-    commandEval(graph, cache, mainCommandArg())
+    commandEval(graph, cache, mainCommandArg(conf))
   of "nop", "help":
     # prevent the "success" message:
-    gCmd = cmdDump
+    conf.cmd = cmdDump
   of "jsonscript":
-    gCmd = cmdJsonScript
+    conf.cmd = cmdJsonScript
     commandJsonScript(graph, cache)
   else:
-    rawMessage(errInvalidCommandX, command)
+    rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "invalid command: " & conf.command)
 
-  if msgs.gErrorCounter == 0 and
-     gCmd notin {cmdInterpret, cmdRun, cmdDump}:
+  if conf.errorCounter == 0 and
+     conf.cmd notin {cmdInterpret, cmdRun, cmdDump}:
     when declared(system.getMaxMem):
       let usedMem = formatSize(getMaxMem()) & " peakmem"
     else:
       let usedMem = formatSize(getTotalMem())
-    rawMessage(hintSuccessX, [$gLinesCompiled,
-               formatFloat(epochTime() - gLastCmdTime, ffDecimal, 3),
+    rawMessage(conf, hintSuccessX, [$conf.linesCompiled,
+               formatFloat(epochTime() - conf.lastCmdTime, ffDecimal, 3),
                usedMem,
-               if condSyms.isDefined("release"): "Release Build"
+               if isDefined(conf, "release"): "Release Build"
                else: "Debug Build"])
 
   when PrintRopeCacheStats:
@@ -308,9 +301,6 @@ proc mainCommand*(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
     echo "  efficiency: ", formatFloat(1-(gCacheMisses.float/gCacheTries.float),
                                        ffDecimal, 3)
 
-  when SimulateCaasMemReset:
-    resetMemory()
-
-  resetAttributes()
+  resetAttributes(conf)
 
-proc mainCommand*() = mainCommand(newModuleGraph(newConfigRef()), newIdentCache())
+#proc mainCommand*() = mainCommand(newModuleGraph(newConfigRef()), newIdentCache())
diff --git a/compiler/modulegraphs.nim b/compiler/modulegraphs.nim
index c081a099a..460d0b4a5 100644
--- a/compiler/modulegraphs.nim
+++ b/compiler/modulegraphs.nim
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ## - Its dependent module stays the same.
 ##
 
-import ast, intsets, tables, options
+import ast, intsets, tables, options, rod, msgs, hashes, idents
 
 type
   ModuleGraph* = ref object
@@ -34,67 +34,88 @@ type
     deps*: IntSet # the dependency graph or potentially its transitive closure.
     suggestMode*: bool # whether we are in nimsuggest mode or not.
     invalidTransitiveClosure: bool
-    inclToMod*: Table[int32, int32] # mapping of include file to the
-                                    # first module that included it
-    importStack*: seq[int32]  # The current import stack. Used for detecting recursive
-                              # module dependencies.
+    inclToMod*: Table[FileIndex, FileIndex] # mapping of include file to the
+                                            # first module that included it
+    importStack*: seq[FileIndex]  # The current import stack. Used for detecting recursive
+                                  # module dependencies.
     backend*: RootRef # minor hack so that a backend can extend this easily
     config*: ConfigRef
     doStopCompile*: proc(): bool {.closure.}
     usageSym*: PSym # for nimsuggest
     owners*: seq[PSym]
     methods*: seq[tuple[methods: TSymSeq, dispatcher: PSym]]
+    systemModule*: PSym
+    sysTypes*: array[TTypeKind, PType]
+    compilerprocs*: TStrTable
+    exposed*: TStrTable
+    intTypeCache*: array[-5..64, PType]
+    opContains*, opNot*: PSym
+
+proc hash*(x: FileIndex): Hash {.borrow.}
 
 {.this: g.}
 
 proc stopCompile*(g: ModuleGraph): bool {.inline.} =
   result = doStopCompile != nil and doStopCompile()
 
+proc createMagic*(g: ModuleGraph; name: string, m: TMagic): PSym =
+  result = newSym(skProc, getIdent(name), nil, unknownLineInfo(), {})
+  result.magic = m
+
 proc newModuleGraph*(config: ConfigRef = nil): ModuleGraph =
   result = ModuleGraph()
   initStrTable(result.packageSyms)
   result.deps = initIntSet()
   result.modules = @[]
   result.importStack = @[]
-  result.inclToMod = initTable[int32, int32]()
+  result.inclToMod = initTable[FileIndex, FileIndex]()
   if config.isNil:
     result.config = newConfigRef()
   else:
     result.config = config
   result.owners = @[]
   result.methods = @[]
+  initStrTable(result.compilerprocs)
+  initStrTable(result.exposed)
+  result.opNot = createMagic(result, "not", mNot)
+  result.opContains = createMagic(result, "contains", mInSet)
 
 proc resetAllModules*(g: ModuleGraph) =
   initStrTable(packageSyms)
   deps = initIntSet()
   modules = @[]
   importStack = @[]
-  inclToMod = initTable[int32, int32]()
+  inclToMod = initTable[FileIndex, FileIndex]()
   usageSym = nil
   owners = @[]
   methods = @[]
+  initStrTable(compilerprocs)
+  initStrTable(exposed)
 
-proc getModule*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32): PSym =
-  if fileIdx >= 0 and fileIdx < modules.len:
-    result = modules[fileIdx]
+proc getModule*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex): PSym =
+  if fileIdx.int32 >= 0 and fileIdx.int32 < modules.len:
+    result = modules[fileIdx.int32]
 
 proc dependsOn(a, b: int): int {.inline.} = (a shl 15) + b
 
-proc addDep*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym, dep: int32) =
+proc addDep*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym, dep: FileIndex) =
+  assert m.position == m.info.fileIndex.int32
+  addModuleDep(m.info.fileIndex, dep, isIncludeFile = false)
   if suggestMode:
-    deps.incl m.position.dependsOn(dep)
+    deps.incl m.position.dependsOn(dep.int)
     # we compute the transitive closure later when quering the graph lazily.
     # this improve efficiency quite a lot:
     #invalidTransitiveClosure = true
 
-proc addIncludeDep*(g: ModuleGraph; module, includeFile: int32) =
+proc addIncludeDep*(g: ModuleGraph; module, includeFile: FileIndex) =
+  addModuleDep(module, includeFile, isIncludeFile = true)
   discard hasKeyOrPut(inclToMod, includeFile, module)
 
-proc parentModule*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32): int32 =
+proc parentModule*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex): FileIndex =
   ## returns 'fileIdx' if the file belonging to this index is
   ## directly used as a module or else the module that first
   ## references this include file.
-  if fileIdx >= 0 and fileIdx < modules.len and modules[fileIdx] != nil:
+  if fileIdx.int32 >= 0 and fileIdx.int32 < modules.len and modules[fileIdx.int32] != nil:
     result = fileIdx
   else:
     result = inclToMod.getOrDefault(fileIdx)
@@ -108,11 +129,11 @@ proc transitiveClosure(g: var IntSet; n: int) =
           if g.contains(i.dependsOn(k)) and g.contains(k.dependsOn(j)):
             g.incl i.dependsOn(j)
 
-proc markDirty*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32) =
+proc markDirty*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex) =
   let m = getModule fileIdx
   if m != nil: incl m.flags, sfDirty
 
-proc markClientsDirty*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32) =
+proc markClientsDirty*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex) =
   # we need to mark its dependent modules D as dirty right away because after
   # nimsuggest is done with this module, the module's dirty flag will be
   # cleared but D still needs to be remembered as 'dirty'.
@@ -123,7 +144,7 @@ proc markClientsDirty*(g: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32) =
   # every module that *depends* on this file is also dirty:
   for i in 0i32..<modules.len.int32:
     let m = modules[i]
-    if m != nil and deps.contains(i.dependsOn(fileIdx)):
+    if m != nil and deps.contains(i.dependsOn(fileIdx.int)):
       incl m.flags, sfDirty
 
 proc isDirty*(g: ModuleGraph; m: PSym): bool =
diff --git a/compiler/modulepaths.nim b/compiler/modulepaths.nim
index 5d112c6b9..daa55c2ba 100644
--- a/compiler/modulepaths.nim
+++ b/compiler/modulepaths.nim
@@ -11,38 +11,39 @@ import ast, renderer, strutils, msgs, options, idents, os
 
 import nimblecmd
 
-const
-  considerParentDirs = not defined(noParentProjects)
-  considerNimbleDirs = not defined(noNimbleDirs)
+when false:
+  const
+    considerParentDirs = not defined(noParentProjects)
+    considerNimbleDirs = not defined(noNimbleDirs)
 
-proc findInNimbleDir(pkg, subdir, dir: string): string =
-  var best = ""
-  var bestv = ""
-  for k, p in os.walkDir(dir, relative=true):
-    if k == pcDir and p.len > pkg.len+1 and
-        p[pkg.len] == '-' and p.startsWith(pkg):
-      let (_, a) = getPathVersion(p)
-      if bestv.len == 0 or bestv < a:
-        bestv = a
-        best = dir / p
+  proc findInNimbleDir(pkg, subdir, dir: string): string =
+    var best = ""
+    var bestv = ""
+    for k, p in os.walkDir(dir, relative=true):
+      if k == pcDir and p.len > pkg.len+1 and
+          p[pkg.len] == '-' and p.startsWith(pkg):
+        let (_, a) = getPathVersion(p)
+        if bestv.len == 0 or bestv < a:
+          bestv = a
+          best = dir / p
 
-  if best.len > 0:
-    var f: File
-    if open(f, best / changeFileExt(pkg, ".nimble-link")):
-      # the second line contains what we're interested in, see:
-      # https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#nimble-link
-      var override = ""
-      discard readLine(f, override)
-      discard readLine(f, override)
-      close(f)
-      if not override.isAbsolute():
-        best = best / override
-      else:
-        best = override
-  let f = if subdir.len == 0: pkg else: subdir
-  let res = addFileExt(best / f, "nim")
-  if best.len > 0 and fileExists(res):
-    result = res
+    if best.len > 0:
+      var f: File
+      if open(f, best / changeFileExt(pkg, ".nimble-link")):
+        # the second line contains what we're interested in, see:
+        # https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#nimble-link
+        var override = ""
+        discard readLine(f, override)
+        discard readLine(f, override)
+        close(f)
+        if not override.isAbsolute():
+          best = best / override
+        else:
+          best = override
+    let f = if subdir.len == 0: pkg else: subdir
+    let res = addFileExt(best / f, "nim")
+    if best.len > 0 and fileExists(res):
+      result = res
 
 const stdlibDirs = [
   "pure", "core", "arch",
@@ -51,76 +52,77 @@ const stdlibDirs = [
   "wrappers", "wrappers/linenoise",
   "windows", "posix", "js"]
 
-proc resolveDollar(project, source, pkg, subdir: string; info: TLineInfo): string =
-  template attempt(a) =
-    let x = addFileExt(a, "nim")
-    if fileExists(x): return x
+when false:
+  proc resolveDollar(project, source, pkg, subdir: string; info: TLineInfo): string =
+    template attempt(a) =
+      let x = addFileExt(a, "nim")
+      if fileExists(x): return x
 
-  case pkg
-  of "stdlib":
-    if subdir.len == 0:
-      return options.libpath
-    else:
-      for candidate in stdlibDirs:
-        attempt(options.libpath / candidate / subdir)
-  of "root":
-    let root = project.splitFile.dir
-    if subdir.len == 0:
-      return root
+    case pkg
+    of "stdlib":
+      if subdir.len == 0:
+        return options.libpath
+      else:
+        for candidate in stdlibDirs:
+          attempt(options.libpath / candidate / subdir)
+    of "root":
+      let root = project.splitFile.dir
+      if subdir.len == 0:
+        return root
+      else:
+        attempt(root / subdir)
     else:
-      attempt(root / subdir)
-  else:
-    when considerParentDirs:
-      var p = parentDir(source.splitFile.dir)
-      # support 'import $karax':
-      let f = if subdir.len == 0: pkg else: subdir
+      when considerParentDirs:
+        var p = parentDir(source.splitFile.dir)
+        # support 'import $karax':
+        let f = if subdir.len == 0: pkg else: subdir
 
-      while p.len > 0:
-        let dir = p / pkg
-        if dirExists(dir):
-          attempt(dir / f)
-          # 2nd attempt: try to use 'karax/karax'
-          attempt(dir / pkg / f)
-          # 3rd attempt: try to use 'karax/src/karax'
-          attempt(dir / "src" / f)
-          attempt(dir / "src" / pkg / f)
-        p = parentDir(p)
+        while p.len > 0:
+          let dir = p / pkg
+          if dirExists(dir):
+            attempt(dir / f)
+            # 2nd attempt: try to use 'karax/karax'
+            attempt(dir / pkg / f)
+            # 3rd attempt: try to use 'karax/src/karax'
+            attempt(dir / "src" / f)
+            attempt(dir / "src" / pkg / f)
+          p = parentDir(p)
 
-    when considerNimbleDirs:
-      if not options.gNoNimblePath:
-        var nimbleDir = getEnv("NIMBLE_DIR")
-        if nimbleDir.len == 0: nimbleDir = getHomeDir() / ".nimble"
-        result = findInNimbleDir(pkg, subdir, nimbleDir / "pkgs")
-        if result.len > 0: return result
-        when not defined(windows):
-          result = findInNimbleDir(pkg, subdir, "/opt/nimble/pkgs")
+      when considerNimbleDirs:
+        if not options.gNoNimblePath:
+          var nimbleDir = getEnv("NIMBLE_DIR")
+          if nimbleDir.len == 0: nimbleDir = getHomeDir() / ".nimble"
+          result = findInNimbleDir(pkg, subdir, nimbleDir / "pkgs")
           if result.len > 0: return result
+          when not defined(windows):
+            result = findInNimbleDir(pkg, subdir, "/opt/nimble/pkgs")
+            if result.len > 0: return result
 
-proc scriptableImport(pkg, sub: string; info: TLineInfo): string =
-  result = resolveDollar(gProjectFull, info.toFullPath(), pkg, sub, info)
-  if result.isNil: result = ""
+  proc scriptableImport(pkg, sub: string; info: TLineInfo): string =
+    result = resolveDollar(gProjectFull, info.toFullPath(), pkg, sub, info)
+    if result.isNil: result = ""
 
-proc lookupPackage(pkg, subdir: PNode): string =
-  let sub = if subdir != nil: renderTree(subdir, {renderNoComments}).replace(" ") else: ""
-  case pkg.kind
-  of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit:
-    result = scriptableImport(pkg.strVal, sub, pkg.info)
-  of nkIdent:
-    result = scriptableImport(pkg.ident.s, sub, pkg.info)
-  else:
-    localError(pkg.info, "package name must be an identifier or string literal")
-    result = ""
+  proc lookupPackage(pkg, subdir: PNode): string =
+    let sub = if subdir != nil: renderTree(subdir, {renderNoComments}).replace(" ") else: ""
+    case pkg.kind
+    of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit:
+      result = scriptableImport(pkg.strVal, sub, pkg.info)
+    of nkIdent:
+      result = scriptableImport(pkg.ident.s, sub, pkg.info)
+    else:
+      localError(pkg.info, "package name must be an identifier or string literal")
+      result = ""
 
-proc getModuleName*(n: PNode): string =
+proc getModuleName*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode): string =
   # This returns a short relative module name without the nim extension
   # e.g. like "system", "importer" or "somepath/module"
   # The proc won't perform any checks that the path is actually valid
   case n.kind
   of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit:
     try:
-      result = pathSubs(n.strVal, n.info.toFullPath().splitFile().dir)
+      result = pathSubs(conf, n.strVal, n.info.toFullPath().splitFile().dir)
     except ValueError:
-      localError(n.info, "invalid path: " & n.strVal)
+      localError(conf, n.info, "invalid path: " & n.strVal)
       result = n.strVal
   of nkIdent:
     result = n.ident.s
@@ -135,40 +137,51 @@ proc getModuleName*(n: PNode): string =
       n.sons[0] = n.sons[1]
       n.sons[1] = n.sons[2]
       n.sons.setLen(2)
-      return getModuleName(n.sons[0])
-    if n1.kind == nkPrefix and n1[0].kind == nkIdent and n1[0].ident.s == "$":
-      if n0.kind == nkIdent and n0.ident.s == "/":
-        result = lookupPackage(n1[1], n[2])
-      else:
-        localError(n.info, "only '/' supported with $package notation")
-        result = ""
+      return getModuleName(conf, n.sons[0])
+    when false:
+      if n1.kind == nkPrefix and n1[0].kind == nkIdent and n1[0].ident.s == "$":
+        if n0.kind == nkIdent and n0.ident.s == "/":
+          result = lookupPackage(n1[1], n[2])
+        else:
+          localError(n.info, "only '/' supported with $package notation")
+          result = ""
     else:
+      let modname = getModuleName(conf, n[2])
+      if $n1 == "std":
+        template attempt(a) =
+          let x = addFileExt(a, "nim")
+          if fileExists(x): return x
+        for candidate in stdlibDirs:
+          attempt(conf.libpath / candidate / modname)
+
       # hacky way to implement 'x / y /../ z':
-      result = getModuleName(n1)
+      result = getModuleName(conf, n1)
       result.add renderTree(n0, {renderNoComments})
-      result.add getModuleName(n[2])
+      result.add modname
   of nkPrefix:
-    if n.sons[0].kind == nkIdent and n.sons[0].ident.s == "$":
-      result = lookupPackage(n[1], nil)
-    else:
-      # hacky way to implement 'x / y /../ z':
-      result = renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}).replace(" ")
+    when false:
+      if n.sons[0].kind == nkIdent and n.sons[0].ident.s == "$":
+        result = lookupPackage(n[1], nil)
+      else:
+        discard
+    # hacky way to implement 'x / y /../ z':
+    result = renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}).replace(" ")
   of nkDotExpr:
     result = renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}).replace(".", "/")
   of nkImportAs:
-    result = getModuleName(n.sons[0])
+    result = getModuleName(conf, n.sons[0])
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "invalid module name: '$1'" % n.renderTree)
+    localError(conf, n.info, "invalid module name: '$1'" % n.renderTree)
     result = ""
 
-proc checkModuleName*(n: PNode; doLocalError=true): int32 =
+proc checkModuleName*(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; doLocalError=true): FileIndex =
   # This returns the full canonical path for a given module import
-  let modulename = n.getModuleName
-  let fullPath = findModule(modulename, n.info.toFullPath)
+  let modulename = getModuleName(conf, n)
+  let fullPath = findModule(conf, modulename, n.info.toFullPath)
   if fullPath.len == 0:
     if doLocalError:
       let m = if modulename.len > 0: modulename else: $n
-      localError(n.info, errCannotOpenFile, m)
+      localError(conf, n.info, "cannot open file: " & m)
     result = InvalidFileIDX
   else:
-    result = fullPath.fileInfoIdx
+    result = fileInfoIdx(conf, fullPath)
diff --git a/compiler/modules.nim b/compiler/modules.nim
index 4763ac79b..5d1eba1f2 100644
--- a/compiler/modules.nim
+++ b/compiler/modules.nim
@@ -10,131 +10,27 @@
 ## Implements the module handling, including the caching of modules.
 
 import
-  ast, astalgo, magicsys, securehash, rodread, msgs, cgendata, sigmatch, options,
-  idents, os, lexer, idgen, passes, syntaxes, llstream, modulegraphs
-
-when false:
-  type
-    TNeedRecompile* = enum Maybe, No, Yes, Probing, Recompiled
-    THashStatus* = enum hashNotTaken, hashCached, hashHasChanged, hashNotChanged
-
-    TModuleInMemory* = object
-      hash*: SecureHash
-      deps*: seq[int32] ## XXX: slurped files are currently not tracked
-
-      needsRecompile*: TNeedRecompile
-      hashStatus*: THashStatus
-
-  var
-    gCompiledModules: seq[PSym] = @[]
-    gMemCacheData*: seq[TModuleInMemory] = @[]
-      ## XXX: we should implement recycling of file IDs
-      ## if the user keeps renaming modules, the file IDs will keep growing
-    gFuzzyGraphChecking*: bool # nimsuggest uses this. XXX figure out why.
-
-  proc hashChanged(fileIdx: int32): bool =
-    internalAssert fileIdx >= 0 and fileIdx < gMemCacheData.len
-
-    template updateStatus =
-      gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hashStatus = if result: hashHasChanged
-                                         else: hashNotChanged
-      # echo "TESTING Hash: ", fileIdx.toFilename, " ", result
-
-    case gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hashStatus
-    of hashHasChanged:
-      result = true
-    of hashNotChanged:
-      result = false
-    of hashCached:
-      let newHash = secureHashFile(fileIdx.toFullPath)
-      result = newHash != gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hash
-      gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hash = newHash
-      updateStatus()
-    of hashNotTaken:
-      gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hash = secureHashFile(fileIdx.toFullPath)
-      result = true
-      updateStatus()
-
-  proc doHash(fileIdx: int32) =
-    if gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hashStatus == hashNotTaken:
-      # echo "FIRST Hash: ", fileIdx.ToFilename
-      gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hash = secureHashFile(fileIdx.toFullPath)
-
-  proc resetModule*(fileIdx: int32) =
-    # echo "HARD RESETTING ", fileIdx.toFilename
-    if fileIdx <% gMemCacheData.len:
-      gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile = Yes
-    if fileIdx <% gCompiledModules.len:
-      gCompiledModules[fileIdx] = nil
-    if fileIdx <% cgendata.gModules.len:
-      cgendata.gModules[fileIdx] = nil
-
-  proc resetModule*(module: PSym) =
-    let conflict = getModule(module.position.int32)
-    if conflict == nil: return
-    doAssert conflict == module
-    resetModule(module.position.int32)
-    initStrTable(module.tab)
-
-  proc resetAllModules* =
-    for i in 0..gCompiledModules.high:
-      if gCompiledModules[i] != nil:
-        resetModule(i.int32)
-    resetPackageCache()
-    # for m in cgenModules(): echo "CGEN MODULE FOUND"
-
-  proc resetAllModulesHard* =
-    resetPackageCache()
-    gCompiledModules.setLen 0
-    gMemCacheData.setLen 0
-    magicsys.resetSysTypes()
-    # XXX
-    #gOwners = @[]
-
-  proc checkDepMem(fileIdx: int32): TNeedRecompile =
-    template markDirty =
-      resetModule(fileIdx)
-      return Yes
-
-    if gFuzzyGraphChecking:
-      if gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile != Maybe:
-        return gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile
-    else:
-      # cycle detection: We claim that a cycle does no harm.
-      if gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile == Probing:
-        return No
-
-    if optForceFullMake in gGlobalOptions or hashChanged(fileIdx):
-      markDirty()
-
-    if gMemCacheData[fileIdx].deps != nil:
-      gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile = Probing
-      for dep in gMemCacheData[fileIdx].deps:
-        let d = checkDepMem(dep)
-        if d in {Yes, Recompiled}:
-          # echo fileIdx.toFilename, " depends on ", dep.toFilename, " ", d
-          markDirty()
-
-    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile = No
-    return No
-
-proc resetSystemArtifacts*() =
-  magicsys.resetSysTypes()
-
-proc newModule(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32): PSym =
+  ast, astalgo, magicsys, std / sha1, rodread, msgs, cgendata, sigmatch, options,
+  idents, os, lexer, idgen, passes, syntaxes, llstream, modulegraphs, rod,
+  configuration
+
+proc resetSystemArtifacts*(g: ModuleGraph) =
+  magicsys.resetSysTypes(g)
+
+proc newModule(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex): PSym =
   # We cannot call ``newSym`` here, because we have to circumvent the ID
   # mechanism, which we do in order to assign each module a persistent ID.
   new(result)
-  result.id = - 1             # for better error checking
+  result.id = -1             # for better error checking
   result.kind = skModule
   let filename = fileIdx.toFullPath
   result.name = getIdent(splitFile(filename).name)
   if not isNimIdentifier(result.name.s):
-    rawMessage(errInvalidModuleName, result.name.s)
+    rawMessage(graph.config, errGenerated, "invalid module name: " & result.name.s)
 
   result.info = newLineInfo(fileIdx, 1, 1)
   let
-    pck = getPackageName(filename)
+    pck = getPackageName(graph.config, filename)
     pck2 = if pck.len > 0: pck else: "unknown"
     pack = getIdent(pck2)
   var packSym = graph.packageSyms.strTableGet(pack)
@@ -144,9 +40,9 @@ proc newModule(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32): PSym =
     graph.packageSyms.strTableAdd(packSym)
 
   result.owner = packSym
-  result.position = fileIdx
+  result.position = int fileIdx
 
-  growCache graph.modules, fileIdx
+  growCache graph.modules, int fileIdx
   graph.modules[result.position] = result
 
   incl(result.flags, sfUsed)
@@ -154,11 +50,11 @@ proc newModule(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32): PSym =
   strTableAdd(result.tab, result) # a module knows itself
   let existing = strTableGet(packSym.tab, result.name)
   if existing != nil and existing.info.fileIndex != result.info.fileIndex:
-    localError(result.info, "module names need to be unique per Nimble package; module clashes with " & existing.info.fileIndex.toFullPath)
+    localError(graph.config, result.info, "module names need to be unique per Nimble package; module clashes with " & existing.info.fileIndex.toFullPath)
   # strTableIncl() for error corrections:
   discard strTableIncl(packSym.tab, result)
 
-proc compileModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache, flags: TSymFlags): PSym =
+proc compileModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex; cache: IdentCache, flags: TSymFlags): PSym =
   result = graph.getModule(fileIdx)
   if result == nil:
     #growCache gMemCacheData, fileIdx
@@ -169,15 +65,17 @@ proc compileModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache, flags
     if sfMainModule in result.flags:
       gMainPackageId = result.owner.id
 
-    if gCmd in {cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCheck, cmdIdeTools}:
-      rd = handleSymbolFile(result, cache)
-      if result.id < 0:
-        internalError("handleSymbolFile should have set the module's ID")
-        return
-    else:
-      result.id = getID()
+    when false:
+      if conf.cmd in {cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCheck, cmdIdeTools}:
+        rd = handleSymbolFile(result, cache)
+        if result.id < 0:
+          internalError("handleSymbolFile should have set the module's ID")
+          return
+      else:
+        discard
+    result.id = getModuleId(fileIdx, toFullPath(fileIdx))
     discard processModule(graph, result,
-      if sfMainModule in flags and gProjectIsStdin: stdin.llStreamOpen else: nil,
+      if sfMainModule in flags and graph.config.projectIsStdin: stdin.llStreamOpen else: nil,
       rd, cache)
     #if optCaasEnabled in gGlobalOptions:
     #  gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile = Recompiled
@@ -188,7 +86,7 @@ proc compileModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache, flags
     initStrTable(result.tab)
     result.ast = nil
     discard processModule(graph, result,
-      if sfMainModule in flags and gProjectIsStdin: stdin.llStreamOpen else: nil,
+      if sfMainModule in flags and graph.config.projectIsStdin: stdin.llStreamOpen else: nil,
       nil, cache)
     graph.markClientsDirty(fileIdx)
     when false:
@@ -197,41 +95,44 @@ proc compileModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache, flags
       else:
         result = gCompiledModules[fileIdx]
 
-proc importModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, fileIdx: int32;
+proc importModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, fileIdx: FileIndex;
                    cache: IdentCache): PSym {.procvar.} =
   # this is called by the semantic checking phase
+  assert graph.config != nil
   result = compileModule(graph, fileIdx, cache, {})
   graph.addDep(s, fileIdx)
   #if sfSystemModule in result.flags:
   #  localError(result.info, errAttemptToRedefine, result.name.s)
   # restore the notes for outer module:
-  gNotes = if s.owner.id == gMainPackageId: gMainPackageNotes
-           else: ForeignPackageNotes
+  graph.config.notes =
+      if s.owner.id == gMainPackageId: graph.config.mainPackageNotes
+      else: graph.config.foreignPackageNotes
 
-proc includeModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, fileIdx: int32;
+proc includeModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, fileIdx: FileIndex;
                     cache: IdentCache): PNode {.procvar.} =
-  result = syntaxes.parseFile(fileIdx, cache)
+  result = syntaxes.parseFile(fileIdx, cache, graph.config)
   graph.addDep(s, fileIdx)
-  graph.addIncludeDep(s.position.int32, fileIdx)
+  graph.addIncludeDep(s.position.FileIndex, fileIdx)
 
 proc compileSystemModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache) =
-  if magicsys.systemModule == nil:
-    systemFileIdx = fileInfoIdx(options.libpath/"system.nim")
+  if graph.systemModule == nil:
+    systemFileIdx = fileInfoIdx(graph.config, graph.config.libpath / "system.nim")
     discard graph.compileModule(systemFileIdx, cache, {sfSystemModule})
 
-proc wantMainModule* =
-  if gProjectFull.len == 0:
-    fatal(gCmdLineInfo, errCommandExpectsFilename)
-  gProjectMainIdx = addFileExt(gProjectFull, NimExt).fileInfoIdx
+proc wantMainModule*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  if conf.projectFull.len == 0:
+    fatal(conf, newLineInfo(conf, "command line", 1, 1), errGenerated, "command expects a filename")
+  conf.projectMainIdx = int32 fileInfoIdx(conf, addFileExt(conf.projectFull, NimExt))
 
 passes.gIncludeFile = includeModule
 passes.gImportModule = importModule
 
 proc compileProject*(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache;
-                     projectFileIdx = -1'i32) =
-  wantMainModule()
-  let systemFileIdx = fileInfoIdx(options.libpath / "system.nim")
-  let projectFile = if projectFileIdx < 0: gProjectMainIdx else: projectFileIdx
+                     projectFileIdx = InvalidFileIDX) =
+  let conf = graph.config
+  wantMainModule(conf)
+  let systemFileIdx = fileInfoIdx(conf, conf.libpath / "system.nim")
+  let projectFile = if projectFileIdx == InvalidFileIDX: FileIndex(conf.projectMainIdx) else: projectFileIdx
   graph.importStack.add projectFile
   if projectFile == systemFileIdx:
     discard graph.compileModule(projectFile, cache, {sfMainModule, sfSystemModule})
@@ -240,7 +141,7 @@ proc compileProject*(graph: ModuleGraph; cache: IdentCache;
     discard graph.compileModule(projectFile, cache, {sfMainModule})
 
 proc makeModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; filename: string): PSym =
-  result = graph.newModule(fileInfoIdx filename)
+  result = graph.newModule(fileInfoIdx(graph.config, filename))
   result.id = getID()
 
 proc makeStdinModule*(graph: ModuleGraph): PSym = graph.makeModule"stdin"
diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index 4e6226122..533d3a57f 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -8,473 +8,13 @@
 #
 
 import
-  options, strutils, os, tables, ropes, platform, terminal, macros
+  options, strutils, os, tables, ropes, platform, terminal, macros,
+  configuration
 
-type
-  TMsgKind* = enum
-    errUnknown, errInternal, errIllFormedAstX, errCannotOpenFile, errGenerated,
-    errXCompilerDoesNotSupportCpp, errStringLiteralExpected,
-    errIntLiteralExpected, errInvalidCharacterConstant,
-    errClosingTripleQuoteExpected, errClosingQuoteExpected,
-    errTabulatorsAreNotAllowed, errInvalidToken, errLineTooLong,
-    errInvalidNumber, errInvalidNumberOctalCode, errNumberOutOfRange,
-    errNnotAllowedInCharacter, errClosingBracketExpected, errMissingFinalQuote,
-    errIdentifierExpected, errNewlineExpected, errInvalidModuleName,
-    errOperatorExpected, errTokenExpected, errStringAfterIncludeExpected,
-    errRecursiveDependencyX, errOnOrOffExpected, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpected,
-    errInvalidPragma, errUnknownPragma, errInvalidDirectiveX,
-    errAtPopWithoutPush, errEmptyAsm, errInvalidIndentation,
-    errExceptionExpected, errExceptionAlreadyHandled,
-    errYieldNotAllowedHere, errYieldNotAllowedInTryStmt,
-    errInvalidNumberOfYieldExpr, errCannotReturnExpr, 
-    errNoReturnWithReturnTypeNotAllowed, errAttemptToRedefine,
-    errStmtInvalidAfterReturn, errStmtExpected, errInvalidLabel,
-    errInvalidCmdLineOption, errCmdLineArgExpected, errCmdLineNoArgExpected,
-    errInvalidVarSubstitution, errUnknownVar, errUnknownCcompiler,
-    errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound,
-    errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound,
-    errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound, errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound,
-    errUnknownOS, errUnknownCPU, errGenOutExpectedButXFound,
-    errArgsNeedRunOption, errInvalidMultipleAsgn, errColonOrEqualsExpected,
-    errExprExpected, errUndeclaredField,
-    errUndeclaredRoutine, errUseQualifier,
-    errTypeExpected,
-    errSystemNeeds, errExecutionOfProgramFailed, errNotOverloadable,
-    errInvalidArgForX, errStmtHasNoEffect, errXExpectsTypeOrValue,
-    errXExpectsArrayType, errIteratorCannotBeInstantiated, errExprXAmbiguous,
-    errConstantDivisionByZero, errOrdinalTypeExpected,
-    errOrdinalOrFloatTypeExpected, errOverOrUnderflow,
-    errCannotEvalXBecauseIncompletelyDefined, errChrExpectsRange0_255,
-    errDynlibRequiresExportc, errUndeclaredFieldX, errNilAccess,
-    errIndexOutOfBounds, errIndexTypesDoNotMatch, errBracketsInvalidForType,
-    errValueOutOfSetBounds, errFieldInitTwice, errFieldNotInit,
-    errExprXCannotBeCalled, errExprHasNoType, errExprXHasNoType,
-    errCastNotInSafeMode, errExprCannotBeCastToX, errCommaOrParRiExpected,
-    errCurlyLeOrParLeExpected, errSectionExpected, errRangeExpected,
-    errMagicOnlyInSystem, errPowerOfTwoExpected,
-    errStringMayNotBeEmpty, errCallConvExpected, errProcOnlyOneCallConv,
-    errSymbolMustBeImported, errExprMustBeBool, errConstExprExpected,
-    errDuplicateCaseLabel, errRangeIsEmpty, errSelectorMustBeOfCertainTypes,
-    errSelectorMustBeOrdinal, errOrdXMustNotBeNegative, errLenXinvalid,
-    errWrongNumberOfVariables, errExprCannotBeRaised, errBreakOnlyInLoop,
-    errTypeXhasUnknownSize, errConstNeedsConstExpr, errConstNeedsValue,
-    errResultCannotBeOpenArray, errSizeTooBig, errSetTooBig,
-    errBaseTypeMustBeOrdinal, errInheritanceOnlyWithNonFinalObjects,
-    errInheritanceOnlyWithEnums, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX,
-    errCannotInstantiateX, errExprHasNoAddress, errXStackEscape,
-    errVarForOutParamNeededX,
-    errPureTypeMismatch, errTypeMismatch, errButExpected, errButExpectedX,
-    errAmbiguousCallXYZ, errWrongNumberOfArguments,
-    errWrongNumberOfArgumentsInCall,
-    errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate,
-    errXCannotBePassedToProcVar,
-    errXCannotBeInParamDecl, errPragmaOnlyInHeaderOfProcX, errImplOfXNotAllowed,
-    errImplOfXexpected, errNoSymbolToBorrowFromFound, errDiscardValueX,
-    errInvalidDiscard, errIllegalConvFromXtoY, errCannotBindXTwice,
-    errInvalidOrderInArrayConstructor,
-    errInvalidOrderInEnumX, errEnumXHasHoles, errExceptExpected, errInvalidTry,
-    errOptionExpected, errXisNoLabel, errNotAllCasesCovered,
-    errUnknownSubstitionVar, errComplexStmtRequiresInd, errXisNotCallable,
-    errNoPragmasAllowedForX, errNoGenericParamsAllowedForX,
-    errInvalidParamKindX, errDefaultArgumentInvalid, errNamedParamHasToBeIdent,
-    errNoReturnTypeForX, errConvNeedsOneArg, errInvalidPragmaX,
-    errXNotAllowedHere, errInvalidControlFlowX,
-    errXisNoType, errCircumNeedsPointer, errInvalidExpression,
-    errInvalidExpressionX, errEnumHasNoValueX, errNamedExprExpected,
-    errNamedExprNotAllowed, errXExpectsOneTypeParam,
-    errArrayExpectsTwoTypeParams, errInvalidVisibilityX, errInitHereNotAllowed,
-    errXCannotBeAssignedTo, errIteratorNotAllowed, errXNeedsReturnType,
-    errNoReturnTypeDeclared,
-    errNoCommand, errInvalidCommandX, errXOnlyAtModuleScope,
-    errXNeedsParamObjectType,
-    errTemplateInstantiationTooNested, errInstantiationFrom,
-    errInvalidIndexValueForTuple, errCommandExpectsFilename,
-    errMainModuleMustBeSpecified,
-    errXExpected,
-    errTIsNotAConcreteType,
-    errCastToANonConcreteType,
-    errInvalidSectionStart, errGridTableNotImplemented, errGeneralParseError,
-    errNewSectionExpected, errWhitespaceExpected, errXisNoValidIndexFile,
-    errCannotRenderX, errVarVarTypeNotAllowed, errInstantiateXExplicitly,
-    errOnlyACallOpCanBeDelegator, errUsingNoSymbol,
-    errMacroBodyDependsOnGenericTypes,
-    errDestructorNotGenericEnough,
-    errInlineIteratorsAsProcParams,
-    errXExpectsTwoArguments,
-    errXExpectsObjectTypes, errXcanNeverBeOfThisSubtype, errTooManyIterations,
-    errCannotInterpretNodeX, errFieldXNotFound, errInvalidConversionFromTypeX,
-    errAssertionFailed, errCannotGenerateCodeForX, errXRequiresOneArgument,
-    errUnhandledExceptionX, errCyclicTree, errXisNoMacroOrTemplate,
-    errXhasSideEffects, errIteratorExpected, errLetNeedsInit,
-    errThreadvarCannotInit, errWrongSymbolX, errIllegalCaptureX,
-    errXCannotBeClosure, errXMustBeCompileTime,
-    errCannotInferTypeOfTheLiteral,
-    errCannotInferReturnType,
-    errCannotInferStaticParam,
-    errGenericLambdaNotAllowed,
-    errProcHasNoConcreteType,
-    errCompilerDoesntSupportTarget,
-    errInOutFlagNotExtern,
-    errUser,
-    warnCannotOpenFile,
-    warnOctalEscape, warnXIsNeverRead, warnXmightNotBeenInit,
-    warnDeprecated, warnConfigDeprecated,
-    warnSmallLshouldNotBeUsed, warnUnknownMagic, warnRedefinitionOfLabel,
-    warnUnknownSubstitutionX, warnLanguageXNotSupported,
-    warnFieldXNotSupported, warnCommentXIgnored,
-    warnNilStatement, warnTypelessParam,
-    warnUseBase, warnWriteToForeignHeap, warnUnsafeCode,
-    warnEachIdentIsTuple, warnShadowIdent,
-    warnProveInit, warnProveField, warnProveIndex, warnGcUnsafe, warnGcUnsafe2,
-    warnUninit, warnGcMem, warnDestructor, warnLockLevel, warnResultShadowed,
-    warnUser,
-    hintSuccess, hintSuccessX,
-    hintLineTooLong, hintXDeclaredButNotUsed, hintConvToBaseNotNeeded,
-    hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded, hintExprAlwaysX, hintQuitCalled,
-    hintProcessing, hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd, hintConf, hintPath,
-    hintConditionAlwaysTrue, hintName, hintPattern,
-    hintExecuting, hintLinking, hintDependency,
-    hintSource, hintStackTrace, hintGCStats,
-    hintUser, hintUserRaw
-
-const
-  MsgKindToStr*: array[TMsgKind, string] = [
-    errUnknown: "unknown error",
-    errInternal: "internal error: $1",
-    errIllFormedAstX: "illformed AST: $1",
-    errCannotOpenFile: "cannot open \'$1\'",
-    errGenerated: "$1",
-    errXCompilerDoesNotSupportCpp: "\'$1\' compiler does not support C++",
-    errStringLiteralExpected: "string literal expected",
-    errIntLiteralExpected: "integer literal expected",
-    errInvalidCharacterConstant: "invalid character constant",
-    errClosingTripleQuoteExpected: "closing \"\"\" expected, but end of file reached",
-    errClosingQuoteExpected: "closing \" expected",
-    errTabulatorsAreNotAllowed: "tabulators are not allowed",
-    errInvalidToken: "invalid token: $1",
-    errLineTooLong: "line too long",
-    errInvalidNumber: "$1 is not a valid number",
-    errInvalidNumberOctalCode: "$1 is not a valid number; did you mean octal? Then use one of '0o', '0c' or '0C'.",
-    errNumberOutOfRange: "number $1 out of valid range",
-    errNnotAllowedInCharacter: "\\n not allowed in character literal",
-    errClosingBracketExpected: "closing ']' expected, but end of file reached",
-    errMissingFinalQuote: "missing final \' for character literal",
-    errIdentifierExpected: "identifier expected, but found \'$1\'",
-    errNewlineExpected: "newline expected, but found \'$1\'",
-    errInvalidModuleName: "invalid module name: '$1'",
-    errOperatorExpected: "operator expected, but found \'$1\'",
-    errTokenExpected: "\'$1\' expected",
-    errStringAfterIncludeExpected: "string after \'include\' expected",
-    errRecursiveDependencyX: "recursive dependency: \'$1\'",
-    errOnOrOffExpected: "\'on\' or \'off\' expected",
-    errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpected: "\'none\', \'speed\' or \'size\' expected",
-    errInvalidPragma: "invalid pragma",
-    errUnknownPragma: "unknown pragma: \'$1\'",
-    errInvalidDirectiveX: "invalid directive: \'$1\'",
-    errAtPopWithoutPush: "\'pop\' without a \'push\' pragma",
-    errEmptyAsm: "empty asm statement",
-    errInvalidIndentation: "invalid indentation",
-    errExceptionExpected: "exception expected",
-    errExceptionAlreadyHandled: "exception already handled",
-    errYieldNotAllowedHere: "'yield' only allowed in an iterator",
-    errYieldNotAllowedInTryStmt: "'yield' cannot be used within 'try' in a non-inlined iterator",
-    errInvalidNumberOfYieldExpr: "invalid number of \'yield\' expressions",
-    errCannotReturnExpr: "current routine cannot return an expression",
-    errNoReturnWithReturnTypeNotAllowed: "routines with NoReturn pragma are not allowed to have return type",
-    errAttemptToRedefine: "redefinition of \'$1\'",
-    errStmtInvalidAfterReturn: "statement not allowed after \'return\', \'break\', \'raise\', \'continue\' or proc call with noreturn pragma",
-    errStmtExpected: "statement expected",
-    errInvalidLabel: "\'$1\' is no label",
-    errInvalidCmdLineOption: "invalid command line option: \'$1\'",
-    errCmdLineArgExpected: "argument for command line option expected: \'$1\'",
-    errCmdLineNoArgExpected: "invalid argument for command line option: \'$1\'",
-    errInvalidVarSubstitution: "invalid variable substitution in \'$1\'",
-    errUnknownVar: "unknown variable: \'$1\'",
-    errUnknownCcompiler: "unknown C compiler: \'$1\'",
-    errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound: "\'on\' or \'off\' expected, but \'$1\' found",
-    errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound: "\'on\', \'off\' or \'list\' expected, but \'$1\' found",
-    errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound: "'none', 'boehm' or 'refc' expected, but '$1' found",
-    errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound: "'none', 'speed' or 'size' expected, but '$1' found",
-    errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound: "'gui', 'console' or 'lib' expected, but '$1' found",
-    errUnknownOS: "unknown OS: '$1'",
-    errUnknownCPU: "unknown CPU: '$1'",
-    errGenOutExpectedButXFound: "'c', 'c++' or 'yaml' expected, but '$1' found",
-    errArgsNeedRunOption: "arguments can only be given if the '--run' option is selected",
-    errInvalidMultipleAsgn: "multiple assignment is not allowed",
-    errColonOrEqualsExpected: "\':\' or \'=\' expected, but found \'$1\'",
-    errExprExpected: "expression expected, but found \'$1\'",
-    errUndeclaredField: "undeclared field: \'$1\'",
-    errUndeclaredRoutine: "attempting to call undeclared routine: \'$1\'",
-    errUseQualifier: "ambiguous identifier: \'$1\' -- use a qualifier",
-    errTypeExpected: "type expected",
-    errSystemNeeds: "system module needs \'$1\'",
-    errExecutionOfProgramFailed: "execution of an external program failed: '$1'",
-    errNotOverloadable: "overloaded \'$1\' leads to ambiguous calls",
-    errInvalidArgForX: "invalid argument for \'$1\'",
-    errStmtHasNoEffect: "statement has no effect",
-    errXExpectsTypeOrValue: "\'$1\' expects a type or value",
-    errXExpectsArrayType: "\'$1\' expects an array type",
-    errIteratorCannotBeInstantiated: "'$1' cannot be instantiated because its body has not been compiled yet",
-    errExprXAmbiguous: "expression '$1' ambiguous in this context",
-    errConstantDivisionByZero: "division by zero",
-    errOrdinalTypeExpected: "ordinal type expected",
-    errOrdinalOrFloatTypeExpected: "ordinal or float type expected",
-    errOverOrUnderflow: "over- or underflow",
-    errCannotEvalXBecauseIncompletelyDefined: "cannot evaluate '$1' because type is not defined completely",
-    errChrExpectsRange0_255: "\'chr\' expects an int in the range 0..255",
-    errDynlibRequiresExportc: "\'dynlib\' requires \'exportc\'",
-    errUndeclaredFieldX: "undeclared field: \'$1\'",
-    errNilAccess: "attempt to access a nil address",
-    errIndexOutOfBounds: "index out of bounds",
-    errIndexTypesDoNotMatch: "index types do not match",
-    errBracketsInvalidForType: "\'[]\' operator invalid for this type",
-    errValueOutOfSetBounds: "value out of set bounds",
-    errFieldInitTwice: "field initialized twice: \'$1\'",
-    errFieldNotInit: "field \'$1\' not initialized",
-    errExprXCannotBeCalled: "expression \'$1\' cannot be called",
-    errExprHasNoType: "expression has no type",
-    errExprXHasNoType: "expression \'$1\' has no type (or is ambiguous)",
-    errCastNotInSafeMode: "\'cast\' not allowed in safe mode",
-    errExprCannotBeCastToX: "expression cannot be cast to $1",
-    errCommaOrParRiExpected: "',' or ')' expected",
-    errCurlyLeOrParLeExpected: "\'{\' or \'(\' expected",
-    errSectionExpected: "section (\'type\', \'proc\', etc.) expected",
-    errRangeExpected: "range expected",
-    errMagicOnlyInSystem: "\'magic\' only allowed in system module",
-    errPowerOfTwoExpected: "power of two expected",
-    errStringMayNotBeEmpty: "string literal may not be empty",
-    errCallConvExpected: "calling convention expected",
-    errProcOnlyOneCallConv: "a proc can only have one calling convention",
-    errSymbolMustBeImported: "symbol must be imported if 'lib' pragma is used",
-    errExprMustBeBool: "expression must be of type 'bool'",
-    errConstExprExpected: "constant expression expected",
-    errDuplicateCaseLabel: "duplicate case label",
-    errRangeIsEmpty: "range is empty",
-    errSelectorMustBeOfCertainTypes: "selector must be of an ordinal type, float or string",
-    errSelectorMustBeOrdinal: "selector must be of an ordinal type",
-    errOrdXMustNotBeNegative: "ord($1) must not be negative",
-    errLenXinvalid: "len($1) must be less than 32768",
-    errWrongNumberOfVariables: "wrong number of variables",
-    errExprCannotBeRaised: "only a 'ref object' can be raised",
-    errBreakOnlyInLoop: "'break' only allowed in loop construct",
-    errTypeXhasUnknownSize: "type \'$1\' has unknown size",
-    errConstNeedsConstExpr: "a constant can only be initialized with a constant expression",
-    errConstNeedsValue: "a constant needs a value",
-    errResultCannotBeOpenArray: "the result type cannot be on open array",
-    errSizeTooBig: "computing the type\'s size produced an overflow",
-    errSetTooBig: "set is too large",
-    errBaseTypeMustBeOrdinal: "base type of a set must be an ordinal",
-    errInheritanceOnlyWithNonFinalObjects: "inheritance only works with non-final objects",
-    errInheritanceOnlyWithEnums: "inheritance only works with an enum",
-    errIllegalRecursionInTypeX: "illegal recursion in type \'$1\'",
-    errCannotInstantiateX: "cannot instantiate: \'$1\'",
-    errExprHasNoAddress: "expression has no address",
-    errXStackEscape: "address of '$1' may not escape its stack frame",
-    errVarForOutParamNeededX: "for a \'var\' type a variable needs to be passed; but '$1' is immutable",
-    errPureTypeMismatch: "type mismatch",
-    errTypeMismatch: "type mismatch: got (",
-    errButExpected: "but expected one of: ",
-    errButExpectedX: "but expected \'$1\'",
-    errAmbiguousCallXYZ: "ambiguous call; both $1 and $2 match for: $3",
-    errWrongNumberOfArguments: "wrong number of arguments",
-    errWrongNumberOfArgumentsInCall: "wrong number of arguments in call to '$1'",
-    errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate: "'$1' has unspecified generic parameters",
-    errXCannotBePassedToProcVar: "\'$1\' cannot be passed to a procvar",
-    errXCannotBeInParamDecl: "$1 cannot be declared in parameter declaration",
-    errPragmaOnlyInHeaderOfProcX: "pragmas are only allowed in the header of a proc; redefinition of $1",
-    errImplOfXNotAllowed: "implementation of \'$1\' is not allowed",
-    errImplOfXexpected: "implementation of \'$1\' expected",
-    errNoSymbolToBorrowFromFound: "no symbol to borrow from found",
-    errDiscardValueX: "value of type '$1' has to be discarded",
-    errInvalidDiscard: "statement returns no value that can be discarded",
-    errIllegalConvFromXtoY: "conversion from $1 to $2 is invalid",
-    errCannotBindXTwice: "cannot bind parameter \'$1\' twice",
-    errInvalidOrderInArrayConstructor: "invalid order in array constructor",
-    errInvalidOrderInEnumX: "invalid order in enum \'$1\'",
-    errEnumXHasHoles: "enum \'$1\' has holes",
-    errExceptExpected: "\'except\' or \'finally\' expected",
-    errInvalidTry: "after catch all \'except\' or \'finally\' no section may follow",
-    errOptionExpected: "option expected, but found \'$1\'",
-    errXisNoLabel: "\'$1\' is not a label",
-    errNotAllCasesCovered: "not all cases are covered",
-    errUnknownSubstitionVar: "unknown substitution variable: \'$1\'",
-    errComplexStmtRequiresInd: "complex statement requires indentation",
-    errXisNotCallable: "\'$1\' is not callable",
-    errNoPragmasAllowedForX: "no pragmas allowed for $1",
-    errNoGenericParamsAllowedForX: "no generic parameters allowed for $1",
-    errInvalidParamKindX: "invalid param kind: \'$1\'",
-    errDefaultArgumentInvalid: "default argument invalid",
-    errNamedParamHasToBeIdent: "named parameter has to be an identifier",
-    errNoReturnTypeForX: "no return type allowed for $1",
-    errConvNeedsOneArg: "a type conversion needs exactly one argument",
-    errInvalidPragmaX: "invalid pragma: $1",
-    errXNotAllowedHere: "$1 not allowed here",
-    errInvalidControlFlowX: "invalid control flow: $1",
-    errXisNoType: "invalid type: \'$1\'",
-    errCircumNeedsPointer: "'[]' needs a pointer or reference type",
-    errInvalidExpression: "invalid expression",
-    errInvalidExpressionX: "invalid expression: \'$1\'",
-    errEnumHasNoValueX: "enum has no value \'$1\'",
-    errNamedExprExpected: "named expression expected",
-    errNamedExprNotAllowed: "named expression not allowed here",
-    errXExpectsOneTypeParam: "\'$1\' expects one type parameter",
-    errArrayExpectsTwoTypeParams: "array expects two type parameters",
-    errInvalidVisibilityX: "invalid visibility: \'$1\'",
-    errInitHereNotAllowed: "initialization not allowed here",
-    errXCannotBeAssignedTo: "\'$1\' cannot be assigned to",
-    errIteratorNotAllowed: "iterators can only be defined at the module\'s top level",
-    errXNeedsReturnType: "$1 needs a return type",
-    errNoReturnTypeDeclared: "no return type declared",
-    errNoCommand: "no command given",
-    errInvalidCommandX: "invalid command: \'$1\'",
-    errXOnlyAtModuleScope: "\'$1\' is only allowed at top level",
-    errXNeedsParamObjectType: "'$1' needs a parameter that has an object type",
-    errTemplateInstantiationTooNested: "template/macro instantiation too nested",
-    errInstantiationFrom: "template/generic instantiation from here",
-    errInvalidIndexValueForTuple: "invalid index value for tuple subscript",
-    errCommandExpectsFilename: "command expects a filename argument",
-    errMainModuleMustBeSpecified: "please, specify a main module in the project configuration file",
-    errXExpected: "\'$1\' expected",
-    errTIsNotAConcreteType: "\'$1\' is not a concrete type.",
-    errCastToANonConcreteType: "cannot cast to a non concrete type: \'$1\'",
-    errInvalidSectionStart: "invalid section start",
-    errGridTableNotImplemented: "grid table is not implemented",
-    errGeneralParseError: "general parse error",
-    errNewSectionExpected: "new section expected",
-    errWhitespaceExpected: "whitespace expected, got \'$1\'",
-    errXisNoValidIndexFile: "\'$1\' is no valid index file",
-    errCannotRenderX: "cannot render reStructuredText element \'$1\'",
-    errVarVarTypeNotAllowed: "type \'var var\' is not allowed",
-    errInstantiateXExplicitly: "instantiate '$1' explicitly",
-    errOnlyACallOpCanBeDelegator: "only a call operator can be a delegator",
-    errUsingNoSymbol: "'$1' is not a variable, constant or a proc name",
-    errMacroBodyDependsOnGenericTypes: "the macro body cannot be compiled, " &
-                                       "because the parameter '$1' has a generic type",
-    errDestructorNotGenericEnough: "Destructor signature is too specific. " &
-                                   "A destructor must be associated will all instantiations of a generic type",
-    errInlineIteratorsAsProcParams: "inline iterators can be used as parameters only for " &
-                                    "templates, macros and other inline iterators",
-    errXExpectsTwoArguments: "\'$1\' expects two arguments",
-    errXExpectsObjectTypes: "\'$1\' expects object types",
-    errXcanNeverBeOfThisSubtype: "\'$1\' can never be of this subtype",
-    errTooManyIterations: "interpretation requires too many iterations",
-    errCannotInterpretNodeX: "cannot evaluate \'$1\'",
-    errFieldXNotFound: "field \'$1\' cannot be found",
-    errInvalidConversionFromTypeX: "invalid conversion from type \'$1\'",
-    errAssertionFailed: "assertion failed",
-    errCannotGenerateCodeForX: "cannot generate code for \'$1\'",
-    errXRequiresOneArgument: "$1 requires one parameter",
-    errUnhandledExceptionX: "unhandled exception: $1",
-    errCyclicTree: "macro returned a cyclic abstract syntax tree",
-    errXisNoMacroOrTemplate: "\'$1\' is no macro or template",
-    errXhasSideEffects: "\'$1\' can have side effects",
-    errIteratorExpected: "iterator within for loop context expected",
-    errLetNeedsInit: "'let' symbol requires an initialization",
-    errThreadvarCannotInit: "a thread var cannot be initialized explicitly",
-    errWrongSymbolX: "usage of \'$1\' is a user-defined error",
-    errIllegalCaptureX: "illegal capture '$1'",
-    errXCannotBeClosure: "'$1' cannot have 'closure' calling convention",
-    errXMustBeCompileTime: "'$1' can only be used in compile-time context",
-    errCannotInferTypeOfTheLiteral: "cannot infer the type of the $1",
-    errCannotInferReturnType: "cannot infer the return type of the proc",
-    errCannotInferStaticParam: "cannot infer the value of the static param `$1`",
-    errGenericLambdaNotAllowed: "A nested proc can have generic parameters only when " &
-                                "it is used as an operand to another routine and the types " &
-                                "of the generic paramers can be inferred from the expected signature.",
-    errProcHasNoConcreteType: "'$1' doesn't have a concrete type, due to unspecified generic parameters.",
-    errCompilerDoesntSupportTarget: "The current compiler \'$1\' doesn't support the requested compilation target",
-    errInOutFlagNotExtern: "The `$1` modifier can be used only with imported types",
-    errUser: "$1",
-    warnCannotOpenFile: "cannot open \'$1\'",
-    warnOctalEscape: "octal escape sequences do not exist; leading zero is ignored",
-    warnXIsNeverRead: "\'$1\' is never read",
-    warnXmightNotBeenInit: "\'$1\' might not have been initialized",
-    warnDeprecated: "$1 is deprecated",
-    warnConfigDeprecated: "config file '$1' is deprecated",
-    warnSmallLshouldNotBeUsed: "\'l\' should not be used as an identifier; may look like \'1\' (one)",
-    warnUnknownMagic: "unknown magic \'$1\' might crash the compiler",
-    warnRedefinitionOfLabel: "redefinition of label \'$1\'",
-    warnUnknownSubstitutionX: "unknown substitution \'$1\'",
-    warnLanguageXNotSupported: "language \'$1\' not supported",
-    warnFieldXNotSupported: "field \'$1\' not supported",
-    warnCommentXIgnored: "comment \'$1\' ignored",
-    warnNilStatement: "'nil' statement is deprecated; use an empty 'discard' statement instead",
-    warnTypelessParam: "'$1' has no type. Typeless parameters are deprecated; only allowed for 'template'",
-    warnUseBase: "use {.base.} for base methods; baseless methods are deprecated",
-    warnWriteToForeignHeap: "write to foreign heap",
-    warnUnsafeCode: "unsafe code: '$1'",
-    warnEachIdentIsTuple: "each identifier is a tuple",
-    warnShadowIdent: "shadowed identifier: '$1'",
-    warnProveInit: "Cannot prove that '$1' is initialized. This will become a compile time error in the future.",
-    warnProveField: "cannot prove that field '$1' is accessible",
-    warnProveIndex: "cannot prove index '$1' is valid",
-    warnGcUnsafe: "not GC-safe: '$1'",
-    warnGcUnsafe2: "$1",
-    warnUninit: "'$1' might not have been initialized",
-    warnGcMem: "'$1' uses GC'ed memory",
-    warnDestructor: "usage of a type with a destructor in a non destructible context. This will become a compile time error in the future.",
-    warnLockLevel: "$1",
-    warnResultShadowed: "Special variable 'result' is shadowed.",
-    warnUser: "$1",
-    hintSuccess: "operation successful",
-    hintSuccessX: "operation successful ($# lines compiled; $# sec total; $#; $#)",
-    hintLineTooLong: "line too long",
-    hintXDeclaredButNotUsed: "\'$1\' is declared but not used",
-    hintConvToBaseNotNeeded: "conversion to base object is not needed",
-    hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded: "conversion from $1 to itself is pointless",
-    hintExprAlwaysX: "expression evaluates always to \'$1\'",
-    hintQuitCalled: "quit() called",
-    hintProcessing: "$1",
-    hintCodeBegin: "generated code listing:",
-    hintCodeEnd: "end of listing",
-    hintConf: "used config file \'$1\'",
-    hintPath: "added path: '$1'",
-    hintConditionAlwaysTrue: "condition is always true: '$1'",
-    hintName: "name should be: '$1'",
-    hintPattern: "$1",
-    hintExecuting: "$1",
-    hintLinking: "",
-    hintDependency: "$1",
-    hintSource: "$1",
-    hintStackTrace: "$1",
-    hintGCStats: "$1",
-    hintUser: "$1",
-    hintUserRaw: "$1"]
-
-const
-  WarningsToStr* = ["CannotOpenFile", "OctalEscape",
-    "XIsNeverRead", "XmightNotBeenInit",
-    "Deprecated", "ConfigDeprecated",
-    "SmallLshouldNotBeUsed", "UnknownMagic",
-    "RedefinitionOfLabel", "UnknownSubstitutionX",
-    "LanguageXNotSupported", "FieldXNotSupported",
-    "CommentXIgnored", "NilStmt",
-    "TypelessParam", "UseBase", "WriteToForeignHeap",
-    "UnsafeCode", "EachIdentIsTuple", "ShadowIdent",
-    "ProveInit", "ProveField", "ProveIndex", "GcUnsafe", "GcUnsafe2", "Uninit",
-    "GcMem", "Destructor", "LockLevel", "ResultShadowed", "User"]
-
-  HintsToStr* = ["Success", "SuccessX", "LineTooLong",
-    "XDeclaredButNotUsed", "ConvToBaseNotNeeded", "ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded",
-    "ExprAlwaysX", "QuitCalled", "Processing", "CodeBegin", "CodeEnd", "Conf",
-    "Path", "CondTrue", "Name", "Pattern", "Exec", "Link", "Dependency",
-    "Source", "StackTrace", "GCStats",
-    "User", "UserRaw"]
-
-const
-  fatalMin* = errUnknown
-  fatalMax* = errInternal
-  errMin* = errUnknown
-  errMax* = errUser
-  warnMin* = warnCannotOpenFile
-  warnMax* = pred(hintSuccess)
-  hintMin* = hintSuccess
-  hintMax* = high(TMsgKind)
+#type
+#  MsgConfig* = ref object of RootObj
 
 type
-  TNoteKind* = range[warnMin..hintMax] # "notes" are warnings or hints
-  TNoteKinds* = set[TNoteKind]
-
   TFileInfo* = object
     fullPath: string           # This is a canonical full filesystem path
     projPath*: string          # This is relative to the project's root
@@ -491,15 +31,19 @@ type
     dirtyfile: string          # the file that is actually read into memory
                                # and parsed; usually 'nil' but is used
                                # for 'nimsuggest'
-
+    hash*: string              # the checksum of the file
+    when defined(nimpretty):
+      fullContent*: string
+  FileIndex* = distinct int32
   TLineInfo* = object          # This is designed to be as small as possible,
                                # because it is used
                                # in syntax nodes. We save space here by using
                                # two int16 and an int32.
                                # On 64 bit and on 32 bit systems this is
                                # only 8 bytes.
-    line*, col*: int16
-    fileIndex*: int32
+    line*: uint16
+    col*: int16
+    fileIndex*: FileIndex
     when defined(nimpretty):
       offsetA*, offsetB*: int
       commentOffsetA*, commentOffsetB*: int
@@ -513,38 +57,16 @@ type
   ERecoverableError* = object of ValueError
   ESuggestDone* = object of Exception
 
-const
-  NotesVerbosity*: array[0..3, TNoteKinds] = [
-    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {warnShadowIdent, warnUninit,
-                                         warnProveField, warnProveIndex,
-                                         warnGcUnsafe,
-                                         hintSuccessX, hintPath, hintConf,
-                                         hintProcessing, hintPattern,
-                                         hintDependency,
-                                         hintExecuting, hintLinking,
-                                         hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd,
-                                         hintSource, hintStackTrace,
-                                         hintGCStats},
-    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {warnShadowIdent, warnUninit,
-                                         warnProveField, warnProveIndex,
-                                         warnGcUnsafe,
-                                         hintPath,
-                                         hintDependency,
-                                         hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd,
-                                         hintSource, hintStackTrace,
-                                         hintGCStats},
-    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {hintStackTrace, warnUninit},
-    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)}]
+proc `==`*(a, b: FileIndex): bool {.borrow.}
+
 
 const
-  InvalidFileIDX* = int32(-1)
+  InvalidFileIDX* = FileIndex(-1)
 
 var
-  ForeignPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds = {hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic,
-    hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting}
-  filenameToIndexTbl = initTable[string, int32]()
+  filenameToIndexTbl = initTable[string, FileIndex]()
   fileInfos*: seq[TFileInfo] = @[]
-  systemFileIdx*: int32
+  systemFileIdx*: FileIndex
 
 proc toCChar*(c: char): string =
   case c
@@ -577,25 +99,36 @@ proc newFileInfo(fullPath, projPath: string): TFileInfo =
   result.shortName = fileName.changeFileExt("")
   result.quotedName = fileName.makeCString
   result.quotedFullName = fullPath.makeCString
-  if optEmbedOrigSrc in gGlobalOptions or true:
-    result.lines = @[]
-
-proc fileInfoKnown*(filename: string): bool =
+  result.lines = @[]
+  when defined(nimpretty):
+    if result.fullPath.len > 0:
+      try:
+        result.fullContent = readFile(result.fullPath)
+      except IOError:
+        #rawMessage(errCannotOpenFile, result.fullPath)
+        # XXX fixme
+        result.fullContent = ""
+
+when defined(nimpretty):
+  proc fileSection*(fid: FileIndex; a, b: int): string =
+    substr(fileInfos[fid.int].fullContent, a, b)
+
+proc fileInfoKnown*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string): bool =
   var
     canon: string
   try:
-    canon = canonicalizePath(filename)
+    canon = canonicalizePath(conf, filename)
   except:
     canon = filename
   result = filenameToIndexTbl.hasKey(canon)
 
-proc fileInfoIdx*(filename: string; isKnownFile: var bool): int32 =
+proc fileInfoIdx*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string; isKnownFile: var bool): FileIndex =
   var
     canon: string
     pseudoPath = false
 
   try:
-    canon = canonicalizePath(filename)
+    canon = canonicalizePath(conf, filename)
     shallow(canon)
   except:
     canon = filename
@@ -607,46 +140,39 @@ proc fileInfoIdx*(filename: string; isKnownFile: var bool): int32 =
     result = filenameToIndexTbl[canon]
   else:
     isKnownFile = false
-    result = fileInfos.len.int32
+    result = fileInfos.len.FileIndex
     fileInfos.add(newFileInfo(canon, if pseudoPath: filename
-                                     else: canon.shortenDir))
+                                     else: shortenDir(conf, canon)))
     filenameToIndexTbl[canon] = result
 
-proc fileInfoIdx*(filename: string): int32 =
+proc fileInfoIdx*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string): FileIndex =
   var dummy: bool
-  result = fileInfoIdx(filename, dummy)
+  result = fileInfoIdx(conf, filename, dummy)
 
-proc newLineInfo*(fileInfoIdx: int32, line, col: int): TLineInfo =
+proc newLineInfo*(fileInfoIdx: FileIndex, line, col: int): TLineInfo =
   result.fileIndex = fileInfoIdx
-  result.line = int16(line)
+  result.line = uint16(line)
   result.col = int16(col)
 
-proc newLineInfo*(filename: string, line, col: int): TLineInfo {.inline.} =
-  result = newLineInfo(filename.fileInfoIdx, line, col)
+proc newLineInfo*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string, line, col: int): TLineInfo {.inline.} =
+  result = newLineInfo(fileInfoIdx(conf, filename), line, col)
 
-fileInfos.add(newFileInfo("", "command line"))
-var gCmdLineInfo* = newLineInfo(int32(0), 1, 1)
+when false:
+  fileInfos.add(newFileInfo("", "command line"))
+  var gCmdLineInfo* = newLineInfo(FileIndex(0), 1, 1)
 
-fileInfos.add(newFileInfo("", "compilation artifact"))
-var gCodegenLineInfo* = newLineInfo(int32(1), 1, 1)
+  fileInfos.add(newFileInfo("", "compilation artifact"))
+  var gCodegenLineInfo* = newLineInfo(FileIndex(1), 1, 1)
 
 proc raiseRecoverableError*(msg: string) {.noinline, noreturn.} =
   raise newException(ERecoverableError, msg)
 
-proc sourceLine*(i: TLineInfo): Rope
-
-var
-  gNotes*: TNoteKinds = NotesVerbosity[1] # defaults to verbosity of 1
-  gErrorCounter*: int = 0     # counts the number of errors
-  gHintCounter*: int = 0
-  gWarnCounter*: int = 0
-  gErrorMax*: int = 1         # stop after gErrorMax errors
-  gMainPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds = NotesVerbosity[1]
+proc sourceLine*(conf: ConfigRef; i: TLineInfo): Rope
 
 proc unknownLineInfo*(): TLineInfo =
-  result.line = int16(-1)
+  result.line = uint16(0)
   result.col = int16(-1)
-  result.fileIndex = -1
+  result.fileIndex = InvalidFileIDX
 
 type
   Severity* {.pure.} = enum ## VS Code only supports these three
@@ -708,24 +234,32 @@ proc getInfoContext*(index: int): TLineInfo =
   if i >=% L: result = unknownLineInfo()
   else: result = msgContext[i]
 
-template toFilename*(fileIdx: int32): string =
-  (if fileIdx < 0: "???" else: fileInfos[fileIdx].projPath)
+template toFilename*(fileIdx: FileIndex): string =
+  (if fileIdx.int32 < 0: "???" else: fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].projPath)
+
+proc toFullPath*(fileIdx: FileIndex): string =
+  if fileIdx.int32 < 0: result = "???"
+  else: result = fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].fullPath
 
-proc toFullPath*(fileIdx: int32): string =
-  if fileIdx < 0: result = "???"
-  else: result = fileInfos[fileIdx].fullPath
+proc setDirtyFile*(fileIdx: FileIndex; filename: string) =
+  assert fileIdx.int32 >= 0
+  fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].dirtyFile = filename
 
-proc setDirtyFile*(fileIdx: int32; filename: string) =
-  assert fileIdx >= 0
-  fileInfos[fileIdx].dirtyFile = filename
+proc setHash*(fileIdx: FileIndex; hash: string) =
+  assert fileIdx.int32 >= 0
+  shallowCopy(fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash, hash)
 
-proc toFullPathConsiderDirty*(fileIdx: int32): string =
-  if fileIdx < 0:
+proc getHash*(fileIdx: FileIndex): string =
+  assert fileIdx.int32 >= 0
+  shallowCopy(result, fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].hash)
+
+proc toFullPathConsiderDirty*(fileIdx: FileIndex): string =
+  if fileIdx.int32 < 0:
     result = "???"
-  elif not fileInfos[fileIdx].dirtyFile.isNil:
-    result = fileInfos[fileIdx].dirtyFile
+  elif not fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].dirtyFile.isNil:
+    result = fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].dirtyFile
   else:
-    result = fileInfos[fileIdx].fullPath
+    result = fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].fullPath
 
 template toFilename*(info: TLineInfo): string =
   info.fileIndex.toFilename
@@ -733,16 +267,16 @@ template toFilename*(info: TLineInfo): string =
 template toFullPath*(info: TLineInfo): string =
   info.fileIndex.toFullPath
 
-proc toMsgFilename*(info: TLineInfo): string =
-  if info.fileIndex < 0:
+proc toMsgFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo): string =
+  if info.fileIndex.int32 < 0:
     result = "???"
-  elif gListFullPaths:
-    result = fileInfos[info.fileIndex].fullPath
+  elif optListFullPaths in conf.globalOptions:
+    result = fileInfos[info.fileIndex.int32].fullPath
   else:
-    result = fileInfos[info.fileIndex].projPath
+    result = fileInfos[info.fileIndex.int32].projPath
 
 proc toLinenumber*(info: TLineInfo): int {.inline.} =
-  result = info.line
+  result = int info.line
 
 proc toColumn*(info: TLineInfo): int {.inline.} =
   result = info.col
@@ -759,7 +293,7 @@ proc `??`* (info: TLineInfo, filename: string): bool =
   # only for debugging purposes
   result = filename in info.toFilename
 
-const trackPosInvalidFileIdx* = -2 # special marker so that no suggestions
+const trackPosInvalidFileIdx* = FileIndex(-2) # special marker so that no suggestions
                                    # are produced within comments and string literals
 var gTrackPos*: TLineInfo
 var gTrackPosAttached*: bool ## whether the tracking position was attached to some
@@ -771,7 +305,7 @@ type
     msgSkipHook    ## skip message hook even if it is present
   MsgFlags* = set[MsgFlag]
 
-proc msgWriteln*(s: string, flags: MsgFlags = {}) =
+proc msgWriteln*(conf: ConfigRef; s: string, flags: MsgFlags = {}) =
   ## Writes given message string to stderr by default.
   ## If ``--stdout`` option is given, writes to stdout instead. If message hook
   ## is present, then it is used to output message rather than stderr/stdout.
@@ -779,11 +313,11 @@ proc msgWriteln*(s: string, flags: MsgFlags = {}) =
 
   ## This is used for 'nim dump' etc. where we don't have nimsuggest
   ## support.
-  #if gCmd == cmdIdeTools and optCDebug notin gGlobalOptions: return
+  #if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools and optCDebug notin gGlobalOptions: return
 
   if not isNil(writelnHook) and msgSkipHook notin flags:
     writelnHook(s)
-  elif optStdout in gGlobalOptions or msgStdout in flags:
+  elif optStdout in conf.globalOptions or msgStdout in flags:
     if eStdOut in errorOutputs:
       writeLine(stdout, s)
       flushFile(stdout)
@@ -824,13 +358,13 @@ template callWritelnHook(args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
 template styledMsgWriteln*(args: varargs[typed]) =
   if not isNil(writelnHook):
     callIgnoringStyle(callWritelnHook, nil, args)
-  elif optStdout in gGlobalOptions:
+  elif optStdout in conf.globalOptions:
     if eStdOut in errorOutputs:
       callIgnoringStyle(writeLine, stdout, args)
       flushFile(stdout)
   else:
     if eStdErr in errorOutputs:
-      if optUseColors in gGlobalOptions:
+      if optUseColors in conf.globalOptions:
         callStyledWriteLineStderr(args)
       else:
         callIgnoringStyle(writeLine, stderr, args)
@@ -858,27 +392,27 @@ proc log*(s: string) {.procvar.} =
     f.writeLine(s)
     close(f)
 
-proc quit(msg: TMsgKind) =
-  if defined(debug) or msg == errInternal or hintStackTrace in gNotes:
+proc quit(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind) =
+  if defined(debug) or msg == errInternal or hintStackTrace in conf.notes:
     if stackTraceAvailable() and isNil(writelnHook):
       writeStackTrace()
     else:
       styledMsgWriteln(fgRed, "No stack traceback available\n" &
           "To create a stacktrace, rerun compilation with ./koch temp " &
-          options.command & " <file>")
+          conf.command & " <file>")
   quit 1
 
-proc handleError(msg: TMsgKind, eh: TErrorHandling, s: string) =
+proc handleError(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, eh: TErrorHandling, s: string) =
   if msg >= fatalMin and msg <= fatalMax:
-    if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: log(s)
-    quit(msg)
+    if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools: log(s)
+    quit(conf, msg)
   if msg >= errMin and msg <= errMax:
-    inc(gErrorCounter)
-    options.gExitcode = 1'i8
-    if gErrorCounter >= gErrorMax:
-      quit(msg)
-    elif eh == doAbort and gCmd != cmdIdeTools:
-      quit(msg)
+    inc(conf.errorCounter)
+    conf.exitcode = 1'i8
+    if conf.errorCounter >= conf.errorMax:
+      quit(conf, msg)
+    elif eh == doAbort and conf.cmd != cmdIdeTools:
+      quit(conf, msg)
     elif eh == doRaise:
       raiseRecoverableError(s)
 
@@ -888,26 +422,27 @@ proc `==`*(a, b: TLineInfo): bool =
 proc exactEquals*(a, b: TLineInfo): bool =
   result = a.fileIndex == b.fileIndex and a.line == b.line and a.col == b.col
 
-proc writeContext(lastinfo: TLineInfo) =
+proc writeContext(conf: ConfigRef; lastinfo: TLineInfo) =
+  const instantiationFrom = "template/generic instantiation from here"
   var info = lastinfo
   for i in countup(0, len(msgContext) - 1):
     if msgContext[i] != lastinfo and msgContext[i] != info:
       if structuredErrorHook != nil:
-        structuredErrorHook(msgContext[i], getMessageStr(errInstantiationFrom, ""),
+        structuredErrorHook(msgContext[i], instantiationFrom,
                             Severity.Error)
       else:
         styledMsgWriteln(styleBright,
-                         PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(msgContext[i]),
-                                      coordToStr(msgContext[i].line),
+                         PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(conf, msgContext[i]),
+                                      coordToStr(msgContext[i].line.int),
                                       coordToStr(msgContext[i].col+1)],
                          resetStyle,
-                         getMessageStr(errInstantiationFrom, ""))
+                         instantiationFrom)
     info = msgContext[i]
 
-proc ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(msg: TMsgKind): bool =
-  msg >= errGenerated and gCmd == cmdIdeTools and optIdeDebug notin gGlobalOptions
+proc ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind): bool =
+  msg >= errGenerated and conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools and optIdeDebug notin conf.globalOptions
 
-proc rawMessage*(msg: TMsgKind, args: openArray[string]) =
+proc rawMessage*(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, args: openArray[string]) =
   var
     title: string
     color: ForegroundColor
@@ -916,62 +451,62 @@ proc rawMessage*(msg: TMsgKind, args: openArray[string]) =
   case msg
   of errMin..errMax:
     sev = Severity.Error
-    writeContext(unknownLineInfo())
+    writeContext(conf, unknownLineInfo())
     title = ErrorTitle
     color = ErrorColor
   of warnMin..warnMax:
     sev = Severity.Warning
-    if optWarns notin gOptions: return
-    if msg notin gNotes: return
-    writeContext(unknownLineInfo())
+    if optWarns notin conf.options: return
+    if msg notin conf.notes: return
+    writeContext(conf, unknownLineInfo())
     title = WarningTitle
     color = WarningColor
     kind = WarningsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(warnMin)]
-    inc(gWarnCounter)
+    inc(conf.warnCounter)
   of hintMin..hintMax:
     sev = Severity.Hint
-    if optHints notin gOptions: return
-    if msg notin gNotes: return
+    if optHints notin conf.options: return
+    if msg notin conf.notes: return
     title = HintTitle
     color = HintColor
     if msg != hintUserRaw: kind = HintsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(hintMin)]
-    inc(gHintCounter)
+    inc(conf.hintCounter)
   let s = msgKindToString(msg) % args
 
   if structuredErrorHook != nil:
     structuredErrorHook(unknownLineInfo(), s & (if kind != nil: KindFormat % kind else: ""), sev)
 
-  if not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(msg):
+  if not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(conf, msg):
     if kind != nil:
       styledMsgWriteln(color, title, resetStyle, s,
                        KindColor, `%`(KindFormat, kind))
     else:
       styledMsgWriteln(color, title, resetStyle, s)
-  handleError(msg, doAbort, s)
+  handleError(conf, msg, doAbort, s)
 
-proc rawMessage*(msg: TMsgKind, arg: string) =
-  rawMessage(msg, [arg])
+proc rawMessage*(conf: ConfigRef; msg: TMsgKind, arg: string) =
+  rawMessage(conf, msg, [arg])
 
-proc resetAttributes* =
-  if {optUseColors, optStdout} * gGlobalOptions == {optUseColors}:
+proc resetAttributes*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  if {optUseColors, optStdout} * conf.globalOptions == {optUseColors}:
     terminal.resetAttributes(stderr)
 
-proc writeSurroundingSrc(info: TLineInfo) =
+proc writeSurroundingSrc(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo) =
   const indent = "  "
-  msgWriteln(indent & $info.sourceLine)
-  msgWriteln(indent & spaces(info.col) & '^')
+  msgWriteln(conf, indent & $sourceLine(conf, info))
+  msgWriteln(conf, indent & spaces(info.col) & '^')
 
-proc formatMsg*(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string): string =
+proc formatMsg*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string): string =
   let title = case msg
               of warnMin..warnMax: WarningTitle
               of hintMin..hintMax: HintTitle
               else: ErrorTitle
-  result = PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(info), coordToStr(info.line),
+  result = PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(conf, info), coordToStr(info.line.int),
                         coordToStr(info.col+1)] &
            title &
            getMessageStr(msg, arg)
 
-proc liMessage(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
+proc liMessage(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
                eh: TErrorHandling) =
   var
     title: string
@@ -982,7 +517,7 @@ proc liMessage(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
   case msg
   of errMin..errMax:
     sev = Severity.Error
-    writeContext(info)
+    writeContext(conf, info)
     title = ErrorTitle
     color = ErrorColor
     # we try to filter error messages so that not two error message
@@ -991,125 +526,124 @@ proc liMessage(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
     lastError = info
   of warnMin..warnMax:
     sev = Severity.Warning
-    ignoreMsg = optWarns notin gOptions or msg notin gNotes
-    if not ignoreMsg: writeContext(info)
+    ignoreMsg = optWarns notin conf.options or msg notin conf.notes
+    if not ignoreMsg: writeContext(conf, info)
     title = WarningTitle
     color = WarningColor
     kind = WarningsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(warnMin)]
-    inc(gWarnCounter)
+    inc(conf.warnCounter)
   of hintMin..hintMax:
     sev = Severity.Hint
-    ignoreMsg = optHints notin gOptions or msg notin gNotes
+    ignoreMsg = optHints notin conf.options or msg notin conf.notes
     title = HintTitle
     color = HintColor
     if msg != hintUserRaw: kind = HintsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(hintMin)]
-    inc(gHintCounter)
+    inc(conf.hintCounter)
   # NOTE: currently line info line numbers start with 1,
   # but column numbers start with 0, however most editors expect
   # first column to be 1, so we need to +1 here
-  let x = PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(info), coordToStr(info.line),
+  let x = PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(conf, info), coordToStr(info.line.int),
                        coordToStr(info.col+1)]
   let s = getMessageStr(msg, arg)
 
   if not ignoreMsg:
     if structuredErrorHook != nil:
       structuredErrorHook(info, s & (if kind != nil: KindFormat % kind else: ""), sev)
-    if not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(msg):
+    if not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(conf, msg):
       if kind != nil:
         styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, x, resetStyle, color, title, resetStyle, s,
                          KindColor, `%`(KindFormat, kind))
       else:
         styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, x, resetStyle, color, title, resetStyle, s)
-      if msg in errMin..errMax and hintSource in gNotes:
-        info.writeSurroundingSrc
-  handleError(msg, eh, s)
+      if hintSource in conf.notes:
+        conf.writeSurroundingSrc(info)
+  handleError(conf, msg, eh, s)
 
-proc fatal*(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  liMessage(info, msg, arg, doAbort)
+proc fatal*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
+  # this fixes bug #7080 so that it is at least obvious 'fatal'
+  # was executed.
+  errorOutputs = {eStdOut, eStdErr}
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doAbort)
 
-proc globalError*(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  liMessage(info, msg, arg, doRaise)
+proc globalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doRaise)
 
-proc globalError*(info: TLineInfo, arg: string) =
-  liMessage(info, errGenerated, arg, doRaise)
+proc globalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, arg: string) =
+  liMessage(conf, info, errGenerated, arg, doRaise)
 
-proc localError*(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  liMessage(info, msg, arg, doNothing)
+proc localError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doNothing)
 
-proc localError*(info: TLineInfo, arg: string) =
-  liMessage(info, errGenerated, arg, doNothing)
+proc localError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, arg: string) =
+  liMessage(conf, info, errGenerated, arg, doNothing)
 
-proc localError*(info: TLineInfo, format: string, params: openarray[string]) =
-  localError(info, format % params)
+proc localError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, format: string, params: openarray[string]) =
+  localError(conf, info, format % params)
 
-proc message*(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  liMessage(info, msg, arg, doNothing)
+proc message*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
+  liMessage(conf, info, msg, arg, doNothing)
 
-proc internalError*(info: TLineInfo, errMsg: string) =
-  if gCmd == cmdIdeTools and structuredErrorHook.isNil: return
-  writeContext(info)
-  liMessage(info, errInternal, errMsg, doAbort)
+proc internalError*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, errMsg: string) =
+  if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools and structuredErrorHook.isNil: return
+  writeContext(conf, info)
+  liMessage(conf, info, errInternal, errMsg, doAbort)
 
-proc internalError*(errMsg: string) =
-  if gCmd == cmdIdeTools and structuredErrorHook.isNil: return
-  writeContext(unknownLineInfo())
-  rawMessage(errInternal, errMsg)
+proc internalError*(conf: ConfigRef; errMsg: string) =
+  if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools and structuredErrorHook.isNil: return
+  writeContext(conf, unknownLineInfo())
+  rawMessage(conf, errInternal, errMsg)
 
-template assertNotNil*(e): untyped =
-  if e == nil: internalError($instantiationInfo())
+template assertNotNil*(conf: ConfigRef; e): untyped =
+  if e == nil: internalError(conf, $instantiationInfo())
   e
 
-template internalAssert*(e: bool) =
-  if not e: internalError($instantiationInfo())
+template internalAssert*(conf: ConfigRef, e: bool) =
+  if not e: internalError(conf, $instantiationInfo())
 
-proc addSourceLine*(fileIdx: int32, line: string) =
-  fileInfos[fileIdx].lines.add line.rope
+proc addSourceLine*(fileIdx: FileIndex, line: string) =
+  fileInfos[fileIdx.int32].lines.add line.rope
 
-proc sourceLine*(i: TLineInfo): Rope =
-  if i.fileIndex < 0: return nil
+proc sourceLine*(conf: ConfigRef; i: TLineInfo): Rope =
+  if i.fileIndex.int32 < 0: return nil
 
-  if not optPreserveOrigSource and fileInfos[i.fileIndex].lines.len == 0:
+  if not optPreserveOrigSource(conf) and fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].lines.len == 0:
     try:
       for line in lines(i.toFullPath):
         addSourceLine i.fileIndex, line.string
     except IOError:
       discard
-  internalAssert i.fileIndex < fileInfos.len
+  assert i.fileIndex.int32 < fileInfos.len
   # can happen if the error points to EOF:
-  if i.line > fileInfos[i.fileIndex].lines.len: return nil
+  if i.line.int > fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].lines.len: return nil
 
-  result = fileInfos[i.fileIndex].lines[i.line-1]
+  result = fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].lines[i.line.int-1]
 
-proc quotedFilename*(i: TLineInfo): Rope =
-  internalAssert i.fileIndex >= 0
-  if optExcessiveStackTrace in gGlobalOptions:
-    result = fileInfos[i.fileIndex].quotedFullName
+proc quotedFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; i: TLineInfo): Rope =
+  assert i.fileIndex.int32 >= 0
+  if optExcessiveStackTrace in conf.globalOptions:
+    result = fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].quotedFullName
   else:
-    result = fileInfos[i.fileIndex].quotedName
+    result = fileInfos[i.fileIndex.int32].quotedName
 
 ropes.errorHandler = proc (err: RopesError, msg: string, useWarning: bool) =
   case err
   of rInvalidFormatStr:
-    internalError("ropes: invalid format string: " & msg)
+    internalError(newPartialConfigRef(), "ropes: invalid format string: " & msg)
   of rCannotOpenFile:
-    rawMessage(if useWarning: warnCannotOpenFile else: errCannotOpenFile, msg)
+    rawMessage(newPartialConfigRef(), if useWarning: warnCannotOpenFile else: errCannotOpenFile, msg)
 
-proc listWarnings*() =
-  msgWriteln("Warnings:")
+proc listWarnings*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  msgWriteln(conf, "Warnings:")
   for warn in warnMin..warnMax:
-    msgWriteln("  [$1] $2" % [
-      if warn in gNotes: "x" else: " ",
-      msgs.WarningsToStr[ord(warn) - ord(warnMin)]
+    msgWriteln(conf, "  [$1] $2" % [
+      if warn in conf.notes: "x" else: " ",
+      configuration.WarningsToStr[ord(warn) - ord(warnMin)]
     ])
 
-proc listHints*() =
-  msgWriteln("Hints:")
+proc listHints*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  msgWriteln(conf, "Hints:")
   for hint in hintMin..hintMax:
-    msgWriteln("  [$1] $2" % [
-      if hint in gNotes: "x" else: " ",
-      msgs.HintsToStr[ord(hint) - ord(hintMin)]
+    msgWriteln(conf, "  [$1] $2" % [
+      if hint in conf.notes: "x" else: " ",
+      configuration.HintsToStr[ord(hint) - ord(hintMin)]
     ])
-
-# enable colors by default on terminals
-if terminal.isatty(stderr):
-  incl(gGlobalOptions, optUseColors)
diff --git a/compiler/nim.nim b/compiler/nim.nim
index 89225a5e0..d3e00017f 100644
--- a/compiler/nim.nim
+++ b/compiler/nim.nim
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ when defined(i386) and defined(windows) and defined(vcc):
 import
   commands, lexer, condsyms, options, msgs, nversion, nimconf, ropes,
   extccomp, strutils, os, osproc, platform, main, parseopt, service,
-  nodejs, scriptconfig, idents, modulegraphs
+  nodejs, scriptconfig, idents, modulegraphs, configuration
 
 when hasTinyCBackend:
   import tccgen
@@ -37,77 +37,70 @@ proc prependCurDir(f: string): string =
   else:
     result = f
 
-proc handleCmdLine(cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef) =
+proc handleCmdLine(cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  condsyms.initDefines(conf.symbols)
   if paramCount() == 0:
-    writeCommandLineUsage()
+    writeCommandLineUsage(conf, conf.helpWritten)
   else:
     # Process command line arguments:
-    processCmdLine(passCmd1, "")
-    if gProjectName == "-":
-      gProjectName = "stdinfile"
-      gProjectFull = "stdinfile"
-      gProjectPath = canonicalizePath getCurrentDir()
-      gProjectIsStdin = true
-    elif gProjectName != "":
+    processCmdLine(passCmd1, "", conf)
+    if conf.projectName == "-":
+      conf.projectName = "stdinfile"
+      conf.projectFull = "stdinfile"
+      conf.projectPath = canonicalizePath(conf, getCurrentDir())
+      conf.projectIsStdin = true
+    elif conf.projectName != "":
       try:
-        gProjectFull = canonicalizePath(gProjectName)
+        conf.projectFull = canonicalizePath(conf, conf.projectName)
       except OSError:
-        gProjectFull = gProjectName
-      let p = splitFile(gProjectFull)
+        conf.projectFull = conf.projectName
+      let p = splitFile(conf.projectFull)
       let dir = if p.dir.len > 0: p.dir else: getCurrentDir()
-      gProjectPath = canonicalizePath dir
-      gProjectName = p.name
+      conf.projectPath = canonicalizePath(conf, dir)
+      conf.projectName = p.name
     else:
-      gProjectPath = canonicalizePath getCurrentDir()
-    loadConfigs(DefaultConfig, config) # load all config files
-    let scriptFile = gProjectFull.changeFileExt("nims")
+      conf.projectPath = canonicalizePath(conf, getCurrentDir())
+    loadConfigs(DefaultConfig, conf) # load all config files
+    let scriptFile = conf.projectFull.changeFileExt("nims")
     if fileExists(scriptFile):
-      runNimScript(cache, scriptFile, freshDefines=false, config)
+      runNimScript(cache, scriptFile, freshDefines=false, conf)
       # 'nim foo.nims' means to just run the NimScript file and do nothing more:
-      if scriptFile == gProjectFull: return
-    elif fileExists(gProjectPath / "config.nims"):
+      if scriptFile == conf.projectFull: return
+    elif fileExists(conf.projectPath / "config.nims"):
       # directory wide NimScript file
-      runNimScript(cache, gProjectPath / "config.nims", freshDefines=false, config)
+      runNimScript(cache, conf.projectPath / "config.nims", freshDefines=false, conf)
     # now process command line arguments again, because some options in the
     # command line can overwite the config file's settings
-    extccomp.initVars()
-    processCmdLine(passCmd2, "")
-    if options.command == "":
-      rawMessage(errNoCommand, command)
-    mainCommand(newModuleGraph(config), cache)
-    if optHints in gOptions and hintGCStats in gNotes: echo(GC_getStatistics())
+    extccomp.initVars(conf)
+    processCmdLine(passCmd2, "", conf)
+    if conf.command == "":
+      rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "command missing")
+    mainCommand(newModuleGraph(conf), cache)
+    if optHints in conf.options and hintGCStats in conf.notes: echo(GC_getStatistics())
     #echo(GC_getStatistics())
-    if msgs.gErrorCounter == 0:
+    if conf.errorCounter == 0:
       when hasTinyCBackend:
-        if gCmd == cmdRun:
-          tccgen.run(commands.arguments)
-      if optRun in gGlobalOptions:
-        if gCmd == cmdCompileToJS:
+        if conf.cmd == cmdRun:
+          tccgen.run(conf.arguments)
+      if optRun in conf.globalOptions:
+        if conf.cmd == cmdCompileToJS:
           var ex: string
-          if options.outFile.len > 0:
-            ex = options.outFile.prependCurDir.quoteShell
+          if conf.outFile.len > 0:
+            ex = conf.outFile.prependCurDir.quoteShell
           else:
             ex = quoteShell(
-              completeCFilePath(changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "js").prependCurDir))
-          execExternalProgram(findNodeJs() & " " & ex & ' ' & commands.arguments)
-        elif gCmd == cmdCompileToPHP:
-          var ex: string
-          if options.outFile.len > 0:
-            ex = options.outFile.prependCurDir.quoteShell
-          else:
-            ex = quoteShell(
-              completeCFilePath(changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "php").prependCurDir))
-          execExternalProgram("php " & ex & ' ' & commands.arguments)
+              completeCFilePath(conf, changeFileExt(conf.projectFull, "js").prependCurDir))
+          execExternalProgram(conf, findNodeJs() & " " & ex & ' ' & conf.arguments)
         else:
           var binPath: string
-          if options.outFile.len > 0:
+          if conf.outFile.len > 0:
             # If the user specified an outFile path, use that directly.
-            binPath = options.outFile.prependCurDir
+            binPath = conf.outFile.prependCurDir
           else:
             # Figure out ourselves a valid binary name.
-            binPath = changeFileExt(gProjectFull, ExeExt).prependCurDir
+            binPath = changeFileExt(conf.projectFull, ExeExt).prependCurDir
           var ex = quoteShell(binPath)
-          execExternalProgram(ex & ' ' & commands.arguments)
+          execExternalProgram(conf, ex & ' ' & conf.arguments)
 
 when declared(GC_setMaxPause):
   GC_setMaxPause 2_000
@@ -115,10 +108,10 @@ when declared(GC_setMaxPause):
 when compileOption("gc", "v2") or compileOption("gc", "refc"):
   # the new correct mark&sweet collector is too slow :-/
   GC_disableMarkAndSweep()
-condsyms.initDefines()
 
 when not defined(selftest):
-  handleCmdLine(newIdentCache(), newConfigRef())
+  let conf = newConfigRef()
+  handleCmdLine(newIdentCache(), conf)
   when declared(GC_setMaxPause):
     echo GC_getStatistics()
-  msgQuit(int8(msgs.gErrorCounter > 0))
+  msgQuit(int8(conf.errorCounter > 0))
diff --git a/compiler/nimblecmd.nim b/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
index 0f9e03352..8305b01f5 100644
--- a/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
 
 ## Implements some helper procs for Nimble (Nim's package manager) support.
 
-import parseutils, strutils, strtabs, os, options, msgs, sequtils
+import parseutils, strutils, strtabs, os, options, msgs, sequtils,
+  configuration
 
-proc addPath*(path: string, info: TLineInfo) =
-  if not options.searchPaths.contains(path):
-    options.searchPaths.insert(path, 0)
+proc addPath*(conf: ConfigRef; path: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+  if not conf.searchPaths.contains(path):
+    conf.searchPaths.insert(path, 0)
 
 type
   Version* = distinct string
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ proc getPathVersion*(p: string): tuple[name, version: string] =
   result.name = p[0 .. sepIdx - 1]
   result.version = p.substr(sepIdx + 1)
 
-proc addPackage(packages: StringTableRef, p: string; info: TLineInfo) =
+proc addPackage(conf: ConfigRef; packages: StringTableRef, p: string; info: TLineInfo) =
   let (name, ver) = getPathVersion(p)
   if isValidVersion(ver):
     let version = newVersion(ver)
@@ -92,14 +93,14 @@ proc addPackage(packages: StringTableRef, p: string; info: TLineInfo) =
       (not packages.hasKey(name)):
       packages[name] = $version
   else:
-    localError(info, "invalid package name: " & p)
+    localError(conf, info, "invalid package name: " & p)
 
 iterator chosen(packages: StringTableRef): string =
   for key, val in pairs(packages):
     let res = if val.len == 0: key else: key & '-' & val
     yield res
 
-proc addNimblePath(p: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+proc addNimblePath(conf: ConfigRef; p: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   var path = p
   let nimbleLinks = toSeq(walkPattern(p / "*.nimble-link"))
   if nimbleLinks.len > 0:
@@ -111,23 +112,23 @@ proc addNimblePath(p: string, info: TLineInfo) =
     if not path.isAbsolute():
       path = p / path
 
-  if not contains(options.searchPaths, path):
-    message(info, hintPath, path)
-    options.lazyPaths.insert(path, 0)
+  if not contains(conf.searchPaths, path):
+    message(conf, info, hintPath, path)
+    conf.lazyPaths.insert(path, 0)
 
-proc addPathRec(dir: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+proc addPathRec(conf: ConfigRef; dir: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   var packages = newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive)
   var pos = dir.len-1
   if dir[pos] in {DirSep, AltSep}: inc(pos)
   for k,p in os.walkDir(dir):
     if k == pcDir and p[pos] != '.':
-      addPackage(packages, p, info)
+      addPackage(conf, packages, p, info)
   for p in packages.chosen:
-    addNimblePath(p, info)
+    addNimblePath(conf, p, info)
 
-proc nimblePath*(path: string, info: TLineInfo) =
-  addPathRec(path, info)
-  addNimblePath(path, info)
+proc nimblePath*(conf: ConfigRef; path: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+  addPathRec(conf, path, info)
+  addNimblePath(conf, path, info)
 
 when isMainModule:
   proc v(s: string): Version = s.newVersion
diff --git a/compiler/nimconf.nim b/compiler/nimconf.nim
index c19b41af1..a455b4a44 100644
--- a/compiler/nimconf.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimconf.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import
   llstream, nversion, commands, os, strutils, msgs, platform, condsyms, lexer,
-  options, idents, wordrecg, strtabs
+  options, idents, wordrecg, strtabs, configuration
 
 # ---------------- configuration file parser -----------------------------
 # we use Nim's scanner here to save space and work
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ proc parseAtom(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef): bool =
     ppGetTok(L, tok)
     result = parseExpr(L, tok, config)
     if tok.tokType == tkParRi: ppGetTok(L, tok)
-    else: lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "\')\'")
+    else: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected closing ')'")
   elif tok.ident.id == ord(wNot):
     ppGetTok(L, tok)
     result = not parseAtom(L, tok, config)
   else:
-    result = isDefined(tok.ident)
+    result = isDefined(config, tok.ident.s)
     ppGetTok(L, tok)
 
 proc parseAndExpr(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef): bool =
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ proc evalppIf(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef): bool =
   ppGetTok(L, tok)            # skip 'if' or 'elif'
   result = parseExpr(L, tok, config)
   if tok.tokType == tkColon: ppGetTok(L, tok)
-  else: lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "\':\'")
+  else: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected ':'")
 
-var condStack: seq[bool] = @[]
+#var condStack: seq[bool] = @[]
 
-proc doEnd(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
-  if high(condStack) < 0: lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "@if")
+proc doEnd(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; condStack: var seq[bool]) =
+  if high(condStack) < 0: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected @if")
   ppGetTok(L, tok)            # skip 'end'
   setLen(condStack, high(condStack))
 
@@ -66,20 +66,22 @@ type
   TJumpDest = enum
     jdEndif, jdElseEndif
 
-proc jumpToDirective(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, dest: TJumpDest; config: ConfigRef)
-proc doElse(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef) =
-  if high(condStack) < 0: lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "@if")
+proc jumpToDirective(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, dest: TJumpDest; config: ConfigRef;
+                     condStack: var seq[bool])
+proc doElse(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef; condStack: var seq[bool]) =
+  if high(condStack) < 0: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected @if")
   ppGetTok(L, tok)
   if tok.tokType == tkColon: ppGetTok(L, tok)
-  if condStack[high(condStack)]: jumpToDirective(L, tok, jdEndif, config)
+  if condStack[high(condStack)]: jumpToDirective(L, tok, jdEndif, config, condStack)
 
-proc doElif(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef) =
-  if high(condStack) < 0: lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "@if")
+proc doElif(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef; condStack: var seq[bool]) =
+  if high(condStack) < 0: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected @if")
   var res = evalppIf(L, tok, config)
-  if condStack[high(condStack)] or not res: jumpToDirective(L, tok, jdElseEndif, config)
+  if condStack[high(condStack)] or not res: jumpToDirective(L, tok, jdElseEndif, config, condStack)
   else: condStack[high(condStack)] = true
 
-proc jumpToDirective(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, dest: TJumpDest; config: ConfigRef) =
+proc jumpToDirective(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, dest: TJumpDest; config: ConfigRef;
+                     condStack: var seq[bool]) =
   var nestedIfs = 0
   while true:
     if tok.ident != nil and tok.ident.s == "@":
@@ -89,39 +91,39 @@ proc jumpToDirective(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, dest: TJumpDest; config: Co
         inc(nestedIfs)
       of wElse:
         if dest == jdElseEndif and nestedIfs == 0:
-          doElse(L, tok, config)
+          doElse(L, tok, config, condStack)
           break
       of wElif:
         if dest == jdElseEndif and nestedIfs == 0:
-          doElif(L, tok, config)
+          doElif(L, tok, config, condStack)
           break
       of wEnd:
         if nestedIfs == 0:
-          doEnd(L, tok)
+          doEnd(L, tok, condStack)
           break
         if nestedIfs > 0: dec(nestedIfs)
       else:
         discard
       ppGetTok(L, tok)
     elif tok.tokType == tkEof:
-      lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "@end")
+      lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected @end")
     else:
       ppGetTok(L, tok)
 
-proc parseDirective(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef) =
+proc parseDirective(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef; condStack: var seq[bool]) =
   ppGetTok(L, tok)            # skip @
   case whichKeyword(tok.ident)
   of wIf:
     setLen(condStack, len(condStack) + 1)
     let res = evalppIf(L, tok, config)
     condStack[high(condStack)] = res
-    if not res: jumpToDirective(L, tok, jdElseEndif, config)
-  of wElif: doElif(L, tok, config)
-  of wElse: doElse(L, tok, config)
-  of wEnd: doEnd(L, tok)
+    if not res: jumpToDirective(L, tok, jdElseEndif, config, condStack)
+  of wElif: doElif(L, tok, config, condStack)
+  of wElse: doElse(L, tok, config, condStack)
+  of wEnd: doEnd(L, tok, condStack)
   of wWrite:
     ppGetTok(L, tok)
-    msgs.msgWriteln(strtabs.`%`(tokToStr(tok), options.gConfigVars,
+    msgs.msgWriteln(config, strtabs.`%`(tokToStr(tok), config.configVars,
                                 {useEnvironment, useKey}))
     ppGetTok(L, tok)
   else:
@@ -144,60 +146,63 @@ proc parseDirective(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef) =
       ppGetTok(L, tok)
       os.putEnv(key, os.getEnv(key) & tokToStr(tok))
       ppGetTok(L, tok)
-    else: lexMessage(L, errInvalidDirectiveX, tokToStr(tok))
+    else:
+      lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "invalid directive: '$1'" % tokToStr(tok))
 
-proc confTok(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef) =
+proc confTok(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef; condStack: var seq[bool]) =
   ppGetTok(L, tok)
   while tok.ident != nil and tok.ident.s == "@":
-    parseDirective(L, tok, config)    # else: give the token to the parser
+    parseDirective(L, tok, config, condStack)    # else: give the token to the parser
 
 proc checkSymbol(L: TLexer, tok: TToken) =
   if tok.tokType notin {tkSymbol..tkInt64Lit, tkStrLit..tkTripleStrLit}:
-    lexMessage(L, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(tok))
+    lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected identifier, but got: " & tokToStr(tok))
 
-proc parseAssignment(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken; config: ConfigRef) =
+proc parseAssignment(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken;
+                     config: ConfigRef; condStack: var seq[bool]) =
   if tok.ident.s == "-" or tok.ident.s == "--":
-    confTok(L, tok, config)           # skip unnecessary prefix
+    confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)           # skip unnecessary prefix
   var info = getLineInfo(L, tok) # save for later in case of an error
   checkSymbol(L, tok)
   var s = tokToStr(tok)
-  confTok(L, tok, config)             # skip symbol
+  confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)             # skip symbol
   var val = ""
   while tok.tokType == tkDot:
     add(s, '.')
-    confTok(L, tok, config)
+    confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
     checkSymbol(L, tok)
     add(s, tokToStr(tok))
-    confTok(L, tok, config)
+    confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
   if tok.tokType == tkBracketLe:
     # BUGFIX: val, not s!
     # BUGFIX: do not copy '['!
-    confTok(L, tok, config)
+    confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
     checkSymbol(L, tok)
     add(val, tokToStr(tok))
-    confTok(L, tok, config)
-    if tok.tokType == tkBracketRi: confTok(L, tok, config)
-    else: lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "']'")
+    confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
+    if tok.tokType == tkBracketRi: confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
+    else: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected closing ']'")
     add(val, ']')
   let percent = tok.ident != nil and tok.ident.s == "%="
   if tok.tokType in {tkColon, tkEquals} or percent:
     if len(val) > 0: add(val, ':')
-    confTok(L, tok, config)           # skip ':' or '=' or '%'
+    confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)           # skip ':' or '=' or '%'
     checkSymbol(L, tok)
     add(val, tokToStr(tok))
-    confTok(L, tok, config)           # skip symbol
+    confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)           # skip symbol
     while tok.ident != nil and tok.ident.s == "&":
-      confTok(L, tok, config)
+      confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
       checkSymbol(L, tok)
       add(val, tokToStr(tok))
-      confTok(L, tok, config)
+      confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
   if percent:
-    processSwitch(s, strtabs.`%`(val, options.gConfigVars,
+    processSwitch(s, strtabs.`%`(val, config.configVars,
                                 {useEnvironment, useEmpty}), passPP, info, config)
   else:
     processSwitch(s, val, passPP, info, config)
 
-proc readConfigFile(filename: string; cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef) =
+proc readConfigFile(
+    filename: string; cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef): bool =
   var
     L: TLexer
     tok: TToken
@@ -205,54 +210,61 @@ proc readConfigFile(filename: string; cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef) =
   stream = llStreamOpen(filename, fmRead)
   if stream != nil:
     initToken(tok)
-    openLexer(L, filename, stream, cache)
+    openLexer(L, filename, stream, cache, config)
     tok.tokType = tkEof       # to avoid a pointless warning
-    confTok(L, tok, config)           # read in the first token
-    while tok.tokType != tkEof: parseAssignment(L, tok, config)
-    if len(condStack) > 0: lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "@end")
+    var condStack: seq[bool] = @[]
+    confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)           # read in the first token
+    while tok.tokType != tkEof: parseAssignment(L, tok, config, condStack)
+    if len(condStack) > 0: lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "expected @end")
     closeLexer(L)
-    rawMessage(hintConf, filename)
+    return true
 
 proc getUserConfigPath(filename: string): string =
   result = joinPath(getConfigDir(), filename)
 
-proc getSystemConfigPath(filename: string): string =
+proc getSystemConfigPath(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string): string =
   # try standard configuration file (installation did not distribute files
   # the UNIX way)
-  let p = getPrefixDir()
+  let p = getPrefixDir(conf)
   result = joinPath([p, "config", filename])
   when defined(unix):
     if not existsFile(result): result = joinPath([p, "etc", filename])
     if not existsFile(result): result = "/etc/" & filename
 
-proc loadConfigs*(cfg: string; cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef = nil) =
-  setDefaultLibpath()
+proc loadConfigs*(cfg: string; cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  setDefaultLibpath(conf)
+  
+  var configFiles = newSeq[string]()
+
+  template readConfigFile(path: string) =
+    let configPath = path
+    if readConfigFile(configPath, cache, conf):
+      add(configFiles, configPath)
 
-  if optSkipConfigFile notin gGlobalOptions:
-    readConfigFile(getSystemConfigPath(cfg), cache, config)
+  if optSkipConfigFile notin conf.globalOptions:
+    readConfigFile(getSystemConfigPath(conf, cfg))
 
-  if optSkipUserConfigFile notin gGlobalOptions:
-    readConfigFile(getUserConfigPath(cfg), cache, config)
+  if optSkipUserConfigFile notin conf.globalOptions:
+    readConfigFile(getUserConfigPath(cfg))
 
-  var pd = if gProjectPath.len > 0: gProjectPath else: getCurrentDir()
-  if optSkipParentConfigFiles notin gGlobalOptions:
+  let pd = if conf.projectPath.len > 0: conf.projectPath else: getCurrentDir()
+  if optSkipParentConfigFiles notin conf.globalOptions:
     for dir in parentDirs(pd, fromRoot=true, inclusive=false):
-      readConfigFile(dir / cfg, cache, config)
+      readConfigFile(dir / cfg)
 
-  if optSkipProjConfigFile notin gGlobalOptions:
-    readConfigFile(pd / cfg, cache, config)
+  if optSkipProjConfigFile notin conf.globalOptions:
+    readConfigFile(pd / cfg)
 
-    if gProjectName.len != 0:
+    if conf.projectName.len != 0:
       # new project wide config file:
-      var projectConfig = changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "nimcfg")
+      var projectConfig = changeFileExt(conf.projectFull, "nimcfg")
       if not fileExists(projectConfig):
-        projectConfig = changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "nim.cfg")
-      if not fileExists(projectConfig):
-        projectConfig = changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "nimrod.cfg")
-        if fileExists(projectConfig):
-          rawMessage(warnDeprecated, projectConfig)
-      readConfigFile(projectConfig, cache, config)
+        projectConfig = changeFileExt(conf.projectFull, "nim.cfg")
+      readConfigFile(projectConfig)
+
+  for filename in configFiles:
+    rawMessage(conf, hintConf, filename)
 
-proc loadConfigs*(cfg: string; config: ConfigRef = nil) =
+proc loadConfigs*(cfg: string; conf: ConfigRef) =
   # for backwards compatibility only.
-  loadConfigs(cfg, newIdentCache(), config)
+  loadConfigs(cfg, newIdentCache(), conf)
diff --git a/compiler/nimeval.nim b/compiler/nimeval.nim
index aca03fc16..ff91861d0 100644
--- a/compiler/nimeval.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimeval.nim
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ proc execute*(program: string) =
 
   initDefines()
   defineSymbol("nimrodvm")
+  defineSymbol("nimscript")
   when hasFFI: defineSymbol("nimffi")
   registerPass(verbosePass)
   registerPass(semPass)
diff --git a/compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim b/compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim
index a97d88078..c3e29f9a1 100644
--- a/compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ In addition, all command line options of Nim are supported.
 proc mainCommand =
   registerPass verbosePass
   registerPass semPass
-  gCmd = cmdPretty
+  conf.cmd = cmdPretty
   searchPaths.add options.libpath
   if gProjectFull.len != 0:
     # current path is always looked first for modules
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ proc mainCommand =
   compileProject(newModuleGraph(), newIdentCache())
   pretty.overwriteFiles()
 
-proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string) =
+proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string, config: ConfigRef) =
   var p = parseopt.initOptParser(cmd)
   var argsCount = 0
   gOnlyMainfile = true
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string) =
       of "wholeproject": gOnlyMainfile = false
       of "besteffort": msgs.gErrorMax = high(int) # don't stop after first error
       else:
-        processSwitch(pass, p)
+        processSwitch(pass, p, config)
     of cmdArgument:
       options.gProjectName = unixToNativePath(p.key)
       # if processArgument(pass, p, argsCount): break
 
-proc handleCmdLine() =
+proc handleCmdLine(config: ConfigRef) =
   if paramCount() == 0:
     stdout.writeLine(Usage)
   else:
-    processCmdLine(passCmd1, "")
+    processCmdLine(passCmd1, "", config)
     if gProjectName != "":
       try:
         gProjectFull = canonicalizePath(gProjectName)
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ proc handleCmdLine() =
       gProjectName = p.name
     else:
       gProjectPath = getCurrentDir()
-    loadConfigs(DefaultConfig) # load all config files
+    loadConfigs(DefaultConfig, config) # load all config files
     # now process command line arguments again, because some options in the
     # command line can overwite the config file's settings
     extccomp.initVars()
-    processCmdLine(passCmd2, "")
+    processCmdLine(passCmd2, "", config)
     mainCommand()
 
 when compileOption("gc", "v2") or compileOption("gc", "refc"):
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ when compileOption("gc", "v2") or compileOption("gc", "refc"):
 
 condsyms.initDefines()
 defineSymbol "nimfix"
-handleCmdline()
+handleCmdline newConfigRef()
diff --git a/compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim b/compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim
index 8ba922927..96429ad53 100644
--- a/compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 import
   strutils, os, intsets, strtabs
 
-import compiler/options, compiler/ast, compiler/astalgo, compiler/msgs,
-  compiler/semdata, compiler/nimfix/prettybase, compiler/ropes, compiler/idents
+import ".." / [options, ast, astalgo, msgs, semdata, ropes, idents,
+  configuration]
+import prettybase
 
 type
   StyleCheck* {.pure.} = enum None, Warn, Auto
@@ -24,11 +25,11 @@ var
   gStyleCheck*: StyleCheck
   gCheckExtern*, gOnlyMainfile*: bool
 
-proc overwriteFiles*() =
-  let doStrip = options.getConfigVar("pretty.strip").normalize == "on"
+proc overwriteFiles*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  let doStrip = options.getConfigVar(conf, "pretty.strip").normalize == "on"
   for i in 0 .. high(gSourceFiles):
     if gSourceFiles[i].dirty and not gSourceFiles[i].isNimfixFile and
-        (not gOnlyMainfile or gSourceFiles[i].fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx):
+        (not gOnlyMainfile or gSourceFiles[i].fileIdx == conf.projectMainIdx.FileIndex):
       let newFile = if gOverWrite: gSourceFiles[i].fullpath
                     else: gSourceFiles[i].fullpath.changeFileExt(".pretty.nim")
       try:
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ proc overwriteFiles*() =
           f.write(gSourceFiles[i].newline)
         f.close
       except IOError:
-        rawMessage(errCannotOpenFile, newFile)
+        rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "cannot open file: " & newFile)
 
 proc `=~`(s: string, a: openArray[string]): bool =
   for x in a:
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ proc beautifyName(s: string, k: TSymKind): string =
 proc replaceInFile(info: TLineInfo; newName: string) =
   loadFile(info)
 
-  let line = gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].lines[info.line-1]
+  let line = gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int].lines[info.line.int-1]
   var first = min(info.col.int, line.len)
   if first < 0: return
   #inc first, skipIgnoreCase(line, "proc ", first)
@@ -107,28 +108,28 @@ proc replaceInFile(info: TLineInfo; newName: string) =
   if differ(line, first, last, newName):
     # last-first+1 != newName.len or
     var x = line.substr(0, first-1) & newName & line.substr(last+1)
-    system.shallowCopy(gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].lines[info.line-1], x)
-    gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].dirty = true
+    system.shallowCopy(gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int].lines[info.line.int-1], x)
+    gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int].dirty = true
 
-proc checkStyle(info: TLineInfo, s: string, k: TSymKind; sym: PSym) =
+proc checkStyle(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, s: string, k: TSymKind; sym: PSym) =
   let beau = beautifyName(s, k)
   if s != beau:
     if gStyleCheck == StyleCheck.Auto:
       sym.name = getIdent(beau)
       replaceInFile(info, beau)
     else:
-      message(info, hintName, beau)
+      message(conf, info, hintName, beau)
 
-proc styleCheckDefImpl(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; k: TSymKind) =
+proc styleCheckDefImpl(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; k: TSymKind) =
   # operators stay as they are:
   if k in {skResult, skTemp} or s.name.s[0] notin prettybase.Letters: return
   if k in {skType, skGenericParam} and sfAnon in s.flags: return
   if {sfImportc, sfExportc} * s.flags == {} or gCheckExtern:
-    checkStyle(info, s.name.s, k, s)
+    checkStyle(conf, info, s.name.s, k, s)
 
 template styleCheckDef*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; k: TSymKind) =
   when defined(nimfix):
-    if gStyleCheck != StyleCheck.None: styleCheckDefImpl(info, s, k)
+    if gStyleCheck != StyleCheck.None: styleCheckDefImpl(conf, info, s, k)
 
 template styleCheckDef*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
   styleCheckDef(info, s, s.kind)
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ template styleCheckDef*(s: PSym) =
   styleCheckDef(s.info, s, s.kind)
 
 proc styleCheckUseImpl(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
-  if info.fileIndex < 0: return
+  if info.fileIndex.int < 0: return
   # we simply convert it to what it looks like in the definition
   # for consistency
 
@@ -151,4 +152,4 @@ proc styleCheckUseImpl(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
 
 template styleCheckUse*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
   when defined(nimfix):
-    if gStyleCheck != StyleCheck.None: styleCheckUseImpl(info, s)
+    if gStyleCheck != StyleCheck.None: styleCheckUseImpl(conf, info, s)
diff --git a/compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim b/compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim
index 0f17cbcb1..c32dbe623 100644
--- a/compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 import strutils, lexbase, streams
-import compiler/ast, compiler/msgs, compiler/idents
+import ".." / [ast, msgs, idents]
 from os import splitFile
 
 type
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ type
     lines*: seq[string]
     dirty*, isNimfixFile*: bool
     fullpath*, newline*: string
-    fileIdx*: int32
+    fileIdx*: FileIndex
 
 var
   gSourceFiles*: seq[TSourceFile] = @[]
 
 proc loadFile*(info: TLineInfo) =
-  let i = info.fileIndex
+  let i = info.fileIndex.int
   if i >= gSourceFiles.len:
     gSourceFiles.setLen(i+1)
   if gSourceFiles[i].lines.isNil:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ proc differ*(line: string, a, b: int, x: string): bool =
 proc replaceDeprecated*(info: TLineInfo; oldSym, newSym: PIdent) =
   loadFile(info)
 
-  let line = gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].lines[info.line-1]
+  let line = gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int32].lines[info.line.int-1]
   var first = min(info.col.int, line.len)
   if first < 0: return
   #inc first, skipIgnoreCase(line, "proc ", first)
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ proc replaceDeprecated*(info: TLineInfo; oldSym, newSym: PIdent) =
   let last = first+identLen(line, first)-1
   if cmpIgnoreStyle(line[first..last], oldSym.s) == 0:
     var x = line.substr(0, first-1) & newSym.s & line.substr(last+1)
-    system.shallowCopy(gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].lines[info.line-1], x)
-    gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].dirty = true
+    system.shallowCopy(gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int32].lines[info.line.int-1], x)
+    gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int32].dirty = true
     #if newSym.s == "File": writeStackTrace()
 
 proc replaceDeprecated*(info: TLineInfo; oldSym, newSym: PSym) =
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ proc replaceDeprecated*(info: TLineInfo; oldSym, newSym: PSym) =
 proc replaceComment*(info: TLineInfo) =
   loadFile(info)
 
-  let line = gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].lines[info.line-1]
+  let line = gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int32].lines[info.line.int-1]
   var first = info.col.int
   if line[first] != '#': inc first
 
   var x = line.substr(0, first-1) & "discard " & line.substr(first+1).escape
-  system.shallowCopy(gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].lines[info.line-1], x)
-  gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].dirty = true
+  system.shallowCopy(gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int32].lines[info.line.int-1], x)
+  gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex.int32].dirty = true
diff --git a/compiler/nimsets.nim b/compiler/nimsets.nim
index 94507adf0..6cb675ed8 100644
--- a/compiler/nimsets.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimsets.nim
@@ -12,27 +12,10 @@
 import
   ast, astalgo, trees, nversion, msgs, platform, bitsets, types, renderer
 
-proc toBitSet*(s: PNode, b: var TBitSet)
-  # this function is used for case statement checking:
-proc overlap*(a, b: PNode): bool
-proc inSet*(s: PNode, elem: PNode): bool
-proc someInSet*(s: PNode, a, b: PNode): bool
-proc emptyRange*(a, b: PNode): bool
-proc setHasRange*(s: PNode): bool
-  # returns true if set contains a range (needed by the code generator)
-  # these are used for constant folding:
-proc unionSets*(a, b: PNode): PNode
-proc diffSets*(a, b: PNode): PNode
-proc intersectSets*(a, b: PNode): PNode
-proc symdiffSets*(a, b: PNode): PNode
-proc containsSets*(a, b: PNode): bool
-proc equalSets*(a, b: PNode): bool
-proc cardSet*(s: PNode): BiggestInt
-# implementation
-
-proc inSet(s: PNode, elem: PNode): bool =
+proc inSet*(s: PNode, elem: PNode): bool =
+  assert s.kind == nkCurly
   if s.kind != nkCurly:
-    internalError(s.info, "inSet")
+    #internalError(s.info, "inSet")
     return false
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(s) - 1):
     if s.sons[i].kind == nkRange:
@@ -44,7 +27,7 @@ proc inSet(s: PNode, elem: PNode): bool =
         return true
   result = false
 
-proc overlap(a, b: PNode): bool =
+proc overlap*(a, b: PNode): bool =
   if a.kind == nkRange:
     if b.kind == nkRange:
       # X..Y and C..D overlap iff (X <= D and C <= Y)
@@ -58,10 +41,11 @@ proc overlap(a, b: PNode): bool =
     else:
       result = sameValue(a, b)
 
-proc someInSet(s: PNode, a, b: PNode): bool =
+proc someInSet*(s: PNode, a, b: PNode): bool =
   # checks if some element of a..b is in the set s
+  assert s.kind == nkCurly
   if s.kind != nkCurly:
-    internalError(s.info, "SomeInSet")
+    #internalError(s.info, "SomeInSet")
     return false
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(s) - 1):
     if s.sons[i].kind == nkRange:
@@ -74,7 +58,7 @@ proc someInSet(s: PNode, a, b: PNode): bool =
         return true
   result = false
 
-proc toBitSet(s: PNode, b: var TBitSet) =
+proc toBitSet*(s: PNode, b: var TBitSet) =
   var first, j: BiggestInt
   first = firstOrd(s.typ.sons[0])
   bitSetInit(b, int(getSize(s.typ)))
@@ -87,7 +71,7 @@ proc toBitSet(s: PNode, b: var TBitSet) =
     else:
       bitSetIncl(b, getOrdValue(s.sons[i]) - first)
 
-proc toTreeSet(s: TBitSet, settype: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+proc toTreeSet*(s: TBitSet, settype: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   var
     a, b, e, first: BiggestInt # a, b are interval borders
     elemType: PType
@@ -128,18 +112,18 @@ template nodeSetOp(a, b: PNode, op: untyped) {.dirty.} =
   op(x, y)
   result = toTreeSet(x, a.typ, a.info)
 
-proc unionSets(a, b: PNode): PNode = nodeSetOp(a, b, bitSetUnion)
-proc diffSets(a, b: PNode): PNode = nodeSetOp(a, b, bitSetDiff)
-proc intersectSets(a, b: PNode): PNode = nodeSetOp(a, b, bitSetIntersect)
-proc symdiffSets(a, b: PNode): PNode = nodeSetOp(a, b, bitSetSymDiff)
+proc unionSets*(a, b: PNode): PNode = nodeSetOp(a, b, bitSetUnion)
+proc diffSets*(a, b: PNode): PNode = nodeSetOp(a, b, bitSetDiff)
+proc intersectSets*(a, b: PNode): PNode = nodeSetOp(a, b, bitSetIntersect)
+proc symdiffSets*(a, b: PNode): PNode = nodeSetOp(a, b, bitSetSymDiff)
 
-proc containsSets(a, b: PNode): bool =
+proc containsSets*(a, b: PNode): bool =
   var x, y: TBitSet
   toBitSet(a, x)
   toBitSet(b, y)
   result = bitSetContains(x, y)
 
-proc equalSets(a, b: PNode): bool =
+proc equalSets*(a, b: PNode): bool =
   var x, y: TBitSet
   toBitSet(a, x)
   toBitSet(b, y)
@@ -151,26 +135,24 @@ proc complement*(a: PNode): PNode =
   for i in countup(0, high(x)): x[i] = not x[i]
   result = toTreeSet(x, a.typ, a.info)
 
-proc cardSet(s: PNode): BiggestInt =
-  # here we can do better than converting it into a compact set
-  # we just count the elements directly
-  result = 0
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(s) - 1):
-    if s.sons[i].kind == nkRange:
-      result = result + getOrdValue(s.sons[i].sons[1]) -
-          getOrdValue(s.sons[i].sons[0]) + 1
-    else:
-      inc(result)
+proc deduplicate*(a: PNode): PNode =
+  var x: TBitSet
+  toBitSet(a, x)
+  result = toTreeSet(x, a.typ, a.info)
 
-proc setHasRange(s: PNode): bool =
+proc cardSet*(a: PNode): BiggestInt =
+  var x: TBitSet
+  toBitSet(a, x)
+  result = bitSetCard(x)
+
+proc setHasRange*(s: PNode): bool =
+  assert s.kind == nkCurly
   if s.kind != nkCurly:
-    internalError(s.info, "SetHasRange")
     return false
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(s) - 1):
     if s.sons[i].kind == nkRange:
       return true
   result = false
 
-proc emptyRange(a, b: PNode): bool =
+proc emptyRange*(a, b: PNode): bool =
   result = not leValue(a, b)  # a > b iff not (a <= b)
-
diff --git a/compiler/nversion.nim b/compiler/nversion.nim
index 85265a7c0..caa818d79 100644
--- a/compiler/nversion.nim
+++ b/compiler/nversion.nim
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ const
   VersionAsString* = system.NimVersion
   RodFileVersion* = "1223"       # modify this if the rod-format changes!
 
+  NimCompilerApiVersion* = 1 ## Check for the existance of this before accessing it
+                             ## as older versions of the compiler API do not
+                             ## declare this.
diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index 0732e4989..150e67a18 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #
 
 import
-  os, strutils, strtabs, osproc, sets
+  os, strutils, strtabs, osproc, sets, configuration, platform
+
+from terminal import isatty
 
 const
   hasTinyCBackend* = defined(tinyc)
@@ -17,14 +19,14 @@ const
   hasFFI* = defined(useFFI)
   newScopeForIf* = true
   useCaas* = not defined(noCaas)
-  noTimeMachine* = defined(avoidTimeMachine) and defined(macosx)
+  copyrightYear* = "2018"
 
 type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
                               # (improves code efficiency a lot!)
   TOption* = enum             # **keep binary compatible**
     optNone, optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck, optBoundsCheck,
     optOverflowCheck, optNilCheck,
-    optNaNCheck, optInfCheck,
+    optNaNCheck, optInfCheck, optMoveCheck,
     optAssert, optLineDir, optWarns, optHints,
     optOptimizeSpeed, optOptimizeSize, optStackTrace, # stack tracing support
     optLineTrace,             # line tracing support (includes stack tracing)
@@ -35,11 +37,14 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
     optImplicitStatic,        # optimization: implicit at compile time
                               # evaluation
     optPatterns,              # en/disable pattern matching
-    optMemTracker
+    optMemTracker,
+    optHotCodeReloading,
+    optLaxStrings
 
   TOptions* = set[TOption]
   TGlobalOption* = enum       # **keep binary compatible**
-    gloptNone, optForceFullMake, optDeadCodeElim,
+    gloptNone, optForceFullMake,
+    optDeadCodeElimUnused,    # deprecated, always on
     optListCmd, optCompileOnly, optNoLinking,
     optCDebug,                # turn on debugging information
     optGenDynLib,             # generate a dynamic library
@@ -67,6 +72,11 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
     optIdeTerse               # idetools: use terse descriptions
     optNoCppExceptions        # use C exception handling even with CPP
     optExcessiveStackTrace    # fully qualified module filenames
+    optWholeProject           # for 'doc2': output any dependency
+    optListFullPaths
+    optNoNimblePath
+    optDynlibOverrideAll
+    optUseNimNamespace
 
   TGlobalOptions* = set[TGlobalOption]
 
@@ -79,7 +89,6 @@ type
                               # **keep binary compatible**
     cmdNone, cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC,
     cmdCompileToJS,
-    cmdCompileToPHP,
     cmdCompileToLLVM, cmdInterpret, cmdPretty, cmdDoc,
     cmdGenDepend, cmdDump,
     cmdCheck,                 # semantic checking for whole project
@@ -101,67 +110,187 @@ type
     ideNone, ideSug, ideCon, ideDef, ideUse, ideDus, ideChk, ideMod,
     ideHighlight, ideOutline, ideKnown, ideMsg
 
-  ConfigRef* = ref object ## eventually all global configuration should be moved here
-    cppDefines*: HashSet[string]
-    headerFile*: string
+  Feature* = enum  ## experimental features
+    implicitDeref,
+    dotOperators,
+    callOperator,
+    parallel,
+    destructor,
+    notnil,
+    oldIterTransf
 
-proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
-  result = ConfigRef(cppDefines: initSet[string](),
-    headerFile: "")
+  SymbolFilesOption* = enum
+    disabledSf, enabledSf, writeOnlySf, readOnlySf, v2Sf
 
-proc cppDefine*(c: ConfigRef; define: string) =
-  c.cppDefines.incl define
+  ConfigRef* = ref object ## eventually all global configuration should be moved here
+    linesCompiled*: int  # all lines that have been compiled
+    options*: TOptions
+    globalOptions*: TGlobalOptions
+    exitcode*: int8
+    cmd*: TCommands  # the command
+    selectedGC*: TGCMode       # the selected GC
+    verbosity*: int            # how verbose the compiler is
+    numberOfProcessors*: int   # number of processors
+    evalExpr*: string          # expression for idetools --eval
+    lastCmdTime*: float        # when caas is enabled, we measure each command
+    symbolFiles*: SymbolFilesOption
 
-var
-  gIdeCmd*: IdeCmd
+    cppDefines*: HashSet[string]
+    headerFile*: string
+    features*: set[Feature]
+    arguments*: string ## the arguments to be passed to the program that
+                       ## should be run
+    helpWritten*: bool
+    ideCmd*: IdeCmd
+    oldNewlines*: bool
+    enableNotes*: TNoteKinds
+    disableNotes*: TNoteKinds
+    foreignPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds
+    notes*: TNoteKinds
+    mainPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds
+    errorCounter*: int
+    hintCounter*: int
+    warnCounter*: int
+    errorMax*: int
+    configVars*: StringTableRef
+    symbols*: StringTableRef ## We need to use a StringTableRef here as defined
+                             ## symbols are always guaranteed to be style
+                             ## insensitive. Otherwise hell would break lose.
+    packageCache*: StringTableRef
+    searchPaths*: seq[string]
+    lazyPaths*: seq[string]
+    outFile*, prefixDir*, libpath*, nimcacheDir*: string
+    dllOverrides, moduleOverrides*: StringTableRef
+    projectName*: string # holds a name like 'nim'
+    projectPath*: string # holds a path like /home/alice/projects/nim/compiler/
+    projectFull*: string # projectPath/projectName
+    projectIsStdin*: bool # whether we're compiling from stdin
+    projectMainIdx*: int32 # the canonical path id of the main module
+    command*: string # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
+    commandArgs*: seq[string] # any arguments after the main command
+    keepComments*: bool # whether the parser needs to keep comments
+    implicitImports*: seq[string] # modules that are to be implicitly imported
+    implicitIncludes*: seq[string] # modules that are to be implicitly included
+    docSeeSrcUrl*: string # if empty, no seeSrc will be generated. \
+    # The string uses the formatting variables `path` and `line`.
+
+const oldExperimentalFeatures* = {implicitDeref, dotOperators, callOperator, parallel}
 
 const
   ChecksOptions* = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck, optNilCheck,
-    optOverflowCheck, optBoundsCheck, optAssert, optNaNCheck, optInfCheck}
-
-var
-  gOptions*: TOptions = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck,
-                         optBoundsCheck, optOverflowCheck, optAssert, optWarns,
-                         optHints, optStackTrace, optLineTrace,
-                         optPatterns, optNilCheck}
-  gGlobalOptions*: TGlobalOptions = {optThreadAnalysis}
-  gExitcode*: int8
-  gCmd*: TCommands = cmdNone  # the command
-  gSelectedGC* = gcRefc       # the selected GC
-  searchPaths*: seq[string] = @[]
-  lazyPaths*: seq[string]   = @[]
-  outFile*: string = ""
-  docSeeSrcUrl*: string = ""  # if empty, no seeSrc will be generated. \
-  # The string uses the formatting variables `path` and `line`.
-  #headerFile*: string = ""
-  gVerbosity* = 1             # how verbose the compiler is
-  gNumberOfProcessors*: int   # number of processors
-  gWholeProject*: bool        # for 'doc2': output any dependency
-  gEvalExpr* = ""             # expression for idetools --eval
-  gLastCmdTime*: float        # when caas is enabled, we measure each command
-  gListFullPaths*: bool
-  gPreciseStack*: bool = false
-  gNoNimblePath* = false
-  gExperimentalMode*: bool
-  newDestructors*: bool
-  gDynlibOverrideAll*: bool
+    optOverflowCheck, optBoundsCheck, optAssert, optNaNCheck, optInfCheck,
+    optMoveCheck}
 
-type
-  SymbolFilesOption* = enum
-    disabledSf, enabledSf, writeOnlySf, readOnlySf
+  DefaultOptions* = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck,
+    optBoundsCheck, optOverflowCheck, optAssert, optWarns,
+    optHints, optStackTrace, optLineTrace,
+    optPatterns, optNilCheck, optMoveCheck}
+  DefaultGlobalOptions* = {optThreadAnalysis}
+
+template newPackageCache*(): untyped =
+  newStringTable(when FileSystemCaseSensitive:
+                   modeCaseInsensitive
+                 else:
+                   modeCaseSensitive)
 
-var gSymbolFiles*: SymbolFilesOption
+proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
+  result = ConfigRef(
+    selectedGC: gcRefc,
+    verbosity: 1,
+    options: DefaultOptions,
+    globalOptions: DefaultGlobalOptions,
+    evalExpr: "",
+    cppDefines: initSet[string](),
+    headerFile: "", features: {}, foreignPackageNotes: {hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic,
+    hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting},
+    notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1],
+    configVars: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    symbols: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    packageCache: newPackageCache(),
+    searchPaths: @[],
+    lazyPaths: @[],
+    outFile: "", prefixDir: "", libpath: "", nimcacheDir: "",
+    dllOverrides: newStringTable(modeCaseInsensitive),
+    moduleOverrides: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    projectName: "", # holds a name like 'nim'
+    projectPath: "", # holds a path like /home/alice/projects/nim/compiler/
+    projectFull: "", # projectPath/projectName
+    projectIsStdin: false, # whether we're compiling from stdin
+    projectMainIdx: 0'i32, # the canonical path id of the main module
+    command: "", # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
+    commandArgs: @[], # any arguments after the main command
+    keepComments: true, # whether the parser needs to keep comments
+    implicitImports: @[], # modules that are to be implicitly imported
+    implicitIncludes: @[], # modules that are to be implicitly included
+    docSeeSrcUrl: "",
+    arguments: ""
+  )
+  # enable colors by default on terminals
+  if terminal.isatty(stderr):
+    incl(result.globalOptions, optUseColors)
+
+proc newPartialConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
+  ## create a new ConfigRef that is only good enough for error reporting.
+  result = ConfigRef(
+    selectedGC: gcRefc,
+    verbosity: 1,
+    options: DefaultOptions,
+    globalOptions: DefaultGlobalOptions,
+    foreignPackageNotes: {hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic,
+    hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting},
+    notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1])
 
-proc importantComments*(): bool {.inline.} = gCmd in {cmdDoc, cmdIdeTools}
-proc usesNativeGC*(): bool {.inline.} = gSelectedGC >= gcRefc
-template preciseStack*(): bool = gPreciseStack
+proc cppDefine*(c: ConfigRef; define: string) =
+  c.cppDefines.incl define
 
-template compilationCachePresent*: untyped =
-  gSymbolFiles in {enabledSf, writeOnlySf}
+proc isDefined*(conf: ConfigRef; symbol: string): bool =
+  if conf.symbols.hasKey(symbol):
+    result = conf.symbols[symbol] != "false"
+  elif cmpIgnoreStyle(symbol, CPU[targetCPU].name) == 0:
+    result = true
+  elif cmpIgnoreStyle(symbol, platform.OS[targetOS].name) == 0:
+    result = true
+  else:
+    case symbol.normalize
+    of "x86": result = targetCPU == cpuI386
+    of "itanium": result = targetCPU == cpuIa64
+    of "x8664": result = targetCPU == cpuAmd64
+    of "posix", "unix":
+      result = targetOS in {osLinux, osMorphos, osSkyos, osIrix, osPalmos,
+                            osQnx, osAtari, osAix,
+                            osHaiku, osVxWorks, osSolaris, osNetbsd,
+                            osFreebsd, osOpenbsd, osDragonfly, osMacosx,
+                            osAndroid}
+    of "linux":
+      result = targetOS in {osLinux, osAndroid}
+    of "bsd":
+      result = targetOS in {osNetbsd, osFreebsd, osOpenbsd, osDragonfly}
+    of "emulatedthreadvars":
+      result = platform.OS[targetOS].props.contains(ospLacksThreadVars)
+    of "msdos": result = targetOS == osDos
+    of "mswindows", "win32": result = targetOS == osWindows
+    of "macintosh": result = targetOS in {osMacos, osMacosx}
+    of "sunos": result = targetOS == osSolaris
+    of "littleendian": result = CPU[targetCPU].endian == platform.littleEndian
+    of "bigendian": result = CPU[targetCPU].endian == platform.bigEndian
+    of "cpu8": result = CPU[targetCPU].bit == 8
+    of "cpu16": result = CPU[targetCPU].bit == 16
+    of "cpu32": result = CPU[targetCPU].bit == 32
+    of "cpu64": result = CPU[targetCPU].bit == 64
+    of "nimrawsetjmp":
+      result = targetOS in {osSolaris, osNetbsd, osFreebsd, osOpenbsd,
+                            osDragonfly, osMacosx}
+    else: discard
+
+proc importantComments*(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.} = conf.cmd in {cmdDoc, cmdIdeTools}
+proc usesNativeGC*(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.} = conf.selectedGC >= gcRefc
+
+template compilationCachePresent*(conf: ConfigRef): untyped =
+  conf.symbolFiles in {enabledSf, writeOnlySf}
 #  {optCaasEnabled, optSymbolFiles} * gGlobalOptions != {}
 
-template optPreserveOrigSource*: untyped =
-  optEmbedOrigSrc in gGlobalOptions
+template optPreserveOrigSource*(conf: ConfigRef): untyped =
+  optEmbedOrigSrc in conf.globalOptions
 
 const
   genSubDir* = "nimcache"
@@ -176,82 +305,62 @@ const
   DocConfig* = "nimdoc.cfg"
   DocTexConfig* = "nimdoc.tex.cfg"
 
-# additional configuration variables:
-var
-  gConfigVars* = newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive)
-  gDllOverrides = newStringTable(modeCaseInsensitive)
-  gModuleOverrides* = newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive)
-  gPrefixDir* = "" # Overrides the default prefix dir in getPrefixDir proc.
-  libpath* = ""
-  gProjectName* = "" # holds a name like 'nim'
-  gProjectPath* = "" # holds a path like /home/alice/projects/nim/compiler/
-  gProjectFull* = "" # projectPath/projectName
-  gProjectIsStdin* = false # whether we're compiling from stdin
-  gProjectMainIdx*: int32 # the canonical path id of the main module
-  nimcacheDir* = ""
-  command* = "" # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
-  commandArgs*: seq[string] = @[] # any arguments after the main command
-  gKeepComments*: bool = true # whether the parser needs to keep comments
-  implicitImports*: seq[string] = @[] # modules that are to be implicitly imported
-  implicitIncludes*: seq[string] = @[] # modules that are to be implicitly included
-
 const oKeepVariableNames* = true
 
-template compilingLib*: bool =
+template compilingLib*(conf: ConfigRef): bool =
   gGlobalOptions * {optGenGuiApp, optGenDynLib} != {}
 
-proc mainCommandArg*: string =
+proc mainCommandArg*(conf: ConfigRef): string =
   ## This is intended for commands like check or parse
   ## which will work on the main project file unless
   ## explicitly given a specific file argument
-  if commandArgs.len > 0:
-    result = commandArgs[0]
+  if conf.commandArgs.len > 0:
+    result = conf.commandArgs[0]
   else:
-    result = gProjectName
+    result = conf.projectName
 
-proc existsConfigVar*(key: string): bool =
-  result = hasKey(gConfigVars, key)
+proc existsConfigVar*(conf: ConfigRef; key: string): bool =
+  result = hasKey(conf.configVars, key)
 
-proc getConfigVar*(key: string): string =
-  result = gConfigVars.getOrDefault key
+proc getConfigVar*(conf: ConfigRef; key: string): string =
+  result = conf.configVars.getOrDefault key
 
-proc setConfigVar*(key, val: string) =
-  gConfigVars[key] = val
+proc setConfigVar*(conf: ConfigRef; key, val: string) =
+  conf.configVars[key] = val
 
-proc getOutFile*(filename, ext: string): string =
-  if options.outFile != "": result = options.outFile
+proc getOutFile*(conf: ConfigRef; filename, ext: string): string =
+  if conf.outFile != "": result = conf.outFile
   else: result = changeFileExt(filename, ext)
 
-proc getPrefixDir*(): string =
+proc getPrefixDir*(conf: ConfigRef): string =
   ## Gets the prefix dir, usually the parent directory where the binary resides.
   ##
-  ## This is overridden by some tools (namely nimsuggest) via the ``gPrefixDir``
+  ## This is overridden by some tools (namely nimsuggest) via the ``conf.prefixDir``
   ## global.
-  if gPrefixDir != "": result = gPrefixDir
-  else:
-    result = splitPath(getAppDir()).head
+  if conf.prefixDir != "": result = conf.prefixDir
+  else: result = splitPath(getAppDir()).head
 
-proc setDefaultLibpath*() =
+proc setDefaultLibpath*(conf: ConfigRef) =
   # set default value (can be overwritten):
-  if libpath == "":
+  if conf.libpath == "":
     # choose default libpath:
-    var prefix = getPrefixDir()
+    var prefix = getPrefixDir(conf)
     when defined(posix):
-      if prefix == "/usr": libpath = "/usr/lib/nim"
-      elif prefix == "/usr/local": libpath = "/usr/local/lib/nim"
-      else: libpath = joinPath(prefix, "lib")
-    else: libpath = joinPath(prefix, "lib")
+      if prefix == "/usr": conf.libpath = "/usr/lib/nim"
+      elif prefix == "/usr/local": conf.libpath = "/usr/local/lib/nim"
+      else: conf.libpath = joinPath(prefix, "lib")
+    else: conf.libpath = joinPath(prefix, "lib")
 
     # Special rule to support other tools (nimble) which import the compiler
     # modules and make use of them.
     let realNimPath = findExe("nim")
     # Find out if $nim/../../lib/system.nim exists.
-    let parentNimLibPath = realNimPath.parentDir().parentDir() / "lib"
-    if not fileExists(libpath / "system.nim") and
+    let parentNimLibPath = realNimPath.parentDir.parentDir / "lib"
+    if not fileExists(conf.libpath / "system.nim") and
         fileExists(parentNimlibPath / "system.nim"):
-      libpath = parentNimLibPath
+      conf.libpath = parentNimLibPath
 
-proc canonicalizePath*(path: string): string =
+proc canonicalizePath*(conf: ConfigRef; path: string): string =
   # on Windows, 'expandFilename' calls getFullPathName which doesn't do
   # case corrections, so we have to use this convoluted way of retrieving
   # the true filename (see tests/modules and Nimble uses 'import Uri' instead
@@ -263,12 +372,12 @@ proc canonicalizePath*(path: string): string =
   else:
     result = path.expandFilename
 
-proc shortenDir*(dir: string): string =
+proc shortenDir*(conf: ConfigRef; dir: string): string =
   ## returns the interesting part of a dir
-  var prefix = gProjectPath & DirSep
+  var prefix = conf.projectPath & DirSep
   if startsWith(dir, prefix):
     return substr(dir, len(prefix))
-  prefix = getPrefixDir() & DirSep
+  prefix = getPrefixDir(conf) & DirSep
   if startsWith(dir, prefix):
     return substr(dir, len(prefix))
   result = dir
@@ -279,114 +388,89 @@ proc removeTrailingDirSep*(path: string): string =
   else:
     result = path
 
-proc disableNimblePath*() =
-  gNoNimblePath = true
-  lazyPaths.setLen(0)
+proc disableNimblePath*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  incl conf.globalOptions, optNoNimblePath
+  conf.lazyPaths.setLen(0)
 
 include packagehandling
 
-proc getNimcacheDir*: string =
-  result = if nimcacheDir.len > 0: nimcacheDir else: gProjectPath.shortenDir /
-                                                         genSubDir
-
+proc getNimcacheDir*(conf: ConfigRef): string =
+  result = if conf.nimcacheDir.len > 0: conf.nimcacheDir
+           else: shortenDir(conf, conf.projectPath) / genSubDir
 
-proc pathSubs*(p, config: string): string =
+proc pathSubs*(conf: ConfigRef; p, config: string): string =
   let home = removeTrailingDirSep(os.getHomeDir())
   result = unixToNativePath(p % [
-    "nim", getPrefixDir(),
-    "lib", libpath,
+    "nim", getPrefixDir(conf),
+    "lib", conf.libpath,
     "home", home,
     "config", config,
-    "projectname", options.gProjectName,
-    "projectpath", options.gProjectPath,
-    "projectdir", options.gProjectPath,
-    "nimcache", getNimcacheDir()])
+    "projectname", conf.projectName,
+    "projectpath", conf.projectPath,
+    "projectdir", conf.projectPath,
+    "nimcache", getNimcacheDir(conf)])
   if "~/" in result:
     result = result.replace("~/", home & '/')
 
-proc toGeneratedFile*(path, ext: string): string =
+proc toGeneratedFile*(conf: ConfigRef; path, ext: string): string =
   ## converts "/home/a/mymodule.nim", "rod" to "/home/a/nimcache/mymodule.rod"
   var (head, tail) = splitPath(path)
   #if len(head) > 0: head = shortenDir(head & dirSep)
-  result = joinPath([getNimcacheDir(), changeFileExt(tail, ext)])
+  result = joinPath([getNimcacheDir(conf), changeFileExt(tail, ext)])
   #echo "toGeneratedFile(", path, ", ", ext, ") = ", result
 
-when noTimeMachine:
-  var alreadyExcludedDirs = initSet[string]()
-  proc excludeDirFromTimeMachine(dir: string) {.raises: [].} =
-    ## Calls a macosx command on the directory to exclude it from backups.
-    ##
-    ## The macosx tmutil command is invoked to mark the specified path as an
-    ## item to be excluded from time machine backups. If a path already exists
-    ## with files before excluding it, newer files won't be added to the
-    ## directory, but previous files won't be removed from the backup until the
-    ## user deletes that directory.
-    ##
-    ## The whole proc is optional and will ignore all kinds of errors. The only
-    ## way to be sure that it works is to call ``tmutil isexcluded path``.
-    if alreadyExcludedDirs.contains(dir): return
-    alreadyExcludedDirs.incl(dir)
-    try:
-      var p = startProcess("/usr/bin/tmutil", args = ["addexclusion", dir])
-      discard p.waitForExit
-      p.close
-    except Exception:
-      discard
-
-proc completeGeneratedFilePath*(f: string, createSubDir: bool = true): string =
+proc completeGeneratedFilePath*(conf: ConfigRef; f: string, createSubDir: bool = true): string =
   var (head, tail) = splitPath(f)
   #if len(head) > 0: head = removeTrailingDirSep(shortenDir(head & dirSep))
-  var subdir = getNimcacheDir() # / head
+  var subdir = getNimcacheDir(conf) # / head
   if createSubDir:
     try:
       createDir(subdir)
-      when noTimeMachine:
-        excludeDirFromTimeMachine(subdir)
     except OSError:
       writeLine(stdout, "cannot create directory: " & subdir)
       quit(1)
   result = joinPath(subdir, tail)
   #echo "completeGeneratedFilePath(", f, ") = ", result
 
-proc rawFindFile(f: string): string =
-  for it in searchPaths:
+proc rawFindFile(conf: ConfigRef; f: string): string =
+  for it in conf.searchPaths:
     result = joinPath(it, f)
     if existsFile(result):
-      return result.canonicalizePath
+      return canonicalizePath(conf, result)
   result = ""
 
-proc rawFindFile2(f: string): string =
-  for i, it in lazyPaths:
+proc rawFindFile2(conf: ConfigRef; f: string): string =
+  for i, it in conf.lazyPaths:
     result = joinPath(it, f)
     if existsFile(result):
       # bring to front
       for j in countDown(i,1):
-        swap(lazyPaths[j], lazyPaths[j-1])
+        swap(conf.lazyPaths[j], conf.lazyPaths[j-1])
 
-      return result.canonicalizePath
+      return canonicalizePath(conf, result)
   result = ""
 
-template patchModule() {.dirty.} =
-  if result.len > 0 and gModuleOverrides.len > 0:
-    let key = getPackageName(result) & "_" & splitFile(result).name
-    if gModuleOverrides.hasKey(key):
-      let ov = gModuleOverrides[key]
+template patchModule(conf: ConfigRef) {.dirty.} =
+  if result.len > 0 and conf.moduleOverrides.len > 0:
+    let key = getPackageName(conf, result) & "_" & splitFile(result).name
+    if conf.moduleOverrides.hasKey(key):
+      let ov = conf.moduleOverrides[key]
       if ov.len > 0: result = ov
 
-proc findFile*(f: string): string {.procvar.} =
+proc findFile*(conf: ConfigRef; f: string): string {.procvar.} =
   if f.isAbsolute:
     result = if f.existsFile: f else: ""
   else:
-    result = f.rawFindFile
+    result = rawFindFile(conf, f)
     if result.len == 0:
-      result = f.toLowerAscii.rawFindFile
+      result = rawFindFile(conf, f.toLowerAscii)
       if result.len == 0:
-        result = f.rawFindFile2
+        result = rawFindFile2(conf, f)
         if result.len == 0:
-          result = f.toLowerAscii.rawFindFile2
-  patchModule()
+          result = rawFindFile2(conf, f.toLowerAscii)
+  patchModule(conf)
 
-proc findModule*(modulename, currentModule: string): string =
+proc findModule*(conf: ConfigRef; modulename, currentModule: string): string =
   # returns path to module
   when defined(nimfix):
     # '.nimfix' modules are preferred over '.nim' modules so that specialized
@@ -396,16 +480,16 @@ proc findModule*(modulename, currentModule: string): string =
       let currentPath = currentModule.splitFile.dir
       result = currentPath / m
       if not existsFile(result):
-        result = findFile(m)
+        result = findFile(conf, m)
         if existsFile(result): return result
   let m = addFileExt(modulename, NimExt)
   let currentPath = currentModule.splitFile.dir
   result = currentPath / m
   if not existsFile(result):
-    result = findFile(m)
-  patchModule()
+    result = findFile(conf, m)
+  patchModule(conf)
 
-proc findProjectNimFile*(pkg: string): string =
+proc findProjectNimFile*(conf: ConfigRef; pkg: string): string =
   const extensions = [".nims", ".cfg", ".nimcfg", ".nimble"]
   var candidates: seq[string] = @[]
   for k, f in os.walkDir(pkg, relative=true):
@@ -430,25 +514,12 @@ proc canonDynlibName(s: string): string =
   else:
     result = s.substr(start)
 
-proc inclDynlibOverride*(lib: string) =
-  gDllOverrides[lib.canonDynlibName] = "true"
-
-proc isDynlibOverride*(lib: string): bool =
-  result = gDynlibOverrideAll or gDllOverrides.hasKey(lib.canonDynlibName)
-
-proc binaryStrSearch*(x: openArray[string], y: string): int =
-  var a = 0
-  var b = len(x) - 1
-  while a <= b:
-    var mid = (a + b) div 2
-    var c = cmpIgnoreCase(x[mid], y)
-    if c < 0:
-      a = mid + 1
-    elif c > 0:
-      b = mid - 1
-    else:
-      return mid
-  result = - 1
+proc inclDynlibOverride*(conf: ConfigRef; lib: string) =
+  conf.dllOverrides[lib.canonDynlibName] = "true"
+
+proc isDynlibOverride*(conf: ConfigRef; lib: string): bool =
+  result = optDynlibOverrideAll in conf.globalOptions or
+     conf.dllOverrides.hasKey(lib.canonDynlibName)
 
 proc parseIdeCmd*(s: string): IdeCmd =
   case s:
diff --git a/compiler/packagehandling.nim b/compiler/packagehandling.nim
index 758411e39..2efab58b0 100644
--- a/compiler/packagehandling.nim
+++ b/compiler/packagehandling.nim
@@ -15,23 +15,16 @@ iterator myParentDirs(p: string): string =
     if current.len == 0: break
     yield current
 
-template newPackageCache(): untyped =
-  newStringTable(when FileSystemCaseSensitive:
-                   modeCaseInsensitive
-                 else:
-                   modeCaseSensitive)
+proc resetPackageCache*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  conf.packageCache = newPackageCache()
 
-var packageCache = newPackageCache()
-
-proc resetPackageCache*() = packageCache = newPackageCache()
-
-proc getPackageName*(path: string): string =
+proc getPackageName*(conf: ConfigRef; path: string): string =
   var parents = 0
   block packageSearch:
     for d in myParentDirs(path):
-      if packageCache.hasKey(d):
+      if conf.packageCache.hasKey(d):
         #echo "from cache ", d, " |", packageCache[d], "|", path.splitFile.name
-        return packageCache[d]
+        return conf.packageCache[d]
       inc parents
       for file in walkFiles(d / "*.nimble"):
         result = file.splitFile.name
@@ -43,12 +36,12 @@ proc getPackageName*(path: string): string =
   if result.isNil: result = ""
   for d in myParentDirs(path):
     #echo "set cache ", d, " |", result, "|", parents
-    packageCache[d] = result
+    conf.packageCache[d] = result
     dec parents
     if parents <= 0: break
 
-proc withPackageName*(path: string): string =
-  let x = path.getPackageName
+proc withPackageName*(conf: ConfigRef; path: string): string =
+  let x = getPackageName(conf, path)
   if x.len == 0:
     result = path
   else:
diff --git a/compiler/parampatterns.nim b/compiler/parampatterns.nim
index 0b8c8543e..944aec048 100644
--- a/compiler/parampatterns.nim
+++ b/compiler/parampatterns.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 ## This module implements the pattern matching features for term rewriting
 ## macro support.
 
-import strutils, ast, astalgo, types, msgs, idents, renderer, wordrecg, trees
+import strutils, ast, astalgo, types, msgs, idents, renderer, wordrecg, trees,
+  options
 
 # we precompile the pattern here for efficiency into some internal
 # stack based VM :-) Why? Because it's fun; I did no benchmarks to see if that
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ type
 const
   MaxStackSize* = 64 ## max required stack size by the VM
 
-proc patternError(n: PNode) =
-  localError(n.info, errIllFormedAstX, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
+proc patternError(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  localError(conf, n.info, "illformed AST: " & renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
 
 proc add(code: var TPatternCode, op: TOpcode) {.inline.} =
   add(code, chr(ord(op)))
@@ -53,42 +54,42 @@ proc whichAlias*(p: PSym): TAliasRequest =
   else:
     result = aqNone
 
-proc compileConstraints(p: PNode, result: var TPatternCode) =
+proc compileConstraints(p: PNode, result: var TPatternCode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   case p.kind
   of nkCallKinds:
     if p.sons[0].kind != nkIdent:
-      patternError(p.sons[0])
+      patternError(p.sons[0], conf)
       return
     let op = p.sons[0].ident
     if p.len == 3:
       if op.s == "|" or op.id == ord(wOr):
-        compileConstraints(p.sons[1], result)
-        compileConstraints(p.sons[2], result)
+        compileConstraints(p.sons[1], result, conf)
+        compileConstraints(p.sons[2], result, conf)
         result.add(ppOr)
       elif op.s == "&" or op.id == ord(wAnd):
-        compileConstraints(p.sons[1], result)
-        compileConstraints(p.sons[2], result)
+        compileConstraints(p.sons[1], result, conf)
+        compileConstraints(p.sons[2], result, conf)
         result.add(ppAnd)
       else:
-        patternError(p)
+        patternError(p, conf)
     elif p.len == 2 and (op.s == "~" or op.id == ord(wNot)):
-      compileConstraints(p.sons[1], result)
+      compileConstraints(p.sons[1], result, conf)
       result.add(ppNot)
     else:
-      patternError(p)
+      patternError(p, conf)
   of nkAccQuoted, nkPar:
     if p.len == 1:
-      compileConstraints(p.sons[0], result)
+      compileConstraints(p.sons[0], result, conf)
     else:
-      patternError(p)
+      patternError(p, conf)
   of nkIdent:
     let spec = p.ident.s.normalize
     case spec
-    of "atom":  result.add(ppAtom)
-    of "lit":   result.add(ppLit)
-    of "sym":   result.add(ppSym)
+    of "atom": result.add(ppAtom)
+    of "lit": result.add(ppLit)
+    of "sym": result.add(ppSym)
     of "ident": result.add(ppIdent)
-    of "call":  result.add(ppCall)
+    of "call": result.add(ppCall)
     of "alias": result[0] = chr(aqShouldAlias.ord)
     of "noalias": result[0] = chr(aqNoAlias.ord)
     of "lvalue": result.add(ppLValue)
@@ -97,24 +98,24 @@ proc compileConstraints(p: PNode, result: var TPatternCode) =
     of "nosideeffect": result.add(ppNoSideEffect)
     else:
       # check all symkinds:
-      internalAssert int(high(TSymKind)) < 255
+      internalAssert conf, int(high(TSymKind)) < 255
       for i in low(TSymKind)..high(TSymKind):
         if cmpIgnoreStyle(($i).substr(2), spec) == 0:
           result.add(ppSymKind)
           result.add(chr(i.ord))
           return
       # check all nodekinds:
-      internalAssert int(high(TNodeKind)) < 255
+      internalAssert conf, int(high(TNodeKind)) < 255
       for i in low(TNodeKind)..high(TNodeKind):
         if cmpIgnoreStyle($i, spec) == 0:
           result.add(ppNodeKind)
           result.add(chr(i.ord))
           return
-      patternError(p)
+      patternError(p, conf)
   else:
-    patternError(p)
+    patternError(p, conf)
 
-proc semNodeKindConstraints*(p: PNode): PNode =
+proc semNodeKindConstraints*(p: PNode; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   ## does semantic checking for a node kind pattern and compiles it into an
   ## efficient internal format.
   assert p.kind == nkCurlyExpr
@@ -123,11 +124,11 @@ proc semNodeKindConstraints*(p: PNode): PNode =
   result.strVal.add(chr(aqNone.ord))
   if p.len >= 2:
     for i in 1..<p.len:
-      compileConstraints(p.sons[i], result.strVal)
+      compileConstraints(p.sons[i], result.strVal, conf)
     if result.strVal.len > MaxStackSize-1:
-      internalError(p.info, "parameter pattern too complex")
+      internalError(conf, p.info, "parameter pattern too complex")
   else:
-    patternError(p)
+    patternError(p, conf)
   result.strVal.add(ppEof)
 
 type
@@ -178,6 +179,36 @@ type
     arDiscriminant,           # is a discriminant
     arStrange                 # it is a strange beast like 'typedesc[var T]'
 
+proc exprRoot*(n: PNode): PSym =
+  var it = n
+  while true:
+    case it.kind
+    of nkSym: return it.sym
+    of nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
+      if it[0].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyPtr, tyRef}:
+        # 'ptr' is unsafe anyway and 'ref' is always on the heap,
+        # so allow these derefs:
+        break
+      else:
+        it = it[0]
+    of nkDotExpr, nkBracketExpr, nkHiddenAddr,
+       nkObjUpConv, nkObjDownConv, nkCheckedFieldExpr:
+      it = it[0]
+    of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv:
+      it = it[1]
+    of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr:
+      if it.len > 0 and it.typ != nil: it = it.lastSon
+      else: break
+    of nkCallKinds:
+      if it.typ != nil and it.typ.kind == tyVar and it.len > 1:
+        # See RFC #7373, calls returning 'var T' are assumed to
+        # return a view into the first argument (if there is one):
+        it = it[1]
+      else:
+        break
+    else:
+      break
+
 proc isAssignable*(owner: PSym, n: PNode; isUnsafeAddr=false): TAssignableResult =
   ## 'owner' can be nil!
   result = arNone
@@ -189,7 +220,7 @@ proc isAssignable*(owner: PSym, n: PNode; isUnsafeAddr=false): TAssignableResult
     let kinds = if isUnsafeAddr: {skVar, skResult, skTemp, skParam, skLet}
                 else: {skVar, skResult, skTemp}
     if n.sym.kind in kinds:
-      if owner != nil and owner.id == n.sym.owner.id and
+      if owner != nil and owner == n.sym.owner and
           sfGlobal notin n.sym.flags:
         result = arLocalLValue
       else:
@@ -205,7 +236,8 @@ proc isAssignable*(owner: PSym, n: PNode; isUnsafeAddr=false): TAssignableResult
       result = arLValue
     else:
       result = isAssignable(owner, n.sons[0], isUnsafeAddr)
-    if result != arNone and sfDiscriminant in n.sons[1].sym.flags:
+    if result != arNone and n[1].kind == nkSym and
+        sfDiscriminant in n[1].sym.flags:
       result = arDiscriminant
   of nkBracketExpr:
     if skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind in
@@ -222,7 +254,10 @@ proc isAssignable*(owner: PSym, n: PNode; isUnsafeAddr=false): TAssignableResult
     elif compareTypes(n.typ, n.sons[1].typ, dcEqIgnoreDistinct):
       # types that are equal modulo distinction preserve l-value:
       result = isAssignable(owner, n.sons[1], isUnsafeAddr)
-  of nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenAddr:
+  of nkHiddenDeref:
+    if n[0].typ.kind == tyLent: result = arDiscriminant
+    else: result = arLValue
+  of nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenAddr:
     result = arLValue
   of nkObjUpConv, nkObjDownConv, nkCheckedFieldExpr:
     result = isAssignable(owner, n.sons[0], isUnsafeAddr)
diff --git a/compiler/parser.nim b/compiler/parser.nim
index b1cfd7609..fbc57ebb6 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.nim
+++ b/compiler/parser.nim
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 # In fact the grammar is generated from this file:
 when isMainModule:
+  # Leave a note in grammar.txt that it is generated:
+  #| # This file is generated by compiler/parser.nim.
   import pegs
   var outp = open("doc/grammar.txt", fmWrite)
   for line in lines("compiler/parser.nim"):
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ when isMainModule:
   outp.close
 
 import
-  llstream, lexer, idents, strutils, ast, astalgo, msgs
+  llstream, lexer, idents, strutils, ast, astalgo, msgs, options, configuration
 
 type
   TParser* = object            # A TParser object represents a file that
@@ -81,21 +83,21 @@ proc getTok(p: var TParser) =
   rawGetTok(p.lex, p.tok)
   p.hasProgress = true
 
-proc openParser*(p: var TParser, fileIdx: int32, inputStream: PLLStream,
-                 cache: IdentCache;
+proc openParser*(p: var TParser, fileIdx: FileIndex, inputStream: PLLStream,
+                 cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef;
                  strongSpaces=false) =
   ## Open a parser, using the given arguments to set up its internal state.
   ##
   initToken(p.tok)
-  openLexer(p.lex, fileIdx, inputStream, cache)
+  openLexer(p.lex, fileIdx, inputStream, cache, config)
   getTok(p)                   # read the first token
   p.firstTok = true
   p.strongSpaces = strongSpaces
 
 proc openParser*(p: var TParser, filename: string, inputStream: PLLStream,
-                 cache: IdentCache;
+                 cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef;
                  strongSpaces=false) =
-  openParser(p, filename.fileInfoIdx, inputStream, cache, strongSpaces)
+  openParser(p, fileInfoIdx(config, filename), inputStream, cache, config, strongSpaces)
 
 proc closeParser(p: var TParser) =
   ## Close a parser, freeing up its resources.
@@ -105,9 +107,13 @@ proc parMessage(p: TParser, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
   ## Produce and emit the parser message `arg` to output.
   lexMessageTok(p.lex, msg, p.tok, arg)
 
-proc parMessage(p: TParser, msg: TMsgKind, tok: TToken) =
+proc parMessage(p: TParser, msg: string, tok: TToken) =
   ## Produce and emit a parser message to output about the token `tok`
-  parMessage(p, msg, prettyTok(tok))
+  parMessage(p, errGenerated, msg % prettyTok(tok))
+
+proc parMessage(p: TParser, arg: string) =
+  ## Produce and emit the parser message `arg` to output.
+  lexMessageTok(p.lex, errGenerated, p.tok, arg)
 
 template withInd(p, body: untyped) =
   let oldInd = p.currInd
@@ -123,7 +129,13 @@ proc rawSkipComment(p: var TParser, node: PNode) =
   if p.tok.tokType == tkComment:
     if node != nil:
       if node.comment == nil: node.comment = ""
-      add(node.comment, p.tok.literal)
+      when defined(nimpretty):
+        if p.tok.commentOffsetB > p.tok.commentOffsetA:
+          add node.comment, fileSection(p.lex.fileIdx, p.tok.commentOffsetA, p.tok.commentOffsetB)
+        else:
+          add node.comment, p.tok.literal
+      else:
+        add(node.comment, p.tok.literal)
     else:
       parMessage(p, errInternal, "skipComment")
     getTok(p)
@@ -134,6 +146,12 @@ proc skipComment(p: var TParser, node: PNode) =
 proc flexComment(p: var TParser, node: PNode) =
   if p.tok.indent < 0 or realInd(p): rawSkipComment(p, node)
 
+const
+  errInvalidIndentation = "invalid indentation"
+  errIdentifierExpected = "identifier expected, but got '$1'"
+  errExprExpected = "expression expected, but found '$1'"
+  errTokenExpected = "'$1' expected"
+
 proc skipInd(p: var TParser) =
   if p.tok.indent >= 0:
     if not realInd(p): parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
@@ -152,11 +170,11 @@ proc getTokNoInd(p: var TParser) =
 
 proc expectIdentOrKeyw(p: TParser) =
   if p.tok.tokType != tkSymbol and not isKeyword(p.tok.tokType):
-    lexMessage(p.lex, errIdentifierExpected, prettyTok(p.tok))
+    lexMessage(p.lex, errGenerated, errIdentifierExpected % prettyTok(p.tok))
 
 proc expectIdent(p: TParser) =
   if p.tok.tokType != tkSymbol:
-    lexMessage(p.lex, errIdentifierExpected, prettyTok(p.tok))
+    lexMessage(p.lex, errGenerated, errIdentifierExpected % prettyTok(p.tok))
 
 proc eat(p: var TParser, tokType: TTokType) =
   ## Move the parser to the next token if the current token is of type
@@ -164,7 +182,8 @@ proc eat(p: var TParser, tokType: TTokType) =
   if p.tok.tokType == tokType:
     getTok(p)
   else:
-    lexMessageTok(p.lex, errTokenExpected, p.tok, TokTypeToStr[tokType])
+    lexMessage(p.lex, errGenerated,
+      "expected: '" & TokTypeToStr[tokType] & "', but got: '" & prettyTok(p.tok) & "'")
 
 proc parLineInfo(p: TParser): TLineInfo =
   ## Retrieve the line information associated with the parser's current state.
@@ -260,13 +279,9 @@ proc isUnary(p: TParser): bool =
 proc checkBinary(p: TParser) {.inline.} =
   ## Check if the current parser token is a binary operator.
   # we don't check '..' here as that's too annoying
-  if p.strongSpaces and p.tok.tokType == tkOpr:
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkOpr:
     if p.tok.strongSpaceB > 0 and p.tok.strongSpaceA != p.tok.strongSpaceB:
-      parMessage(p, errGenerated,
-                 "Number of spaces around '$#' not consistent" %
-                 prettyTok(p.tok))
-    elif p.tok.strongSpaceA notin {0,1,2,4,8}:
-      parMessage(p, errGenerated, "Number of spaces must be 0,1,2,4 or 8")
+      parMessage(p, warnInconsistentSpacing, prettyTok(p.tok))
 
 #| module = stmt ^* (';' / IND{=})
 #|
@@ -387,20 +402,6 @@ proc exprList(p: var TParser, endTok: TTokType, result: PNode) =
     getTok(p)
     optInd(p, a)
 
-proc dotExpr(p: var TParser, a: PNode): PNode =
-  #| dotExpr = expr '.' optInd symbol
-  var info = p.parLineInfo
-  getTok(p)
-  result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  addSon(result, a)
-  addSon(result, parseSymbol(p, smAfterDot))
-
-proc qualifiedIdent(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| qualifiedIdent = symbol ('.' optInd symbol)?
-  result = parseSymbol(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkDot: result = dotExpr(p, result)
-
 proc exprColonEqExprListAux(p: var TParser, endTok: TTokType, result: PNode) =
   assert(endTok in {tkCurlyRi, tkCurlyDotRi, tkBracketRi, tkParRi})
   getTok(p)
@@ -411,6 +412,9 @@ proc exprColonEqExprListAux(p: var TParser, endTok: TTokType, result: PNode) =
     addSon(result, a)
     if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
     getTok(p)
+    # (1,) produces a tuple expression
+    if endTok == tkParRi and p.tok.tokType == tkParRi and result.kind == nkPar:
+      result.kind = nkTupleConstr
     skipComment(p, a)
   optPar(p)
   eat(p, endTok)
@@ -421,6 +425,33 @@ proc exprColonEqExprList(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind,
   result = newNodeP(kind, p)
   exprColonEqExprListAux(p, endTok, result)
 
+proc dotExpr(p: var TParser, a: PNode): PNode =
+  #| dotExpr = expr '.' optInd (symbol | '[:' exprList ']')
+  #| explicitGenericInstantiation = '[:' exprList ']' ( '(' exprColonEqExpr ')' )?
+  var info = p.parLineInfo
+  getTok(p)
+  result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, a)
+  addSon(result, parseSymbol(p, smAfterDot))
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketLeColon and p.tok.strongSpaceA <= 0:
+    var x = newNodeI(nkBracketExpr, p.parLineInfo)
+    # rewrite 'x.y[:z]()' to 'y[z](x)'
+    x.add result[1]
+    exprList(p, tkBracketRi, x)
+    eat(p, tkBracketRi)
+    var y = newNodeI(nkCall, p.parLineInfo)
+    y.add x
+    y.add result[0]
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkParLe and p.tok.strongSpaceA <= 0:
+      exprColonEqExprListAux(p, tkParRi, y)
+    result = y
+
+proc qualifiedIdent(p: var TParser): PNode =
+  #| qualifiedIdent = symbol ('.' optInd symbol)?
+  result = parseSymbol(p)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkDot: result = dotExpr(p, result)
+
 proc setOrTableConstr(p: var TParser): PNode =
   #| setOrTableConstr = '{' ((exprColonEqExpr comma)* | ':' ) '}'
   result = newNodeP(nkCurly, p)
@@ -551,6 +582,9 @@ proc parsePar(p: var TParser): PNode =
       if p.tok.tokType == tkComma:
         getTok(p)
         skipComment(p, a)
+        # (1,) produces a tuple expression:
+        if p.tok.tokType == tkParRi:
+          result.kind = nkTupleConstr
         # progress guaranteed
         while p.tok.tokType != tkParRi and p.tok.tokType != tkEof:
           var a = exprColonEqExpr(p)
@@ -679,10 +713,17 @@ proc namedParams(p: var TParser, callee: PNode,
   # progress guaranteed
   exprColonEqExprListAux(p, endTok, result)
 
-proc commandParam(p: var TParser): PNode =
+proc commandParam(p: var TParser, isFirstParam: var bool): PNode =
   result = parseExpr(p)
   if p.tok.tokType == tkDo:
     result = postExprBlocks(p, result)
+  elif p.tok.tokType == tkEquals and not isFirstParam:
+    let lhs = result
+    result = newNodeP(nkExprEqExpr, p)
+    getTok(p)
+    addSon(result, lhs)
+    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  isFirstParam = false
 
 proc primarySuffix(p: var TParser, r: PNode, baseIndent: int): PNode =
   #| primarySuffix = '(' (exprColonEqExpr comma?)* ')' doBlocks?
@@ -717,17 +758,19 @@ proc primarySuffix(p: var TParser, r: PNode, baseIndent: int): PNode =
       # progress guaranteed
       somePar()
       result = namedParams(p, result, nkCurlyExpr, tkCurlyRi)
-    of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkIntLit..tkCharLit, tkNil, tkCast, tkAddr, tkType:
-      if p.inPragma == 0:
+    of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkIntLit..tkCharLit, tkNil, tkCast, tkAddr, tkType,
+       tkOpr, tkDotDot:
+      if p.inPragma == 0 and (isUnary(p) or p.tok.tokType notin {tkOpr, tkDotDot}):
         # actually parsing {.push hints:off.} as {.push(hints:off).} is a sweet
         # solution, but pragmas.nim can't handle that
         let a = result
         result = newNodeP(nkCommand, p)
         addSon(result, a)
+        var isFirstParam = true
         when true:
           # progress NOT guaranteed
           p.hasProgress = false
-          addSon result, commandParam(p)
+          addSon result, commandParam(p, isFirstParam)
           if not p.hasProgress: break
         else:
           while p.tok.tokType != tkEof:
@@ -818,7 +861,6 @@ proc parseIfExpr(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
     if realInd(p):
       p.currInd = p.tok.indent
       wasIndented = true
-      echo result.info, " yes ", p.currInd
     addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
     result.add branch
     while sameInd(p) or not wasIndented:
@@ -855,7 +897,7 @@ proc parsePragma(p: var TParser): PNode =
       skipComment(p, a)
   optPar(p)
   if p.tok.tokType in {tkCurlyDotRi, tkCurlyRi}: getTok(p)
-  else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ".}")
+  else: parMessage(p, "expected '.}'")
   dec p.inPragma
 
 proc identVis(p: var TParser; allowDot=false): PNode =
@@ -914,15 +956,15 @@ proc parseIdentColonEquals(p: var TParser, flags: TDeclaredIdentFlags): PNode =
     optInd(p, result)
     addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
   else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+    addSon(result, newNodeP(nkEmpty, p))
     if p.tok.tokType != tkEquals and withBothOptional notin flags:
-      parMessage(p, errColonOrEqualsExpected, p.tok)
+      parMessage(p, "':' or '=' expected, but got '$1'", p.tok)
   if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
     getTok(p)
     optInd(p, result)
     addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
   else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+    addSon(result, newNodeP(nkEmpty, p))
 
 proc parseTuple(p: var TParser, indentAllowed = false): PNode =
   #| inlTupleDecl = 'tuple'
@@ -962,6 +1004,8 @@ proc parseTuple(p: var TParser, indentAllowed = false): PNode =
             parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
             break
           if not sameInd(p): break
+  elif p.tok.tokType == tkParLe:
+    parMessage(p, errGenerated, "the syntax for tuple types is 'tuple[...]', not 'tuple(...)'")
   else:
     result = newNodeP(nkTupleClassTy, p)
 
@@ -983,8 +1027,11 @@ proc parseParamList(p: var TParser, retColon = true): PNode =
         a = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {withBothOptional, withPragma})
       of tkParRi:
         break
+      of tkVar:
+        parMessage(p, errGenerated, "the syntax is 'parameter: var T', not 'var parameter: T'")
+        break
       else:
-        parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ")")
+        parMessage(p, "expected closing ')'")
         break
       addSon(result, a)
       if p.tok.tokType notin {tkComma, tkSemiColon}: break
@@ -1061,6 +1108,7 @@ proc parseTypeDescKAux(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind,
   #| distinct = 'distinct' optInd typeDesc
   result = newNodeP(kind, p)
   getTok(p)
+  if p.tok.indent != -1 and p.tok.indent <= p.currInd: return
   optInd(p, result)
   if not isOperator(p.tok) and isExprStart(p):
     addSon(result, primary(p, mode))
@@ -1144,7 +1192,7 @@ proc primary(p: var TParser, mode: TPrimaryMode): PNode =
     if mode == pmTypeDef:
       result = parseTypeClass(p)
     else:
-      parMessage(p, errInvalidToken, p.tok)
+      parMessage(p, "the 'concept' keyword is only valid in 'type' sections")
   of tkStatic:
     let info = parLineInfo(p)
     getTokNoInd(p)
@@ -1254,7 +1302,7 @@ proc postExprBlocks(p: var TParser, x: PNode): PNode =
       if nextBlock.kind == nkElse: break
   else:
     if openingParams.kind != nkEmpty:
-      parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ":")
+      parMessage(p, "expected ':'")
 
 proc parseExprStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
   #| exprStmt = simpleExpr
@@ -1274,17 +1322,18 @@ proc parseExprStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
     addSon(result, b)
   else:
     # simpleExpr parsed 'p a' from 'p a, b'?
+    var isFirstParam = false
     if p.tok.indent < 0 and p.tok.tokType == tkComma and a.kind == nkCommand:
       result = a
       while true:
         getTok(p)
         optInd(p, result)
-        addSon(result, commandParam(p))
+        addSon(result, commandParam(p, isFirstParam))
         if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
     elif p.tok.indent < 0 and isExprStart(p):
       result = newNode(nkCommand, a.info, @[a])
       while true:
-        addSon(result, commandParam(p))
+        addSon(result, commandParam(p, isFirstParam))
         if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
         getTok(p)
         optInd(p, result)
@@ -1489,7 +1538,7 @@ proc parseTry(p: var TParser; isExpr: bool): PNode =
     addSon(b, parseStmt(p))
     addSon(result, b)
     if b.kind == nkFinally: break
-  if b == nil: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, "except")
+  if b == nil: parMessage(p, "expected 'except'")
 
 proc parseExceptBlock(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
   #| exceptBlock = 'except' colcom stmt
@@ -1544,7 +1593,7 @@ proc parseAsm(p: var TParser): PNode =
   of tkTripleStrLit: addSon(result,
                             newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
   else:
-    parMessage(p, errStringLiteralExpected)
+    parMessage(p, "the 'asm' statement takes a string literal")
     addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
     return
   getTok(p)
@@ -1675,7 +1724,7 @@ proc parseSection(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind,
     parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
 
 proc parseConstant(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| constant = identWithPragma (colon typedesc)? '=' optInd expr indAndComment
+  #| constant = identWithPragma (colon typeDesc)? '=' optInd expr indAndComment
   result = newNodeP(nkConstDef, p)
   addSon(result, identWithPragma(p))
   if p.tok.tokType == tkColon:
@@ -1723,7 +1772,7 @@ proc parseEnum(p: var TParser): PNode =
         p.tok.tokType == tkEof:
       break
   if result.len <= 1:
-    lexMessageTok(p.lex, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok, prettyTok(p.tok))
+    parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
 
 proc parseObjectPart(p: var TParser): PNode
 proc parseObjectWhen(p: var TParser): PNode =
@@ -2086,7 +2135,7 @@ proc parseStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
     case p.tok.tokType
     of tkIf, tkWhile, tkCase, tkTry, tkFor, tkBlock, tkAsm, tkProc, tkFunc,
        tkIterator, tkMacro, tkType, tkConst, tkWhen, tkVar:
-      parMessage(p, errComplexStmtRequiresInd)
+      parMessage(p, "complex statement requires indentation")
       result = ast.emptyNode
     else:
       if p.inSemiStmtList > 0:
@@ -2130,7 +2179,12 @@ proc parseTopLevelStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
     if p.tok.indent != 0:
       if p.firstTok and p.tok.indent < 0: discard
       elif p.tok.tokType != tkSemiColon:
-        parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
+        # special casing for better error messages:
+        if p.tok.tokType == tkOpr and p.tok.ident.s == "*":
+          parMessage(p, errGenerated,
+            "invalid indentation; an export marker '*' follows the declared identifier")
+        else:
+          parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
     p.firstTok = false
     case p.tok.tokType
     of tkSemiColon:
@@ -2144,8 +2198,8 @@ proc parseTopLevelStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
       if result.kind == nkEmpty: parMessage(p, errExprExpected, p.tok)
       break
 
-proc parseString*(s: string; cache: IdentCache; filename: string = "";
-                  line: int = 0;
+proc parseString*(s: string; cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef;
+                  filename: string = ""; line: int = 0;
                   errorHandler: TErrorHandler = nil): PNode =
   ## Parses a string into an AST, returning the top node.
   ## `filename` and `line`, although optional, provide info so that the
@@ -2158,7 +2212,7 @@ proc parseString*(s: string; cache: IdentCache; filename: string = "";
   # XXX for now the builtin 'parseStmt/Expr' functions do not know about strong
   # spaces...
   parser.lex.errorHandler = errorHandler
-  openParser(parser, filename, stream, cache, false)
+  openParser(parser, filename, stream, cache, config, false)
 
   result = parser.parseAll
   closeParser(parser)
diff --git a/compiler/passaux.nim b/compiler/passaux.nim
index 2065d5893..568fb4c23 100644
--- a/compiler/passaux.nim
+++ b/compiler/passaux.nim
@@ -10,22 +10,26 @@
 ## implements some little helper passes
 
 import
-  strutils, ast, astalgo, passes, idents, msgs, options, idgen
+  strutils, ast, astalgo, passes, idents, msgs, options, idgen, configuration
 
 from modulegraphs import ModuleGraph
 
+type
+  VerboseRef = ref object of TPassContext
+    config: ConfigRef
+
 proc verboseOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
   #MessageOut('compiling ' + s.name.s);
-  result = nil                # we don't need a context
-  rawMessage(hintProcessing, s.name.s)
+  result = VerboseRef(config: graph.config)
+  rawMessage(graph.config, hintProcessing, s.name.s)
 
 proc verboseProcess(context: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  if context != nil: internalError("logpass: context is not nil")
-  if gVerbosity == 3:
+  let v = VerboseRef(context)
+  if v.config.verbosity == 3:
     # system.nim deactivates all hints, for verbosity:3 we want the processing
     # messages nonetheless, so we activate them again unconditionally:
-    incl(msgs.gNotes, hintProcessing)
-    message(n.info, hintProcessing, $idgen.gFrontendId)
+    incl(v.config.notes, hintProcessing)
+    message(v.config, n.info, hintProcessing, $idgen.gFrontendId)
 
 const verbosePass* = makePass(open = verboseOpen, process = verboseProcess)
diff --git a/compiler/passes.nim b/compiler/passes.nim
index 29b27627d..8f9f57f3d 100644
--- a/compiler/passes.nim
+++ b/compiler/passes.nim
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-# This module implements the passes functionality. A pass must implement the
-# `TPass` interface.
+## This module implements the passes functionality. A pass must implement the
+## `TPass` interface.
 
 import
   strutils, options, ast, astalgo, llstream, msgs, platform, os,
   condsyms, idents, renderer, types, extccomp, math, magicsys, nversion,
-  nimsets, syntaxes, times, rodread, idgen, modulegraphs, reorder
+  nimsets, syntaxes, times, rodread, idgen, modulegraphs, reorder, rod,
+  configuration
 
 
 type
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ type
   TPassProcess* = proc (p: PPassContext, topLevelStmt: PNode): PNode {.nimcall.}
 
   TPass* = tuple[open: TPassOpen, openCached: TPassOpenCached,
-                 process: TPassProcess, close: TPassClose]
+                 process: TPassProcess, close: TPassClose,
+                 isFrontend: bool]
 
   TPassData* = tuple[input: PNode, closeOutput: PNode]
   TPasses* = openArray[TPass]
@@ -41,38 +43,26 @@ type
 proc makePass*(open: TPassOpen = nil,
                openCached: TPassOpenCached = nil,
                process: TPassProcess = nil,
-               close: TPassClose = nil): TPass =
+               close: TPassClose = nil,
+               isFrontend = false): TPass =
   result.open = open
   result.openCached = openCached
   result.close = close
   result.process = process
+  result.isFrontend = isFrontend
 
 # the semantic checker needs these:
 var
-  gImportModule*: proc (graph: ModuleGraph; m: PSym, fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache): PSym {.nimcall.}
-  gIncludeFile*: proc (graph: ModuleGraph; m: PSym, fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache): PNode {.nimcall.}
+  gImportModule*: proc (graph: ModuleGraph; m: PSym, fileIdx: FileIndex; cache: IdentCache): PSym {.nimcall.}
+  gIncludeFile*: proc (graph: ModuleGraph; m: PSym, fileIdx: FileIndex; cache: IdentCache): PNode {.nimcall.}
 
 # implementation
 
-proc skipCodegen*(n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
+proc skipCodegen*(config: ConfigRef; n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   # can be used by codegen passes to determine whether they should do
   # something with `n`. Currently, this ignores `n` and uses the global
   # error count instead.
-  result = msgs.gErrorCounter > 0
-
-proc astNeeded*(s: PSym): bool =
-  # The ``rodwrite`` module uses this to determine if the body of a proc
-  # needs to be stored. The passes manager frees s.sons[codePos] when
-  # appropriate to free the procedure body's memory. This is important
-  # to keep memory usage down.
-  if (s.kind in {skMethod, skProc, skFunc}) and
-      ({sfCompilerProc, sfCompileTime} * s.flags == {}) and
-      (s.typ.callConv != ccInline) and
-      (s.ast.sons[genericParamsPos].kind == nkEmpty):
-    result = false
-    # XXX this doesn't really make sense with excessive CTFE
-  else:
-    result = true
+  result = config.errorCounter > 0
 
 const
   maxPasses = 10
@@ -150,20 +140,21 @@ proc closePassesCached(graph: ModuleGraph; a: var TPassContextArray) =
       m = gPasses[i].close(graph, a[i], m)
     a[i] = nil                # free the memory here
 
-proc resolveMod(module, relativeTo: string): int32 =
-  let fullPath = findModule(module, relativeTo)
+proc resolveMod(conf: ConfigRef; module, relativeTo: string): FileIndex =
+  let fullPath = findModule(conf, module, relativeTo)
   if fullPath.len == 0:
     result = InvalidFileIDX
   else:
-    result = fullPath.fileInfoIdx
+    result = fileInfoIdx(conf, fullPath)
 
-proc processImplicits(implicits: seq[string], nodeKind: TNodeKind,
+proc processImplicits(conf: ConfigRef; implicits: seq[string], nodeKind: TNodeKind,
                       a: var TPassContextArray; m: PSym) =
   # XXX fixme this should actually be relative to the config file!
+  let gCmdLineInfo = newLineInfo(FileIndex(0), 1, 1)
   let relativeTo = m.info.toFullPath
   for module in items(implicits):
     # implicit imports should not lead to a module importing itself
-    if m.position != resolveMod(module, relativeTo):
+    if m.position != resolveMod(conf, module, relativeTo).int32:
       var importStmt = newNodeI(nodeKind, gCmdLineInfo)
       var str = newStrNode(nkStrLit, module)
       str.info = gCmdLineInfo
@@ -178,26 +169,55 @@ proc processModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym, stream: PLLStream,
     a: TPassContextArray
     s: PLLStream
     fileIdx = module.fileIdx
-  if rd == nil:
+  if module.id < 0:
+    # new module caching mechanism:
+    for i in 0..<gPassesLen:
+      if not isNil(gPasses[i].open) and not gPasses[i].isFrontend:
+        a[i] = gPasses[i].open(graph, module, cache)
+      else:
+        a[i] = nil
+
+    var stmtIndex = 0
+    var doContinue = true
+    while doContinue:
+      let n = loadNode(module, stmtIndex)
+      if n == nil or graph.stopCompile(): break
+      #if n.kind == nkImportStmt:
+      #  echo "yes and it's ", n
+      inc stmtIndex
+      var m = n
+      for i in 0..<gPassesLen:
+        if not isNil(gPasses[i].process) and not gPasses[i].isFrontend:
+          m = gPasses[i].process(a[i], m)
+          if isNil(m):
+            doContinue = false
+            break
+
+    var m: PNode = nil
+    for i in 0..<gPassesLen:
+      if not isNil(gPasses[i].close) and not gPasses[i].isFrontend:
+        m = gPasses[i].close(graph, a[i], m)
+      a[i] = nil
+  elif rd == nil:
     openPasses(graph, a, module, cache)
     if stream == nil:
       let filename = fileIdx.toFullPathConsiderDirty
       s = llStreamOpen(filename, fmRead)
       if s == nil:
-        rawMessage(errCannotOpenFile, filename)
+        rawMessage(graph.config, errCannotOpenFile, filename)
         return false
     else:
       s = stream
     while true:
-      openParsers(p, fileIdx, s, cache)
+      openParsers(p, fileIdx, s, cache, graph.config)
 
       if sfSystemModule notin module.flags:
         # XXX what about caching? no processing then? what if I change the
         # modules to include between compilation runs? we'd need to track that
         # in ROD files. I think we should enable this feature only
         # for the interactive mode.
-        processImplicits implicitImports, nkImportStmt, a, module
-        processImplicits implicitIncludes, nkIncludeStmt, a, module
+        processImplicits graph.config, graph.config.implicitImports, nkImportStmt, a, module
+        processImplicits graph.config, graph.config.implicitIncludes, nkIncludeStmt, a, module
 
       while true:
         if graph.stopCompile(): break
diff --git a/compiler/patterns.nim b/compiler/patterns.nim
index 31b76743e..5409a4811 100644
--- a/compiler/patterns.nim
+++ b/compiler/patterns.nim
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ proc matches(c: PPatternContext, p, n: PNode): bool =
     of "*": result = matchNested(c, p, n, rpn=false)
     of "**": result = matchNested(c, p, n, rpn=true)
     of "~": result = not matches(c, p.sons[1], n)
-    else: internalError(p.info, "invalid pattern")
+    else: doAssert(false, "invalid pattern")
     # template {add(a, `&` * b)}(a: string{noalias}, b: varargs[string]) =
     #   add(a, b)
   elif p.kind == nkCurlyExpr:
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ proc applyRule*(c: PContext, s: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
         # constraint not fulfilled:
         if not ok: return nil
 
-  markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+  markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
   if ctx.subMatch:
     assert m.len == 3
     m.sons[1] = result
diff --git a/compiler/pbraces.nim b/compiler/pbraces.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index eba6f0b62..000000000
--- a/compiler/pbraces.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1790 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2017 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-# This module implements the parser of the braces Nim syntax.
-
-import
-  llstream, lexer, idents, strutils, ast, astalgo, msgs
-
-from parser import TParser
-
-proc getTok(p: var TParser) =
-  ## Get the next token from the parser's lexer, and store it in the parser's
-  ## `tok` member.
-  rawGetTok(p.lex, p.tok)
-
-proc openParser*(p: var TParser, fileIdx: int32, inputStream: PLLStream;
-                 cache: IdentCache) =
-  ## Open a parser, using the given arguments to set up its internal state.
-  ##
-  initToken(p.tok)
-  openLexer(p.lex, fileIdx, inputStream, cache)
-  getTok(p)                   # read the first token
-  p.lex.allowTabs = true
-
-proc openParser*(p: var TParser, filename: string, inputStream: PLLStream;
-                 cache: IdentCache) =
-  openParser(p, filename.fileInfoIdx, inputStream, cache)
-
-proc closeParser*(p: var TParser) =
-  ## Close a parser, freeing up its resources.
-  closeLexer(p.lex)
-
-proc parMessage(p: TParser, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") =
-  ## Produce and emit the parser message `arg` to output.
-  lexMessageTok(p.lex, msg, p.tok, arg)
-
-proc parMessage(p: TParser, msg: TMsgKind, tok: TToken) =
-  ## Produce and emit a parser message to output about the token `tok`
-  parMessage(p, msg, prettyTok(tok))
-
-proc rawSkipComment(p: var TParser, node: PNode) =
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkComment:
-    if node != nil:
-      if node.comment == nil: node.comment = ""
-      add(node.comment, p.tok.literal)
-    else:
-      parMessage(p, errInternal, "skipComment")
-    getTok(p)
-
-proc skipComment(p: var TParser, node: PNode) =
-  rawSkipComment(p, node)
-
-proc flexComment(p: var TParser, node: PNode) =
-  rawSkipComment(p, node)
-
-proc skipInd(p: var TParser) = discard
-proc optPar(p: var TParser) = discard
-
-proc optInd(p: var TParser, n: PNode) =
-  skipComment(p, n)
-
-proc getTokNoInd(p: var TParser) =
-  getTok(p)
-
-proc expectIdentOrKeyw(p: TParser) =
-  if p.tok.tokType != tkSymbol and not isKeyword(p.tok.tokType):
-    lexMessage(p.lex, errIdentifierExpected, prettyTok(p.tok))
-
-proc expectIdent(p: TParser) =
-  if p.tok.tokType != tkSymbol:
-    lexMessage(p.lex, errIdentifierExpected, prettyTok(p.tok))
-
-proc eat(p: var TParser, tokType: TTokType) =
-  ## Move the parser to the next token if the current token is of type
-  ## `tokType`, otherwise error.
-  if p.tok.tokType == tokType:
-    getTok(p)
-  else:
-    lexMessageTok(p.lex, errTokenExpected, p.tok, TokTypeToStr[tokType])
-
-proc parLineInfo(p: TParser): TLineInfo =
-  ## Retrieve the line information associated with the parser's current state.
-  result = getLineInfo(p.lex, p.tok)
-
-proc indAndComment(p: var TParser, n: PNode) =
-  rawSkipComment(p, n)
-
-proc newNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeI(kind, parLineInfo(p))
-
-proc newIntNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, intVal: BiggestInt, p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  result.intVal = intVal
-
-proc newFloatNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, floatVal: BiggestFloat,
-                   p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  result.floatVal = floatVal
-
-proc newStrNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, strVal: string, p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  result.strVal = strVal
-
-proc newIdentNodeP(ident: PIdent, p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkIdent, p)
-  result.ident = ident
-
-proc parseExpr(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc parseStmt(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc parseTypeDesc(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc parseDoBlocks(p: var TParser, call: PNode)
-proc parseParamList(p: var TParser, retColon = true): PNode
-proc parseStmtPragma(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc parseCase(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc parseTry(p: var TParser): PNode
-
-proc isSigilLike(tok: TToken): bool {.inline.} =
-  result = tok.tokType == tkOpr and tok.ident.s[0] == '@'
-
-proc isAt(tok: TToken): bool {.inline.} =
-  tok.tokType == tkOpr and tok.ident.s == "@" and tok.strongSpaceB == 0
-
-proc isRightAssociative(tok: TToken): bool {.inline.} =
-  ## Determines whether the token is right assocative.
-  result = tok.tokType == tkOpr and tok.ident.s[0] == '^'
-  # or (let L = tok.ident.s.len; L > 1 and tok.ident.s[L-1] == '>'))
-
-proc getPrecedence(tok: TToken): int =
-  ## Calculates the precedence of the given token.
-  template considerStrongSpaces(x): untyped = x
-
-  case tok.tokType
-  of tkOpr:
-    let L = tok.ident.s.len
-    let relevantChar = tok.ident.s[0]
-
-    # arrow like?
-    if L > 1 and tok.ident.s[L-1] == '>' and
-      tok.ident.s[L-2] in {'-', '~', '='}: return considerStrongSpaces(1)
-
-    template considerAsgn(value: untyped) =
-      result = if tok.ident.s[L-1] == '=': 1 else: value
-
-    case relevantChar
-    of '$', '^': considerAsgn(10)
-    of '*', '%', '/', '\\': considerAsgn(9)
-    of '~': result = 8
-    of '+', '-', '|': considerAsgn(8)
-    of '&': considerAsgn(7)
-    of '=', '<', '>', '!': result = 5
-    of '.': considerAsgn(6)
-    of '?': result = 2
-    else: considerAsgn(2)
-  of tkDiv, tkMod, tkShl, tkShr: result = 9
-  of tkIn, tkNotin, tkIs, tkIsnot, tkNot, tkOf, tkAs: result = 5
-  of tkDotDot: result = 6
-  of tkAnd: result = 4
-  of tkOr, tkXor, tkPtr, tkRef: result = 3
-  else: return -10
-  result = considerStrongSpaces(result)
-
-proc isOperator(tok: TToken): bool =
-  ## Determines if the given token is an operator type token.
-  tok.tokType in {tkOpr, tkDiv, tkMod, tkShl, tkShr, tkIn, tkNotin, tkIs,
-                  tkIsnot, tkNot, tkOf, tkAs, tkDotDot, tkAnd, tkOr, tkXor}
-
-proc isUnary(p: TParser): bool =
-  ## Check if the current parser token is a unary operator
-  if p.tok.tokType in {tkOpr, tkDotDot}:
-      result = true
-
-proc checkBinary(p: TParser) {.inline.} =
-  ## Check if the current parser token is a binary operator.
-  # we don't check '..' here as that's too annoying
-  discard
-
-#| module = stmt ^* (';' / IND{=})
-#|
-#| comma = ',' COMMENT?
-#| semicolon = ';' COMMENT?
-#| colon = ':' COMMENT?
-#| colcom = ':' COMMENT?
-#|
-#| operator =  OP0 | OP1 | OP2 | OP3 | OP4 | OP5 | OP6 | OP7 | OP8 | OP9
-#|          | 'or' | 'xor' | 'and'
-#|          | 'is' | 'isnot' | 'in' | 'notin' | 'of'
-#|          | 'div' | 'mod' | 'shl' | 'shr' | 'not' | 'static' | '..'
-#|
-#| prefixOperator = operator
-#|
-#| optInd = COMMENT?
-#| optPar = (IND{>} | IND{=})?
-#|
-#| simpleExpr = arrowExpr (OP0 optInd arrowExpr)*
-#| arrowExpr = assignExpr (OP1 optInd assignExpr)*
-#| assignExpr = orExpr (OP2 optInd orExpr)*
-#| orExpr = andExpr (OP3 optInd andExpr)*
-#| andExpr = cmpExpr (OP4 optInd cmpExpr)*
-#| cmpExpr = sliceExpr (OP5 optInd sliceExpr)*
-#| sliceExpr = ampExpr (OP6 optInd ampExpr)*
-#| ampExpr = plusExpr (OP7 optInd plusExpr)*
-#| plusExpr = mulExpr (OP8 optInd mulExpr)*
-#| mulExpr = dollarExpr (OP9 optInd dollarExpr)*
-#| dollarExpr = primary (OP10 optInd primary)*
-
-proc colcom(p: var TParser, n: PNode) =
-  skipComment(p, n)
-
-proc parseSymbol(p: var TParser, allowNil = false): PNode =
-  #| symbol = '`' (KEYW|IDENT|literal|(operator|'('|')'|'['|']'|'{'|'}'|'=')+)+ '`'
-  #|        | IDENT | 'addr' | 'type'
-  case p.tok.tokType
-  of tkSymbol, tkAddr, tkType:
-    result = newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkAccent:
-    result = newNodeP(nkAccQuoted, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    while true:
-      case p.tok.tokType
-      of tkAccent:
-        if result.len == 0:
-          parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
-        break
-      of tkOpr, tkDot, tkDotDot, tkEquals, tkParLe..tkParDotRi:
-        var accm = ""
-        while p.tok.tokType in {tkOpr, tkDot, tkDotDot, tkEquals,
-                                tkParLe..tkParDotRi}:
-          accm.add(tokToStr(p.tok))
-          getTok(p)
-        result.add(newIdentNodeP(p.lex.cache.getIdent(accm), p))
-      of tokKeywordLow..tokKeywordHigh, tkSymbol, tkIntLit..tkCharLit:
-        result.add(newIdentNodeP(p.lex.cache.getIdent(tokToStr(p.tok)), p))
-        getTok(p)
-      else:
-        parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
-        break
-    eat(p, tkAccent)
-  else:
-    if allowNil and p.tok.tokType == tkNil:
-      result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
-      getTok(p)
-    else:
-      parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
-      # BUGFIX: We must consume a token here to prevent endless loops!
-      # But: this really sucks for idetools and keywords, so we don't do it
-      # if it is a keyword:
-      if not isKeyword(p.tok.tokType): getTok(p)
-      result = ast.emptyNode
-
-proc colonOrEquals(p: var TParser, a: PNode): PNode =
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon:
-    result = newNodeP(nkExprColonExpr, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    #optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  elif p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
-    result = newNodeP(nkExprEqExpr, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    #optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  else:
-    result = a
-
-proc exprColonEqExpr(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| exprColonEqExpr = expr (':'|'=' expr)?
-  var a = parseExpr(p)
-  result = colonOrEquals(p, a)
-
-proc exprList(p: var TParser, endTok: TTokType, result: PNode) =
-  #| exprList = expr ^+ comma
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  while (p.tok.tokType != endTok) and (p.tok.tokType != tkEof):
-    var a = parseExpr(p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-
-proc dotExpr(p: var TParser, a: PNode): PNode =
-  #| dotExpr = expr '.' optInd symbol
-  var info = p.parLineInfo
-  getTok(p)
-  result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, info)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  addSon(result, a)
-  addSon(result, parseSymbol(p))
-
-proc qualifiedIdent(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| qualifiedIdent = symbol ('.' optInd symbol)?
-  result = parseSymbol(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkDot: result = dotExpr(p, result)
-
-proc exprColonEqExprListAux(p: var TParser, endTok: TTokType, result: PNode) =
-  assert(endTok in {tkCurlyLe, tkCurlyRi, tkCurlyDotRi, tkBracketRi, tkParRi})
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  while p.tok.tokType != endTok and p.tok.tokType != tkEof:
-    var a = exprColonEqExpr(p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    skipComment(p, a)
-  optPar(p)
-  eat(p, endTok)
-
-proc exprColonEqExprList(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind,
-                         endTok: TTokType): PNode =
-  #| exprColonEqExprList = exprColonEqExpr (comma exprColonEqExpr)* (comma)?
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  exprColonEqExprListAux(p, endTok, result)
-
-proc setOrTableConstr(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkCurly, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon:
-    getTok(p) # skip ':'
-    result.kind = nkTableConstr
-  else:
-    while p.tok.tokType notin {tkBracketDotRi, tkEof}:
-      var a = exprColonEqExpr(p)
-      if a.kind == nkExprColonExpr: result.kind = nkTableConstr
-      addSon(result, a)
-      if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-      getTok(p)
-      skipComment(p, a)
-  optPar(p)
-  eat(p, tkBracketDotRi)
-
-proc parseCast(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| castExpr = 'cast' '[' optInd typeDesc optPar ']' '(' optInd expr optPar ')'
-  result = newNodeP(nkCast, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  eat(p, tkBracketLe)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
-  optPar(p)
-  eat(p, tkBracketRi)
-  eat(p, tkParLe)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  optPar(p)
-  eat(p, tkParRi)
-
-proc setBaseFlags(n: PNode, base: TNumericalBase) =
-  case base
-  of base10: discard
-  of base2: incl(n.flags, nfBase2)
-  of base8: incl(n.flags, nfBase8)
-  of base16: incl(n.flags, nfBase16)
-
-proc parseGStrLit(p: var TParser, a: PNode): PNode =
-  case p.tok.tokType
-  of tkGStrLit:
-    result = newNodeP(nkCallStrLit, p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkRStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkGTripleStrLit:
-    result = newNodeP(nkCallStrLit, p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
-    getTok(p)
-  else:
-    result = a
-
-type
-  TPrimaryMode = enum pmNormal, pmTypeDesc, pmTypeDef, pmSkipSuffix
-
-proc complexOrSimpleStmt(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc simpleExpr(p: var TParser, mode = pmNormal): PNode
-
-proc semiStmtList(p: var TParser, result: PNode) =
-  inc p.inSemiStmtList
-  result.add(complexOrSimpleStmt(p))
-  while p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    result.add(complexOrSimpleStmt(p))
-  dec p.inSemiStmtList
-  result.kind = nkStmtListExpr
-
-proc parsePar(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| parKeyw = 'discard' | 'include' | 'if' | 'while' | 'case' | 'try'
-  #|         | 'finally' | 'except' | 'for' | 'block' | 'const' | 'let'
-  #|         | 'when' | 'var' | 'mixin'
-  #| par = '(' optInd
-  #|           ( &parKeyw complexOrSimpleStmt ^+ ';'
-  #|           | ';' complexOrSimpleStmt ^+ ';'
-  #|           | pragmaStmt
-  #|           | simpleExpr ( ('=' expr (';' complexOrSimpleStmt ^+ ';' )? )
-  #|                        | (':' expr (',' exprColonEqExpr     ^+ ',' )? ) ) )
-  #|           optPar ')'
-  #
-  # unfortunately it's ambiguous: (expr: expr) vs (exprStmt); however a
-  # leading ';' could be used to enforce a 'stmt' context ...
-  result = newNodeP(nkPar, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  if p.tok.tokType in {tkDiscard, tkInclude, tkIf, tkWhile, tkCase,
-                       tkTry, tkDefer, tkFinally, tkExcept, tkFor, tkBlock,
-                       tkConst, tkLet, tkWhen, tkVar,
-                       tkMixin}:
-    # XXX 'bind' used to be an expression, so we exclude it here;
-    # tests/reject/tbind2 fails otherwise.
-    semiStmtList(p, result)
-  elif p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
-    # '(;' enforces 'stmt' context:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    semiStmtList(p, result)
-  elif p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe:
-    result.add(parseStmtPragma(p))
-  elif p.tok.tokType != tkParRi:
-    var a = simpleExpr(p)
-    if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
-      # special case: allow assignments
-      getTok(p)
-      optInd(p, result)
-      let b = parseExpr(p)
-      let asgn = newNodeI(nkAsgn, a.info, 2)
-      asgn.sons[0] = a
-      asgn.sons[1] = b
-      result.add(asgn)
-      if p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
-        semiStmtList(p, result)
-    elif p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
-      # stmt context:
-      result.add(a)
-      semiStmtList(p, result)
-    else:
-      a = colonOrEquals(p, a)
-      result.add(a)
-      if p.tok.tokType == tkComma:
-        getTok(p)
-        skipComment(p, a)
-        while p.tok.tokType != tkParRi and p.tok.tokType != tkEof:
-          var a = exprColonEqExpr(p)
-          addSon(result, a)
-          if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-          getTok(p)
-          skipComment(p, a)
-  optPar(p)
-  eat(p, tkParRi)
-
-proc identOrLiteral(p: var TParser, mode: TPrimaryMode): PNode =
-  #| literal = | INT_LIT | INT8_LIT | INT16_LIT | INT32_LIT | INT64_LIT
-  #|           | UINT_LIT | UINT8_LIT | UINT16_LIT | UINT32_LIT | UINT64_LIT
-  #|           | FLOAT_LIT | FLOAT32_LIT | FLOAT64_LIT
-  #|           | STR_LIT | RSTR_LIT | TRIPLESTR_LIT
-  #|           | CHAR_LIT
-  #|           | NIL
-  #| generalizedLit = GENERALIZED_STR_LIT | GENERALIZED_TRIPLESTR_LIT
-  #| identOrLiteral = generalizedLit | symbol | literal
-  #|                | par | arrayConstr | setOrTableConstr
-  #|                | castExpr
-  #| tupleConstr = '(' optInd (exprColonEqExpr comma?)* optPar ')'
-  #| arrayConstr = '[' optInd (exprColonEqExpr comma?)* optPar ']'
-  case p.tok.tokType
-  of tkSymbol, tkType, tkAddr:
-    result = newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    result = parseGStrLit(p, result)
-  of tkAccent:
-    result = parseSymbol(p)       # literals
-  of tkIntLit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkIntLit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkInt8Lit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt8Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkInt16Lit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt16Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkInt32Lit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt32Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkInt64Lit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt64Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkUIntLit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkUIntLit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkUInt8Lit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkUInt8Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkUInt16Lit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkUInt16Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkUInt32Lit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkUInt32Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkUInt64Lit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkUInt64Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkFloatLit:
-    result = newFloatNodeP(nkFloatLit, p.tok.fNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkFloat32Lit:
-    result = newFloatNodeP(nkFloat32Lit, p.tok.fNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkFloat64Lit:
-    result = newFloatNodeP(nkFloat64Lit, p.tok.fNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkFloat128Lit:
-    result = newFloatNodeP(nkFloat128Lit, p.tok.fNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkStrLit:
-    result = newStrNodeP(nkStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkRStrLit:
-    result = newStrNodeP(nkRStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkTripleStrLit:
-    result = newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkCharLit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkCharLit, ord(p.tok.literal[0]), p)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkNil:
-    result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
-    getTok(p)
-  of tkParLe:
-    # () constructor
-    if mode in {pmTypeDesc, pmTypeDef}:
-      result = exprColonEqExprList(p, nkPar, tkParRi)
-    else:
-      result = parsePar(p)
-  of tkBracketDotLe:
-    # {} constructor
-    result = setOrTableConstr(p)
-  of tkBracketLe:
-    # [] constructor
-    result = exprColonEqExprList(p, nkBracket, tkBracketRi)
-  of tkCast:
-    result = parseCast(p)
-  else:
-    parMessage(p, errExprExpected, p.tok)
-    getTok(p)  # we must consume a token here to prevend endless loops!
-    result = ast.emptyNode
-
-proc namedParams(p: var TParser, callee: PNode,
-                 kind: TNodeKind, endTok: TTokType): PNode =
-  let a = callee
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  addSon(result, a)
-  exprColonEqExprListAux(p, endTok, result)
-
-proc parseMacroColon(p: var TParser, x: PNode): PNode
-proc primarySuffix(p: var TParser, r: PNode): PNode =
-  #| primarySuffix = '(' (exprColonEqExpr comma?)* ')' doBlocks?
-  #|       | doBlocks
-  #|       | '.' optInd symbol generalizedLit?
-  #|       | '[' optInd indexExprList optPar ']'
-  #|       | '{' optInd indexExprList optPar '}'
-  #|       | &( '`'|IDENT|literal|'cast'|'addr'|'type') expr # command syntax
-  result = r
-
-  template somePar() = discard
-  while p.tok.indent < 0:
-    case p.tok.tokType
-    of tkParLe:
-      somePar()
-      result = namedParams(p, result, nkCall, tkParRi)
-      if result.len > 1 and result.sons[1].kind == nkExprColonExpr:
-        result.kind = nkObjConstr
-      else:
-        parseDoBlocks(p, result)
-    of tkDo:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkCall, p)
-      addSon(result, a)
-      parseDoBlocks(p, result)
-    of tkDot:
-      result = dotExpr(p, result)
-      result = parseGStrLit(p, result)
-    of tkBracketLe:
-      somePar()
-      result = namedParams(p, result, nkBracketExpr, tkBracketRi)
-    of tkBracketDotLe:
-      somePar()
-      result = namedParams(p, result, nkCurlyExpr, tkBracketDotRi)
-    of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkIntLit..tkCharLit, tkNil, tkCast, tkAddr, tkType:
-      if p.inPragma == 0:
-        # actually parsing {.push hints:off.} as {.push(hints:off).} is a sweet
-        # solution, but pragmas.nim can't handle that
-        let a = result
-        result = newNodeP(nkCommand, p)
-        addSon(result, a)
-        when true:
-          addSon result, parseExpr(p)
-        else:
-          while p.tok.tokType != tkEof:
-            let x = parseExpr(p)
-            addSon(result, x)
-            if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-            getTok(p)
-            optInd(p, x)
-          if p.tok.tokType == tkDo:
-            parseDoBlocks(p, result)
-          else:
-            result = parseMacroColon(p, result)
-      break
-    else:
-      break
-
-proc primary(p: var TParser, mode: TPrimaryMode): PNode
-proc simpleExprAux(p: var TParser, limit: int, mode: TPrimaryMode): PNode
-
-proc parseOperators(p: var TParser, headNode: PNode,
-                    limit: int, mode: TPrimaryMode): PNode =
-  result = headNode
-  # expand while operators have priorities higher than 'limit'
-  var opPrec = getPrecedence(p.tok)
-  let modeB = if mode == pmTypeDef: pmTypeDesc else: mode
-  # the operator itself must not start on a new line:
-  while opPrec >= limit and p.tok.indent < 0 and not isAt(p.tok):
-    checkBinary(p)
-    var leftAssoc = 1-ord(isRightAssociative(p.tok))
-    var a = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
-    var opNode = newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p) # skip operator:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-    # read sub-expression with higher priority:
-    var b = simpleExprAux(p, opPrec + leftAssoc, modeB)
-    addSon(a, opNode)
-    addSon(a, result)
-    addSon(a, b)
-    result = a
-    opPrec = getPrecedence(p.tok)
-
-proc simpleExprAux(p: var TParser, limit: int, mode: TPrimaryMode): PNode =
-  result = primary(p, mode)
-  result = parseOperators(p, result, limit, mode)
-
-proc simpleExpr(p: var TParser, mode = pmNormal): PNode =
-  result = simpleExprAux(p, -1, mode)
-
-proc parseIfExpr(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  #| condExpr = expr colcom expr optInd
-  #|         ('elif' expr colcom expr optInd)*
-  #|          'else' colcom expr
-  #| ifExpr = 'if' condExpr
-  #| whenExpr = 'when' condExpr
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  while true:
-    getTok(p)                 # skip `if`, `elif`
-    var branch = newNodeP(nkElifExpr, p)
-    addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
-    colcom(p, branch)
-    addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
-    optInd(p, branch)
-    addSon(result, branch)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkElif: break
-  var branch = newNodeP(nkElseExpr, p)
-  eat(p, tkElse)
-  colcom(p, branch)
-  addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
-  addSon(result, branch)
-
-proc parsePragma(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkPragma, p)
-  inc p.inPragma
-  if isAt(p.tok):
-    while isAt(p.tok):
-      getTok(p)
-      var a = parseExpr(p)
-      optInd(p, a)
-      if a.kind in nkCallKinds and a.len == 2:
-        let repaired = newNodeI(nkExprColonExpr, a.info)
-        repaired.add a[0]
-        repaired.add a[1]
-        a = repaired
-      addSon(result, a)
-      skipComment(p, a)
-  else:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    while p.tok.tokType notin {tkCurlyDotRi, tkCurlyRi, tkEof}:
-      var a = exprColonEqExpr(p)
-      addSon(result, a)
-      if p.tok.tokType == tkComma:
-        getTok(p)
-        skipComment(p, a)
-    optPar(p)
-    if p.tok.tokType in {tkCurlyDotRi, tkCurlyRi}: getTok(p)
-    else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ".}")
-  dec p.inPragma
-
-proc identVis(p: var TParser; allowDot=false): PNode =
-  #| identVis = symbol opr?  # postfix position
-  #| identVisDot = symbol '.' optInd symbol opr?
-  var a = parseSymbol(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkOpr:
-    result = newNodeP(nkPostfix, p)
-    addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p))
-    addSon(result, a)
-    getTok(p)
-  elif p.tok.tokType == tkDot and allowDot:
-    result = dotExpr(p, a)
-  else:
-    result = a
-
-proc identWithPragma(p: var TParser; allowDot=false): PNode =
-  #| identWithPragma = identVis pragma?
-  #| identWithPragmaDot = identVisDot pragma?
-  var a = identVis(p, allowDot)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe or isAt(p.tok):
-    result = newNodeP(nkPragmaExpr, p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, parsePragma(p))
-  else:
-    result = a
-
-type
-  TDeclaredIdentFlag = enum
-    withPragma,               # identifier may have pragma
-    withBothOptional          # both ':' and '=' parts are optional
-  TDeclaredIdentFlags = set[TDeclaredIdentFlag]
-
-proc parseIdentColonEquals(p: var TParser, flags: TDeclaredIdentFlags): PNode =
-  #| declColonEquals = identWithPragma (comma identWithPragma)* comma?
-  #|                   (':' optInd typeDesc)? ('=' optInd expr)?
-  #| identColonEquals = ident (comma ident)* comma?
-  #|      (':' optInd typeDesc)? ('=' optInd expr)?)
-  var a: PNode
-  result = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.tokType
-    of tkSymbol, tkAccent:
-      if withPragma in flags: a = identWithPragma(p)
-      else: a = parseSymbol(p)
-      if a.kind == nkEmpty: return
-    else: break
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkEquals and withBothOptional notin flags:
-      parMessage(p, errColonOrEqualsExpected, p.tok)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-
-proc parseTuple(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkTupleTy, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType in {tkBracketLe, tkCurlyLe}:
-    let usedCurly = p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyLe
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    while p.tok.tokType in {tkSymbol, tkAccent}:
-      var a = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {})
-      addSon(result, a)
-      if p.tok.tokType notin {tkComma, tkSemiColon}: break
-      getTok(p)
-      skipComment(p, a)
-    optPar(p)
-    if usedCurly: eat(p, tkCurlyRi)
-    else: eat(p, tkBracketRi)
-  else:
-    result = newNodeP(nkTupleClassTy, p)
-
-proc parseParamList(p: var TParser, retColon = true): PNode =
-  #| paramList = '(' declColonEquals ^* (comma/semicolon) ')'
-  #| paramListArrow = paramList? ('->' optInd typeDesc)?
-  #| paramListColon = paramList? (':' optInd typeDesc)?
-  var a: PNode
-  result = newNodeP(nkFormalParams, p)
-  addSon(result, ast.emptyNode) # return type
-  let hasParLe = p.tok.tokType == tkParLe and p.tok.indent < 0
-  if hasParLe:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    while true:
-      case p.tok.tokType
-      of tkSymbol, tkAccent:
-        a = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {withBothOptional, withPragma})
-      of tkParRi:
-        break
-      else:
-        parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ")")
-        break
-      addSon(result, a)
-      if p.tok.tokType notin {tkComma, tkSemiColon}: break
-      getTok(p)
-      skipComment(p, a)
-    optPar(p)
-    eat(p, tkParRi)
-  let hasRet = if retColon: p.tok.tokType == tkColon
-               else: p.tok.tokType == tkOpr and p.tok.ident.s == "->"
-  if hasRet and p.tok.indent < 0:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    result.sons[0] = parseTypeDesc(p)
-  elif not retColon and not hasParle:
-    # Mark as "not there" in order to mark for deprecation in the semantic pass:
-    result = ast.emptyNode
-
-proc optPragmas(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe or isAt(p.tok):
-    result = parsePragma(p)
-  else:
-    result = ast.emptyNode
-
-proc parseDoBlock(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| doBlock = 'do' paramListArrow pragmas? colcom stmt
-  let info = parLineInfo(p)
-  getTok(p)
-  let params = parseParamList(p, retColon=false)
-  let pragmas = optPragmas(p)
-  colcom(p, result)
-  result = newProcNode(nkDo, info, parseStmt(p),
-                       params = params,
-                       pragmas = pragmas)
-
-proc parseDoBlocks(p: var TParser, call: PNode) =
-  #| doBlocks = doBlock ^* IND{=}
-  while p.tok.tokType == tkDo:
-    addSon(call, parseDoBlock(p))
-
-proc parseCurlyStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
-  eat(p, tkCurlyLe)
-  result.add parseStmt(p)
-  while p.tok.tokType notin {tkEof, tkCurlyRi}:
-    if p.tok.tokType == tkSemicolon: getTok(p)
-    elif p.tok.indent < 0: break
-    result.add parseStmt(p)
-  eat(p, tkCurlyRi)
-
-proc parseProcExpr(p: var TParser, isExpr: bool): PNode =
-  #| procExpr = 'proc' paramListColon pragmas? ('=' COMMENT? stmt)?
-  # either a proc type or a anonymous proc
-  let info = parLineInfo(p)
-  getTok(p)
-  let hasSignature = p.tok.tokType in {tkParLe, tkColon} and p.tok.indent < 0
-  let params = parseParamList(p)
-  let pragmas = optPragmas(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyLe and isExpr:
-    result = newProcNode(nkLambda, info, parseCurlyStmt(p),
-                         params = params,
-                         pragmas = pragmas)
-  else:
-    result = newNodeI(nkProcTy, info)
-    if hasSignature:
-      addSon(result, params)
-      addSon(result, pragmas)
-
-proc isExprStart(p: TParser): bool =
-  case p.tok.tokType
-  of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkOpr, tkNot, tkNil, tkCast, tkIf,
-     tkProc, tkIterator, tkBind, tkAddr,
-     tkParLe, tkBracketLe, tkCurlyLe, tkIntLit..tkCharLit, tkVar, tkRef, tkPtr,
-     tkTuple, tkObject, tkType, tkWhen, tkCase, tkOut:
-    result = true
-  else: result = false
-
-proc parseSymbolList(p: var TParser, result: PNode, allowNil = false) =
-  while true:
-    var s = parseSymbol(p, allowNil)
-    if s.kind == nkEmpty: break
-    addSon(result, s)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, s)
-
-proc parseTypeDescKAux(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind,
-                       mode: TPrimaryMode): PNode =
-  #| distinct = 'distinct' optInd typeDesc
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  if not isOperator(p.tok) and isExprStart(p):
-    addSon(result, primary(p, mode))
-  if kind == nkDistinctTy and p.tok.tokType == tkSymbol:
-    var nodeKind: TNodeKind
-    if p.tok.ident.s == "with":
-      nodeKind = nkWith
-    elif p.tok.ident.s == "without":
-      nodeKind = nkWithout
-    else:
-      return result
-    getTok(p)
-    let list = newNodeP(nodeKind, p)
-    result.addSon list
-    parseSymbolList(p, list, allowNil = true)
-
-proc parseExpr(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| expr = (ifExpr
-  #|       | whenExpr
-  #|       | caseExpr
-  #|       | tryExpr)
-  #|       / simpleExpr
-  case p.tok.tokType:
-  of tkIf: result = parseIfExpr(p, nkIfExpr)
-  of tkWhen: result = parseIfExpr(p, nkWhenExpr)
-  of tkCase: result = parseCase(p)
-  of tkTry: result = parseTry(p)
-  else: result = simpleExpr(p)
-
-proc parseEnum(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc parseObject(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc parseTypeClass(p: var TParser): PNode
-
-proc primary(p: var TParser, mode: TPrimaryMode): PNode =
-  #| typeKeyw = 'var' | 'out' | 'ref' | 'ptr' | 'shared' | 'tuple'
-  #|          | 'proc' | 'iterator' | 'distinct' | 'object' | 'enum'
-  #| primary = typeKeyw typeDescK
-  #|         /  prefixOperator* identOrLiteral primarySuffix*
-  #|         / 'static' primary
-  #|         / 'bind' primary
-  if isOperator(p.tok):
-    let isSigil = isSigilLike(p.tok)
-    result = newNodeP(nkPrefix, p)
-    var a = newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-    if isSigil:
-      #XXX prefix operators
-      addSon(result, primary(p, pmSkipSuffix))
-      result = primarySuffix(p, result)
-    else:
-      addSon(result, primary(p, pmNormal))
-    return
-
-  case p.tok.tokType:
-  of tkTuple: result = parseTuple(p)
-  of tkProc: result = parseProcExpr(p, mode notin {pmTypeDesc, pmTypeDef})
-  of tkIterator:
-    result = parseProcExpr(p, mode notin {pmTypeDesc, pmTypeDef})
-    if result.kind == nkLambda: result.kind = nkIteratorDef
-    else: result.kind = nkIteratorTy
-  of tkEnum:
-    if mode == pmTypeDef:
-      result = parseEnum(p)
-    else:
-      result = newNodeP(nkEnumTy, p)
-      getTok(p)
-  of tkObject:
-    if mode == pmTypeDef:
-      result = parseObject(p)
-    else:
-      result = newNodeP(nkObjectTy, p)
-      getTok(p)
-  of tkConcept:
-    if mode == pmTypeDef:
-      result = parseTypeClass(p)
-    else:
-      parMessage(p, errInvalidToken, p.tok)
-  of tkStatic:
-    let info = parLineInfo(p)
-    getTokNoInd(p)
-    let next = primary(p, pmNormal)
-    if next.kind == nkBracket and next.sonsLen == 1:
-      result = newNode(nkStaticTy, info, @[next.sons[0]])
-    else:
-      result = newNode(nkStaticExpr, info, @[next])
-  of tkBind:
-    result = newNodeP(nkBind, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, primary(p, pmNormal))
-  of tkVar: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkVarTy, mode)
-  of tkOut: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkVarTy, mode)
-  of tkRef: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkRefTy, mode)
-  of tkPtr: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkPtrTy, mode)
-  of tkDistinct: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkDistinctTy, mode)
-  else:
-    result = identOrLiteral(p, mode)
-    if mode != pmSkipSuffix:
-      result = primarySuffix(p, result)
-
-proc parseTypeDesc(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| typeDesc = simpleExpr
-  result = simpleExpr(p, pmTypeDesc)
-
-proc parseTypeDefAux(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| typeDefAux = simpleExpr
-  #|            | 'concept' typeClass
-  result = simpleExpr(p, pmTypeDef)
-
-proc makeCall(n: PNode): PNode =
-  ## Creates a call if the given node isn't already a call.
-  if n.kind in nkCallKinds:
-    result = n
-  else:
-    result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info)
-    result.add n
-
-proc parseMacroColon(p: var TParser, x: PNode): PNode =
-  #| macroColon = ':' stmt? ( IND{=} 'of' exprList ':' stmt
-  #|                        | IND{=} 'elif' expr ':' stmt
-  #|                        | IND{=} 'except' exprList ':' stmt
-  #|                        | IND{=} 'else' ':' stmt )*
-  result = x
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon and p.tok.indent < 0:
-    result = makeCall(result)
-    getTok(p)
-    skipComment(p, result)
-    let stmtList = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
-    if p.tok.tokType notin {tkOf, tkElif, tkElse, tkExcept}:
-      let body = parseStmt(p)
-      stmtList.add body
-      #addSon(result, makeStmtList(body))
-    while true:
-      var b: PNode
-      case p.tok.tokType
-      of tkOf:
-        b = newNodeP(nkOfBranch, p)
-        exprList(p, tkCurlyLe, b)
-      of tkElif:
-        b = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
-        getTok(p)
-        optInd(p, b)
-        addSon(b, parseExpr(p))
-      of tkExcept:
-        b = newNodeP(nkExceptBranch, p)
-        exprList(p, tkCurlyLe, b)
-      of tkElse:
-        b = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
-        getTok(p)
-      else: break
-      addSon(b, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-      addSon(stmtList, b)
-      if b.kind == nkElse: break
-    if stmtList.len == 1 and stmtList[0].kind == nkStmtList:
-      # to keep backwards compatibility (see tests/vm/tstringnil)
-      result.add stmtList[0]
-    else:
-      result.add stmtList
-
-proc parseExprStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| exprStmt = simpleExpr
-  #|          (( '=' optInd expr )
-  #|          / ( expr ^+ comma
-  #|              doBlocks
-  #|               / macroColon
-  #|            ))?
-  var a = simpleExpr(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    var b = parseExpr(p)
-    result = newNodeI(nkAsgn, a.info)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, b)
-  else:
-    # simpleExpr parsed 'p a' from 'p a, b'?
-    if p.tok.indent < 0 and p.tok.tokType == tkComma and a.kind == nkCommand:
-      result = a
-      while true:
-        getTok(p)
-        optInd(p, result)
-        var e = parseExpr(p)
-        addSon(result, e)
-        if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    elif p.tok.indent < 0 and isExprStart(p):
-      if a.kind == nkCommand:
-        result = a
-      else:
-        result = newNode(nkCommand, a.info, @[a])
-      while true:
-        var e = parseExpr(p)
-        addSon(result, e)
-        if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-        getTok(p)
-        optInd(p, result)
-    else:
-      result = a
-    if p.tok.tokType == tkDo and p.tok.indent < 0:
-      result = makeCall(result)
-      parseDoBlocks(p, result)
-      return result
-    result = parseMacroColon(p, result)
-
-proc parseModuleName(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  result = parseExpr(p)
-
-proc parseImport(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  #| importStmt = 'import' optInd expr
-  #|               ((comma expr)*
-  #|               / 'except' optInd (expr ^+ comma))
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  getTok(p)                   # skip `import` or `export`
-  optInd(p, result)
-  var a = parseModuleName(p, kind)
-  addSon(result, a)
-  if p.tok.tokType in {tkComma, tkExcept}:
-    if p.tok.tokType == tkExcept:
-      result.kind = succ(kind)
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    while true:
-      # was: while p.tok.tokType notin {tkEof, tkSad, tkDed}:
-      a = parseModuleName(p, kind)
-      if a.kind == nkEmpty: break
-      addSon(result, a)
-      if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-      getTok(p)
-      optInd(p, a)
-  #expectNl(p)
-
-proc parseIncludeStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| includeStmt = 'include' optInd expr ^+ comma
-  result = newNodeP(nkIncludeStmt, p)
-  getTok(p)                   # skip `import` or `include`
-  optInd(p, result)
-  while true:
-    # was: while p.tok.tokType notin {tkEof, tkSad, tkDed}:
-    var a = parseExpr(p)
-    if a.kind == nkEmpty: break
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-  #expectNl(p)
-
-proc parseFromStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| fromStmt = 'from' moduleName 'import' optInd expr (comma expr)*
-  result = newNodeP(nkFromStmt, p)
-  getTok(p)                   # skip `from`
-  optInd(p, result)
-  var a = parseModuleName(p, nkImportStmt)
-  addSon(result, a)           #optInd(p, a);
-  eat(p, tkImport)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  while true:
-    # p.tok.tokType notin {tkEof, tkSad, tkDed}:
-    a = parseExpr(p)
-    if a.kind == nkEmpty: break
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-  #expectNl(p)
-
-proc parseReturnOrRaise(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  #| returnStmt = 'return' optInd expr?
-  #| raiseStmt = 'raise' optInd expr?
-  #| yieldStmt = 'yield' optInd expr?
-  #| discardStmt = 'discard' optInd expr?
-  #| breakStmt = 'break' optInd expr?
-  #| continueStmt = 'break' optInd expr?
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkComment:
-    skipComment(p, result)
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  elif p.tok.indent >= 0 or not isExprStart(p):
-    # NL terminates:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  else:
-    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-
-proc parseIfOrWhen(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  #| condStmt = expr colcom stmt COMMENT?
-  #|            (IND{=} 'elif' expr colcom stmt)*
-  #|            (IND{=} 'else' colcom stmt)?
-  #| ifStmt = 'if' condStmt
-  #| whenStmt = 'when' condStmt
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  while true:
-    getTok(p)                 # skip `if`, `when`, `elif`
-    var branch = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
-    optInd(p, branch)
-    addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
-    colcom(p, branch)
-    addSon(branch, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-    skipComment(p, branch)
-    addSon(result, branch)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkElif: break
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkElse:
-    var branch = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
-    eat(p, tkElse)
-    addSon(branch, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-    addSon(result, branch)
-
-proc parseWhile(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| whileStmt = 'while' expr colcom stmt
-  result = newNodeP(nkWhileStmt, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  colcom(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-
-proc parseCase(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| ofBranch = 'of' exprList colcom stmt
-  #| ofBranches = ofBranch (IND{=} ofBranch)*
-  #|                       (IND{=} 'elif' expr colcom stmt)*
-  #|                       (IND{=} 'else' colcom stmt)?
-  #| caseStmt = 'case' expr ':'? COMMENT?
-  #|             (IND{>} ofBranches DED
-  #|             | IND{=} ofBranches)
-  var
-    b: PNode
-    inElif= false
-  result = newNodeP(nkCaseStmt, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  eat(p, tkCurlyLe)
-  skipComment(p, result)
-
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.tokType
-    of tkOf:
-      if inElif: break
-      b = newNodeP(nkOfBranch, p)
-      exprList(p, tkCurlyLe, b)
-    of tkElif:
-      inElif = true
-      b = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
-      getTok(p)
-      optInd(p, b)
-      addSon(b, parseExpr(p))
-    of tkElse:
-      b = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
-      getTok(p)
-    else: break
-    skipComment(p, b)
-    addSon(b, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-    addSon(result, b)
-    if b.kind == nkElse: break
-  eat(p, tkCurlyRi)
-
-proc parseTry(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| tryStmt = 'try' colcom stmt &(IND{=}? 'except'|'finally')
-  #|            (IND{=}? 'except' exprList colcom stmt)*
-  #|            (IND{=}? 'finally' colcom stmt)?
-  #| tryExpr = 'try' colcom stmt &(optInd 'except'|'finally')
-  #|            (optInd 'except' exprList colcom stmt)*
-  #|            (optInd 'finally' colcom stmt)?
-  result = newNodeP(nkTryStmt, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  colcom(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-  var b: PNode = nil
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.tokType
-    of tkExcept:
-      b = newNodeP(nkExceptBranch, p)
-      exprList(p, tkCurlyLe, b)
-    of tkFinally:
-      b = newNodeP(nkFinally, p)
-      getTok(p)
-    else: break
-    skipComment(p, b)
-    addSon(b, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-    addSon(result, b)
-    if b.kind == nkFinally: break
-  if b == nil: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, "except")
-
-proc parseFor(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| forStmt = 'for' (identWithPragma ^+ comma) 'in' expr colcom stmt
-  result = newNodeP(nkForStmt, p)
-  getTokNoInd(p)
-  var a = identWithPragma(p)
-  addSon(result, a)
-  while p.tok.tokType == tkComma:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-    a = identWithPragma(p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-  eat(p, tkIn)
-  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  colcom(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-
-proc parseBlock(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| blockStmt = 'block' symbol? colcom stmt
-  result = newNodeP(nkBlockStmt, p)
-  getTokNoInd(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyLe: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  else: addSon(result, parseSymbol(p))
-  colcom(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-
-proc parseStaticOrDefer(p: var TParser; k: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  #| staticStmt = 'static' colcom stmt
-  #| deferStmt = 'defer' colcom stmt
-  result = newNodeP(k, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  colcom(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-
-proc parseAsm(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| asmStmt = 'asm' pragma? (STR_LIT | RSTR_LIT | TRIPLE_STR_LIT)
-  result = newNodeP(nkAsmStmt, p)
-  getTokNoInd(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe or isAt(p.tok): addSon(result, parsePragma(p))
-  else: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  case p.tok.tokType
-  of tkStrLit: addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
-  of tkRStrLit: addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkRStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
-  of tkTripleStrLit: addSon(result,
-                            newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
-  else:
-    parMessage(p, errStringLiteralExpected)
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-    return
-  getTok(p)
-
-proc parseGenericParam(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| genericParam = symbol (comma symbol)* (colon expr)? ('=' optInd expr)?
-  var a: PNode
-  result = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.tokType
-    of tkIn, tkOut:
-      let t = p.tok.tokType
-      getTok(p)
-      expectIdent(p)
-      a = parseSymbol(p)
-    of tkSymbol, tkAccent:
-      a = parseSymbol(p)
-      if a.kind == nkEmpty: return
-    else: break
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-
-proc parseGenericParamList(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| genericParamList = '[' optInd
-  #|   genericParam ^* (comma/semicolon) optPar ']'
-  result = newNodeP(nkGenericParams, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  while p.tok.tokType in {tkSymbol, tkAccent}:
-    var a = parseGenericParam(p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType notin {tkComma, tkSemiColon}: break
-    getTok(p)
-    skipComment(p, a)
-  optPar(p)
-  eat(p, tkBracketRi)
-
-proc parsePattern(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  eat(p, tkBracketDotLe)
-  result = parseStmt(p)
-  eat(p, tkBracketDotRi)
-
-proc validInd(p: TParser): bool = p.tok.indent < 0
-
-proc parseRoutine(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  #| indAndComment = (IND{>} COMMENT)? | COMMENT?
-  #| routine = optInd identVis pattern? genericParamList?
-  #|   paramListColon pragma? ('=' COMMENT? stmt)? indAndComment
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  addSon(result, identVis(p))
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketDotLe and p.validInd:
-    addSon(result, p.parsePattern)
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketLe and p.validInd:
-    result.add(p.parseGenericParamList)
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  addSon(result, p.parseParamList)
-  if (p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe or isAt(p.tok)) and p.validInd:
-    addSon(result, p.parsePragma)
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  # empty exception tracking:
-  addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyLe:
-    addSon(result, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  indAndComment(p, result)
-
-proc newCommentStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| commentStmt = COMMENT
-  result = newNodeP(nkCommentStmt, p)
-  result.comment = p.tok.literal
-  getTok(p)
-
-type
-  TDefParser = proc (p: var TParser): PNode {.nimcall.}
-
-proc parseSection(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind,
-                  defparser: TDefParser): PNode =
-  #| section(p) = COMMENT? p / (IND{>} (p / COMMENT)^+IND{=} DED)
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  if kind != nkTypeSection: getTok(p)
-  skipComment(p, result)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkParLe:
-    getTok(p)
-    skipComment(p, result)
-    while true:
-      case p.tok.tokType
-      of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkParLe:
-        var a = defparser(p)
-        skipComment(p, a)
-        addSon(result, a)
-      of tkComment:
-        var a = newCommentStmt(p)
-        addSon(result, a)
-      of tkParRi: break
-      else:
-        parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
-        break
-    eat(p, tkParRi)
-    if result.len == 0: parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
-  elif p.tok.tokType in {tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkBracketLe}:
-    # tkBracketLe is allowed for ``var [x, y] = ...`` tuple parsing
-    addSon(result, defparser(p))
-  else:
-    parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
-
-proc parseConstant(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| constant = identWithPragma (colon typedesc)? '=' optInd expr indAndComment
-  result = newNodeP(nkConstDef, p)
-  addSon(result, identWithPragma(p))
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  eat(p, tkEquals)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-  indAndComment(p, result)
-
-proc parseEnum(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| enum = 'enum' optInd (symbol optInd ('=' optInd expr COMMENT?)? comma?)+
-  result = newNodeP(nkEnumTy, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  flexComment(p, result)
-  eat(p, tkCurlyLe)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  while p.tok.tokType notin {tkEof, tkCurlyRi}:
-    var a = parseSymbol(p)
-    if a.kind == nkEmpty: return
-    if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
-      getTok(p)
-      optInd(p, a)
-      var b = a
-      a = newNodeP(nkEnumFieldDef, p)
-      addSon(a, b)
-      addSon(a, parseExpr(p))
-      if p.tok.indent < 0:
-        rawSkipComment(p, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType == tkComma:
-      getTok(p)
-      rawSkipComment(p, a)
-    addSon(result, a)
-  eat(p, tkCurlyRi)
-  if result.len <= 1:
-    lexMessageTok(p.lex, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok, prettyTok(p.tok))
-
-proc parseObjectPart(p: var TParser; needsCurly: bool): PNode
-proc parseObjectWhen(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkRecWhen, p)
-  while true:
-    getTok(p)                 # skip `when`, `elif`
-    var branch = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
-    optInd(p, branch)
-    addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
-    colcom(p, branch)
-    addSon(branch, parseObjectPart(p, true))
-    flexComment(p, branch)
-    addSon(result, branch)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkElif: break
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkElse:
-    var branch = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
-    eat(p, tkElse)
-    colcom(p, branch)
-    addSon(branch, parseObjectPart(p, true))
-    flexComment(p, branch)
-    addSon(result, branch)
-
-proc parseObjectCase(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkRecCase, p)
-  getTokNoInd(p)
-  var a = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-  addSon(a, identWithPragma(p))
-  eat(p, tkColon)
-  addSon(a, parseTypeDesc(p))
-  addSon(a, ast.emptyNode)
-  addSon(result, a)
-  eat(p, tkCurlyLe)
-  flexComment(p, result)
-  while true:
-    var b: PNode
-    case p.tok.tokType
-    of tkOf:
-      b = newNodeP(nkOfBranch, p)
-      exprList(p, tkColon, b)
-    of tkElse:
-      b = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
-      getTok(p)
-    else: break
-    colcom(p, b)
-    var fields = parseObjectPart(p, true)
-    if fields.kind == nkEmpty:
-      parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
-      fields = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p) # don't break further semantic checking
-    addSon(b, fields)
-    addSon(result, b)
-    if b.kind == nkElse: break
-  eat(p, tkCurlyRi)
-
-proc parseObjectPart(p: var TParser; needsCurly: bool): PNode =
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyLe:
-    result = newNodeP(nkRecList, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    rawSkipComment(p, result)
-    while true:
-      case p.tok.tokType
-      of tkCase, tkWhen, tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkNil, tkDiscard:
-        addSon(result, parseObjectPart(p, false))
-      of tkCurlyRi: break
-      else:
-        parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, p.tok)
-        break
-    eat(p, tkCurlyRi)
-  else:
-    if needsCurly:
-      parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, "{")
-    case p.tok.tokType
-    of tkWhen:
-      result = parseObjectWhen(p)
-    of tkCase:
-      result = parseObjectCase(p)
-    of tkSymbol, tkAccent:
-      result = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {withPragma})
-      if p.tok.indent < 0: rawSkipComment(p, result)
-    of tkNil, tkDiscard:
-      result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
-      getTok(p)
-    else:
-      result = ast.emptyNode
-
-proc parseObject(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkObjectTy, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  if (p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe or isAt(p.tok)) and p.validInd:
-    addSon(result, parsePragma(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkOf and p.tok.indent < 0:
-    var a = newNodeP(nkOfInherit, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    addSon(a, parseTypeDesc(p))
-    addSon(result, a)
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  skipComment(p, result)
-  # an initial IND{>} HAS to follow:
-  addSon(result, parseObjectPart(p, true))
-
-proc parseTypeClassParam(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  if p.tok.tokType in {tkOut, tkVar}:
-    result = newNodeP(nkVarTy, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    result.addSon(p.parseSymbol)
-  else:
-    result = p.parseSymbol
-
-proc parseTypeClass(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| typeClassParam = ('var' | 'out')? symbol
-  #| typeClass = typeClassParam ^* ',' (pragma)? ('of' typeDesc ^* ',')?
-  #|               &IND{>} stmt
-  result = newNodeP(nkTypeClassTy, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  var args = newNodeP(nkArgList, p)
-  addSon(result, args)
-  addSon(args, p.parseTypeClassParam)
-  while p.tok.tokType == tkComma:
-    getTok(p)
-    addSon(args, p.parseTypeClassParam)
-  if (p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe or isAt(p.tok)) and p.validInd:
-    addSon(result, parsePragma(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkOf and p.tok.indent < 0:
-    var a = newNodeP(nkOfInherit, p)
-    getTok(p)
-    while true:
-      addSon(a, parseTypeDesc(p))
-      if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-      getTok(p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkComment:
-    skipComment(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseCurlyStmt(p))
-
-proc parseTypeDef(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #|
-  #| typeDef = identWithPragmaDot genericParamList? '=' optInd typeDefAux
-  #|             indAndComment?
-  result = newNodeP(nkTypeDef, p)
-  addSon(result, identWithPragma(p, allowDot=true))
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketLe and p.validInd:
-    addSon(result, parseGenericParamList(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, result)
-    addSon(result, parseTypeDefAux(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
-  indAndComment(p, result)    # special extension!
-
-proc parseVarTuple(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| varTuple = '(' optInd identWithPragma ^+ comma optPar ')' '=' optInd expr
-  result = newNodeP(nkVarTuple, p)
-  getTok(p)                   # skip '('
-  optInd(p, result)
-  while p.tok.tokType in {tkSymbol, tkAccent}:
-    var a = identWithPragma(p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    skipComment(p, a)
-  addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)         # no type desc
-  optPar(p)
-  eat(p, tkBracketRi)
-  eat(p, tkEquals)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
-
-proc parseVariable(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| variable = (varTuple / identColonEquals) indAndComment
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketLe: result = parseVarTuple(p)
-  else: result = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {withPragma})
-  indAndComment(p, result)
-
-proc parseBind(p: var TParser, k: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  #| bindStmt = 'bind' optInd qualifiedIdent ^+ comma
-  #| mixinStmt = 'mixin' optInd qualifiedIdent ^+ comma
-  result = newNodeP(k, p)
-  getTok(p)
-  optInd(p, result)
-  while true:
-    var a = qualifiedIdent(p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break
-    getTok(p)
-    optInd(p, a)
-
-proc parseStmtPragma(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = parsePragma(p)
-  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyLe:
-    let a = result
-    result = newNodeI(nkPragmaBlock, a.info)
-    getTok(p)
-    skipComment(p, result)
-    result.add a
-    result.add parseStmt(p)
-    eat(p, tkCurlyRi)
-
-proc simpleStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  case p.tok.tokType
-  of tkReturn: result = parseReturnOrRaise(p, nkReturnStmt)
-  of tkRaise: result = parseReturnOrRaise(p, nkRaiseStmt)
-  of tkYield: result = parseReturnOrRaise(p, nkYieldStmt)
-  of tkDiscard: result = parseReturnOrRaise(p, nkDiscardStmt)
-  of tkBreak: result = parseReturnOrRaise(p, nkBreakStmt)
-  of tkContinue: result = parseReturnOrRaise(p, nkContinueStmt)
-  of tkCurlyDotLe: result = parseStmtPragma(p)
-  of tkImport: result = parseImport(p, nkImportStmt)
-  of tkExport: result = parseImport(p, nkExportStmt)
-  of tkFrom: result = parseFromStmt(p)
-  of tkInclude: result = parseIncludeStmt(p)
-  of tkComment: result = newCommentStmt(p)
-  else:
-    if isExprStart(p): result = parseExprStmt(p)
-    else: result = ast.emptyNode
-  if result.kind notin {nkEmpty, nkCommentStmt}: skipComment(p, result)
-
-proc complexOrSimpleStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  case p.tok.tokType
-  of tkIf: result = parseIfOrWhen(p, nkIfStmt)
-  of tkWhile: result = parseWhile(p)
-  of tkCase: result = parseCase(p)
-  of tkTry: result = parseTry(p)
-  of tkFor: result = parseFor(p)
-  of tkBlock: result = parseBlock(p)
-  of tkStatic: result = parseStaticOrDefer(p, nkStaticStmt)
-  of tkDefer: result = parseStaticOrDefer(p, nkDefer)
-  of tkAsm: result = parseAsm(p)
-  of tkProc: result = parseRoutine(p, nkProcDef)
-  of tkMethod: result = parseRoutine(p, nkMethodDef)
-  of tkIterator: result = parseRoutine(p, nkIteratorDef)
-  of tkMacro: result = parseRoutine(p, nkMacroDef)
-  of tkTemplate: result = parseRoutine(p, nkTemplateDef)
-  of tkConverter: result = parseRoutine(p, nkConverterDef)
-  of tkType:
-    getTok(p)
-    if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketLe:
-      getTok(p)
-      result = newNodeP(nkTypeOfExpr, p)
-      result.addSon(primary(p, pmTypeDesc))
-      eat(p, tkBracketRi)
-      result = parseOperators(p, result, -1, pmNormal)
-    else:
-      result = parseSection(p, nkTypeSection, parseTypeDef)
-  of tkConst: result = parseSection(p, nkConstSection, parseConstant)
-  of tkLet: result = parseSection(p, nkLetSection, parseVariable)
-  of tkWhen: result = parseIfOrWhen(p, nkWhenStmt)
-  of tkVar: result = parseSection(p, nkVarSection, parseVariable)
-  of tkBind: result = parseBind(p, nkBindStmt)
-  of tkMixin: result = parseBind(p, nkMixinStmt)
-  of tkUsing: result = parseSection(p, nkUsingStmt, parseVariable)
-  else: result = simpleStmt(p)
-
-proc parseStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = complexOrSimpleStmt(p)
-
-proc parseAll*(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  ## Parses the rest of the input stream held by the parser into a PNode.
-  result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
-  while p.tok.tokType != tkEof:
-    var a = complexOrSimpleStmt(p)
-    if a.kind != nkEmpty:
-      addSon(result, a)
-    else:
-      parMessage(p, errExprExpected, p.tok)
-      # bugfix: consume a token here to prevent an endless loop:
-      getTok(p)
-
-proc parseTopLevelStmt*(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  ## Implements an iterator which, when called repeatedly, returns the next
-  ## top-level statement or emptyNode if end of stream.
-  result = ast.emptyNode
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.tokType
-    of tkSemiColon: getTok(p)
-    of tkEof: break
-    else:
-      result = complexOrSimpleStmt(p)
-      if result.kind == nkEmpty: parMessage(p, errExprExpected, p.tok)
-      break
diff --git a/compiler/platform.nim b/compiler/platform.nim
index 01ddba23e..8b3bf6b74 100644
--- a/compiler/platform.nim
+++ b/compiler/platform.nim
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ type
     cpuNone, cpuI386, cpuM68k, cpuAlpha, cpuPowerpc, cpuPowerpc64,
     cpuPowerpc64el, cpuSparc, cpuVm, cpuIa64, cpuAmd64, cpuMips, cpuMipsel,
     cpuArm, cpuArm64, cpuJS, cpuNimrodVM, cpuAVR, cpuMSP430, cpuSparc64,
-    cpuMips64, cpuMips64el
+    cpuMips64, cpuMips64el, cpuRiscV64
 
 type
   TEndian* = enum
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ const
     (name: "msp430", intSize: 16, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 32, bit: 16),
     (name: "sparc64", intSize: 64, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
     (name: "mips64", intSize: 64, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
-    (name: "mips64el", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64)]
+    (name: "mips64el", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
+    (name: "riscv64", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64)]
 
 var
   targetCPU*, hostCPU*: TSystemCPU
diff --git a/compiler/plugins/active.nim b/compiler/plugins/active.nim
index 7b6411178..5da623e49 100644
--- a/compiler/plugins/active.nim
+++ b/compiler/plugins/active.nim
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 ## Include file that imports all plugins that are active.
 
 import
-  locals.locals, itersgen
+  locals / locals, itersgen
diff --git a/compiler/plugins/itersgen.nim b/compiler/plugins/itersgen.nim
index f44735b77..ebb65dd4a 100644
--- a/compiler/plugins/itersgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/plugins/itersgen.nim
@@ -9,30 +9,29 @@
 
 ## Plugin to transform an inline iterator into a data structure.
 
-import compiler/pluginsupport, compiler/ast, compiler/astalgo,
-  compiler/magicsys, compiler/lookups, compiler/semdata,
-  compiler/lambdalifting, compiler/rodread, compiler/msgs
-
+import ".." / [pluginsupport, ast, astalgo,
+  magicsys, lookups, semdata,
+  lambdalifting, rodread, msgs]
 
 proc iterToProcImpl(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   let iter = n[1]
   if iter.kind != nkSym or iter.sym.kind != skIterator:
-    localError(iter.info, "first argument needs to be an iterator")
+    localError(c.config, iter.info, "first argument needs to be an iterator")
     return
   if n[2].typ.isNil:
-    localError(n[2].info, "second argument needs to be a type")
+    localError(c.config, n[2].info, "second argument needs to be a type")
     return
   if n[3].kind != nkIdent:
-    localError(n[3].info, "third argument needs to be an identifier")
+    localError(c.config, n[3].info, "third argument needs to be an identifier")
     return
 
   let t = n[2].typ.skipTypes({tyTypeDesc, tyGenericInst})
   if t.kind notin {tyRef, tyPtr} or t.lastSon.kind != tyObject:
-    localError(n[2].info,
+    localError(c.config, n[2].info,
         "type must be a non-generic ref|ptr to object with state field")
     return
-  let body = liftIterToProc(iter.sym, iter.sym.getBody, t)
+  let body = liftIterToProc(c.graph, iter.sym, iter.sym.getBody, t)
 
   let prc = newSym(skProc, n[3].ident, iter.sym.owner, iter.sym.info)
   prc.typ = copyType(iter.sym.typ, prc, false)
diff --git a/compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim b/compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim
index 338e7bcac..ff7f3be58 100644
--- a/compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim
+++ b/compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 ## The builtin 'system.locals' implemented as a plugin.
 
-import compiler/pluginsupport, compiler/ast, compiler/astalgo,
-  compiler/magicsys, compiler/lookups, compiler/semdata, compiler/lowerings
+import "../../" / [pluginsupport, ast, astalgo,
+  magicsys, lookups, semdata, lowerings]
 
 proc semLocals(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var counter = 0
diff --git a/compiler/pragmas.nim b/compiler/pragmas.nim
index bdaecf91d..de98a5e42 100644
--- a/compiler/pragmas.nim
+++ b/compiler/pragmas.nim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import
   os, platform, condsyms, ast, astalgo, idents, semdata, msgs, renderer,
   wordrecg, ropes, options, strutils, extccomp, math, magicsys, trees,
-  rodread, types, lookups
+  rodread, types, lookups, configuration
 
 const
   FirstCallConv* = wNimcall
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const
   converterPragmas* = procPragmas
   methodPragmas* = procPragmas+{wBase}-{wImportCpp}
   templatePragmas* = {wImmediate, wDeprecated, wError, wGensym, wInject, wDirty,
-    wDelegator, wExportNims, wUsed}
+    wDelegator, wExportNims, wUsed, wPragma}
   macroPragmas* = {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv, wImmediate, wImportc, wExportc,
     wNodecl, wMagic, wNosideeffect, wCompilerProc, wCore, wDeprecated, wExtern,
     wImportCpp, wImportObjC, wError, wDiscardable, wGensym, wInject, wDelegator,
@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ const
     wTags, wLocks, wGcSafe, wExportNims, wUsed}
   exprPragmas* = {wLine, wLocks, wNoRewrite, wGcSafe}
   stmtPragmas* = {wChecks, wObjChecks, wFieldChecks, wRangechecks,
-    wBoundchecks, wOverflowchecks, wNilchecks, wAssertions, wWarnings, wHints,
+    wBoundchecks, wOverflowchecks, wNilchecks, wMovechecks, wAssertions,
+    wWarnings, wHints,
     wLinedir, wStacktrace, wLinetrace, wOptimization, wHint, wWarning, wError,
     wFatal, wDefine, wUndef, wCompile, wLink, wLinksys, wPure, wPush, wPop,
-    wBreakpoint, wWatchPoint, wPassl, wPassc, wDeadCodeElim, wDeprecated,
+    wBreakpoint, wWatchPoint, wPassl, wPassc,
+    wDeadCodeElimUnused,  # deprecated, always on
+    wDeprecated,
     wFloatchecks, wInfChecks, wNanChecks, wPragma, wEmit, wUnroll,
     wLinearScanEnd, wPatterns, wEffects, wNoForward, wReorder, wComputedGoto,
     wInjectStmt, wDeprecated, wExperimental, wThis}
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ const
     wGensym, wInject, wCodegenDecl, wGuard, wGoto, wExportNims, wUsed}
   constPragmas* = {wImportc, wExportc, wHeader, wDeprecated, wMagic, wNodecl,
     wExtern, wImportCpp, wImportObjC, wError, wGensym, wInject, wExportNims,
-    wIntDefine, wStrDefine, wUsed}
+    wIntDefine, wStrDefine, wUsed, wCompilerProc, wCore}
   letPragmas* = varPragmas
   procTypePragmas* = {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv, wVarargs, wNosideeffect,
                       wThread, wRaises, wLocks, wTags, wGcSafe}
@@ -74,31 +77,35 @@ proc getPragmaVal*(procAst: PNode; name: TSpecialWord): PNode =
   let p = procAst[pragmasPos]
   if p.kind == nkEmpty: return nil
   for it in p:
-    if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr and it[0].kind == nkIdent and
+    if it.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and it.len == 2 and it[0].kind == nkIdent and
         it[0].ident.id == ord(name):
       return it[1]
 
 proc pragma*(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, validPragmas: TSpecialWords)
 # implementation
 
-proc invalidPragma*(n: PNode) =
-  localError(n.info, errInvalidPragmaX, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
+const
+  errStringLiteralExpected = "string literal expected"
+  errIntLiteralExpected = "integer literal expected"
+
+proc invalidPragma*(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
+  localError(c.config, n.info, "invalid pragma: " % renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
 
 proc pragmaAsm*(c: PContext, n: PNode): char =
   result = '\0'
   if n != nil:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       let it = n.sons[i]
-      if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr and it.sons[0].kind == nkIdent:
+      if it.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and it.len == 2 and it.sons[0].kind == nkIdent:
         case whichKeyword(it.sons[0].ident)
         of wSubsChar:
           if it.sons[1].kind == nkCharLit: result = chr(int(it.sons[1].intVal))
-          else: invalidPragma(it)
-        else: invalidPragma(it)
+          else: invalidPragma(c, it)
+        else: invalidPragma(c, it)
       else:
-        invalidPragma(it)
+        invalidPragma(c, it)
 
-proc setExternName(s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+proc setExternName(c: PContext; s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   # special cases to improve performance:
   if extname == "$1":
     s.loc.r = rope(s.name.s)
@@ -108,76 +115,76 @@ proc setExternName(s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
     try:
       s.loc.r = rope(extname % s.name.s)
     except ValueError:
-      localError(info, "invalid extern name: '" & extname & "'. (Forgot to escape '$'?)")
-  if gCmd == cmdPretty and '$' notin extname:
+      localError(c.config, info, "invalid extern name: '" & extname & "'. (Forgot to escape '$'?)")
+  if c.config.cmd == cmdPretty and '$' notin extname:
     # note that '{.importc.}' is transformed into '{.importc: "$1".}'
     s.loc.flags.incl(lfFullExternalName)
 
-proc makeExternImport(s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
-  setExternName(s, extname, info)
+proc makeExternImport(c: PContext; s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+  setExternName(c, s, extname, info)
   incl(s.flags, sfImportc)
   excl(s.flags, sfForward)
 
-proc makeExternExport(s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
-  setExternName(s, extname, info)
+proc makeExternExport(c: PContext; s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+  setExternName(c, s, extname, info)
   incl(s.flags, sfExportc)
 
-proc processImportCompilerProc(s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
-  setExternName(s, extname, info)
+proc processImportCompilerProc(c: PContext; s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+  setExternName(c, s, extname, info)
   incl(s.flags, sfImportc)
   excl(s.flags, sfForward)
   incl(s.loc.flags, lfImportCompilerProc)
 
-proc processImportCpp(s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
-  setExternName(s, extname, info)
+proc processImportCpp(c: PContext; s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+  setExternName(c, s, extname, info)
   incl(s.flags, sfImportc)
   incl(s.flags, sfInfixCall)
   excl(s.flags, sfForward)
-  if gCmd == cmdCompileToC:
+  if c.config.cmd == cmdCompileToC:
     let m = s.getModule()
     incl(m.flags, sfCompileToCpp)
   extccomp.gMixedMode = true
 
-proc processImportObjC(s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
-  setExternName(s, extname, info)
+proc processImportObjC(c: PContext; s: PSym, extname: string, info: TLineInfo) =
+  setExternName(c, s, extname, info)
   incl(s.flags, sfImportc)
   incl(s.flags, sfNamedParamCall)
   excl(s.flags, sfForward)
   let m = s.getModule()
   incl(m.flags, sfCompileToObjC)
 
-proc newEmptyStrNode(n: PNode): PNode {.noinline.} =
-  result = newNodeIT(nkStrLit, n.info, getSysType(tyString))
+proc newEmptyStrNode(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode {.noinline.} =
+  result = newNodeIT(nkStrLit, n.info, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyString))
   result.strVal = ""
 
 proc getStrLitNode(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  if n.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+  if n.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or n.len != 2:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
     # error correction:
-    result = newEmptyStrNode(n)
+    result = newEmptyStrNode(c, n)
   else:
     n.sons[1] = c.semConstExpr(c, n.sons[1])
     case n.sons[1].kind
     of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit: result = n.sons[1]
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
       # error correction:
-      result = newEmptyStrNode(n)
+      result = newEmptyStrNode(c, n)
 
 proc expectStrLit(c: PContext, n: PNode): string =
   result = getStrLitNode(c, n).strVal
 
 proc expectIntLit(c: PContext, n: PNode): int =
-  if n.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    localError(n.info, errIntLiteralExpected)
+  if n.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or n.len != 2:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errIntLiteralExpected)
   else:
     n.sons[1] = c.semConstExpr(c, n.sons[1])
     case n.sons[1].kind
     of nkIntLit..nkInt64Lit: result = int(n.sons[1].intVal)
-    else: localError(n.info, errIntLiteralExpected)
+    else: localError(c.config, n.info, errIntLiteralExpected)
 
 proc getOptionalStr(c: PContext, n: PNode, defaultStr: string): string =
-  if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr: result = expectStrLit(c, n)
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds: result = expectStrLit(c, n)
   else: result = defaultStr
 
 proc processCodegenDecl(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym) =
@@ -186,8 +193,8 @@ proc processCodegenDecl(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym) =
 proc processMagic(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym) =
   #if sfSystemModule notin c.module.flags:
   #  liMessage(n.info, errMagicOnlyInSystem)
-  if n.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+  if n.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or n.len != 2:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
     return
   var v: string
   if n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent: v = n.sons[1].ident.s
@@ -196,7 +203,7 @@ proc processMagic(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym) =
     if substr($m, 1) == v:
       s.magic = m
       break
-  if s.magic == mNone: message(n.info, warnUnknownMagic, v)
+  if s.magic == mNone: message(c.config, n.info, warnUnknownMagic, v)
 
 proc wordToCallConv(sw: TSpecialWord): TCallingConvention =
   # this assumes that the order of special words and calling conventions is
@@ -204,33 +211,29 @@ proc wordToCallConv(sw: TSpecialWord): TCallingConvention =
   result = TCallingConvention(ord(ccDefault) + ord(sw) - ord(wNimcall))
 
 proc isTurnedOn(c: PContext, n: PNode): bool =
-  if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2:
     let x = c.semConstBoolExpr(c, n.sons[1])
     n.sons[1] = x
     if x.kind == nkIntLit: return x.intVal != 0
-  localError(n.info, errOnOrOffExpected)
+  localError(c.config, n.info, "'on' or 'off' expected")
 
 proc onOff(c: PContext, n: PNode, op: TOptions) =
-  if isTurnedOn(c, n): gOptions = gOptions + op
-  else: gOptions = gOptions - op
-
-proc pragmaDeadCodeElim(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if isTurnedOn(c, n): incl(c.module.flags, sfDeadCodeElim)
-  else: excl(c.module.flags, sfDeadCodeElim)
+  if isTurnedOn(c, n): c.config.options = c.config.options + op
+  else: c.config.options = c.config.options - op
 
 proc pragmaNoForward(c: PContext, n: PNode; flag=sfNoForward) =
   if isTurnedOn(c, n): incl(c.module.flags, flag)
   else: excl(c.module.flags, flag)
 
 proc processCallConv(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if (n.kind == nkExprColonExpr) and (n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent):
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2 and n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent:
     var sw = whichKeyword(n.sons[1].ident)
     case sw
     of FirstCallConv..LastCallConv:
       c.optionStack[^1].defaultCC = wordToCallConv(sw)
-    else: localError(n.info, errCallConvExpected)
+    else: localError(c.config, n.info, "calling convention expected")
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errCallConvExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "calling convention expected")
 
 proc getLib(c: PContext, kind: TLibKind, path: PNode): PLib =
   for it in c.libs:
@@ -241,13 +244,13 @@ proc getLib(c: PContext, kind: TLibKind, path: PNode): PLib =
   result.path = path
   c.libs.add result
   if path.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
-    result.isOverriden = options.isDynlibOverride(path.strVal)
+    result.isOverriden = options.isDynlibOverride(c.config, path.strVal)
 
 proc expectDynlibNode(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  if n.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+  if n.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or n.len != 2:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
     # error correction:
-    result = newEmptyStrNode(n)
+    result = newEmptyStrNode(c, n)
   else:
     # For the OpenGL wrapper we support:
     # {.dynlib: myGetProcAddr(...).}
@@ -255,8 +258,8 @@ proc expectDynlibNode(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     if result.kind == nkSym and result.sym.kind == skConst:
       result = result.sym.ast # look it up
     if result.typ == nil or result.typ.kind notin {tyPointer, tyString, tyProc}:
-      localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
-      result = newEmptyStrNode(n)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+      result = newEmptyStrNode(c, n)
 
 proc processDynLib(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym) =
   if (sym == nil) or (sym.kind == skModule):
@@ -264,7 +267,7 @@ proc processDynLib(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym) =
     if not lib.isOverriden:
       c.optionStack[^1].dynlib = lib
   else:
-    if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+    if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds:
       var lib = getLib(c, libDynamic, expectDynlibNode(c, n))
       if not lib.isOverriden:
         addToLib(lib, sym)
@@ -279,39 +282,37 @@ proc processDynLib(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym) =
       sym.typ.callConv = ccCDecl
 
 proc processNote(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if (n.kind == nkExprColonExpr) and (sonsLen(n) == 2) and
-      (n.sons[0].kind == nkBracketExpr) and
-      (n.sons[0].sons.len == 2) and
-      (n.sons[0].sons[1].kind == nkIdent) and
-      (n.sons[0].sons[0].kind == nkIdent):
-      #and (n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent):
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and len(n) == 2 and
+      n[0].kind == nkBracketExpr and
+      n[0].len == 2 and
+      n[0][1].kind == nkIdent and n[0][0].kind == nkIdent:
     var nk: TNoteKind
-    case whichKeyword(n.sons[0].sons[0].ident)
+    case whichKeyword(n[0][0].ident)
     of wHint:
-      var x = findStr(msgs.HintsToStr, n.sons[0].sons[1].ident.s)
+      var x = findStr(HintsToStr, n[0][1].ident.s)
       if x >= 0: nk = TNoteKind(x + ord(hintMin))
-      else: invalidPragma(n); return
+      else: invalidPragma(c, n); return
     of wWarning:
-      var x = findStr(msgs.WarningsToStr, n.sons[0].sons[1].ident.s)
+      var x = findStr(WarningsToStr, n[0][1].ident.s)
       if x >= 0: nk = TNoteKind(x + ord(warnMin))
-      else: invalidPragma(n); return
+      else: invalidPragma(c, n); return
     else:
-      invalidPragma(n)
+      invalidPragma(c, n)
       return
 
-    let x = c.semConstBoolExpr(c, n.sons[1])
+    let x = c.semConstBoolExpr(c, n[1])
     n.sons[1] = x
-    if x.kind == nkIntLit and x.intVal != 0: incl(gNotes, nk)
-    else: excl(gNotes, nk)
+    if x.kind == nkIntLit and x.intVal != 0: incl(c.config.notes, nk)
+    else: excl(c.config.notes, nk)
   else:
-    invalidPragma(n)
+    invalidPragma(c, n)
 
 proc processOption(c: PContext, n: PNode): bool =
-  if n.kind != nkExprColonExpr: result = true
+  if n.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or n.len != 2: result = true
   elif n.sons[0].kind == nkBracketExpr: processNote(c, n)
   elif n.sons[0].kind != nkIdent: result = true
   else:
-    var sw = whichKeyword(n.sons[0].ident)
+    let sw = whichKeyword(n.sons[0].ident)
     case sw
     of wChecks: onOff(c, n, ChecksOptions)
     of wObjChecks: onOff(c, n, {optObjCheck})
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ proc processOption(c: PContext, n: PNode): bool =
     of wFloatchecks: onOff(c, n, {optNaNCheck, optInfCheck})
     of wNanChecks: onOff(c, n, {optNaNCheck})
     of wInfChecks: onOff(c, n, {optInfCheck})
+    of wMovechecks: onOff(c, n, {optMoveCheck})
     of wAssertions: onOff(c, n, {optAssert})
     of wWarnings: onOff(c, n, {optWarns})
     of wHints: onOff(c, n, {optHints})
@@ -337,32 +339,32 @@ proc processOption(c: PContext, n: PNode): bool =
     of wDynlib: processDynLib(c, n, nil)
     of wOptimization:
       if n.sons[1].kind != nkIdent:
-        invalidPragma(n)
+        invalidPragma(c, n)
       else:
         case n.sons[1].ident.s.normalize
         of "speed":
-          incl(gOptions, optOptimizeSpeed)
-          excl(gOptions, optOptimizeSize)
+          incl(c.config.options, optOptimizeSpeed)
+          excl(c.config.options, optOptimizeSize)
         of "size":
-          excl(gOptions, optOptimizeSpeed)
-          incl(gOptions, optOptimizeSize)
+          excl(c.config.options, optOptimizeSpeed)
+          incl(c.config.options, optOptimizeSize)
         of "none":
-          excl(gOptions, optOptimizeSpeed)
-          excl(gOptions, optOptimizeSize)
-        else: localError(n.info, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpected)
+          excl(c.config.options, optOptimizeSpeed)
+          excl(c.config.options, optOptimizeSize)
+        else: localError(c.config, n.info, "'none', 'speed' or 'size' expected")
     of wImplicitStatic: onOff(c, n, {optImplicitStatic})
     of wPatterns: onOff(c, n, {optPatterns})
     else: result = true
 
 proc processPush(c: PContext, n: PNode, start: int) =
-  if n.sons[start-1].kind == nkExprColonExpr:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "':' after 'push' not supported")
-  var x = newOptionEntry()
+  if n.sons[start-1].kind in nkPragmaCallKinds:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "'push' cannot have arguments")
+  var x = newOptionEntry(c.config)
   var y = c.optionStack[^1]
-  x.options = gOptions
+  x.options = c.config.options
   x.defaultCC = y.defaultCC
   x.dynlib = y.dynlib
-  x.notes = gNotes
+  x.notes = c.config.notes
   c.optionStack.add(x)
   for i in countup(start, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     if processOption(c, n.sons[i]):
@@ -370,29 +372,29 @@ proc processPush(c: PContext, n: PNode, start: int) =
       if x.otherPragmas.isNil:
         x.otherPragmas = newNodeI(nkPragma, n.info)
       x.otherPragmas.add n.sons[i]
-    #localError(n.info, errOptionExpected)
+    #localError(c.config, n.info, errOptionExpected)
 
 proc processPop(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   if c.optionStack.len <= 1:
-    localError(n.info, errAtPopWithoutPush)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "{.pop.} without a corresponding {.push.}")
   else:
-    gOptions = c.optionStack[^1].options
-    gNotes = c.optionStack[^1].notes
+    c.config.options = c.optionStack[^1].options
+    c.config.notes = c.optionStack[^1].notes
     c.optionStack.setLen(c.optionStack.len - 1)
 
 proc processDefine(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if (n.kind == nkExprColonExpr) and (n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent):
-    defineSymbol(n.sons[1].ident.s)
-    message(n.info, warnDeprecated, "define")
+  if (n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2) and (n[1].kind == nkIdent):
+    defineSymbol(c.config.symbols, n[1].ident.s)
+    message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "define")
   else:
-    invalidPragma(n)
+    invalidPragma(c, n)
 
 proc processUndef(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if (n.kind == nkExprColonExpr) and (n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent):
-    undefSymbol(n.sons[1].ident.s)
-    message(n.info, warnDeprecated, "undef")
+  if (n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2) and (n[1].kind == nkIdent):
+    undefSymbol(c.config.symbols, n[1].ident.s)
+    message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "undef")
   else:
-    invalidPragma(n)
+    invalidPragma(c, n)
 
 type
   TLinkFeature = enum
@@ -406,57 +408,58 @@ proc relativeFile(c: PContext; n: PNode; ext=""): string =
   if not fileExists(result):
     if isAbsolute(s): result = s
     else:
-      result = findFile(s)
+      result = findFile(c.config, s)
       if result.len == 0: result = s
 
 proc processCompile(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
 
   proc getStrLit(c: PContext, n: PNode; i: int): string =
-    n.sons[i] = c.semConstExpr(c, n.sons[i])
-    case n.sons[i].kind
+    n.sons[i] = c.semConstExpr(c, n[i])
+    case n[i].kind
     of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit:
-      shallowCopy(result, n.sons[i].strVal)
+      shallowCopy(result, n[i].strVal)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
       result = ""
 
-  let it = if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr: n.sons[1] else: n
-  if it.kind == nkPar and it.len == 2:
+  let it = if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2: n.sons[1] else: n
+  if it.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr} and it.len == 2:
     let s = getStrLit(c, it, 0)
     let dest = getStrLit(c, it, 1)
     var found = parentDir(n.info.toFullPath) / s
     for f in os.walkFiles(found):
       let nameOnly = extractFilename(f)
       var cf = Cfile(cname: f,
-          obj: completeCFilePath(dest % nameOnly),
+          obj: completeCFilePath(c.config, dest % nameOnly),
           flags: {CfileFlag.External})
-      extccomp.addExternalFileToCompile(cf)
+      extccomp.addExternalFileToCompile(c.config, cf)
   else:
     let s = expectStrLit(c, n)
     var found = parentDir(n.info.toFullPath) / s
     if not fileExists(found):
       if isAbsolute(s): found = s
       else:
-        found = findFile(s)
+        found = findFile(c.config, s)
         if found.len == 0: found = s
-    extccomp.addExternalFileToCompile(found)
+    extccomp.addExternalFileToCompile(c.config, found)
 
 proc processCommonLink(c: PContext, n: PNode, feature: TLinkFeature) =
   let found = relativeFile(c, n, CC[cCompiler].objExt)
   case feature
-  of linkNormal: extccomp.addExternalFileToLink(found)
+  of linkNormal: extccomp.addExternalFileToLink(c.config, found)
   of linkSys:
-    extccomp.addExternalFileToLink(libpath / completeCFilePath(found, false))
-  else: internalError(n.info, "processCommonLink")
+    extccomp.addExternalFileToLink(c.config,
+      c.config.libpath / completeCFilePath(c.config, found, false))
+  else: internalError(c.config, n.info, "processCommonLink")
 
 proc pragmaBreakpoint(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   discard getOptionalStr(c, n, "")
 
 proc pragmaWatchpoint(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2:
     n.sons[1] = c.semExpr(c, n.sons[1])
   else:
-    invalidPragma(n)
+    invalidPragma(c, n)
 
 proc semAsmOrEmit*(con: PContext, n: PNode, marker: char): PNode =
   case n.sons[1].kind
@@ -464,7 +467,7 @@ proc semAsmOrEmit*(con: PContext, n: PNode, marker: char): PNode =
     result = newNode(if n.kind == nkAsmStmt: nkAsmStmt else: nkArgList, n.info)
     var str = n.sons[1].strVal
     if str == "":
-      localError(n.info, errEmptyAsm)
+      localError(con.config, n.info, "empty 'asm' statement")
       return
     # now parse the string literal and substitute symbols:
     var a = 0
@@ -490,12 +493,12 @@ proc semAsmOrEmit*(con: PContext, n: PNode, marker: char): PNode =
       if c < 0: break
       a = c + 1
   else:
-    illFormedAstLocal(n)
+    illFormedAstLocal(n, con.config)
     result = newNode(nkAsmStmt, n.info)
 
 proc pragmaEmit(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if n.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+  if n.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or n.len != 2:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
   else:
     let n1 = n[1]
     if n1.kind == nkBracket:
@@ -509,137 +512,140 @@ proc pragmaEmit(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
       of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit:
         n.sons[1] = semAsmOrEmit(c, n, '`')
       else:
-        localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
 
-proc noVal(n: PNode) =
-  if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr: invalidPragma(n)
+proc noVal(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len > 1: invalidPragma(c, n)
 
 proc pragmaUnroll(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   if c.p.nestedLoopCounter <= 0:
-    invalidPragma(n)
-  elif n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+    invalidPragma(c, n)
+  elif n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2:
     var unrollFactor = expectIntLit(c, n)
     if unrollFactor <% 32:
       n.sons[1] = newIntNode(nkIntLit, unrollFactor)
     else:
-      invalidPragma(n)
+      invalidPragma(c, n)
 
 proc pragmaLine(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2:
     n.sons[1] = c.semConstExpr(c, n.sons[1])
     let a = n.sons[1]
-    if a.kind == nkPar:
+    if a.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr}:
+      # unpack the tuple
       var x = a.sons[0]
       var y = a.sons[1]
       if x.kind == nkExprColonExpr: x = x.sons[1]
       if y.kind == nkExprColonExpr: y = y.sons[1]
       if x.kind != nkStrLit:
-        localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
       elif y.kind != nkIntLit:
-        localError(n.info, errIntLiteralExpected)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errIntLiteralExpected)
       else:
         # XXX this produces weird paths which are not properly resolved:
-        n.info.fileIndex = msgs.fileInfoIdx(x.strVal)
-        n.info.line = int16(y.intVal)
+        n.info.fileIndex = msgs.fileInfoIdx(c.config, x.strVal)
+        n.info.line = uint16(y.intVal)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errXExpected, "tuple")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "tuple expected")
   else:
     # sensible default:
     n.info = getInfoContext(-1)
 
 proc processPragma(c: PContext, n: PNode, i: int) =
-  var it = n.sons[i]
-  if it.kind != nkExprColonExpr: invalidPragma(n)
-  elif it.sons[0].kind != nkIdent: invalidPragma(n)
-  elif it.sons[1].kind != nkIdent: invalidPragma(n)
-
-  var userPragma = newSym(skTemplate, it.sons[1].ident, nil, it.info)
-  var body = newNodeI(nkPragma, n.info)
-  for j in i+1 .. sonsLen(n)-1: addSon(body, n.sons[j])
-  userPragma.ast = body
+  let it = n[i]
+  if it.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds and it.len == 2: invalidPragma(c, n)
+  elif it[0].kind != nkIdent: invalidPragma(c, n)
+  elif it[1].kind != nkIdent: invalidPragma(c, n)
+
+  var userPragma = newSym(skTemplate, it[1].ident, nil, it.info, c.config.options)
+  userPragma.ast = newNode(nkPragma, n.info, n.sons[i+1..^1])
   strTableAdd(c.userPragmas, userPragma)
 
 proc pragmaRaisesOrTags(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   proc processExc(c: PContext, x: PNode) =
     var t = skipTypes(c.semTypeNode(c, x, nil), skipPtrs)
     if t.kind != tyObject:
-      localError(x.info, errGenerated, "invalid type for raises/tags list")
+      localError(c.config, x.info, errGenerated, "invalid type for raises/tags list")
     x.typ = t
 
-  if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2:
     let it = n.sons[1]
     if it.kind notin {nkCurly, nkBracket}:
       processExc(c, it)
     else:
       for e in items(it): processExc(c, e)
   else:
-    invalidPragma(n)
+    invalidPragma(c, n)
 
 proc pragmaLockStmt(c: PContext; it: PNode) =
-  if it.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    invalidPragma(it)
+  if it.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or it.len != 2:
+    invalidPragma(c, it)
   else:
     let n = it[1]
     if n.kind != nkBracket:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, "locks pragma takes a list of expressions")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "locks pragma takes a list of expressions")
     else:
       for i in 0 ..< n.len:
         n.sons[i] = c.semExpr(c, n.sons[i])
 
 proc pragmaLocks(c: PContext, it: PNode): TLockLevel =
-  if it.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    invalidPragma(it)
+  if it.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or it.len != 2:
+    invalidPragma(c, it)
   else:
     case it[1].kind
     of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit:
       if it[1].strVal == "unknown":
         result = UnknownLockLevel
       else:
-        localError(it[1].info, "invalid string literal for locks pragma (only allowed string is \"unknown\")")
+        localError(c.config, it[1].info, "invalid string literal for locks pragma (only allowed string is \"unknown\")")
     else:
       let x = expectIntLit(c, it)
       if x < 0 or x > MaxLockLevel:
-        localError(it[1].info, "integer must be within 0.." & $MaxLockLevel)
+        localError(c.config, it[1].info, "integer must be within 0.." & $MaxLockLevel)
       else:
         result = TLockLevel(x)
 
-proc typeBorrow(sym: PSym, n: PNode) =
-  if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+proc typeBorrow(c: PContext; sym: PSym, n: PNode) =
+  if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2:
     let it = n.sons[1]
     if it.kind != nkAccQuoted:
-      localError(n.info, "a type can only borrow `.` for now")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "a type can only borrow `.` for now")
   incl(sym.typ.flags, tfBorrowDot)
 
-proc markCompilerProc(s: PSym) =
+proc markCompilerProc(c: PContext; s: PSym) =
   # minor hack ahead: FlowVar is the only generic .compilerProc type which
   # should not have an external name set:
   if s.kind != skType or s.name.s != "FlowVar":
-    makeExternExport(s, "$1", s.info)
+    makeExternExport(c, s, "$1", s.info)
   incl(s.flags, sfCompilerProc)
   incl(s.flags, sfUsed)
-  registerCompilerProc(s)
+  registerCompilerProc(c.graph, s)
 
-proc deprecatedStmt(c: PContext; pragma: PNode) =
-  let pragma = pragma[1]
+proc deprecatedStmt(c: PContext; outerPragma: PNode) =
+  let pragma = outerPragma[1]
+  if pragma.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
+    incl(c.module.flags, sfDeprecated)
+    c.module.constraint = getStrLitNode(c, outerPragma)
+    return
   if pragma.kind != nkBracket:
-    localError(pragma.info, "list of key:value pairs expected"); return
+    localError(c.config, pragma.info, "list of key:value pairs expected"); return
   for n in pragma:
-    if n.kind in {nkExprColonExpr, nkExprEqExpr}:
+    if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len == 2:
       let dest = qualifiedLookUp(c, n[1], {checkUndeclared})
       if dest == nil or dest.kind in routineKinds:
-        localError(n.info, warnUser, "the .deprecated pragma is unreliable for routines")
-      let src = considerQuotedIdent(n[0])
-      let alias = newSym(skAlias, src, dest, n[0].info)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, warnUser, "the .deprecated pragma is unreliable for routines")
+      let src = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n[0])
+      let alias = newSym(skAlias, src, dest, n[0].info, c.config.options)
       incl(alias.flags, sfExported)
-      if sfCompilerProc in dest.flags: markCompilerProc(alias)
+      if sfCompilerProc in dest.flags: markCompilerProc(c, alias)
       addInterfaceDecl(c, alias)
       n.sons[1] = newSymNode(dest)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, "key:value pair expected")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "key:value pair expected")
 
 proc pragmaGuard(c: PContext; it: PNode; kind: TSymKind): PSym =
-  if it.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    invalidPragma(it); return
+  if it.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or it.len != 2:
+    invalidPragma(c, it); return
   let n = it[1]
   if n.kind == nkSym:
     result = n.sym
@@ -651,105 +657,148 @@ proc pragmaGuard(c: PContext; it: PNode; kind: TSymKind): PSym =
       # We return a dummy symbol; later passes over the type will repair it.
       # Generic instantiation needs to know about this too. But we're lazy
       # and perform the lookup on demand instead.
-      result = newSym(skUnknown, considerQuotedIdent(n), nil, n.info)
+      result = newSym(skUnknown, considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n), nil, n.info,
+        c.config.options)
   else:
     result = qualifiedLookUp(c, n, {checkUndeclared})
 
-proc singlePragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, i: int,
+proc semCustomPragma(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+  if n.kind == nkIdent:
+    result = newTree(nkCall, n)
+  elif n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+    # pragma: arg -> pragma(arg)
+    result = newTree(nkCall, n[0], n[1])
+  elif n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds + {nkIdent}:
+    result = n
+  else:
+    invalidPragma(c, n)
+    return n
+
+  let r = c.semOverloadedCall(c, result, n, {skTemplate}, {})
+  if r.isNil or sfCustomPragma notin r[0].sym.flags:
+    invalidPragma(c, n)
+  else:
+    result = r
+    if n.kind == nkIdent:
+      result = result[0]
+    elif n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+      result.kind = n.kind # pragma(arg) -> pragma: arg
+
+proc processExperimental(c: PContext; n: PNode; s: PSym) =
+  if not isTopLevel(c):
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "'experimental' pragma only valid as toplevel statement")
+  if n.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or n.len != 2:
+    c.features.incl oldExperimentalFeatures
+  else:
+    n[1] = c.semConstExpr(c, n[1])
+    case n[1].kind
+    of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit:
+      try:
+        c.features.incl parseEnum[Feature](n[1].strVal)
+      except ValueError:
+        localError(c.config, n[1].info, "unknown experimental feature")
+    else:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+
+proc singlePragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, i: var int,
                   validPragmas: TSpecialWords): bool =
   var it = n.sons[i]
-  var key = if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr: it.sons[0] else: it
+  var key = if it.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and it.len > 1: it.sons[0] else: it
   if key.kind == nkBracketExpr:
     processNote(c, it)
     return
-  let ident = considerQuotedIdent(key)
+  elif key.kind notin nkIdentKinds:
+    n.sons[i] = semCustomPragma(c, it)
+    return
+  let ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, key)
   var userPragma = strTableGet(c.userPragmas, ident)
   if userPragma != nil:
+    # number of pragmas increase/decrease with user pragma expansion
     inc c.instCounter
     if c.instCounter > 100:
-      globalError(it.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, userPragma.name.s)
+      globalError(c.config, it.info, "recursive dependency: " & userPragma.name.s)
+
     pragma(c, sym, userPragma.ast, validPragmas)
-    # ensure the pragma is also remember for generic instantiations in other
-    # modules:
-    n.sons[i] = userPragma.ast
+    n.sons[i..i] = userPragma.ast.sons # expand user pragma with its content
+    i.inc(userPragma.ast.len - 1) # inc by -1 is ok, user pragmas was empty
     dec c.instCounter
   else:
     var k = whichKeyword(ident)
     if k in validPragmas:
       case k
       of wExportc:
-        makeExternExport(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"), it.info)
+        makeExternExport(c, sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"), it.info)
         incl(sym.flags, sfUsed) # avoid wrong hints
       of wImportc:
         let name = getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1")
-        cppDefine(c.graph.config, name)
-        makeExternImport(sym, name, it.info)
+        cppDefine(c.config, name)
+        makeExternImport(c, sym, name, it.info)
       of wImportCompilerProc:
         let name = getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1")
-        cppDefine(c.graph.config, name)
-        processImportCompilerProc(sym, name, it.info)
-      of wExtern: setExternName(sym, expectStrLit(c, it), it.info)
+        cppDefine(c.config, name)
+        processImportCompilerProc(c, sym, name, it.info)
+      of wExtern: setExternName(c, sym, expectStrLit(c, it), it.info)
       of wImmediate:
         if sym.kind in {skTemplate, skMacro}:
           incl(sym.flags, sfImmediate)
           incl(sym.flags, sfAllUntyped)
-          message(n.info, warnDeprecated, "use 'untyped' parameters instead; immediate")
-        else: invalidPragma(it)
+          message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "use 'untyped' parameters instead; immediate")
+        else: invalidPragma(c, it)
       of wDirty:
         if sym.kind == skTemplate: incl(sym.flags, sfDirty)
-        else: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: invalidPragma(c, it)
       of wImportCpp:
-        processImportCpp(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"), it.info)
+        processImportCpp(c, sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"), it.info)
       of wImportObjC:
-        processImportObjC(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"), it.info)
+        processImportObjC(c, sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"), it.info)
       of wAlign:
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         var align = expectIntLit(c, it)
         if (not isPowerOfTwo(align) and align != 0) or align >% high(int16):
-          localError(it.info, errPowerOfTwoExpected)
+          localError(c.config, it.info, "power of two expected")
         else:
           sym.typ.align = align.int16
       of wSize:
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         var size = expectIntLit(c, it)
         if not isPowerOfTwo(size) or size <= 0 or size > 8:
-          localError(it.info, errPowerOfTwoExpected)
+          localError(c.config, it.info, "power of two expected")
         else:
           sym.typ.size = size
       of wNodecl:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.loc.flags, lfNoDecl)
       of wPure, wAsmNoStackFrame:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         if sym != nil:
-          if k == wPure and sym.kind in routineKinds: invalidPragma(it)
+          if k == wPure and sym.kind in routineKinds: invalidPragma(c, it)
           else: incl(sym.flags, sfPure)
       of wVolatile:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfVolatile)
       of wRegister:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfRegister)
       of wThreadVar:
-        noVal(it)
-        incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
-      of wDeadCodeElim: pragmaDeadCodeElim(c, it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        incl(sym.flags, {sfThread, sfGlobal})
+      of wDeadCodeElimUnused: discard  # deprecated, dead code elim always on
       of wNoForward: pragmaNoForward(c, it)
       of wReorder: pragmaNoForward(c, it, sfReorder)
       of wMagic: processMagic(c, it, sym)
       of wCompileTime:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfCompileTime)
         incl(sym.loc.flags, lfNoDecl)
       of wGlobal:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfGlobal)
         incl(sym.flags, sfPure)
       of wMerge:
         # only supported for backwards compat, doesn't do anything anymore
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
       of wConstructor:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfConstructor)
       of wHeader:
         var lib = getLib(c, libHeader, getStrLitNode(c, it))
@@ -762,101 +811,105 @@ proc singlePragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, i: int,
       of wOverride:
         sym.flags.incl sfOverriden
       of wNosideeffect:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfNoSideEffect)
         if sym.typ != nil: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfNoSideEffect)
       of wSideeffect:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfSideEffect)
       of wNoreturn:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfNoReturn)
         if sym.typ[0] != nil:
-          localError(sym.ast[paramsPos][0].info, errNoReturnWithReturnTypeNotAllowed)
+          localError(c.config, sym.ast[paramsPos][0].info,
+            ".noreturn with return type not allowed")
       of wDynlib:
         processDynLib(c, it, sym)
       of wCompilerProc, wCore:
-        noVal(it)           # compilerproc may not get a string!
+        noVal(c, it)           # compilerproc may not get a string!
         cppDefine(c.graph.config, sym.name.s)
-        if sfFromGeneric notin sym.flags: markCompilerProc(sym)
+        if sfFromGeneric notin sym.flags: markCompilerProc(c, sym)
       of wProcVar:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfProcvar)
       of wExplain:
         sym.flags.incl sfExplain
       of wDeprecated:
-        if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr: deprecatedStmt(c, it)
+        if sym != nil and sym.kind in routineKinds:
+          if it.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds: discard getStrLitNode(c, it)
+          incl(sym.flags, sfDeprecated)
+        elif it.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds: deprecatedStmt(c, it)
         elif sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfDeprecated)
         else: incl(c.module.flags, sfDeprecated)
       of wVarargs:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfVarargs)
       of wBorrow:
         if sym.kind == skType:
-          typeBorrow(sym, it)
+          typeBorrow(c, sym, it)
         else:
-          noVal(it)
+          noVal(c, it)
           incl(sym.flags, sfBorrow)
       of wFinal:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfFinal)
       of wInheritable:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil or tfFinal in sym.typ.flags: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil or tfFinal in sym.typ.flags: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfInheritable)
       of wPackage:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.flags, sfForward)
       of wAcyclic:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfAcyclic)
       of wShallow:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfShallow)
       of wThread:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
         incl(sym.flags, sfProcvar)
         if sym.typ != nil:
           incl(sym.typ.flags, tfThread)
           if sym.typ.callConv == ccClosure: sym.typ.callConv = ccDefault
       of wGcSafe:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         if sym != nil:
           if sym.kind != skType: incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
           if sym.typ != nil: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfGcSafe)
-          else: invalidPragma(it)
+          else: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else:
           discard "no checking if used as a code block"
       of wPacked:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfPacked)
-      of wHint: message(it.info, hintUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
-      of wWarning: message(it.info, warnUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wHint: message(c.config, it.info, hintUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wWarning: message(c.config, it.info, warnUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
       of wError:
         if sym != nil and sym.isRoutine:
           # This is subtle but correct: the error *statement* is only
           # allowed for top level statements. Seems to be easier than
           # distinguishing properly between
           # ``proc p() {.error}`` and ``proc p() = {.error: "msg".}``
-          noVal(it)
+          noVal(c, it)
           incl(sym.flags, sfError)
         else:
-          localError(it.info, errUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
-      of wFatal: fatal(it.info, errUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
+          localError(c.config, it.info, errUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wFatal: fatal(c.config, it.info, errUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
       of wDefine: processDefine(c, it)
       of wUndef: processUndef(c, it)
       of wCompile: processCompile(c, it)
       of wLink: processCommonLink(c, it, linkNormal)
       of wLinksys: processCommonLink(c, it, linkSys)
-      of wPassl: extccomp.addLinkOption(expectStrLit(c, it))
-      of wPassc: extccomp.addCompileOption(expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wPassl: extccomp.addLinkOption(c.config, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wPassc: extccomp.addCompileOption(c.config, expectStrLit(c, it))
       of wBreakpoint: pragmaBreakpoint(c, it)
       of wWatchPoint: pragmaWatchpoint(c, it)
       of wPush:
@@ -864,130 +917,129 @@ proc singlePragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, i: int,
         result = true
       of wPop: processPop(c, it)
       of wPragma:
-        processPragma(c, n, i)
-        result = true
+        if not sym.isNil and sym.kind == skTemplate:
+          sym.flags.incl sfCustomPragma
+        else:
+          processPragma(c, n, i)
+          result = true
       of wDiscardable:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         if sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfDiscardable)
       of wNoInit:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         if sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfNoInit)
       of wCodegenDecl: processCodegenDecl(c, it, sym)
       of wChecks, wObjChecks, wFieldChecks, wRangechecks, wBoundchecks,
          wOverflowchecks, wNilchecks, wAssertions, wWarnings, wHints,
-         wLinedir, wStacktrace, wLinetrace, wOptimization,
+         wLinedir, wStacktrace, wLinetrace, wOptimization, wMovechecks,
          wCallconv,
          wDebugger, wProfiler, wFloatchecks, wNanChecks, wInfChecks,
          wPatterns:
         if processOption(c, it):
           # calling conventions (boring...):
-          localError(it.info, errOptionExpected)
+          localError(c.config, it.info, "option expected")
       of FirstCallConv..LastCallConv:
         assert(sym != nil)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: sym.typ.callConv = wordToCallConv(k)
       of wEmit: pragmaEmit(c, it)
       of wUnroll: pragmaUnroll(c, it)
-      of wLinearScanEnd, wComputedGoto: noVal(it)
+      of wLinearScanEnd, wComputedGoto: noVal(c, it)
       of wEffects:
         # is later processed in effect analysis:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
       of wIncompleteStruct:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfIncompleteStruct)
       of wUnchecked:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfUncheckedArray)
       of wUnion:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfUnion)
       of wRequiresInit:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfNeedsInit)
       of wByRef:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         if sym == nil or sym.typ == nil:
-          if processOption(c, it): localError(it.info, errOptionExpected)
+          if processOption(c, it): localError(c.config, it.info, "option expected")
         else:
           incl(sym.typ.flags, tfByRef)
       of wByCopy:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.kind != skType or sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.kind != skType or sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfByCopy)
       of wPartial:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym.kind != skType or sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym.kind != skType or sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else:
           incl(sym.typ.flags, tfPartial)
-          # .partial types can only work with dead code elimination
-          # to prevent the codegen from doing anything before we compiled
-          # the whole program:
-          incl gGlobalOptions, optDeadCodeElim
       of wInject, wGensym:
         # We check for errors, but do nothing with these pragmas otherwise
         # as they are handled directly in 'evalTemplate'.
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
       of wLine: pragmaLine(c, it)
       of wRaises, wTags: pragmaRaisesOrTags(c, it)
       of wLocks:
         if sym == nil: pragmaLockStmt(c, it)
-        elif sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        elif sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: sym.typ.lockLevel = pragmaLocks(c, it)
       of wBitsize:
-        if sym == nil or sym.kind != skField or it.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-          invalidPragma(it)
+        if sym == nil or sym.kind != skField:
+          invalidPragma(c, it)
         else:
           sym.bitsize = expectIntLit(c, it)
       of wGuard:
         if sym == nil or sym.kind notin {skVar, skLet, skField}:
-          invalidPragma(it)
+          invalidPragma(c, it)
         else:
           sym.guard = pragmaGuard(c, it, sym.kind)
       of wGoto:
         if sym == nil or sym.kind notin {skVar, skLet}:
-          invalidPragma(it)
+          invalidPragma(c, it)
         else:
           sym.flags.incl sfGoto
       of wExportNims:
-        if sym == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-        else: magicsys.registerNimScriptSymbol(sym)
+        if sym == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
+        else: magicsys.registerNimScriptSymbol(c.graph, sym)
       of wInjectStmt:
-        if it.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-          localError(it.info, errExprExpected)
+        if it.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or it.len != 2:
+          localError(c.config, it.info, "expression expected")
         else:
           it.sons[1] = c.semExpr(c, it.sons[1])
       of wExperimental:
-        noVal(it)
-        if isTopLevel(c):
-          c.module.flags.incl sfExperimental
-        else:
-          localError(it.info, "'experimental' pragma only valid as toplevel statement")
+        processExperimental(c, it, sym)
       of wThis:
-        if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
-          c.selfName = considerQuotedIdent(it[1])
-        else:
+        if it.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and it.len == 2:
+          c.selfName = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, it[1])
+        elif it.kind == nkIdent or it.len == 1:
           c.selfName = getIdent("self")
+        else:
+          localError(c.config, it.info, "'this' pragma is allowed to have zero or one arguments")
       of wNoRewrite:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
       of wBase:
-        noVal(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
         sym.flags.incl sfBase
       of wIntDefine:
         sym.magic = mIntDefine
       of wStrDefine:
         sym.magic = mStrDefine
       of wUsed:
-        noVal(it)
-        if sym == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        noVal(c, it)
+        if sym == nil: invalidPragma(c, it)
         else: sym.flags.incl sfUsed
       of wLiftLocals: discard
-      else: invalidPragma(it)
-    else: invalidPragma(it)
+      else: invalidPragma(c, it)
+    else:
+      n.sons[i] = semCustomPragma(c, it)
+
 
 proc implicitPragmas*(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode,
                       validPragmas: TSpecialWords) =
@@ -996,13 +1048,15 @@ proc implicitPragmas*(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode,
       let o = it.otherPragmas
       if not o.isNil:
         pushInfoContext(n.info)
-        for i in countup(0, sonsLen(o) - 1):
+        var i = 0
+        while i < o.len():
           if singlePragma(c, sym, o, i, validPragmas):
-            internalError(n.info, "implicitPragmas")
+            internalError(c.config, n.info, "implicitPragmas")
+          inc i
         popInfoContext()
 
     if lfExportLib in sym.loc.flags and sfExportc notin sym.flags:
-      localError(n.info, errDynlibRequiresExportc)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, ".dynlib requires .exportc")
     var lib = c.optionStack[^1].dynlib
     if {lfDynamicLib, lfHeader} * sym.loc.flags == {} and
         sfImportc in sym.flags and lib != nil:
@@ -1014,8 +1068,8 @@ proc hasPragma*(n: PNode, pragma: TSpecialWord): bool =
   if n == nil or n.sons == nil:
     return false
 
-  for p in n.sons:
-    var key = if p.kind == nkExprColonExpr: p[0] else: p
+  for p in n:
+    var key = if p.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and p.len > 1: p[0] else: p
     if key.kind == nkIdent and whichKeyword(key.ident) == pragma:
       return true
 
@@ -1023,9 +1077,10 @@ proc hasPragma*(n: PNode, pragma: TSpecialWord): bool =
 
 proc pragmaRec(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, validPragmas: TSpecialWords) =
   if n == nil: return
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    if n.sons[i].kind == nkPragma: pragmaRec(c, sym, n.sons[i], validPragmas)
-    elif singlePragma(c, sym, n, i, validPragmas): break
+  var i = 0
+  while i < n.len():
+    if singlePragma(c, sym, n, i, validPragmas): break
+    inc i
 
 proc pragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, validPragmas: TSpecialWords) =
   if n == nil: return
diff --git a/compiler/procfind.nim b/compiler/procfind.nim
index 137765ddb..042947e72 100644
--- a/compiler/procfind.nim
+++ b/compiler/procfind.nim
@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ import
   ast, astalgo, msgs, semdata, types, trees, strutils
 
 proc equalGenericParams(procA, procB: PNode): bool =
-  if sonsLen(procA) != sonsLen(procB): return
+  if sonsLen(procA) != sonsLen(procB): return false
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(procA) - 1):
     if procA.sons[i].kind != nkSym:
-      internalError(procA.info, "equalGenericParams")
-      return
+      return false
     if procB.sons[i].kind != nkSym:
-      internalError(procB.info, "equalGenericParams")
-      return
+      return false
     let a = procA.sons[i].sym
     let b = procB.sons[i].sym
     if a.name.id != b.name.id or
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ proc searchForProcOld*(c: PContext, scope: PScope, fn: PSym): PSym =
         of paramsEqual:
           return
         of paramsIncompatible:
-          localError(fn.info, errNotOverloadable, fn.name.s)
+          localError(c.config, fn.info, "overloaded '$1' leads to ambiguous calls" % fn.name.s)
           return
         of paramsNotEqual:
           discard
@@ -66,30 +64,25 @@ proc searchForProcOld*(c: PContext, scope: PScope, fn: PSym): PSym =
 proc searchForProcNew(c: PContext, scope: PScope, fn: PSym): PSym =
   const flags = {ExactGenericParams, ExactTypeDescValues,
                  ExactConstraints, IgnoreCC}
-
   var it: TIdentIter
-
   result = initIdentIter(it, scope.symbols, fn.name)
   while result != nil:
-    if result.kind == fn.kind and sameType(result.typ, fn.typ, flags):
+    if result.kind == fn.kind: #and sameType(result.typ, fn.typ, flags):
       case equalParams(result.typ.n, fn.typ.n)
       of paramsEqual:
         if (sfExported notin result.flags) and (sfExported in fn.flags):
           let message = ("public implementation '$1' has non-public " &
                          "forward declaration in $2") %
                         [getProcHeader(result), $result.info]
-          localError(fn.info, errGenerated, message)
+          localError(c.config, fn.info, message)
         return
       of paramsIncompatible:
-        localError(fn.info, errNotOverloadable, fn.name.s)
+        localError(c.config, fn.info, "overloaded '$1' leads to ambiguous calls" % fn.name.s)
         return
       of paramsNotEqual:
         discard
-
     result = nextIdentIter(it, scope.symbols)
 
-  return nil
-
 proc searchForProc*(c: PContext, scope: PScope, fn: PSym): PSym =
   result = searchForProcNew(c, scope, fn)
   when false:
diff --git a/compiler/renderer.nim b/compiler/renderer.nim
index 6735cc1ce..6ac6e797e 100644
--- a/compiler/renderer.nim
+++ b/compiler/renderer.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # This module implements the renderer of the standard Nim representation.
 
 import
-  lexer, options, idents, strutils, ast, msgs
+  lexer, options, idents, strutils, ast, msgs, configuration
 
 type
   TRenderFlag* = enum
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ type
     inPragma: int
     when defined(nimpretty):
       pendingNewlineCount: int
-      origContent: string
-
+    fid*: FileIndex
+    config*: ConfigRef
 
 # We render the source code in a two phases: The first
 # determines how long the subtree will likely be, the second
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const
   MaxLineLen = 80
   LineCommentColumn = 30
 
-proc initSrcGen(g: var TSrcGen, renderFlags: TRenderFlags) =
+proc initSrcGen(g: var TSrcGen, renderFlags: TRenderFlags; config: ConfigRef) =
   g.comStack = @[]
   g.tokens = @[]
   g.indent = 0
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ proc initSrcGen(g: var TSrcGen, renderFlags: TRenderFlags) =
   g.pendingNL = -1
   g.pendingWhitespace = -1
   g.inGenericParams = false
+  g.config = config
 
 proc addTok(g: var TSrcGen, kind: TTokType, s: string) =
   var length = len(g.tokens)
@@ -173,34 +174,14 @@ proc put(g: var TSrcGen, kind: TTokType, s: string) =
   else:
     g.pendingWhitespace = s.len
 
-proc toNimChar(c: char): string =
-  case c
-  of '\0': result = "\\x00" # not "\\0" to avoid ambiguous cases like "\\012".
-  of '\a': result = "\\a" # \x07
-  of '\b': result = "\\b" # \x08
-  of '\t': result = "\\t" # \x09
-  of '\L': result = "\\L" # \x0A
-  of '\v': result = "\\v" # \x0B
-  of '\f': result = "\\f" # \x0C
-  of '\c': result = "\\c" # \x0D
-  of '\e': result = "\\e" # \x1B
-  of '\x01'..'\x06', '\x0E'..'\x1A', '\x1C'..'\x1F', '\x80'..'\xFF':
-    result = "\\x" & strutils.toHex(ord(c), 2)
-  of '\'', '\"', '\\': result = '\\' & c
-  else: result = c & ""
-
-proc makeNimString(s: string): string =
-  result = "\""
-  for i in countup(0, len(s)-1): add(result, toNimChar(s[i]))
-  add(result, '\"')
-
 proc putComment(g: var TSrcGen, s: string) =
   if s.isNil: return
   var i = 0
+  let hi = len(s) - 1
   var isCode = (len(s) >= 2) and (s[1] != ' ')
   var ind = g.lineLen
   var com = "## "
-  while true:
+  while i <= hi:
     case s[i]
     of '\0':
       break
@@ -208,7 +189,7 @@ proc putComment(g: var TSrcGen, s: string) =
       put(g, tkComment, com)
       com = "## "
       inc(i)
-      if s[i] == '\x0A': inc(i)
+      if i < s.len and s[i] == '\x0A': inc(i)
       optNL(g, ind)
     of '\x0A':
       put(g, tkComment, com)
@@ -223,12 +204,12 @@ proc putComment(g: var TSrcGen, s: string) =
       # gets too long:
       # compute length of the following word:
       var j = i
-      while s[j] > ' ': inc(j)
+      while j <= hi and s[j] > ' ': inc(j)
       if not isCode and (g.lineLen + (j - i) > MaxLineLen):
         put(g, tkComment, com)
         optNL(g, ind)
         com = "## "
-      while s[i] > ' ':
+      while i <= hi and s[i] > ' ':
         add(com, s[i])
         inc(i)
   put(g, tkComment, com)
@@ -237,8 +218,9 @@ proc putComment(g: var TSrcGen, s: string) =
 proc maxLineLength(s: string): int =
   if s.isNil: return 0
   var i = 0
+  let hi = len(s) - 1
   var lineLen = 0
-  while true:
+  while i <= hi:
     case s[i]
     of '\0':
       break
@@ -257,7 +239,7 @@ proc maxLineLength(s: string): int =
 
 proc putRawStr(g: var TSrcGen, kind: TTokType, s: string) =
   var i = 0
-  var hi = len(s) - 1
+  let hi = len(s) - 1
   var str = ""
   while i <= hi:
     case s[i]
@@ -325,8 +307,8 @@ proc lsub(g: TSrcGen; n: PNode): int
 proc litAux(g: TSrcGen; n: PNode, x: BiggestInt, size: int): string =
   proc skip(t: PType): PType =
     result = t
-    while result.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyRange, tyVar, tyDistinct,
-                          tyOrdinal, tyAlias}:
+    while result.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyRange, tyVar, tyLent, tyDistinct,
+                          tyOrdinal, tyAlias, tySink}:
       result = lastSon(result)
   if n.typ != nil and n.typ.skip.kind in {tyBool, tyEnum}:
     let enumfields = n.typ.skip.n
@@ -349,22 +331,25 @@ proc ulitAux(g: TSrcGen; n: PNode, x: BiggestInt, size: int): string =
 proc atom(g: TSrcGen; n: PNode): string =
   when defined(nimpretty):
     let comment = if n.info.commentOffsetA < n.info.commentOffsetB:
-                    " " & substr(g.origContent, n.info.commentOffsetA, n.info.commentOffsetB)
+                    " " & fileSection(g.fid, n.info.commentOffsetA, n.info.commentOffsetB)
                   else:
                     ""
     if n.info.offsetA <= n.info.offsetB:
       # for some constructed tokens this can not be the case and we're better
       # off to not mess with the offset then.
-      return substr(g.origContent, n.info.offsetA, n.info.offsetB) & comment
+      return fileSection(g.fid, n.info.offsetA, n.info.offsetB) & comment
   var f: float32
   case n.kind
   of nkEmpty: result = ""
   of nkIdent: result = n.ident.s
   of nkSym: result = n.sym.name.s
-  of nkStrLit: result = makeNimString(n.strVal)
-  of nkRStrLit: result = "r\"" & replace(n.strVal, "\"", "\"\"")  & '\"'
+  of nkStrLit: result = ""; result.addQuoted(n.strVal)
+  of nkRStrLit: result = "r\"" & replace(n.strVal, "\"", "\"\"") & '\"'
   of nkTripleStrLit: result = "\"\"\"" & n.strVal & "\"\"\""
-  of nkCharLit: result = '\'' & toNimChar(chr(int(n.intVal))) & '\''
+  of nkCharLit:
+    result = "\'"
+    result.addEscapedChar(chr(int(n.intVal)));
+    result.add '\''
   of nkIntLit: result = litAux(g, n, n.intVal, 4)
   of nkInt8Lit: result = litAux(g, n, n.intVal, 1) & "\'i8"
   of nkInt16Lit: result = litAux(g, n, n.intVal, 2) & "\'i16"
@@ -394,7 +379,7 @@ proc atom(g: TSrcGen; n: PNode): string =
     if (n.typ != nil) and (n.typ.sym != nil): result = n.typ.sym.name.s
     else: result = "[type node]"
   else:
-    internalError("rnimsyn.atom " & $n.kind)
+    internalError(g.config, "rnimsyn.atom " & $n.kind)
     result = ""
 
 proc lcomma(g: TSrcGen; n: PNode, start: int = 0, theEnd: int = - 1): int =
@@ -432,6 +417,9 @@ proc lsub(g: TSrcGen; n: PNode): int =
   of nkCommand: result = lsub(g, n.sons[0]) + lcomma(g, n, 1) + 1
   of nkExprEqExpr, nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn: result = lsons(g, n) + 3
   of nkPar, nkCurly, nkBracket, nkClosure: result = lcomma(g, n) + 2
+  of nkTupleConstr:
+    # assume the trailing comma:
+    result = lcomma(g, n) + 3
   of nkArgList: result = lcomma(g, n)
   of nkTableConstr:
     result = if n.len > 0: lcomma(g, n) + 2 else: len("{:}")
@@ -898,6 +886,14 @@ proc gsub(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, c: TContext) =
       put(g, tkBracketLe, "[")
       gcomma(g, n, 2)
       put(g, tkBracketRi, "]")
+    elif n.len > 1 and n.lastSon.kind == nkStmtList:
+      gsub(g, n[0])
+      if n.len > 2:
+        put(g, tkParLe, "(")
+        gcomma(g, n, 1, -2)
+        put(g, tkParRi, ")")
+      put(g, tkColon, ":")
+      gsub(g, n, n.len-1)
     else:
       if sonsLen(n) >= 1: gsub(g, n.sons[0])
       put(g, tkParLe, "(")
@@ -994,6 +990,11 @@ proc gsub(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, c: TContext) =
     put(g, tkParLe, "(")
     gcomma(g, n, c)
     put(g, tkParRi, ")")
+  of nkTupleConstr:
+    put(g, tkParLe, "(")
+    gcomma(g, n, c)
+    if n.len == 1: put(g, tkComma, ",")
+    put(g, tkParRi, ")")
   of nkCurly:
     put(g, tkCurlyLe, "{")
     gcomma(g, n, c)
@@ -1067,6 +1068,7 @@ proc gsub(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, c: TContext) =
     if n.len > 1:
       let opr = if n[0].kind == nkIdent: n[0].ident
                 elif n[0].kind == nkSym: n[0].sym.name
+                elif n[0].kind in {nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice}: n[0][0].sym.name
                 else: nil
       if n[1].kind == nkPrefix or (opr != nil and renderer.isKeyword(opr)):
         put(g, tkSpaces, Space)
@@ -1411,22 +1413,32 @@ proc gsub(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, c: TContext) =
     put(g, tkParLe, "(ComesFrom|")
     gsub(g, n, 0)
     put(g, tkParRi, ")")
-  of nkGotoState, nkState:
+  of nkGotoState:
     var c: TContext
     initContext c
-    putWithSpace g, tkSymbol, if n.kind == nkState: "state" else: "goto"
+    putWithSpace g, tkSymbol, "goto"
     gsons(g, n, c)
+  of nkState:
+    var c: TContext
+    initContext c
+    putWithSpace g, tkSymbol, "state"
+    gsub(g, n[0], c)
+    putWithSpace(g, tkColon, ":")
+    indentNL(g)
+    gsons(g, n, c, 1)
+    dedent(g)
+
   of nkBreakState:
     put(g, tkTuple, "breakstate")
   of nkTypeClassTy:
     gTypeClassTy(g, n)
   else:
     #nkNone, nkExplicitTypeListCall:
-    internalError(n.info, "rnimsyn.gsub(" & $n.kind & ')')
+    internalError(g.config, n.info, "rnimsyn.gsub(" & $n.kind & ')')
 
 proc renderTree*(n: PNode, renderFlags: TRenderFlags = {}): string =
   var g: TSrcGen
-  initSrcGen(g, renderFlags)
+  initSrcGen(g, renderFlags, newPartialConfigRef())
   # do not indent the initial statement list so that
   # writeFile("file.nim", repr n)
   # produces working Nim code:
@@ -1439,17 +1451,13 @@ proc renderTree*(n: PNode, renderFlags: TRenderFlags = {}): string =
 proc `$`*(n: PNode): string = n.renderTree
 
 proc renderModule*(n: PNode, infile, outfile: string,
-                   renderFlags: TRenderFlags = {}) =
+                   renderFlags: TRenderFlags = {};
+                   fid = FileIndex(-1)) =
   var
     f: File
     g: TSrcGen
-  initSrcGen(g, renderFlags)
-  when defined(nimpretty):
-    try:
-      g.origContent = readFile(infile)
-    except IOError:
-      rawMessage(errCannotOpenFile, infile)
-
+  initSrcGen(g, renderFlags, newPartialConfigRef())
+  g.fid = fid
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     gsub(g, n.sons[i])
     optNL(g)
@@ -1458,16 +1466,14 @@ proc renderModule*(n: PNode, infile, outfile: string,
        nkCommentStmt: putNL(g)
     else: discard
   gcoms(g)
-  if optStdout in gGlobalOptions:
-    write(stdout, g.buf)
-  elif open(f, outfile, fmWrite):
+  if open(f, outfile, fmWrite):
     write(f, g.buf)
     close(f)
   else:
-    rawMessage(errCannotOpenFile, outfile)
+    rawMessage(g.config, errGenerated, "cannot open file: " & outfile)
 
 proc initTokRender*(r: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, renderFlags: TRenderFlags = {}) =
-  initSrcGen(r, renderFlags)
+  initSrcGen(r, renderFlags, newPartialConfigRef())
   gsub(r, n)
 
 proc getNextTok*(r: var TSrcGen, kind: var TTokType, literal: var string) =
diff --git a/compiler/reorder.nim b/compiler/reorder.nim
index cde5b3a9f..d50be1d99 100644
--- a/compiler/reorder.nim
+++ b/compiler/reorder.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
-import 
-  intsets, ast, idents, algorithm, renderer, parser, ospaths, strutils, 
-  sequtils, msgs, modulegraphs, syntaxes, options, modulepaths, tables
+import
+  intsets, ast, idents, algorithm, renderer, parser, ospaths, strutils,
+  sequtils, msgs, modulegraphs, syntaxes, options, modulepaths, tables,
+  configuration
 
 type
   DepN = ref object
@@ -135,13 +136,13 @@ proc hasIncludes(n:PNode): bool =
     if a.kind == nkIncludeStmt:
       return true
 
-proc includeModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, fileIdx: int32;
+proc includeModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, fileIdx: FileIndex;
                     cache: IdentCache): PNode {.procvar.} =
-  result = syntaxes.parseFile(fileIdx, cache)
+  result = syntaxes.parseFile(fileIdx, cache, graph.config)
   graph.addDep(s, fileIdx)
-  graph.addIncludeDep(s.position.int32, fileIdx)
+  graph.addIncludeDep(FileIndex s.position, fileIdx)
 
-proc expandIncludes(graph: ModuleGraph, module: PSym, n: PNode, 
+proc expandIncludes(graph: ModuleGraph, module: PSym, n: PNode,
                     modulePath: string, includedFiles: var IntSet,
                     cache: IdentCache): PNode =
   # Parses includes and injects them in the current tree
@@ -151,15 +152,15 @@ proc expandIncludes(graph: ModuleGraph, module: PSym, n: PNode,
   for a in n:
     if a.kind == nkIncludeStmt:
       for i in 0..<a.len:
-        var f = checkModuleName(a.sons[i])
+        var f = checkModuleName(graph.config, a.sons[i])
         if f != InvalidFileIDX:
-          if containsOrIncl(includedFiles, f):
-            localError(a.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, f.toFilename)
+          if containsOrIncl(includedFiles, f.int):
+            localError(graph.config, a.info, "recursive dependency: '$1'" % f.toFilename)
           else:
             let nn = includeModule(graph, module, f, cache)
-            let nnn = expandIncludes(graph, module, nn, modulePath, 
+            let nnn = expandIncludes(graph, module, nn, modulePath,
                                       includedFiles, cache)
-            excl(includedFiles, f)
+            excl(includedFiles, f.int)
             for b in nnn:
               result.add b
     else:
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ proc haveSameKind(dns: seq[DepN]): bool =
     if dn.pnode.kind != kind:
       return false
 
-proc mergeSections(comps: seq[seq[DepN]], res: PNode) =
+proc mergeSections(conf: ConfigRef; comps: seq[seq[DepN]], res: PNode) =
   # Merges typeSections and ConstSections when they form
   # a strong component (ex: circular type definition)
   for c in comps:
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ proc mergeSections(comps: seq[seq[DepN]], res: PNode) =
                     wmsg &= "line " & $cs[^1].pnode.info.line &
                       " depends on line " & $cs[j].pnode.info.line &
                       ": " & cs[^1].expls[ci] & "\n"
-          message(cs[0].pnode.info, warnUser, wmsg)
+          message(conf, cs[0].pnode.info, warnUser, wmsg)
 
           var i = 0
           while i < cs.len:
@@ -273,9 +274,9 @@ proc hasCommand(n: PNode): bool =
   of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr, nkWhenStmt, nkElifBranch, nkElse,
       nkStaticStmt, nkLetSection, nkConstSection, nkVarSection,
       nkIdentDefs:
-        for a in n:
-          if a.hasCommand:
-            return true
+    for a in n:
+      if a.hasCommand:
+        return true
   else:
     return false
 
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ proc reorder*(graph: ModuleGraph, n: PNode, module: PSym, cache: IdentCache): PN
     return n
   var includedFiles = initIntSet()
   let mpath = module.fileIdx.toFullPath
-  let n = expandIncludes(graph, module, n, mpath, 
+  let n = expandIncludes(graph, module, n, mpath,
                           includedFiles, cache).splitSections
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   var deps = newSeq[(IntSet, IntSet)](n.len)
@@ -441,4 +442,4 @@ proc reorder*(graph: ModuleGraph, n: PNode, module: PSym, cache: IdentCache): PN
 
   var g = buildGraph(n, deps)
   let comps = getStrongComponents(g)
-  mergeSections(comps, result)
+  mergeSections(graph.config, comps, result)
diff --git a/compiler/rod.nim b/compiler/rod.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c144f15ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/rod.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2017 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This module implements the canonalization for the various caching mechanisms.
+
+import ast, idgen, msgs
+
+when not defined(nimSymbolfiles):
+  template setupModuleCache* = discard
+  template storeNode*(module: PSym; n: PNode) = discard
+  template loadNode*(module: PSym; index: var int): PNode = PNode(nil)
+
+  template getModuleId*(fileIdx: FileIndex; fullpath: string): int = getID()
+
+  template addModuleDep*(module, fileIdx: FileIndex; isIncludeFile: bool) = discard
+
+  template storeRemaining*(module: PSym) = discard
+
+else:
+  include rodimpl
diff --git a/compiler/rodimpl.nim b/compiler/rodimpl.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aff4f6909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/rodimpl.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,947 @@
+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2018 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+## This module implements the new compilation cache.
+
+import strutils, os, intsets, tables, ropes, db_sqlite, msgs, options, types,
+  renderer, rodutils, std / sha1, idents, astalgo, magicsys
+
+## Todo:
+## - Implement the 'import' replay logic so that the codegen runs over
+##   dependent modules.
+## - Make conditional symbols and the configuration part of a module's
+##   dependencies.
+## - Test multi methods.
+## - Implement the limited VM support based on sets.
+## - Depencency computation should use signature hashes in order to
+##   avoid recompiling dependent modules.
+
+var db: DbConn
+
+proc hashFileCached(fileIdx: int32; fullpath: string): string =
+  result = msgs.getHash(fileIdx)
+  if result.len == 0:
+    result = $secureHashFile(fullpath)
+    msgs.setHash(fileIdx, result)
+
+proc needsRecompile(fileIdx: int32; fullpath: string; cycleCheck: var IntSet): bool =
+  let root = db.getRow(sql"select id, fullhash from filenames where fullpath = ?",
+    fullpath)
+  if root[0].len == 0: return true
+  if root[1] != hashFileCached(fileIdx, fullpath):
+    return true
+  # cycle detection: assume "not changed" is correct.
+  if cycleCheck.containsOrIncl(fileIdx):
+    return false
+  # check dependencies (recursively):
+  for row in db.fastRows(sql"select fullpath from filenames where id in (select dependency from deps where module = ?)",
+                         root[0]):
+    let dep = row[0]
+    if needsRecompile(dep.fileInfoIdx, dep, cycleCheck):
+      return true
+  return false
+
+proc getModuleId*(fileIdx: int32; fullpath: string): int =
+  if gSymbolFiles != v2Sf: return getID()
+  let module = db.getRow(
+    sql"select id, fullHash from modules where fullpath = ?", fullpath)
+  let currentFullhash = hashFileCached(fileIdx, fullpath)
+  if module[0].len == 0:
+    result = int db.insertID(sql"insert into modules(fullpath, interfHash, fullHash) values (?, ?, ?)",
+      fullpath, "", currentFullhash)
+  else:
+    result = parseInt(module[0])
+    if currentFullhash == module[1]:
+      # not changed, so use the cached AST (even if it might be wrong
+      # due to its dependencies):
+      doAssert(result != 0)
+      var cycleCheck = initIntSet()
+      if not needsRecompile(fileIdx, fullpath, cycleCheck):
+        return -result
+    db.exec(sql"update modules set fullHash = ? where id = ?", currentFullhash, module[0])
+    db.exec(sql"delete from deps where module = ?", module[0])
+    db.exec(sql"delete from types where module = ?", module[0])
+    db.exec(sql"delete from syms where module = ?", module[0])
+    db.exec(sql"delete from toplevelstmts where module = ?", module[0])
+    db.exec(sql"delete from statics where module = ?", module[0])
+
+type
+  TRodWriter = object
+    module: PSym
+    sstack: seq[PSym]          # a stack of symbols to process
+    tstack: seq[PType]         # a stack of types to process
+    tmarks, smarks: IntSet
+    forwardedSyms: seq[PSym]
+
+  PRodWriter = var TRodWriter
+
+proc initRodWriter(module: PSym): TRodWriter =
+  result = TRodWriter(module: module, sstack: @[], tstack: @[],
+    tmarks: initIntSet(), smarks: initIntSet(), forwardedSyms: @[])
+
+when false:
+  proc getDefines(): string =
+    result = ""
+    for d in definedSymbolNames():
+      if result.len != 0: add(result, " ")
+      add(result, d)
+
+const
+  rodNL = "\L"
+
+proc pushType(w: PRodWriter, t: PType) =
+  if not containsOrIncl(w.tmarks, t.id):
+    w.tstack.add(t)
+
+proc pushSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym) =
+  if not containsOrIncl(w.smarks, s.id):
+    w.sstack.add(s)
+
+proc toDbFileId(fileIdx: int32): int =
+  if fileIdx == -1: return -1
+  let fullpath = fileIdx.toFullPath
+  let row = db.getRow(sql"select id, fullhash from filenames where fullpath = ?",
+    fullpath)
+  let id = row[0]
+  let fullhash = hashFileCached(fileIdx, fullpath)
+  if id.len == 0:
+    result = int db.insertID(sql"insert into filenames(fullpath, fullhash) values (?, ?)",
+      fullpath, fullhash)
+  else:
+    if row[1] != fullhash:
+      db.exec(sql"update filenames set fullhash = ? where fullpath = ?", fullhash, fullpath)
+    result = parseInt(id)
+
+proc fromDbFileId(dbId: int): int32 =
+  if dbId == -1: return -1
+  let fullpath = db.getValue(sql"select fullpath from filenames where id = ?", dbId)
+  doAssert fullpath.len > 0, "cannot find file name for DB ID " & $dbId
+  result = fileInfoIdx(fullpath)
+
+proc encodeNode(w: PRodWriter, fInfo: TLineInfo, n: PNode,
+                result: var string) =
+  if n == nil:
+    # nil nodes have to be stored too:
+    result.add("()")
+    return
+  result.add('(')
+  encodeVInt(ord(n.kind), result)
+  # we do not write comments for now
+  # Line information takes easily 20% or more of the filesize! Therefore we
+  # omit line information if it is the same as the parent's line information:
+  if fInfo.fileIndex != n.info.fileIndex:
+    result.add('?')
+    encodeVInt(n.info.col, result)
+    result.add(',')
+    encodeVInt(n.info.line, result)
+    result.add(',')
+    encodeVInt(toDbFileId(n.info.fileIndex), result)
+  elif fInfo.line != n.info.line:
+    result.add('?')
+    encodeVInt(n.info.col, result)
+    result.add(',')
+    encodeVInt(n.info.line, result)
+  elif fInfo.col != n.info.col:
+    result.add('?')
+    encodeVInt(n.info.col, result)
+  # No need to output the file index, as this is the serialization of one
+  # file.
+  let f = n.flags * PersistentNodeFlags
+  if f != {}:
+    result.add('$')
+    encodeVInt(cast[int32](f), result)
+  if n.typ != nil:
+    result.add('^')
+    encodeVInt(n.typ.id, result)
+    pushType(w, n.typ)
+  case n.kind
+  of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit:
+    if n.intVal != 0:
+      result.add('!')
+      encodeVBiggestInt(n.intVal, result)
+  of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit:
+    if n.floatVal != 0.0:
+      result.add('!')
+      encodeStr($n.floatVal, result)
+  of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
+    if n.strVal != "":
+      result.add('!')
+      encodeStr(n.strVal, result)
+  of nkIdent:
+    result.add('!')
+    encodeStr(n.ident.s, result)
+  of nkSym:
+    result.add('!')
+    encodeVInt(n.sym.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, n.sym)
+  else:
+    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
+      encodeNode(w, n.info, n.sons[i], result)
+  add(result, ')')
+
+proc encodeLoc(w: PRodWriter, loc: TLoc, result: var string) =
+  var oldLen = result.len
+  result.add('<')
+  if loc.k != low(loc.k): encodeVInt(ord(loc.k), result)
+  if loc.storage != low(loc.storage):
+    add(result, '*')
+    encodeVInt(ord(loc.storage), result)
+  if loc.flags != {}:
+    add(result, '$')
+    encodeVInt(cast[int32](loc.flags), result)
+  if loc.lode != nil:
+    add(result, '^')
+    encodeNode(w, unknownLineInfo(), loc.lode, result)
+    #encodeVInt(cast[int32](loc.t.id), result)
+    #pushType(w, loc.t)
+  if loc.r != nil:
+    add(result, '!')
+    encodeStr($loc.r, result)
+  if oldLen + 1 == result.len:
+    # no data was necessary, so remove the '<' again:
+    setLen(result, oldLen)
+  else:
+    add(result, '>')
+
+proc encodeType(w: PRodWriter, t: PType, result: var string) =
+  if t == nil:
+    # nil nodes have to be stored too:
+    result.add("[]")
+    return
+  # we need no surrounding [] here because the type is in a line of its own
+  if t.kind == tyForward: internalError("encodeType: tyForward")
+  # for the new rodfile viewer we use a preceding [ so that the data section
+  # can easily be disambiguated:
+  add(result, '[')
+  encodeVInt(ord(t.kind), result)
+  add(result, '+')
+  encodeVInt(t.id, result)
+  if t.n != nil:
+    encodeNode(w, w.module.info, t.n, result)
+  if t.flags != {}:
+    add(result, '$')
+    encodeVInt(cast[int32](t.flags), result)
+  if t.callConv != low(t.callConv):
+    add(result, '?')
+    encodeVInt(ord(t.callConv), result)
+  if t.owner != nil:
+    add(result, '*')
+    encodeVInt(t.owner.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, t.owner)
+  if t.sym != nil:
+    add(result, '&')
+    encodeVInt(t.sym.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, t.sym)
+  if t.size != - 1:
+    add(result, '/')
+    encodeVBiggestInt(t.size, result)
+  if t.align != 2:
+    add(result, '=')
+    encodeVInt(t.align, result)
+  if t.lockLevel.ord != UnspecifiedLockLevel.ord:
+    add(result, '\14')
+    encodeVInt(t.lockLevel.int16, result)
+  if t.destructor != nil and t.destructor.id != 0:
+    add(result, '\15')
+    encodeVInt(t.destructor.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, t.destructor)
+  if t.deepCopy != nil:
+    add(result, '\16')
+    encodeVInt(t.deepcopy.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, t.deepcopy)
+  if t.assignment != nil:
+    add(result, '\17')
+    encodeVInt(t.assignment.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, t.assignment)
+  if t.sink != nil:
+    add(result, '\18')
+    encodeVInt(t.sink.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, t.sink)
+  for i, s in items(t.methods):
+    add(result, '\19')
+    encodeVInt(i, result)
+    add(result, '\20')
+    encodeVInt(s.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, s)
+  encodeLoc(w, t.loc, result)
+  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1):
+    if t.sons[i] == nil:
+      add(result, "^()")
+    else:
+      add(result, '^')
+      encodeVInt(t.sons[i].id, result)
+      pushType(w, t.sons[i])
+
+proc encodeLib(w: PRodWriter, lib: PLib, info: TLineInfo, result: var string) =
+  add(result, '|')
+  encodeVInt(ord(lib.kind), result)
+  add(result, '|')
+  encodeStr($lib.name, result)
+  add(result, '|')
+  encodeNode(w, info, lib.path, result)
+
+proc encodeInstantiations(w: PRodWriter; s: seq[PInstantiation];
+                          result: var string) =
+  for t in s:
+    result.add('\15')
+    encodeVInt(t.sym.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, t.sym)
+    for tt in t.concreteTypes:
+      result.add('\17')
+      encodeVInt(tt.id, result)
+      pushType(w, tt)
+    result.add('\20')
+    encodeVInt(t.compilesId, result)
+
+proc encodeSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym, result: var string) =
+  if s == nil:
+    # nil nodes have to be stored too:
+    result.add("{}")
+    return
+  # we need no surrounding {} here because the symbol is in a line of its own
+  encodeVInt(ord(s.kind), result)
+  result.add('+')
+  encodeVInt(s.id, result)
+  result.add('&')
+  encodeStr(s.name.s, result)
+  if s.typ != nil:
+    result.add('^')
+    encodeVInt(s.typ.id, result)
+    pushType(w, s.typ)
+  result.add('?')
+  if s.info.col != -1'i16: encodeVInt(s.info.col, result)
+  result.add(',')
+  if s.info.line != -1'i16: encodeVInt(s.info.line, result)
+  result.add(',')
+  encodeVInt(toDbFileId(s.info.fileIndex), result)
+  if s.owner != nil:
+    result.add('*')
+    encodeVInt(s.owner.id, result)
+    pushSym(w, s.owner)
+  if s.flags != {}:
+    result.add('$')
+    encodeVInt(cast[int32](s.flags), result)
+  if s.magic != mNone:
+    result.add('@')
+    encodeVInt(ord(s.magic), result)
+  result.add('!')
+  encodeVInt(cast[int32](s.options), result)
+  if s.position != 0:
+    result.add('%')
+    encodeVInt(s.position, result)
+  if s.offset != - 1:
+    result.add('`')
+    encodeVInt(s.offset, result)
+  encodeLoc(w, s.loc, result)
+  if s.annex != nil: encodeLib(w, s.annex, s.info, result)
+  if s.constraint != nil:
+    add(result, '#')
+    encodeNode(w, unknownLineInfo(), s.constraint, result)
+  case s.kind
+  of skType, skGenericParam:
+    for t in s.typeInstCache:
+      result.add('\14')
+      encodeVInt(t.id, result)
+      pushType(w, t)
+  of routineKinds:
+    encodeInstantiations(w, s.procInstCache, result)
+    if s.gcUnsafetyReason != nil:
+      result.add('\16')
+      encodeVInt(s.gcUnsafetyReason.id, result)
+      pushSym(w, s.gcUnsafetyReason)
+  of skModule, skPackage:
+    encodeInstantiations(w, s.usedGenerics, result)
+    # we don't serialize:
+    #tab*: TStrTable         # interface table for modules
+  of skLet, skVar, skField, skForVar:
+    if s.guard != nil:
+      result.add('\18')
+      encodeVInt(s.guard.id, result)
+      pushSym(w, s.guard)
+    if s.bitsize != 0:
+      result.add('\19')
+      encodeVInt(s.bitsize, result)
+  else: discard
+  # lazy loading will soon reload the ast lazily, so the ast needs to be
+  # the last entry of a symbol:
+  if s.ast != nil:
+    # we used to attempt to save space here by only storing a dummy AST if
+    # it is not necessary, but Nim's heavy compile-time evaluation features
+    # make that unfeasible nowadays:
+    encodeNode(w, s.info, s.ast, result)
+
+proc storeSym(w: PRodWriter; s: PSym) =
+  if sfForward in s.flags and s.kind != skModule:
+    w.forwardedSyms.add s
+    return
+  var buf = newStringOfCap(160)
+  encodeSym(w, s, buf)
+  # XXX only store the name for exported symbols in order to speed up lookup
+  # times once we enable the skStub logic.
+  db.exec(sql"insert into syms(nimid, module, name, data, exported) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+    s.id, abs(w.module.id), s.name.s, buf, ord(sfExported in s.flags))
+
+proc storeType(w: PRodWriter; t: PType) =
+  var buf = newStringOfCap(160)
+  encodeType(w, t, buf)
+  db.exec(sql"insert into types(nimid, module, data) values (?, ?, ?)",
+    t.id, abs(w.module.id), buf)
+
+var w = initRodWriter(nil)
+
+proc storeNode*(module: PSym; n: PNode) =
+  if gSymbolFiles != v2Sf: return
+  w.module = module
+  var buf = newStringOfCap(160)
+  encodeNode(w, module.info, n, buf)
+  db.exec(sql"insert into toplevelstmts(module, position, data) values (?, ?, ?)",
+    abs(module.id), module.offset, buf)
+  inc module.offset
+  var i = 0
+  while true:
+    if i > 10_000:
+      quit "loop never ends!"
+    if w.sstack.len > 0:
+      let s = w.sstack.pop()
+      when false:
+        echo "popped ", s.name.s, " ", s.id
+      storeSym(w, s)
+    elif w.tstack.len > 0:
+      let t = w.tstack.pop()
+      storeType(w, t)
+      when false:
+        echo "popped type ", typeToString(t), " ", t.id
+    else:
+      break
+    inc i
+
+proc storeRemaining*(module: PSym) =
+  if gSymbolFiles != v2Sf: return
+  w.module = module
+  for s in w.forwardedSyms:
+    assert sfForward notin s.flags
+    storeSym(w, s)
+  w.forwardedSyms.setLen 0
+
+# ---------------- decoder -----------------------------------
+type
+  TRodReader = object
+    module: PSym
+    #sstack: seq[(PSym, ptr PSym)]       # a stack of symbols to process
+    #tstack: seq[(PType, ptr PType)]     # a stack of types to process
+
+    #tmarks, smarks: IntSet
+    syms: Table[int, PSym] ## XXX make this more efficients
+    types: Table[int, PType]
+    cache: IdentCache
+
+  BlobReader = object
+    s: string
+    pos: int
+
+  PRodReader = var TRodReader
+
+proc initRodReader(cache: IdentCache): TRodReader =
+  TRodReader(module: nil,
+    syms: initTable[int, PSym](), types: initTable[int, PType](),
+    cache: cache)
+
+var gr = initRodReader(newIdentCache())
+
+using
+  r: PRodReader
+  b: var BlobReader
+
+proc loadSym(r; id: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym
+proc loadType(r; id: int, info: TLineInfo): PType
+
+proc decodeLineInfo(r; b; info: var TLineInfo) =
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '?':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == ',': info.col = -1'i16
+    else: info.col = int16(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+    if b.s[b.pos] == ',':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      if b.s[b.pos] == ',': info.line = -1'i16
+      else: info.line = int16(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+      if b.s[b.pos] == ',':
+        inc(b.pos)
+        info.fileIndex = fromDbFileId(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+
+proc skipNode(b) =
+  assert b.s[b.pos] == '('
+  var par = 0
+  var pos = b.pos+1
+  while true:
+    case b.s[pos]
+    of ')':
+      if par == 0: break
+      dec par
+    of '(': inc par
+    else: discard
+    inc pos
+  b.pos = pos+1 # skip ')'
+
+proc decodeNodeLazyBody(r; b; fInfo: TLineInfo,
+                        belongsTo: PSym): PNode =
+  result = nil
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '(':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == ')':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      return                  # nil node
+    result = newNodeI(TNodeKind(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)), fInfo)
+    decodeLineInfo(r, b, result.info)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '$':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      result.flags = cast[TNodeFlags](int32(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)))
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '^':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      var id = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+      result.typ = loadType(r, id, result.info)
+    case result.kind
+    of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit:
+      if b.s[b.pos] == '!':
+        inc(b.pos)
+        result.intVal = decodeVBiggestInt(b.s, b.pos)
+    of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit:
+      if b.s[b.pos] == '!':
+        inc(b.pos)
+        var fl = decodeStr(b.s, b.pos)
+        result.floatVal = parseFloat(fl)
+    of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
+      if b.s[b.pos] == '!':
+        inc(b.pos)
+        result.strVal = decodeStr(b.s, b.pos)
+      else:
+        result.strVal = ""
+    of nkIdent:
+      if b.s[b.pos] == '!':
+        inc(b.pos)
+        var fl = decodeStr(b.s, b.pos)
+        result.ident = r.cache.getIdent(fl)
+      else:
+        internalError(result.info, "decodeNode: nkIdent")
+    of nkSym:
+      if b.s[b.pos] == '!':
+        inc(b.pos)
+        var id = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+        result.sym = loadSym(r, id, result.info)
+      else:
+        internalError(result.info, "decodeNode: nkSym")
+    else:
+      var i = 0
+      while b.s[b.pos] != ')':
+        when false:
+          if belongsTo != nil and i == bodyPos:
+            addSonNilAllowed(result, nil)
+            belongsTo.offset = b.pos
+            skipNode(b)
+          else:
+            discard
+        addSonNilAllowed(result, decodeNodeLazyBody(r, b, result.info, nil))
+        inc i
+    if b.s[b.pos] == ')': inc(b.pos)
+    else: internalError(result.info, "decodeNode: ')' missing")
+  else:
+    internalError(fInfo, "decodeNode: '(' missing " & $b.pos)
+
+proc decodeNode(r; b; fInfo: TLineInfo): PNode =
+  result = decodeNodeLazyBody(r, b, fInfo, nil)
+
+proc decodeLoc(r; b; loc: var TLoc, info: TLineInfo) =
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '<':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    if b.s[b.pos] in {'0'..'9', 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z'}:
+      loc.k = TLocKind(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+    else:
+      loc.k = low(loc.k)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '*':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      loc.storage = TStorageLoc(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+    else:
+      loc.storage = low(loc.storage)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '$':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      loc.flags = cast[TLocFlags](int32(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)))
+    else:
+      loc.flags = {}
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '^':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      loc.lode = decodeNode(r, b, info)
+      # rrGetType(b, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+    else:
+      loc.lode = nil
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '!':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      loc.r = rope(decodeStr(b.s, b.pos))
+    else:
+      loc.r = nil
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '>': inc(b.pos)
+    else: internalError(info, "decodeLoc " & b.s[b.pos])
+
+proc loadBlob(query: SqlQuery; id: int): BlobReader =
+  let blob = db.getValue(query, id)
+  if blob.len == 0:
+    internalError("symbolfiles: cannot find ID " & $ id)
+  result = BlobReader(pos: 0)
+  shallowCopy(result.s, blob)
+
+proc loadType(r; id: int; info: TLineInfo): PType =
+  result = r.types.getOrDefault(id)
+  if result != nil: return result
+  var b = loadBlob(sql"select data from types where nimid = ?", id)
+
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '[':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == ']':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      return                  # nil type
+  new(result)
+  result.kind = TTypeKind(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '+':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.id = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+    setId(result.id)
+    #if debugIds: registerID(result)
+  else:
+    internalError(info, "decodeType: no id")
+  # here this also avoids endless recursion for recursive type
+  r.types[result.id] = result
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '(': result.n = decodeNode(r, b, unknownLineInfo())
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '$':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.flags = cast[TTypeFlags](int32(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)))
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '?':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.callConv = TCallingConvention(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '*':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.owner = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '&':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.sym = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '/':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.size = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+  else:
+    result.size = -1
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '=':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.align = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos).int16
+  else:
+    result.align = 2
+
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '\14':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.lockLevel = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos).TLockLevel
+  else:
+    result.lockLevel = UnspecifiedLockLevel
+
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '\15':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.destructor = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '\16':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.deepCopy = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '\17':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.assignment = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '\18':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.sink = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+  while b.s[b.pos] == '\19':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    let x = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+    doAssert b.s[b.pos] == '\20'
+    inc(b.pos)
+    let y = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+    result.methods.safeAdd((x, y))
+  decodeLoc(r, b, result.loc, info)
+  while b.s[b.pos] == '^':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '(':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      if b.s[b.pos] == ')': inc(b.pos)
+      else: internalError(info, "decodeType ^(" & b.s[b.pos])
+      rawAddSon(result, nil)
+    else:
+      var d = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+      rawAddSon(result, loadType(r, d, info))
+
+proc decodeLib(r; b; info: TLineInfo): PLib =
+  result = nil
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '|':
+    new(result)
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.kind = TLibKind(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+    if b.s[b.pos] != '|': internalError("decodeLib: 1")
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.name = rope(decodeStr(b.s, b.pos))
+    if b.s[b.pos] != '|': internalError("decodeLib: 2")
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.path = decodeNode(r, b, info)
+
+proc decodeInstantiations(r; b; info: TLineInfo;
+                          s: var seq[PInstantiation]) =
+  while b.s[b.pos] == '\15':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    var ii: PInstantiation
+    new ii
+    ii.sym = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+    ii.concreteTypes = @[]
+    while b.s[b.pos] == '\17':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      ii.concreteTypes.add loadType(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '\20':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      ii.compilesId = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+    s.safeAdd ii
+
+proc loadSymFromBlob(r; b; info: TLineInfo): PSym =
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '{':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '}':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      return                  # nil sym
+  var k = TSymKind(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+  var id: int
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '+':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    id = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+    setId(id)
+  else:
+    internalError(info, "decodeSym: no id")
+  var ident: PIdent
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '&':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    ident = r.cache.getIdent(decodeStr(b.s, b.pos))
+  else:
+    internalError(info, "decodeSym: no ident")
+  #echo "decoding: {", ident.s
+  new(result)
+  result.id = id
+  result.kind = k
+  result.name = ident         # read the rest of the symbol description:
+  r.syms[result.id] = result
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '^':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.typ = loadType(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), info)
+  decodeLineInfo(r, b, result.info)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '*':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.owner = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), result.info)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '$':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.flags = cast[TSymFlags](int32(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)))
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '@':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.magic = TMagic(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos))
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '!':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.options = cast[TOptions](int32(decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)))
+  else:
+    result.options = r.module.options
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '%':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.position = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '`':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.offset = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos)
+  else:
+    result.offset = - 1
+  decodeLoc(r, b, result.loc, result.info)
+  result.annex = decodeLib(r, b, info)
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '#':
+    inc(b.pos)
+    result.constraint = decodeNode(r, b, unknownLineInfo())
+  case result.kind
+  of skType, skGenericParam:
+    while b.s[b.pos] == '\14':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      result.typeInstCache.safeAdd loadType(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), result.info)
+  of routineKinds:
+    decodeInstantiations(r, b, result.info, result.procInstCache)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '\16':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      result.gcUnsafetyReason = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), result.info)
+  of skModule, skPackage:
+    decodeInstantiations(r, b, result.info, result.usedGenerics)
+  of skLet, skVar, skField, skForVar:
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '\18':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      result.guard = loadSym(r, decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos), result.info)
+    if b.s[b.pos] == '\19':
+      inc(b.pos)
+      result.bitsize = decodeVInt(b.s, b.pos).int16
+  else: discard
+
+  if b.s[b.pos] == '(':
+    #if result.kind in routineKinds:
+    #  result.ast = decodeNodeLazyBody(b, result.info, result)
+    #else:
+    result.ast = decodeNode(r, b, result.info)
+  if sfCompilerProc in result.flags:
+    registerCompilerProc(result)
+    #echo "loading ", result.name.s
+
+proc loadSym(r; id: int; info: TLineInfo): PSym =
+  result = r.syms.getOrDefault(id)
+  if result != nil: return result
+  var b = loadBlob(sql"select data from syms where nimid = ?", id)
+  result = loadSymFromBlob(r, b, info)
+  doAssert id == result.id, "symbol ID is not consistent!"
+
+proc loadModuleSymTab(r; module: PSym) =
+  ## goal: fill  module.tab
+  gr.syms[module.id] = module
+  for row in db.fastRows(sql"select nimid, data from syms where module = ? and exported = 1", abs(module.id)):
+    let id = parseInt(row[0])
+    var s = r.syms.getOrDefault(id)
+    if s == nil:
+      var b = BlobReader(pos: 0)
+      shallowCopy(b.s, row[1])
+      s = loadSymFromBlob(r, b, module.info)
+    assert s != nil
+    strTableAdd(module.tab, s)
+  if sfSystemModule in module.flags:
+    magicsys.systemModule = module
+
+proc loadNode*(module: PSym; index: int): PNode =
+  assert gSymbolFiles == v2Sf
+  if index == 0:
+    loadModuleSymTab(gr, module)
+    #index = parseInt db.getValue(
+    #  sql"select min(id) from toplevelstmts where module = ?", abs module.id)
+  var b = BlobReader(pos: 0)
+  b.s = db.getValue(sql"select data from toplevelstmts where position = ? and module = ?",
+                    index, abs module.id)
+  if b.s.len == 0:
+    db.exec(sql"insert into controlblock(idgen) values (?)", gFrontEndId)
+    return nil # end marker
+  gr.module = module
+  result = decodeNode(gr, b, module.info)
+
+proc addModuleDep*(module, fileIdx: int32; isIncludeFile: bool) =
+  if gSymbolFiles != v2Sf: return
+
+  let a = toDbFileId(module)
+  let b = toDbFileId(fileIdx)
+
+  db.exec(sql"insert into deps(module, dependency, isIncludeFile) values (?, ?, ?)",
+    a, b, ord(isIncludeFile))
+
+# --------------- Database model ---------------------------------------------
+
+proc createDb() =
+  db.exec(sql"""
+    create table if not exists controlblock(
+      idgen integer not null
+    );
+  """)
+
+  db.exec(sql"""
+    create table if not exists filenames(
+      id integer primary key,
+      fullpath varchar(8000) not null,
+      fullHash varchar(256) not null
+    );
+  """)
+  db.exec sql"create index if not exists FilenameIx on filenames(fullpath);"
+
+  db.exec(sql"""
+    create table if not exists modules(
+      id integer primary key,
+      fullpath varchar(8000) not null,
+      interfHash varchar(256) not null,
+      fullHash varchar(256) not null,
+
+      created timestamp not null default (DATETIME('now'))
+    );""")
+  db.exec(sql"""create unique index if not exists SymNameIx on modules(fullpath);""")
+
+  db.exec(sql"""
+    create table if not exists deps(
+      id integer primary key,
+      module integer not null,
+      dependency integer not null,
+      isIncludeFile integer not null,
+      foreign key (module) references filenames(id),
+      foreign key (dependency) references filenames(id)
+    );""")
+  db.exec(sql"""create index if not exists DepsIx on deps(module);""")
+
+  db.exec(sql"""
+    create table if not exists types(
+      id integer primary key,
+      nimid integer not null,
+      module integer not null,
+      data blob not null,
+      foreign key (module) references module(id)
+    );
+  """)
+  db.exec sql"create index TypeByModuleIdx on types(module);"
+  db.exec sql"create index TypeByNimIdIdx on types(nimid);"
+
+  db.exec(sql"""
+    create table if not exists syms(
+      id integer primary key,
+      nimid integer not null,
+      module integer not null,
+      name varchar(256) not null,
+      data blob not null,
+      exported int not null,
+      foreign key (module) references module(id)
+    );
+  """)
+  db.exec sql"create index if not exists SymNameIx on syms(name);"
+  db.exec sql"create index SymByNameAndModuleIdx on syms(name, module);"
+  db.exec sql"create index SymByModuleIdx on syms(module);"
+  db.exec sql"create index SymByNimIdIdx on syms(nimid);"
+
+
+  db.exec(sql"""
+    create table if not exists toplevelstmts(
+      id integer primary key,
+      position integer not null,
+      module integer not null,
+      data blob not null,
+      foreign key (module) references module(id)
+    );
+  """)
+  db.exec sql"create index TopLevelStmtByModuleIdx on toplevelstmts(module);"
+  db.exec sql"create index TopLevelStmtByPositionIdx on toplevelstmts(position);"
+
+  db.exec(sql"""
+    create table if not exists statics(
+      id integer primary key,
+      module integer not null,
+      data blob not null,
+      foreign key (module) references module(id)
+    );
+  """)
+  db.exec sql"create index StaticsByModuleIdx on toplevelstmts(module);"
+  db.exec sql"insert into controlblock(idgen) values (0)"
+
+proc setupModuleCache* =
+  if gSymbolFiles != v2Sf: return
+  let dbfile = getNimcacheDir() / "rodfiles.db"
+  if not fileExists(dbfile):
+    db = open(connection=dbfile, user="nim", password="",
+              database="nim")
+    createDb()
+  else:
+    db = open(connection=dbfile, user="nim", password="",
+              database="nim")
+  db.exec(sql"pragma journal_mode=off")
+  db.exec(sql"pragma SYNCHRONOUS=off")
+  db.exec(sql"pragma LOCKING_MODE=exclusive")
+  let lastId = db.getValue(sql"select max(idgen) from controlblock")
+  if lastId.len > 0:
+    idgen.setId(parseInt lastId)
diff --git a/compiler/rodread.nim b/compiler/rodread.nim
index dfa8fc52b..52e7a924c 100644
--- a/compiler/rodread.nim
+++ b/compiler/rodread.nim
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
 
 import
   os, options, strutils, nversion, ast, astalgo, msgs, platform, condsyms,
-  ropes, idents, securehash, idgen, types, rodutils, memfiles, tables
+  ropes, idents, std / sha1, idgen, types, rodutils, memfiles, tables,
+  configuration
 
 type
   TReasonForRecompile* = enum ## all the reasons that can trigger recompilation
@@ -126,8 +127,8 @@ type
     s: cstring               # mmap'ed file contents
     options: TOptions
     reason: TReasonForRecompile
-    modDeps: seq[int32]
-    files: seq[int32]
+    modDeps: seq[FileIndex]
+    files: seq[FileIndex]
     dataIdx: int             # offset of start of data section
     convertersIdx: int       # offset of start of converters section
     initIdx, interfIdx, compilerProcsIdx, methodsIdx: int
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ type
     origFile: string
     inViewMode: bool
     cache*: IdentCache
+    config: ConfigRef
 
   PRodReader* = ref TRodReader
 
@@ -163,11 +165,11 @@ proc decodeLineInfo(r: PRodReader, info: var TLineInfo) =
     else: info.col = int16(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
     if r.s[r.pos] == ',':
       inc(r.pos)
-      if r.s[r.pos] == ',': info.line = -1'i16
-      else: info.line = int16(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
+      if r.s[r.pos] == ',': info.line = 0'u16
+      else: info.line = uint16(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
       if r.s[r.pos] == ',':
         inc(r.pos)
-        info = newLineInfo(r.files[decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)], info.line, info.col)
+        info = newLineInfo(r.files[decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)], int info.line, info.col)
 
 proc skipNode(r: PRodReader) =
   assert r.s[r.pos] == '('
@@ -222,14 +224,14 @@ proc decodeNodeLazyBody(r: PRodReader, fInfo: TLineInfo,
         var fl = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
         result.ident = r.cache.getIdent(fl)
       else:
-        internalError(result.info, "decodeNode: nkIdent")
+        internalError(r.config, result.info, "decodeNode: nkIdent")
     of nkSym:
       if r.s[r.pos] == '!':
         inc(r.pos)
         var id = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
         result.sym = rrGetSym(r, id, result.info)
       else:
-        internalError(result.info, "decodeNode: nkSym")
+        internalError(r.config, result.info, "decodeNode: nkSym")
     else:
       var i = 0
       while r.s[r.pos] != ')':
@@ -241,9 +243,9 @@ proc decodeNodeLazyBody(r: PRodReader, fInfo: TLineInfo,
           addSonNilAllowed(result, decodeNodeLazyBody(r, result.info, nil))
         inc i
     if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
-    else: internalError(result.info, "decodeNode: ')' missing")
+    else: internalError(r.config, result.info, "decodeNode: ')' missing")
   else:
-    internalError(fInfo, "decodeNode: '(' missing " & $r.pos)
+    internalError(r.config, fInfo, "decodeNode: '(' missing " & $r.pos)
 
 proc decodeNode(r: PRodReader, fInfo: TLineInfo): PNode =
   result = decodeNodeLazyBody(r, fInfo, nil)
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ proc decodeLoc(r: PRodReader, loc: var TLoc, info: TLineInfo) =
     else:
       loc.r = nil
     if r.s[r.pos] == '>': inc(r.pos)
-    else: internalError(info, "decodeLoc " & r.s[r.pos])
+    else: internalError(r.config, info, "decodeLoc " & r.s[r.pos])
 
 proc decodeType(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PType =
   result = nil
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ proc decodeType(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PType =
     setId(result.id)
     if debugIds: registerID(result)
   else:
-    internalError(info, "decodeType: no id")
+    internalError(r.config, info, "decodeType: no id")
   # here this also avoids endless recursion for recursive type
   idTablePut(gTypeTable, result, result)
   if r.s[r.pos] == '(': result.n = decodeNode(r, unknownLineInfo())
@@ -345,14 +347,14 @@ proc decodeType(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PType =
     doAssert r.s[r.pos] == '\20'
     inc(r.pos)
     let y = rrGetSym(r, decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos), info)
-    result.methods.safeAdd((x, y))
+    result.methods.add((x, y))
   decodeLoc(r, result.loc, info)
   while r.s[r.pos] == '^':
     inc(r.pos)
     if r.s[r.pos] == '(':
       inc(r.pos)
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
-      else: internalError(info, "decodeType ^(" & r.s[r.pos])
+      else: internalError(r.config, info, "decodeType ^(" & r.s[r.pos])
       rawAddSon(result, nil)
     else:
       var d = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
@@ -364,10 +366,10 @@ proc decodeLib(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PLib =
     new(result)
     inc(r.pos)
     result.kind = TLibKind(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-    if r.s[r.pos] != '|': internalError("decodeLib: 1")
+    if r.s[r.pos] != '|': internalError(r.config, "decodeLib: 1")
     inc(r.pos)
     result.name = rope(decodeStr(r.s, r.pos))
-    if r.s[r.pos] != '|': internalError("decodeLib: 2")
+    if r.s[r.pos] != '|': internalError(r.config, "decodeLib: 2")
     inc(r.pos)
     result.path = decodeNode(r, info)
 
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ proc decodeInstantiations(r: PRodReader; info: TLineInfo;
     if r.s[r.pos] == '\20':
       inc(r.pos)
       ii.compilesId = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
-    s.safeAdd ii
+    s.add ii
 
 proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
   var
@@ -403,12 +405,12 @@ proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
     id = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
     setId(id)
   else:
-    internalError(info, "decodeSym: no id")
+    internalError(r.config, info, "decodeSym: no id")
   if r.s[r.pos] == '&':
     inc(r.pos)
     ident = r.cache.getIdent(decodeStr(r.s, r.pos))
   else:
-    internalError(info, "decodeSym: no ident")
+    internalError(r.config, info, "decodeSym: no ident")
   #echo "decoding: {", ident.s
   result = r.syms.getOrDefault(id)
   if result == nil:
@@ -417,7 +419,7 @@ proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
     r.syms[result.id] = result
     if debugIds: registerID(result)
   elif result.id != id:
-    internalError(info, "decodeSym: wrong id")
+    internalError(r.config, info, "decodeSym: wrong id")
   elif result.kind != skStub and not r.inViewMode:
     # we already loaded the symbol
     return
@@ -465,7 +467,7 @@ proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
   of skType, skGenericParam:
     while r.s[r.pos] == '\14':
       inc(r.pos)
-      result.typeInstCache.safeAdd rrGetType(r, decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos), result.info)
+      result.typeInstCache.add rrGetType(r, decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos), result.info)
   of routineKinds:
     decodeInstantiations(r, result.info, result.procInstCache)
     if r.s[r.pos] == '\16':
@@ -512,7 +514,7 @@ proc skipSection(r: PRodReader) =
       else: discard
       inc(r.pos)
   else:
-    internalError("skipSection " & $r.line)
+    internalError(r.config, "skipSection " & $r.line)
 
 proc rdWord(r: PRodReader): string =
   result = ""
@@ -530,7 +532,7 @@ proc newStub(r: PRodReader, name: string, id: int): PSym =
   if debugIds: registerID(result)
 
 proc processInterf(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) =
-  if r.interfIdx == 0: internalError("processInterf")
+  if r.interfIdx == 0: internalError(r.config, "processInterf")
   r.pos = r.interfIdx
   while (r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A') and (r.s[r.pos] != ')'):
     var w = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
@@ -543,7 +545,7 @@ proc processInterf(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) =
     r.syms[s.id] = s
 
 proc processCompilerProcs(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) =
-  if r.compilerProcsIdx == 0: internalError("processCompilerProcs")
+  if r.compilerProcsIdx == 0: internalError(r.config, "processCompilerProcs")
   r.pos = r.compilerProcsIdx
   while (r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A') and (r.s[r.pos] != ')'):
     var w = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
@@ -586,7 +588,7 @@ proc cmdChangeTriggersRecompilation(old, new: TCommands): bool =
   # new command forces us to consider it here :-)
   case old
   of cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC,
-      cmdCompileToJS, cmdCompileToPHP, cmdCompileToLLVM:
+      cmdCompileToJS, cmdCompileToLLVM:
     if new in {cmdDoc, cmdCheck, cmdIdeTools, cmdPretty, cmdDef,
                cmdInteractive}:
       return false
@@ -621,26 +623,26 @@ proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, hash: SecureHash) =
     of "OPTIONS":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       r.options = cast[TOptions](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-      if options.gOptions != r.options: r.reason = rrOptions
+      if r.config.options != r.options: r.reason = rrOptions
     of "GOPTIONS":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       var dep = cast[TGlobalOptions](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-      if gGlobalOptions-harmlessOptions != dep-harmlessOptions:
+      if r.config.globalOptions-harmlessOptions != dep-harmlessOptions:
         r.reason = rrOptions
     of "CMD":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       var dep = cast[TCommands](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-      if cmdChangeTriggersRecompilation(dep, gCmd): r.reason = rrOptions
+      if cmdChangeTriggersRecompilation(dep, r.config.cmd): r.reason = rrOptions
     of "DEFINES":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       d = 0
       while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A':
         w = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
         inc(d)
-        if not condsyms.isDefined(r.cache.getIdent(w)):
+        if not isDefined(r.config, w):
           r.reason = rrDefines #MessageOut('not defined, but should: ' + w);
         if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
-      if d != countDefinedSymbols(): r.reason = rrDefines
+      if d != countDefinedSymbols(r.config.symbols): r.reason = rrDefines
     of "FILES":
       inc(r.pos, 2)           # skip "(\10"
       inc(r.line)
@@ -648,7 +650,7 @@ proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, hash: SecureHash) =
         let finalPath = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
         #let resolvedPath = relativePath.findModule(r.origFile)
         #let finalPath = if resolvedPath.len > 0: resolvedPath else: relativePath
-        r.files.add(finalPath.fileInfoIdx)
+        r.files.add(fileInfoIdx(r.config, finalPath))
         inc(r.pos)            # skip #10
         inc(r.line)
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
@@ -696,7 +698,7 @@ proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, hash: SecureHash) =
       r.initIdx = r.pos + 2   # "(\10"
       skipSection(r)
     else:
-      internalError("invalid section: '" & section &
+      internalError(r.config, "invalid section: '" & section &
                     "' at " & $r.line & " in " & r.filename)
       #MsgWriteln("skipping section: " & section &
       #           " at " & $r.line & " in " & r.filename)
@@ -712,9 +714,11 @@ proc startsWith(buf: cstring, token: string, pos = 0): bool =
   result = s == token.len
 
 proc newRodReader(modfilename: string, hash: SecureHash,
-                  readerIndex: int; cache: IdentCache): PRodReader =
+                  readerIndex: int; cache: IdentCache;
+                  config: ConfigRef): PRodReader =
   new(result)
   result.cache = cache
+  result.config = config
   try:
     result.memfile = memfiles.open(modfilename)
   except OSError:
@@ -757,13 +761,13 @@ proc rrGetType(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PType =
     # load the type:
     var oldPos = r.pos
     var d = iiTableGet(r.index.tab, id)
-    if d == InvalidKey: internalError(info, "rrGetType")
+    if d == InvalidKey: internalError(r.config, info, "rrGetType")
     r.pos = d + r.dataIdx
     result = decodeType(r, info)
     r.pos = oldPos
 
 type
-  TFileModuleRec{.final.} = object
+  TFileModuleRec = object
     filename*: string
     reason*: TReasonForRecompile
     rd*: PRodReader
@@ -776,7 +780,7 @@ var gMods*: TFileModuleMap = @[]
 
 proc decodeSymSafePos(rd: PRodReader, offset: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
   # all compiled modules
-  if rd.dataIdx == 0: internalError(info, "dataIdx == 0")
+  if rd.dataIdx == 0: internalError(rd.config, info, "dataIdx == 0")
   var oldPos = rd.pos
   rd.pos = offset + rd.dataIdx
   result = decodeSym(rd, info)
@@ -811,8 +815,9 @@ proc rrGetSym(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
       if moduleID < 0:
         var x = ""
         encodeVInt(id, x)
-        internalError(info, "missing from both indexes: +" & x)
+        internalError(r.config, info, "missing from both indexes: +" & x)
       var rd = getReader(moduleID)
+      doAssert rd != nil
       d = iiTableGet(rd.index.tab, id)
       if d != InvalidKey:
         result = decodeSymSafePos(rd, d, info)
@@ -820,14 +825,14 @@ proc rrGetSym(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
         var x = ""
         encodeVInt(id, x)
         when false: findSomeWhere(id)
-        internalError(info, "rrGetSym: no reader found: +" & x)
+        internalError(r.config, info, "rrGetSym: no reader found: +" & x)
     else:
       # own symbol:
       result = decodeSymSafePos(r, d, info)
   if result != nil and result.kind == skStub: rawLoadStub(result)
 
 proc loadInitSection*(r: PRodReader): PNode =
-  if r.initIdx == 0 or r.dataIdx == 0: internalError("loadInitSection")
+  if r.initIdx == 0 or r.dataIdx == 0: internalError(r.config, "loadInitSection")
   var oldPos = r.pos
   r.pos = r.initIdx
   result = newNode(nkStmtList)
@@ -844,7 +849,7 @@ proc loadConverters(r: PRodReader) =
   # We have to ensure that no exported converter is a stub anymore, and the
   # import mechanism takes care of the rest.
   if r.convertersIdx == 0 or r.dataIdx == 0:
-    internalError("importConverters")
+    internalError(r.config, "importConverters")
   r.pos = r.convertersIdx
   while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A':
     var d = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
@@ -853,36 +858,36 @@ proc loadConverters(r: PRodReader) =
 
 proc loadMethods(r: PRodReader) =
   if r.methodsIdx == 0 or r.dataIdx == 0:
-    internalError("loadMethods")
+    internalError(r.config, "loadMethods")
   r.pos = r.methodsIdx
   while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A':
     var d = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
     r.methods.add(rrGetSym(r, d, unknownLineInfo()))
     if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
 
-proc getHash*(fileIdx: int32): SecureHash =
-  if fileIdx <% gMods.len and gMods[fileIdx].hashDone:
-    return gMods[fileIdx].hash
+proc getHash*(fileIdx: FileIndex): SecureHash =
+  if fileIdx.int32 <% gMods.len and gMods[fileIdx.int32].hashDone:
+    return gMods[fileIdx.int32].hash
 
   result = secureHashFile(fileIdx.toFullPath)
-  if fileIdx >= gMods.len: setLen(gMods, fileIdx+1)
-  gMods[fileIdx].hash = result
+  if fileIdx.int32 >= gMods.len: setLen(gMods, fileIdx.int32+1)
+  gMods[fileIdx.int32].hash = result
 
 template growCache*(cache, pos) =
   if cache.len <= pos: cache.setLen(pos+1)
 
-proc checkDep(fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache): TReasonForRecompile =
+proc checkDep(fileIdx: FileIndex; cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef): TReasonForRecompile =
   assert fileIdx != InvalidFileIDX
-  growCache gMods, fileIdx
-  if gMods[fileIdx].reason != rrEmpty:
+  growCache gMods, fileIdx.int32
+  if gMods[fileIdx.int32].reason != rrEmpty:
     # reason has already been computed for this module:
-    return gMods[fileIdx].reason
+    return gMods[fileIdx.int32].reason
   let filename = fileIdx.toFilename
   var hash = getHash(fileIdx)
-  gMods[fileIdx].reason = rrNone  # we need to set it here to avoid cycles
+  gMods[fileIdx.int32].reason = rrNone  # we need to set it here to avoid cycles
   result = rrNone
-  var rodfile = toGeneratedFile(filename.withPackageName, RodExt)
-  var r = newRodReader(rodfile, hash, fileIdx, cache)
+  var rodfile = toGeneratedFile(conf, conf.withPackageName(filename), RodExt)
+  var r = newRodReader(rodfile, hash, fileIdx.int32, cache, conf)
   if r == nil:
     result = (if existsFile(rodfile): rrRodInvalid else: rrRodDoesNotExist)
   else:
@@ -893,32 +898,31 @@ proc checkDep(fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache): TReasonForRecompile =
       # NOTE: we need to process the entire module graph so that no ID will
       # be used twice! However, compilation speed does not suffer much from
       # this, since results are cached.
-      var res = checkDep(systemFileIdx, cache)
+      var res = checkDep(systemFileIdx, cache, conf)
       if res != rrNone: result = rrModDeps
       for i in countup(0, high(r.modDeps)):
-        res = checkDep(r.modDeps[i], cache)
+        res = checkDep(r.modDeps[i], cache, conf)
         if res != rrNone:
           result = rrModDeps
           # we cannot break here, because of side-effects of `checkDep`
   if result != rrNone:
-    rawMessage(hintProcessing, reasonToFrmt[result] % filename)
-  if result != rrNone or optForceFullMake in gGlobalOptions:
+    rawMessage(conf, hintProcessing, reasonToFrmt[result] % filename)
+  if result != rrNone or optForceFullMake in conf.globalOptions:
     # recompilation is necessary:
     if r != nil: memfiles.close(r.memfile)
     r = nil
-  gMods[fileIdx].rd = r
-  gMods[fileIdx].reason = result  # now we know better
+  gMods[fileIdx.int32].rd = r
+  gMods[fileIdx.int32].reason = result  # now we know better
 
-proc handleSymbolFile*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PRodReader =
-  let fileIdx = module.fileIdx
-  if gSymbolFiles in {disabledSf, writeOnlySf}:
+proc handleSymbolFile*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef): PRodReader =
+  if conf.symbolFiles in {disabledSf, writeOnlySf, v2Sf}:
     module.id = getID()
     return nil
-  idgen.loadMaxIds(options.gProjectPath / options.gProjectName)
-
-  discard checkDep(fileIdx, cache)
-  if gMods[fileIdx].reason == rrEmpty: internalError("handleSymbolFile")
-  result = gMods[fileIdx].rd
+  idgen.loadMaxIds(conf, conf.projectPath / conf.projectName)
+  let fileIdx = module.fileIdx
+  discard checkDep(fileIdx, cache, conf)
+  #if gMods[fileIdx.int32].reason == rrEmpty: internalError("handleSymbolFile")
+  result = gMods[fileIdx.int32].rd
   if result != nil:
     module.id = result.moduleID
     result.syms[module.id] = module
@@ -930,19 +934,20 @@ proc handleSymbolFile*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PRodReader =
     module.id = getID()
 
 proc rawLoadStub(s: PSym) =
-  if s.kind != skStub: internalError("loadStub")
+  assert s.kind == skStub
+  #if s.kind != skStub: internalError("loadStub")
   var rd = gMods[s.position].rd
   var theId = s.id                # used for later check
   var d = iiTableGet(rd.index.tab, s.id)
-  if d == InvalidKey: internalError("loadStub: invalid key")
+  #if d == InvalidKey: internalError("loadStub: invalid key")
   var rs = decodeSymSafePos(rd, d, unknownLineInfo())
-  if rs != s:
-    #echo "rs: ", toHex(cast[int](rs.position), int.sizeof * 2),
-    #     "\ns:  ", toHex(cast[int](s.position), int.sizeof * 2)
-    internalError(rs.info, "loadStub: wrong symbol")
-  elif rs.id != theId:
-    internalError(rs.info, "loadStub: wrong ID")
-  #MessageOut('loaded stub: ' + s.name.s);
+  when false:
+    if rs != s:
+      #echo "rs: ", toHex(cast[int](rs.position), int.sizeof * 2),
+      #     "\ns:  ", toHex(cast[int](s.position), int.sizeof * 2)
+      internalError(rs.info, "loadStub: wrong symbol")
+    elif rs.id != theId:
+      internalError(rs.info, "loadStub: wrong ID")
 
 proc loadStub*(s: PSym) =
   ## loads the stub symbol `s`.
@@ -1030,9 +1035,8 @@ proc writeSym(f: File; s: PSym) =
   if s.magic != mNone:
     f.write('@')
     f.write($s.magic)
-  if s.options != gOptions:
-    f.write('!')
-    f.write($s.options)
+  f.write('!')
+  f.write($s.options)
   if s.position != 0:
     f.write('%')
     f.write($s.position)
@@ -1083,9 +1087,10 @@ proc writeType(f: File; t: PType) =
   f.write("]\n")
 
 proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
-  var r = newRodReader(rodfile, secureHash(""), 0, newIdentCache())
+  let conf = newConfigRef()
+  var r = newRodReader(rodfile, secureHash(""), 0, newIdentCache(), conf)
   if r == nil:
-    rawMessage(errGenerated, "cannot open file (or maybe wrong version):" &
+    rawMessage(conf, errGenerated, "cannot open file (or maybe wrong version):" &
        rodfile)
     return
   r.inViewMode = true
@@ -1133,9 +1138,9 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
       outf.write("FILES(\n")
       while r.s[r.pos] != ')':
         let relativePath = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
-        let resolvedPath = relativePath.findModule(r.origFile)
+        let resolvedPath = findModule(conf, relativePath, r.origFile)
         let finalPath = if resolvedPath.len > 0: resolvedPath else: relativePath
-        r.files.add(finalPath.fileInfoIdx)
+        r.files.add(fileInfoIdx(conf, finalPath))
         inc(r.pos)            # skip #10
         inc(r.line)
         outf.writeLine finalPath
@@ -1152,7 +1157,7 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
         if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A':
           inc(r.pos)
           inc(r.line)
-        outf.write(w, " ", inclHash, "\n")
+        outf.write(w.int32, " ", inclHash, "\n")
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
       outf.write(")\n")
     of "DEPS":
@@ -1162,7 +1167,7 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
         let v = int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
         r.modDeps.add(r.files[v])
         if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
-        outf.write(" ", r.files[v])
+        outf.write(" ", r.files[v].int32)
       outf.write("\n")
     of "INTERF",  "COMPILERPROCS":
       inc r.pos, 2
@@ -1227,7 +1232,7 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc r.pos
       outf.write("<not supported by viewer>)\n")
     else:
-      internalError("invalid section: '" & section &
+      internalError(r.config, "invalid section: '" & section &
                     "' at " & $r.line & " in " & r.filename)
       skipSection(r)
     if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A':
@@ -1236,4 +1241,4 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
   outf.close
 
 when isMainModule:
-  viewFile(paramStr(1).addFileExt(rodExt))
+  viewFile(paramStr(1).addFileExt(RodExt))
diff --git a/compiler/rodutils.nim b/compiler/rodutils.nim
index 0456e9349..66d7f63c2 100644
--- a/compiler/rodutils.nim
+++ b/compiler/rodutils.nim
@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@
 #
 
 ## Serialization utilities for the compiler.
-import strutils
+import strutils, math
 
 proc c_snprintf(s: cstring; n:uint; frmt: cstring): cint {.importc: "snprintf", header: "<stdio.h>", nodecl, varargs.}
 
 proc toStrMaxPrecision*(f: BiggestFloat, literalPostfix = ""): string =
-  if f != f:
+  case classify(f)
+  of fcNaN:
     result = "NAN"
-  elif f == 0.0:
+  of fcNegZero:
+    result = "-0.0" & literalPostfix
+  of fcZero:
     result = "0.0" & literalPostfix
-  elif f == 0.5 * f:
-    if f > 0.0: result = "INF"
-    else: result = "-INF"
+  of fcInf:
+    result = "INF"
+  of fcNegInf:
+    result = "-INF"
   else:
     when defined(nimNoArrayToCstringConversion):
       result = newString(81)
@@ -63,6 +67,8 @@ proc decodeStr*(s: cstring, pos: var int): string =
 const
   chars = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
 
+{.push overflowChecks: off.}
+
 # since negative numbers require a leading '-' they use up 1 byte. Thus we
 # subtract/add `vintDelta` here to save space for small negative numbers
 # which are common in ROD files:
@@ -127,6 +133,8 @@ proc decodeVInt*(s: cstring, pos: var int): int =
 proc decodeVBiggestInt*(s: cstring, pos: var int): BiggestInt =
   decodeIntImpl()
 
+{.pop.}
+
 iterator decodeVIntArray*(s: cstring): int =
   var i = 0
   while s[i] != '\0':
diff --git a/compiler/rodwrite.nim b/compiler/rodwrite.nim
index 9aed33ec9..4686baf2b 100644
--- a/compiler/rodwrite.nim
+++ b/compiler/rodwrite.nim
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import
   intsets, os, options, strutils, nversion, ast, astalgo, msgs, platform,
-  condsyms, ropes, idents, securehash, rodread, passes, idgen,
+  condsyms, ropes, idents, std / sha1, rodread, passes, idgen,
   rodutils, modulepaths
 
 from modulegraphs import ModuleGraph
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ type
     files: TStringSeq
     origFile: string
     cache: IdentCache
+    config: ConfigRef
 
   PRodWriter = ref TRodWriter
 
-proc getDefines(): string =
+proc getDefines(conf: ConfigRef): string =
   result = ""
-  for d in definedSymbolNames():
+  for d in definedSymbolNames(conf.symbols):
     if result.len != 0: add(result, " ")
     add(result, d)
 
@@ -55,10 +56,12 @@ proc fileIdx(w: PRodWriter, filename: string): int =
   w.files[result] = filename
 
 template filename*(w: PRodWriter): string =
-  w.module.filename
+  toFilename(FileIndex w.module.position)
 
-proc newRodWriter(hash: SecureHash, module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PRodWriter =
+proc newRodWriter(hash: SecureHash, module: PSym; cache: IdentCache;
+                  config: ConfigRef): PRodWriter =
   new(result)
+  result.config = config
   result.sstack = @[]
   result.tstack = @[]
   initIiTable(result.index.tab)
@@ -67,8 +70,8 @@ proc newRodWriter(hash: SecureHash, module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PRodWriter
   result.imports.r = ""
   result.hash = hash
   result.module = module
-  result.defines = getDefines()
-  result.options = options.gOptions
+  result.defines = getDefines(config)
+  result.options = config.options
   result.files = @[]
   result.inclDeps = ""
   result.modDeps = ""
@@ -83,14 +86,14 @@ proc newRodWriter(hash: SecureHash, module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PRodWriter
 
 proc addModDep(w: PRodWriter, dep: string; info: TLineInfo) =
   if w.modDeps.len != 0: add(w.modDeps, ' ')
-  let resolved = dep.findModule(info.toFullPath)
+  let resolved = findModule(w.config, dep, info.toFullPath)
   encodeVInt(fileIdx(w, resolved), w.modDeps)
 
 const
   rodNL = "\x0A"
 
 proc addInclDep(w: PRodWriter, dep: string; info: TLineInfo) =
-  let resolved = dep.findModule(info.toFullPath)
+  let resolved = findModule(w.config, dep, info.toFullPath)
   encodeVInt(fileIdx(w, resolved), w.inclDeps)
   add(w.inclDeps, " ")
   encodeStr($secureHashFile(resolved), w.inclDeps)
@@ -125,14 +128,14 @@ proc encodeNode(w: PRodWriter, fInfo: TLineInfo, n: PNode,
     result.add('?')
     encodeVInt(n.info.col, result)
     result.add(',')
-    encodeVInt(n.info.line, result)
+    encodeVInt(int n.info.line, result)
     result.add(',')
     encodeVInt(fileIdx(w, toFullPath(n.info)), result)
   elif fInfo.line != n.info.line:
     result.add('?')
     encodeVInt(n.info.col, result)
     result.add(',')
-    encodeVInt(n.info.line, result)
+    encodeVInt(int n.info.line, result)
   elif fInfo.col != n.info.col:
     result.add('?')
     encodeVInt(n.info.col, result)
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ proc encodeType(w: PRodWriter, t: PType, result: var string) =
     result.add("[]")
     return
   # we need no surrounding [] here because the type is in a line of its own
-  if t.kind == tyForward: internalError("encodeType: tyForward")
+  if t.kind == tyForward: internalError(w.config, "encodeType: tyForward")
   # for the new rodfile viewer we use a preceding [ so that the data section
   # can easily be disambiguated:
   add(result, '[')
@@ -303,7 +306,7 @@ proc encodeSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym, result: var string) =
   result.add('?')
   if s.info.col != -1'i16: encodeVInt(s.info.col, result)
   result.add(',')
-  if s.info.line != -1'i16: encodeVInt(s.info.line, result)
+  if s.info.line != 0'u16: encodeVInt(int s.info.line, result)
   result.add(',')
   encodeVInt(fileIdx(w, toFullPath(s.info)), result)
   if s.owner != nil:
@@ -390,9 +393,9 @@ proc symStack(w: PRodWriter): int =
       inc result
     elif iiTableGet(w.index.tab, s.id) == InvalidKey:
       var m = getModule(s)
-      if m == nil and s.kind != skPackage and sfGenSym notin s.flags:
-        internalError("symStack: module nil: " & s.name.s)
-      if s.kind == skPackage or {sfFromGeneric, sfGenSym} * s.flags != {} or m.id == w.module.id:
+      #if m == nil and s.kind != skPackage and sfGenSym notin s.flags:
+      #  internalError("symStack: module nil: " & s.name.s & " " & $s.kind & " ID " & $s.id)
+      if m == nil or s.kind == skPackage or {sfFromGeneric, sfGenSym} * s.flags != {} or m.id == w.module.id:
         # put definition in here
         var L = w.data.len
         addToIndex(w.index, s.id, L)
@@ -411,7 +414,7 @@ proc symStack(w: PRodWriter): int =
           add(w.compilerProcs, ' ')
           encodeVInt(s.id, w.compilerProcs)
           add(w.compilerProcs, rodNL)
-        if s.kind == skConverter or hasPattern(s):
+        if s.kind == skConverter or (s.ast != nil and hasPattern(s)):
           if w.converters.len != 0: add(w.converters, ' ')
           encodeVInt(s.id, w.converters)
         if s.kind == skMethod and sfDispatcher notin s.flags:
@@ -454,7 +457,7 @@ proc processStacks(w: PRodWriter, finalPass: bool) =
     oldS = slen
     oldT = tlen
   if finalPass and (oldS != 0 or oldT != 0):
-    internalError("could not serialize some forwarded symbols/types")
+    internalError(w.config, "could not serialize some forwarded symbols/types")
 
 proc rawAddInterfaceSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym) =
   pushSym(w, s)
@@ -476,8 +479,8 @@ proc addStmt(w: PRodWriter, n: PNode) =
 proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   processStacks(w, true)
   var f: File
-  if not open(f, completeGeneratedFilePath(changeFileExt(
-                      w.filename.withPackageName, RodExt)),
+  if not open(f, completeGeneratedFilePath(w.config, changeFileExt(
+                      withPackageName(w.config, w.filename), RodExt)),
               fmWrite):
     #echo "couldn't write rod file for: ", w.filename
     return
@@ -506,12 +509,12 @@ proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   f.write(rodNL)
 
   var goptions = "GOPTIONS:"
-  encodeVInt(cast[int32](gGlobalOptions), goptions)
+  encodeVInt(cast[int32](w.config.globalOptions), goptions)
   f.write(goptions)
   f.write(rodNL)
 
   var cmd = "CMD:"
-  encodeVInt(cast[int32](gCmd), cmd)
+  encodeVInt(cast[int32](w.config.cmd), cmd)
   f.write(cmd)
   f.write(rodNL)
 
@@ -587,17 +590,17 @@ proc process(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   of nkProcDef, nkFuncDef, nkIteratorDef, nkConverterDef,
       nkTemplateDef, nkMacroDef:
     let s = n.sons[namePos].sym
-    if s == nil: internalError(n.info, "rodwrite.process")
+    if s == nil: internalError(w.config, n.info, "rodwrite.process")
     if n.sons[bodyPos] == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "rodwrite.process: body is nil")
+      internalError(w.config, n.info, "rodwrite.process: body is nil")
     if n.sons[bodyPos].kind != nkEmpty or s.magic != mNone or
         sfForward notin s.flags:
       addInterfaceSym(w, s)
   of nkMethodDef:
     let s = n.sons[namePos].sym
-    if s == nil: internalError(n.info, "rodwrite.process")
+    if s == nil: internalError(w.config, n.info, "rodwrite.process")
     if n.sons[bodyPos] == nil:
-      internalError(n.info, "rodwrite.process: body is nil")
+      internalError(w.config, n.info, "rodwrite.process: body is nil")
     if n.sons[bodyPos].kind != nkEmpty or s.magic != mNone or
         sfForward notin s.flags:
       pushSym(w, s)
@@ -612,7 +615,7 @@ proc process(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-      if a.sons[0].kind != nkSym: internalError(a.info, "rodwrite.process")
+      if a.sons[0].kind != nkSym: internalError(w.config, a.info, "rodwrite.process")
       var s = a.sons[0].sym
       addInterfaceSym(w, s)
       # this takes care of enum fields too
@@ -627,22 +630,22 @@ proc process(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       #        end
   of nkImportStmt:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      addModDep(w, getModuleName(n.sons[i]), n.info)
+      addModDep(w, getModuleName(w.config, n.sons[i]), n.info)
     addStmt(w, n)
   of nkFromStmt, nkImportExceptStmt:
-    addModDep(w, getModuleName(n.sons[0]), n.info)
+    addModDep(w, getModuleName(w.config, n.sons[0]), n.info)
     addStmt(w, n)
   of nkIncludeStmt:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      addInclDep(w, getModuleName(n.sons[i]), n.info)
+      addInclDep(w, getModuleName(w.config, n.sons[i]), n.info)
   of nkPragma:
     addStmt(w, n)
   else:
     discard
 
 proc myOpen(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
-  if module.id < 0: internalError("rodwrite: module ID not set")
-  var w = newRodWriter(module.fileIdx.getHash, module, cache)
+  if module.id < 0: internalError(g.config, "rodwrite: module ID not set")
+  var w = newRodWriter(rodread.getHash FileIndex module.position, module, cache, g.config)
   rawAddInterfaceSym(w, module)
   result = w
 
@@ -650,7 +653,7 @@ proc myClose(graph: ModuleGraph; c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = process(c, n)
   var w = PRodWriter(c)
   writeRod(w)
-  idgen.saveMaxIds(options.gProjectPath / options.gProjectName)
+  idgen.saveMaxIds(graph.config, graph.config.projectPath / graph.config.projectName)
 
 const rodwritePass* = makePass(open = myOpen, close = myClose, process = process)
 
diff --git a/compiler/ropes.nim b/compiler/ropes.nim
index 358ce8a53..05d5e840c 100644
--- a/compiler/ropes.nim
+++ b/compiler/ropes.nim
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ iterator leaves*(r: Rope): string =
     var stack = @[r]
     while stack.len > 0:
       var it = stack.pop
-      while isNil(it.data):
+      while it.left != nil:
+        assert it.right != nil
         stack.add(it.right)
         it = it.left
         assert(it != nil)
-      assert(it.data != nil)
       yield it.data
 
 iterator items*(r: Rope): char =
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ proc `%`*(frmt: FormatStr, args: openArray[Rope]): Rope =
         while true:
           j = j * 10 + ord(frmt[i]) - ord('0')
           inc(i)
-          if frmt[i] notin {'0'..'9'}: break
+          if i >= frmt.len or frmt[i] notin {'0'..'9'}: break
         num = j
         if j > high(args) + 1:
           errorHandler(rInvalidFormatStr, $(j))
diff --git a/compiler/scriptconfig.nim b/compiler/scriptconfig.nim
index 8eb76457c..30e5e4803 100644
--- a/compiler/scriptconfig.nim
+++ b/compiler/scriptconfig.nim
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import
   ast, modules, idents, passes, passaux, condsyms,
   options, nimconf, sem, semdata, llstream, vm, vmdef, commands, msgs,
-  os, times, osproc, wordrecg, strtabs, modulegraphs
+  os, times, osproc, wordrecg, strtabs, modulegraphs, configuration
 
 # we support 'cmpIgnoreStyle' natively for efficiency:
 from strutils import cmpIgnoreStyle, contains
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ proc listDirs(a: VmArgs, filter: set[PathComponent]) =
   setResult(a, result)
 
 proc setupVM*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; scriptName: string;
-              config: ConfigRef = nil): PEvalContext =
+              graph: ModuleGraph): PEvalContext =
   # For Nimble we need to export 'setupVM'.
-  result = newCtx(module, cache)
+  result = newCtx(module, cache, graph)
   result.mode = emRepl
   registerAdditionalOps(result)
+  let conf = graph.config
 
   # captured vars:
   var errorMsg: string
@@ -70,11 +71,16 @@ proc setupVM*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; scriptName: string;
     setResult(a, os.getCurrentDir())
   cbos moveFile:
     os.moveFile(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
+  cbos moveDir:
+    os.moveDir(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
   cbos copyFile:
     os.copyFile(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
+  cbos copyDir:
+    os.copyDir(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
   cbos getLastModificationTime:
-    # depends on Time's implementation!
-    setResult(a, int64(getLastModificationTime(getString(a, 0))))
+    setResult(a, getLastModificationTime(getString(a, 0)).toUnix)
+  cbos findExe:
+    setResult(a, os.findExe(getString(a, 0)))
 
   cbos rawExec:
     setResult(a, osproc.execCmd getString(a, 0))
@@ -83,6 +89,8 @@ proc setupVM*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; scriptName: string;
     setResult(a, os.getEnv(a.getString 0, a.getString 1))
   cbconf existsEnv:
     setResult(a, os.existsEnv(a.getString 0))
+  cbconf putEnv:
+    os.putEnv(a.getString 0, a.getString 1)
   cbconf dirExists:
     setResult(a, os.dirExists(a.getString 0))
   cbconf fileExists:
@@ -91,13 +99,13 @@ proc setupVM*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; scriptName: string;
   cbconf thisDir:
     setResult(a, vthisDir)
   cbconf put:
-    options.setConfigVar(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
+    options.setConfigVar(conf, getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
   cbconf get:
-    setResult(a, options.getConfigVar(a.getString 0))
+    setResult(a, options.getConfigVar(conf, a.getString 0))
   cbconf exists:
-    setResult(a, options.existsConfigVar(a.getString 0))
+    setResult(a, options.existsConfigVar(conf, a.getString 0))
   cbconf nimcacheDir:
-    setResult(a, options.getNimcacheDir())
+    setResult(a, options.getNimcacheDir(conf))
   cbconf paramStr:
     setResult(a, os.paramStr(int a.getInt 0))
   cbconf paramCount:
@@ -107,67 +115,66 @@ proc setupVM*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; scriptName: string;
   cbconf cmpIgnoreCase:
     setResult(a, strutils.cmpIgnoreCase(a.getString 0, a.getString 1))
   cbconf setCommand:
-    options.command = a.getString 0
+    conf.command = a.getString 0
     let arg = a.getString 1
     if arg.len > 0:
-      gProjectName = arg
+      conf.projectName = arg
       let path =
-        if gProjectName.isAbsolute: gProjectName
-        else: gProjectPath / gProjectName
+        if conf.projectName.isAbsolute: conf.projectName
+        else: conf.projectPath / conf.projectName
       try:
-        gProjectFull = canonicalizePath(path)
+        conf.projectFull = canonicalizePath(conf, path)
       except OSError:
-        gProjectFull = path
+        conf.projectFull = path
   cbconf getCommand:
-    setResult(a, options.command)
+    setResult(a, conf.command)
   cbconf switch:
-    processSwitch(a.getString 0, a.getString 1, passPP, module.info)
+    processSwitch(a.getString 0, a.getString 1, passPP, module.info, conf)
   cbconf hintImpl:
     processSpecificNote(a.getString 0, wHint, passPP, module.info,
-      a.getString 1)
+      a.getString 1, conf)
   cbconf warningImpl:
     processSpecificNote(a.getString 0, wWarning, passPP, module.info,
-      a.getString 1)
+      a.getString 1, conf)
   cbconf patchFile:
     let key = a.getString(0) & "_" & a.getString(1)
     var val = a.getString(2).addFileExt(NimExt)
     if {'$', '~'} in val:
-      val = pathSubs(val, vthisDir)
+      val = pathSubs(conf, val, vthisDir)
     elif not isAbsolute(val):
       val = vthisDir / val
-    gModuleOverrides[key] = val
+    conf.moduleOverrides[key] = val
   cbconf selfExe:
     setResult(a, os.getAppFilename())
   cbconf cppDefine:
-    if config != nil:
-      options.cppDefine(config, a.getString(0))
+    options.cppDefine(conf, a.getString(0))
 
 proc runNimScript*(cache: IdentCache; scriptName: string;
-                   freshDefines=true; config: ConfigRef=nil) =
-  rawMessage(hintConf, scriptName)
+                   freshDefines=true; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  rawMessage(conf, hintConf, scriptName)
   passes.gIncludeFile = includeModule
   passes.gImportModule = importModule
-  let graph = newModuleGraph(config)
-  if freshDefines: initDefines()
+  let graph = newModuleGraph(conf)
+  if freshDefines: initDefines(conf.symbols)
 
-  defineSymbol("nimscript")
-  defineSymbol("nimconfig")
+  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimscript")
+  defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimconfig")
   registerPass(semPass)
   registerPass(evalPass)
 
-  searchPaths.add(options.libpath)
+  conf.searchPaths.add(conf.libpath)
 
   var m = graph.makeModule(scriptName)
   incl(m.flags, sfMainModule)
-  vm.globalCtx = setupVM(m, cache, scriptName, config)
+  vm.globalCtx = setupVM(m, cache, scriptName, graph)
 
   graph.compileSystemModule(cache)
   discard graph.processModule(m, llStreamOpen(scriptName, fmRead), nil, cache)
 
   # ensure we load 'system.nim' again for the real non-config stuff!
-  resetSystemArtifacts()
+  resetSystemArtifacts(graph)
   vm.globalCtx = nil
   # do not remove the defined symbols
   #initDefines()
-  undefSymbol("nimscript")
-  undefSymbol("nimconfig")
+  undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimscript")
+  undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimconfig")
diff --git a/compiler/sem.nim b/compiler/sem.nim
index 1098e9961..d56355f14 100644
--- a/compiler/sem.nim
+++ b/compiler/sem.nim
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import
   procfind, lookups, rodread, pragmas, passes, semdata, semtypinst, sigmatch,
   intsets, transf, vmdef, vm, idgen, aliases, cgmeth, lambdalifting,
   evaltempl, patterns, parampatterns, sempass2, nimfix.pretty, semmacrosanity,
-  semparallel, lowerings, pluginsupport, plugins.active
+  semparallel, lowerings, pluginsupport, plugins.active, rod, configuration
 
 from modulegraphs import ModuleGraph
 
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ proc semExprNoDeref(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode
 proc semProcBody(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
 
 proc fitNode(c: PContext, formal: PType, arg: PNode; info: TLineInfo): PNode
-proc changeType(n: PNode, newType: PType, check: bool)
+proc changeType(c: PContext; n: PNode, newType: PType, check: bool)
 
 proc semLambda(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode
 proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType
 proc semStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
+proc semOpAux(c: PContext, n: PNode)
 proc semParamList(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode, s: PSym)
 proc addParams(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind)
 proc maybeAddResult(c: PContext, s: PSym, n: PNode)
@@ -64,14 +65,14 @@ template semIdeForTemplateOrGeneric(c: PContext; n: PNode;
   # templates perform some quick check whether the cursor is actually in
   # the generic or template.
   when defined(nimsuggest):
-    if gCmd == cmdIdeTools and requiresCheck:
+    if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools and requiresCheck:
       #if optIdeDebug in gGlobalOptions:
       #  echo "passing to safeSemExpr: ", renderTree(n)
       discard safeSemExpr(c, n)
 
 proc fitNode(c: PContext, formal: PType, arg: PNode; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   if arg.typ.isNil:
-    localError(arg.info, errExprXHasNoType,
+    localError(c.config, arg.info, "expression has no type: " &
                renderTree(arg, {renderNoComments}))
     # error correction:
     result = copyTree(arg)
@@ -79,14 +80,14 @@ proc fitNode(c: PContext, formal: PType, arg: PNode; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   else:
     result = indexTypesMatch(c, formal, arg.typ, arg)
     if result == nil:
-      typeMismatch(info, formal, arg.typ)
+      typeMismatch(c.config, info, formal, arg.typ)
       # error correction:
       result = copyTree(arg)
       result.typ = formal
     else:
       let x = result.skipConv
-      if x.kind == nkPar and formal.kind != tyExpr:
-        changeType(x, formal, check=true)
+      if x.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr} and formal.kind != tyExpr:
+        changeType(c, x, formal, check=true)
       else:
         result = skipHiddenSubConv(result)
         #result.typ = takeType(formal, arg.typ)
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ proc commonType*(x, y: PType): PType =
   # if expressions, etc.:
   if x == nil: return x
   if y == nil: return y
-  var a = skipTypes(x, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
-  var b = skipTypes(y, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  var a = skipTypes(x, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
+  var b = skipTypes(y, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   result = x
   if a.kind in {tyExpr, tyNil}: result = y
   elif b.kind in {tyExpr, tyNil}: result = x
@@ -153,14 +154,17 @@ proc commonType*(x, y: PType): PType =
     if a.kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}:
       k = a.kind
       if b.kind != a.kind: return x
-      a = a.lastSon
-      b = b.lastSon
+      # bug #7601, array construction of ptr generic
+      a = a.lastSon.skipTypes({tyGenericInst})
+      b = b.lastSon.skipTypes({tyGenericInst})
     if a.kind == tyObject and b.kind == tyObject:
       result = commonSuperclass(a, b)
       # this will trigger an error later:
       if result.isNil or result == a: return x
       if result == b: return y
-      if k != tyNone:
+      # bug #7906, tyRef/tyPtr + tyGenericInst of ref/ptr object ->
+      # ill-formed AST, no need for additional tyRef/tyPtr
+      if k != tyNone and x.kind != tyGenericInst:
         let r = result
         result = newType(k, r.owner)
         result.addSonSkipIntLit(r)
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ proc commonType*(x: PType, y: PNode): PType =
   commonType(x, y.typ)
 
 proc newSymS(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: PContext): PSym =
-  result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(n), getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
+  result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n), getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
   when defined(nimsuggest):
     suggestDecl(c, n, result)
 
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ proc newSymG*(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: PContext): PSym =
     # and sfGenSym in n.sym.flags:
     result = n.sym
     if result.kind != kind:
-      localError(n.info, "cannot use symbol of kind '" &
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot use symbol of kind '" &
                  $result.kind & "' as a '" & $kind & "'")
     if sfGenSym in result.flags and result.kind notin {skTemplate, skMacro, skParam}:
       # declarative context, so produce a fresh gensym:
@@ -203,7 +207,7 @@ proc newSymG*(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: PContext): PSym =
     # template; we must fix it here: see #909
     result.owner = getCurrOwner(c)
   else:
-    result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(n), getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
+    result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n), getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
   #if kind in {skForVar, skLet, skVar} and result.owner.kind == skModule:
   #  incl(result.flags, sfGlobal)
   when defined(nimsuggest):
@@ -215,15 +219,20 @@ proc semIdentVis(c: PContext, kind: TSymKind, n: PNode,
 proc semIdentWithPragma(c: PContext, kind: TSymKind, n: PNode,
                         allowed: TSymFlags): PSym
 
-proc typeAllowedCheck(info: TLineInfo; typ: PType; kind: TSymKind) =
-  let t = typeAllowed(typ, kind)
+proc typeAllowedCheck(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; typ: PType; kind: TSymKind;
+                      flags: TTypeAllowedFlags = {}) =
+  let t = typeAllowed(typ, kind, flags)
   if t != nil:
-    if t == typ: localError(info, "invalid type: '" & typeToString(typ) & "'")
-    else: localError(info, "invalid type: '" & typeToString(t) &
-                           "' in this context: '" & typeToString(typ) & "'")
+    if t == typ:
+      localError(conf, info, "invalid type: '" & typeToString(typ) &
+        "' for " & substr($kind, 2).toLowerAscii)
+    else:
+      localError(conf, info, "invalid type: '" & typeToString(t) &
+        "' in this context: '" & typeToString(typ) &
+        "' for " & substr($kind, 2).toLowerAscii)
 
 proc paramsTypeCheck(c: PContext, typ: PType) {.inline.} =
-  typeAllowedCheck(typ.n.info, typ, skProc)
+  typeAllowedCheck(c.config, typ.n.info, typ, skProc)
 
 proc expectMacroOrTemplateCall(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym
 proc semDirectOp(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode
@@ -276,10 +285,10 @@ proc fixupTypeAfterEval(c: PContext, evaluated, eOrig: PNode): PNode =
       result = evaluated
       let expectedType = eOrig.typ.skipTypes({tyStatic})
       if hasCycle(result):
-        globalError(eOrig.info, "the resulting AST is cyclic and cannot be processed further")
+        globalError(c.config, eOrig.info, "the resulting AST is cyclic and cannot be processed further")
         result = errorNode(c, eOrig)
       else:
-        semmacrosanity.annotateType(result, expectedType)
+        semmacrosanity.annotateType(result, expectedType, c.config)
   else:
     result = semExprWithType(c, evaluated)
     #result = fitNode(c, e.typ, result) inlined with special case:
@@ -296,18 +305,18 @@ proc tryConstExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var e = semExprWithType(c, n)
   if e == nil: return
 
-  result = getConstExpr(c.module, e)
+  result = getConstExpr(c.module, e, c.graph)
   if result != nil: return
 
-  let oldErrorCount = msgs.gErrorCounter
-  let oldErrorMax = msgs.gErrorMax
+  let oldErrorCount = c.config.errorCounter
+  let oldErrorMax = c.config.errorMax
   let oldErrorOutputs = errorOutputs
 
   errorOutputs = {}
-  msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)
+  c.config.errorMax = high(int)
 
   try:
-    result = evalConstExpr(c.module, c.cache, e)
+    result = evalConstExpr(c.module, c.cache, c.graph, e)
     if result == nil or result.kind == nkEmpty:
       result = nil
     else:
@@ -316,26 +325,29 @@ proc tryConstExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   except ERecoverableError:
     result = nil
 
-  msgs.gErrorCounter = oldErrorCount
-  msgs.gErrorMax = oldErrorMax
+  c.config.errorCounter = oldErrorCount
+  c.config.errorMax = oldErrorMax
   errorOutputs = oldErrorOutputs
 
+const
+  errConstExprExpected = "constant expression expected"
+
 proc semConstExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var e = semExprWithType(c, n)
   if e == nil:
-    localError(n.info, errConstExprExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errConstExprExpected)
     return n
-  result = getConstExpr(c.module, e)
+  result = getConstExpr(c.module, e, c.graph)
   if result == nil:
     #if e.kind == nkEmpty: globalError(n.info, errConstExprExpected)
-    result = evalConstExpr(c.module, c.cache, e)
+    result = evalConstExpr(c.module, c.cache, c.graph, e)
     if result == nil or result.kind == nkEmpty:
       if e.info != n.info:
         pushInfoContext(n.info)
-        localError(e.info, errConstExprExpected)
+        localError(c.config, e.info, errConstExprExpected)
         popInfoContext()
       else:
-        localError(e.info, errConstExprExpected)
+        localError(c.config, e.info, errConstExprExpected)
       # error correction:
       result = e
     else:
@@ -350,7 +362,7 @@ proc semExprFlagDispatched(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   else:
     result = semExprWithType(c, n, flags)
     if efPreferStatic in flags:
-      var evaluated = getConstExpr(c.module, result)
+      var evaluated = getConstExpr(c.module, result, c.graph)
       if evaluated != nil: return evaluated
       evaluated = evalAtCompileTime(c, result)
       if evaluated != nil: return evaluated
@@ -372,8 +384,8 @@ proc semAfterMacroCall(c: PContext, call, macroResult: PNode,
   ## reassigned, and binding the unbound identifiers that the macro output
   ## contains.
   inc(evalTemplateCounter)
-  if evalTemplateCounter > 100:
-    globalError(s.info, errTemplateInstantiationTooNested)
+  if evalTemplateCounter > evalTemplateLimit:
+    globalError(c.config, s.info, "template instantiation too nested")
   c.friendModules.add(s.owner.getModule)
 
   result = macroResult
@@ -415,43 +427,46 @@ proc semAfterMacroCall(c: PContext, call, macroResult: PNode,
   dec(evalTemplateCounter)
   discard c.friendModules.pop()
 
+const
+  errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate = "'$1' has unspecified generic parameters"
+
 proc semMacroExpr(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode, sym: PSym,
                   flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   pushInfoContext(nOrig.info)
 
-  markUsed(n.info, sym, c.graph.usageSym)
+  markUsed(c.config, n.info, sym, c.graph.usageSym)
   styleCheckUse(n.info, sym)
   if sym == c.p.owner:
-    globalError(n.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, sym.name.s)
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "recursive dependency: '$1'" % sym.name.s)
 
   let genericParams = if sfImmediate in sym.flags: 0
                       else: sym.ast[genericParamsPos].len
   let suppliedParams = max(n.safeLen - 1, 0)
 
   if suppliedParams < genericParams:
-    globalError(n.info, errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate, n.renderTree)
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, errMissingGenericParamsForTemplate % n.renderTree)
 
   #if c.evalContext == nil:
   #  c.evalContext = c.createEvalContext(emStatic)
-  result = evalMacroCall(c.module, c.cache, n, nOrig, sym)
+  result = evalMacroCall(c.module, c.cache, c.graph, n, nOrig, sym)
   if efNoSemCheck notin flags:
     result = semAfterMacroCall(c, n, result, sym, flags)
   result = wrapInComesFrom(nOrig.info, sym, result)
   popInfoContext()
 
 proc forceBool(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = fitNode(c, getSysType(tyBool), n, n.info)
+  result = fitNode(c, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool), n, n.info)
   if result == nil: result = n
 
 proc semConstBoolExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   let nn = semExprWithType(c, n)
-  result = fitNode(c, getSysType(tyBool), nn, nn.info)
+  result = fitNode(c, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool), nn, nn.info)
   if result == nil:
-    localError(n.info, errConstExprExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errConstExprExpected)
     return nn
-  result = getConstExpr(c.module, result)
+  result = getConstExpr(c.module, result, c.graph)
   if result == nil:
-    localError(n.info, errConstExprExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errConstExprExpected)
     result = nn
 
 proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
@@ -464,14 +479,14 @@ proc addCodeForGenerics(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
     var prc = c.generics[i].inst.sym
     if prc.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter} and prc.magic == mNone:
       if prc.ast == nil or prc.ast.sons[bodyPos] == nil:
-        internalError(prc.info, "no code for " & prc.name.s)
+        internalError(c.config, prc.info, "no code for " & prc.name.s)
       else:
         addSon(n, prc.ast)
   c.lastGenericIdx = c.generics.len
 
 proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
   var c = newContext(graph, module, cache)
-  if c.p != nil: internalError(module.info, "sem.myOpen")
+  if c.p != nil: internalError(graph.config, module.info, "sem.myOpen")
   c.semConstExpr = semConstExpr
   c.semExpr = semExpr
   c.semTryExpr = tryExpr
@@ -489,14 +504,14 @@ proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
   c.importTable = openScope(c)
   c.importTable.addSym(module) # a module knows itself
   if sfSystemModule in module.flags:
-    magicsys.systemModule = module # set global variable!
+    graph.systemModule = module
   c.topLevelScope = openScope(c)
   # don't be verbose unless the module belongs to the main package:
   if module.owner.id == gMainPackageId:
-    gNotes = gMainPackageNotes
+    graph.config.notes = graph.config.mainPackageNotes
   else:
-    if gMainPackageNotes == {}: gMainPackageNotes = gNotes
-    gNotes = ForeignPackageNotes
+    if graph.config.mainPackageNotes == {}: graph.config.mainPackageNotes = graph.config.notes
+    graph.config.notes = graph.config.foreignPackageNotes
   result = c
 
 proc myOpenCached(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; rd: PRodReader): PPassContext =
@@ -505,30 +520,30 @@ proc myOpenCached(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; rd: PRodReader): PPassContex
 proc replayMethodDefs(graph: ModuleGraph; rd: PRodReader) =
   for m in items(rd.methods): methodDef(graph, m, true)
 
-proc isImportSystemStmt(n: PNode): bool =
-  if magicsys.systemModule == nil: return false
+proc isImportSystemStmt(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode): bool =
+  if g.systemModule == nil: return false
   case n.kind
   of nkImportStmt:
     for x in n:
       if x.kind == nkIdent:
-        let f = checkModuleName(x, false)
-        if f == magicsys.systemModule.info.fileIndex:
+        let f = checkModuleName(g.config, x, false)
+        if f == g.systemModule.info.fileIndex:
           return true
   of nkImportExceptStmt, nkFromStmt:
     if n[0].kind == nkIdent:
-      let f = checkModuleName(n[0], false)
-      if f == magicsys.systemModule.info.fileIndex:
+      let f = checkModuleName(g.config, n[0], false)
+      if f == g.systemModule.info.fileIndex:
         return true
   else: discard
 
 proc semStmtAndGenerateGenerics(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   if n.kind == nkDefer:
-    localError(n.info, "defer statement not supported at top level")
-  if c.topStmts == 0 and not isImportSystemStmt(n):
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "defer statement not supported at top level")
+  if c.topStmts == 0 and not isImportSystemStmt(c.graph, n):
     if sfSystemModule notin c.module.flags and
         n.kind notin {nkEmpty, nkCommentStmt}:
-      c.importTable.addSym magicsys.systemModule # import the "System" identifier
-      importAllSymbols(c, magicsys.systemModule)
+      c.importTable.addSym c.graph.systemModule # import the "System" identifier
+      importAllSymbols(c, c.graph.systemModule)
       inc c.topStmts
   else:
     inc c.topStmts
@@ -550,11 +565,11 @@ proc semStmtAndGenerateGenerics(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
         if result.kind != nkEmpty: addSon(a, result)
         result = a
   result = hloStmt(c, result)
-  if gCmd == cmdInteractive and not isEmptyType(result.typ):
+  if c.config.cmd == cmdInteractive and not isEmptyType(result.typ):
     result = buildEchoStmt(c, result)
-  if gCmd == cmdIdeTools:
+  if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools:
     appendToModule(c.module, result)
-  result = transformStmt(c.module, result)
+  result = transformStmt(c.graph, c.module, result)
 
 proc recoverContext(c: PContext) =
   # clean up in case of a semantic error: We clean up the stacks, etc. This is
@@ -567,7 +582,7 @@ proc recoverContext(c: PContext) =
 proc myProcess(context: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var c = PContext(context)
   # no need for an expensive 'try' if we stop after the first error anyway:
-  if msgs.gErrorMax <= 1:
+  if c.config.errorMax <= 1:
     result = semStmtAndGenerateGenerics(c, n)
   else:
     let oldContextLen = msgs.getInfoContextLen()
@@ -583,15 +598,16 @@ proc myProcess(context: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
         result = nil
       else:
         result = ast.emptyNode
-      #if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: findSuggest(c, n)
+      #if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools: findSuggest(c, n)
+  rod.storeNode(c.module, result)
 
 proc testExamples(c: PContext) =
   let inp = toFullPath(c.module.info)
   let outp = inp.changeFileExt"" & "_examples.nim"
   renderModule(c.runnableExamples, inp, outp)
-  let backend = if isDefined("js"): "js"
-                elif isDefined("cpp"): "cpp"
-                elif isDefined("objc"): "objc"
+  let backend = if isDefined(c.config, "js"): "js"
+                elif isDefined(c.config, "cpp"): "cpp"
+                elif isDefined(c.config, "objc"): "objc"
                 else: "c"
   if os.execShellCmd("nim " & backend & " -r " & outp) != 0:
     quit "[Examples] failed"
@@ -599,13 +615,13 @@ proc testExamples(c: PContext) =
 
 proc myClose(graph: ModuleGraph; context: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var c = PContext(context)
-  if gCmd == cmdIdeTools and not c.suggestionsMade:
+  if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools and not c.suggestionsMade:
     suggestSentinel(c)
   closeScope(c)         # close module's scope
   rawCloseScope(c)      # imported symbols; don't check for unused ones!
   result = newNode(nkStmtList)
   if n != nil:
-    internalError(n.info, "n is not nil") #result := n;
+    internalError(c.config, n.info, "n is not nil") #result := n;
   addCodeForGenerics(c, result)
   if c.module.ast != nil:
     result.add(c.module.ast)
@@ -613,6 +629,8 @@ proc myClose(graph: ModuleGraph; context: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     replayMethodDefs(graph, c.rd)
   popOwner(c)
   popProcCon(c)
+  storeRemaining(c.module)
   if c.runnableExamples != nil: testExamples(c)
 
-const semPass* = makePass(myOpen, myOpenCached, myProcess, myClose)
+const semPass* = makePass(myOpen, myOpenCached, myProcess, myClose,
+                          isFrontend = true)
diff --git a/compiler/semasgn.nim b/compiler/semasgn.nim
index 67af6ade7..f0fde195c 100644
--- a/compiler/semasgn.nim
+++ b/compiler/semasgn.nim
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ proc at(a, i: PNode, elemType: PType): PNode =
 
 proc liftBodyTup(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   for i in 0 ..< t.len:
-    let lit = lowerings.newIntLit(i)
+    let lit = lowerings.newIntLit(c.c.graph, x.info, i)
     liftBodyAux(c, t.sons[i], body, x.at(lit, t.sons[i]), y.at(lit, t.sons[i]))
 
 proc dotField(x: PNode, f: PSym): PNode =
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ proc liftBodyObj(c: var TLiftCtx; n, body, x, y: PNode) =
       liftBodyObj(c, n[i].lastSon, branch.sons[L-1], x, y)
       caseStmt.add(branch)
     body.add(caseStmt)
-    localError(c.info, "cannot lift assignment operator to 'case' object")
+    localError(c.c.config, c.info, "cannot lift assignment operator to 'case' object")
   of nkRecList:
     for t in items(n): liftBodyObj(c, t, body, x, y)
   else:
-    illFormedAstLocal(n)
+    illFormedAstLocal(n, c.c.config)
 
 proc genAddr(c: PContext; x: PNode): PNode =
   if x.kind == nkHiddenDeref:
-    checkSonsLen(x, 1)
+    checkSonsLen(x, 1, c.config)
     result = x.sons[0]
   else:
     result = newNodeIT(nkHiddenAddr, x.info, makeVarType(c, x.typ))
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ proc genAddr(c: PContext; x: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc newAsgnCall(c: PContext; op: PSym; x, y: PNode): PNode =
   if sfError in op.flags:
-    localError(x.info, errWrongSymbolX, op.name.s)
+    localError(c.config, x.info, "usage of '$1' is a user-defined error" % op.name.s)
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, x.info)
   result.add newSymNode(op)
   result.add genAddr(c, x)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ proc newOpCall(op: PSym; x: PNode): PNode =
 proc destructorCall(c: PContext; op: PSym; x: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeIT(nkCall, x.info, op.typ.sons[0])
   result.add(newSymNode(op))
-  if newDestructors:
+  if destructor in c.features:
     result.add genAddr(c, x)
   else:
     result.add x
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ proc considerAsgnOrSink(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode;
       op = field
       if op == nil:
         op = liftBody(c.c, t, c.kind, c.info)
-    markUsed(c.info, op, c.c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.c.config, c.info, op, c.c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(c.info, op)
     body.add newAsgnCall(c.c, op, x, y)
     result = true
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ proc considerOverloadedOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode): bool =
   of attachedDestructor:
     let op = t.destructor
     if op != nil:
-      markUsed(c.info, op, c.c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(c.c.config, c.info, op, c.c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(c.info, op)
       body.add destructorCall(c.c, op, x)
       result = true
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ proc considerOverloadedOp(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode): bool =
   of attachedDeepCopy:
     let op = t.deepCopy
     if op != nil:
-      markUsed(c.info, op, c.c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(c.c.config, c.info, op, c.c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(c.info, op)
       body.add newDeepCopyCall(op, x, y)
       result = true
@@ -163,37 +163,37 @@ proc addVar(father, v, value: PNode) =
 
 proc declareCounter(c: var TLiftCtx; body: PNode; first: BiggestInt): PNode =
   var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(lowerings.genPrefix), c.fn, c.info)
-  temp.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
+  temp.typ = getSysType(c.c.graph, body.info, tyInt)
   incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
 
   var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, c.info)
   result = newSymNode(temp)
-  v.addVar(result, lowerings.newIntLit(first))
+  v.addVar(result, lowerings.newIntLit(c.c.graph, body.info, first))
   body.add v
 
-proc genBuiltin(magic: TMagic; name: string; i: PNode): PNode =
+proc genBuiltin(g: ModuleGraph; magic: TMagic; name: string; i: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, i.info)
-  result.add createMagic(name, magic).newSymNode
+  result.add createMagic(g, name, magic).newSymNode
   result.add i
 
 proc genWhileLoop(c: var TLiftCtx; i, dest: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkWhileStmt, c.info, 2)
-  let cmp = genBuiltin(mLeI, "<=", i)
-  cmp.add genHigh(dest)
-  cmp.typ = getSysType(tyBool)
+  let cmp = genBuiltin(c.c.graph, mLeI, "<=", i)
+  cmp.add genHigh(c.c.graph, dest)
+  cmp.typ = getSysType(c.c.graph, c.info, tyBool)
   result.sons[0] = cmp
   result.sons[1] = newNodeI(nkStmtList, c.info)
 
-proc addIncStmt(body, i: PNode) =
-  let incCall = genBuiltin(mInc, "inc", i)
-  incCall.add lowerings.newIntLit(1)
+proc addIncStmt(c: var TLiftCtx; body, i: PNode) =
+  let incCall = genBuiltin(c.c.graph, mInc, "inc", i)
+  incCall.add lowerings.newIntLit(c.c.graph, c.info, 1)
   body.add incCall
 
 proc newSeqCall(c: PContext; x, y: PNode): PNode =
   # don't call genAddr(c, x) here:
-  result = genBuiltin(mNewSeq, "newSeq", x)
-  let lenCall = genBuiltin(mLengthSeq, "len", y)
-  lenCall.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
+  result = genBuiltin(c.graph, mNewSeq, "newSeq", x)
+  let lenCall = genBuiltin(c.graph, mLengthSeq, "len", y)
+  lenCall.typ = getSysType(c.graph, x.info, tyInt)
   result.add lenCall
 
 proc liftBodyAux(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ proc liftBodyAux(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       let elemType = t.lastSon
       liftBodyAux(c, elemType, whileLoop.sons[1], x.at(i, elemType),
                                                   y.at(i, elemType))
-      addIncStmt(whileLoop.sons[1], i)
+      addIncStmt(c, whileLoop.sons[1], i)
       body.add whileLoop
     else:
       defaultOp(c, t, body, x, y)
@@ -231,20 +231,20 @@ proc liftBodyAux(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
       # have to go through some indirection; we delegate this to the codegen:
       let call = newNodeI(nkCall, c.info, 2)
       call.typ = t
-      call.sons[0] = newSymNode(createMagic("deepCopy", mDeepCopy))
+      call.sons[0] = newSymNode(createMagic(c.c.graph, "deepCopy", mDeepCopy))
       call.sons[1] = y
       body.add newAsgnStmt(x, call)
   of tyVarargs, tyOpenArray:
-    localError(c.info, errGenerated, "cannot copy openArray")
+    localError(c.c.config, c.info, "cannot copy openArray")
   of tyFromExpr, tyProxy, tyBuiltInTypeClass, tyUserTypeClass,
      tyUserTypeClassInst, tyCompositeTypeClass, tyAnd, tyOr, tyNot, tyAnything,
      tyGenericParam, tyGenericBody, tyNil, tyExpr, tyStmt,
      tyTypeDesc, tyGenericInvocation, tyForward:
-    internalError(c.info, "assignment requested for type: " & typeToString(t))
+    internalError(c.c.config, c.info, "assignment requested for type: " & typeToString(t))
   of tyOrdinal, tyRange, tyInferred,
-     tyGenericInst, tyStatic, tyVar, tyAlias:
+     tyGenericInst, tyStatic, tyVar, tyLent, tyAlias, tySink:
     liftBodyAux(c, lastSon(t), body, x, y)
-  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef, tyUnused1, tyUnused2: internalError("liftBodyAux")
+  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef: internalError(c.c.config, "liftBodyAux")
 
 proc newProcType(info: TLineInfo; owner: PSym): PType =
   result = newType(tyProc, owner)
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ proc liftBody(c: PContext; typ: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
 
 
 proc getAsgnOrLiftBody(c: PContext; typ: PType; info: TLineInfo): PSym =
-  let t = typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyAlias})
+  let t = typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyAlias, tySink})
   result = t.assignment
   if result.isNil:
     result = liftBody(c, t, attachedAsgn, info)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ proc liftTypeBoundOps*(c: PContext; typ: PType; info: TLineInfo) =
   ## In the semantic pass this is called in strategic places
   ## to ensure we lift assignment, destructors and moves properly.
   ## The later 'destroyer' pass depends on it.
-  if not newDestructors or not hasDestructor(typ): return
+  if destructor notin c.features or not hasDestructor(typ): return
   when false:
     # do not produce wrong liftings while we're still instantiating generics:
     # now disabled; breaks topttree.nim!
diff --git a/compiler/semcall.nim b/compiler/semcall.nim
index a51b9afe3..df99d6c24 100644
--- a/compiler/semcall.nim
+++ b/compiler/semcall.nim
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ proc pickBestCandidate(c: PContext, headSymbol: PNode,
                        filter: TSymKinds,
                        best, alt: var TCandidate,
                        errors: var CandidateErrors,
-                       diagnosticsFlag = false) =
+                       diagnosticsFlag: bool,
+                       errorsEnabled: bool) =
   var o: TOverloadIter
   var sym = initOverloadIter(o, c, headSymbol)
   var scope = o.lastOverloadScope
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ proc pickBestCandidate(c: PContext, headSymbol: PNode,
   # This can occur in cases like 'init(a, 1, (var b = new(Type2); b))'
   let counterInitial = c.currentScope.symbols.counter
   var syms: seq[tuple[s: PSym, scope: int]]
+  var noSyms = true
   var nextSymIndex = 0
   while sym != nil:
     if sym.kind in filter:
@@ -102,17 +104,19 @@ proc pickBestCandidate(c: PContext, headSymbol: PNode,
           var cmp = cmpCandidates(best, z)
           if cmp < 0: best = z   # x is better than the best so far
           elif cmp == 0: alt = z # x is as good as the best so far
-      elif errors != nil or z.diagnostics != nil:
+      elif errorsEnabled or z.diagnosticsEnabled:
         errors.safeAdd(CandidateError(
           sym: sym,
           unmatchedVarParam: int z.mutabilityProblem,
+          firstMismatch: z.firstMismatch,
           diagnostics: z.diagnostics))
     else:
       # Symbol table has been modified. Restart and pre-calculate all syms
       # before any further candidate init and compare. SLOW, but rare case.
       syms = initCandidateSymbols(c, headSymbol, initialBinding, filter,
                                   best, alt, o, diagnosticsFlag)
-    if syms == nil:
+      noSyms = false
+    if noSyms:
       sym = nextOverloadIter(o, c, headSymbol)
       scope = o.lastOverloadScope
     elif nextSymIndex < syms.len:
@@ -123,6 +127,20 @@ proc pickBestCandidate(c: PContext, headSymbol: PNode,
     else:
       break
 
+proc effectProblem(f, a: PType; result: var string) =
+  if f.kind == tyProc and a.kind == tyProc:
+    if tfThread in f.flags and tfThread notin a.flags:
+      result.add "\n  This expression is not GC-safe. Annotate the " &
+          "proc with {.gcsafe.} to get extended error information."
+    elif tfNoSideEffect in f.flags and tfNoSideEffect notin a.flags:
+      result.add "\n  This expression can have side effects. Annotate the " &
+          "proc with {.noSideEffect.} to get extended error information."
+
+proc renderNotLValue(n: PNode): string =
+  result = $n
+  if n.kind in {nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkHiddenCallConv} and n.len == 2:
+    result = typeToString(n.typ.skipTypes(abstractVar)) & "(" & result & ")"
+
 proc presentFailedCandidates(c: PContext, n: PNode, errors: CandidateErrors):
                             (TPreferedDesc, string) =
   var prefer = preferName
@@ -154,32 +172,61 @@ proc presentFailedCandidates(c: PContext, n: PNode, errors: CandidateErrors):
     else:
       add(candidates, err.sym.getProcHeader(prefer))
     add(candidates, "\n")
+    if err.firstMismatch != 0 and n.len > 1:
+      let cond = n.len > 2
+      if cond:
+        candidates.add("  first type mismatch at position: " & $err.firstMismatch &
+          "\n  required type: ")
+      var wanted, got: PType = nil
+      if err.firstMismatch < err.sym.typ.len:
+        wanted = err.sym.typ.sons[err.firstMismatch]
+        if cond: candidates.add typeToString(wanted)
+      else:
+        if cond: candidates.add "none"
+      if err.firstMismatch < n.len:
+        if cond:
+          candidates.add "\n  but expression '"
+          candidates.add renderTree(n[err.firstMismatch])
+          candidates.add "' is of type: "
+        got = n[err.firstMismatch].typ
+        if cond: candidates.add typeToString(got)
+      if wanted != nil and got != nil:
+        effectProblem(wanted, got, candidates)
+      if cond: candidates.add "\n"
     if err.unmatchedVarParam != 0 and err.unmatchedVarParam < n.len:
-      add(candidates, "for a 'var' type a variable needs to be passed, but '" &
-                      renderTree(n[err.unmatchedVarParam]) & "' is immutable\n")
+      candidates.add("  for a 'var' type a variable needs to be passed, but '" &
+                      renderNotLValue(n[err.unmatchedVarParam]) &
+                      "' is immutable\n")
     for diag in err.diagnostics:
-      add(candidates, diag & "\n")
+      candidates.add(diag & "\n")
 
   result = (prefer, candidates)
 
+const
+  errTypeMismatch = "type mismatch: got <"
+  errButExpected = "but expected one of: "
+  errUndeclaredField = "undeclared field: '$1'"
+  errUndeclaredRoutine = "attempting to call undeclared routine: '$1'"
+  errAmbiguousCallXYZ = "ambiguous call; both $1 and $2 match for: $3"
+
 proc notFoundError*(c: PContext, n: PNode, errors: CandidateErrors) =
   # Gives a detailed error message; this is separated from semOverloadedCall,
   # as semOverlodedCall is already pretty slow (and we need this information
   # only in case of an error).
   if errorOutputs == {}:
     # fail fast:
-    globalError(n.info, errTypeMismatch, "")
-  if errors.isNil or errors.len == 0:
-    localError(n.info, errExprXCannotBeCalled, n[0].renderTree)
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "type mismatch")
+  if errors.len == 0:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "expression '$1' cannot be called" % n[0].renderTree)
     return
 
   let (prefer, candidates) = presentFailedCandidates(c, n, errors)
-  var result = msgKindToString(errTypeMismatch)
+  var result = errTypeMismatch
   add(result, describeArgs(c, n, 1, prefer))
-  add(result, ')')
+  add(result, '>')
   if candidates != "":
-    add(result, "\n" & msgKindToString(errButExpected) & "\n" & candidates)
-  localError(n.info, errGenerated, result & "\nexpression: " & $n)
+    add(result, "\n" & errButExpected & "\n" & candidates)
+  localError(c.config, n.info, result & "\nexpression: " & $n)
 
 proc bracketNotFoundError(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
   var errors: CandidateErrors = @[]
@@ -189,22 +236,25 @@ proc bracketNotFoundError(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
   while symx != nil:
     if symx.kind in routineKinds:
       errors.add(CandidateError(sym: symx,
-                                unmatchedVarParam: 0,
-                                diagnostics: nil))
+                                unmatchedVarParam: 0, firstMismatch: 0,
+                                diagnostics: nil,
+                                enabled: false))
     symx = nextOverloadIter(o, c, headSymbol)
   if errors.len == 0:
-    localError(n.info, "could not resolve: " & $n)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "could not resolve: " & $n)
   else:
     notFoundError(c, n, errors)
 
 proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
                       filter: TSymKinds, flags: TExprFlags,
-                      errors: var CandidateErrors): TCandidate =
+                      errors: var CandidateErrors,
+                      errorsEnabled: bool): TCandidate =
   var initialBinding: PNode
   var alt: TCandidate
   var f = n.sons[0]
   if f.kind == nkBracketExpr:
     # fill in the bindings:
+    semOpAux(c, f)
     initialBinding = f
     f = f.sons[0]
   else:
@@ -212,7 +262,8 @@ proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
 
   template pickBest(headSymbol) =
     pickBestCandidate(c, headSymbol, n, orig, initialBinding,
-                      filter, result, alt, errors, efExplain in flags)
+                      filter, result, alt, errors, efExplain in flags,
+                      errorsEnabled)
   pickBest(f)
 
   let overloadsState = result.state
@@ -234,7 +285,7 @@ proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
       else: return
 
     if nfDotField in n.flags:
-      internalAssert f.kind == nkIdent and n.sonsLen >= 2
+      internalAssert c.config, f.kind == nkIdent and n.len >= 2
 
       # leave the op head symbol empty,
       # we are going to try multiple variants
@@ -263,13 +314,13 @@ proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
 
     if overloadsState == csEmpty and result.state == csEmpty:
       if nfDotField in n.flags and nfExplicitCall notin n.flags:
-        localError(n.info, errUndeclaredField, considerQuotedIdent(f).s)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errUndeclaredField % considerQuotedIdent(c.config, f, n).s)
       else:
-        localError(n.info, errUndeclaredRoutine, considerQuotedIdent(f).s)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errUndeclaredRoutine % considerQuotedIdent(c.config, f, n).s)
       return
     elif result.state != csMatch:
       if nfExprCall in n.flags:
-        localError(n.info, errExprXCannotBeCalled,
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "expression '$1' cannot be called" %
                    renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
       else:
         if {nfDotField, nfDotSetter} * n.flags != {}:
@@ -279,13 +330,13 @@ proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
       return
   if alt.state == csMatch and cmpCandidates(result, alt) == 0 and
       not sameMethodDispatcher(result.calleeSym, alt.calleeSym):
-    internalAssert result.state == csMatch
+    internalAssert c.config, result.state == csMatch
     #writeMatches(result)
     #writeMatches(alt)
     if errorOutputs == {}:
       # quick error message for performance of 'compiles' built-in:
-      globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "ambiguous call")
-    elif gErrorCounter == 0:
+      globalError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "ambiguous call")
+    elif c.config.errorCounter == 0:
       # don't cascade errors
       var args = "("
       for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
@@ -293,7 +344,7 @@ proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
         add(args, typeToString(n.sons[i].typ))
       add(args, ")")
 
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, msgKindToString(errAmbiguousCallXYZ) % [
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errAmbiguousCallXYZ % [
         getProcHeader(result.calleeSym), getProcHeader(alt.calleeSym),
         args])
 
@@ -334,7 +385,7 @@ proc inferWithMetatype(c: PContext, formal: PType,
     result.typ = generateTypeInstance(c, m.bindings, arg.info,
                                       formal.skipTypes({tyCompositeTypeClass}))
   else:
-    typeMismatch(arg.info, formal, arg.typ)
+    typeMismatch(c.config, arg.info, formal, arg.typ)
     # error correction:
     result = copyTree(arg)
     result.typ = formal
@@ -342,7 +393,7 @@ proc inferWithMetatype(c: PContext, formal: PType,
 proc semResolvedCall(c: PContext, n: PNode, x: TCandidate): PNode =
   assert x.state == csMatch
   var finalCallee = x.calleeSym
-  markUsed(n.sons[0].info, finalCallee, c.graph.usageSym)
+  markUsed(c.config, n.sons[0].info, finalCallee, c.graph.usageSym)
   styleCheckUse(n.sons[0].info, finalCallee)
   assert finalCallee.ast != nil
   if x.hasFauxMatch:
@@ -368,7 +419,7 @@ proc semResolvedCall(c: PContext, n: PNode, x: TCandidate): PNode =
         of skType:
           x.call.add newSymNode(s, n.info)
         else:
-          internalAssert false
+          internalAssert c.config, false
 
   result = x.call
   instGenericConvertersSons(c, result, x)
@@ -377,7 +428,7 @@ proc semResolvedCall(c: PContext, n: PNode, x: TCandidate): PNode =
 
 proc canDeref(n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   result = n.len >= 2 and (let t = n[1].typ;
-    t != nil and t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind in {tyPtr, tyRef})
+    t != nil and t.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind in {tyPtr, tyRef})
 
 proc tryDeref(n: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkHiddenDeref, n.info)
@@ -386,18 +437,17 @@ proc tryDeref(n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc semOverloadedCall(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
                        filter: TSymKinds, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
-  var errors: CandidateErrors = if efExplain in flags: @[]
-                                else: nil
-  var r = resolveOverloads(c, n, nOrig, filter, flags, errors)
+  var errors: CandidateErrors = if efExplain in flags: @[] else: nil
+  var r = resolveOverloads(c, n, nOrig, filter, flags, errors, efExplain in flags)
   if r.state == csMatch:
     # this may be triggered, when the explain pragma is used
     if errors.len > 0:
       let (_, candidates) = presentFailedCandidates(c, n, errors)
-      message(n.info, hintUserRaw,
+      message(c.config, n.info, hintUserRaw,
               "Non-matching candidates for " & renderTree(n) & "\n" &
               candidates)
     result = semResolvedCall(c, n, r)
-  elif experimentalMode(c) and canDeref(n):
+  elif implicitDeref in c.features and canDeref(n):
     # try to deref the first argument and then try overloading resolution again:
     #
     # XXX: why is this here?
@@ -406,7 +456,7 @@ proc semOverloadedCall(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
     # into sigmatch with hidden conversion produced there
     #
     n.sons[1] = n.sons[1].tryDeref
-    var r = resolveOverloads(c, n, nOrig, filter, flags, errors)
+    var r = resolveOverloads(c, n, nOrig, filter, flags, errors, efExplain in flags)
     if r.state == csMatch: result = semResolvedCall(c, n, r)
     else:
       # get rid of the deref again for a better error message:
@@ -426,8 +476,8 @@ proc semOverloadedCall(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
     else:
       notFoundError(c, n, errors)
 
-proc explicitGenericInstError(n: PNode): PNode =
-  localError(n.info, errCannotInstantiateX, renderTree(n))
+proc explicitGenericInstError(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
+  localError(c.config, n.info, errCannotInstantiateX % renderTree(n))
   result = n
 
 proc explicitGenericSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode =
@@ -442,7 +492,7 @@ proc explicitGenericSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode =
     if tm in {isNone, isConvertible}: return nil
   var newInst = generateInstance(c, s, m.bindings, n.info)
   newInst.typ.flags.excl tfUnresolved
-  markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+  markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
   styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
   result = newSymNode(newInst, n.info)
 
@@ -458,11 +508,11 @@ proc explicitGenericInstantiation(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode =
     # number of generic type parameters:
     if safeLen(s.ast.sons[genericParamsPos]) != n.len-1:
       let expected = safeLen(s.ast.sons[genericParamsPos])
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot instantiate: " & renderTree(n) &
-         "; got " & $(n.len-1) & " type(s) but expected " & $expected)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "cannot instantiate: '" & renderTree(n) &
+         "'; got " & $(n.len-1) & " type(s) but expected " & $expected)
       return n
     result = explicitGenericSym(c, n, s)
-    if result == nil: result = explicitGenericInstError(n)
+    if result == nil: result = explicitGenericInstError(c, n)
   elif a.kind in {nkClosedSymChoice, nkOpenSymChoice}:
     # choose the generic proc with the proper number of type parameters.
     # XXX I think this could be improved by reusing sigmatch.paramTypesMatch.
@@ -480,10 +530,10 @@ proc explicitGenericInstantiation(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode =
     # get rid of nkClosedSymChoice if not ambiguous:
     if result.len == 1 and a.kind == nkClosedSymChoice:
       result = result[0]
-    elif result.len == 0: result = explicitGenericInstError(n)
-    # candidateCount != 1: return explicitGenericInstError(n)
+    elif result.len == 0: result = explicitGenericInstError(c, n)
+    # candidateCount != 1: return explicitGenericInstError(c, n)
   else:
-    result = explicitGenericInstError(n)
+    result = explicitGenericInstError(c, n)
 
 proc searchForBorrowProc(c: PContext, startScope: PScope, fn: PSym): PSym =
   # Searchs for the fn in the symbol table. If the parameter lists are suitable
diff --git a/compiler/semdata.nim b/compiler/semdata.nim
index 8affee649..12ac19ca3 100644
--- a/compiler/semdata.nim
+++ b/compiler/semdata.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import
   wordrecg,
   ropes, msgs, platform, os, condsyms, idents, renderer, types, extccomp, math,
   magicsys, nversion, nimsets, parser, times, passes, rodread, vmdef,
-  modulegraphs
+  modulegraphs, configuration
 
 type
   TOptionEntry* = object      # entries to put on a stack for pragma parsing
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ type
       # to the user.
     efWantStmt, efAllowStmt, efDetermineType, efExplain,
     efAllowDestructor, efWantValue, efOperand, efNoSemCheck,
-    efNoProcvarCheck, efNoEvaluateGeneric, efInCall, efFromHlo,
+    efNoEvaluateGeneric, efInCall, efFromHlo
 
   TExprFlags* = set[TExprFlag]
 
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ type
     ambiguousSymbols*: IntSet  # ids of all ambiguous symbols (cannot
                                # store this info in the syms themselves!)
     inGenericContext*: int     # > 0 if we are in a generic type
+    inStaticContext*: int      # > 0 if we are inside a static: block
     inUnrolledContext*: int    # > 0 if we are unrolling a loop
     compilesContextId*: int    # > 0 if we are in a ``compiles`` magic
     compilesContextIdGenerator*: int
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ type
     signatures*: TStrTable
     recursiveDep*: string
     suggestionsMade*: bool
+    features*: set[Feature]
     inTypeContext*: int
     typesWithOps*: seq[(PType, PType)] #\
       # We need to instantiate the type bound ops lazily after
@@ -138,13 +140,15 @@ type
       # would otherwise fail.
     runnableExamples*: PNode
 
+template config*(c: PContext): ConfigRef = c.graph.config
+
 proc makeInstPair*(s: PSym, inst: PInstantiation): TInstantiationPair =
   result.genericSym = s
   result.inst = inst
 
 proc filename*(c: PContext): string =
   # the module's filename
-  return c.module.filename
+  return toFilename(FileIndex c.module.position)
 
 proc scopeDepth*(c: PContext): int {.inline.} =
   result = if c.currentScope != nil: c.currentScope.depthLevel
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ proc pushOwner*(c: PContext; owner: PSym) =
 proc popOwner*(c: PContext) =
   var length = len(c.graph.owners)
   if length > 0: setLen(c.graph.owners, length - 1)
-  else: internalError("popOwner")
+  else: internalError(c.config, "popOwner")
 
 proc lastOptionEntry*(c: PContext): POptionEntry =
   result = c.optionStack[^1]
@@ -199,19 +203,19 @@ proc considerGenSyms*(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
     for i in 0..<n.safeLen:
       considerGenSyms(c, n.sons[i])
 
-proc newOptionEntry*(): POptionEntry =
+proc newOptionEntry*(conf: ConfigRef): POptionEntry =
   new(result)
-  result.options = gOptions
+  result.options = conf.options
   result.defaultCC = ccDefault
   result.dynlib = nil
-  result.notes = gNotes
+  result.notes = conf.notes
 
 proc newContext*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PContext =
   new(result)
   result.ambiguousSymbols = initIntSet()
   result.optionStack = @[]
   result.libs = @[]
-  result.optionStack.add(newOptionEntry())
+  result.optionStack.add(newOptionEntry(graph.config))
   result.module = module
   result.friendModules = @[module]
   result.converters = @[]
@@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ proc newContext*(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PContext
   result.graph = graph
   initStrTable(result.signatures)
   result.typesWithOps = @[]
-
+  result.features = graph.config.features
 
 proc inclSym(sq: var TSymSeq, s: PSym) =
   var L = len(sq)
@@ -254,36 +258,37 @@ proc newTypeS*(kind: TTypeKind, c: PContext): PType =
 
 proc makePtrType*(c: PContext, baseType: PType): PType =
   result = newTypeS(tyPtr, c)
-  addSonSkipIntLit(result, baseType.assertNotNil)
+  addSonSkipIntLit(result, baseType)
 
 proc makeTypeWithModifier*(c: PContext,
                            modifier: TTypeKind,
                            baseType: PType): PType =
-  assert modifier in {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyStatic, tyTypeDesc}
+  assert modifier in {tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef, tyStatic, tyTypeDesc}
 
-  if modifier in {tyVar, tyTypeDesc} and baseType.kind == modifier:
+  if modifier in {tyVar, tyLent, tyTypeDesc} and baseType.kind == modifier:
     result = baseType
   else:
     result = newTypeS(modifier, c)
-    addSonSkipIntLit(result, baseType.assertNotNil)
+    addSonSkipIntLit(result, baseType)
 
-proc makeVarType*(c: PContext, baseType: PType): PType =
-  if baseType.kind == tyVar:
+proc makeVarType*(c: PContext, baseType: PType; kind = tyVar): PType =
+  if baseType.kind == kind:
     result = baseType
   else:
-    result = newTypeS(tyVar, c)
-    addSonSkipIntLit(result, baseType.assertNotNil)
+    result = newTypeS(kind, c)
+    addSonSkipIntLit(result, baseType)
 
 proc makeTypeDesc*(c: PContext, typ: PType): PType =
   if typ.kind == tyTypeDesc:
     result = typ
   else:
     result = newTypeS(tyTypeDesc, c)
-    result.addSonSkipIntLit(typ.assertNotNil)
+    result.addSonSkipIntLit(typ)
 
 proc makeTypeSymNode*(c: PContext, typ: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   let typedesc = makeTypeDesc(c, typ)
-  let sym = newSym(skType, c.cache.idAnon, getCurrOwner(c), info).linkTo(typedesc)
+  let sym = newSym(skType, c.cache.idAnon, getCurrOwner(c), info,
+                   c.config.options).linkTo(typedesc)
   return newSymNode(sym, info)
 
 proc makeTypeFromExpr*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
@@ -338,21 +343,20 @@ proc makeNotType*(c: PContext, t1: PType): PType =
   result.flags.incl(t1.flags * {tfHasStatic})
   result.flags.incl tfHasMeta
 
-proc nMinusOne*(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc nMinusOne(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNode(nkCall, n.info, @[
-    newSymNode(getSysMagic("pred", mPred)),
-    n])
+    newSymNode(getSysMagic(c.graph, n.info, "pred", mPred)), n])
 
 # Remember to fix the procs below this one when you make changes!
 proc makeRangeWithStaticExpr*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
-  let intType = getSysType(tyInt)
+  let intType = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt)
   result = newTypeS(tyRange, c)
   result.sons = @[intType]
   if n.typ != nil and n.typ.n == nil:
     result.flags.incl tfUnresolved
   result.n = newNode(nkRange, n.info, @[
     newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, 0, intType),
-    makeStaticExpr(c, n.nMinusOne)])
+    makeStaticExpr(c, nMinusOne(c, n))])
 
 template rangeHasUnresolvedStatic*(t: PType): bool =
   tfUnresolved in t.flags
@@ -371,7 +375,8 @@ proc fillTypeS*(dest: PType, kind: TTypeKind, c: PContext) =
   dest.size = - 1
 
 proc makeRangeType*(c: PContext; first, last: BiggestInt;
-                    info: TLineInfo; intType = getSysType(tyInt)): PType =
+                    info: TLineInfo; intType: PType = nil): PType =
+  let intType = if intType != nil: intType else: getSysType(c.graph, info, tyInt)
   var n = newNodeI(nkRange, info)
   addSon(n, newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, first, intType))
   addSon(n, newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, last, intType))
@@ -384,20 +389,17 @@ proc markIndirect*(c: PContext, s: PSym) {.inline.} =
     incl(s.flags, sfAddrTaken)
     # XXX add to 'c' for global analysis
 
-proc illFormedAst*(n: PNode) =
-  globalError(n.info, errIllFormedAstX, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
+proc illFormedAst*(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  globalError(conf, n.info, errIllFormedAstX, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
 
-proc illFormedAstLocal*(n: PNode) =
-  localError(n.info, errIllFormedAstX, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
+proc illFormedAstLocal*(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  localError(conf, n.info, errIllFormedAstX, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
 
-proc checkSonsLen*(n: PNode, length: int) =
-  if sonsLen(n) != length: illFormedAst(n)
+proc checkSonsLen*(n: PNode, length: int; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  if sonsLen(n) != length: illFormedAst(n, conf)
 
-proc checkMinSonsLen*(n: PNode, length: int) =
-  if sonsLen(n) < length: illFormedAst(n)
+proc checkMinSonsLen*(n: PNode, length: int; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  if sonsLen(n) < length: illFormedAst(n, conf)
 
 proc isTopLevel*(c: PContext): bool {.inline.} =
   result = c.currentScope.depthLevel <= 2
-
-proc experimentalMode*(c: PContext): bool {.inline.} =
-  result = gExperimentalMode or sfExperimental in c.module.flags
diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index 51e75e91f..92b9c365a 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -10,12 +10,24 @@
 # this module does the semantic checking for expressions
 # included from sem.nim
 
+const
+  errExprXHasNoType = "expression '$1' has no type (or is ambiguous)"
+  errXExpectsTypeOrValue = "'$1' expects a type or value"
+  errVarForOutParamNeededX = "for a 'var' type a variable needs to be passed; but '$1' is immutable"
+  errXStackEscape = "address of '$1' may not escape its stack frame"
+  errExprHasNoAddress = "expression has no address; maybe use 'unsafeAddr'"
+  errCannotInterpretNodeX = "cannot evaluate '$1'"
+  errNamedExprExpected = "named expression expected"
+  errNamedExprNotAllowed = "named expression not allowed here"
+  errFieldInitTwice = "field initialized twice: '$1'"
+  errUndeclaredFieldX = "undeclared field: '$1'"
+
 proc semTemplateExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym,
                      flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
-  markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+  markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
   styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
   pushInfoContext(n.info)
-  result = evalTemplate(n, s, getCurrOwner(c), efFromHlo in flags)
+  result = evalTemplate(n, s, getCurrOwner(c), c.config, efFromHlo in flags)
   if efNoSemCheck notin flags: result = semAfterMacroCall(c, n, result, s, flags)
   popInfoContext()
 
@@ -31,12 +43,12 @@ proc semOperand(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   if result.typ != nil:
     # XXX tyGenericInst here?
     if result.typ.kind == tyProc and tfUnresolved in result.typ.flags:
-      localError(n.info, errProcHasNoConcreteType, n.renderTree)
-    if result.typ.kind == tyVar: result = newDeref(result)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errProcHasNoConcreteType % n.renderTree)
+    if result.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}: result = newDeref(result)
   elif {efWantStmt, efAllowStmt} * flags != {}:
     result.typ = newTypeS(tyVoid, c)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errExprXHasNoType,
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errExprXHasNoType %
                renderTree(result, {renderNoComments}))
     result.typ = errorType(c)
 
@@ -47,12 +59,11 @@ proc semExprWithType(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
     #raiseRecoverableError("")
     result = errorNode(c, n)
   if result.typ == nil or result.typ == enforceVoidContext:
-    localError(n.info, errExprXHasNoType,
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errExprXHasNoType %
                 renderTree(result, {renderNoComments}))
     result.typ = errorType(c)
   else:
-    if efNoProcvarCheck notin flags: semProcvarCheck(c, result)
-    if result.typ.kind == tyVar: result = newDeref(result)
+    if result.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}: result = newDeref(result)
 
 proc semExprNoDeref(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   result = semExpr(c, n, flags)
@@ -60,19 +71,17 @@ proc semExprNoDeref(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
     # do not produce another redundant error message:
     result = errorNode(c, n)
   if result.typ == nil:
-    localError(n.info, errExprXHasNoType,
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errExprXHasNoType %
                renderTree(result, {renderNoComments}))
     result.typ = errorType(c)
-  else:
-    semProcvarCheck(c, result)
 
 proc semSymGenericInstantiation(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode =
   result = symChoice(c, n, s, scClosed)
 
-proc inlineConst(n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode {.inline.} =
+proc inlineConst(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode {.inline.} =
   result = copyTree(s.ast)
   if result.isNil:
-    localError(n.info, "constant of type '" & typeToString(s.typ) & "' has no value")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "constant of type '" & typeToString(s.typ) & "' has no value")
     result = newSymNode(s)
   else:
     result.typ = s.typ
@@ -175,15 +184,28 @@ proc maybeLiftType(t: var PType, c: PContext, info: TLineInfo) =
 
 proc semConv(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   if sonsLen(n) != 2:
-    localError(n.info, errConvNeedsOneArg)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "a type conversion takes exactly one argument")
     return n
 
   result = newNodeI(nkConv, n.info)
   var targetType = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[0], nil).skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
   maybeLiftType(targetType, c, n[0].info)
+
+  if targetType.kind in {tySink, tyLent}:
+    let baseType = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], nil).skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
+    let t = newTypeS(targetType.kind, c)
+    t.rawAddSonNoPropagationOfTypeFlags baseType
+    result = newNodeI(nkType, n.info)
+    result.typ = makeTypeDesc(c, t)
+    return
+
   result.addSon copyTree(n.sons[0])
-  var op = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[1])
 
+  # special case to make MyObject(x = 3) produce a nicer error message:
+  if n[1].kind == nkExprEqExpr and
+      targetType.skipTypes(abstractPtrs).kind == tyObject:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "object contruction uses ':', not '='")
+  var op = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[1])
   if targetType.isMetaType:
     let final = inferWithMetatype(c, targetType, op, true)
     result.addSon final
@@ -191,6 +213,8 @@ proc semConv(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     return
 
   result.typ = targetType
+  # XXX op is overwritten later on, this is likely added too early
+  # here or needs to be overwritten too then.
   addSon(result, op)
 
   if not isSymChoice(op):
@@ -200,21 +224,21 @@ proc semConv(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       # handle SomeProcType(SomeGenericProc)
       if op.kind == nkSym and op.sym.isGenericRoutine:
         result.sons[1] = fitNode(c, result.typ, result.sons[1], result.info)
-      elif op.kind == nkPar and targetType.kind == tyTuple:
+      elif op.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr} and targetType.kind == tyTuple:
         op = fitNode(c, targetType, op, result.info)
     of convNotNeedeed:
-      message(n.info, hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded, result.typ.typeToString)
+      message(c.config, n.info, hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded, result.typ.typeToString)
     of convNotLegal:
       result = fitNode(c, result.typ, result.sons[1], result.info)
       if result == nil:
-        localError(n.info, errGenerated, msgKindToString(errIllegalConvFromXtoY)%
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "illegal conversion from '$1' to '$2'" %
           [op.typ.typeToString, result.typ.typeToString])
   else:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(op) - 1):
       let it = op.sons[i]
       let status = checkConvertible(c, result.typ, it.typ)
       if status in {convOK, convNotNeedeed}:
-        markUsed(n.info, it.sym, c.graph.usageSym)
+        markUsed(c.config, n.info, it.sym, c.graph.usageSym)
         styleCheckUse(n.info, it.sym)
         markIndirect(c, it.sym)
         return it
@@ -222,16 +246,16 @@ proc semConv(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc semCast(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   ## Semantically analyze a casting ("cast[type](param)")
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   let targetType = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[0], nil)
   let castedExpr = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[1])
   if tfHasMeta in targetType.flags:
-    localError(n.sons[0].info, errCastToANonConcreteType, $targetType)
+    localError(c.config, n.sons[0].info, "cannot cast to a non concrete type: '$1'" % $targetType)
   if not isCastable(targetType, castedExpr.typ):
     let tar = $targetType
     let alt = typeToString(targetType, preferDesc)
     let msg = if tar != alt: tar & "=" & alt else: tar
-    localError(n.info, errExprCannotBeCastToX, msg)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "expression cannot be cast to " & msg)
   result = newNodeI(nkCast, n.info)
   result.typ = targetType
   addSon(result, copyTree(n.sons[0]))
@@ -241,13 +265,13 @@ proc semLowHigh(c: PContext, n: PNode, m: TMagic): PNode =
   const
     opToStr: array[mLow..mHigh, string] = ["low", "high"]
   if sonsLen(n) != 2:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsTypeOrValue, opToStr[m])
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpectsTypeOrValue % opToStr[m])
   else:
     n.sons[1] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[1], {efDetermineType})
     var typ = skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVarRange + {tyTypeDesc})
     case typ.kind
     of tySequence, tyString, tyCString, tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
-      n.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
+      n.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt)
     of tyArray:
       n.typ = typ.sons[0] # indextype
     of tyInt..tyInt64, tyChar, tyBool, tyEnum, tyUInt8, tyUInt16, tyUInt32:
@@ -259,20 +283,20 @@ proc semLowHigh(c: PContext, n: PNode, m: TMagic): PNode =
       # that could easily turn into an infinite recursion in semtypinst
       n.typ = makeTypeFromExpr(c, n.copyTree)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errInvalidArgForX, opToStr[m])
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "invalid argument for: " & opToStr[m])
   result = n
 
 proc semSizeof(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   if sonsLen(n) != 2:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsTypeOrValue, "sizeof")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpectsTypeOrValue % "sizeof")
   else:
     n.sons[1] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[1], {efDetermineType})
     #restoreOldStyleType(n.sons[1])
-  n.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
+  n.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt)
   result = n
 
 proc isOpImpl(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
-  internalAssert n.sonsLen == 3 and
+  internalAssert c.config, n.sonsLen == 3 and
     n[1].typ != nil and n[1].typ.kind == tyTypeDesc and
     n[2].kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit, nkType}
 
@@ -293,7 +317,9 @@ proc isOpImpl(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     maybeLiftType(t2, c, n.info)
     var m: TCandidate
     initCandidate(c, m, t2)
-    if efExplain in flags: m.diagnostics = @[]
+    if efExplain in flags:
+      m.diagnostics = @[]
+      m.diagnosticsEnabled = true
     let match = typeRel(m, t2, t1) >= isSubtype # isNone
     result = newIntNode(nkIntLit, ord(match))
 
@@ -301,10 +327,10 @@ proc isOpImpl(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
 
 proc semIs(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   if sonsLen(n) != 3:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsTwoArguments, "is")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "'is' operator takes 2 arguments")
 
   result = n
-  n.typ = getSysType(tyBool)
+  n.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool)
 
   n.sons[1] = semExprWithType(c, n[1], {efDetermineType, efWantIterator})
   if n[2].kind notin {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
@@ -326,8 +352,8 @@ proc semOpAux(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   for i in countup(1, n.sonsLen-1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
     if a.kind == nkExprEqExpr and sonsLen(a) == 2:
-      var info = a.sons[0].info
-      a.sons[0] = newIdentNode(considerQuotedIdent(a.sons[0], a), info)
+      let info = a.sons[0].info
+      a.sons[0] = newIdentNode(considerQuotedIdent(c.config, a.sons[0], a), info)
       a.sons[1] = semExprWithType(c, a.sons[1], flags)
       a.typ = a.sons[1].typ
     else:
@@ -344,34 +370,34 @@ proc overloadedCallOpr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): addSon(result, n.sons[i])
     result = semExpr(c, result)
 
-proc changeType(n: PNode, newType: PType, check: bool) =
+proc changeType(c: PContext; n: PNode, newType: PType, check: bool) =
   case n.kind
   of nkCurly, nkBracket:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      changeType(n.sons[i], elemType(newType), check)
-  of nkPar:
-    let tup = newType.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+      changeType(c, n.sons[i], elemType(newType), check)
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr:
+    let tup = newType.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
     if tup.kind != tyTuple:
       if tup.kind == tyObject: return
-      globalError(n.info, "no tuple type for constructor")
+      globalError(c.config, n.info, "no tuple type for constructor")
     elif sonsLen(n) > 0 and n.sons[0].kind == nkExprColonExpr:
       # named tuple?
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
         var m = n.sons[i].sons[0]
         if m.kind != nkSym:
-          globalError(m.info, "invalid tuple constructor")
+          globalError(c.config, m.info, "invalid tuple constructor")
           return
         if tup.n != nil:
           var f = getSymFromList(tup.n, m.sym.name)
           if f == nil:
-            globalError(m.info, "unknown identifier: " & m.sym.name.s)
+            globalError(c.config, m.info, "unknown identifier: " & m.sym.name.s)
             return
-          changeType(n.sons[i].sons[1], f.typ, check)
+          changeType(c, n.sons[i].sons[1], f.typ, check)
         else:
-          changeType(n.sons[i].sons[1], tup.sons[i], check)
+          changeType(c, n.sons[i].sons[1], tup.sons[i], check)
     else:
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-        changeType(n.sons[i], tup.sons[i], check)
+        changeType(c, n.sons[i], tup.sons[i], check)
         when false:
           var m = n.sons[i]
           var a = newNodeIT(nkExprColonExpr, m.info, newType.sons[i])
@@ -382,7 +408,7 @@ proc changeType(n: PNode, newType: PType, check: bool) =
     if check and n.kind != nkUInt64Lit:
       let value = n.intVal
       if value < firstOrd(newType) or value > lastOrd(newType):
-        localError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot convert " & $value &
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot convert " & $value &
                                          " to " & typeToString(newType))
   else: discard
   n.typ = newType
@@ -393,7 +419,7 @@ proc arrayConstrType(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
   if sonsLen(n) == 0:
     rawAddSon(typ, newTypeS(tyEmpty, c)) # needs an empty basetype!
   else:
-    var t = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyOrdinal, tyAlias})
+    var t = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyOrdinal, tyAlias, tySink})
     addSonSkipIntLit(typ, t)
   typ.sons[0] = makeRangeType(c, 0, sonsLen(n) - 1, n.info)
   result = typ
@@ -407,7 +433,7 @@ proc semArrayConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   else:
     var x = n.sons[0]
     var lastIndex: BiggestInt = 0
-    var indexType = getSysType(tyInt)
+    var indexType = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt)
     if x.kind == nkExprColonExpr and sonsLen(x) == 2:
       var idx = semConstExpr(c, x.sons[0])
       lastIndex = getOrdValue(idx)
@@ -417,14 +443,14 @@ proc semArrayConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     let yy = semExprWithType(c, x)
     var typ = yy.typ
     addSon(result, yy)
-    #var typ = skipTypes(result.sons[0].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyOrdinal})
+    #var typ = skipTypes(result.sons[0].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyOrdinal})
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       x = n.sons[i]
       if x.kind == nkExprColonExpr and sonsLen(x) == 2:
         var idx = semConstExpr(c, x.sons[0])
         idx = fitNode(c, indexType, idx, x.info)
         if lastIndex+1 != getOrdValue(idx):
-          localError(x.info, errInvalidOrderInArrayConstructor)
+          localError(c.config, x.info, "invalid order in array constructor")
         x = x.sons[1]
 
       let xx = semExprWithType(c, x, flags*{efAllowDestructor})
@@ -448,22 +474,22 @@ proc fixAbstractType(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
             {tyNil, tyTuple, tySet} or it[1].isArrayConstr:
         var s = skipTypes(it.typ, abstractVar)
         if s.kind != tyExpr:
-          changeType(it.sons[1], s, check=true)
+          changeType(c, it.sons[1], s, check=true)
         n.sons[i] = it.sons[1]
 
 proc isAssignable(c: PContext, n: PNode; isUnsafeAddr=false): TAssignableResult =
   result = parampatterns.isAssignable(c.p.owner, n, isUnsafeAddr)
 
 proc newHiddenAddrTaken(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  if n.kind == nkHiddenDeref and not (gCmd == cmdCompileToCpp or
+  if n.kind == nkHiddenDeref and not (c.config.cmd == cmdCompileToCpp or
                                       sfCompileToCpp in c.module.flags):
-    checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     result = n.sons[0]
   else:
     result = newNodeIT(nkHiddenAddr, n.info, makeVarType(c, n.typ))
     addSon(result, n)
     if isAssignable(c, n) notin {arLValue, arLocalLValue}:
-      localError(n.info, errVarForOutParamNeededX, $n)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errVarForOutParamNeededX % renderNotLValue(n))
 
 proc analyseIfAddressTaken(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
@@ -471,27 +497,27 @@ proc analyseIfAddressTaken(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   of nkSym:
     # n.sym.typ can be nil in 'check' mode ...
     if n.sym.typ != nil and
-        skipTypes(n.sym.typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind != tyVar:
+        skipTypes(n.sym.typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind notin {tyVar, tyLent}:
       incl(n.sym.flags, sfAddrTaken)
       result = newHiddenAddrTaken(c, n)
   of nkDotExpr:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     if n.sons[1].kind != nkSym:
-      internalError(n.info, "analyseIfAddressTaken")
+      internalError(c.config, n.info, "analyseIfAddressTaken")
       return
-    if skipTypes(n.sons[1].sym.typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind != tyVar:
+    if skipTypes(n.sons[1].sym.typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind notin {tyVar, tyLent}:
       incl(n.sons[1].sym.flags, sfAddrTaken)
       result = newHiddenAddrTaken(c, n)
   of nkBracketExpr:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
-    if skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind != tyVar:
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
+    if skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind notin {tyVar, tyLent}:
       if n.sons[0].kind == nkSym: incl(n.sons[0].sym.flags, sfAddrTaken)
       result = newHiddenAddrTaken(c, n)
   else:
     result = newHiddenAddrTaken(c, n)
 
 proc analyseIfAddressTakenInCall(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   const
     FakeVarParams = {mNew, mNewFinalize, mInc, ast.mDec, mIncl, mExcl,
       mSetLengthStr, mSetLengthSeq, mAppendStrCh, mAppendStrStr, mSwap,
@@ -499,7 +525,7 @@ proc analyseIfAddressTakenInCall(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
 
   # get the real type of the callee
   # it may be a proc var with a generic alias type, so we skip over them
-  var t = n.sons[0].typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  var t = n.sons[0].typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
 
   if n.sons[0].kind == nkSym and n.sons[0].sym.magic in FakeVarParams:
     # BUGFIX: check for L-Value still needs to be done for the arguments!
@@ -510,14 +536,21 @@ proc analyseIfAddressTakenInCall(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
         let it = n[i]
         if isAssignable(c, it) notin {arLValue, arLocalLValue}:
           if it.kind != nkHiddenAddr:
-            localError(it.info, errVarForOutParamNeededX, $it)
+            localError(c.config, it.info, errVarForOutParamNeededX % $it)
+    # bug #5113: disallow newSeq(result) where result is a 'var T':
+    if n[0].sym.magic in {mNew, mNewFinalize, mNewSeq}:
+      var arg = n[1] #.skipAddr
+      if arg.kind == nkHiddenDeref: arg = arg[0]
+      if arg.kind == nkSym and arg.sym.kind == skResult and
+          arg.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errXStackEscape % renderTree(n[1], {renderNoComments}))
+
     return
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     if n.sons[i].kind == nkHiddenCallConv:
       # we need to recurse explicitly here as converters can create nested
       # calls and then they wouldn't be analysed otherwise
       analyseIfAddressTakenInCall(c, n.sons[i])
-    semProcvarCheck(c, n.sons[i])
     if i < sonsLen(t) and
         skipTypes(t.sons[i], abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind == tyVar:
       if n.sons[i].kind != nkHiddenAddr:
@@ -539,14 +572,14 @@ proc evalAtCompileTime(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     call.add(n.sons[0])
     var allConst = true
     for i in 1 ..< n.len:
-      var a = getConstExpr(c.module, n.sons[i])
+      var a = getConstExpr(c.module, n.sons[i], c.graph)
       if a == nil:
         allConst = false
         a = n.sons[i]
         if a.kind == nkHiddenStdConv: a = a.sons[1]
       call.add(a)
     if allConst:
-      result = semfold.getConstExpr(c.module, call)
+      result = semfold.getConstExpr(c.module, call, c.graph)
       if result.isNil: result = n
       else: return result
 
@@ -568,7 +601,7 @@ proc evalAtCompileTime(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   if {sfNoSideEffect, sfCompileTime} * callee.flags != {} and
      {sfForward, sfImportc} * callee.flags == {} and n.typ != nil:
     if sfCompileTime notin callee.flags and
-        optImplicitStatic notin gOptions: return
+        optImplicitStatic notin c.config.options: return
 
     if callee.magic notin ctfeWhitelist: return
     if callee.kind notin {skProc, skFunc, skConverter} or callee.isGenericRoutine:
@@ -579,17 +612,17 @@ proc evalAtCompileTime(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     var call = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, n.typ)
     call.add(n.sons[0])
     for i in 1 ..< n.len:
-      let a = getConstExpr(c.module, n.sons[i])
+      let a = getConstExpr(c.module, n.sons[i], c.graph)
       if a == nil: return n
       call.add(a)
     #echo "NOW evaluating at compile time: ", call.renderTree
     if sfCompileTime in callee.flags:
-      result = evalStaticExpr(c.module, c.cache, call, c.p.owner)
+      result = evalStaticExpr(c.module, c.cache, c.graph, call, c.p.owner)
       if result.isNil:
-        localError(n.info, errCannotInterpretNodeX, renderTree(call))
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errCannotInterpretNodeX % renderTree(call))
       else: result = fixupTypeAfterEval(c, result, n)
     else:
-      result = evalConstExpr(c.module, c.cache, call)
+      result = evalConstExpr(c.module, c.cache, c.graph, call)
       if result.isNil: result = n
       else: result = fixupTypeAfterEval(c, result, n)
     #if result != n:
@@ -598,9 +631,9 @@ proc evalAtCompileTime(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 proc semStaticExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   let a = semExpr(c, n.sons[0])
   if a.findUnresolvedStatic != nil: return a
-  result = evalStaticExpr(c.module, c.cache, a, c.p.owner)
+  result = evalStaticExpr(c.module, c.cache, c.graph, a, c.p.owner)
   if result.isNil:
-    localError(n.info, errCannotInterpretNodeX, renderTree(n))
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errCannotInterpretNodeX % renderTree(n))
     result = emptyNode
   else:
     result = fixupTypeAfterEval(c, result, a)
@@ -620,14 +653,14 @@ proc semOverloadedCallAnalyseEffects(c: PContext, n: PNode, nOrig: PNode,
 
   if result != nil:
     if result.sons[0].kind != nkSym:
-      internalError("semOverloadedCallAnalyseEffects")
+      internalError(c.config, "semOverloadedCallAnalyseEffects")
       return
     let callee = result.sons[0].sym
     case callee.kind
     of skMacro, skTemplate: discard
     else:
       if callee.kind == skIterator and callee.id == c.p.owner.id:
-        localError(n.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, callee.name.s)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errRecursiveDependencyX % callee.name.s)
         # error correction, prevents endless for loop elimination in transf.
         # See bug #2051:
         result.sons[0] = newSymNode(errorSym(c, n))
@@ -640,7 +673,7 @@ proc resolveIndirectCall(c: PContext; n, nOrig: PNode;
   matches(c, n, nOrig, result)
   if result.state != csMatch:
     # try to deref the first argument:
-    if experimentalMode(c) and canDeref(n):
+    if implicitDeref in c.features and canDeref(n):
       n.sons[1] = n.sons[1].tryDeref
       initCandidate(c, result, t)
       matches(c, n, nOrig, result)
@@ -675,10 +708,10 @@ proc afterCallActions(c: PContext; n, orig: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
 
 proc semIndirectOp(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   result = nil
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   var prc = n.sons[0]
   if n.sons[0].kind == nkDotExpr:
-    checkSonsLen(n.sons[0], 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n.sons[0], 2, c.config)
     let n0 = semFieldAccess(c, n.sons[0])
     if n0.kind == nkDotCall:
       # it is a static call!
@@ -692,7 +725,7 @@ proc semIndirectOp(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   else:
     n.sons[0] = semExpr(c, n.sons[0], {efInCall})
     let t = n.sons[0].typ
-    if t != nil and t.kind == tyVar:
+    if t != nil and t.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
       n.sons[0] = newDeref(n.sons[0])
     elif n.sons[0].kind == nkBracketExpr:
       let s = bracketedMacro(n.sons[0])
@@ -711,11 +744,11 @@ proc semIndirectOp(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     if m.state != csMatch:
       if errorOutputs == {}:
         # speed up error generation:
-        globalError(n.info, errTypeMismatch, "")
+        globalError(c.config, n.info, "type mismatch")
         return emptyNode
       else:
         var hasErrorType = false
-        var msg = msgKindToString(errTypeMismatch)
+        var msg = "type mismatch: got <"
         for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
           if i > 1: add(msg, ", ")
           let nt = n.sons[i].typ
@@ -724,9 +757,9 @@ proc semIndirectOp(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
             hasErrorType = true
             break
         if not hasErrorType:
-          add(msg, ")\n" & msgKindToString(errButExpected) & "\n" &
+          add(msg, ">\nbut expected one of: \n" &
               typeToString(n.sons[0].typ))
-          localError(n.info, errGenerated, msg)
+          localError(c.config, n.info, msg)
         return errorNode(c, n)
       result = nil
     else:
@@ -769,11 +802,11 @@ proc semDirectOp(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
 proc buildEchoStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   # we MUST not check 'n' for semantics again here! But for now we give up:
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info)
-  var e = strTableGet(magicsys.systemModule.tab, getIdent"echo")
+  var e = strTableGet(c.graph.systemModule.tab, getIdent"echo")
   if e != nil:
     add(result, newSymNode(e))
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errSystemNeeds, "echo")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "system needs: echo")
     add(result, errorNode(c, n))
   add(result, n)
   result = semExpr(c, result)
@@ -817,8 +850,8 @@ proc lookupInRecordAndBuildCheck(c: PContext, n, r: PNode, field: PIdent,
       result = lookupInRecordAndBuildCheck(c, n, r.sons[i], field, check)
       if result != nil: return
   of nkRecCase:
-    checkMinSonsLen(r, 2)
-    if (r.sons[0].kind != nkSym): illFormedAst(r)
+    checkMinSonsLen(r, 2, c.config)
+    if (r.sons[0].kind != nkSym): illFormedAst(r, c.config)
     result = lookupInRecordAndBuildCheck(c, n, r.sons[0], field, check)
     if result != nil: return
     let setType = createSetType(c, r.sons[0].typ)
@@ -836,8 +869,8 @@ proc lookupInRecordAndBuildCheck(c: PContext, n, r: PNode, field: PIdent,
             addSon(check, ast.emptyNode) # make space for access node
           s = newNodeIT(nkCurly, n.info, setType)
           for j in countup(0, sonsLen(it) - 2): addSon(s, copyTree(it.sons[j]))
-          var inExpr = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, getSysType(tyBool))
-          addSon(inExpr, newSymNode(opContains, n.info))
+          var inExpr = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool))
+          addSon(inExpr, newSymNode(c.graph.opContains, n.info))
           addSon(inExpr, s)
           addSon(inExpr, copyTree(r.sons[0]))
           addSon(check, inExpr)
@@ -849,26 +882,29 @@ proc lookupInRecordAndBuildCheck(c: PContext, n, r: PNode, field: PIdent,
           if check == nil:
             check = newNodeI(nkCheckedFieldExpr, n.info)
             addSon(check, ast.emptyNode) # make space for access node
-          var inExpr = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, getSysType(tyBool))
-          addSon(inExpr, newSymNode(opContains, n.info))
+          var inExpr = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool))
+          addSon(inExpr, newSymNode(c.graph.opContains, n.info))
           addSon(inExpr, s)
           addSon(inExpr, copyTree(r.sons[0]))
-          var notExpr = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, getSysType(tyBool))
-          addSon(notExpr, newSymNode(opNot, n.info))
+          var notExpr = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool))
+          addSon(notExpr, newSymNode(c.graph.opNot, n.info))
           addSon(notExpr, inExpr)
           addSon(check, notExpr)
           return
-      else: illFormedAst(it)
+      else: illFormedAst(it, c.config)
   of nkSym:
     if r.sym.name.id == field.id: result = r.sym
-  else: illFormedAst(n)
+  else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
 
 const
   tyTypeParamsHolders = {tyGenericInst, tyCompositeTypeClass}
-  tyDotOpTransparent = {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyAlias}
+  tyDotOpTransparent = {tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef, tyAlias, tySink}
 
 proc readTypeParameter(c: PContext, typ: PType,
                        paramName: PIdent, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+  # Note: This function will return emptyNode when attempting to read
+  # a static type parameter that is not yet resolved (e.g. this may
+  # happen in proc signatures such as `proc(x: T): array[T.sizeParam, U]`
   if typ.kind in {tyUserTypeClass, tyUserTypeClassInst}:
     for statement in typ.n:
       case statement.kind
@@ -899,7 +935,10 @@ proc readTypeParameter(c: PContext, typ: PType,
       if tParam.sym.name.id == paramName.id:
         let rawTyp = ty.sons[s + 1]
         if rawTyp.kind == tyStatic:
-          return rawTyp.n
+          if rawTyp.n != nil:
+            return rawTyp.n
+          else:
+            return emptyNode
         else:
           let foundTyp = makeTypeDesc(c, rawTyp)
           return newSymNode(copySym(tParam.sym).linkTo(foundTyp), info)
@@ -910,12 +949,12 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   let s = getGenSym(c, sym)
   case s.kind
   of skConst:
-    markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
     case skipTypes(s.typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind
     of  tyNil, tyChar, tyInt..tyInt64, tyFloat..tyFloat128,
         tyTuple, tySet, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
-      if s.magic == mNone: result = inlineConst(n, s)
+      if s.magic == mNone: result = inlineConst(c, n, s)
       else: result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
     of tyArray, tySequence:
       # Consider::
@@ -928,26 +967,29 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
       # It is clear that ``[]`` means two totally different things. Thus, we
       # copy `x`'s AST into each context, so that the type fixup phase can
       # deal with two different ``[]``.
-      if s.ast.len == 0: result = inlineConst(n, s)
+      if s.ast.len == 0: result = inlineConst(c, n, s)
       else: result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
     else:
       result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
   of skMacro:
-    if efNoEvaluateGeneric in flags and s.ast[genericParamsPos].len > 0:
-      markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    if efNoEvaluateGeneric in flags and s.ast[genericParamsPos].len > 0 or
+       (n.kind notin nkCallKinds and s.requiredParams > 0):
+      markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-      result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+      result = symChoice(c, n, s, scClosed)
     else:
       result = semMacroExpr(c, n, n, s, flags)
   of skTemplate:
-    if efNoEvaluateGeneric in flags and s.ast[genericParamsPos].len > 0:
-      markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    if efNoEvaluateGeneric in flags and s.ast[genericParamsPos].len > 0 or
+       (n.kind notin nkCallKinds and s.requiredParams > 0) or
+       sfCustomPragma in sym.flags:
+      markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-      result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+      result = symChoice(c, n, s, scClosed)
     else:
       result = semTemplateExpr(c, n, s, flags)
   of skParam:
-    markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
     if s.typ != nil and s.typ.kind == tyStatic and s.typ.n != nil:
       # XXX see the hack in sigmatch.nim ...
@@ -957,19 +999,19 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
         # gensym'ed parameters that nevertheless have been forward declared
         # need a special fixup:
         let realParam = c.p.owner.typ.n[s.position+1]
-        internalAssert realParam.kind == nkSym and realParam.sym.kind == skParam
+        internalAssert c.config, realParam.kind == nkSym and realParam.sym.kind == skParam
         return newSymNode(c.p.owner.typ.n[s.position+1].sym, n.info)
       elif c.p.owner.kind == skMacro:
         # gensym'ed macro parameters need a similar hack (see bug #1944):
         var u = searchInScopes(c, s.name)
-        internalAssert u != nil and u.kind == skParam and u.owner == s.owner
+        internalAssert c.config, u != nil and u.kind == skParam and u.owner == s.owner
         return newSymNode(u, n.info)
     result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
   of skVar, skLet, skResult, skForVar:
     if s.magic == mNimvm:
-      localError(n.info, "illegal context for 'nimvm' magic")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "illegal context for 'nimvm' magic")
 
-    markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
     result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
     # We cannot check for access to outer vars for example because it's still
@@ -987,7 +1029,7 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
       n.typ = s.typ
       return n
   of skType:
-    markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
     if s.typ.kind == tyStatic and s.typ.n != nil:
       return s.typ.n
@@ -998,8 +1040,8 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     while p != nil and p.selfSym == nil:
       p = p.next
     if p != nil and p.selfSym != nil:
-      var ty = skipTypes(p.selfSym.typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef,
-                                         tyAlias})
+      var ty = skipTypes(p.selfSym.typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef,
+                                         tyAlias, tySink})
       while tfBorrowDot in ty.flags: ty = ty.skipTypes({tyDistinct})
       var check: PNode = nil
       if ty.kind == tyObject:
@@ -1009,7 +1051,7 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
           if f != nil and fieldVisible(c, f):
             # is the access to a public field or in the same module or in a friend?
             doAssert f == s
-            markUsed(n.info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
+            markUsed(c.config, n.info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
             styleCheckUse(n.info, f)
             result = newNodeIT(nkDotExpr, n.info, f.typ)
             result.add makeDeref(newSymNode(p.selfSym))
@@ -1022,23 +1064,23 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
           if ty.sons[0] == nil: break
           ty = skipTypes(ty.sons[0], skipPtrs)
     # old code, not sure if it's live code:
-    markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
     result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
   else:
-    markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
     result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
 
 proc builtinFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   ## returns nil if it's not a built-in field access
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   # tests/bind/tbindoverload.nim wants an early exit here, but seems to
   # work without now. template/tsymchoicefield doesn't like an early exit
   # here at all!
   #if isSymChoice(n.sons[1]): return
   when defined(nimsuggest):
-    if gCmd == cmdIdeTools:
+    if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools:
       suggestExpr(c, n)
       if exactEquals(gTrackPos, n[1].info): suggestExprNoCheck(c, n)
 
@@ -1048,14 +1090,14 @@ proc builtinFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
       result = symChoice(c, n, s, scClosed)
       if result.kind == nkSym: result = semSym(c, n, s, flags)
     else:
-      markUsed(n.sons[1].info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(c.config, n.sons[1].info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
       result = semSym(c, n, s, flags)
     styleCheckUse(n.sons[1].info, s)
     return
 
   n.sons[0] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0], flags+{efDetermineType})
   #restoreOldStyleType(n.sons[0])
-  var i = considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[1], n)
+  var i = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n.sons[1], n)
   var ty = n.sons[0].typ
   var f: PSym = nil
   result = nil
@@ -1063,21 +1105,43 @@ proc builtinFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   template tryReadingGenericParam(t: PType) =
     case t.kind
     of tyTypeParamsHolders:
-      return readTypeParameter(c, t, i, n.info)
+      result = readTypeParameter(c, t, i, n.info)
+      if result == emptyNode:
+        result = n
+        n.typ = makeTypeFromExpr(c, n.copyTree)
+      return
     of tyUserTypeClasses:
       if t.isResolvedUserTypeClass:
         return readTypeParameter(c, t, i, n.info)
       else:
         n.typ = makeTypeFromExpr(c, copyTree(n))
         return n
-    of tyGenericParam:
+    of tyGenericParam, tyAnything:
       n.typ = makeTypeFromExpr(c, copyTree(n))
       return n
     else:
       discard
 
-  if isTypeExpr(n.sons[0]) or (ty.kind == tyTypeDesc and ty.base.kind != tyNone):
-    if ty.kind == tyTypeDesc: ty = ty.base
+  var argIsType = false
+
+  if ty.kind == tyTypeDesc:
+    if ty.base.kind == tyNone:
+      # This is a still unresolved typedesc parameter.
+      # If this is a regular proc, then all bets are off and we must return
+      # tyFromExpr, but when this happen in a macro this is not a built-in
+      # field access and we leave the compiler to compile a normal call:
+      if getCurrOwner(c).kind != skMacro:
+        n.typ = makeTypeFromExpr(c, n.copyTree)
+        return n
+      else:
+        return nil
+    else:
+      ty = ty.base
+      argIsType = true
+  else:
+    argIsType = isTypeExpr(n.sons[0])
+
+  if argIsType:
     ty = ty.skipTypes(tyDotOpTransparent)
     case ty.kind
     of tyEnum:
@@ -1090,7 +1154,7 @@ proc builtinFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
         result = newSymNode(f)
         result.info = n.info
         result.typ = ty
-        markUsed(n.info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
+        markUsed(c.config, n.info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
         styleCheckUse(n.info, f)
         return
     of tyObject, tyTuple:
@@ -1108,7 +1172,7 @@ proc builtinFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     return nil
   if ty.kind in tyUserTypeClasses and ty.isResolvedUserTypeClass:
     ty = ty.lastSon
-  ty = skipTypes(ty, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyAlias})
+  ty = skipTypes(ty, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef, tyAlias, tySink})
   while tfBorrowDot in ty.flags: ty = ty.skipTypes({tyDistinct})
   var check: PNode = nil
   if ty.kind == tyObject:
@@ -1121,7 +1185,7 @@ proc builtinFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     if f != nil:
       if fieldVisible(c, f):
         # is the access to a public field or in the same module or in a friend?
-        markUsed(n.sons[1].info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
+        markUsed(c.config, n.sons[1].info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
         styleCheckUse(n.sons[1].info, f)
         n.sons[0] = makeDeref(n.sons[0])
         n.sons[1] = newSymNode(f) # we now have the correct field
@@ -1135,7 +1199,7 @@ proc builtinFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   elif ty.kind == tyTuple and ty.n != nil:
     f = getSymFromList(ty.n, i)
     if f != nil:
-      markUsed(n.sons[1].info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(c.config, n.sons[1].info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(n.sons[1].info, f)
       n.sons[0] = makeDeref(n.sons[0])
       n.sons[1] = newSymNode(f)
@@ -1153,7 +1217,7 @@ proc dotTransformation(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     addSon(result, n.sons[1])
     addSon(result, copyTree(n[0]))
   else:
-    var i = considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[1], n)
+    var i = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n.sons[1], n)
     result = newNodeI(nkDotCall, n.info)
     result.flags.incl nfDotField
     addSon(result, newIdentNode(i, n[1].info))
@@ -1172,10 +1236,10 @@ proc buildOverloadedSubscripts(n: PNode, ident: PIdent): PNode =
   for i in 0 .. n.len-1: result.add(n[i])
 
 proc semDeref(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   n.sons[0] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0])
   result = n
-  var t = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyAlias})
+  var t = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyAlias, tySink})
   case t.kind
   of tyRef, tyPtr: n.typ = t.lastSon
   else: result = nil
@@ -1190,12 +1254,12 @@ proc semSubscript(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     result = newNodeIT(nkDerefExpr, x.info, x.typ)
     result.add(x[0])
     return
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   # make sure we don't evaluate generic macros/templates
   n.sons[0] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0],
-                              {efNoProcvarCheck, efNoEvaluateGeneric})
+                              {efNoEvaluateGeneric})
   let arr = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, {tyGenericInst,
-                                      tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyAlias})
+                                      tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef, tyAlias, tySink})
   case arr.kind
   of tyArray, tyOpenArray, tyVarargs, tySequence, tyString,
      tyCString:
@@ -1204,7 +1268,7 @@ proc semSubscript(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       n.sons[i] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[i],
                                   flags*{efInTypeof, efDetermineType})
-    var indexType = if arr.kind == tyArray: arr.sons[0] else: getSysType(tyInt)
+    var indexType = if arr.kind == tyArray: arr.sons[0] else: getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt)
     var arg = indexTypesMatch(c, indexType, n.sons[1].typ, n.sons[1])
     if arg != nil:
       n.sons[1] = arg
@@ -1223,11 +1287,11 @@ proc semSubscript(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     n.sons[0] = makeDeref(n.sons[0])
     # [] operator for tuples requires constant expression:
     n.sons[1] = semConstExpr(c, n.sons[1])
-    if skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyRange, tyOrdinal, tyAlias}).kind in
+    if skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyRange, tyOrdinal, tyAlias, tySink}).kind in
         {tyInt..tyInt64}:
       var idx = getOrdValue(n.sons[1])
       if idx >= 0 and idx < sonsLen(arr): n.typ = arr.sons[int(idx)]
-      else: localError(n.info, errInvalidIndexValueForTuple)
+      else: localError(c.config, n.info, "invalid index value for tuple subscript")
       result = n
     else:
       result = nil
@@ -1267,7 +1331,7 @@ proc semArrayAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     result = semExpr(c, buildOverloadedSubscripts(n, getIdent"[]"))
 
 proc propertyWriteAccess(c: PContext, n, nOrig, a: PNode): PNode =
-  var id = considerQuotedIdent(a[1], a)
+  var id = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, a[1], a)
   var setterId = newIdentNode(getIdent(id.s & '='), n.info)
   # a[0] is already checked for semantics, that does ``builtinFieldAccess``
   # this is ugly. XXX Semantic checking should use the ``nfSem`` flag for
@@ -1284,28 +1348,38 @@ proc propertyWriteAccess(c: PContext, n, nOrig, a: PNode): PNode =
     #fixAbstractType(c, result)
     #analyseIfAddressTakenInCall(c, result)
 
-proc takeImplicitAddr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc takeImplicitAddr(c: PContext, n: PNode; isLent: bool): PNode =
+  # See RFC #7373, calls returning 'var T' are assumed to
+  # return a view into the first argument (if there is one):
+  let root = exprRoot(n)
+  if root != nil and root.owner == c.p.owner:
+    if root.kind in {skLet, skVar, skTemp} and sfGlobal notin root.flags:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "'$1' escapes its stack frame; context: '$2'; see $3/var_t_return.html" % [
+        root.name.s, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}), explanationsBaseUrl])
+    elif root.kind == skParam and root.position != 0:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "'$1' is not the first parameter; context: '$2'; see $3/var_t_return.html" % [
+        root.name.s, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}), explanationsBaseUrl])
   case n.kind
   of nkHiddenAddr, nkAddr: return n
   of nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr: return n.sons[0]
   of nkBracketExpr:
     if len(n) == 1: return n.sons[0]
   else: discard
-  var valid = isAssignable(c, n)
+  let valid = isAssignable(c, n)
   if valid != arLValue:
     if valid == arLocalLValue:
-      localError(n.info, errXStackEscape, renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
-    else:
-      localError(n.info, errExprHasNoAddress)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errXStackEscape % renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
+    elif not isLent:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errExprHasNoAddress)
   result = newNodeIT(nkHiddenAddr, n.info, makePtrType(c, n.typ))
   result.add(n)
 
 proc asgnToResultVar(c: PContext, n, le, ri: PNode) {.inline.} =
   if le.kind == nkHiddenDeref:
     var x = le.sons[0]
-    if x.typ.kind == tyVar and x.kind == nkSym and x.sym.kind == skResult:
+    if x.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyLent} and x.kind == nkSym and x.sym.kind == skResult:
       n.sons[0] = x # 'result[]' --> 'result'
-      n.sons[1] = takeImplicitAddr(c, ri)
+      n.sons[1] = takeImplicitAddr(c, ri, x.typ.kind == tyLent)
       x.typ.flags.incl tfVarIsPtr
       #echo x.info, " setting it for this type ", typeToString(x.typ), " ", n.info
 
@@ -1313,7 +1387,7 @@ template resultTypeIsInferrable(typ: PType): untyped =
   typ.isMetaType and typ.kind != tyTypeDesc
 
 proc semAsgn(c: PContext, n: PNode; mode=asgnNormal): PNode =
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   var a = n.sons[0]
   case a.kind
   of nkDotExpr:
@@ -1348,7 +1422,7 @@ proc semAsgn(c: PContext, n: PNode; mode=asgnNormal): PNode =
     result = buildOverloadedSubscripts(n.sons[0], getIdent"{}=")
     add(result, n[1])
     return semExprNoType(c, result)
-  of nkPar:
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr:
     if a.len >= 2:
       # unfortunately we need to rewrite ``(x, y) = foo()`` already here so
       # that overloading of the assignment operator still works. Usually we
@@ -1362,11 +1436,11 @@ proc semAsgn(c: PContext, n: PNode; mode=asgnNormal): PNode =
   # a = b # both are vars, means: a[] = b[]
   # a = b # b no 'var T' means: a = addr(b)
   var le = a.typ
-  if (skipTypes(le, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind != tyVar and
+  if (skipTypes(le, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind != tyVar and
         isAssignable(c, a) == arNone) or
       skipTypes(le, abstractVar).kind in {tyOpenArray, tyVarargs}:
     # Direct assignment to a discriminant is allowed!
-    localError(a.info, errXCannotBeAssignedTo,
+    localError(c.config, a.info, errXCannotBeAssignedTo %
                renderTree(a, {renderNoComments}))
   else:
     let
@@ -1382,15 +1456,15 @@ proc semAsgn(c: PContext, n: PNode; mode=asgnNormal): PNode =
         if rhsTyp.kind in tyUserTypeClasses and rhsTyp.isResolvedUserTypeClass:
           rhsTyp = rhsTyp.lastSon
         if cmpTypes(c, lhs.typ, rhsTyp) in {isGeneric, isEqual}:
-          internalAssert c.p.resultSym != nil
+          internalAssert c.config, c.p.resultSym != nil
           lhs.typ = rhsTyp
           c.p.resultSym.typ = rhsTyp
           c.p.owner.typ.sons[0] = rhsTyp
         else:
-          typeMismatch(n.info, lhs.typ, rhsTyp)
+          typeMismatch(c.config, n.info, lhs.typ, rhsTyp)
 
     n.sons[1] = fitNode(c, le, rhs, n.info)
-    if not newDestructors:
+    if destructor notin c.features:
       if tfHasAsgn in lhs.typ.flags and not lhsIsResult and
           mode != noOverloadedAsgn:
         return overloadedAsgn(c, lhs, n.sons[1])
@@ -1403,7 +1477,7 @@ proc semAsgn(c: PContext, n: PNode; mode=asgnNormal): PNode =
 
 proc semReturn(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   if c.p.owner.kind in {skConverter, skMethod, skProc, skFunc, skMacro} or (
      c.p.owner.kind == skIterator and c.p.owner.typ.callConv == ccClosure):
     if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
@@ -1417,9 +1491,9 @@ proc semReturn(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
         if n[0][1].kind == nkSym and n[0][1].sym == c.p.resultSym:
           n.sons[0] = ast.emptyNode
       else:
-        localError(n.info, errNoReturnTypeDeclared)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errNoReturnTypeDeclared)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errXNotAllowedHere, "\'return\'")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "'return' not allowed here")
 
 proc semProcBody(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   openScope(c)
@@ -1434,7 +1508,7 @@ proc semProcBody(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       #   nil
       #   # comment
       # are not expressions:
-      fixNilType(result)
+      fixNilType(c, result)
     else:
       var a = newNodeI(nkAsgn, n.info, 2)
       a.sons[0] = newSymNode(c.p.resultSym)
@@ -1450,40 +1524,40 @@ proc semProcBody(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       c.p.resultSym.typ = errorType(c)
       c.p.owner.typ.sons[0] = nil
     else:
-      localError(c.p.resultSym.info, errCannotInferReturnType)
+      localError(c.config, c.p.resultSym.info, errCannotInferReturnType)
 
   closeScope(c)
 
 proc semYieldVarResult(c: PContext, n: PNode, restype: PType) =
-  var t = skipTypes(restype, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  var t = skipTypes(restype, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   case t.kind
-  of tyVar:
-    t.flags.incl tfVarIsPtr # bugfix for #4048, #4910, #6892
+  of tyVar, tyLent:
+    if t.kind == tyVar: t.flags.incl tfVarIsPtr # bugfix for #4048, #4910, #6892
     if n.sons[0].kind in {nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv}:
       n.sons[0] = n.sons[0].sons[1]
-    n.sons[0] = takeImplicitAddr(c, n.sons[0])
+    n.sons[0] = takeImplicitAddr(c, n.sons[0], t.kind == tyLent)
   of tyTuple:
     for i in 0..<t.sonsLen:
-      var e = skipTypes(t.sons[i], {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
-      if e.kind == tyVar:
-        e.flags.incl tfVarIsPtr # bugfix for #4048, #4910, #6892
-        if n.sons[0].kind == nkPar:
-          n.sons[0].sons[i] = takeImplicitAddr(c, n.sons[0].sons[i])
+      var e = skipTypes(t.sons[i], {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
+      if e.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+        if e.kind == tyVar: e.flags.incl tfVarIsPtr # bugfix for #4048, #4910, #6892
+        if n.sons[0].kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr}:
+          n.sons[0].sons[i] = takeImplicitAddr(c, n.sons[0].sons[i], e.kind == tyLent)
         elif n.sons[0].kind in {nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv} and
-             n.sons[0].sons[1].kind == nkPar:
+             n.sons[0].sons[1].kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr}:
           var a = n.sons[0].sons[1]
-          a.sons[i] = takeImplicitAddr(c, a.sons[i])
+          a.sons[i] = takeImplicitAddr(c, a.sons[i], false)
         else:
-          localError(n.sons[0].info, errXExpected, "tuple constructor")
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[0].info, errXExpected, "tuple constructor")
   else: discard
 
 proc semYield(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   if c.p.owner == nil or c.p.owner.kind != skIterator:
-    localError(n.info, errYieldNotAllowedHere)
-  elif c.p.inTryStmt > 0 and c.p.owner.typ.callConv != ccInline:
-    localError(n.info, errYieldNotAllowedInTryStmt)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errYieldNotAllowedHere)
+  elif oldIterTransf in c.features and c.p.inTryStmt > 0 and c.p.owner.typ.callConv != ccInline:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errYieldNotAllowedInTryStmt)
   elif n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     n.sons[0] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0]) # check for type compatibility:
     var iterType = c.p.owner.typ
@@ -1491,7 +1565,7 @@ proc semYield(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     if restype != nil:
       if restype.kind != tyExpr:
         n.sons[0] = fitNode(c, restype, n.sons[0], n.info)
-      if n.sons[0].typ == nil: internalError(n.info, "semYield")
+      if n.sons[0].typ == nil: internalError(c.config, n.info, "semYield")
 
       if resultTypeIsInferrable(restype):
         let inferred = n.sons[0].typ
@@ -1499,9 +1573,9 @@ proc semYield(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
       semYieldVarResult(c, n, restype)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errCannotReturnExpr)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errCannotReturnExpr)
   elif c.p.owner.typ.sons[0] != nil:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "yield statement must yield a value")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "yield statement must yield a value")
 
 proc lookUpForDefined(c: PContext, i: PIdent, onlyCurrentScope: bool): PSym =
   if onlyCurrentScope:
@@ -1516,37 +1590,37 @@ proc lookUpForDefined(c: PContext, n: PNode, onlyCurrentScope: bool): PSym =
   of nkDotExpr:
     result = nil
     if onlyCurrentScope: return
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     var m = lookUpForDefined(c, n.sons[0], onlyCurrentScope)
     if m != nil and m.kind == skModule:
-      let ident = considerQuotedIdent(n[1], n)
+      let ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n[1], n)
       if m == c.module:
         result = strTableGet(c.topLevelScope.symbols, ident)
       else:
         result = strTableGet(m.tab, ident)
   of nkAccQuoted:
-    result = lookUpForDefined(c, considerQuotedIdent(n), onlyCurrentScope)
+    result = lookUpForDefined(c, considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n), onlyCurrentScope)
   of nkSym:
     result = n.sym
   of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice:
     result = n.sons[0].sym
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errIdentifierExpected, renderTree(n))
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "identifier expected, but got: " & renderTree(n))
     result = nil
 
 proc semDefined(c: PContext, n: PNode, onlyCurrentScope: bool): PNode =
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   # we replace this node by a 'true' or 'false' node:
   result = newIntNode(nkIntLit, 0)
-  if not onlyCurrentScope and considerQuotedIdent(n[0], n).s == "defined":
+  if not onlyCurrentScope and considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n[0], n).s == "defined":
     if n.sons[1].kind != nkIdent:
-      localError(n.info, "obsolete usage of 'defined', use 'declared' instead")
-    elif condsyms.isDefined(n.sons[1].ident):
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "obsolete usage of 'defined', use 'declared' instead")
+    elif isDefined(c.config, n.sons[1].ident.s):
       result.intVal = 1
   elif lookUpForDefined(c, n.sons[1], onlyCurrentScope) != nil:
     result.intVal = 1
   result.info = n.info
-  result.typ = getSysType(tyBool)
+  result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool)
 
 proc expectMacroOrTemplateCall(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
   ## The argument to the proc should be nkCall(...) or similar
@@ -1558,12 +1632,12 @@ proc expectMacroOrTemplateCall(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
       return errorSym(c, n[0])
 
     if expandedSym.kind notin {skMacro, skTemplate}:
-      localError(n.info, errXisNoMacroOrTemplate, expandedSym.name.s)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "'$1' is not a macro or template" % expandedSym.name.s)
       return errorSym(c, n[0])
 
     result = expandedSym
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errXisNoMacroOrTemplate, n.renderTree)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "'$1' is not a macro or template" % n.renderTree)
     result = errorSym(c, n)
 
 proc expectString(c: PContext, n: PNode): string =
@@ -1571,11 +1645,7 @@ proc expectString(c: PContext, n: PNode): string =
   if n.kind in nkStrKinds:
     return n.strVal
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
-
-proc getMagicSym(magic: TMagic): PSym =
-  result = newSym(skProc, getIdent($magic), systemModule, gCodegenLineInfo)
-  result.magic = magic
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
 
 proc newAnonSym(c: PContext; kind: TSymKind, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
   result = newSym(kind, c.cache.idAnon, getCurrOwner(c), info)
@@ -1589,7 +1659,7 @@ proc semExpandToAst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     if expandedSym.kind == skError: return n
 
     macroCall.sons[0] = newSymNode(expandedSym, macroCall.info)
-    markUsed(n.info, expandedSym, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, n.info, expandedSym, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(n.info, expandedSym)
 
   if isCallExpr(macroCall):
@@ -1608,26 +1678,25 @@ proc semExpandToAst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
         inc cands
       symx = nextOverloadIter(o, c, headSymbol)
     if cands == 0:
-      localError(n.info, "expected a template that takes " & $(macroCall.len-1) & " arguments")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "expected a template that takes " & $(macroCall.len-1) & " arguments")
     elif cands >= 2:
-      localError(n.info, "ambiguous symbol in 'getAst' context: " & $macroCall)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "ambiguous symbol in 'getAst' context: " & $macroCall)
     else:
       let info = macroCall.sons[0].info
       macroCall.sons[0] = newSymNode(cand, info)
-      markUsed(info, cand, c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(c.config, info, cand, c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(info, cand)
 
     # we just perform overloading resolution here:
     #n.sons[1] = semOverloadedCall(c, macroCall, macroCall, {skTemplate, skMacro})
   else:
-    localError(n.info, "getAst takes a call, but got " & n.renderTree)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "getAst takes a call, but got " & n.renderTree)
   # Preserve the magic symbol in order to be handled in evals.nim
-  internalAssert n.sons[0].sym.magic == mExpandToAst
+  internalAssert c.config, n.sons[0].sym.magic == mExpandToAst
   #n.typ = getSysSym("NimNode").typ # expandedSym.getReturnType
   if n.kind == nkStmtList and n.len == 1: result = n[0]
   else: result = n
-  result.typ = if getCompilerProc("NimNode") != nil: sysTypeFromName"NimNode"
-               else: sysTypeFromName"PNimrodNode"
+  result.typ = sysTypeFromName(c.graph, n.info, "NimNode")
 
 proc semExpandToAst(c: PContext, n: PNode, magicSym: PSym,
                     flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
@@ -1637,7 +1706,7 @@ proc semExpandToAst(c: PContext, n: PNode, magicSym: PSym,
   else:
     result = semDirectOp(c, n, flags)
 
-proc processQuotations(n: var PNode, op: string,
+proc processQuotations(c: PContext; n: var PNode, op: string,
                        quotes: var seq[PNode],
                        ids: var seq[PNode]) =
   template returnQuote(q) =
@@ -1647,7 +1716,7 @@ proc processQuotations(n: var PNode, op: string,
     return
 
   if n.kind == nkPrefix:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     if n[0].kind == nkIdent:
       var examinedOp = n[0].ident.s
       if examinedOp == op:
@@ -1658,10 +1727,10 @@ proc processQuotations(n: var PNode, op: string,
     returnQuote n[0]
 
   for i in 0 ..< n.safeLen:
-    processQuotations(n.sons[i], op, quotes, ids)
+    processQuotations(c, n.sons[i], op, quotes, ids)
 
 proc semQuoteAst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  internalAssert n.len == 2 or n.len == 3
+  internalAssert c.config, n.len == 2 or n.len == 3
   # We transform the do block into a template with a param for
   # each interpolation. We'll pass this template to getAst.
   var
@@ -1674,9 +1743,9 @@ proc semQuoteAst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       # this will store the generated param names
 
   if quotedBlock.kind != nkStmtList:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpected, "block")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpected, "block")
 
-  processQuotations(quotedBlock, op, quotes, ids)
+  processQuotations(c, quotedBlock, op, quotes, ids)
 
   var dummyTemplate = newProcNode(
     nkTemplateDef, quotedBlock.info, quotedBlock,
@@ -1684,27 +1753,27 @@ proc semQuoteAst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
   if ids.len > 0:
     dummyTemplate.sons[paramsPos] = newNodeI(nkFormalParams, n.info)
-    dummyTemplate[paramsPos].add getSysSym("typed").newSymNode # return type
-    ids.add getSysSym("untyped").newSymNode # params type
+    dummyTemplate[paramsPos].add getSysSym(c.graph, n.info, "typed").newSymNode # return type
+    ids.add getSysSym(c.graph, n.info, "untyped").newSymNode # params type
     ids.add emptyNode # no default value
     dummyTemplate[paramsPos].add newNode(nkIdentDefs, n.info, ids)
 
   var tmpl = semTemplateDef(c, dummyTemplate)
   quotes[0] = tmpl[namePos]
   result = newNode(nkCall, n.info, @[
-    getMagicSym(mExpandToAst).newSymNode,
+     createMagic(c.graph, "getAst", mExpandToAst).newSymNode,
     newNode(nkCall, n.info, quotes)])
   result = semExpandToAst(c, result)
 
 proc tryExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   # watch out, hacks ahead:
-  let oldErrorCount = msgs.gErrorCounter
-  let oldErrorMax = msgs.gErrorMax
+  let oldErrorCount = c.config.errorCounter
+  let oldErrorMax = c.config.errorMax
   let oldCompilesId = c.compilesContextId
   inc c.compilesContextIdGenerator
   c.compilesContextId = c.compilesContextIdGenerator
   # do not halt after first error:
-  msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)
+  c.config.errorMax = high(int)
 
   # open a scope for temporary symbol inclusions:
   let oldScope = c.currentScope
@@ -1718,12 +1787,13 @@ proc tryExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   let oldInGenericContext = c.inGenericContext
   let oldInUnrolledContext = c.inUnrolledContext
   let oldInGenericInst = c.inGenericInst
+  let oldInStaticContext = c.inStaticContext
   let oldProcCon = c.p
   c.generics = @[]
   var err: string
   try:
     result = semExpr(c, n, flags)
-    if msgs.gErrorCounter != oldErrorCount: result = nil
+    if c.config.errorCounter != oldErrorCount: result = nil
   except ERecoverableError:
     discard
   # undo symbol table changes (as far as it's possible):
@@ -1732,13 +1802,14 @@ proc tryExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   c.inGenericContext = oldInGenericContext
   c.inUnrolledContext = oldInUnrolledContext
   c.inGenericInst = oldInGenericInst
+  c.inStaticContext = oldInStaticContext
   c.p = oldProcCon
   msgs.setInfoContextLen(oldContextLen)
   setLen(c.graph.owners, oldOwnerLen)
   c.currentScope = oldScope
   errorOutputs = oldErrorOutputs
-  msgs.gErrorCounter = oldErrorCount
-  msgs.gErrorMax = oldErrorMax
+  c.config.errorCounter = oldErrorCount
+  c.config.errorMax = oldErrorMax
 
 proc semCompiles(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   # we replace this node by a 'true' or 'false' node:
@@ -1746,7 +1817,7 @@ proc semCompiles(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
 
   result = newIntNode(nkIntLit, ord(tryExpr(c, n[1], flags) != nil))
   result.info = n.info
-  result.typ = getSysType(tyBool)
+  result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool)
 
 proc semShallowCopy(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   if sonsLen(n) == 3:
@@ -1761,15 +1832,15 @@ proc semShallowCopy(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
 
 proc createFlowVar(c: PContext; t: PType; info: TLineInfo): PType =
   result = newType(tyGenericInvocation, c.module)
-  addSonSkipIntLit(result, magicsys.getCompilerProc("FlowVar").typ)
+  addSonSkipIntLit(result, magicsys.getCompilerProc(c.graph, "FlowVar").typ)
   addSonSkipIntLit(result, t)
   result = instGenericContainer(c, info, result, allowMetaTypes = false)
 
 proc instantiateCreateFlowVarCall(c: PContext; t: PType;
                                   info: TLineInfo): PSym =
-  let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc("nimCreateFlowVar")
+  let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(c.graph, "nimCreateFlowVar")
   if sym == nil:
-    localError(info, errSystemNeeds, "nimCreateFlowVar")
+    localError(c.config, info, "system needs: nimCreateFlowVar")
   var bindings: TIdTable
   initIdTable(bindings)
   bindings.idTablePut(sym.ast[genericParamsPos].sons[0].typ, t)
@@ -1798,10 +1869,10 @@ proc semMagic(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   result = n
   case s.magic # magics that need special treatment
   of mAddr:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     result = semAddr(c, n.sons[1], s.name.s == "unsafeAddr")
   of mTypeOf:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     result = semTypeOf(c, n.sons[1])
   #of mArrGet: result = semArrGet(c, n, flags)
   #of mArrPut: result = semArrPut(c, n, flags)
@@ -1818,12 +1889,12 @@ proc semMagic(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   of mExpandToAst: result = semExpandToAst(c, n, s, flags)
   of mQuoteAst: result = semQuoteAst(c, n)
   of mAstToStr:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
-    result = newStrNodeT(renderTree(n[1], {renderNoComments}), n)
-    result.typ = getSysType(tyString)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
+    result = newStrNodeT(renderTree(n[1], {renderNoComments}), n, c.graph)
+    result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyString)
   of mParallel:
-    if not experimentalMode(c):
-      localError(n.info, "use the {.experimental.} pragma to enable 'parallel'")
+    if parallel notin c.features:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "use the {.experimental.} pragma to enable 'parallel'")
     result = setMs(n, s)
     var x = n.lastSon
     if x.kind == nkDo: x = x.sons[bodyPos]
@@ -1864,18 +1935,17 @@ proc semMagic(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
       if callee.magic != mNone:
         result = magicsAfterOverloadResolution(c, result, flags)
   of mRunnableExamples:
-    if gCmd == cmdDoc and n.len >= 2 and n.lastSon.kind == nkStmtList:
-      if n.sons[0].kind == nkIdent:
-        if sfMainModule in c.module.flags:
-          let inp = toFullPath(c.module.info)
-          if c.runnableExamples == nil:
-            c.runnableExamples = newTree(nkStmtList,
-              newTree(nkImportStmt, newStrNode(nkStrLit, expandFilename(inp))))
-          let imports = newTree(nkStmtList)
-          extractImports(n.lastSon, imports)
-          for imp in imports: c.runnableExamples.add imp
-          c.runnableExamples.add newTree(nkBlockStmt, emptyNode, copyTree n.lastSon)
-        result = setMs(n, s)
+    if c.config.cmd == cmdDoc and n.len >= 2 and n.lastSon.kind == nkStmtList:
+      if sfMainModule in c.module.flags:
+        let inp = toFullPath(c.module.info)
+        if c.runnableExamples == nil:
+          c.runnableExamples = newTree(nkStmtList,
+            newTree(nkImportStmt, newStrNode(nkStrLit, expandFilename(inp))))
+        let imports = newTree(nkStmtList)
+        extractImports(n.lastSon, imports)
+        for imp in imports: c.runnableExamples.add imp
+        c.runnableExamples.add newTree(nkBlockStmt, emptyNode, copyTree n.lastSon)
+      result = setMs(n, s)
     else:
       result = emptyNode
   else:
@@ -1910,7 +1980,7 @@ proc semWhen(c: PContext, n: PNode, semCheck = true): PNode =
     var it = n.sons[i]
     case it.kind
     of nkElifBranch, nkElifExpr:
-      checkSonsLen(it, 2)
+      checkSonsLen(it, 2, c.config)
       if whenNimvm:
         if semCheck:
           it.sons[1] = semExpr(c, it.sons[1])
@@ -1925,14 +1995,14 @@ proc semWhen(c: PContext, n: PNode, semCheck = true): PNode =
         elif e.intVal != 0 and result == nil:
           setResult(it.sons[1])
     of nkElse, nkElseExpr:
-      checkSonsLen(it, 1)
+      checkSonsLen(it, 1, c.config)
       if result == nil or whenNimvm:
         if semCheck:
           it.sons[0] = semExpr(c, it.sons[0])
           typ = commonType(typ, it.sons[0].typ)
         if result == nil:
           result = it.sons[0]
-    else: illFormedAst(n)
+    else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
   if result == nil:
     result = newNodeI(nkEmpty, n.info)
   if whenNimvm: result.typ = typ
@@ -1951,24 +2021,24 @@ proc semSetConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     var typ: PType = nil
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       if isRange(n.sons[i]):
-        checkSonsLen(n.sons[i], 3)
+        checkSonsLen(n.sons[i], 3, c.config)
         n.sons[i].sons[1] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[i].sons[1])
         n.sons[i].sons[2] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[i].sons[2])
         if typ == nil:
           typ = skipTypes(n.sons[i].sons[1].typ,
-                          {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyOrdinal, tyAlias})
+                          {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyOrdinal, tyAlias, tySink})
         n.sons[i].typ = n.sons[i].sons[2].typ # range node needs type too
       elif n.sons[i].kind == nkRange:
         # already semchecked
         if typ == nil:
           typ = skipTypes(n.sons[i].sons[0].typ,
-                          {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyOrdinal, tyAlias})
+                          {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyOrdinal, tyAlias, tySink})
       else:
         n.sons[i] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[i])
         if typ == nil:
-          typ = skipTypes(n.sons[i].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyOrdinal, tyAlias})
+          typ = skipTypes(n.sons[i].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyOrdinal, tyAlias, tySink})
     if not isOrdinalType(typ):
-      localError(n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
       typ = makeRangeType(c, 0, MaxSetElements-1, n.info)
     elif lengthOrd(typ) > MaxSetElements:
       typ = makeRangeType(c, 0, MaxSetElements-1, n.info)
@@ -1994,31 +2064,32 @@ proc semTableConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     var x = n.sons[i]
     if x.kind == nkExprColonExpr and sonsLen(x) == 2:
       for j in countup(lastKey, i-1):
-        var pair = newNodeI(nkPar, x.info)
+        var pair = newNodeI(nkTupleConstr, x.info)
         pair.add(n.sons[j])
         pair.add(x[1])
         result.add(pair)
 
-      var pair = newNodeI(nkPar, x.info)
+      var pair = newNodeI(nkTupleConstr, x.info)
       pair.add(x[0])
       pair.add(x[1])
       result.add(pair)
 
       lastKey = i+1
 
-  if lastKey != n.len: illFormedAst(n)
+  if lastKey != n.len: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
   result = semExpr(c, result)
 
 type
   TParKind = enum
     paNone, paSingle, paTupleFields, paTuplePositions
 
-proc checkPar(n: PNode): TParKind =
+proc checkPar(c: PContext; n: PNode): TParKind =
   var length = sonsLen(n)
   if length == 0:
     result = paTuplePositions # ()
   elif length == 1:
     if n.sons[0].kind == nkExprColonExpr: result = paTupleFields
+    elif n.kind == nkTupleConstr: result = paTuplePositions
     else: result = paSingle         # (expr)
   else:
     if n.sons[0].kind == nkExprColonExpr: result = paTupleFields
@@ -2027,26 +2098,26 @@ proc checkPar(n: PNode): TParKind =
       if result == paTupleFields:
         if (n.sons[i].kind != nkExprColonExpr) or
             not (n.sons[i].sons[0].kind in {nkSym, nkIdent}):
-          localError(n.sons[i].info, errNamedExprExpected)
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[i].info, errNamedExprExpected)
           return paNone
       else:
         if n.sons[i].kind == nkExprColonExpr:
-          localError(n.sons[i].info, errNamedExprNotAllowed)
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[i].info, errNamedExprNotAllowed)
           return paNone
 
 proc semTupleFieldsConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
-  result = newNodeI(nkPar, n.info)
+  result = newNodeI(nkTupleConstr, n.info)
   var typ = newTypeS(tyTuple, c)
   typ.n = newNodeI(nkRecList, n.info) # nkIdentDefs
   var ids = initIntSet()
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     if n[i].kind != nkExprColonExpr or n[i][0].kind notin {nkSym, nkIdent}:
-      illFormedAst(n.sons[i])
+      illFormedAst(n.sons[i], c.config)
     var id: PIdent
     if n.sons[i].sons[0].kind == nkIdent: id = n.sons[i].sons[0].ident
     else: id = n.sons[i].sons[0].sym.name
     if containsOrIncl(ids, id.id):
-      localError(n.sons[i].info, errFieldInitTwice, id.s)
+      localError(c.config, n.sons[i].info, errFieldInitTwice % id.s)
     n.sons[i].sons[1] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[i].sons[1],
                                         flags*{efAllowDestructor})
     var f = newSymS(skField, n.sons[i].sons[0], c)
@@ -2060,6 +2131,7 @@ proc semTupleFieldsConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
 
 proc semTuplePositionsConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   result = n                  # we don't modify n, but compute the type:
+  result.kind = nkTupleConstr
   var typ = newTypeS(tyTuple, c)  # leave typ.n nil!
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     n.sons[i] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[i], flags*{efAllowDestructor})
@@ -2079,14 +2151,14 @@ include semobjconstr
 proc semBlock(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   inc(c.p.nestedBlockCounter)
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   openScope(c) # BUGFIX: label is in the scope of block!
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     var labl = newSymG(skLabel, n.sons[0], c)
     if sfGenSym notin labl.flags:
       addDecl(c, labl)
     n.sons[0] = newSymNode(labl, n.sons[0].info)
-    suggestSym(n.sons[0].info, labl, c.graph.usageSym)
+    suggestSym(c.config, n.sons[0].info, labl, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckDef(labl)
   n.sons[1] = semExpr(c, n.sons[1])
   n.typ = n.sons[1].typ
@@ -2095,15 +2167,31 @@ proc semBlock(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   closeScope(c)
   dec(c.p.nestedBlockCounter)
 
+proc semExportExcept(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+  let moduleName = semExpr(c, n[0])
+  if moduleName.kind != nkSym or moduleName.sym.kind != skModule:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "The export/except syntax expects a module name")
+    return n
+  let exceptSet = readExceptSet(c, n)
+  let exported = moduleName.sym
+  strTableAdd(c.module.tab, exported)
+  var i: TTabIter
+  var s = initTabIter(i, exported.tab)
+  while s != nil:
+    if s.kind in ExportableSymKinds+{skModule} and
+       s.name.id notin exceptSet:
+      strTableAdd(c.module.tab, s)
+    s = nextIter(i, exported.tab)
+  result = n
+
 proc semExport(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var x = newNodeI(n.kind, n.info)
-  #let L = if n.kind == nkExportExceptStmt: L = 1 else: n.len
   for i in 0..<n.len:
     let a = n.sons[i]
     var o: TOverloadIter
     var s = initOverloadIter(o, c, a)
     if s == nil:
-      localError(a.info, errGenerated, "cannot export: " & renderTree(a))
+      localError(c.config, a.info, errGenerated, "cannot export: " & renderTree(a))
     elif s.kind == skModule:
       # forward everything from that module:
       strTableAdd(c.module.tab, s)
@@ -2137,7 +2225,7 @@ proc shouldBeBracketExpr(n: PNode): bool =
 
 proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   result = n
-  if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestExpr(c, n)
+  if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestExpr(c, n)
   if nfSem in n.flags: return
   case n.kind
   of nkIdent, nkAccQuoted:
@@ -2156,54 +2244,54 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
       if result.kind == nkSym:
         markIndirect(c, result.sym)
         # if isGenericRoutine(result.sym):
-        #   localError(n.info, errInstantiateXExplicitly, s.name.s)
+        #   localError(c.config, n.info, errInstantiateXExplicitly, s.name.s)
   of nkSym:
     # because of the changed symbol binding, this does not mean that we
     # don't have to check the symbol for semantics here again!
     result = semSym(c, n, n.sym, flags)
-  of nkEmpty, nkNone, nkCommentStmt:
+  of nkEmpty, nkNone, nkCommentStmt, nkType:
     discard
   of nkNilLit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyNil)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyNil)
   of nkIntLit:
-    if result.typ == nil: setIntLitType(result)
+    if result.typ == nil: setIntLitType(c.graph, result)
   of nkInt8Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyInt8)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt8)
   of nkInt16Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyInt16)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt16)
   of nkInt32Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyInt32)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt32)
   of nkInt64Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyInt64)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt64)
   of nkUIntLit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyUInt)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyUInt)
   of nkUInt8Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyUInt8)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyUInt8)
   of nkUInt16Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyUInt16)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyUInt16)
   of nkUInt32Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyUInt32)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyUInt32)
   of nkUInt64Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyUInt64)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyUInt64)
   #of nkFloatLit:
   #  if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getFloatLitType(result)
   of nkFloat32Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyFloat32)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyFloat32)
   of nkFloat64Lit, nkFloatLit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyFloat64)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyFloat64)
   of nkFloat128Lit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyFloat128)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyFloat128)
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyString)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyString)
   of nkCharLit:
-    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(tyChar)
+    if result.typ == nil: result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyChar)
   of nkDotExpr:
     result = semFieldAccess(c, n, flags)
     if result.kind == nkDotCall:
       result.kind = nkCall
       result = semExpr(c, result, flags)
   of nkBind:
-    message(n.info, warnDeprecated, "bind")
+    message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "bind")
     result = semExpr(c, n.sons[0], flags)
   of nkTypeOfExpr, nkTupleTy, nkTupleClassTy, nkRefTy..nkEnumTy, nkStaticTy:
     if c.matchedConcept != nil and n.len == 1:
@@ -2216,13 +2304,13 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
     result.typ = makeTypeDesc(c, typ)
   of nkCall, nkInfix, nkPrefix, nkPostfix, nkCommand, nkCallStrLit:
     # check if it is an expression macro:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     #when defined(nimsuggest):
     #  if gIdeCmd == ideCon and gTrackPos == n.info: suggestExprNoCheck(c, n)
     let mode = if nfDotField in n.flags: {} else: {checkUndeclared}
     var s = qualifiedLookUp(c, n.sons[0], mode)
     if s != nil:
-      #if gCmd == cmdPretty and n.sons[0].kind == nkDotExpr:
+      #if c.config.cmd == cmdPretty and n.sons[0].kind == nkDotExpr:
       #  pretty.checkUse(n.sons[0].sons[1].info, s)
       case s.kind
       of skMacro:
@@ -2272,7 +2360,7 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
       else:
         result = semExpr(c, result, flags)
   of nkBracketExpr:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     result = semArrayAccess(c, n, flags)
   of nkCurlyExpr:
     result = semExpr(c, buildOverloadedSubscripts(n, getIdent"{}"), flags)
@@ -2280,7 +2368,7 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
     var
       expr = n[0]
       pragma = n[1]
-      pragmaName = considerQuotedIdent(pragma[0])
+      pragmaName = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, pragma[0])
       flags = flags
 
     case whichKeyword(pragmaName)
@@ -2288,11 +2376,11 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
       flags.incl efExplain
     else:
       # what other pragmas are allowed for expressions? `likely`, `unlikely`
-      invalidPragma(n)
+      invalidPragma(c, n)
 
     result = semExpr(c, n[0], flags)
-  of nkPar:
-    case checkPar(n)
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr:
+    case checkPar(c, n)
     of paNone: result = errorNode(c, n)
     of paTuplePositions:
       var tupexp = semTuplePositionsConstr(c, n, flags)
@@ -2311,24 +2399,24 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   of nkDerefExpr: result = semDeref(c, n)
   of nkAddr:
     result = n
-    checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     result = semAddr(c, n.sons[0])
   of nkHiddenAddr, nkHiddenDeref:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     n.sons[0] = semExpr(c, n.sons[0], flags)
   of nkCast: result = semCast(c, n)
   of nkIfExpr, nkIfStmt: result = semIf(c, n)
   of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv, nkHiddenCallConv:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     considerGenSyms(c, n)
   of nkStringToCString, nkCStringToString, nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     considerGenSyms(c, n)
   of nkChckRangeF, nkChckRange64, nkChckRange:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 3)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 3, c.config)
     considerGenSyms(c, n)
   of nkCheckedFieldExpr:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     considerGenSyms(c, n)
   of nkTableConstr:
     result = semTableConstr(c, n)
@@ -2365,20 +2453,30 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   of nkMacroDef: result = semMacroDef(c, n)
   of nkTemplateDef: result = semTemplateDef(c, n)
   of nkImportStmt:
-    if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "import")
+    # this particular way allows 'import' in a 'compiles' context so that
+    # template canImport(x): bool =
+    #   compiles:
+    #     import x
+    #
+    # works:
+    if c.currentScope.depthLevel > 2 + c.compilesContextId:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "import")
     result = evalImport(c, n)
   of nkImportExceptStmt:
-    if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "import")
+    if not isTopLevel(c): localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "import")
     result = evalImportExcept(c, n)
   of nkFromStmt:
-    if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "from")
+    if not isTopLevel(c): localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "from")
     result = evalFrom(c, n)
   of nkIncludeStmt:
-    #if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "include")
+    #if not isTopLevel(c): localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "include")
     result = evalInclude(c, n)
-  of nkExportStmt, nkExportExceptStmt:
-    if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "export")
+  of nkExportStmt:
+    if not isTopLevel(c): localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "export")
     result = semExport(c, n)
+  of nkExportExceptStmt:
+    if not isTopLevel(c): localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "export")
+    result = semExportExcept(c, n)
   of nkPragmaBlock:
     result = semPragmaBlock(c, n)
   of nkStaticStmt:
@@ -2386,14 +2484,14 @@ proc semExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
   of nkDefer:
     n.sons[0] = semExpr(c, n.sons[0])
     if not n.sons[0].typ.isEmptyType and not implicitlyDiscardable(n.sons[0]):
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, "'defer' takes a 'void' expression")
-    #localError(n.info, errGenerated, "'defer' not allowed in this context")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "'defer' takes a 'void' expression")
+    #localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "'defer' not allowed in this context")
   of nkGotoState, nkState:
-    if n.len != 1 and n.len != 2: illFormedAst(n)
+    if n.len != 1 and n.len != 2: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
     for i in 0 ..< n.len:
       n.sons[i] = semExpr(c, n.sons[i])
   of nkComesFrom: discard "ignore the comes from information for now"
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errInvalidExpressionX,
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "invalid expression: " &
                renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
   if result != nil: incl(result.flags, nfSem)
diff --git a/compiler/semfields.nim b/compiler/semfields.nim
index c5bc07d77..16d79c559 100644
--- a/compiler/semfields.nim
+++ b/compiler/semfields.nim
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@ type
     tupleIndex: int
     field: PSym
     replaceByFieldName: bool
+    c: PContext
 
 proc instFieldLoopBody(c: TFieldInstCtx, n: PNode, forLoop: PNode): PNode =
   case n.kind
   of nkEmpty..pred(nkIdent), succ(nkSym)..nkNilLit: result = n
   of nkIdent, nkSym:
     result = n
-    let ident = considerQuotedIdent(n)
+    let ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.c.config, n)
     var L = sonsLen(forLoop)
     if c.replaceByFieldName:
-      if ident.id == considerQuotedIdent(forLoop[0]).id:
+      if ident.id == considerQuotedIdent(c.c.config, forLoop[0]).id:
         let fieldName = if c.tupleType.isNil: c.field.name.s
                         elif c.tupleType.n.isNil: "Field" & $c.tupleIndex
                         else: c.tupleType.n.sons[c.tupleIndex].sym.name.s
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ proc instFieldLoopBody(c: TFieldInstCtx, n: PNode, forLoop: PNode): PNode =
         return
     # other fields:
     for i in ord(c.replaceByFieldName)..L-3:
-      if ident.id == considerQuotedIdent(forLoop[i]).id:
+      if ident.id == considerQuotedIdent(c.c.config, forLoop[i]).id:
         var call = forLoop.sons[L-2]
         var tupl = call.sons[i+1-ord(c.replaceByFieldName)]
         if c.field.isNil:
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ proc instFieldLoopBody(c: TFieldInstCtx, n: PNode, forLoop: PNode): PNode =
         break
   else:
     if n.kind == nkContinueStmt:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+      localError(c.c.config, n.info,
                  "'continue' not supported in a 'fields' loop")
     result = copyNode(n)
     newSons(result, sonsLen(n))
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ proc semForObjectFields(c: TFieldsCtx, typ, forLoop, father: PNode) =
   case typ.kind
   of nkSym:
     var fc: TFieldInstCtx  # either 'tup[i]' or 'field' is valid
+    fc.c = c.c
     fc.field = typ.sym
     fc.replaceByFieldName = c.m == mFieldPairs
     openScope(c.c)
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ proc semForObjectFields(c: TFieldsCtx, typ, forLoop, father: PNode) =
     let L = forLoop.len
     let call = forLoop.sons[L-2]
     if call.len > 2:
-      localError(forLoop.info, errGenerated,
+      localError(c.c.config, forLoop.info,
                  "parallel 'fields' iterator does not work for 'case' objects")
       return
     # iterate over the selector:
@@ -99,17 +101,17 @@ proc semForObjectFields(c: TFieldsCtx, typ, forLoop, father: PNode) =
   of nkRecList:
     for t in items(typ): semForObjectFields(c, t, forLoop, father)
   else:
-    illFormedAstLocal(typ)
+    illFormedAstLocal(typ, c.c.config)
 
 proc semForFields(c: PContext, n: PNode, m: TMagic): PNode =
   # so that 'break' etc. work as expected, we produce
   # a 'while true: stmt; break' loop ...
   result = newNodeI(nkWhileStmt, n.info, 2)
-  var trueSymbol = strTableGet(magicsys.systemModule.tab, getIdent"true")
+  var trueSymbol = strTableGet(c.graph.systemModule.tab, getIdent"true")
   if trueSymbol == nil:
-    localError(n.info, errSystemNeeds, "true")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "system needs: 'true'")
     trueSymbol = newSym(skUnknown, getIdent"true", getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
-    trueSymbol.typ = getSysType(tyBool)
+    trueSymbol.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool)
 
   result.sons[0] = newSymNode(trueSymbol, n.info)
   var stmts = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
@@ -118,18 +120,18 @@ proc semForFields(c: PContext, n: PNode, m: TMagic): PNode =
   var length = sonsLen(n)
   var call = n.sons[length-2]
   if length-2 != sonsLen(call)-1 + ord(m==mFieldPairs):
-    localError(n.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
     return result
 
   const skippedTypesForFields = abstractVar - {tyTypeDesc} + tyUserTypeClasses
   var tupleTypeA = skipTypes(call.sons[1].typ, skippedTypesForFields)
   if tupleTypeA.kind notin {tyTuple, tyObject}:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "no object or tuple type")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "no object or tuple type")
     return result
   for i in 1..call.len-1:
     var tupleTypeB = skipTypes(call.sons[i].typ, skippedTypesForFields)
     if not sameType(tupleTypeA, tupleTypeB):
-      typeMismatch(call.sons[i].info, tupleTypeA, tupleTypeB)
+      typeMismatch(c.config, call.sons[i].info, tupleTypeA, tupleTypeB)
 
   inc(c.p.nestedLoopCounter)
   if tupleTypeA.kind == tyTuple:
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ proc semForFields(c: PContext, n: PNode, m: TMagic): PNode =
       var fc: TFieldInstCtx
       fc.tupleType = tupleTypeA
       fc.tupleIndex = i
+      fc.c = c
       fc.replaceByFieldName = m == mFieldPairs
       var body = instFieldLoopBody(fc, loopBody, n)
       inc c.inUnrolledContext
diff --git a/compiler/semfold.nim b/compiler/semfold.nim
index d2d36140d..daf9ce983 100644
--- a/compiler/semfold.nim
+++ b/compiler/semfold.nim
@@ -13,24 +13,18 @@
 import
   strutils, options, ast, astalgo, trees, treetab, nimsets, times,
   nversion, platform, math, msgs, os, condsyms, idents, renderer, types,
-  commands, magicsys, saturate
+  commands, magicsys, modulegraphs, strtabs
 
-proc getConstExpr*(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode
-  # evaluates the constant expression or returns nil if it is no constant
-  # expression
-proc evalOp*(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode
-proc leValueConv*(a, b: PNode): bool
-proc newIntNodeT*(intVal: BiggestInt, n: PNode): PNode
-proc newFloatNodeT(floatVal: BiggestFloat, n: PNode): PNode
-proc newStrNodeT*(strVal: string, n: PNode): PNode
-
-# implementation
-
-proc newIntNodeT(intVal: BiggestInt, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc newIntNodeT*(intVal: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   case skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVarRange).kind
   of tyInt:
     result = newIntNode(nkIntLit, intVal)
-    result.typ = getIntLitType(result)
+    # See bug #6989. 'pred' et al only produce an int literal type if the
+    # original type was 'int', not a distinct int etc.
+    if n.typ.kind == tyInt:
+      result.typ = getIntLitType(g, result)
+    else:
+      result.typ = n.typ
     # hrm, this is not correct: 1 + high(int) shouldn't produce tyInt64 ...
     #setIntLitType(result)
   of tyChar:
@@ -41,20 +35,82 @@ proc newIntNodeT(intVal: BiggestInt, n: PNode): PNode =
     result.typ = n.typ
   result.info = n.info
 
-proc newFloatNodeT(floatVal: BiggestFloat, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc newFloatNodeT*(floatVal: BiggestFloat, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   result = newFloatNode(nkFloatLit, floatVal)
   if skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyFloat:
-    result.typ = getFloatLitType(result)
+    result.typ = getFloatLitType(g, result)
   else:
     result.typ = n.typ
   result.info = n.info
 
-proc newStrNodeT(strVal: string, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc newStrNodeT*(strVal: string, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   result = newStrNode(nkStrLit, strVal)
   result.typ = n.typ
   result.info = n.info
 
-proc ordinalValToString*(a: PNode): string =
+proc getConstExpr*(m: PSym, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode
+  # evaluates the constant expression or returns nil if it is no constant
+  # expression
+proc evalOp*(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode
+
+proc checkInRange(n: PNode, res: BiggestInt): bool =
+  if res in firstOrd(n.typ)..lastOrd(n.typ):
+    result = true
+
+proc foldAdd(a, b: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  let res = a +% b
+  if ((res xor a) >= 0'i64 or (res xor b) >= 0'i64) and
+      checkInRange(n, res):
+    result = newIntNodeT(res, n, g)
+
+proc foldSub*(a, b: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  let res = a -% b
+  if ((res xor a) >= 0'i64 or (res xor not b) >= 0'i64) and
+      checkInRange(n, res):
+    result = newIntNodeT(res, n, g)
+
+proc foldAbs*(a: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  if a != firstOrd(n.typ):
+    result = newIntNodeT(a, n, g)
+
+proc foldMod*(a, b: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  if b != 0'i64:
+    result = newIntNodeT(a mod b, n, g)
+
+proc foldModU*(a, b: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  if b != 0'i64:
+    result = newIntNodeT(a %% b, n, g)
+
+proc foldDiv*(a, b: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  if b != 0'i64 and (a != firstOrd(n.typ) or b != -1'i64):
+    result = newIntNodeT(a div b, n, g)
+
+proc foldDivU*(a, b: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  if b != 0'i64:
+    result = newIntNodeT(a /% b, n, g)
+
+proc foldMul*(a, b: BiggestInt, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  let res = a *% b
+  let floatProd = toBiggestFloat(a) * toBiggestFloat(b)
+  let resAsFloat = toBiggestFloat(res)
+
+  # Fast path for normal case: small multiplicands, and no info
+  # is lost in either method.
+  if resAsFloat == floatProd and checkInRange(n, res):
+    return newIntNodeT(res, n, g)
+
+  # Somebody somewhere lost info. Close enough, or way off? Note
+  # that a != 0 and b != 0 (else resAsFloat == floatProd == 0).
+  # The difference either is or isn't significant compared to the
+  # true value (of which floatProd is a good approximation).
+
+  # abs(diff)/abs(prod) <= 1/32 iff
+  #   32 * abs(diff) <= abs(prod) -- 5 good bits is "close enough"
+  if 32.0 * abs(resAsFloat - floatProd) <= abs(floatProd) and
+      checkInRange(n, res):
+    return newIntNodeT(res, n, g)
+
+proc ordinalValToString*(a: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): string =
   # because $ has the param ordinal[T], `a` is not necessarily an enum, but an
   # ordinal
   var x = getInt(a)
@@ -66,14 +122,14 @@ proc ordinalValToString*(a: PNode): string =
   of tyEnum:
     var n = t.n
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      if n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(a.info, "ordinalValToString")
+      if n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(g.config, a.info, "ordinalValToString")
       var field = n.sons[i].sym
       if field.position == x:
         if field.ast == nil:
           return field.name.s
         else:
           return field.ast.strVal
-    internalError(a.info, "no symbol for ordinal value: " & $x)
+    internalError(g.config, a.info, "no symbol for ordinal value: " & $x)
   else:
     result = $x
 
@@ -92,12 +148,12 @@ proc pickIntRange(a, b: PType): PType =
 proc isIntRangeOrLit(t: PType): bool =
   result = isIntRange(t) or isIntLit(t)
 
-proc makeRange(typ: PType, first, last: BiggestInt): PType =
+proc makeRange(typ: PType, first, last: BiggestInt; g: ModuleGraph): PType =
   let minA = min(first, last)
   let maxA = max(first, last)
   let lowerNode = newIntNode(nkIntLit, minA)
   if typ.kind == tyInt and minA == maxA:
-    result = getIntLitType(lowerNode)
+    result = getIntLitType(g, lowerNode)
   elif typ.kind in {tyUint, tyUInt64}:
     # these are not ordinal types, so you get no subrange type for these:
     result = typ
@@ -109,7 +165,7 @@ proc makeRange(typ: PType, first, last: BiggestInt): PType =
     result.n = n
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, skipTypes(typ, {tyRange}))
 
-proc makeRangeF(typ: PType, first, last: BiggestFloat): PType =
+proc makeRangeF(typ: PType, first, last: BiggestFloat; g: ModuleGraph): PType =
   var n = newNode(nkRange)
   addSon(n, newFloatNode(nkFloatLit, min(first.float, last.float)))
   addSon(n, newFloatNode(nkFloatLit, max(first.float, last.float)))
@@ -119,9 +175,9 @@ proc makeRangeF(typ: PType, first, last: BiggestFloat): PType =
 
 proc evalIs(n, a: PNode): PNode =
   # XXX: This should use the standard isOpImpl
-  internalAssert a.kind == nkSym and a.sym.kind == skType
-  internalAssert n.sonsLen == 3 and
-    n[2].kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit, nkType}
+  #internalAssert a.kind == nkSym and a.sym.kind == skType
+  #internalAssert n.sonsLen == 3 and
+  #  n[2].kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit, nkType}
 
   let t1 = a.sym.typ
 
@@ -145,125 +201,113 @@ proc evalIs(n, a: PNode): PNode =
     result = newIntNode(nkIntLit, ord(match))
   result.typ = n.typ
 
-proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
+proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   # b and c may be nil
   result = nil
   case m
-  of mOrd: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a), n)
-  of mChr: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a), n)
-  of mUnaryMinusI, mUnaryMinusI64: result = newIntNodeT(- getInt(a), n)
-  of mUnaryMinusF64: result = newFloatNodeT(- getFloat(a), n)
-  of mNot: result = newIntNodeT(1 - getInt(a), n)
-  of mCard: result = newIntNodeT(nimsets.cardSet(a), n)
-  of mBitnotI: result = newIntNodeT(not getInt(a), n)
-  of mLengthArray: result = newIntNodeT(lengthOrd(a.typ), n)
+  of mOrd: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a), n, g)
+  of mChr: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a), n, g)
+  of mUnaryMinusI, mUnaryMinusI64: result = newIntNodeT(- getInt(a), n, g)
+  of mUnaryMinusF64: result = newFloatNodeT(- getFloat(a), n, g)
+  of mNot: result = newIntNodeT(1 - getInt(a), n, g)
+  of mCard: result = newIntNodeT(nimsets.cardSet(a), n, g)
+  of mBitnotI: result = newIntNodeT(not getInt(a), n, g)
+  of mLengthArray: result = newIntNodeT(lengthOrd(a.typ), n, g)
   of mLengthSeq, mLengthOpenArray, mXLenSeq, mLengthStr, mXLenStr:
     if a.kind == nkNilLit:
-      result = newIntNodeT(0, n)
+      result = newIntNodeT(0, n, g)
     elif a.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
-      result = newIntNodeT(len a.strVal, n)
+      result = newIntNodeT(len a.strVal, n, g)
     else:
-      result = newIntNodeT(sonsLen(a), n) # BUGFIX
+      result = newIntNodeT(sonsLen(a), n, g)
   of mUnaryPlusI, mUnaryPlusF64: result = a # throw `+` away
   of mToFloat, mToBiggestFloat:
-    result = newFloatNodeT(toFloat(int(getInt(a))), n)
-  of mToInt, mToBiggestInt: result = newIntNodeT(system.toInt(getFloat(a)), n)
-  of mAbsF64: result = newFloatNodeT(abs(getFloat(a)), n)
-  of mAbsI:
-    if getInt(a) >= 0: result = a
-    else: result = newIntNodeT(- getInt(a), n)
+    result = newFloatNodeT(toFloat(int(getInt(a))), n, g)
+  # XXX: Hides overflow/underflow
+  of mToInt, mToBiggestInt: result = newIntNodeT(system.toInt(getFloat(a)), n, g)
+  of mAbsF64: result = newFloatNodeT(abs(getFloat(a)), n, g)
+  of mAbsI: result = foldAbs(getInt(a), n, g)
   of mZe8ToI, mZe8ToI64, mZe16ToI, mZe16ToI64, mZe32ToI64, mZeIToI64:
     # byte(-128) = 1...1..1000_0000'64 --> 0...0..1000_0000'64
-    result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) and (`shl`(1, getSize(a.typ) * 8) - 1), n)
-  of mToU8: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) and 0x000000FF, n)
-  of mToU16: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) and 0x0000FFFF, n)
-  of mToU32: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) and 0x00000000FFFFFFFF'i64, n)
-  of mUnaryLt: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a) |-| 1, n)
-  of mSucc: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a) |+| getInt(b), n)
-  of mPred: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a) |-| getInt(b), n)
-  of mAddI: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) |+| getInt(b), n)
-  of mSubI: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) |-| getInt(b), n)
-  of mMulI: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) |*| getInt(b), n)
+    result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) and (`shl`(1, getSize(a.typ) * 8) - 1), n, g)
+  of mToU8: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) and 0x000000FF, n, g)
+  of mToU16: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) and 0x0000FFFF, n, g)
+  of mToU32: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) and 0x00000000FFFFFFFF'i64, n, g)
+  of mUnaryLt: result = foldSub(getOrdValue(a), 1, n, g)
+  of mSucc: result = foldAdd(getOrdValue(a), getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mPred: result = foldSub(getOrdValue(a), getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mAddI: result = foldAdd(getInt(a), getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mSubI: result = foldSub(getInt(a), getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mMulI: result = foldMul(getInt(a), getInt(b), n, g)
   of mMinI:
-    if getInt(a) > getInt(b): result = newIntNodeT(getInt(b), n)
-    else: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a), n)
+    if getInt(a) > getInt(b): result = newIntNodeT(getInt(b), n, g)
+    else: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a), n, g)
   of mMaxI:
-    if getInt(a) > getInt(b): result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a), n)
-    else: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(b), n)
+    if getInt(a) > getInt(b): result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a), n, g)
+    else: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(b), n, g)
   of mShlI:
     case skipTypes(n.typ, abstractRange).kind
-    of tyInt8: result = newIntNodeT(int8(getInt(a)) shl int8(getInt(b)), n)
-    of tyInt16: result = newIntNodeT(int16(getInt(a)) shl int16(getInt(b)), n)
-    of tyInt32: result = newIntNodeT(int32(getInt(a)) shl int32(getInt(b)), n)
+    of tyInt8: result = newIntNodeT(int8(getInt(a)) shl int8(getInt(b)), n, g)
+    of tyInt16: result = newIntNodeT(int16(getInt(a)) shl int16(getInt(b)), n, g)
+    of tyInt32: result = newIntNodeT(int32(getInt(a)) shl int32(getInt(b)), n, g)
     of tyInt64, tyInt, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
-      result = newIntNodeT(`shl`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
-    else: internalError(n.info, "constant folding for shl")
+      result = newIntNodeT(`shl`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n, g)
+    else: internalError(g.config, n.info, "constant folding for shl")
   of mShrI:
     case skipTypes(n.typ, abstractRange).kind
-    of tyInt8: result = newIntNodeT(int8(getInt(a)) shr int8(getInt(b)), n)
-    of tyInt16: result = newIntNodeT(int16(getInt(a)) shr int16(getInt(b)), n)
-    of tyInt32: result = newIntNodeT(int32(getInt(a)) shr int32(getInt(b)), n)
+    of tyInt8: result = newIntNodeT(int8(getInt(a)) shr int8(getInt(b)), n, g)
+    of tyInt16: result = newIntNodeT(int16(getInt(a)) shr int16(getInt(b)), n, g)
+    of tyInt32: result = newIntNodeT(int32(getInt(a)) shr int32(getInt(b)), n, g)
     of tyInt64, tyInt, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
-      result = newIntNodeT(`shr`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
-    else: internalError(n.info, "constant folding for shr")
-  of mDivI:
-    let y = getInt(b)
-    if y != 0:
-      result = newIntNodeT(`|div|`(getInt(a), y), n)
-  of mModI:
-    let y = getInt(b)
-    if y != 0:
-      result = newIntNodeT(`|mod|`(getInt(a), y), n)
-  of mAddF64: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a) + getFloat(b), n)
-  of mSubF64: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a) - getFloat(b), n)
-  of mMulF64: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a) * getFloat(b), n)
+      result = newIntNodeT(`shr`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n, g)
+    else: internalError(g.config, n.info, "constant folding for shr")
+  of mDivI: result = foldDiv(getInt(a), getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mModI: result = foldMod(getInt(a), getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mAddF64: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a) + getFloat(b), n, g)
+  of mSubF64: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a) - getFloat(b), n, g)
+  of mMulF64: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a) * getFloat(b), n, g)
   of mDivF64:
     if getFloat(b) == 0.0:
-      if getFloat(a) == 0.0: result = newFloatNodeT(NaN, n)
-      else: result = newFloatNodeT(Inf, n)
+      if getFloat(a) == 0.0: result = newFloatNodeT(NaN, n, g)
+      elif getFloat(b).classify == fcNegZero: result = newFloatNodeT(-Inf, n, g)
+      else: result = newFloatNodeT(Inf, n, g)
     else:
-      result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a) / getFloat(b), n)
+      result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a) / getFloat(b), n, g)
   of mMaxF64:
-    if getFloat(a) > getFloat(b): result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a), n)
-    else: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(b), n)
+    if getFloat(a) > getFloat(b): result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a), n, g)
+    else: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(b), n, g)
   of mMinF64:
-    if getFloat(a) > getFloat(b): result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(b), n)
-    else: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a), n)
-  of mIsNil: result = newIntNodeT(ord(a.kind == nkNilLit), n)
+    if getFloat(a) > getFloat(b): result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(b), n, g)
+    else: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a), n, g)
+  of mIsNil: result = newIntNodeT(ord(a.kind == nkNilLit), n, g)
   of mLtI, mLtB, mLtEnum, mLtCh:
-    result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) < getOrdValue(b)), n)
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) < getOrdValue(b)), n, g)
   of mLeI, mLeB, mLeEnum, mLeCh:
-    result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) <= getOrdValue(b)), n)
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) <= getOrdValue(b)), n, g)
   of mEqI, mEqB, mEqEnum, mEqCh:
-    result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) == getOrdValue(b)), n)
-  of mLtF64: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getFloat(a) < getFloat(b)), n)
-  of mLeF64: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getFloat(a) <= getFloat(b)), n)
-  of mEqF64: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getFloat(a) == getFloat(b)), n)
-  of mLtStr: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getStr(a) < getStr(b)), n)
-  of mLeStr: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getStr(a) <= getStr(b)), n)
-  of mEqStr: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getStr(a) == getStr(b)), n)
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) == getOrdValue(b)), n, g)
+  of mLtF64: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getFloat(a) < getFloat(b)), n, g)
+  of mLeF64: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getFloat(a) <= getFloat(b)), n, g)
+  of mEqF64: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getFloat(a) == getFloat(b)), n, g)
+  of mLtStr: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getStr(a) < getStr(b)), n, g)
+  of mLeStr: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getStr(a) <= getStr(b)), n, g)
+  of mEqStr: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getStr(a) == getStr(b)), n, g)
   of mLtU, mLtU64:
-    result = newIntNodeT(ord(`<%`(getOrdValue(a), getOrdValue(b))), n)
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(`<%`(getOrdValue(a), getOrdValue(b))), n, g)
   of mLeU, mLeU64:
-    result = newIntNodeT(ord(`<=%`(getOrdValue(a), getOrdValue(b))), n)
-  of mBitandI, mAnd: result = newIntNodeT(a.getInt and b.getInt, n)
-  of mBitorI, mOr: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) or getInt(b), n)
-  of mBitxorI, mXor: result = newIntNodeT(a.getInt xor b.getInt, n)
-  of mAddU: result = newIntNodeT(`+%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
-  of mSubU: result = newIntNodeT(`-%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
-  of mMulU: result = newIntNodeT(`*%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
-  of mModU:
-    let y = getInt(b)
-    if y != 0:
-      result = newIntNodeT(`%%`(getInt(a), y), n)
-  of mDivU:
-    let y = getInt(b)
-    if y != 0:
-      result = newIntNodeT(`/%`(getInt(a), y), n)
-  of mLeSet: result = newIntNodeT(ord(containsSets(a, b)), n)
-  of mEqSet: result = newIntNodeT(ord(equalSets(a, b)), n)
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(`<=%`(getOrdValue(a), getOrdValue(b))), n, g)
+  of mBitandI, mAnd: result = newIntNodeT(a.getInt and b.getInt, n, g)
+  of mBitorI, mOr: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) or getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mBitxorI, mXor: result = newIntNodeT(a.getInt xor b.getInt, n, g)
+  of mAddU: result = newIntNodeT(`+%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n, g)
+  of mSubU: result = newIntNodeT(`-%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n, g)
+  of mMulU: result = newIntNodeT(`*%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n, g)
+  of mModU: result = foldModU(getInt(a), getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mDivU: result = foldDivU(getInt(a), getInt(b), n, g)
+  of mLeSet: result = newIntNodeT(ord(containsSets(a, b)), n, g)
+  of mEqSet: result = newIntNodeT(ord(equalSets(a, b)), n, g)
   of mLtSet:
-    result = newIntNodeT(ord(containsSets(a, b) and not equalSets(a, b)), n)
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(containsSets(a, b) and not equalSets(a, b)), n, g)
   of mMulSet:
     result = nimsets.intersectSets(a, b)
     result.info = n.info
@@ -276,120 +320,125 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
   of mSymDiffSet:
     result = nimsets.symdiffSets(a, b)
     result.info = n.info
-  of mConStrStr: result = newStrNodeT(getStrOrChar(a) & getStrOrChar(b), n)
-  of mInSet: result = newIntNodeT(ord(inSet(a, b)), n)
+  of mConStrStr: result = newStrNodeT(getStrOrChar(a) & getStrOrChar(b), n, g)
+  of mInSet: result = newIntNodeT(ord(inSet(a, b)), n, g)
   of mRepr:
     # BUGFIX: we cannot eval mRepr here for reasons that I forgot.
     discard
-  of mIntToStr, mInt64ToStr: result = newStrNodeT($(getOrdValue(a)), n)
+  of mIntToStr, mInt64ToStr: result = newStrNodeT($(getOrdValue(a)), n, g)
   of mBoolToStr:
-    if getOrdValue(a) == 0: result = newStrNodeT("false", n)
-    else: result = newStrNodeT("true", n)
-  of mCopyStr: result = newStrNodeT(substr(getStr(a), int(getOrdValue(b))), n)
+    if getOrdValue(a) == 0: result = newStrNodeT("false", n, g)
+    else: result = newStrNodeT("true", n, g)
+  of mCopyStr: result = newStrNodeT(substr(getStr(a), int(getOrdValue(b))), n, g)
   of mCopyStrLast:
     result = newStrNodeT(substr(getStr(a), int(getOrdValue(b)),
-                                           int(getOrdValue(c))), n)
-  of mFloatToStr: result = newStrNodeT($getFloat(a), n)
+                                           int(getOrdValue(c))), n, g)
+  of mFloatToStr: result = newStrNodeT($getFloat(a), n, g)
   of mCStrToStr, mCharToStr:
     if a.kind == nkBracket:
       var s = ""
       for b in a.sons:
         s.add b.getStrOrChar
-      result = newStrNodeT(s, n)
+      result = newStrNodeT(s, n, g)
     else:
-      result = newStrNodeT(getStrOrChar(a), n)
+      result = newStrNodeT(getStrOrChar(a), n, g)
   of mStrToStr: result = a
-  of mEnumToStr: result = newStrNodeT(ordinalValToString(a), n)
+  of mEnumToStr: result = newStrNodeT(ordinalValToString(a, g), n, g)
   of mArrToSeq:
     result = copyTree(a)
     result.typ = n.typ
   of mCompileOption:
-    result = newIntNodeT(ord(commands.testCompileOption(a.getStr, n.info)), n)
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(commands.testCompileOption(g.config, a.getStr, n.info)), n, g)
   of mCompileOptionArg:
     result = newIntNodeT(ord(
-      testCompileOptionArg(getStr(a), getStr(b), n.info)), n)
+      testCompileOptionArg(g.config, getStr(a), getStr(b), n.info)), n, g)
   of mEqProc:
     result = newIntNodeT(ord(
-        exprStructuralEquivalent(a, b, strictSymEquality=true)), n)
+        exprStructuralEquivalent(a, b, strictSymEquality=true)), n, g)
   else: discard
 
-proc getConstIfExpr(c: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc getConstIfExpr(c: PSym, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   result = nil
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var it = n.sons[i]
     if it.len == 2:
-      var e = getConstExpr(c, it.sons[0])
+      var e = getConstExpr(c, it.sons[0], g)
       if e == nil: return nil
       if getOrdValue(e) != 0:
         if result == nil:
-          result = getConstExpr(c, it.sons[1])
+          result = getConstExpr(c, it.sons[1], g)
           if result == nil: return
     elif it.len == 1:
-      if result == nil: result = getConstExpr(c, it.sons[0])
-    else: internalError(it.info, "getConstIfExpr()")
+      if result == nil: result = getConstExpr(c, it.sons[0], g)
+    else: internalError(g.config, it.info, "getConstIfExpr()")
 
-proc leValueConv(a, b: PNode): bool =
+proc leValueConv*(a, b: PNode): bool =
   result = false
   case a.kind
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit:
     case b.kind
     of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: result = a.intVal <= b.intVal
     of nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit: result = a.intVal <= round(b.floatVal).int
-    else: internalError(a.info, "leValueConv")
+    else: result = false #internalError(a.info, "leValueConv")
   of nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit:
     case b.kind
     of nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit: result = a.floatVal <= b.floatVal
     of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: result = a.floatVal <= toFloat(int(b.intVal))
-    else: internalError(a.info, "leValueConv")
-  else: internalError(a.info, "leValueConv")
+    else: result = false # internalError(a.info, "leValueConv")
+  else: result = false # internalError(a.info, "leValueConv")
 
-proc magicCall(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc magicCall(m: PSym, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   if sonsLen(n) <= 1: return
 
   var s = n.sons[0].sym
-  var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1])
+  var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1], g)
   var b, c: PNode
   if a == nil: return
   if sonsLen(n) > 2:
-    b = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[2])
+    b = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[2], g)
     if b == nil: return
     if sonsLen(n) > 3:
-      c = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[3])
+      c = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[3], g)
       if c == nil: return
-  result = evalOp(s.magic, n, a, b, c)
-
-proc getAppType(n: PNode): PNode =
-  if gGlobalOptions.contains(optGenDynLib):
-    result = newStrNodeT("lib", n)
-  elif gGlobalOptions.contains(optGenStaticLib):
-    result = newStrNodeT("staticlib", n)
-  elif gGlobalOptions.contains(optGenGuiApp):
-    result = newStrNodeT("gui", n)
+  result = evalOp(s.magic, n, a, b, c, g)
+
+proc getAppType(n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  if g.config.globalOptions.contains(optGenDynLib):
+    result = newStrNodeT("lib", n, g)
+  elif g.config.globalOptions.contains(optGenStaticLib):
+    result = newStrNodeT("staticlib", n, g)
+  elif g.config.globalOptions.contains(optGenGuiApp):
+    result = newStrNodeT("gui", n, g)
   else:
-    result = newStrNodeT("console", n)
+    result = newStrNodeT("console", n, g)
 
-proc rangeCheck(n: PNode, value: BiggestInt) =
-  if value < firstOrd(n.typ) or value > lastOrd(n.typ):
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot convert " & $value &
+proc rangeCheck(n: PNode, value: BiggestInt; g: ModuleGraph) =
+  var err = false
+  if n.typ.skipTypes({tyRange}).kind in {tyUInt..tyUInt64}:
+    err = value <% firstOrd(n.typ) or value >% lastOrd(n.typ, fixedUnsigned=true)
+  else:
+    err = value < firstOrd(n.typ) or value > lastOrd(n.typ)
+  if err:
+    localError(g.config, n.info, "cannot convert " & $value &
                                      " to " & typeToString(n.typ))
 
-proc foldConv*(n, a: PNode; check = false): PNode =
+proc foldConv*(n, a: PNode; g: ModuleGraph; check = false): PNode =
   # XXX range checks?
   case skipTypes(n.typ, abstractRange).kind
   of tyInt..tyInt64, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
     case skipTypes(a.typ, abstractRange).kind
     of tyFloat..tyFloat64:
-      result = newIntNodeT(int(getFloat(a)), n)
-    of tyChar: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a), n)
+      result = newIntNodeT(int(getFloat(a)), n, g)
+    of tyChar: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a), n, g)
     else:
       result = a
       result.typ = n.typ
     if check and result.kind in {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit}:
-      rangeCheck(n, result.intVal)
+      rangeCheck(n, result.intVal, g)
   of tyFloat..tyFloat64:
     case skipTypes(a.typ, abstractRange).kind
     of tyInt..tyInt64, tyEnum, tyBool, tyChar:
-      result = newFloatNodeT(toBiggestFloat(getOrdValue(a)), n)
+      result = newFloatNodeT(toBiggestFloat(getOrdValue(a)), n, g)
     else:
       result = a
       result.typ = n.typ
@@ -399,47 +448,47 @@ proc foldConv*(n, a: PNode; check = false): PNode =
     result = a
     result.typ = n.typ
 
-proc getArrayConstr(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc getArrayConstr(m: PSym, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   if n.kind == nkBracket:
     result = n
   else:
-    result = getConstExpr(m, n)
+    result = getConstExpr(m, n, g)
     if result == nil: result = n
 
-proc foldArrayAccess(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
-  var x = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0])
-  if x == nil or x.typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind == tyTypeDesc:
+proc foldArrayAccess(m: PSym, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
+  var x = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0], g)
+  if x == nil or x.typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind == tyTypeDesc:
     return
 
-  var y = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1])
+  var y = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1], g)
   if y == nil: return
 
   var idx = getOrdValue(y)
   case x.kind
-  of nkPar:
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr:
     if idx >= 0 and idx < sonsLen(x):
       result = x.sons[int(idx)]
       if result.kind == nkExprColonExpr: result = result.sons[1]
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errIndexOutOfBounds)
+      localError(g.config, n.info, "index out of bounds: " & $n)
   of nkBracket:
     idx = idx - x.typ.firstOrd
     if idx >= 0 and idx < x.len: result = x.sons[int(idx)]
-    else: localError(n.info, errIndexOutOfBounds)
+    else: localError(g.config, n.info, "index out of bounds: " & $n)
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
     result = newNodeIT(nkCharLit, x.info, n.typ)
     if idx >= 0 and idx < len(x.strVal):
       result.intVal = ord(x.strVal[int(idx)])
-    elif idx == len(x.strVal):
+    elif idx == len(x.strVal) and optLaxStrings in g.config.options:
       discard
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errIndexOutOfBounds)
+      localError(g.config, n.info, "index out of bounds: " & $n)
   else: discard
 
-proc foldFieldAccess(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc foldFieldAccess(m: PSym, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   # a real field access; proc calls have already been transformed
-  var x = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0])
-  if x == nil or x.kind notin {nkObjConstr, nkPar}: return
+  var x = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0], g)
+  if x == nil or x.kind notin {nkObjConstr, nkPar, nkTupleConstr}: return
 
   var field = n.sons[1].sym
   for i in countup(ord(x.kind == nkObjConstr), sonsLen(x) - 1):
@@ -452,13 +501,13 @@ proc foldFieldAccess(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
     if it.sons[0].sym.name.id == field.name.id:
       result = x.sons[i].sons[1]
       return
-  localError(n.info, errFieldXNotFound, field.name.s)
+  localError(g.config, n.info, "field not found: " & field.name.s)
 
-proc foldConStrStr(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc foldConStrStr(m: PSym, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   result = newNodeIT(nkStrLit, n.info, n.typ)
   result.strVal = ""
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    let a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i])
+    let a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i], g)
     if a == nil: return nil
     result.strVal.add(getStrOrChar(a))
 
@@ -470,37 +519,55 @@ proc newSymNodeTypeDesc*(s: PSym; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   else:
     result.typ = s.typ
 
-proc getConstExpr(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc getConstExpr(m: PSym, n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph): PNode =
   result = nil
+
+  proc getSrcTimestamp(): DateTime =
+    try:
+      result = utc(fromUnix(parseInt(getEnv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH",
+                                            "not a number"))))
+    except ValueError:
+      # Environment variable malformed.
+      # https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/: "If the
+      # value is malformed, the build process SHOULD exit with a non-zero
+      # error code", which this doesn't do. This uses local time, because
+      # that maintains compatibility with existing usage.
+      result = local(getTime())
+
   case n.kind
   of nkSym:
     var s = n.sym
     case s.kind
     of skEnumField:
-      result = newIntNodeT(s.position, n)
+      result = newIntNodeT(s.position, n, g)
     of skConst:
       case s.magic
-      of mIsMainModule: result = newIntNodeT(ord(sfMainModule in m.flags), n)
-      of mCompileDate: result = newStrNodeT(times.getDateStr(), n)
-      of mCompileTime: result = newStrNodeT(times.getClockStr(), n)
-      of mCpuEndian: result = newIntNodeT(ord(CPU[targetCPU].endian), n)
-      of mHostOS: result = newStrNodeT(toLowerAscii(platform.OS[targetOS].name), n)
-      of mHostCPU: result = newStrNodeT(platform.CPU[targetCPU].name.toLowerAscii, n)
-      of mBuildOS: result = newStrNodeT(toLowerAscii(platform.OS[platform.hostOS].name), n)
-      of mBuildCPU: result = newStrNodeT(platform.CPU[platform.hostCPU].name.toLowerAscii, n)
-      of mAppType: result = getAppType(n)
-      of mNaN: result = newFloatNodeT(NaN, n)
-      of mInf: result = newFloatNodeT(Inf, n)
-      of mNegInf: result = newFloatNodeT(NegInf, n)
+      of mIsMainModule: result = newIntNodeT(ord(sfMainModule in m.flags), n, g)
+      of mCompileDate: result = newStrNodeT(format(getSrcTimestamp(),
+                                                   "yyyy-MM-dd"), n, g)
+      of mCompileTime: result = newStrNodeT(format(getSrcTimestamp(),
+                                                   "HH:mm:ss"), n, g)
+      of mCpuEndian: result = newIntNodeT(ord(CPU[targetCPU].endian), n, g)
+      of mHostOS: result = newStrNodeT(toLowerAscii(platform.OS[targetOS].name), n, g)
+      of mHostCPU: result = newStrNodeT(platform.CPU[targetCPU].name.toLowerAscii, n, g)
+      of mBuildOS: result = newStrNodeT(toLowerAscii(platform.OS[platform.hostOS].name), n, g)
+      of mBuildCPU: result = newStrNodeT(platform.CPU[platform.hostCPU].name.toLowerAscii, n, g)
+      of mAppType: result = getAppType(n, g)
+      of mNaN: result = newFloatNodeT(NaN, n, g)
+      of mInf: result = newFloatNodeT(Inf, n, g)
+      of mNegInf: result = newFloatNodeT(NegInf, n, g)
       of mIntDefine:
-        if isDefined(s.name):
-          result = newIntNodeT(lookupSymbol(s.name).parseInt, n)
+        if isDefined(g.config, s.name.s):
+          try:
+            result = newIntNodeT(g.config.symbols[s.name.s].parseInt, n, g)
+          except ValueError:
+            localError(g.config, n.info, "expression is not an integer literal")
       of mStrDefine:
-        if isDefined(s.name):
-          result = newStrNodeT(lookupSymbol(s.name), n)
+        if isDefined(g.config, s.name.s):
+          result = newStrNodeT(g.config.symbols[s.name.s], n, g)
       else:
         result = copyTree(s.ast)
-    of {skProc, skFunc, skMethod}:
+    of skProc, skFunc, skMethod:
       result = n
     of skType:
       # XXX gensym'ed symbols can come here and cannot be resolved. This is
@@ -520,7 +587,7 @@ proc getConstExpr(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
   of nkCharLit..nkNilLit:
     result = copyNode(n)
   of nkIfExpr:
-    result = getConstIfExpr(m, n)
+    result = getConstIfExpr(m, n, g)
   of nkCallKinds:
     if n.sons[0].kind != nkSym: return
     var s = n.sons[0].sym
@@ -533,68 +600,67 @@ proc getConstExpr(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
       of mSizeOf:
         var a = n.sons[1]
         if computeSize(a.typ) < 0:
-          localError(a.info, errCannotEvalXBecauseIncompletelyDefined,
-                     "sizeof")
+          localError(g.config, a.info, "cannot evaluate 'sizeof' because its type is not defined completely")
           result = nil
         elif skipTypes(a.typ, typedescInst+{tyRange}).kind in
              IntegralTypes+NilableTypes+{tySet}:
           #{tyArray,tyObject,tyTuple}:
-          result = newIntNodeT(getSize(a.typ), n)
+          result = newIntNodeT(getSize(a.typ), n, g)
         else:
           result = nil
           # XXX: size computation for complex types is still wrong
       of mLow:
-        result = newIntNodeT(firstOrd(n.sons[1].typ), n)
+        result = newIntNodeT(firstOrd(n.sons[1].typ), n, g)
       of mHigh:
         if skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, abstractVar).kind notin
             {tySequence, tyString, tyCString, tyOpenArray, tyVarargs}:
-          result = newIntNodeT(lastOrd(skipTypes(n[1].typ, abstractVar)), n)
+          result = newIntNodeT(lastOrd(skipTypes(n[1].typ, abstractVar)), n, g)
         else:
-          var a = getArrayConstr(m, n.sons[1])
+          var a = getArrayConstr(m, n.sons[1], g)
           if a.kind == nkBracket:
             # we can optimize it away:
-            result = newIntNodeT(sonsLen(a)-1, n)
+            result = newIntNodeT(sonsLen(a)-1, n, g)
       of mLengthOpenArray:
-        var a = getArrayConstr(m, n.sons[1])
+        var a = getArrayConstr(m, n.sons[1], g)
         if a.kind == nkBracket:
           # we can optimize it away! This fixes the bug ``len(134)``.
-          result = newIntNodeT(sonsLen(a), n)
+          result = newIntNodeT(sonsLen(a), n, g)
         else:
-          result = magicCall(m, n)
+          result = magicCall(m, n, g)
       of mLengthArray:
         # It doesn't matter if the argument is const or not for mLengthArray.
         # This fixes bug #544.
-        result = newIntNodeT(lengthOrd(n.sons[1].typ), n)
+        result = newIntNodeT(lengthOrd(n.sons[1].typ), n, g)
       of mAstToStr:
-        result = newStrNodeT(renderTree(n[1], {renderNoComments}), n)
+        result = newStrNodeT(renderTree(n[1], {renderNoComments}), n, g)
       of mConStrStr:
-        result = foldConStrStr(m, n)
+        result = foldConStrStr(m, n, g)
       of mIs:
-        let a = getConstExpr(m, n[1])
+        let a = getConstExpr(m, n[1], g)
         if a != nil and a.kind == nkSym and a.sym.kind == skType:
           result = evalIs(n, a)
       else:
-        result = magicCall(m, n)
+        result = magicCall(m, n, g)
     except OverflowError:
-      localError(n.info, errOverOrUnderflow)
+      localError(g.config, n.info, "over- or underflow")
     except DivByZeroError:
-      localError(n.info, errConstantDivisionByZero)
+      localError(g.config, n.info, "division by zero")
   of nkAddr:
-    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0])
+    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0], g)
     if a != nil:
       result = n
       n.sons[0] = a
   of nkBracket:
     result = copyTree(n)
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i])
+      var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i], g)
       if a == nil: return nil
       result.sons[i] = a
     incl(result.flags, nfAllConst)
   of nkRange:
-    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0])
+    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0], g)
     if a == nil: return
-    var b = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1])
+    var b = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1], g)
     if b == nil: return
     result = copyNode(n)
     addSon(result, a)
@@ -602,7 +668,7 @@ proc getConstExpr(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
   of nkCurly:
     result = copyTree(n)
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i])
+      var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i], g)
       if a == nil: return nil
       result.sons[i] = a
     incl(result.flags, nfAllConst)
@@ -613,50 +679,50 @@ proc getConstExpr(m: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
   #    if a == nil: return nil
   #    result.sons[i].sons[1] = a
   #  incl(result.flags, nfAllConst)
-  of nkPar:
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr:
     # tuple constructor
     result = copyTree(n)
     if (sonsLen(n) > 0) and (n.sons[0].kind == nkExprColonExpr):
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-        var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i].sons[1])
+        var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i].sons[1], g)
         if a == nil: return nil
         result.sons[i].sons[1] = a
     else:
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-        var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i])
+        var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[i], g)
         if a == nil: return nil
         result.sons[i] = a
     incl(result.flags, nfAllConst)
   of nkChckRangeF, nkChckRange64, nkChckRange:
-    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0])
+    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0], g)
     if a == nil: return
     if leValueConv(n.sons[1], a) and leValueConv(a, n.sons[2]):
       result = a              # a <= x and x <= b
       result.typ = n.typ
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, `%`(
-          msgKindToString(errIllegalConvFromXtoY),
-          [typeToString(n.sons[0].typ), typeToString(n.typ)]))
+      localError(g.config, n.info,
+        "conversion from $1 to $2 is invalid" %
+          [typeToString(n.sons[0].typ), typeToString(n.typ)])
   of nkStringToCString, nkCStringToString:
-    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0])
+    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[0], g)
     if a == nil: return
     result = a
     result.typ = n.typ
   of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv:
-    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1])
+    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1], g)
     if a == nil: return
-    result = foldConv(n, a, check=n.kind == nkHiddenStdConv)
+    result = foldConv(n, a, g, check=n.kind == nkHiddenStdConv)
   of nkCast:
-    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1])
+    var a = getConstExpr(m, n.sons[1], g)
     if a == nil: return
     if n.typ != nil and n.typ.kind in NilableTypes:
       # we allow compile-time 'cast' for pointer types:
       result = a
       result.typ = n.typ
-  of nkBracketExpr: result = foldArrayAccess(m, n)
-  of nkDotExpr: result = foldFieldAccess(m, n)
+  of nkBracketExpr: result = foldArrayAccess(m, n, g)
+  of nkDotExpr: result = foldFieldAccess(m, n, g)
   of nkStmtListExpr:
     if n.len == 2 and n[0].kind == nkComesFrom:
-      result = getConstExpr(m, n[1])
+      result = getConstExpr(m, n[1], g)
   else:
     discard
diff --git a/compiler/semgnrc.nim b/compiler/semgnrc.nim
index 16da06952..8f06e748e 100644
--- a/compiler/semgnrc.nim
+++ b/compiler/semgnrc.nim
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 # included from sem.nim
 
-proc getIdentNode(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc getIdentNode(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
   case n.kind
-  of nkPostfix: result = getIdentNode(n.sons[1])
-  of nkPragmaExpr: result = getIdentNode(n.sons[0])
+  of nkPostfix: result = getIdentNode(c, n.sons[1])
+  of nkPragmaExpr: result = getIdentNode(c, n.sons[0])
   of nkIdent, nkAccQuoted, nkSym: result = n
   else:
-    illFormedAst(n)
+    illFormedAst(n, c.config)
     result = n
 
 type
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ proc semGenericStmtSymbol(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym,
 proc lookup(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TSemGenericFlags,
             ctx: var GenericCtx): PNode =
   result = n
-  let ident = considerQuotedIdent(n)
-  var s = searchInScopes(c, ident).skipAlias(n)
+  let ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n)
+  var s = searchInScopes(c, ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
   if s == nil:
     s = strTableGet(c.pureEnumFields, ident)
     if s != nil and contains(c.ambiguousSymbols, s.id):
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ proc fuzzyLookup(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TSemGenericFlags,
     n.sons[0] = semGenericStmt(c, n.sons[0], flags, ctx)
     result = n
     let n = n[1]
-    let ident = considerQuotedIdent(n)
-    var s = searchInScopes(c, ident).skipAlias(n)
+    let ident = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n)
+    var s = searchInScopes(c, ident).skipAlias(n, c.config)
     if s != nil and s.kind in routineKinds:
       isMacro = s.kind in {skTemplate, skMacro}
       if withinBind in flags:
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ proc fuzzyLookup(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TSemGenericFlags,
           result = newDot(result, syms)
 
 proc addTempDecl(c: PContext; n: PNode; kind: TSymKind) =
-  let s = newSymS(skUnknown, getIdentNode(n), c)
+  let s = newSymS(skUnknown, getIdentNode(c, n), c)
   addPrelimDecl(c, s)
   styleCheckDef(n.info, s, kind)
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
   when defined(nimsuggest):
     if withinTypeDesc in flags: inc c.inTypeContext
 
-  #if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, n)
+  #if conf.cmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, n)
   semIdeForTemplateOrGenericCheck(n, ctx.cursorInBody)
 
   case n.kind
@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
     result = semMixinStmt(c, n, ctx.toMixin)
   of nkCall, nkHiddenCallConv, nkInfix, nkPrefix, nkCommand, nkCallStrLit:
     # check if it is an expression macro:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     let fn = n.sons[0]
     var s = qualifiedLookUp(c, fn, {})
     if  s == nil and
         {withinMixin, withinConcept}*flags == {} and
         fn.kind in {nkIdent, nkAccQuoted} and
-        considerQuotedIdent(fn).id notin ctx.toMixin:
+        considerQuotedIdent(c.config, fn).id notin ctx.toMixin:
       errorUndeclaredIdentifier(c, n.info, fn.renderTree)
 
     var first = int ord(withinConcept in flags)
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
     withBracketExpr ctx, n.sons[0]:
       result = semGenericStmt(c, result, flags, ctx)
   of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     let a = n.sons[0]
     let b = n.sons[1]
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
     n.sons[0] = semGenericStmt(c, n.sons[0], flags, ctx)
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n)-1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
-      checkMinSonsLen(a, 1)
+      checkMinSonsLen(a, 1, c.config)
       var L = sonsLen(a)
       for j in countup(0, L-2):
         a.sons[j] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[j], flags, ctx)
@@ -340,23 +340,23 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
     closeScope(c)
     closeScope(c)
   of nkBlockStmt, nkBlockExpr, nkBlockType:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     openScope(c)
     if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
       addTempDecl(c, n.sons[0], skLabel)
     n.sons[1] = semGenericStmt(c, n.sons[1], flags, ctx)
     closeScope(c)
   of nkTryStmt:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     n.sons[0] = semGenericStmtScope(c, n.sons[0], flags, ctx)
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n)-1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
-      checkMinSonsLen(a, 1)
+      checkMinSonsLen(a, 1, c.config)
       var L = sonsLen(a)
       openScope(c)
       for j in countup(0, L-2):
         if a.sons[j].isInfixAs():
-          addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(a.sons[j][2]), skLet)
+          addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(c, a.sons[j][2]), skLet)
           a.sons[j].sons[1] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[j][1], flags+{withinTypeDesc}, ctx)
         else:
           a.sons[j] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[j], flags+{withinTypeDesc}, ctx)
@@ -367,44 +367,44 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-      if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs) and (a.kind != nkVarTuple): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+      if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs) and (a.kind != nkVarTuple): illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+      checkMinSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
       var L = sonsLen(a)
       a.sons[L-2] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[L-2], flags+{withinTypeDesc}, ctx)
       a.sons[L-1] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[L-1], flags, ctx)
       for j in countup(0, L-3):
-        addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(a.sons[j]), skVar)
+        addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(c, a.sons[j]), skVar)
   of nkGenericParams:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
-      if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+      if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs): illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+      checkMinSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
       var L = sonsLen(a)
       a.sons[L-2] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[L-2], flags+{withinTypeDesc}, ctx)
       # do not perform symbol lookup for default expressions
       for j in countup(0, L-3):
-        addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(a.sons[j]), skType)
+        addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(c, a.sons[j]), skType)
   of nkConstSection:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-      if (a.kind != nkConstDef): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkSonsLen(a, 3)
-      addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(a.sons[0]), skConst)
+      if (a.kind != nkConstDef): illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+      checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
+      addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(c, a.sons[0]), skConst)
       a.sons[1] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[1], flags+{withinTypeDesc}, ctx)
       a.sons[2] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[2], flags, ctx)
   of nkTypeSection:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-      if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkSonsLen(a, 3)
-      addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(a.sons[0]), skType)
+      if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+      checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
+      addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(c, a.sons[0]), skType)
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-      if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkSonsLen(a, 3)
+      if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+      checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
       if a.sons[1].kind != nkEmpty:
         openScope(c)
         a.sons[1] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[1], flags, ctx)
@@ -421,28 +421,28 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
         case n.sons[i].kind
         of nkEnumFieldDef: a = n.sons[i].sons[0]
         of nkIdent: a = n.sons[i]
-        else: illFormedAst(n)
-        addDecl(c, newSymS(skUnknown, getIdentNode(a), c))
+        else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
+        addDecl(c, newSymS(skUnknown, getIdentNode(c, a), c))
   of nkObjectTy, nkTupleTy, nkTupleClassTy:
     discard
   of nkFormalParams:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
       n.sons[0] = semGenericStmt(c, n.sons[0], flags+{withinTypeDesc}, ctx)
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
-      if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+      if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs): illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+      checkMinSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
       var L = sonsLen(a)
       a.sons[L-2] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[L-2], flags+{withinTypeDesc}, ctx)
       a.sons[L-1] = semGenericStmt(c, a.sons[L-1], flags, ctx)
       for j in countup(0, L-3):
-        addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(a.sons[j]), skParam)
+        addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(c, a.sons[j]), skParam)
   of nkProcDef, nkMethodDef, nkConverterDef, nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef,
      nkFuncDef, nkIteratorDef, nkLambdaKinds:
-    checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1)
+    checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1, c.config)
     if n.sons[namePos].kind != nkEmpty:
-      addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(n.sons[0]), skProc)
+      addTempDecl(c, getIdentNode(c, n.sons[0]), skProc)
     openScope(c)
     n.sons[genericParamsPos] = semGenericStmt(c, n.sons[genericParamsPos],
                                               flags, ctx)
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
     closeScope(c)
   of nkPragma, nkPragmaExpr: discard
   of nkExprColonExpr, nkExprEqExpr:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     result.sons[1] = semGenericStmt(c, n.sons[1], flags, ctx)
   else:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
diff --git a/compiler/seminst.nim b/compiler/seminst.nim
index acea9330b..a5f0ca7d8 100644
--- a/compiler/seminst.nim
+++ b/compiler/seminst.nim
@@ -54,10 +54,13 @@ proc pushProcCon*(c: PContext; owner: PSym) =
   rawPushProcCon(c, owner)
   rawHandleSelf(c, owner)
 
+const
+  errCannotInstantiateX = "cannot instantiate: '$1'"
+
 iterator instantiateGenericParamList(c: PContext, n: PNode, pt: TIdTable): PSym =
-  internalAssert n.kind == nkGenericParams
+  internalAssert c.config, n.kind == nkGenericParams
   for i, a in n.pairs:
-    internalAssert a.kind == nkSym
+    internalAssert c.config, a.kind == nkSym
     var q = a.sym
     if q.typ.kind notin {tyTypeDesc, tyGenericParam, tyStatic}+tyTypeClasses:
       continue
@@ -71,10 +74,10 @@ iterator instantiateGenericParamList(c: PContext, n: PNode, pt: TIdTable): PSym
         # later by semAsgn in return type inference scenario
         t = q.typ
       else:
-        localError(a.info, errCannotInstantiateX, s.name.s)
+        localError(c.config, a.info, errCannotInstantiateX % s.name.s)
         t = errorType(c)
     elif t.kind == tyGenericParam:
-      localError(a.info, errCannotInstantiateX, q.name.s)
+      localError(c.config, a.info, errCannotInstantiateX % q.name.s)
       t = errorType(c)
     elif t.kind == tyGenericInvocation:
       #t = instGenericContainer(c, a, t)
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ proc instantiateBody(c: PContext, n, params: PNode, result, orig: PSym) =
     freshGenSyms(b, result, orig, symMap)
     b = semProcBody(c, b)
     b = hloBody(c, b)
-    n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.module, b, result)
+    n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.graph, c.module, b, result)
     #echo "code instantiated ", result.name.s
     excl(result.flags, sfForward)
     dec c.inGenericInst
@@ -174,6 +177,8 @@ proc sideEffectsCheck(c: PContext, s: PSym) =
 
 proc instGenericContainer(c: PContext, info: TLineInfo, header: PType,
                           allowMetaTypes = false): PType =
+  internalAssert c.config, header.kind == tyGenericInvocation
+
   var
     typeMap: LayeredIdTable
     cl: TReplTypeVars
@@ -185,7 +190,35 @@ proc instGenericContainer(c: PContext, info: TLineInfo, header: PType,
   cl.info = info
   cl.c = c
   cl.allowMetaTypes = allowMetaTypes
+
+  # We must add all generic params in scope, because the generic body
+  # may include tyFromExpr nodes depending on these generic params.
+  # XXX: This looks quite similar to the code in matchUserTypeClass,
+  # perhaps the code can be extracted in a shared function.
+  openScope(c)
+  let genericTyp = header.base
+  for i in 0 .. (genericTyp.len - 2):
+    let genParam = genericTyp[i]
+    var param: PSym
+
+    template paramSym(kind): untyped =
+      newSym(kind, genParam.sym.name, genericTyp.sym, genParam.sym.info)
+
+    if genParam.kind == tyStatic:
+      param = paramSym skConst
+      param.ast = header[i+1].n
+      param.typ = header[i+1]
+    else:
+      param = paramSym skType
+      param.typ = makeTypeDesc(c, header[i+1])
+
+    # this scope was not created by the user,
+    # unused params shoudn't be reported.
+    param.flags.incl sfUsed
+    addDecl(c, param)
+
   result = replaceTypeVarsT(cl, header)
+  closeScope(c)
 
 proc instantiateProcType(c: PContext, pt: TIdTable,
                          prc: PSym, info: TLineInfo) =
@@ -203,14 +236,12 @@ proc instantiateProcType(c: PContext, pt: TIdTable,
   # at this point semtypinst have to become part of sem, because it
   # will need to use openScope, addDecl, etc.
   #addDecl(c, prc)
-
   pushInfoContext(info)
   var typeMap = initLayeredTypeMap(pt)
   var cl = initTypeVars(c, addr(typeMap), info, nil)
   var result = instCopyType(cl, prc.typ)
   let originalParams = result.n
   result.n = originalParams.shallowCopy
-
   for i in 1 ..< result.len:
     # twrong_field_caching requires these 'resetIdTable' calls:
     if i > 1:
@@ -218,7 +249,7 @@ proc instantiateProcType(c: PContext, pt: TIdTable,
       resetIdTable(cl.localCache)
     result.sons[i] = replaceTypeVarsT(cl, result.sons[i])
     propagateToOwner(result, result.sons[i])
-    internalAssert originalParams[i].kind == nkSym
+    internalAssert c.config, originalParams[i].kind == nkSym
     when true:
       let oldParam = originalParams[i].sym
       let param = copySym(oldParam)
@@ -255,9 +286,9 @@ proc generateInstance(c: PContext, fn: PSym, pt: TIdTable,
   ## The `pt` parameter is a type-unsafe mapping table used to link generic
   ## parameters to their concrete types within the generic instance.
   # no need to instantiate generic templates/macros:
-  internalAssert fn.kind notin {skMacro, skTemplate}
+  internalAssert c.config, fn.kind notin {skMacro, skTemplate}
   # generates an instantiated proc
-  if c.instCounter > 1000: internalError(fn.ast.info, "nesting too deep")
+  if c.instCounter > 1000: internalError(c.config, fn.ast.info, "nesting too deep")
   inc(c.instCounter)
   # careful! we copy the whole AST including the possibly nil body!
   var n = copyTree(fn.ast)
@@ -276,7 +307,7 @@ proc generateInstance(c: PContext, fn: PSym, pt: TIdTable,
 
   openScope(c)
   let gp = n.sons[genericParamsPos]
-  internalAssert gp.kind != nkEmpty
+  internalAssert c.config, gp.kind != nkEmpty
   n.sons[namePos] = newSymNode(result)
   pushInfoContext(info)
   var entry = TInstantiation.new
@@ -316,7 +347,9 @@ proc generateInstance(c: PContext, fn: PSym, pt: TIdTable,
     if c.inGenericContext == 0:
       instantiateBody(c, n, fn.typ.n, result, fn)
     sideEffectsCheck(c, result)
-    paramsTypeCheck(c, result.typ)
+    if result.magic != mSlice:
+      # 'toOpenArray' is special and it is allowed to return 'openArray':
+      paramsTypeCheck(c, result.typ)
   else:
     result = oldPrc
   popProcCon(c)
diff --git a/compiler/semmacrosanity.nim b/compiler/semmacrosanity.nim
index fe9bb6c8d..02c56c035 100644
--- a/compiler/semmacrosanity.nim
+++ b/compiler/semmacrosanity.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## Implements type sanity checking for ASTs resulting from macros. Lots of
 ## room for improvement here.
 
-import ast, astalgo, msgs, types
+import ast, astalgo, msgs, types, options
 
 proc ithField(n: PNode, field: var int): PSym =
   result = nil
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ proc ithField(n: PNode, field: var int): PSym =
       result = ithField(n.sons[i], field)
       if result != nil: return
   of nkRecCase:
-    if n.sons[0].kind != nkSym: internalError(n.info, "ithField")
+    if n.sons[0].kind != nkSym: return
     result = ithField(n.sons[0], field)
     if result != nil: return
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ proc ithField(n: PNode, field: var int): PSym =
       of nkOfBranch, nkElse:
         result = ithField(lastSon(n.sons[i]), field)
         if result != nil: return
-      else: internalError(n.info, "ithField(record case branch)")
+      else: discard
   of nkSym:
     if field == 0: result = n.sym
     else: dec(field)
   else: discard
 
-proc annotateType*(n: PNode, t: PType) =
+proc annotateType*(n: PNode, t: PType; conf: ConfigRef) =
   let x = t.skipTypes(abstractInst+{tyRange})
   # Note: x can be unequal to t and we need to be careful to use 't'
   # to not to skip tyGenericInst
@@ -46,50 +46,50 @@ proc annotateType*(n: PNode, t: PType) =
       var j = i-1
       let field = x.n.ithField(j)
       if field.isNil:
-        globalError n.info, "invalid field at index " & $i
+        globalError conf, n.info, "invalid field at index " & $i
       else:
-        internalAssert(n.sons[i].kind == nkExprColonExpr)
-        annotateType(n.sons[i].sons[1], field.typ)
-  of nkPar:
+        internalAssert(conf, n.sons[i].kind == nkExprColonExpr)
+        annotateType(n.sons[i].sons[1], field.typ, conf)
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr:
     if x.kind == tyTuple:
       n.typ = t
       for i in 0 ..< n.len:
-        if i >= x.len: globalError n.info, "invalid field at index " & $i
-        else: annotateType(n.sons[i], x.sons[i])
+        if i >= x.len: globalError conf, n.info, "invalid field at index " & $i
+        else: annotateType(n.sons[i], x.sons[i], conf)
     elif x.kind == tyProc and x.callConv == ccClosure:
       n.typ = t
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "() must have a tuple type")
+      globalError(conf, n.info, "() must have a tuple type")
   of nkBracket:
     if x.kind in {tyArray, tySequence, tyOpenArray}:
       n.typ = t
-      for m in n: annotateType(m, x.elemType)
+      for m in n: annotateType(m, x.elemType, conf)
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "[] must have some form of array type")
+      globalError(conf, n.info, "[] must have some form of array type")
   of nkCurly:
     if x.kind in {tySet}:
       n.typ = t
-      for m in n: annotateType(m, x.elemType)
+      for m in n: annotateType(m, x.elemType, conf)
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "{} must have the set type")
+      globalError(conf, n.info, "{} must have the set type")
   of nkFloatLit..nkFloat128Lit:
     if x.kind in {tyFloat..tyFloat128}:
       n.typ = t
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "float literal must have some float type")
+      globalError(conf, n.info, "float literal must have some float type")
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit:
     if x.kind in {tyInt..tyUInt64, tyBool, tyChar, tyEnum}:
       n.typ = t
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "integer literal must have some int type")
+      globalError(conf, n.info, "integer literal must have some int type")
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
     if x.kind in {tyString, tyCString}:
       n.typ = t
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "string literal must be of some string type")
+      globalError(conf, n.info, "string literal must be of some string type")
   of nkNilLit:
     if x.kind in NilableTypes:
       n.typ = t
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "nil literal must be of some pointer type")
+      globalError(conf, n.info, "nil literal must be of some pointer type")
   else: discard
diff --git a/compiler/semmagic.nim b/compiler/semmagic.nim
index 0d0f2ee82..8515e971d 100644
--- a/compiler/semmagic.nim
+++ b/compiler/semmagic.nim
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ proc semAddr(c: PContext; n: PNode; isUnsafeAddr=false): PNode =
   if x.kind == nkSym:
     x.sym.flags.incl(sfAddrTaken)
   if isAssignable(c, x, isUnsafeAddr) notin {arLValue, arLocalLValue}:
-    localError(n.info, errExprHasNoAddress)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errExprHasNoAddress)
   result.add x
   result.typ = makePtrType(c, x.typ)
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ proc semArrGet(c: PContext; n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     let x = copyTree(n)
     x.sons[0] = newIdentNode(getIdent"[]", n.info)
     bracketNotFoundError(c, x)
-    #localError(n.info, "could not resolve: " & $n)
+    #localError(c.config, n.info, "could not resolve: " & $n)
     result = n
 
 proc semArrPut(c: PContext; n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
@@ -64,25 +64,28 @@ proc semAsgnOpr(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc semIsPartOf(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   var r = isPartOf(n[1], n[2])
-  result = newIntNodeT(ord(r), n)
+  result = newIntNodeT(ord(r), n, c.graph)
 
 proc expectIntLit(c: PContext, n: PNode): int =
   let x = c.semConstExpr(c, n)
   case x.kind
   of nkIntLit..nkInt64Lit: result = int(x.intVal)
-  else: localError(n.info, errIntLiteralExpected)
+  else: localError(c.config, n.info, errIntLiteralExpected)
 
 proc semInstantiationInfo(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = newNodeIT(nkPar, n.info, n.typ)
+  result = newNodeIT(nkTupleConstr, n.info, n.typ)
   let idx = expectIntLit(c, n.sons[1])
   let useFullPaths = expectIntLit(c, n.sons[2])
   let info = getInfoContext(idx)
-  var filename = newNodeIT(nkStrLit, n.info, getSysType(tyString))
+  var filename = newNodeIT(nkStrLit, n.info, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyString))
   filename.strVal = if useFullPaths != 0: info.toFullPath else: info.toFilename
-  var line = newNodeIT(nkIntLit, n.info, getSysType(tyInt))
+  var line = newNodeIT(nkIntLit, n.info, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt))
   line.intVal = toLinenumber(info)
+  var column = newNodeIT(nkIntLit, n.info, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt))
+  column.intVal = toColumn(info)
   result.add(filename)
   result.add(line)
+  result.add(column)
 
 proc toNode(t: PType, i: TLineInfo): PNode =
   result = newNodeIT(nkType, i, t)
@@ -107,10 +110,10 @@ proc uninstantiate(t: PType): PType =
     of tyCompositeTypeClass: uninstantiate t.sons[1]
     else: t
 
-proc evalTypeTrait(traitCall: PNode, operand: PType, context: PSym): PNode =
-  const skippedTypes = {tyTypeDesc, tyAlias}
+proc evalTypeTrait(c: PContext; traitCall: PNode, operand: PType, context: PSym): PNode =
+  const skippedTypes = {tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tySink}
   let trait = traitCall[0]
-  internalAssert trait.kind == nkSym
+  internalAssert c.config, trait.kind == nkSym
   var operand = operand.skipTypes(skippedTypes)
 
   template operand2: PType =
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ proc evalTypeTrait(traitCall: PNode, operand: PType, context: PSym): PNode =
   of "genericHead":
     var res = uninstantiate(operand)
     if res == operand and res.kind notin tyMagicGenerics:
-      localError(traitCall.info,
+      localError(c.config, traitCall.info,
         "genericHead expects a generic type. The given type was " &
         typeToString(operand))
       return newType(tyError, context).toNode(traitCall.info)
@@ -145,22 +148,22 @@ proc evalTypeTrait(traitCall: PNode, operand: PType, context: PSym): PNode =
   of "stripGenericParams":
     result = uninstantiate(operand).toNode(traitCall.info)
   of "supportsCopyMem":
-    let t = operand.skipTypes({tyVar, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tyInferred})
+    let t = operand.skipTypes({tyVar, tyLent, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink, tyInferred})
     let complexObj = containsGarbageCollectedRef(t) or
                      hasDestructor(t)
-    result = newIntNodeT(ord(not complexObj), traitCall)
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(not complexObj), traitCall, c.graph)
   else:
-    localError(traitCall.info, "unknown trait")
+    localError(c.config, traitCall.info, "unknown trait")
     result = emptyNode
 
 proc semTypeTraits(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   let t = n.sons[1].typ
-  internalAssert t != nil and t.kind == tyTypeDesc
+  internalAssert c.config, t != nil and t.kind == tyTypeDesc
   if t.sonsLen > 0:
     # This is either a type known to sem or a typedesc
     # param to a regular proc (again, known at instantiation)
-    result = evalTypeTrait(n, t, getCurrOwner(c))
+    result = evalTypeTrait(c, n, t, getCurrOwner(c))
   else:
     # a typedesc variable, pass unmodified to evals
     result = n
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ proc semOrd(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   elif parType.kind == tySet:
     result.typ = makeRangeType(c, firstOrd(parType), lastOrd(parType), n.info)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
     result.typ = errorType(c)
 
 proc semBindSym(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
@@ -182,13 +185,13 @@ proc semBindSym(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
   let sl = semConstExpr(c, n.sons[1])
   if sl.kind notin {nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit}:
-    localError(n.sons[1].info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.sons[1].info, errStringLiteralExpected)
     return errorNode(c, n)
 
   let isMixin = semConstExpr(c, n.sons[2])
   if isMixin.kind != nkIntLit or isMixin.intVal < 0 or
       isMixin.intVal > high(TSymChoiceRule).int:
-    localError(n.sons[2].info, errConstExprExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.sons[2].info, errConstExprExpected)
     return errorNode(c, n)
 
   let id = newIdentNode(getIdent(sl.strVal), n.info)
@@ -196,6 +199,10 @@ proc semBindSym(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   if s != nil:
     # we need to mark all symbols:
     var sc = symChoice(c, id, s, TSymChoiceRule(isMixin.intVal))
+    if not (c.inStaticContext > 0 or getCurrOwner(c).isCompileTimeProc):
+      # inside regular code, bindSym resolves to the sym-choice
+      # nodes (see tinspectsymbol)
+      return sc
     result.add(sc)
   else:
     errorUndeclaredIdentifier(c, n.sons[1].info, sl.strVal)
@@ -218,9 +225,9 @@ proc semOf(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     let y = skipTypes(n.sons[2].typ, abstractPtrs-{tyTypeDesc})
 
     if x.kind == tyTypeDesc or y.kind != tyTypeDesc:
-      localError(n.info, errXExpectsObjectTypes, "of")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "'of' takes object types")
     elif b.kind != tyObject or a.kind != tyObject:
-      localError(n.info, errXExpectsObjectTypes, "of")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "'of' takes object types")
     else:
       let diff = inheritanceDiff(a, b)
       # | returns: 0 iff `a` == `b`
@@ -229,26 +236,26 @@ proc semOf(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       # | returns: `maxint` iff `a` and `b` are not compatible at all
       if diff <= 0:
         # optimize to true:
-        message(n.info, hintConditionAlwaysTrue, renderTree(n))
+        message(c.config, n.info, hintConditionAlwaysTrue, renderTree(n))
         result = newIntNode(nkIntLit, 1)
         result.info = n.info
-        result.typ = getSysType(tyBool)
+        result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool)
         return result
       elif diff == high(int):
-        localError(n.info, errXcanNeverBeOfThisSubtype, typeToString(a))
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "'$1' cannot be of this subtype" % typeToString(a))
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsTwoArguments, "of")
-  n.typ = getSysType(tyBool)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "'of' takes 2 arguments")
+  n.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyBool)
   result = n
 
 proc magicsAfterOverloadResolution(c: PContext, n: PNode,
                                    flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   case n[0].sym.magic
   of mAddr:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     result = semAddr(c, n.sons[1], n[0].sym.name.s == "unsafeAddr")
   of mTypeOf:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     result = semTypeOf(c, n.sons[1])
   of mArrGet: result = semArrGet(c, n, flags)
   of mArrPut: result = semArrPut(c, n, flags)
@@ -260,8 +267,8 @@ proc magicsAfterOverloadResolution(c: PContext, n: PNode,
   of mIsPartOf: result = semIsPartOf(c, n, flags)
   of mTypeTrait: result = semTypeTraits(c, n)
   of mAstToStr:
-    result = newStrNodeT(renderTree(n[1], {renderNoComments}), n)
-    result.typ = getSysType(tyString)
+    result = newStrNodeT(renderTree(n[1], {renderNoComments}), n, c.graph)
+    result.typ = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyString)
   of mInstantiationInfo: result = semInstantiationInfo(c, n)
   of mOrd: result = semOrd(c, n)
   of mOf: result = semOf(c, n)
@@ -274,11 +281,11 @@ proc magicsAfterOverloadResolution(c: PContext, n: PNode,
   of mDotDot:
     result = n
   of mRoof:
-    localError(n.info, "builtin roof operator is not supported anymore")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "builtin roof operator is not supported anymore")
   of mPlugin:
     let plugin = getPlugin(n[0].sym)
     if plugin.isNil:
-      localError(n.info, "cannot find plugin " & n[0].sym.name.s)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot find plugin " & n[0].sym.name.s)
       result = n
     else:
       result = plugin(c, n)
diff --git a/compiler/semobjconstr.nim b/compiler/semobjconstr.nim
index a0bf084fa..1e0802953 100644
--- a/compiler/semobjconstr.nim
+++ b/compiler/semobjconstr.nim
@@ -39,32 +39,32 @@ proc mergeInitStatus(existing: var InitStatus, newStatus: InitStatus) =
   of initUnknown:
     discard
 
-proc invalidObjConstr(n: PNode) =
+proc invalidObjConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   if n.kind == nkInfix and n[0].kind == nkIdent and n[0].ident.s[0] == ':':
-    localError(n.info, "incorrect object construction syntax; use a space after the colon")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "incorrect object construction syntax; use a space after the colon")
   else:
-    localError(n.info, "incorrect object construction syntax")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "incorrect object construction syntax")
 
-proc locateFieldInInitExpr(field: PSym, initExpr: PNode): PNode =
+proc locateFieldInInitExpr(c: PContext, field: PSym, initExpr: PNode): PNode =
   # Returns the assignment nkExprColonExpr node or nil
   let fieldId = field.name.id
   for i in 1 ..< initExpr.len:
     let assignment = initExpr[i]
     if assignment.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-      invalidObjConstr(assignment)
+      invalidObjConstr(c, assignment)
       continue
 
-    if fieldId == considerQuotedIdent(assignment[0]).id:
+    if fieldId == considerQuotedIdent(c.config, assignment[0]).id:
       return assignment
 
 proc semConstrField(c: PContext, flags: TExprFlags,
                     field: PSym, initExpr: PNode): PNode =
-  let assignment = locateFieldInInitExpr(field, initExpr)
+  let assignment = locateFieldInInitExpr(c, field, initExpr)
   if assignment != nil:
     if nfSem in assignment.flags: return assignment[1]
     if not fieldVisible(c, field):
-      localError(initExpr.info,
-        "the field '$1' is not accessible.", [field.name.s])
+      localError(c.config, initExpr.info,
+        "the field '$1' is not accessible." % [field.name.s])
       return
 
     var initValue = semExprFlagDispatched(c, assignment[1], flags)
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ proc semConstrField(c: PContext, flags: TExprFlags,
     return initValue
 
 proc caseBranchMatchesExpr(branch, matched: PNode): bool =
-  for i in 0 .. (branch.len - 2):
-    if exprStructuralEquivalent(branch[i], matched):
+  for i in 0 .. branch.len-2:
+    if branch[i].kind == nkRange:
+      if overlap(branch[i], matched): return true
+    elif exprStructuralEquivalent(branch[i], matched):
       return true
 
   return false
@@ -99,25 +101,25 @@ iterator directFieldsInRecList(recList: PNode): PNode =
   if recList.kind == nkSym:
     yield recList
   else:
-    internalAssert recList.kind == nkRecList
+    doAssert recList.kind == nkRecList
     for field in recList:
       if field.kind != nkSym: continue
       yield field
 
 template quoteStr(s: string): string = "'" & s & "'"
 
-proc fieldsPresentInInitExpr(fieldsRecList, initExpr: PNode): string =
+proc fieldsPresentInInitExpr(c: PContext, fieldsRecList, initExpr: PNode): string =
   result = ""
   for field in directFieldsInRecList(fieldsRecList):
-    let assignment = locateFieldInInitExpr(field.sym, initExpr)
+    let assignment = locateFieldInInitExpr(c, field.sym, initExpr)
     if assignment != nil:
       if result.len != 0: result.add ", "
       result.add field.sym.name.s.quoteStr
 
-proc missingMandatoryFields(fieldsRecList, initExpr: PNode): string =
+proc missingMandatoryFields(c: PContext, fieldsRecList, initExpr: PNode): string =
   for r in directFieldsInRecList(fieldsRecList):
     if {tfNotNil, tfNeedsInit} * r.sym.typ.flags != {}:
-      let assignment = locateFieldInInitExpr(r.sym, initExpr)
+      let assignment = locateFieldInInitExpr(c, r.sym, initExpr)
       if assignment == nil:
         if result == nil:
           result = r.sym.name.s
@@ -125,10 +127,10 @@ proc missingMandatoryFields(fieldsRecList, initExpr: PNode): string =
           result.add ", "
           result.add r.sym.name.s
 
-proc checkForMissingFields(recList, initExpr: PNode) =
-  let missing = missingMandatoryFields(recList, initExpr)
+proc checkForMissingFields(c: PContext, recList, initExpr: PNode) =
+  let missing = missingMandatoryFields(c, recList, initExpr)
   if missing != nil:
-    localError(initExpr.info, "fields not initialized: $1.", [missing])
+    localError(c.config, initExpr.info, "fields not initialized: $1.", [missing])
 
 proc semConstructFields(c: PContext, recNode: PNode,
                         initExpr: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): InitStatus =
@@ -144,14 +146,14 @@ proc semConstructFields(c: PContext, recNode: PNode,
     template fieldsPresentInBranch(branchIdx: int): string =
       let branch = recNode[branchIdx]
       let fields = branch[branch.len - 1]
-      fieldsPresentInInitExpr(fields, initExpr)
+      fieldsPresentInInitExpr(c, fields, initExpr)
 
     template checkMissingFields(branchNode: PNode) =
       let fields = branchNode[branchNode.len - 1]
-      checkForMissingFields(fields, initExpr)
+      checkForMissingFields(c, fields, initExpr)
 
-    let discriminator = recNode.sons[0];
-    internalAssert discriminator.kind == nkSym
+    let discriminator = recNode.sons[0]
+    internalAssert c.config, discriminator.kind == nkSym
     var selectedBranch = -1
 
     for i in 1 ..< recNode.len:
@@ -162,9 +164,9 @@ proc semConstructFields(c: PContext, recNode: PNode,
         if selectedBranch != -1:
           let prevFields = fieldsPresentInBranch(selectedBranch)
           let currentFields = fieldsPresentInBranch(i)
-          localError(initExpr.info,
-            "The fields ($1) and ($2) cannot be initialized together, " &
-            "because they are from conflicting branches in the case object.",
+          localError(c.config, initExpr.info,
+            ("The fields '$1' and '$2' cannot be initialized together, " &
+            "because they are from conflicting branches in the case object.") %
             [prevFields, currentFields])
           result = initConflict
         else:
@@ -177,9 +179,9 @@ proc semConstructFields(c: PContext, recNode: PNode,
                                             discriminator.sym, initExpr)
       if discriminatorVal == nil:
         let fields = fieldsPresentInBranch(selectedBranch)
-        localError(initExpr.info,
-          "you must provide a compile-time value for the discriminator '$1' " &
-          "in order to prove that it's safe to initialize $2.",
+        localError(c.config, initExpr.info,
+          ("you must provide a compile-time value for the discriminator '$1' " &
+          "in order to prove that it's safe to initialize $2.") %
           [discriminator.sym.name.s, fields])
         mergeInitStatus(result, initNone)
       else:
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ proc semConstructFields(c: PContext, recNode: PNode,
 
         template wrongBranchError(i) =
           let fields = fieldsPresentInBranch(i)
-          localError(initExpr.info,
+          localError(c.config, initExpr.info,
             "a case selecting discriminator '$1' with value '$2' " &
             "appears in the object construction, but the field(s) $3 " &
             "are in conflict with this value.",
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ proc semConstructFields(c: PContext, recNode: PNode,
         # value was given to the discrimator. We can assume that it will be
         # initialized to zero and this will select a particular branch as
         # a result:
-        let matchedBranch = recNode.pickCaseBranch newIntLit(0)
+        let matchedBranch = recNode.pickCaseBranch newIntLit(c.graph, initExpr.info, 0)
         checkMissingFields matchedBranch
       else:
         result = initPartial
@@ -237,20 +239,17 @@ proc semConstructFields(c: PContext, recNode: PNode,
     result = if e != nil: initFull else: initNone
 
   else:
-    internalAssert false
+    internalAssert c.config, false
 
 proc semConstructType(c: PContext, initExpr: PNode,
                       t: PType, flags: TExprFlags): InitStatus =
   var t = t
   result = initUnknown
-
   while true:
     let status = semConstructFields(c, t.n, initExpr, flags)
     mergeInitStatus(result, status)
-
     if status in {initPartial, initNone, initUnknown}:
-      checkForMissingFields t.n, initExpr
-
+      checkForMissingFields c, t.n, initExpr
     let base = t.sons[0]
     if base == nil: break
     t = skipTypes(base, skipPtrs)
@@ -260,10 +259,14 @@ proc semObjConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   result = newNodeIT(nkObjConstr, n.info, t)
   for child in n: result.add child
 
-  t = skipTypes(t, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
-  if t.kind == tyRef: t = skipTypes(t.sons[0], {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  if t == nil:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "object constructor needs an object type")
+    return
+
+  t = skipTypes(t, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
+  if t.kind == tyRef: t = skipTypes(t.sons[0], {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   if t.kind != tyObject:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "object constructor needs an object type")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "object constructor needs an object type")
     return
 
   # Check if the object is fully initialized by recursively testing each
@@ -290,17 +293,16 @@ proc semObjConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     let field = result[i]
     if nfSem notin field.flags:
       if field.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-        invalidObjConstr(field)
+        invalidObjConstr(c, field)
         continue
-      let id = considerQuotedIdent(field[0])
+      let id = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, field[0])
       # This node was not processed. There are two possible reasons:
       # 1) It was shadowed by a field with the same name on the left
       for j in 1 ..< i:
-        let prevId = considerQuotedIdent(result[j][0])
+        let prevId = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, result[j][0])
         if prevId.id == id.id:
-          localError(field.info, errFieldInitTwice, id.s)
+          localError(c.config, field.info, errFieldInitTwice % id.s)
           return
       # 2) No such field exists in the constructed type
-      localError(field.info, errUndeclaredFieldX, id.s)
+      localError(c.config, field.info, errUndeclaredFieldX % id.s)
       return
-
diff --git a/compiler/semparallel.nim b/compiler/semparallel.nim
index 057ade01d..ea5aab628 100644
--- a/compiler/semparallel.nim
+++ b/compiler/semparallel.nim
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 
 import
   ast, astalgo, idents, lowerings, magicsys, guards, sempass2, msgs,
-  renderer, types
+  renderer, types, modulegraphs, options
+
 from trees import getMagic
 from strutils import `%`
 
@@ -73,12 +74,15 @@ type
                         # the 'parallel' section
     currentSpawnId: int
     inLoop: int
+    graph: ModuleGraph
 
-proc initAnalysisCtx(): AnalysisCtx =
+proc initAnalysisCtx(g: ModuleGraph): AnalysisCtx =
   result.locals = @[]
   result.slices = @[]
   result.args = @[]
-  result.guards = @[]
+  result.guards.s = @[]
+  result.guards.o = initOperators(g)
+  result.graph = g
 
 proc lookupSlot(c: AnalysisCtx; s: PSym): int =
   for i in 0..<c.locals.len:
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ proc checkLocal(c: AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
   if isLocal(n):
     let s = c.lookupSlot(n.sym)
     if s >= 0 and c.locals[s].stride != nil:
-      localError(n.info, "invalid usage of counter after increment")
+      localError(c.graph.config, n.info, "invalid usage of counter after increment")
   else:
     for i in 0 ..< n.safeLen: checkLocal(c, n.sons[i])
 
@@ -126,14 +130,14 @@ template `?`(x): untyped = x.renderTree
 proc checkLe(c: AnalysisCtx; a, b: PNode) =
   case proveLe(c.guards, a, b)
   of impUnknown:
-    localError(a.info, "cannot prove: " & ?a & " <= " & ?b & " (bounds check)")
+    localError(c.graph.config, a.info, "cannot prove: " & ?a & " <= " & ?b & " (bounds check)")
   of impYes: discard
   of impNo:
-    localError(a.info, "can prove: " & ?a & " > " & ?b & " (bounds check)")
+    localError(c.graph.config, a.info, "can prove: " & ?a & " > " & ?b & " (bounds check)")
 
 proc checkBounds(c: AnalysisCtx; arr, idx: PNode) =
   checkLe(c, arr.lowBound, idx)
-  checkLe(c, idx, arr.highBound)
+  checkLe(c, idx, arr.highBound(c.guards.o))
 
 proc addLowerBoundAsFacts(c: var AnalysisCtx) =
   for v in c.locals:
@@ -142,34 +146,34 @@ proc addLowerBoundAsFacts(c: var AnalysisCtx) =
 
 proc addSlice(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode; x, le, ri: PNode) =
   checkLocal(c, n)
-  let le = le.canon
-  let ri = ri.canon
+  let le = le.canon(c.guards.o)
+  let ri = ri.canon(c.guards.o)
   # perform static bounds checking here; and not later!
-  let oldState = c.guards.len
+  let oldState = c.guards.s.len
   addLowerBoundAsFacts(c)
   c.checkBounds(x, le)
   c.checkBounds(x, ri)
-  c.guards.setLen(oldState)
+  c.guards.s.setLen(oldState)
   c.slices.add((x, le, ri, c.currentSpawnId, c.inLoop > 0))
 
-proc overlap(m: TModel; x,y,c,d: PNode) =
+proc overlap(m: TModel; conf: ConfigRef; x,y,c,d: PNode) =
   #  X..Y and C..D overlap iff (X <= D and C <= Y)
   case proveLe(m, c, y)
   of impUnknown:
     case proveLe(m, x, d)
     of impNo: discard
     of impUnknown, impYes:
-      localError(x.info,
+      localError(conf, x.info,
         "cannot prove: $# > $#; required for ($#)..($#) disjoint from ($#)..($#)" %
             [?c, ?y, ?x, ?y, ?c, ?d])
   of impYes:
     case proveLe(m, x, d)
     of impUnknown:
-      localError(x.info,
+      localError(conf, x.info,
         "cannot prove: $# > $#; required for ($#)..($#) disjoint from ($#)..($#)" %
           [?x, ?d, ?x, ?y, ?c, ?d])
     of impYes:
-      localError(x.info, "($#)..($#) not disjoint from ($#)..($#)" %
+      localError(conf, x.info, "($#)..($#) not disjoint from ($#)..($#)" %
                 [?c, ?y, ?x, ?y, ?c, ?d])
     of impNo: discard
   of impNo: discard
@@ -187,7 +191,7 @@ proc subStride(c: AnalysisCtx; n: PNode): PNode =
   if isLocal(n):
     let s = c.lookupSlot(n.sym)
     if s >= 0 and c.locals[s].stride != nil:
-      result = n +@ c.locals[s].stride.intVal
+      result = buildAdd(n, c.locals[s].stride.intVal, c.guards.o)
     else:
       result = n
   elif n.safeLen > 0:
@@ -203,7 +207,7 @@ proc checkSlicesAreDisjoint(c: var AnalysisCtx) =
   addLowerBoundAsFacts(c)
   # Every slice used in a loop needs to be disjoint with itself:
   for x,a,b,id,inLoop in items(c.slices):
-    if inLoop: overlap(c.guards, a,b, c.subStride(a), c.subStride(b))
+    if inLoop: overlap(c.guards, c.graph.config, a,b, c.subStride(a), c.subStride(b))
   # Another tricky example is:
   #   while true:
   #     spawn f(a[i])
@@ -231,21 +235,21 @@ proc checkSlicesAreDisjoint(c: var AnalysisCtx) =
           # XXX strictly speaking, 'or' is not correct here and it needs to
           # be 'and'. However this prevents too many obviously correct programs
           # like f(a[0..x]); for i in x+1 .. a.high: f(a[i])
-          overlap(c.guards, x.a, x.b, y.a, y.b)
+          overlap(c.guards, c.graph.config, x.a, x.b, y.a, y.b)
         elif (let k = simpleSlice(x.a, x.b); let m = simpleSlice(y.a, y.b);
               k >= 0 and m >= 0):
           # ah I cannot resist the temptation and add another sweet heuristic:
           # if both slices have the form (i+k)..(i+k)  and (i+m)..(i+m) we
           # check they are disjoint and k < stride and m < stride:
-          overlap(c.guards, x.a, x.b, y.a, y.b)
+          overlap(c.guards, c.graph.config, x.a, x.b, y.a, y.b)
           let stride = min(c.stride(x.a), c.stride(y.a))
           if k < stride and m < stride:
             discard
           else:
-            localError(x.x.info, "cannot prove ($#)..($#) disjoint from ($#)..($#)" %
+            localError(c.graph.config, x.x.info, "cannot prove ($#)..($#) disjoint from ($#)..($#)" %
               [?x.a, ?x.b, ?y.a, ?y.b])
         else:
-          localError(x.x.info, "cannot prove ($#)..($#) disjoint from ($#)..($#)" %
+          localError(c.graph.config, x.x.info, "cannot prove ($#)..($#) disjoint from ($#)..($#)" %
             [?x.a, ?x.b, ?y.a, ?y.b])
 
 proc analyse(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode)
@@ -292,31 +296,31 @@ proc analyseCall(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode; op: PSym) =
 
 proc analyseCase(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
   analyse(c, n.sons[0])
-  let oldFacts = c.guards.len
+  let oldFacts = c.guards.s.len
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let branch = n.sons[i]
-    setLen(c.guards, oldFacts)
+    setLen(c.guards.s, oldFacts)
     addCaseBranchFacts(c.guards, n, i)
     for i in 0 ..< branch.len:
       analyse(c, branch.sons[i])
-  setLen(c.guards, oldFacts)
+  setLen(c.guards.s, oldFacts)
 
 proc analyseIf(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
   analyse(c, n.sons[0].sons[0])
-  let oldFacts = c.guards.len
-  addFact(c.guards, canon(n.sons[0].sons[0]))
+  let oldFacts = c.guards.s.len
+  addFact(c.guards, canon(n.sons[0].sons[0], c.guards.o))
 
   analyse(c, n.sons[0].sons[1])
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let branch = n.sons[i]
-    setLen(c.guards, oldFacts)
+    setLen(c.guards.s, oldFacts)
     for j in 0..i-1:
-      addFactNeg(c.guards, canon(n.sons[j].sons[0]))
+      addFactNeg(c.guards, canon(n.sons[j].sons[0], c.guards.o))
     if branch.len > 1:
-      addFact(c.guards, canon(branch.sons[0]))
+      addFact(c.guards, canon(branch.sons[0], c.guards.o))
     for i in 0 ..< branch.len:
       analyse(c, branch.sons[i])
-  setLen(c.guards, oldFacts)
+  setLen(c.guards.s, oldFacts)
 
 proc analyse(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
   case n.kind
@@ -345,10 +349,11 @@ proc analyse(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
     if n[0].kind == nkSym: analyseCall(c, n, n[0].sym)
     else: analyseSons(c, n)
   of nkBracketExpr:
-    c.addSlice(n, n[0], n[1], n[1])
+    if n[0].typ != nil and skipTypes(n[0].typ, abstractVar).kind != tyTuple:
+      c.addSlice(n, n[0], n[1], n[1])
     analyseSons(c, n)
   of nkReturnStmt, nkRaiseStmt, nkTryStmt:
-    localError(n.info, "invalid control flow for 'parallel'")
+    localError(c.graph.config, n.info, "invalid control flow for 'parallel'")
     # 'break' that leaves the 'parallel' section is not valid either
     # or maybe we should generate a 'try' XXX
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
@@ -364,7 +369,7 @@ proc analyse(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
           if it[j].isLocal:
             let slot = c.getSlot(it[j].sym)
             if slot.lower.isNil: slot.lower = value
-            else: internalError(it.info, "slot already has a lower bound")
+            else: internalError(c.graph.config, it.info, "slot already has a lower bound")
         if not isSpawned: analyse(c, value)
   of nkCaseStmt: analyseCase(c, n)
   of nkWhen, nkIfStmt, nkIfExpr: analyseIf(c, n)
@@ -377,14 +382,14 @@ proc analyse(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
     else:
       # loop may never execute:
       let oldState = c.locals.len
-      let oldFacts = c.guards.len
-      addFact(c.guards, canon(n.sons[0]))
+      let oldFacts = c.guards.s.len
+      addFact(c.guards, canon(n.sons[0], c.guards.o))
       analyse(c, n.sons[1])
       setLen(c.locals, oldState)
-      setLen(c.guards, oldFacts)
+      setLen(c.guards.s, oldFacts)
       # we know after the loop the negation holds:
       if not hasSubnodeWith(n.sons[1], nkBreakStmt):
-        addFactNeg(c.guards, canon(n.sons[0]))
+        addFactNeg(c.guards, canon(n.sons[0], c.guards.o))
     dec c.inLoop
   of nkTypeSection, nkProcDef, nkConverterDef, nkMethodDef, nkIteratorDef,
       nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef, nkConstSection, nkPragma, nkFuncDef:
@@ -392,13 +397,13 @@ proc analyse(c: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
   else:
     analyseSons(c, n)
 
-proc transformSlices(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc transformSlices(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode): PNode =
   if n.kind in nkCallKinds and n[0].kind == nkSym:
     let op = n[0].sym
     if op.name.s == "[]" and op.fromSystem:
       result = copyNode(n)
-      let opSlice = newSymNode(createMagic("slice", mSlice))
-      opSlice.typ = getSysType(tyInt)
+      let opSlice = newSymNode(createMagic(g, "slice", mSlice))
+      opSlice.typ = getSysType(g, n.info, tyInt)
       result.add opSlice
       result.add n[1]
       let slice = n[2].skipStmtList
@@ -408,49 +413,49 @@ proc transformSlices(n: PNode): PNode =
   if n.safeLen > 0:
     result = shallowCopy(n)
     for i in 0 ..< n.len:
-      result.sons[i] = transformSlices(n.sons[i])
+      result.sons[i] = transformSlices(g, n.sons[i])
   else:
     result = n
 
-proc transformSpawn(owner: PSym; n, barrier: PNode): PNode
-proc transformSpawnSons(owner: PSym; n, barrier: PNode): PNode =
+proc transformSpawn(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; n, barrier: PNode): PNode
+proc transformSpawnSons(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; n, barrier: PNode): PNode =
   result = shallowCopy(n)
   for i in 0 ..< n.len:
-    result.sons[i] = transformSpawn(owner, n.sons[i], barrier)
+    result.sons[i] = transformSpawn(g, owner, n.sons[i], barrier)
 
-proc transformSpawn(owner: PSym; n, barrier: PNode): PNode =
+proc transformSpawn(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; n, barrier: PNode): PNode =
   case n.kind
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
     result = nil
     for it in n:
       let b = it.lastSon
       if getMagic(b) == mSpawn:
-        if it.len != 3: localError(it.info, "invalid context for 'spawn'")
-        let m = transformSlices(b)
+        if it.len != 3: localError(g.config, it.info, "invalid context for 'spawn'")
+        let m = transformSlices(g, b)
         if result.isNil:
           result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
           result.add n
         let t = b[1][0].typ.sons[0]
         if spawnResult(t, true) == srByVar:
-          result.add wrapProcForSpawn(owner, m, b.typ, barrier, it[0])
+          result.add wrapProcForSpawn(g, owner, m, b.typ, barrier, it[0])
           it.sons[it.len-1] = emptyNode
         else:
-          it.sons[it.len-1] = wrapProcForSpawn(owner, m, b.typ, barrier, nil)
+          it.sons[it.len-1] = wrapProcForSpawn(g, owner, m, b.typ, barrier, nil)
     if result.isNil: result = n
   of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
     let b = n[1]
     if getMagic(b) == mSpawn and (let t = b[1][0].typ.sons[0];
         spawnResult(t, true) == srByVar):
-      let m = transformSlices(b)
-      return wrapProcForSpawn(owner, m, b.typ, barrier, n[0])
-    result = transformSpawnSons(owner, n, barrier)
+      let m = transformSlices(g, b)
+      return wrapProcForSpawn(g, owner, m, b.typ, barrier, n[0])
+    result = transformSpawnSons(g, owner, n, barrier)
   of nkCallKinds:
     if getMagic(n) == mSpawn:
-      result = transformSlices(n)
-      return wrapProcForSpawn(owner, result, n.typ, barrier, nil)
-    result = transformSpawnSons(owner, n, barrier)
+      result = transformSlices(g, n)
+      return wrapProcForSpawn(g, owner, result, n.typ, barrier, nil)
+    result = transformSpawnSons(g, owner, n, barrier)
   elif n.safeLen > 0:
-    result = transformSpawnSons(owner, n, barrier)
+    result = transformSpawnSons(g, owner, n, barrier)
   else:
     result = n
 
@@ -460,7 +465,7 @@ proc checkArgs(a: var AnalysisCtx; n: PNode) =
 proc generateAliasChecks(a: AnalysisCtx; result: PNode) =
   discard "too implement"
 
-proc liftParallel*(owner: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
+proc liftParallel*(g: ModuleGraph; owner: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
   # this needs to be called after the 'for' loop elimination
 
   # first pass:
@@ -469,17 +474,17 @@ proc liftParallel*(owner: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
   # - detect used arguments
   #echo "PAR ", renderTree(n)
 
-  var a = initAnalysisCtx()
+  var a = initAnalysisCtx(g)
   let body = n.lastSon
   analyse(a, body)
   if a.spawns == 0:
-    localError(n.info, "'parallel' section without 'spawn'")
+    localError(g.config, n.info, "'parallel' section without 'spawn'")
   checkSlicesAreDisjoint(a)
   checkArgs(a, body)
 
   var varSection = newNodeI(nkVarSection, n.info)
   var temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent"barrier", owner, n.info)
-  temp.typ = magicsys.getCompilerProc("Barrier").typ
+  temp.typ = magicsys.getCompilerProc(g, "Barrier").typ
   incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
   let tempNode = newSymNode(temp)
   varSection.addVar tempNode
@@ -488,6 +493,6 @@ proc liftParallel*(owner: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   generateAliasChecks(a, result)
   result.add varSection
-  result.add callCodegenProc("openBarrier", barrier)
-  result.add transformSpawn(owner, body, barrier)
-  result.add callCodegenProc("closeBarrier", barrier)
+  result.add callCodegenProc(g, "openBarrier", barrier)
+  result.add transformSpawn(g, owner, body, barrier)
+  result.add callCodegenProc(g, "closeBarrier", barrier)
diff --git a/compiler/sempass2.nim b/compiler/sempass2.nim
index d427750e4..b66d7d9f2 100644
--- a/compiler/sempass2.nim
+++ b/compiler/sempass2.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 
 import
   intsets, ast, astalgo, msgs, renderer, magicsys, types, idents, trees,
-  wordrecg, strutils, options, guards, writetracking
+  wordrecg, strutils, options, guards, writetracking, configuration,
+  modulegraphs
 
 when defined(useDfa):
   import dfa
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ type
     locked: seq[PNode] # locked locations
     gcUnsafe, isRecursive, isToplevel, hasSideEffect, inEnforcedGcSafe: bool
     maxLockLevel, currLockLevel: TLockLevel
+    config: ConfigRef
+    graph: ModuleGraph
   PEffects = var TEffects
 
 proc `<`(a, b: TLockLevel): bool {.borrow.}
@@ -72,24 +75,23 @@ proc getLockLevel(t: PType): TLockLevel =
 
 proc lockLocations(a: PEffects; pragma: PNode) =
   if pragma.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-    localError(pragma.info, errGenerated, "locks pragma without argument")
+    localError(a.config, pragma.info, "locks pragma without argument")
     return
   var firstLL = TLockLevel(-1'i16)
   for x in pragma[1]:
     let thisLL = getLockLevel(x.typ)
     if thisLL != 0.TLockLevel:
       if thisLL < 0.TLockLevel or thisLL > MaxLockLevel.TLockLevel:
-        localError(x.info, "invalid lock level: " & $thisLL)
+        localError(a.config, x.info, "invalid lock level: " & $thisLL)
       elif firstLL < 0.TLockLevel: firstLL = thisLL
       elif firstLL != thisLL:
-        localError(x.info, errGenerated,
+        localError(a.config, x.info,
           "multi-lock requires the same static lock level for every operand")
       a.maxLockLevel = max(a.maxLockLevel, firstLL)
     a.locked.add x
   if firstLL >= 0.TLockLevel and firstLL != a.currLockLevel:
     if a.currLockLevel > 0.TLockLevel and a.currLockLevel <= firstLL:
-      localError(pragma.info, errGenerated,
-        "invalid nested locking")
+      localError(a.config, pragma.info, "invalid nested locking")
     a.currLockLevel = firstLL
 
 proc guardGlobal(a: PEffects; n: PNode; guard: PSym) =
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ proc guardGlobal(a: PEffects; n: PNode; guard: PSym) =
   #  message(n.info, warnUnguardedAccess, renderTree(n))
   #else:
   if not a.isTopLevel:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "unguarded access: " & renderTree(n))
+    localError(a.config, n.info, "unguarded access: " & renderTree(n))
 
 # 'guard*' are checks which are concerned with 'guard' annotations
 # (var x{.guard: y.}: int)
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ proc guardDotAccess(a: PEffects; n: PNode) =
         if ty == nil: break
         ty = ty.skipTypes(skipPtrs)
     if field == nil:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, "invalid guard field: " & g.name.s)
+      localError(a.config, n.info, "invalid guard field: " & g.name.s)
       return
     g = field
     #ri.sym.guard = field
@@ -138,13 +140,13 @@ proc guardDotAccess(a: PEffects; n: PNode) =
     for L in a.locked:
       #if a.guards.sameSubexprs(dot, L): return
       if guards.sameTree(dot, L): return
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "unguarded access: " & renderTree(n))
+    localError(a.config, n.info, "unguarded access: " & renderTree(n))
   else:
     guardGlobal(a, n, g)
 
 proc makeVolatile(a: PEffects; s: PSym) {.inline.} =
   template compileToCpp(a): untyped =
-    gCmd == cmdCompileToCpp or sfCompileToCpp in getModule(a.owner).flags
+    a.config.cmd == cmdCompileToCpp or sfCompileToCpp in getModule(a.owner).flags
   if a.inTryStmt > 0 and not compileToCpp(a):
     incl(s.flags, sfVolatile)
 
@@ -167,9 +169,9 @@ proc initVarViaNew(a: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   elif isLocalVar(a, s):
     makeVolatile(a, s)
 
-proc warnAboutGcUnsafe(n: PNode) =
+proc warnAboutGcUnsafe(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   #assert false
-  message(n.info, warnGcUnsafe, renderTree(n))
+  message(conf, n.info, warnGcUnsafe, renderTree(n))
 
 proc markGcUnsafe(a: PEffects; reason: PSym) =
   if not a.inEnforcedGcSafe:
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ proc markGcUnsafe(a: PEffects; reason: PNode) =
         a.owner.gcUnsafetyReason = reason.sym
       else:
         a.owner.gcUnsafetyReason = newSym(skUnknown, getIdent("<unknown>"),
-                                          a.owner, reason.info)
+                                          a.owner, reason.info, {})
 
 when true:
   template markSideEffect(a: PEffects; reason: typed) =
@@ -194,42 +196,42 @@ else:
     a.hasSideEffect = true
     markGcUnsafe(a, reason)
 
-proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool; cycleCheck: var IntSet) =
+proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool; cycleCheck: var IntSet; conf: ConfigRef) =
   let u = s.gcUnsafetyReason
   if u != nil and not cycleCheck.containsOrIncl(u.id):
     let msgKind = if onlyWarning: warnGcUnsafe2 else: errGenerated
     case u.kind
     of skLet, skVar:
-      message(s.info, msgKind,
+      message(conf, s.info, msgKind,
         ("'$#' is not GC-safe as it accesses '$#'" &
         " which is a global using GC'ed memory") % [s.name.s, u.name.s])
     of routineKinds:
       # recursive call *always* produces only a warning so the full error
       # message is printed:
-      listGcUnsafety(u, true, cycleCheck)
-      message(s.info, msgKind,
+      listGcUnsafety(u, true, cycleCheck, conf)
+      message(conf, s.info, msgKind,
         "'$#' is not GC-safe as it calls '$#'" %
         [s.name.s, u.name.s])
     of skParam, skForVar:
-      message(s.info, msgKind,
+      message(conf, s.info, msgKind,
         "'$#' is not GC-safe as it performs an indirect call via '$#'" %
         [s.name.s, u.name.s])
     else:
-      message(u.info, msgKind,
+      message(conf, u.info, msgKind,
         "'$#' is not GC-safe as it performs an indirect call here" % s.name.s)
 
-proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool) =
+proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool; conf: ConfigRef) =
   var cycleCheck = initIntSet()
-  listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning, cycleCheck)
+  listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning, cycleCheck, conf)
 
 proc useVar(a: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   let s = n.sym
   if isLocalVar(a, s):
     if s.id notin a.init:
       if {tfNeedsInit, tfNotNil} * s.typ.flags != {}:
-        message(n.info, warnProveInit, s.name.s)
+        message(a.config, n.info, warnProveInit, s.name.s)
       else:
-        message(n.info, warnUninit, s.name.s)
+        message(a.config, n.info, warnUninit, s.name.s)
       # prevent superfluous warnings about the same variable:
       a.init.add s.id
   if {sfGlobal, sfThread} * s.flags != {} and s.kind in {skVar, skLet} and
@@ -257,34 +259,30 @@ proc addToIntersection(inter: var TIntersection, s: int) =
 proc throws(tracked, n: PNode) =
   if n.typ == nil or n.typ.kind != tyError: tracked.add n
 
-proc getEbase(): PType =
-  result = if getCompilerProc("Exception") != nil: sysTypeFromName"Exception"
-           else: sysTypeFromName"E_Base"
+proc getEbase(g: ModuleGraph; info: TLineInfo): PType =
+  result = g.sysTypeFromName(info, "Exception")
 
-proc excType(n: PNode): PType =
+proc excType(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode): PType =
   # reraise is like raising E_Base:
-  let t = if n.kind == nkEmpty or n.typ.isNil: getEbase() else: n.typ
+  let t = if n.kind == nkEmpty or n.typ.isNil: getEbase(g, n.info) else: n.typ
   result = skipTypes(t, skipPtrs)
 
-proc createRaise(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc createRaise(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNode(nkType)
-  result.typ = getEbase()
+  result.typ = getEbase(g, n.info)
   if not n.isNil: result.info = n.info
 
-proc createTag(n: PNode): PNode =
+proc createTag(g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNode(nkType)
-  if getCompilerProc("RootEffect") != nil:
-    result.typ = sysTypeFromName"RootEffect"
-  else:
-    result.typ = sysTypeFromName"TEffect"
+  result.typ = g.sysTypeFromName(n.info, "RootEffect")
   if not n.isNil: result.info = n.info
 
 proc addEffect(a: PEffects, e: PNode, useLineInfo=true) =
   assert e.kind != nkRaiseStmt
   var aa = a.exc
   for i in a.bottom ..< aa.len:
-    if sameType(aa[i].excType, e.excType):
-      if not useLineInfo or gCmd == cmdDoc: return
+    if sameType(a.graph.excType(aa[i]), a.graph.excType(e)):
+      if not useLineInfo or a.config.cmd == cmdDoc: return
       elif aa[i].info == e.info: return
   throws(a.exc, e)
 
@@ -292,25 +290,25 @@ proc addTag(a: PEffects, e: PNode, useLineInfo=true) =
   var aa = a.tags
   for i in 0 ..< aa.len:
     if sameType(aa[i].typ.skipTypes(skipPtrs), e.typ.skipTypes(skipPtrs)):
-      if not useLineInfo or gCmd == cmdDoc: return
+      if not useLineInfo or a.config.cmd == cmdDoc: return
       elif aa[i].info == e.info: return
   throws(a.tags, e)
 
 proc mergeEffects(a: PEffects, b, comesFrom: PNode) =
   if b.isNil:
-    addEffect(a, createRaise(comesFrom))
+    addEffect(a, createRaise(a.graph, comesFrom))
   else:
     for effect in items(b): addEffect(a, effect, useLineInfo=comesFrom != nil)
 
 proc mergeTags(a: PEffects, b, comesFrom: PNode) =
   if b.isNil:
-    addTag(a, createTag(comesFrom))
+    addTag(a, createTag(a.graph, comesFrom))
   else:
     for effect in items(b): addTag(a, effect, useLineInfo=comesFrom != nil)
 
 proc listEffects(a: PEffects) =
-  for e in items(a.exc):  message(e.info, hintUser, typeToString(e.typ))
-  for e in items(a.tags): message(e.info, hintUser, typeToString(e.typ))
+  for e in items(a.exc):  message(a.config, e.info, hintUser, typeToString(e.typ))
+  for e in items(a.tags): message(a.config, e.info, hintUser, typeToString(e.typ))
   #if a.maxLockLevel != 0:
   #  message(e.info, hintUser, "lockLevel: " & a.maxLockLevel)
 
@@ -320,7 +318,7 @@ proc catches(tracked: PEffects, e: PType) =
   var i = tracked.bottom
   while i < L:
     # r supertype of e?
-    if safeInheritanceDiff(tracked.exc[i].excType, e) <= 0:
+    if safeInheritanceDiff(tracked.graph.excType(tracked.exc[i]), e) <= 0:
       tracked.exc.sons[i] = tracked.exc.sons[L-1]
       dec L
     else:
@@ -359,9 +357,12 @@ proc trackTryStmt(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
         catchesAll(tracked)
       else:
         for j in countup(0, blen - 2):
-          assert(b.sons[j].kind == nkType)
-          catches(tracked, b.sons[j].typ)
-
+          if b.sons[j].isInfixAs():
+            assert(b.sons[j][1].kind == nkType)
+            catches(tracked, b.sons[j][1].typ)
+          else:
+            assert(b.sons[j].kind == nkType)
+            catches(tracked, b.sons[j].typ)
       setLen(tracked.init, oldState)
       track(tracked, b.sons[blen-1])
       for i in oldState..<tracked.init.len:
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ proc mergeLockLevels(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode, lockLevel: TLockLevel) =
   if lockLevel >= tracked.currLockLevel:
     # if in lock section:
     if tracked.currLockLevel > 0.TLockLevel:
-      localError n.info, errGenerated,
+      localError tracked.config, n.info, errGenerated,
         "expected lock level < " & $tracked.currLockLevel &
         " but got lock level " & $lockLevel
     tracked.maxLockLevel = max(tracked.maxLockLevel, lockLevel)
@@ -500,22 +501,22 @@ proc propagateEffects(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode, s: PSym) =
   mergeTags(tracked, tagSpec, n)
 
   if notGcSafe(s.typ) and sfImportc notin s.flags:
-    if warnGcUnsafe in gNotes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n)
+    if warnGcUnsafe in tracked.config.notes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n, tracked.config)
     markGcUnsafe(tracked, s)
   if tfNoSideEffect notin s.typ.flags:
     markSideEffect(tracked, s)
   mergeLockLevels(tracked, n, s.getLockLevel)
 
-proc procVarcheck(n: PNode) =
+proc procVarcheck(n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   if n.kind in nkSymChoices:
-    for x in n: procVarCheck(x)
+    for x in n: procVarCheck(x, conf)
   elif n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.magic != mNone and n.sym.kind in routineKinds:
-    localError(n.info, errXCannotBePassedToProcVar, n.sym.name.s)
+    localError(conf, n.info, "'$1' cannot be passed to a procvar" % n.sym.name.s)
 
 proc notNilCheck(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode, paramType: PType) =
   let n = n.skipConv
   if paramType.isNil or paramType.kind != tyTypeDesc:
-    procVarcheck skipConvAndClosure(n)
+    procVarcheck skipConvAndClosure(n), tracked.config
   #elif n.kind in nkSymChoices:
   #  echo "came here"
   let paramType = paramType.skipTypesOrNil(abstractInst)
@@ -531,15 +532,16 @@ proc notNilCheck(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode, paramType: PType) =
       return
     case impliesNotNil(tracked.guards, n)
     of impUnknown:
-      message(n.info, errGenerated,
+      message(tracked.config, n.info, errGenerated,
               "cannot prove '$1' is not nil" % n.renderTree)
     of impNo:
-      message(n.info, errGenerated, "'$1' is provably nil" % n.renderTree)
+      message(tracked.config, n.info, errGenerated,
+              "'$1' is provably nil" % n.renderTree)
     of impYes: discard
 
 proc assumeTheWorst(tracked: PEffects; n: PNode; op: PType) =
-  addEffect(tracked, createRaise(n))
-  addTag(tracked, createTag(n))
+  addEffect(tracked, createRaise(tracked.graph, n))
+  addTag(tracked, createTag(tracked.graph, n))
   let lockLevel = if op.lockLevel == UnspecifiedLockLevel: UnknownLockLevel
                   else: op.lockLevel
   #if lockLevel == UnknownLockLevel:
@@ -554,7 +556,7 @@ proc trackOperand(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode, paramType: PType) =
   let a = skipConvAndClosure(n)
   let op = a.typ
   if op != nil and op.kind == tyProc and n.skipConv.kind != nkNilLit:
-    internalAssert op.n.sons[0].kind == nkEffectList
+    internalAssert tracked.config, op.n.sons[0].kind == nkEffectList
     var effectList = op.n.sons[0]
     let s = n.skipConv
     if s.kind == nkSym and s.sym.kind in routineKinds:
@@ -569,7 +571,7 @@ proc trackOperand(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode, paramType: PType) =
         assumeTheWorst(tracked, n, op)
       # assume GcUnsafe unless in its type; 'forward' does not matter:
       if notGcSafe(op) and not isOwnedProcVar(a, tracked.owner):
-        if warnGcUnsafe in gNotes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n)
+        if warnGcUnsafe in tracked.config.notes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n, tracked.config)
         markGcUnsafe(tracked, a)
       elif tfNoSideEffect notin op.flags and not isOwnedProcVar(a, tracked.owner):
         markSideEffect(tracked, a)
@@ -577,7 +579,7 @@ proc trackOperand(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode, paramType: PType) =
       mergeEffects(tracked, effectList.sons[exceptionEffects], n)
       mergeTags(tracked, effectList.sons[tagEffects], n)
       if notGcSafe(op):
-        if warnGcUnsafe in gNotes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n)
+        if warnGcUnsafe in tracked.config.notes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n, tracked.config)
         markGcUnsafe(tracked, a)
       elif tfNoSideEffect notin op.flags:
         markSideEffect(tracked, a)
@@ -589,37 +591,34 @@ proc trackOperand(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode, paramType: PType) =
     # XXX figure out why this can be a non tyProc here. See httpclient.nim for an
     # example that triggers it.
     if argtype.kind == tyProc and notGcSafe(argtype) and not tracked.inEnforcedGcSafe:
-      localError(n.info, $n & " is not GC safe")
+      localError(tracked.config, n.info, $n & " is not GC safe")
   notNilCheck(tracked, n, paramType)
 
 proc breaksBlock(n: PNode): bool =
-  case n.kind
-  of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr:
-    for c in n:
-      if breaksBlock(c): return true
-  of nkBreakStmt, nkReturnStmt, nkRaiseStmt:
-    return true
-  of nkCallKinds:
-    if n.sons[0].kind == nkSym and sfNoReturn in n.sons[0].sym.flags:
-      return true
-  else:
-    discard
+  # sematic check doesn't allow statements after raise, break, return or
+  # call to noreturn proc, so it is safe to check just the last statements
+  var it = n
+  while it.kind in {nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr} and it.len > 0:
+    it = it.lastSon
+
+  result = it.kind in {nkBreakStmt, nkReturnStmt, nkRaiseStmt} or
+    it.kind in nkCallKinds and it[0].kind == nkSym and sfNoReturn in it[0].sym.flags
 
 proc trackCase(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   track(tracked, n.sons[0])
   let oldState = tracked.init.len
-  let oldFacts = tracked.guards.len
+  let oldFacts = tracked.guards.s.len
   let stringCase = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ,
         abstractVarRange-{tyTypeDesc}).kind in {tyFloat..tyFloat128, tyString}
   let interesting = not stringCase and interestingCaseExpr(n.sons[0]) and
-        warnProveField in gNotes
+        warnProveField in tracked.config.notes
   var inter: TIntersection = @[]
   var toCover = 0
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let branch = n.sons[i]
     setLen(tracked.init, oldState)
     if interesting:
-      setLen(tracked.guards, oldFacts)
+      setLen(tracked.guards.s, oldFacts)
       addCaseBranchFacts(tracked.guards, n, i)
     for i in 0 ..< branch.len:
       track(tracked, branch.sons[i])
@@ -632,11 +631,11 @@ proc trackCase(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
     for id, count in items(inter):
       if count >= toCover: tracked.init.add id
     # else we can't merge
-  setLen(tracked.guards, oldFacts)
+  setLen(tracked.guards.s, oldFacts)
 
 proc trackIf(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   track(tracked, n.sons[0].sons[0])
-  let oldFacts = tracked.guards.len
+  let oldFacts = tracked.guards.s.len
   addFact(tracked.guards, n.sons[0].sons[0])
   let oldState = tracked.init.len
 
@@ -649,7 +648,7 @@ proc trackIf(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
 
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let branch = n.sons[i]
-    setLen(tracked.guards, oldFacts)
+    setLen(tracked.guards.s, oldFacts)
     for j in 0..i-1:
       addFactNeg(tracked.guards, n.sons[j].sons[0])
     if branch.len > 1:
@@ -665,7 +664,7 @@ proc trackIf(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
     for id, count in items(inter):
       if count >= toCover: tracked.init.add id
     # else we can't merge as it is not exhaustive
-  setLen(tracked.guards, oldFacts)
+  setLen(tracked.guards.s, oldFacts)
 
 proc trackBlock(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   if n.kind in {nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr}:
@@ -693,7 +692,7 @@ proc paramType(op: PType, i: int): PType =
 proc cstringCheck(tracked: PEffects; n: PNode) =
   if n.sons[0].typ.kind == tyCString and (let a = skipConv(n[1]);
       a.typ.kind == tyString and a.kind notin {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}):
-    message(n.info, warnUnsafeCode, renderTree(n))
+    message(tracked.config, n.info, warnUnsafeCode, renderTree(n))
 
 proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   case n.kind
@@ -735,7 +734,7 @@ proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
         if notGcSafe(op) and not importedFromC(a):
           # and it's not a recursive call:
           if not (a.kind == nkSym and a.sym == tracked.owner):
-            if warnGcUnsafe in gNotes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n)
+            if warnGcUnsafe in tracked.config.notes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n, tracked.config)
             markGcUnsafe(tracked, a)
         if tfNoSideEffect notin op.flags and not importedFromC(a):
           # and it's not a recursive call:
@@ -747,13 +746,13 @@ proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
       # may not look like an assignment, but it is:
       let arg = n.sons[1]
       initVarViaNew(tracked, arg)
-      if {tfNeedsInit} * arg.typ.lastSon.flags != {}:
+      if arg.typ.len != 0 and {tfNeedsInit} * arg.typ.lastSon.flags != {}:
         if a.sym.magic == mNewSeq and n[2].kind in {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit} and
             n[2].intVal == 0:
           # var s: seq[notnil];  newSeq(s, 0)  is a special case!
           discard
         else:
-          message(arg.info, warnProveInit, $arg)
+          message(tracked.config, arg.info, warnProveInit, $arg)
     for i in 0 ..< safeLen(n):
       track(tracked, n.sons[i])
   of nkDotExpr:
@@ -761,7 +760,8 @@ proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
     for i in 0 ..< len(n): track(tracked, n.sons[i])
   of nkCheckedFieldExpr:
     track(tracked, n.sons[0])
-    if warnProveField in gNotes: checkFieldAccess(tracked.guards, n)
+    if warnProveField in tracked.config.notes:
+      checkFieldAccess(tracked.guards, n, tracked.config)
   of nkTryStmt: trackTryStmt(tracked, n)
   of nkPragma: trackPragmaStmt(tracked, n)
   of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
@@ -798,11 +798,11 @@ proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
     else:
       # loop may never execute:
       let oldState = tracked.init.len
-      let oldFacts = tracked.guards.len
+      let oldFacts = tracked.guards.s.len
       addFact(tracked.guards, n.sons[0])
       track(tracked, n.sons[1])
       setLen(tracked.init, oldState)
-      setLen(tracked.guards, oldFacts)
+      setLen(tracked.guards.s, oldFacts)
   of nkForStmt, nkParForStmt:
     # we are very conservative here and assume the loop is never executed:
     let oldState = tracked.init.len
@@ -811,13 +811,13 @@ proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
     setLen(tracked.init, oldState)
   of nkObjConstr:
     when false: track(tracked, n.sons[0])
-    let oldFacts = tracked.guards.len
+    let oldFacts = tracked.guards.s.len
     for i in 1 ..< len(n):
       let x = n.sons[i]
       track(tracked, x)
       if x.sons[0].kind == nkSym and sfDiscriminant in x.sons[0].sym.flags:
         addDiscriminantFact(tracked.guards, x)
-    setLen(tracked.guards, oldFacts)
+    setLen(tracked.guards.s, oldFacts)
   of nkPragmaBlock:
     let pragmaList = n.sons[0]
     let oldLocked = tracked.locked.len
@@ -844,31 +844,31 @@ proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   else:
     for i in 0 ..< safeLen(n): track(tracked, n.sons[i])
 
-proc subtypeRelation(spec, real: PNode): bool =
-  result = safeInheritanceDiff(real.excType, spec.typ) <= 0
+proc subtypeRelation(g: ModuleGraph; spec, real: PNode): bool =
+  result = safeInheritanceDiff(g.excType(real), spec.typ) <= 0
 
-proc checkRaisesSpec(spec, real: PNode, msg: string, hints: bool;
-                     effectPredicate: proc (a, b: PNode): bool {.nimcall.}) =
+proc checkRaisesSpec(g: ModuleGraph; spec, real: PNode, msg: string, hints: bool;
+                     effectPredicate: proc (g: ModuleGraph; a, b: PNode): bool {.nimcall.}) =
   # check that any real exception is listed in 'spec'; mark those as used;
   # report any unused exception
   var used = initIntSet()
   for r in items(real):
     block search:
       for s in 0 ..< spec.len:
-        if effectPredicate(spec[s], r):
+        if effectPredicate(g, spec[s], r):
           used.incl(s)
           break search
       # XXX call graph analysis would be nice here!
       pushInfoContext(spec.info)
-      localError(r.info, errGenerated, msg & typeToString(r.typ))
+      localError(g.config, r.info, errGenerated, msg & typeToString(r.typ))
       popInfoContext()
   # hint about unnecessarily listed exception types:
   if hints:
     for s in 0 ..< spec.len:
       if not used.contains(s):
-        message(spec[s].info, hintXDeclaredButNotUsed, renderTree(spec[s]))
+        message(g.config, spec[s].info, hintXDeclaredButNotUsed, renderTree(spec[s]))
 
-proc checkMethodEffects*(disp, branch: PSym) =
+proc checkMethodEffects*(g: ModuleGraph; disp, branch: PSym) =
   ## checks for consistent effects for multi methods.
   let actual = branch.typ.n.sons[0]
   if actual.len != effectListLen: return
@@ -876,42 +876,42 @@ proc checkMethodEffects*(disp, branch: PSym) =
   let p = disp.ast.sons[pragmasPos]
   let raisesSpec = effectSpec(p, wRaises)
   if not isNil(raisesSpec):
-    checkRaisesSpec(raisesSpec, actual.sons[exceptionEffects],
+    checkRaisesSpec(g, raisesSpec, actual.sons[exceptionEffects],
       "can raise an unlisted exception: ", hints=off, subtypeRelation)
   let tagsSpec = effectSpec(p, wTags)
   if not isNil(tagsSpec):
-    checkRaisesSpec(tagsSpec, actual.sons[tagEffects],
+    checkRaisesSpec(g, tagsSpec, actual.sons[tagEffects],
       "can have an unlisted effect: ", hints=off, subtypeRelation)
   if sfThread in disp.flags and notGcSafe(branch.typ):
-    localError(branch.info, "base method is GC-safe, but '$1' is not" %
+    localError(g.config, branch.info, "base method is GC-safe, but '$1' is not" %
                                 branch.name.s)
   if branch.typ.lockLevel > disp.typ.lockLevel:
     when true:
-      message(branch.info, warnLockLevel,
+      message(g.config, branch.info, warnLockLevel,
         "base method has lock level $1, but dispatcher has $2" %
           [$branch.typ.lockLevel, $disp.typ.lockLevel])
     else:
       # XXX make this an error after bigbreak has been released:
-      localError(branch.info,
+      localError(g.config, branch.info,
         "base method has lock level $1, but dispatcher has $2" %
           [$branch.typ.lockLevel, $disp.typ.lockLevel])
 
-proc setEffectsForProcType*(t: PType, n: PNode) =
+proc setEffectsForProcType*(g: ModuleGraph; t: PType, n: PNode) =
   var effects = t.n.sons[0]
-  internalAssert t.kind == tyProc and effects.kind == nkEffectList
+  if t.kind != tyProc or effects.kind != nkEffectList: return
 
   let
     raisesSpec = effectSpec(n, wRaises)
     tagsSpec = effectSpec(n, wTags)
   if not isNil(raisesSpec) or not isNil(tagsSpec):
-    internalAssert effects.len == 0
+    internalAssert g.config, effects.len == 0
     newSeq(effects.sons, effectListLen)
     if not isNil(raisesSpec):
       effects.sons[exceptionEffects] = raisesSpec
     if not isNil(tagsSpec):
       effects.sons[tagEffects] = tagsSpec
 
-proc initEffects(effects: PNode; s: PSym; t: var TEffects) =
+proc initEffects(g: ModuleGraph; effects: PNode; s: PSym; t: var TEffects) =
   newSeq(effects.sons, effectListLen)
   effects.sons[exceptionEffects] = newNodeI(nkArgList, s.info)
   effects.sons[tagEffects] = newNodeI(nkArgList, s.info)
@@ -922,52 +922,55 @@ proc initEffects(effects: PNode; s: PSym; t: var TEffects) =
   t.tags = effects.sons[tagEffects]
   t.owner = s
   t.init = @[]
-  t.guards = @[]
+  t.guards.s = @[]
+  t.guards.o = initOperators(g)
   t.locked = @[]
+  t.graph = g
+  t.config = g.config
 
-proc trackProc*(s: PSym, body: PNode) =
+proc trackProc*(g: ModuleGraph; s: PSym, body: PNode) =
   var effects = s.typ.n.sons[0]
-  internalAssert effects.kind == nkEffectList
+  if effects.kind != nkEffectList: return
   # effects already computed?
   if sfForward in s.flags: return
   if effects.len == effectListLen: return
 
   var t: TEffects
-  initEffects(effects, s, t)
+  initEffects(g, effects, s, t)
   track(t, body)
   if not isEmptyType(s.typ.sons[0]) and
       {tfNeedsInit, tfNotNil} * s.typ.sons[0].flags != {} and
       s.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skConverter, skMethod}:
     var res = s.ast.sons[resultPos].sym # get result symbol
     if res.id notin t.init:
-      message(body.info, warnProveInit, "result")
+      message(g.config, body.info, warnProveInit, "result")
   let p = s.ast.sons[pragmasPos]
   let raisesSpec = effectSpec(p, wRaises)
   if not isNil(raisesSpec):
-    checkRaisesSpec(raisesSpec, t.exc, "can raise an unlisted exception: ",
+    checkRaisesSpec(g, raisesSpec, t.exc, "can raise an unlisted exception: ",
                     hints=on, subtypeRelation)
     # after the check, use the formal spec:
     effects.sons[exceptionEffects] = raisesSpec
 
   let tagsSpec = effectSpec(p, wTags)
   if not isNil(tagsSpec):
-    checkRaisesSpec(tagsSpec, t.tags, "can have an unlisted effect: ",
+    checkRaisesSpec(g, tagsSpec, t.tags, "can have an unlisted effect: ",
                     hints=off, subtypeRelation)
     # after the check, use the formal spec:
     effects.sons[tagEffects] = tagsSpec
 
   if sfThread in s.flags and t.gcUnsafe:
-    if optThreads in gGlobalOptions and optThreadAnalysis in gGlobalOptions:
+    if optThreads in g.config.globalOptions and optThreadAnalysis in g.config.globalOptions:
       #localError(s.info, "'$1' is not GC-safe" % s.name.s)
-      listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning=false)
+      listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning=false, g.config)
     else:
-      listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning=true)
+      listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning=true, g.config)
       #localError(s.info, warnGcUnsafe2, s.name.s)
   if sfNoSideEffect in s.flags and t.hasSideEffect:
     when false:
-      listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning=false)
+      listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning=false, g.config)
     else:
-      localError(s.info, errXhasSideEffects, s.name.s)
+      localError(g.config, s.info, "'$1' can have side effects" % s.name.s)
   if not t.gcUnsafe:
     s.typ.flags.incl tfGcSafe
   if not t.hasSideEffect and sfSideEffect notin s.flags:
@@ -976,7 +979,7 @@ proc trackProc*(s: PSym, body: PNode) =
     s.typ.lockLevel = t.maxLockLevel
   elif t.maxLockLevel > s.typ.lockLevel:
     #localError(s.info,
-    message(s.info, warnLockLevel,
+    message(g.config, s.info, warnLockLevel,
       "declared lock level is $1, but real lock level is $2" %
         [$s.typ.lockLevel, $t.maxLockLevel])
   when defined(useDfa):
@@ -984,12 +987,12 @@ proc trackProc*(s: PSym, body: PNode) =
       dataflowAnalysis(s, body)
       when false: trackWrites(s, body)
 
-proc trackTopLevelStmt*(module: PSym; n: PNode) =
+proc trackTopLevelStmt*(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; n: PNode) =
   if n.kind in {nkPragma, nkMacroDef, nkTemplateDef, nkProcDef, nkFuncDef,
                 nkTypeSection, nkConverterDef, nkMethodDef, nkIteratorDef}:
     return
   var effects = newNode(nkEffectList, n.info)
   var t: TEffects
-  initEffects(effects, module, t)
+  initEffects(g, effects, module, t)
   t.isToplevel = true
   track(t, n)
diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim
index dcaa0263b..3687e50e9 100644
--- a/compiler/semstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim
@@ -10,51 +10,77 @@
 ## this module does the semantic checking of statements
 #  included from sem.nim
 
-var enforceVoidContext = PType(kind: tyStmt)
+const
+  errNoSymbolToBorrowFromFound = "no symbol to borrow from found"
+  errDiscardValueX = "value of type '$1' has to be discarded"
+  errInvalidDiscard = "statement returns no value that can be discarded"
+  errInvalidControlFlowX = "invalid control flow: $1"
+  errSelectorMustBeOfCertainTypes = "selector must be of an ordinal type, float or string"
+  errExprCannotBeRaised = "only a 'ref object' can be raised"
+  errBreakOnlyInLoop = "'break' only allowed in loop construct"
+  errExceptionAlreadyHandled = "exception already handled"
+  errYieldNotAllowedHere = "'yield' only allowed in an iterator"
+  errYieldNotAllowedInTryStmt = "'yield' cannot be used within 'try' in a non-inlined iterator"
+  errInvalidNumberOfYieldExpr = "invalid number of 'yield' expressions"
+  errCannotReturnExpr = "current routine cannot return an expression"
+  errGenericLambdaNotAllowed = "A nested proc can have generic parameters only when " &
+    "it is used as an operand to another routine and the types " &
+    "of the generic paramers can be inferred from the expected signature."
+  errCannotInferTypeOfTheLiteral = "cannot infer the type of the $1"
+  errCannotInferReturnType = "cannot infer the return type of the proc"
+  errCannotInferStaticParam = "cannot infer the value of the static param '$1'"
+  errProcHasNoConcreteType = "'$1' doesn't have a concrete type, due to unspecified generic parameters."
+  errLetNeedsInit = "'let' symbol requires an initialization"
+  errThreadvarCannotInit = "a thread var cannot be initialized explicitly; this would only run for the main thread"
+  errImplOfXexpected = "implementation of '$1' expected"
+  errRecursiveDependencyX = "recursive dependency: '$1'"
+  errPragmaOnlyInHeaderOfProcX = "pragmas are only allowed in the header of a proc; redefinition of $1"
+
+var enforceVoidContext = PType(kind: tyStmt) # XXX global variable here
 
 proc semDiscard(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     n.sons[0] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0])
-    if isEmptyType(n.sons[0].typ) or n.sons[0].typ.kind == tyNone:
-      localError(n.info, errInvalidDiscard)
+    if isEmptyType(n.sons[0].typ) or n.sons[0].typ.kind == tyNone or n.sons[0].kind == nkTypeOfExpr:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errInvalidDiscard)
 
 proc semBreakOrContinue(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     if n.kind != nkContinueStmt:
       var s: PSym
       case n.sons[0].kind
       of nkIdent: s = lookUp(c, n.sons[0])
       of nkSym: s = n.sons[0].sym
-      else: illFormedAst(n)
+      else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
       s = getGenSym(c, s)
       if s.kind == skLabel and s.owner.id == c.p.owner.id:
         var x = newSymNode(s)
         x.info = n.info
         incl(s.flags, sfUsed)
         n.sons[0] = x
-        suggestSym(x.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+        suggestSym(c.config, x.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
         styleCheckUse(x.info, s)
       else:
-        localError(n.info, errInvalidControlFlowX, s.name.s)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errInvalidControlFlowX % s.name.s)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, "'continue' cannot have a label")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "'continue' cannot have a label")
   elif (c.p.nestedLoopCounter <= 0) and (c.p.nestedBlockCounter <= 0):
-    localError(n.info, errInvalidControlFlowX,
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errInvalidControlFlowX %
                renderTree(n, {renderNoComments}))
 
-proc semAsm(con: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
-  var marker = pragmaAsm(con, n.sons[0])
+proc semAsm(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
+  var marker = pragmaAsm(c, n.sons[0])
   if marker == '\0': marker = '`' # default marker
-  result = semAsmOrEmit(con, n, marker)
+  result = semAsmOrEmit(c, n, marker)
 
 proc semWhile(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   openScope(c)
   n.sons[0] = forceBool(c, semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0]))
   inc(c.p.nestedLoopCounter)
@@ -71,38 +97,13 @@ proc toCover(t: PType): BiggestInt =
   else:
     result = lengthOrd(skipTypes(t, abstractVar-{tyTypeDesc}))
 
-when false:
-  proc performProcvarCheck(c: PContext, info: TLineInfo, s: PSym) =
-    ## Checks that the given symbol is a proper procedure variable, meaning
-    ## that it
-    var smoduleId = getModule(s).id
-    if sfProcvar notin s.flags and s.typ.callConv == ccDefault and
-        smoduleId != c.module.id:
-      block outer:
-        for module in c.friendModules:
-          if smoduleId == module.id:
-            break outer
-        localError(info, errXCannotBePassedToProcVar, s.name.s)
-
-template semProcvarCheck(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  when false:
-    var n = n.skipConv
-    if n.kind in nkSymChoices:
-      for x in n:
-        if x.sym.kind in {skProc, skMethod, skConverter, skIterator}:
-          performProcvarCheck(c, n.info, x.sym)
-    elif n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind in {skProc, skMethod, skConverter,
-                                          skIterator}:
-      performProcvarCheck(c, n.info, n.sym)
-
 proc semProc(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
 
 proc semExprBranch(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = semExpr(c, n)
   if result.typ != nil:
     # XXX tyGenericInst here?
-    semProcvarCheck(c, result)
-    if result.typ.kind == tyVar: result = newDeref(result)
+    if result.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}: result = newDeref(result)
 
 proc semExprBranchScope(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   openScope(c)
@@ -120,39 +121,35 @@ proc implicitlyDiscardable(n: PNode): bool =
   result = isCallExpr(n) and n.sons[0].kind == nkSym and
            sfDiscardable in n.sons[0].sym.flags
 
-proc fixNilType(n: PNode) =
+proc fixNilType(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
   if isAtom(n):
     if n.kind != nkNilLit and n.typ != nil:
-      localError(n.info, errDiscardValueX, n.typ.typeToString)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errDiscardValueX % n.typ.typeToString)
   elif n.kind in {nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr}:
     n.kind = nkStmtList
-    for it in n: fixNilType(it)
+    for it in n: fixNilType(c, it)
   n.typ = nil
 
 proc discardCheck(c: PContext, result: PNode) =
   if c.matchedConcept != nil: return
   if result.typ != nil and result.typ.kind notin {tyStmt, tyVoid}:
-    if result.kind == nkNilLit:
-      result.typ = nil
-      message(result.info, warnNilStatement)
-    elif implicitlyDiscardable(result):
+    if implicitlyDiscardable(result):
       var n = result
       result.typ = nil
       while n.kind in skipForDiscardable:
         n = n.lastSon
         n.typ = nil
-    elif result.typ.kind != tyError and gCmd != cmdInteractive:
-      if result.typ.kind == tyNil:
-        fixNilType(result)
-        message(result.info, warnNilStatement)
-      else:
-        var n = result
-        while n.kind in skipForDiscardable: n = n.lastSon
-        var s = "expression '" & $n & "' is of type '" &
-            result.typ.typeToString & "' and has to be discarded"
-        if result.typ.kind == tyProc:
-          s.add "; for a function call use ()"
-        localError(n.info,  s)
+    elif result.typ.kind != tyError and c.config.cmd != cmdInteractive:
+      var n = result
+      while n.kind in skipForDiscardable: n = n.lastSon
+      var s = "expression '" & $n & "' is of type '" &
+          result.typ.typeToString & "' and has to be discarded"
+      if result.info.line != n.info.line or
+          result.info.fileIndex != n.info.fileIndex:
+        s.add "; start of expression here: " & $result.info
+      if result.typ.kind == tyProc:
+        s.add "; for a function call use ()"
+      localError(c.config, n.info, s)
 
 proc semIf(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
@@ -171,7 +168,7 @@ proc semIf(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       hasElse = true
       it.sons[0] = semExprBranchScope(c, it.sons[0])
       typ = commonType(typ, it.sons[0])
-    else: illFormedAst(it)
+    else: illFormedAst(it, c.config)
   if isEmptyType(typ) or typ.kind in {tyNil, tyExpr} or not hasElse:
     for it in n: discardCheck(c, it.lastSon)
     result.kind = nkIfStmt
@@ -187,7 +184,7 @@ proc semIf(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc semCase(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   openScope(c)
   n.sons[0] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0])
   var chckCovered = false
@@ -201,23 +198,23 @@ proc semCase(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   of tyFloat..tyFloat128, tyString, tyError:
     discard
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errSelectorMustBeOfCertainTypes)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errSelectorMustBeOfCertainTypes)
     return
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var x = n.sons[i]
     when defined(nimsuggest):
-      if gIdeCmd == ideSug and exactEquals(gTrackPos, x.info) and caseTyp.kind == tyEnum:
+      if c.config.ideCmd == ideSug and exactEquals(gTrackPos, x.info) and caseTyp.kind == tyEnum:
         suggestEnum(c, x, caseTyp)
     case x.kind
     of nkOfBranch:
-      checkMinSonsLen(x, 2)
+      checkMinSonsLen(x, 2, c.config)
       semCaseBranch(c, n, x, i, covered)
       var last = sonsLen(x)-1
       x.sons[last] = semExprBranchScope(c, x.sons[last])
       typ = commonType(typ, x.sons[last])
     of nkElifBranch:
       chckCovered = false
-      checkSonsLen(x, 2)
+      checkSonsLen(x, 2, c.config)
       when newScopeForIf: openScope(c)
       x.sons[0] = forceBool(c, semExprWithType(c, x.sons[0]))
       when not newScopeForIf: openScope(c)
@@ -226,17 +223,17 @@ proc semCase(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       closeScope(c)
     of nkElse:
       chckCovered = false
-      checkSonsLen(x, 1)
+      checkSonsLen(x, 1, c.config)
       x.sons[0] = semExprBranchScope(c, x.sons[0])
       typ = commonType(typ, x.sons[0])
       hasElse = true
     else:
-      illFormedAst(x)
+      illFormedAst(x, c.config)
   if chckCovered:
     if covered == toCover(n.sons[0].typ):
       hasElse = true
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errNotAllCasesCovered)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "not all cases are covered")
   closeScope(c)
   if isEmptyType(typ) or typ.kind in {tyNil, tyExpr} or not hasElse:
     for i in 1..n.len-1: discardCheck(c, n.sons[i].lastSon)
@@ -252,69 +249,73 @@ proc semCase(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     result.typ = typ
 
 proc semTry(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+
+  var check = initIntSet()
+  template semExceptBranchType(typeNode: PNode): bool =
+    # returns true if exception type is imported type
+    let typ = semTypeNode(c, typeNode, nil).toObject()
+    var is_imported = false
+    if isImportedException(typ, c.config):
+      is_imported = true
+    elif not isException(typ):
+      localError(c.config, typeNode.info, errExprCannotBeRaised)
+
+    if containsOrIncl(check, typ.id):
+      localError(c.config, typeNode.info, errExceptionAlreadyHandled)
+    typeNode = newNodeIT(nkType, typeNode.info, typ)
+    is_imported
+
   result = n
   inc c.p.inTryStmt
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
 
   var typ = commonTypeBegin
-  n.sons[0] = semExprBranchScope(c, n.sons[0])
-  typ = commonType(typ, n.sons[0].typ)
+  n[0] = semExprBranchScope(c, n[0])
+  typ = commonType(typ, n[0].typ)
 
-  var check = initIntSet()
   var last = sonsLen(n) - 1
   for i in countup(1, last):
-    var a = n.sons[i]
-    checkMinSonsLen(a, 1)
-    var length = sonsLen(a)
+    let a = n.sons[i]
+    checkMinSonsLen(a, 1, c.config)
     openScope(c)
     if a.kind == nkExceptBranch:
-      # so that ``except [a, b, c]`` is supported:
-      if length == 2 and a.sons[0].kind == nkBracket:
-        a.sons[0..0] = a.sons[0].sons
-        length = a.sonsLen
-
-      # Iterate through each exception type in the except branch.
-      for j in countup(0, length-2):
-        var typeNode = a.sons[j] # e.g. `Exception`
-        var symbolNode: PNode = nil # e.g. `foobar`
-        # Handle the case where the `Exception as foobar` syntax is used.
-        if typeNode.isInfixAs():
-          typeNode = a.sons[j].sons[1]
-          symbolNode = a.sons[j].sons[2]
-
-        # Resolve the type ident into a PType.
-        var typ = semTypeNode(c, typeNode, nil).toObject()
-        if typ.kind != tyObject:
-          localError(a.sons[j].info, errExprCannotBeRaised)
-
-        let newTypeNode = newNodeI(nkType, typeNode.info)
-        newTypeNode.typ = typ
-        if symbolNode.isNil:
-          a.sons[j] = newTypeNode
-        else:
-          a.sons[j].sons[1] = newTypeNode
-          # Add the exception ident to the symbol table.
-          let symbol = newSymG(skLet, symbolNode, c)
-          symbol.typ = typ.toRef()
-          addDecl(c, symbol)
-          # Overwrite symbol in AST with the symbol in the symbol table.
-          let symNode = newNodeI(nkSym, typeNode.info)
-          symNode.sym = symbol
-          a.sons[j].sons[2] = symNode
-
-        if containsOrIncl(check, typ.id):
-          localError(a.sons[j].info, errExceptionAlreadyHandled)
+
+      if a.len == 2 and a[0].kind == nkBracket:
+        # rewrite ``except [a, b, c]: body`` -> ```except a, b, c: body```
+        a.sons[0..0] = a[0].sons
+
+      if a.len == 2 and a[0].isInfixAs():
+        # support ``except Exception as ex: body``
+        let is_imported = semExceptBranchType(a[0][1])
+        let symbol = newSymG(skLet, a[0][2], c)
+        symbol.typ = if is_imported: a[0][1].typ
+                     else: a[0][1].typ.toRef()
+        addDecl(c, symbol)
+        # Overwrite symbol in AST with the symbol in the symbol table.
+        a[0][2] = newSymNode(symbol, a[0][2].info)
+
+      else:
+        # support ``except KeyError, ValueError, ... : body``
+        var is_native, is_imported: bool
+        for j in 0..a.len-2:
+          let tmp = semExceptBranchType(a[j])
+          if tmp: is_imported = true
+          else: is_native = true
+
+        if is_native and is_imported:
+          localError(c.config, a[0].info, "Mix of imported and native exception types is not allowed in one except branch")
+
     elif a.kind != nkFinally:
-      illFormedAst(n)
+      illFormedAst(n, c.config)
 
     # last child of an nkExcept/nkFinally branch is a statement:
-    a.sons[length-1] = semExprBranchScope(c, a.sons[length-1])
-    if a.kind != nkFinally: typ = commonType(typ, a.sons[length-1].typ)
+    a[^1] = semExprBranchScope(c, a[^1])
+    if a.kind != nkFinally: typ = commonType(typ, a[^1])
     else: dec last
     closeScope(c)
 
   dec c.p.inTryStmt
-  if isEmptyType(typ) or typ.kind == tyNil:
+  if isEmptyType(typ) or typ.kind in {tyNil, tyExpr}:
     discardCheck(c, n.sons[0])
     for i in 1..n.len-1: discardCheck(c, n.sons[i].lastSon)
     if typ == enforceVoidContext:
@@ -337,10 +338,10 @@ proc fitRemoveHiddenConv(c: PContext, typ: PType, n: PNode): PNode =
       result.info = n.info
       result.typ = typ
     else:
-      changeType(r1, typ, check=true)
+      changeType(c, r1, typ, check=true)
       result = r1
   elif not sameType(result.typ, typ):
-    changeType(result, typ, check=false)
+    changeType(c, result, typ, check=false)
 
 proc findShadowedVar(c: PContext, v: PSym): PSym =
   for scope in walkScopes(c.currentScope.parent):
@@ -364,44 +365,23 @@ proc semIdentDef(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind): PSym =
     result = semIdentWithPragma(c, kind, n, {})
     if result.owner.kind == skModule:
       incl(result.flags, sfGlobal)
-  suggestSym(n.info, result, c.graph.usageSym)
+  suggestSym(c.config, n.info, result, c.graph.usageSym)
   styleCheckDef(result)
 
-proc checkNilable(v: PSym) =
+proc checkNilable(c: PContext; v: PSym) =
   if {sfGlobal, sfImportC} * v.flags == {sfGlobal} and
       {tfNotNil, tfNeedsInit} * v.typ.flags != {}:
     if v.ast.isNil:
-      message(v.info, warnProveInit, v.name.s)
+      message(c.config, v.info, warnProveInit, v.name.s)
     elif tfNotNil in v.typ.flags and tfNotNil notin v.ast.typ.flags:
-      message(v.info, warnProveInit, v.name.s)
+      message(c.config, v.info, warnProveInit, v.name.s)
 
 include semasgn
 
-proc addToVarSection(c: PContext; result: var PNode; orig, identDefs: PNode) =
-  # consider this:
-  #   var
-  #     x = 0
-  #     withOverloadedAssignment = foo()
-  #     y = use(withOverloadedAssignment)
-  # We need to split this into a statement list with multiple 'var' sections
-  # in order for this transformation to be correct.
+proc addToVarSection(c: PContext; result: PNode; orig, identDefs: PNode) =
   let L = identDefs.len
   let value = identDefs[L-1]
-  if value.typ != nil and tfHasAsgn in value.typ.flags and not newDestructors:
-    # the spec says we need to rewrite 'var x = T()' to 'var x: T; x = T()':
-    identDefs.sons[L-1] = emptyNode
-    if result.kind != nkStmtList:
-      let oldResult = result
-      oldResult.add identDefs
-      result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, result.info)
-      result.add oldResult
-    else:
-      let o = copyNode(orig)
-      o.add identDefs
-      result.add o
-    for i in 0 .. L-3:
-      result.add overloadedAsgn(c, identDefs[i], value)
-  elif result.kind == nkStmtList:
+  if result.kind == nkStmtList:
     let o = copyNode(orig)
     o.add identDefs
     result.add o
@@ -415,13 +395,13 @@ proc isDiscardUnderscore(v: PSym): bool =
 
 proc semUsing(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
   result = ast.emptyNode
-  if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "using")
+  if not isTopLevel(c): localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "using")
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n)-1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
-    if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, a)
+    if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, a)
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if a.kind notin {nkIdentDefs, nkVarTuple, nkConstDef}: illFormedAst(a)
-    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+    if a.kind notin {nkIdentDefs, nkVarTuple, nkConstDef}: illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
     var length = sonsLen(a)
     if a.sons[length-2].kind != nkEmpty:
       let typ = semTypeNode(c, a.sons[length-2], nil)
@@ -430,10 +410,10 @@ proc semUsing(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
         v.typ = typ
         strTableIncl(c.signatures, v)
     else:
-      localError(a.info, "'using' section must have a type")
+      localError(c.config, a.info, "'using' section must have a type")
     var def: PNode
     if a.sons[length-1].kind != nkEmpty:
-      localError(a.info, "'using' sections cannot contain assignments")
+      localError(c.config, a.info, "'using' sections cannot contain assignments")
 
 proc hasEmpty(typ: PType): bool =
   if typ.kind in {tySequence, tyArray, tySet}:
@@ -446,23 +426,23 @@ proc makeDeref(n: PNode): PNode =
   var t = n.typ
   if t.kind in tyUserTypeClasses and t.isResolvedUserTypeClass:
     t = t.lastSon
-  t = skipTypes(t, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  t = skipTypes(t, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   result = n
-  if t.kind == tyVar:
+  if t.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
     result = newNodeIT(nkHiddenDeref, n.info, t.sons[0])
     addSon(result, n)
-    t = skipTypes(t.sons[0], {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+    t = skipTypes(t.sons[0], {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   while t.kind in {tyPtr, tyRef}:
     var a = result
     let baseTyp = t.lastSon
     result = newNodeIT(nkHiddenDeref, n.info, baseTyp)
     addSon(result, a)
-    t = skipTypes(baseTyp, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+    t = skipTypes(baseTyp, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
 
 proc fillPartialObject(c: PContext; n: PNode; typ: PType) =
   if n.len == 2:
     let x = semExprWithType(c, n[0])
-    let y = considerQuotedIdent(n[1])
+    let y = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n[1])
     let obj = x.typ.skipTypes(abstractPtrs)
     if obj.kind == tyObject and tfPartial in obj.flags:
       let field = newSym(skField, getIdent(y.s), obj.sym, n[1].info)
@@ -473,14 +453,14 @@ proc fillPartialObject(c: PContext; n: PNode; typ: PType) =
       n.sons[1] = newSymNode(field)
       n.typ = field.typ
     else:
-      localError(n.info, "implicit object field construction " &
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "implicit object field construction " &
         "requires a .partial object, but got " & typeToString(obj))
   else:
-    localError(n.info, "nkDotNode requires 2 children")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "nkDotNode requires 2 children")
 
-proc setVarType(v: PSym, typ: PType) =
+proc setVarType(c: PContext; v: PSym, typ: PType) =
   if v.typ != nil and not sameTypeOrNil(v.typ, typ):
-    localError(v.info, "inconsistent typing for reintroduced symbol '" &
+    localError(c.config, v.info, "inconsistent typing for reintroduced symbol '" &
         v.name.s & "': previous type was: " & typeToString(v.typ) &
         "; new type is: " & typeToString(typ))
   v.typ = typ
@@ -491,10 +471,10 @@ proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode =
   var hasCompileTime = false
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n)-1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
-    if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, a)
+    if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, a)
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if a.kind notin {nkIdentDefs, nkVarTuple, nkConstDef}: illFormedAst(a)
-    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+    if a.kind notin {nkIdentDefs, nkVarTuple, nkConstDef}: illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
     var length = sonsLen(a)
     var typ: PType
     if a.sons[length-2].kind != nkEmpty:
@@ -506,7 +486,7 @@ proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode =
       def = semExprWithType(c, a.sons[length-1], {efAllowDestructor})
       if def.typ.kind == tyTypeDesc and c.p.owner.kind != skMacro:
         # prevent the all too common 'var x = int' bug:
-        localError(def.info, "'typedesc' metatype is not valid here; typed '=' instead of ':'?")
+        localError(c.config, def.info, "'typedesc' metatype is not valid here; typed '=' instead of ':'?")
         def.typ = errorType(c)
       if typ != nil:
         if typ.isMetaType:
@@ -522,32 +502,31 @@ proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode =
         if typ.kind in tyUserTypeClasses and typ.isResolvedUserTypeClass:
           typ = typ.lastSon
         if hasEmpty(typ):
-          localError(def.info, errCannotInferTypeOfTheLiteral,
+          localError(c.config, def.info, errCannotInferTypeOfTheLiteral %
                      ($typ.kind).substr(2).toLowerAscii)
         elif typ.kind == tyProc and tfUnresolved in typ.flags:
-          localError(def.info, errProcHasNoConcreteType, def.renderTree)
+          localError(c.config, def.info, errProcHasNoConcreteType % def.renderTree)
     else:
-      if symkind == skLet: localError(a.info, errLetNeedsInit)
+      if symkind == skLet: localError(c.config, a.info, errLetNeedsInit)
 
     # this can only happen for errornous var statements:
     if typ == nil: continue
-    typeAllowedCheck(a.info, typ, symkind)
+    typeAllowedCheck(c.config, a.info, typ, symkind, if c.matchedConcept != nil: {taConcept} else: {})
     liftTypeBoundOps(c, typ, a.info)
-    var tup = skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+    var tup = skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
     if a.kind == nkVarTuple:
       if tup.kind != tyTuple:
-        localError(a.info, errXExpected, "tuple")
+        localError(c.config, a.info, errXExpected, "tuple")
       elif length-2 != sonsLen(tup):
-        localError(a.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
-      else:
-        b = newNodeI(nkVarTuple, a.info)
-        newSons(b, length)
-        b.sons[length-2] = a.sons[length-2] # keep type desc for doc generator
-        b.sons[length-1] = def
-        addToVarSection(c, result, n, b)
-    elif tup.kind == tyTuple and def.kind == nkPar and
+        localError(c.config, a.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
+      b = newNodeI(nkVarTuple, a.info)
+      newSons(b, length)
+      b.sons[length-2] = a.sons[length-2] # keep type desc for doc generator
+      b.sons[length-1] = def
+      addToVarSection(c, result, n, b)
+    elif tup.kind == tyTuple and def.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr} and
         a.kind == nkIdentDefs and a.len > 3:
-      message(a.info, warnEachIdentIsTuple)
+      message(c.config, a.info, warnEachIdentIsTuple)
 
     for j in countup(0, length-3):
       if a[j].kind == nkDotExpr:
@@ -565,19 +544,19 @@ proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode =
           if shadowed != nil:
             shadowed.flags.incl(sfShadowed)
             if shadowed.kind == skResult and sfGenSym notin v.flags:
-              message(a.info, warnResultShadowed)
+              message(c.config, a.info, warnResultShadowed)
             # a shadowed variable is an error unless it appears on the right
             # side of the '=':
-            if warnShadowIdent in gNotes and not identWithin(def, v.name):
-              message(a.info, warnShadowIdent, v.name.s)
+            if warnShadowIdent in c.config.notes and not identWithin(def, v.name):
+              message(c.config, a.info, warnShadowIdent, v.name.s)
       if a.kind != nkVarTuple:
         if def.kind != nkEmpty:
           # this is needed for the evaluation pass and for the guard checking:
           v.ast = def
-          if sfThread in v.flags: localError(def.info, errThreadvarCannotInit)
-        setVarType(v, typ)
+          if sfThread in v.flags: localError(c.config, def.info, errThreadvarCannotInit)
+        setVarType(c, v, typ)
         b = newNodeI(nkIdentDefs, a.info)
-        if importantComments():
+        if importantComments(c.config):
           # keep documentation information:
           b.comment = a.comment
         addSon(b, newSymNode(v))
@@ -585,28 +564,31 @@ proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode =
         addSon(b, copyTree(def))
         addToVarSection(c, result, n, b)
       else:
-        if def.kind == nkPar: v.ast = def[j]
-        setVarType(v, tup.sons[j])
+        if def.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr}: v.ast = def[j]
+        # bug #7663, for 'nim check' this can be a non-tuple:
+        if tup.kind == tyTuple: setVarType(c, v, tup.sons[j])
+        else: v.typ = tup
         b.sons[j] = newSymNode(v)
-      checkNilable(v)
+      checkNilable(c, v)
       if sfCompileTime in v.flags: hasCompileTime = true
-  if hasCompileTime: vm.setupCompileTimeVar(c.module, c.cache, result)
+  if hasCompileTime:
+    vm.setupCompileTimeVar(c.module, c.cache, c.graph, result)
 
 proc semConst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = copyNode(n)
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
-    if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, a)
+    if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, a)
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if (a.kind != nkConstDef): illFormedAst(a)
-    checkSonsLen(a, 3)
+    if a.kind != nkConstDef: illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+    checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
     var v = semIdentDef(c, a.sons[0], skConst)
     var typ: PType = nil
     if a.sons[1].kind != nkEmpty: typ = semTypeNode(c, a.sons[1], nil)
 
     var def = semConstExpr(c, a.sons[2])
     if def == nil:
-      localError(a.sons[2].info, errConstExprExpected)
+      localError(c.config, a.sons[2].info, errConstExprExpected)
       continue
     # check type compatibility between def.typ and typ:
     if typ != nil:
@@ -614,16 +596,16 @@ proc semConst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     else:
       typ = def.typ
     if typ == nil:
-      localError(a.sons[2].info, errConstExprExpected)
+      localError(c.config, a.sons[2].info, errConstExprExpected)
       continue
     if typeAllowed(typ, skConst) != nil and def.kind != nkNilLit:
-      localError(a.info, "invalid type for const: " & typeToString(typ))
+      localError(c.config, a.info, "invalid type for const: " & typeToString(typ))
       continue
-    setVarType(v, typ)
+    setVarType(c, v, typ)
     v.ast = def               # no need to copy
     if sfGenSym notin v.flags: addInterfaceDecl(c, v)
     var b = newNodeI(nkConstDef, a.info)
-    if importantComments(): b.comment = a.comment
+    if importantComments(c.config): b.comment = a.comment
     addSon(b, newSymNode(v))
     addSon(b, a.sons[1])
     addSon(b, copyTree(def))
@@ -632,12 +614,12 @@ proc semConst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 include semfields
 
 proc addForVarDecl(c: PContext, v: PSym) =
-  if warnShadowIdent in gNotes:
+  if warnShadowIdent in c.config.notes:
     let shadowed = findShadowedVar(c, v)
     if shadowed != nil:
       # XXX should we do this here?
       #shadowed.flags.incl(sfShadowed)
-      message(v.info, warnShadowIdent, v.name.s)
+      message(c.config, v.info, warnShadowIdent, v.name.s)
   addDecl(c, v)
 
 proc symForVar(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
@@ -649,7 +631,7 @@ proc semForVars(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   var length = sonsLen(n)
   let iterBase = n.sons[length-2].typ
-  var iter = skipTypes(iterBase, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  var iter = skipTypes(iterBase, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   # length == 3 means that there is one for loop variable
   # and thus no tuple unpacking:
   if iter.kind != tyTuple or length == 3:
@@ -663,9 +645,9 @@ proc semForVars(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       n.sons[0] = newSymNode(v)
       if sfGenSym notin v.flags: addForVarDecl(c, v)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
   elif length-2 != sonsLen(iter):
-    localError(n.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
   else:
     for i in countup(0, length - 3):
       var v = symForVar(c, n.sons[i])
@@ -683,19 +665,63 @@ proc semForVars(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 proc implicitIterator(c: PContext, it: string, arg: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, arg.info)
   result.add(newIdentNode(it.getIdent, arg.info))
-  if arg.typ != nil and arg.typ.kind == tyVar:
+  if arg.typ != nil and arg.typ.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
     result.add newDeref(arg)
   else:
     result.add arg
   result = semExprNoDeref(c, result, {efWantIterator})
 
+proc isTrivalStmtExpr(n: PNode): bool =
+  for i in 0 .. n.len-2:
+    if n[i].kind notin {nkEmpty, nkCommentStmt}:
+      return false
+  result = true
+
+proc handleForLoopMacro(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
+  let iterExpr = n[^2]
+  if iterExpr.kind in nkCallKinds:
+    # we transform
+    # n := for a, b, c in m(x, y, z): Y
+    # to
+    # m(n)
+    let forLoopStmt = magicsys.getCompilerProc(c.graph, "ForLoopStmt")
+    if forLoopStmt == nil: return
+
+    let headSymbol = iterExpr[0]
+    var o: TOverloadIter
+    var match: PSym = nil
+    var symx = initOverloadIter(o, c, headSymbol)
+    while symx != nil:
+      if symx.kind in {skTemplate, skMacro}:
+        if symx.typ.len == 2 and symx.typ[1] == forLoopStmt.typ:
+          if match == nil:
+            match = symx
+          else:
+            localError(c.config, n.info, errAmbiguousCallXYZ % [
+              getProcHeader(match), getProcHeader(symx), $iterExpr])
+      symx = nextOverloadIter(o, c, headSymbol)
+
+    if match == nil: return
+    var callExpr = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info)
+    callExpr.add newSymNode(match)
+    callExpr.add n
+    case match.kind
+    of skMacro: result = semMacroExpr(c, callExpr, callExpr, match, {})
+    of skTemplate: result = semTemplateExpr(c, callExpr, match, {})
+    else: result = nil
+
 proc semFor(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = n
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 3)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 3, c.config)
   var length = sonsLen(n)
+  result = handleForLoopMacro(c, n)
+  if result != nil: return result
   openScope(c)
+  result = n
   n.sons[length-2] = semExprNoDeref(c, n.sons[length-2], {efWantIterator})
   var call = n.sons[length-2]
+  if call.kind == nkStmtListExpr and isTrivalStmtExpr(call):
+    call = call.lastSon
+    n.sons[length-2] = call
   let isCallExpr = call.kind in nkCallKinds
   if isCallExpr and call[0].kind == nkSym and
       call[0].sym.magic in {mFields, mFieldPairs, mOmpParFor}:
@@ -715,7 +741,7 @@ proc semFor(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     elif length == 4:
       n.sons[length-2] = implicitIterator(c, "pairs", n.sons[length-2])
     else:
-      localError(n.sons[length-2].info, errIteratorExpected)
+      localError(c.config, n.sons[length-2].info, "iterator within for loop context expected")
     result = semForVars(c, n)
   else:
     result = semForVars(c, n)
@@ -726,29 +752,32 @@ proc semFor(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc semRaise(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, 1)
-  if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
-    n.sons[0] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0])
-    var typ = n.sons[0].typ
-    if typ.kind != tyRef or typ.lastSon.kind != tyObject:
-      localError(n.info, errExprCannotBeRaised)
-
-    # check if the given object inherits from Exception
-    var base = typ.lastSon
-    while true:
-      if base.sym.magic == mException:
-        break
-      if base.lastSon == nil:
-        localError(n.info, "raised object of type $1 does not inherit from Exception", [typ.sym.name.s])
-        return
-      base = base.lastSon
+  checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
+  if n[0].kind != nkEmpty:
+    n[0] = semExprWithType(c, n[0])
+    let typ = n[0].typ
+    if not isImportedException(typ, c.config):
+      if typ.kind != tyRef or typ.lastSon.kind != tyObject:
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errExprCannotBeRaised)
+      if not isException(typ.lastSon):
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "raised object of type $1 does not inherit from Exception",
+                          [typeToString(typ)])
 
 proc addGenericParamListToScope(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
-  if n.kind != nkGenericParams: illFormedAst(n)
+  if n.kind != nkGenericParams: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n)-1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
     if a.kind == nkSym: addDecl(c, a.sym)
-    else: illFormedAst(a)
+    else: illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+
+proc typeSectionTypeName(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
+  if n.kind == nkPragmaExpr:
+    if n.len == 0: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
+    result = n.sons[0]
+  else:
+    result = n
+  if result.kind != nkSym: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
+
 
 proc typeSectionLeftSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   # process the symbols on the left side for the whole type section, before
@@ -756,21 +785,21 @@ proc typeSectionLeftSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
     when defined(nimsuggest):
-      if gCmd == cmdIdeTools:
+      if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools:
         inc c.inTypeContext
         suggestStmt(c, a)
         dec c.inTypeContext
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if a.kind != nkTypeDef: illFormedAst(a)
-    checkSonsLen(a, 3)
+    if a.kind != nkTypeDef: illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+    checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
     let name = a.sons[0]
     var s: PSym
     if name.kind == nkDotExpr and a[2].kind == nkObjectTy:
-      let pkgName = considerQuotedIdent(name[0])
-      let typName = considerQuotedIdent(name[1])
+      let pkgName = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, name[0])
+      let typName = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, name[1])
       let pkg = c.graph.packageSyms.strTableGet(pkgName)
       if pkg.isNil or pkg.kind != skPackage:
-        localError(name.info, "unknown package name: " & pkgName.s)
+        localError(c.config, name.info, "unknown package name: " & pkgName.s)
       else:
         let typsym = pkg.tab.strTableGet(typName)
         if typsym.isNil:
@@ -784,7 +813,7 @@ proc typeSectionLeftSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
           s = typsym
           addInterfaceDecl(c, s)
         else:
-          localError(name.info, typsym.name.s & " is not a type that can be forwarded")
+          localError(c.config, name.info, typsym.name.s & " is not a type that can be forwarded")
           s = typsym
     else:
       s = semIdentDef(c, name, skType)
@@ -796,7 +825,7 @@ proc typeSectionLeftSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
         # check if the symbol already exists:
         let pkg = c.module.owner
         if not isTopLevel(c) or pkg.isNil:
-          localError(name.info, "only top level types in a package can be 'package'")
+          localError(c.config, name.info, "only top level types in a package can be 'package'")
         else:
           let typsym = pkg.tab.strTableGet(s.name)
           if typsym != nil:
@@ -804,22 +833,23 @@ proc typeSectionLeftSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
               typeCompleted(typsym)
               typsym.info = s.info
             else:
-              localError(name.info, "cannot complete type '" & s.name.s & "' twice; " &
+              localError(c.config, name.info, "cannot complete type '" & s.name.s & "' twice; " &
                       "previous type completion was here: " & $typsym.info)
             s = typsym
       # add it here, so that recursive types are possible:
       if sfGenSym notin s.flags: addInterfaceDecl(c, s)
 
-    a.sons[0] = newSymNode(s)
+    if name.kind == nkPragmaExpr:
+      a.sons[0].sons[0] = newSymNode(s)
+    else:
+      a.sons[0] = newSymNode(s)
 
-proc checkCovariantParamsUsages(genericType: PType) =
+proc checkCovariantParamsUsages(c: PContext; genericType: PType) =
   var body = genericType[^1]
 
-  proc traverseSubTypes(t: PType): bool =
-    template error(msg) = localError(genericType.sym.info, msg)
-
+  proc traverseSubTypes(c: PContext; t: PType): bool =
+    template error(msg) = localError(c.config, genericType.sym.info, msg)
     result = false
-
     template subresult(r) =
       let sub = r
       result = result or sub
@@ -828,24 +858,19 @@ proc checkCovariantParamsUsages(genericType: PType) =
     of tyGenericParam:
       t.flags.incl tfWeakCovariant
       return true
-
     of tyObject:
       for field in t.n:
-        subresult traverseSubTypes(field.typ)
-
+        subresult traverseSubTypes(c, field.typ)
     of tyArray:
-      return traverseSubTypes(t[1])
-
+      return traverseSubTypes(c, t[1])
     of tyProc:
       for subType in t.sons:
         if subType != nil:
-          subresult traverseSubTypes(subType)
+          subresult traverseSubTypes(c, subType)
       if result:
-        error("non-invariant type param used in a proc type: " &  $t)
-
+        error("non-invariant type param used in a proc type: " & $t)
     of tySequence:
-      return traverseSubTypes(t[0])
-
+      return traverseSubTypes(c, t[0])
     of tyGenericInvocation:
       let targetBody = t[0]
       for i in 1 ..< t.len:
@@ -866,44 +891,35 @@ proc checkCovariantParamsUsages(genericType: PType) =
                     "' used in a non-contravariant position")
             result = true
         else:
-          subresult traverseSubTypes(param)
-
+          subresult traverseSubTypes(c, param)
     of tyAnd, tyOr, tyNot, tyStatic, tyBuiltInTypeClass, tyCompositeTypeClass:
       error("non-invariant type parameters cannot be used with types such '" & $t & "'")
-
     of tyUserTypeClass, tyUserTypeClassInst:
       error("non-invariant type parameters are not supported in concepts")
-
     of tyTuple:
       for fieldType in t.sons:
-        subresult traverseSubTypes(fieldType)
-
-    of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar:
+        subresult traverseSubTypes(c, fieldType)
+    of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent:
       if t.base.kind == tyGenericParam: return true
-      return traverseSubTypes(t.base)
-
-    of tyDistinct, tyAlias:
-      return traverseSubTypes(t.lastSon)
-
+      return traverseSubTypes(c, t.base)
+    of tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink:
+      return traverseSubTypes(c, t.lastSon)
     of tyGenericInst:
-      internalAssert false
-
+      internalAssert c.config, false
     else:
       discard
-
-  discard traverseSubTypes(body)
+  discard traverseSubTypes(c, body)
 
 proc typeSectionRightSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a)
-    checkSonsLen(a, 3)
-    let name = a.sons[0]
-    if (name.kind != nkSym): illFormedAst(a)
+    if a.kind != nkTypeDef: illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+    checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
+    let name = typeSectionTypeName(c, a.sons[0])
     var s = name.sym
     if s.magic == mNone and a.sons[2].kind == nkEmpty:
-      localError(a.info, errImplOfXexpected, s.name.s)
+      localError(c.config, a.info, errImplOfXexpected % s.name.s)
     if s.magic != mNone: processMagicType(c, s)
     if a.sons[1].kind != nkEmpty:
       # We have a generic type declaration here. In generic types,
@@ -934,7 +950,7 @@ proc typeSectionRightSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
         body.size = -1 # could not be computed properly
         s.typ.sons[sonsLen(s.typ) - 1] = body
         if tfCovariant in s.typ.flags:
-          checkCovariantParamsUsages(s.typ)
+          checkCovariantParamsUsages(c, s.typ)
           # XXX: This is a temporary limitation:
           # The codegen currently produces various failures with
           # generic imported types that have fields, but we need
@@ -969,8 +985,8 @@ proc typeSectionRightSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
       # give anonymous object a dummy symbol:
       var st = s.typ
       if st.kind == tyGenericBody: st = st.lastSon
-      internalAssert st.kind in {tyPtr, tyRef}
-      internalAssert st.lastSon.sym == nil
+      internalAssert c.config, st.kind in {tyPtr, tyRef}
+      internalAssert c.config, st.lastSon.sym == nil
       incl st.flags, tfRefsAnonObj
       let obj = newSym(skType, getIdent(s.name.s & ":ObjectType"),
                               getCurrOwner(c), s.info)
@@ -978,36 +994,36 @@ proc typeSectionRightSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
       st.lastSon.sym = obj
 
 
-proc checkForMetaFields(n: PNode) =
+proc checkForMetaFields(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
   template checkMeta(t) =
     if t != nil and t.isMetaType and tfGenericTypeParam notin t.flags:
-      localError(n.info, errTIsNotAConcreteType, t.typeToString)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errTIsNotAConcreteType % t.typeToString)
 
   if n.isNil: return
   case n.kind
   of nkRecList, nkRecCase:
-    for s in n: checkForMetaFields(s)
+    for s in n: checkForMetaFields(c, s)
   of nkOfBranch, nkElse:
-    checkForMetaFields(n.lastSon)
+    checkForMetaFields(c, n.lastSon)
   of nkSym:
     let t = n.sym.typ
     case t.kind
-    of tySequence, tySet, tyArray, tyOpenArray, tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef,
-       tyProc, tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericInst, tyAlias:
+    of tySequence, tySet, tyArray, tyOpenArray, tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef,
+       tyProc, tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
       let start = int ord(t.kind in {tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericInst})
       for i in start ..< t.sons.len:
         checkMeta(t.sons[i])
     else:
       checkMeta(t)
   else:
-    internalAssert false
+    internalAssert c.config, false
 
 proc typeSectionFinalPass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if a.sons[0].kind != nkSym: illFormedAst(a)
-    var s = a.sons[0].sym
+    let name = typeSectionTypeName(c, a.sons[0])
+    var s = name.sym
     # compute the type's size and check for illegal recursions:
     if a.sons[1].kind == nkEmpty:
       var x = a[2]
@@ -1018,7 +1034,7 @@ proc typeSectionFinalPass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
         # type aliases are hard:
         var t = semTypeNode(c, x, nil)
         assert t != nil
-        if s.typ != nil and s.typ.kind != tyAlias:
+        if s.typ != nil and s.typ.kind notin {tyAlias, tySink}:
           if t.kind in {tyProc, tyGenericInst} and not t.isMetaType:
             assignType(s.typ, t)
             s.typ.id = t.id
@@ -1026,9 +1042,9 @@ proc typeSectionFinalPass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
             assert s.typ != nil
             assignType(s.typ, t)
             s.typ.id = t.id     # same id
-      checkConstructedType(s.info, s.typ)
+      checkConstructedType(c.config, s.info, s.typ)
       if s.typ.kind in {tyObject, tyTuple} and not s.typ.n.isNil:
-        checkForMetaFields(s.typ.n)
+        checkForMetaFields(c, s.typ.n)
   instAllTypeBoundOp(c, n.info)
 
 
@@ -1037,14 +1053,14 @@ proc semAllTypeSections(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
     case n.kind
     of nkIncludeStmt:
       for i in 0..<n.len:
-        var f = checkModuleName(n.sons[i])
+        var f = checkModuleName(c.config, n.sons[i])
         if f != InvalidFileIDX:
-          if containsOrIncl(c.includedFiles, f):
-            localError(n.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, f.toFilename)
+          if containsOrIncl(c.includedFiles, f.int):
+            localError(c.config, n.info, errRecursiveDependencyX % f.toFilename)
           else:
             let code = gIncludeFile(c.graph, c.module, f, c.cache)
             gatherStmts c, code, result
-            excl(c.includedFiles, f)
+            excl(c.includedFiles, f.int)
     of nkStmtList:
       for i in 0 ..< n.len:
         gatherStmts(c, n.sons[i], result)
@@ -1096,12 +1112,12 @@ proc semParamList(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode, s: PSym) =
   s.typ = semProcTypeNode(c, n, genericParams, nil, s.kind)
   if s.kind notin {skMacro, skTemplate}:
     if s.typ.sons[0] != nil and s.typ.sons[0].kind == tyStmt:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, "invalid return type: 'stmt'")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "invalid return type: 'stmt'")
 
 proc addParams(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind) =
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n)-1):
     if n.sons[i].kind == nkSym: addParamOrResult(c, n.sons[i].sym, kind)
-    else: illFormedAst(n)
+    else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
 
 proc semBorrow(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym) =
   # search for the correct alias:
@@ -1110,7 +1126,7 @@ proc semBorrow(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym) =
     # store the alias:
     n.sons[bodyPos] = newSymNode(b)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errNoSymbolToBorrowFromFound)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errNoSymbolToBorrowFromFound)
 
 proc addResult(c: PContext, t: PType, info: TLineInfo, owner: TSymKind) =
   if t != nil:
@@ -1133,7 +1149,7 @@ proc lookupMacro(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
     result = n.sym
     if result.kind notin {skMacro, skTemplate}: result = nil
   else:
-    result = searchInScopes(c, considerQuotedIdent(n), {skMacro, skTemplate})
+    result = searchInScopes(c, considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n), {skMacro, skTemplate})
 
 proc semProcAnnotation(c: PContext, prc: PNode;
                        validPragmas: TSpecialWords): PNode =
@@ -1141,16 +1157,19 @@ proc semProcAnnotation(c: PContext, prc: PNode;
   if n == nil or n.kind == nkEmpty: return
   for i in countup(0, n.len-1):
     var it = n.sons[i]
-    var key = if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr: it.sons[0] else: it
+    var key = if it.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and it.len >= 1: it.sons[0] else: it
     let m = lookupMacro(c, key)
     if m == nil:
       if key.kind == nkIdent and key.ident.id == ord(wDelegator):
-        if considerQuotedIdent(prc.sons[namePos]).s == "()":
+        if considerQuotedIdent(c.config, prc.sons[namePos]).s == "()":
           prc.sons[namePos] = newIdentNode(c.cache.idDelegator, prc.info)
           prc.sons[pragmasPos] = copyExcept(n, i)
         else:
-          localError(prc.info, errOnlyACallOpCanBeDelegator)
+          localError(c.config, prc.info, "only a call operator can be a delegator")
       continue
+    elif sfCustomPragma in m.flags:
+      continue # semantic check for custom pragma happens later in semProcAux
+
     # we transform ``proc p {.m, rest.}`` into ``m(do: proc p {.rest.})`` and
     # let the semantic checker deal with it:
     var x = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info)
@@ -1159,10 +1178,12 @@ proc semProcAnnotation(c: PContext, prc: PNode;
     if prc[pragmasPos].kind != nkEmpty and prc[pragmasPos].len == 0:
       prc.sons[pragmasPos] = emptyNode
 
-    if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
-      # pass pragma argument to the macro too:
-      x.add(it.sons[1])
+    if it.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and it.len > 1:
+      # pass pragma arguments to the macro too:
+      for i in 1..<it.len:
+        x.add(it.sons[i])
     x.add(prc)
+
     # recursion assures that this works for multiple macro annotations too:
     result = semExpr(c, x)
     # since a proc annotation can set pragmas, we process these here again.
@@ -1189,7 +1210,7 @@ proc semLambda(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   result = semProcAnnotation(c, n, lambdaPragmas)
   if result != nil: return result
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1, c.config)
   var s: PSym
   if n[namePos].kind != nkSym:
     s = newSym(skProc, c.cache.idAnon, getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
@@ -1206,9 +1227,6 @@ proc semLambda(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     gp = newNodeI(nkGenericParams, n.info)
 
   if n.sons[paramsPos].kind != nkEmpty:
-    #if n.kind == nkDo and not experimentalMode(c):
-    #  localError(n.sons[paramsPos].info,
-    #      "use the {.experimental.} pragma to enable 'do' with parameters")
     semParamList(c, n.sons[paramsPos], gp, s)
     # paramsTypeCheck(c, s.typ)
     if sonsLen(gp) > 0 and n.sons[genericParamsPos].kind == nkEmpty:
@@ -1218,10 +1236,10 @@ proc semLambda(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     s.typ = newProcType(c, n.info)
   if n.sons[pragmasPos].kind != nkEmpty:
     pragma(c, s, n.sons[pragmasPos], lambdaPragmas)
-  s.options = gOptions
+  s.options = c.config.options
   if n.sons[bodyPos].kind != nkEmpty:
     if sfImportc in s.flags:
-      localError(n.sons[bodyPos].info, errImplOfXNotAllowed, s.name.s)
+      localError(c.config, n.sons[bodyPos].info, errImplOfXNotAllowed % s.name.s)
     #if efDetermineType notin flags:
     # XXX not good enough; see tnamedparamanonproc.nim
     if gp.len == 0 or (gp.len == 1 and tfRetType in gp[0].typ.flags):
@@ -1229,13 +1247,13 @@ proc semLambda(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
       addResult(c, s.typ.sons[0], n.info, skProc)
       addResultNode(c, n)
       let semBody = hloBody(c, semProcBody(c, n.sons[bodyPos]))
-      n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.module, semBody, s)
+      n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.graph, c.module, semBody, s)
       popProcCon(c)
     elif efOperand notin flags:
-      localError(n.info, errGenericLambdaNotAllowed)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenericLambdaNotAllowed)
     sideEffectsCheck(c, s)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errImplOfXexpected, s.name.s)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errImplOfXexpected % s.name.s)
   closeScope(c)           # close scope for parameters
   popOwner(c)
   result.typ = s.typ
@@ -1260,7 +1278,7 @@ proc semInferredLambda(c: PContext, pt: TIdTable, n: PNode): PNode =
   for i in 1..<params.len:
     if params[i].typ.kind in {tyTypeDesc, tyGenericParam,
                               tyFromExpr}+tyTypeClasses:
-      localError(params[i].info, "cannot infer type of parameter: " &
+      localError(c.config, params[i].info, "cannot infer type of parameter: " &
                  params[i].sym.name.s)
     #params[i].sym.owner = s
   openScope(c)
@@ -1270,7 +1288,7 @@ proc semInferredLambda(c: PContext, pt: TIdTable, n: PNode): PNode =
   addResult(c, n.typ.sons[0], n.info, skProc)
   addResultNode(c, n)
   let semBody = hloBody(c, semProcBody(c, n.sons[bodyPos]))
-  n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.module, semBody, s)
+  n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.graph, c.module, semBody, s)
   popProcCon(c)
   popOwner(c)
   closeScope(c)
@@ -1302,27 +1320,26 @@ proc maybeAddResult(c: PContext, s: PSym, n: PNode) =
 
 proc semOverride(c: PContext, s: PSym, n: PNode) =
   case s.name.s.normalize
-  of "destroy", "=destroy":
-    if newDestructors:
-      let t = s.typ
-      var noError = false
-      if t.len == 2 and t.sons[0] == nil and t.sons[1].kind == tyVar:
-        var obj = t.sons[1].sons[0]
-        while true:
-          incl(obj.flags, tfHasAsgn)
-          if obj.kind in {tyGenericBody, tyGenericInst}: obj = obj.lastSon
-          elif obj.kind == tyGenericInvocation: obj = obj.sons[0]
-          else: break
-        if obj.kind in {tyObject, tyDistinct}:
-          if obj.destructor.isNil:
-            obj.destructor = s
-          else:
-            localError(n.info, errGenerated,
-              "cannot bind another '" & s.name.s & "' to: " & typeToString(obj))
-          noError = true
-      if not noError and sfSystemModule notin s.owner.flags:
-        localError(n.info, errGenerated,
-          "signature for '" & s.name.s & "' must be proc[T: object](x: var T)")
+  of "=destroy":
+    let t = s.typ
+    var noError = false
+    if t.len == 2 and t.sons[0] == nil and t.sons[1].kind == tyVar:
+      var obj = t.sons[1].sons[0]
+      while true:
+        incl(obj.flags, tfHasAsgn)
+        if obj.kind in {tyGenericBody, tyGenericInst}: obj = obj.lastSon
+        elif obj.kind == tyGenericInvocation: obj = obj.sons[0]
+        else: break
+      if obj.kind in {tyObject, tyDistinct}:
+        if obj.destructor.isNil:
+          obj.destructor = s
+        else:
+          localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated,
+            "cannot bind another '" & s.name.s & "' to: " & typeToString(obj))
+        noError = true
+    if not noError and sfSystemModule notin s.owner.flags:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated,
+        "signature for '" & s.name.s & "' must be proc[T: object](x: var T)")
     incl(s.flags, sfUsed)
   of "deepcopy", "=deepcopy":
     if s.typ.len == 2 and
@@ -1338,13 +1355,13 @@ proc semOverride(c: PContext, s: PSym, n: PNode) =
       if t.kind in {tyObject, tyDistinct, tyEnum}:
         if t.deepCopy.isNil: t.deepCopy = s
         else:
-          localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+          localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated,
                      "cannot bind another 'deepCopy' to: " & typeToString(t))
       else:
-        localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated,
                    "cannot bind 'deepCopy' to: " & typeToString(t))
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated,
                  "signature for 'deepCopy' must be proc[T: ptr|ref](x: T): T")
     incl(s.flags, sfUsed)
   of "=", "=sink":
@@ -1369,15 +1386,15 @@ proc semOverride(c: PContext, s: PSym, n: PNode) =
         if opr[].isNil:
           opr[] = s
         else:
-          localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+          localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated,
                      "cannot bind another '" & s.name.s & "' to: " & typeToString(obj))
         return
     if sfSystemModule notin s.owner.flags:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated,
                 "signature for '" & s.name.s & "' must be proc[T: object](x: var T; y: T)")
   else:
     if sfOverriden in s.flags:
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated,
                  "'destroy' or 'deepCopy' expected for 'override'")
 
 proc cursorInProcAux(n: PNode): bool =
@@ -1413,14 +1430,14 @@ proc semMethodPrototype(c: PContext; s: PSym; n: PNode) =
     for col in countup(1, sonsLen(tt)-1):
       let t = tt.sons[col]
       if t != nil and t.kind == tyGenericInvocation:
-        var x = skipTypes(t.sons[0], {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyGenericInst,
+        var x = skipTypes(t.sons[0], {tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef, tyGenericInst,
                                       tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericBody,
-                                      tyAlias})
+                                      tyAlias, tySink})
         if x.kind == tyObject and t.len-1 == n.sons[genericParamsPos].len:
           foundObj = true
           x.methods.safeAdd((col,s))
     if not foundObj:
-      message(n.info, warnDeprecated, "generic method not attachable to object type")
+      message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "generic method not attachable to object type")
   else:
     # why check for the body? bug #2400 has none. Checking for sfForward makes
     # no sense either.
@@ -1428,7 +1445,7 @@ proc semMethodPrototype(c: PContext; s: PSym; n: PNode) =
     if hasObjParam(s):
       methodDef(c.graph, s, fromCache=false)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errXNeedsParamObjectType, "method")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "'method' needs a parameter that has an object type")
 
 proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
                 validPragmas: TSpecialWords,
@@ -1436,7 +1453,7 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
   result = semProcAnnotation(c, n, validPragmas)
   if result != nil: return result
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1, c.config)
   var s: PSym
   var typeIsDetermined = false
   var isAnon = false
@@ -1493,7 +1510,9 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
     n.sons[patternPos] = semPattern(c, n.sons[patternPos])
   if s.kind == skIterator:
     s.typ.flags.incl(tfIterator)
-
+  elif s.kind == skFunc:
+    incl(s.flags, sfNoSideEffect)
+    incl(s.typ.flags, tfNoSideEffect)
   var proto = searchForProc(c, oldScope, s)
   if proto == nil or isAnon:
     if s.kind == skIterator:
@@ -1523,10 +1542,10 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
       # XXX This needs more checks eventually, for example that external
       # linking names do agree:
       if proto.typ.callConv != s.typ.callConv or proto.typ.flags < s.typ.flags:
-        localError(n.sons[pragmasPos].info, errPragmaOnlyInHeaderOfProcX,
-          "'" & proto.name.s & "' from " & $proto.info)
+        localError(c.config, n.sons[pragmasPos].info, errPragmaOnlyInHeaderOfProcX %
+          ("'" & proto.name.s & "' from " & $proto.info))
     if sfForward notin proto.flags:
-      wrongRedefinition(n.info, proto.name.s)
+      wrongRedefinition(c, n.info, proto.name.s)
     excl(proto.flags, sfForward)
     closeScope(c)         # close scope with wrong parameter symbols
     openScope(c)          # open scope for old (correct) parameter symbols
@@ -1539,30 +1558,32 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
     n.sons[genericParamsPos] = proto.ast.sons[genericParamsPos]
     n.sons[paramsPos] = proto.ast.sons[paramsPos]
     n.sons[pragmasPos] = proto.ast.sons[pragmasPos]
-    if n.sons[namePos].kind != nkSym: internalError(n.info, "semProcAux")
+    if n.sons[namePos].kind != nkSym: internalError(c.config, n.info, "semProcAux")
     n.sons[namePos].sym = proto
-    if importantComments() and not isNil(proto.ast.comment):
+    if importantComments(c.config) and not isNil(proto.ast.comment):
       n.comment = proto.ast.comment
     proto.ast = n             # needed for code generation
     popOwner(c)
     pushOwner(c, s)
-  s.options = gOptions
+  s.options = c.config.options
   if sfOverriden in s.flags or s.name.s[0] == '=': semOverride(c, s, n)
   if s.name.s[0] in {'.', '('}:
-    if s.name.s in [".", ".()", ".="] and not experimentalMode(c) and not newDestructors:
-      message(n.info, warnDeprecated, "overloaded '.' and '()' operators are now .experimental; " & s.name.s)
-    elif s.name.s == "()" and not experimentalMode(c):
-      message(n.info, warnDeprecated, "overloaded '()' operators are now .experimental; " & s.name.s)
+    if s.name.s in [".", ".()", ".="] and {destructor, dotOperators} * c.features == {}:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "the overloaded " & s.name.s &
+        " operator has to be enabled with {.experimental: \"dotOperators\".}")
+    elif s.name.s == "()" and callOperator notin c.features:
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "the overloaded " & s.name.s &
+        " operator has to be enabled with {.experimental: \"callOperator\".}")
 
   if n.sons[bodyPos].kind != nkEmpty:
     # for DLL generation it is annoying to check for sfImportc!
     if sfBorrow in s.flags:
-      localError(n.sons[bodyPos].info, errImplOfXNotAllowed, s.name.s)
+      localError(c.config, n.sons[bodyPos].info, errImplOfXNotAllowed % s.name.s)
     let usePseudoGenerics = kind in {skMacro, skTemplate}
     # Macros and Templates can have generic parameters, but they are
     # only used for overload resolution (there is no instantiation of
     # the symbol, so we must process the body now)
-    if not usePseudoGenerics and gIdeCmd in {ideSug, ideCon} and not
+    if not usePseudoGenerics and c.config.ideCmd in {ideSug, ideCon} and not
         cursorInProc(n.sons[bodyPos]):
       discard "speed up nimsuggest"
       if s.kind == skMethod: semMethodPrototype(c, s, n)
@@ -1580,7 +1601,7 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
           let semBody = hloBody(c, semProcBody(c, n.sons[bodyPos]))
           # unfortunately we cannot skip this step when in 'system.compiles'
           # context as it may even be evaluated in 'system.compiles':
-          n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.module, semBody, s)
+          n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.graph, c.module, semBody, s)
       else:
         if s.typ.sons[0] != nil and kind != skIterator:
           addDecl(c, newSym(skUnknown, getIdent"result", nil, n.info))
@@ -1596,7 +1617,7 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
       popProcCon(c)
   else:
     if s.kind == skMethod: semMethodPrototype(c, s, n)
-    if proto != nil: localError(n.info, errImplOfXexpected, proto.name.s)
+    if proto != nil: localError(c.config, n.info, errImplOfXexpected % proto.name.s)
     if {sfImportc, sfBorrow} * s.flags == {} and s.magic == mNone:
       incl(s.flags, sfForward)
     elif sfBorrow in s.flags: semBorrow(c, n, s)
@@ -1611,7 +1632,7 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
     result.typ = s.typ
   if isTopLevel(c) and s.kind != skIterator and
       s.typ.callConv == ccClosure:
-    localError(s.info, "'.closure' calling convention for top level routines is invalid")
+    localError(c.config, s.info, "'.closure' calling convention for top level routines is invalid")
 
 proc determineType(c: PContext, s: PSym) =
   if s.typ != nil: return
@@ -1627,12 +1648,16 @@ proc semIterator(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     n[namePos].sym.owner = getCurrOwner(c)
     n[namePos].sym.kind = skIterator
   result = semProcAux(c, n, skIterator, iteratorPragmas)
+  # bug #7093: if after a macro transformation we don't have an
+  # nkIteratorDef aynmore, return. The iterator then might have been
+  # sem'checked already. (Or not, if the macro skips it.)
+  if result.kind != n.kind: return
   var s = result.sons[namePos].sym
   var t = s.typ
   if t.sons[0] == nil and s.typ.callConv != ccClosure:
-    localError(n.info, errXNeedsReturnType, "iterator")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "iterator needs a return type")
   if isAnon and s.typ.callConv == ccInline:
-    localError(n.info, "inline iterators are not first-class / cannot be assigned to variables")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "inline iterators are not first-class / cannot be assigned to variables")
   # iterators are either 'inline' or 'closure'; for backwards compatibility,
   # we require first class iterators to be marked with 'closure' explicitly
   # -- at least for 0.9.2.
@@ -1640,13 +1665,8 @@ proc semIterator(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     incl(s.typ.flags, tfCapturesEnv)
   else:
     s.typ.callConv = ccInline
-  when false:
-    if s.typ.callConv != ccInline:
-      s.typ.callConv = ccClosure
-      # and they always at least use the 'env' for the state field:
-      incl(s.typ.flags, tfCapturesEnv)
   if n.sons[bodyPos].kind == nkEmpty and s.magic == mNone:
-    localError(n.info, errImplOfXexpected, s.name.s)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errImplOfXexpected % s.name.s)
 
 proc semProc(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = semProcAux(c, n, skProc, procPragmas)
@@ -1655,10 +1675,14 @@ proc semFunc(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = semProcAux(c, n, skFunc, procPragmas)
 
 proc semMethod(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "method")
+  if not isTopLevel(c): localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "method")
   result = semProcAux(c, n, skMethod, methodPragmas)
   # macros can transform converters to nothing:
   if namePos >= result.safeLen: return result
+  # bug #7093: if after a macro transformation we don't have an
+  # nkIteratorDef aynmore, return. The iterator then might have been
+  # sem'checked already. (Or not, if the macro skips it.)
+  if result.kind != nkMethodDef: return
   var s = result.sons[namePos].sym
   # we need to fix the 'auto' return type for the dispatcher here (see tautonotgeneric
   # test case):
@@ -1672,22 +1696,30 @@ proc semMethod(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       else: disp.ast[resultPos].sym.typ = ret
 
 proc semConverterDef(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "converter")
-  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1)
+  if not isTopLevel(c): localError(c.config, n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "converter")
+  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1, c.config)
   result = semProcAux(c, n, skConverter, converterPragmas)
   # macros can transform converters to nothing:
   if namePos >= result.safeLen: return result
+  # bug #7093: if after a macro transformation we don't have an
+  # nkIteratorDef aynmore, return. The iterator then might have been
+  # sem'checked already. (Or not, if the macro skips it.)
+  if result.kind != nkConverterDef: return
   var s = result.sons[namePos].sym
   var t = s.typ
-  if t.sons[0] == nil: localError(n.info, errXNeedsReturnType, "converter")
-  if sonsLen(t) != 2: localError(n.info, errXRequiresOneArgument, "converter")
+  if t.sons[0] == nil: localError(c.config, n.info, errXNeedsReturnType % "converter")
+  if sonsLen(t) != 2: localError(c.config, n.info, "a converter takes exactly one argument")
   addConverter(c, s)
 
 proc semMacroDef(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1, c.config)
   result = semProcAux(c, n, skMacro, macroPragmas)
   # macros can transform macros to nothing:
   if namePos >= result.safeLen: return result
+  # bug #7093: if after a macro transformation we don't have an
+  # nkIteratorDef aynmore, return. The iterator then might have been
+  # sem'checked already. (Or not, if the macro skips it.)
+  if result.kind != nkMacroDef: return
   var s = result.sons[namePos].sym
   var t = s.typ
   var allUntyped = true
@@ -1695,21 +1727,21 @@ proc semMacroDef(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     let param = t.n.sons[i].sym
     if param.typ.kind != tyExpr: allUntyped = false
   if allUntyped: incl(s.flags, sfAllUntyped)
-  if t.sons[0] == nil: localError(n.info, errXNeedsReturnType, "macro")
+  if t.sons[0] == nil: localError(c.config, n.info, "macro needs a return type")
   if n.sons[bodyPos].kind == nkEmpty:
-    localError(n.info, errImplOfXexpected, s.name.s)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errImplOfXexpected % s.name.s)
 
 proc evalInclude(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
   addSon(result, n)
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    var f = checkModuleName(n.sons[i])
+    var f = checkModuleName(c.config, n.sons[i])
     if f != InvalidFileIDX:
-      if containsOrIncl(c.includedFiles, f):
-        localError(n.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, f.toFilename)
+      if containsOrIncl(c.includedFiles, f.int):
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errRecursiveDependencyX % f.toFilename)
       else:
         addSon(result, semStmt(c, gIncludeFile(c.graph, c.module, f, c.cache)))
-        excl(c.includedFiles, f)
+        excl(c.includedFiles, f.int)
 
 proc setLine(n: PNode, info: TLineInfo) =
   for i in 0 ..< safeLen(n): setLine(n.sons[i], info)
@@ -1733,19 +1765,13 @@ proc semPragmaBlock(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
 proc semStaticStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   #echo "semStaticStmt"
   #writeStackTrace()
+  inc c.inStaticContext
   let a = semStmt(c, n.sons[0])
+  dec c.inStaticContext
   n.sons[0] = a
-  evalStaticStmt(c.module, c.cache, a, c.p.owner)
+  evalStaticStmt(c.module, c.cache, c.graph, a, c.p.owner)
   result = newNodeI(nkDiscardStmt, n.info, 1)
   result.sons[0] = emptyNode
-  when false:
-    result = evalStaticStmt(c.module, a, c.p.owner)
-    if result.isNil:
-      LocalError(n.info, errCannotInterpretNodeX, renderTree(n))
-      result = emptyNode
-    elif result.kind == nkEmpty:
-      result = newNodeI(nkDiscardStmt, n.info, 1)
-      result.sons[0] = emptyNode
 
 proc usesResult(n: PNode): bool =
   # nkStmtList(expr) properly propagates the void context,
@@ -1764,7 +1790,7 @@ proc inferConceptStaticParam(c: PContext, inferred, n: PNode) =
   var typ = inferred.typ
   let res = semConstExpr(c, n)
   if not sameType(res.typ, typ.base):
-    localError(n.info,
+    localError(c.config, n.info,
       "cannot infer the concept parameter '%s', due to a type mismatch. " &
       "attempt to equate '%s' and '%s'.",
       [inferred.renderTree, $res.typ, $typ.base])
@@ -1787,80 +1813,47 @@ proc semStmtList(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   #                                         nkNilLit, nkEmpty}:
   #  dec last
   for i in countup(0, length - 1):
-    let k = n.sons[i].kind
-    case k
-    of nkFinally, nkExceptBranch:
-      # stand-alone finally and except blocks are
-      # transformed into regular try blocks:
-      #
-      # var f = fopen("somefile") | var f = fopen("somefile")
-      # finally: fclose(f)        | try:
-      # ...                       |   ...
-      #                           | finally:
-      #                           |   fclose(f)
-      var deferPart: PNode
-      if k == nkDefer:
-        deferPart = newNodeI(nkFinally, n.sons[i].info)
-        deferPart.add n.sons[i].sons[0]
-      elif k == nkFinally:
-        message(n.info, warnDeprecated,
-                "use 'defer'; standalone 'finally'")
-        deferPart = n.sons[i]
-      else:
-        message(n.info, warnDeprecated,
-                "use an explicit 'try'; standalone 'except'")
-        deferPart = n.sons[i]
-      var tryStmt = newNodeI(nkTryStmt, n.sons[i].info)
-      var body = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.sons[i].info)
-      if i < n.sonsLen - 1:
-        body.sons = n.sons[(i+1)..n.len-1]
-      tryStmt.addSon(body)
-      tryStmt.addSon(deferPart)
-      n.sons[i] = semTry(c, tryStmt)
-      n.sons.setLen(i+1)
+    var expr = semExpr(c, n.sons[i], flags)
+    n.sons[i] = expr
+    if c.matchedConcept != nil and expr.typ != nil and
+        (nfFromTemplate notin n.flags or i != last):
+      case expr.typ.kind
+      of tyBool:
+        if expr.kind == nkInfix and
+            expr[0].kind == nkSym and
+            expr[0].sym.name.s == "==":
+          if expr[1].typ.isUnresolvedStatic:
+            inferConceptStaticParam(c, expr[1], expr[2])
+            continue
+          elif expr[2].typ.isUnresolvedStatic:
+            inferConceptStaticParam(c, expr[2], expr[1])
+            continue
+
+        let verdict = semConstExpr(c, n[i])
+        if verdict.intVal == 0:
+          localError(c.config, result.info, "concept predicate failed")
+      of tyUnknown: continue
+      else: discard
+    if n.sons[i].typ == enforceVoidContext: #or usesResult(n.sons[i]):
+      voidContext = true
+      n.typ = enforceVoidContext
+    if i == last and (length == 1 or efWantValue in flags):
       n.typ = n.sons[i].typ
-      return
+      if not isEmptyType(n.typ): n.kind = nkStmtListExpr
+    elif i != last or voidContext:
+      discardCheck(c, n.sons[i])
     else:
-      var expr = semExpr(c, n.sons[i], flags)
-      n.sons[i] = expr
-      if c.matchedConcept != nil and expr.typ != nil and
-         (nfFromTemplate notin n.flags or i != last):
-        case expr.typ.kind
-        of tyBool:
-          if expr.kind == nkInfix and
-             expr[0].kind == nkSym and
-             expr[0].sym.name.s == "==":
-            if expr[1].typ.isUnresolvedStatic:
-              inferConceptStaticParam(c, expr[1], expr[2])
-              continue
-            elif expr[2].typ.isUnresolvedStatic:
-              inferConceptStaticParam(c, expr[2], expr[1])
-              continue
-
-          let verdict = semConstExpr(c, n[i])
-          if verdict.intVal == 0:
-            localError(result.info, "concept predicate failed")
-        of tyUnknown: continue
-        else: discard
-      if n.sons[i].typ == enforceVoidContext: #or usesResult(n.sons[i]):
-        voidContext = true
-        n.typ = enforceVoidContext
-      if i == last and (length == 1 or efWantValue in flags):
-        n.typ = n.sons[i].typ
-        if not isEmptyType(n.typ): n.kind = nkStmtListExpr
-      elif i != last or voidContext:
-        discardCheck(c, n.sons[i])
-      else:
-        n.typ = n.sons[i].typ
-        if not isEmptyType(n.typ): n.kind = nkStmtListExpr
-      if n.sons[i].kind in LastBlockStmts or
-         n.sons[i].kind in nkCallKinds and n.sons[i][0].kind == nkSym and sfNoReturn in n.sons[i][0].sym.flags:
-        for j in countup(i + 1, length - 1):
-          case n.sons[j].kind
-          of nkPragma, nkCommentStmt, nkNilLit, nkEmpty, nkBlockExpr,
-             nkBlockStmt, nkState: discard
-          else: localError(n.sons[j].info, errStmtInvalidAfterReturn)
-      else: discard
+      n.typ = n.sons[i].typ
+      if not isEmptyType(n.typ): n.kind = nkStmtListExpr
+    if n.sons[i].kind in LastBlockStmts or
+        n.sons[i].kind in nkCallKinds and n.sons[i][0].kind == nkSym and
+        sfNoReturn in n.sons[i][0].sym.flags:
+      for j in countup(i + 1, length - 1):
+        case n.sons[j].kind
+        of nkPragma, nkCommentStmt, nkNilLit, nkEmpty, nkBlockExpr,
+            nkBlockStmt, nkState: discard
+        else: localError(c.config, n.sons[j].info, "unreachable statement after 'return'")
+    else: discard
 
   if result.len == 1 and
      # concept bodies should be preserved as a stmt list:
@@ -1876,15 +1869,6 @@ proc semStmtList(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
         not (result.comment[0] == '#' and result.comment[1] == '#'):
       # it is an old-style comment statement: we replace it with 'discard ""':
       prettybase.replaceComment(result.info)
-  when false:
-    # a statement list (s; e) has the type 'e':
-    if result.kind == nkStmtList and result.len > 0:
-      var lastStmt = lastSon(result)
-      if lastStmt.kind != nkNilLit and not implicitlyDiscardable(lastStmt):
-        result.typ = lastStmt.typ
-        #localError(lastStmt.info, errGenerated,
-        #  "Last expression must be explicitly returned if it " &
-        #  "is discardable or discarded")
 
 proc semStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   # now: simply an alias:
diff --git a/compiler/semtempl.nim b/compiler/semtempl.nim
index f90dff8f1..352bc5c6b 100644
--- a/compiler/semtempl.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtempl.nim
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ discard """
   a way to achieve lexical scoping at compile time.
 """
 
+const
+  errImplOfXNotAllowed = "implementation of '$1' is not allowed"
+
 type
   TSymBinding = enum
     spNone, spGenSym, spInject
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ proc symChoice(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, r: TSymChoiceRule): PNode =
     # (s.kind notin routineKinds or s.magic != mNone):
     # for instance 'nextTry' is both in tables.nim and astalgo.nim ...
     result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-    markUsed(n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, n.info, s, c.graph.usageSym)
   else:
     # semantic checking requires a type; ``fitNode`` deals with it
     # appropriately
@@ -91,20 +94,20 @@ proc semBindStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode, toBind: var IntSet): PNode =
       else:
         for x in items(sc): toBind.incl(x.sym.id)
     else:
-      illFormedAst(a)
+      illFormedAst(a, c.config)
   result = newNodeI(nkEmpty, n.info)
 
 proc semMixinStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode, toMixin: var IntSet): PNode =
   for i in 0 ..< n.len:
-    toMixin.incl(considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[i]).id)
+    toMixin.incl(considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n.sons[i]).id)
   result = newNodeI(nkEmpty, n.info)
 
-proc replaceIdentBySym(n: var PNode, s: PNode) =
+proc replaceIdentBySym(c: PContext; n: var PNode, s: PNode) =
   case n.kind
-  of nkPostfix: replaceIdentBySym(n.sons[1], s)
-  of nkPragmaExpr: replaceIdentBySym(n.sons[0], s)
+  of nkPostfix: replaceIdentBySym(c, n.sons[1], s)
+  of nkPragmaExpr: replaceIdentBySym(c, n.sons[0], s)
   of nkIdent, nkAccQuoted, nkSym: n = s
-  else: illFormedAst(n)
+  else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
 
 type
   TemplCtx = object
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ proc getIdentNode(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
         result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
   of nkAccQuoted, nkSym: result = n
   else:
-    illFormedAst(n)
+    illFormedAst(n, c.c.config)
     result = n
 
 proc isTemplParam(c: TemplCtx, n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ proc onlyReplaceParams(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
       result.sons[i] = onlyReplaceParams(c, n.sons[i])
 
 proc newGenSym(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: var TemplCtx): PSym =
-  result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(n), c.owner, n.info)
+  result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(c.c.config, n), c.owner, n.info)
   incl(result.flags, sfGenSym)
   incl(result.flags, sfShadowed)
 
@@ -184,12 +187,12 @@ proc addLocalDecl(c: var TemplCtx, n: var PNode, k: TSymKind) =
         n = onlyReplaceParams(c, n)
         return
       else:
-        illFormedAst(x)
+        illFormedAst(x, c.c.config)
     let ident = getIdentNode(c, x)
     if not isTemplParam(c, ident):
       c.toInject.incl(x.ident.id)
     else:
-      replaceIdentBySym(n, ident)
+      replaceIdentBySym(c.c, n, ident)
   else:
     let ident = getIdentNode(c, n)
     if not isTemplParam(c, ident):
@@ -203,17 +206,17 @@ proc addLocalDecl(c: var TemplCtx, n: var PNode, k: TSymKind) =
       #
       # We need to ensure that both 'a' produce the same gensym'ed symbol.
       # So we need only check the *current* scope.
-      let s = localSearchInScope(c.c, considerQuotedIdent ident)
+      let s = localSearchInScope(c.c, considerQuotedIdent(c.c.config, ident))
       if s != nil and s.owner == c.owner and sfGenSym in s.flags:
         styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-        replaceIdentBySym(n, newSymNode(s, n.info))
+        replaceIdentBySym(c.c, n, newSymNode(s, n.info))
       else:
         let local = newGenSym(k, ident, c)
         addPrelimDecl(c.c, local)
         styleCheckDef(n.info, local)
-        replaceIdentBySym(n, newSymNode(local, n.info))
+        replaceIdentBySym(c.c, n, newSymNode(local, n.info))
     else:
-      replaceIdentBySym(n, ident)
+      replaceIdentBySym(c.c, n, ident)
 
 proc semTemplSymbol(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode =
   incl(s.flags, sfUsed)
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ proc semRoutineInTemplName(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc semRoutineInTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode, k: TSymKind): PNode =
   result = n
-  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1)
+  checkSonsLen(n, bodyPos + 1, c.c.config)
   # routines default to 'inject':
   if n.kind notin nkLambdaKinds and symBinding(n.sons[pragmasPos]) == spGenSym:
     let ident = getIdentNode(c, n.sons[namePos])
@@ -281,8 +284,8 @@ proc semTemplSomeDecl(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode, symKind: TSymKind; start=0) =
   for i in countup(start, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-    if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs) and (a.kind != nkVarTuple): illFormedAst(a)
-    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+    if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs) and (a.kind != nkVarTuple): illFormedAst(a, c.c.config)
+    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3, c.c.config)
     var L = sonsLen(a)
     when defined(nimsuggest):
       inc c.c.inTypeContext
@@ -354,7 +357,7 @@ proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
     n.sons[0] = semTemplBody(c, n.sons[0])
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n)-1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
-      checkMinSonsLen(a, 1)
+      checkMinSonsLen(a, 1, c.c.config)
       var L = sonsLen(a)
       for j in countup(0, L-2):
         a.sons[j] = semTemplBody(c, a.sons[j])
@@ -371,7 +374,7 @@ proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
     closeScope(c)
     closeScope(c)
   of nkBlockStmt, nkBlockExpr, nkBlockType:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.c.config)
     openScope(c)
     if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
       addLocalDecl(c, n.sons[0], skLabel)
@@ -384,11 +387,11 @@ proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
     n.sons[1] = semTemplBody(c, n.sons[1])
     closeScope(c)
   of nkTryStmt:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.c.config)
     n.sons[0] = semTemplBodyScope(c, n.sons[0])
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n)-1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
-      checkMinSonsLen(a, 1)
+      checkMinSonsLen(a, 1, c.c.config)
       var L = sonsLen(a)
       openScope(c)
       for j in countup(0, L-2):
@@ -402,15 +405,15 @@ proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
   of nkVarSection: semTemplSomeDecl(c, n, skVar)
   of nkLetSection: semTemplSomeDecl(c, n, skLet)
   of nkFormalParams:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.c.config)
     n.sons[0] = semTemplBody(c, n.sons[0])
     semTemplSomeDecl(c, n, skParam, 1)
   of nkConstSection:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-      if (a.kind != nkConstDef): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkSonsLen(a, 3)
+      if (a.kind != nkConstDef): illFormedAst(a, c.c.config)
+      checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.c.config)
       addLocalDecl(c, a.sons[0], skConst)
       a.sons[1] = semTemplBody(c, a.sons[1])
       a.sons[2] = semTemplBody(c, a.sons[2])
@@ -418,14 +421,14 @@ proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-      if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkSonsLen(a, 3)
+      if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a, c.c.config)
+      checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.c.config)
       addLocalDecl(c, a.sons[0], skType)
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
-      if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a)
-      checkSonsLen(a, 3)
+      if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a, c.c.config)
+      checkSonsLen(a, 3, c.c.config)
       if a.sons[1].kind != nkEmpty:
         openScope(c)
         a.sons[1] = semTemplBody(c, a.sons[1])
@@ -468,7 +471,7 @@ proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
     for i in 0 ..< n.len: result.add(n[i])
     result = semTemplBodySons(c, result)
   of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.c.config)
     let a = n.sons[0]
     let b = n.sons[1]
 
@@ -608,8 +611,11 @@ proc semTemplateDef(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   popOwner(c)
   s.ast = n
   result = n
-  if n.sons[bodyPos].kind == nkEmpty:
-    localError(n.info, errImplOfXexpected, s.name.s)
+  if sfCustomPragma in s.flags:
+    if n.sons[bodyPos].kind != nkEmpty:
+      localError(c.config, n.sons[bodyPos].info, errImplOfXNotAllowed % s.name.s)
+  elif n.sons[bodyPos].kind == nkEmpty:
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "implementation of '$1' expected" % s.name.s)
   var proto = searchForProc(c, c.currentScope, s)
   if proto == nil:
     addInterfaceOverloadableSymAt(c, c.currentScope, s)
@@ -652,7 +658,7 @@ proc semPatternBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
     if s != nil and s.owner == c.owner and s.kind == skParam:
       result = newParam(c, n, s)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errInvalidExpression)
+      localError(c.c.config, n.info, "invalid expression")
       result = n
 
   proc stupidStmtListExpr(n: PNode): bool =
@@ -672,7 +678,7 @@ proc semPatternBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
     # we support '(pattern){x}' to bind a subpattern to a parameter 'x';
     # '(pattern){|x}' does the same but the matches will be gathered in 'x'
     if n.len != 2:
-      localError(n.info, errInvalidExpression)
+      localError(c.c.config, n.info, "invalid expression")
     elif n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent:
       n.sons[0] = semPatternBody(c, n.sons[0])
       n.sons[1] = expectParam(c, n.sons[1])
@@ -682,9 +688,9 @@ proc semPatternBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
         n.sons[0] = semPatternBody(c, n.sons[0])
         n.sons[1].sons[1] = expectParam(c, n.sons[1].sons[1])
       else:
-        localError(n.info, errInvalidExpression)
+        localError(c.c.config, n.info, "invalid expression")
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errInvalidExpression)
+      localError(c.c.config, n.info, "invalid expression")
   of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr:
     if stupidStmtListExpr(n):
       result = semPatternBody(c, n.lastSon)
@@ -756,5 +762,5 @@ proc semPattern(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     if result.len == 1:
       result = result.sons[0]
     elif result.len == 0:
-      localError(n.info, errInvalidExpression)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "a pattern cannot be empty")
   closeScope(c)
diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index cb66685b2..8b5c26f99 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,33 @@
 # this module does the semantic checking of type declarations
 # included from sem.nim
 
+const
+  errStringLiteralExpected = "string literal expected"
+  errIntLiteralExpected = "integer literal expected"
+  errWrongNumberOfVariables = "wrong number of variables"
+  errInvalidOrderInEnumX = "invalid order in enum '$1'"
+  errOrdinalTypeExpected = "ordinal type expected"
+  errSetTooBig = "set is too large"
+  errBaseTypeMustBeOrdinal = "base type of a set must be an ordinal"
+  errInheritanceOnlyWithNonFinalObjects = "inheritance only works with non-final objects"
+  errXExpectsOneTypeParam = "'$1' expects one type parameter"
+  errArrayExpectsTwoTypeParams = "array expects two type parameters"
+  errInvalidVisibilityX = "invalid visibility: '$1'"
+  errInitHereNotAllowed = "initialization not allowed here"
+  errXCannotBeAssignedTo = "'$1' cannot be assigned to"
+  errIteratorNotAllowed = "iterators can only be defined at the module's top level"
+  errXNeedsReturnType = "$1 needs a return type"
+  errNoReturnTypeDeclared = "no return type declared"
+  errTIsNotAConcreteType = "'$1' is not a concrete type"
+  errTypeExpected = "type expected"
+  errXOnlyAtModuleScope = "'$1' is only allowed at top level"
+  errDuplicateCaseLabel = "duplicate case label"
+  errMacroBodyDependsOnGenericTypes = "the macro body cannot be compiled, " &
+    "because the parameter '$1' has a generic type"
+  errIllegalRecursionInTypeX = "illegal recursion in type '$1'"
+  errNoGenericParamsAllowedForX = "no generic parameters allowed for $1"
+  errInOutFlagNotExtern = "the '$1' modifier can be used only with imported types"
+
 proc newOrPrevType(kind: TTypeKind, prev: PType, c: PContext): PType =
   if prev == nil:
     result = newTypeS(kind, c)
@@ -34,11 +61,11 @@ proc semEnum(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   base = nil
   result = newOrPrevType(tyEnum, prev, c)
   result.n = newNodeI(nkEnumTy, n.info)
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[0].sons[0], nil)
     if base.kind != tyEnum:
-      localError(n.sons[0].info, errInheritanceOnlyWithEnums)
+      localError(c.config, n.sons[0].info, "inheritance only works with an enum")
     counter = lastOrd(base) + 1
   rawAddSon(result, base)
   let isPure = result.sym != nil and sfPure in result.sym.flags
@@ -58,9 +85,9 @@ proc semEnum(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
           if skipTypes(strVal.typ, abstractInst).kind in {tyString, tyCString}:
             x = getOrdValue(v.sons[0]) # first tuple part is the ordinal
           else:
-            localError(strVal.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
+            localError(c.config, strVal.info, errStringLiteralExpected)
         else:
-          localError(v.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
+          localError(c.config, v.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
       of tyString, tyCString:
         strVal = v
         x = counter
@@ -69,7 +96,7 @@ proc semEnum(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
       if i != 1:
         if x != counter: incl(result.flags, tfEnumHasHoles)
         if x < counter:
-          localError(n.sons[i].info, errInvalidOrderInEnumX, e.name.s)
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[i].info, errInvalidOrderInEnumX % e.name.s)
           x = counter
       e.ast = strVal # might be nil
       counter = x
@@ -78,7 +105,7 @@ proc semEnum(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     of nkIdent, nkAccQuoted:
       e = newSymS(skEnumField, n.sons[i], c)
     else:
-      illFormedAst(n[i])
+      illFormedAst(n[i], c.config)
     e.typ = result
     e.position = int(counter)
     if e.position == 0: hasNull = true
@@ -87,12 +114,13 @@ proc semEnum(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
       incl(e.flags, sfExported)
       if not isPure: strTableAdd(c.module.tab, e)
     addSon(result.n, newSymNode(e))
+    let conf = c.config
     styleCheckDef(e)
     if sfGenSym notin e.flags:
       if not isPure: addDecl(c, e)
       else: importPureEnumField(c, e)
     if isPure and strTableIncl(symbols, e):
-      wrongRedefinition(e.info, e.name.s)
+      wrongRedefinition(c, e.info, e.name.s)
     inc(counter)
   if not hasNull: incl(result.flags, tfNeedsInit)
 
@@ -101,14 +129,14 @@ proc semSet(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   if sonsLen(n) == 2:
     var base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], nil)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
-    if base.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyAlias}: base = lastSon(base)
+    if base.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}: base = lastSon(base)
     if base.kind != tyGenericParam:
       if not isOrdinalType(base):
-        localError(n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
       elif lengthOrd(base) > MaxSetElements:
-        localError(n.info, errSetTooBig)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errSetTooBig)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam, "set")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam % "set")
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, errorType(c))
 
 proc semContainer(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TTypeKind, kindStr: string,
@@ -117,10 +145,10 @@ proc semContainer(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TTypeKind, kindStr: string,
   if sonsLen(n) == 2:
     var base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], nil)
     if base.kind == tyVoid:
-      localError(n.info, errTIsNotAConcreteType, typeToString(base))
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errTIsNotAConcreteType % typeToString(base))
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam, kindStr)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam % kindStr)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, errorType(c))
 
 proc semVarargs(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
@@ -129,9 +157,9 @@ proc semVarargs(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     var base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], nil)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
     if sonsLen(n) == 3:
-      result.n = newIdentNode(considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[2]), n.sons[2].info)
+      result.n = newIdentNode(considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n.sons[2]), n.sons[2].info)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam, "varargs")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam % "varargs")
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, errorType(c))
 
 proc semAnyRef(c: PContext; n: PNode; kind: TTypeKind; prev: PType): PType =
@@ -140,7 +168,7 @@ proc semAnyRef(c: PContext; n: PNode; kind: TTypeKind; prev: PType): PType =
   else:
     let isCall = int ord(n.kind in nkCallKinds+{nkBracketExpr})
     let n = if n[0].kind == nkBracket: n[0] else: n
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     var t = semTypeNode(c, n.lastSon, nil)
     if t.kind == tyTypeDesc and tfUnresolved notin t.flags:
       t = t.base
@@ -153,9 +181,9 @@ proc semAnyRef(c: PContext; n: PNode; kind: TTypeKind; prev: PType): PType =
         isNilable = true
       else:
         let region = semTypeNode(c, ni, nil)
-        if region.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind notin {
+        if region.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind notin {
               tyError, tyObject}:
-          message n[i].info, errGenerated, "region needs to be an object type"
+          message c.config, n[i].info, errGenerated, "region needs to be an object type"
         addSonSkipIntLit(result, region)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, t)
     if tfPartial in result.flags:
@@ -167,7 +195,7 @@ proc semVarType(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     result = newOrPrevType(tyVar, prev, c)
     var base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[0], nil).skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
     if base.kind == tyVar:
-      localError(n.info, errVarVarTypeNotAllowed)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "type 'var var' is not allowed")
       base = base.sons[0]
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
   else:
@@ -181,11 +209,15 @@ proc semDistinct(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
 
 proc semRangeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   assert isRange(n)
-  checkSonsLen(n, 3)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 3, c.config)
   result = newOrPrevType(tyRange, prev, c)
   result.n = newNodeI(nkRange, n.info)
+  # always create a 'valid' range type, but overwrite it later
+  # because 'semExprWithType' can raise an exception. See bug #6895.
+  addSonSkipIntLit(result, errorType(c))
+
   if (n[1].kind == nkEmpty) or (n[2].kind == nkEmpty):
-    localError(n.info, errRangeIsEmpty)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "range is empty")
 
   var range: array[2, PNode]
   range[0] = semExprWithType(c, n[1], {efDetermineType})
@@ -200,11 +232,11 @@ proc semRangeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
 
   if not hasUnknownTypes:
     if not sameType(rangeT[0].skipTypes({tyRange}), rangeT[1].skipTypes({tyRange})):
-      localError(n.info, errPureTypeMismatch)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "type mismatch")
     elif not rangeT[0].isOrdinalType:
-      localError(n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "ordinal type expected")
     elif enumHasHoles(rangeT[0]):
-      localError(n.info, errEnumXHasHoles, rangeT[0].sym.name.s)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "enum '$1' has holes" % typeToString(rangeT[0]))
 
   for i in 0..1:
     if hasGenericArguments(range[i]):
@@ -214,9 +246,9 @@ proc semRangeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
       result.n.addSon semConstExpr(c, range[i])
 
   if weakLeValue(result.n[0], result.n[1]) == impNo:
-    localError(n.info, errRangeIsEmpty)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "range is empty")
 
-  addSonSkipIntLit(result, rangeT[0])
+  result[0] = rangeT[0]
 
 proc semRange(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   result = nil
@@ -235,13 +267,13 @@ proc semRange(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
           n.sons[1].floatVal < 0.0:
         incl(result.flags, tfNeedsInit)
     else:
-      if n[1].kind == nkInfix and considerQuotedIdent(n[1][0]).s == "..<":
-        localError(n[0].info, "range types need to be constructed with '..', '..<' is not supported")
+      if n[1].kind == nkInfix and considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n[1][0]).s == "..<":
+        localError(c.config, n[0].info, "range types need to be constructed with '..', '..<' is not supported")
       else:
-        localError(n.sons[0].info, errRangeExpected)
+        localError(c.config, n.sons[0].info, "expected range")
       result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam, "range")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam % "range")
     result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
 
 proc semArrayIndex(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
@@ -252,17 +284,21 @@ proc semArrayIndex(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
     if e.typ.kind == tyFromExpr:
       result = makeRangeWithStaticExpr(c, e.typ.n)
     elif e.kind in {nkIntLit..nkUInt64Lit}:
+      if e.intVal < 0:
+        localError(c.config, n[1].info,
+          "Array length can't be negative, but was " & $e.intVal)
       result = makeRangeType(c, 0, e.intVal-1, n.info, e.typ)
     elif e.kind == nkSym and e.typ.kind == tyStatic:
       if e.sym.ast != nil:
         return semArrayIndex(c, e.sym.ast)
       if not isOrdinalType(e.typ.lastSon):
-        localError(n[1].info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+        let info = if n.safeLen > 1: n[1].info else: n.info
+        localError(c.config, info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
       result = makeRangeWithStaticExpr(c, e)
       if c.inGenericContext > 0: result.flags.incl tfUnresolved
     elif e.kind in nkCallKinds and hasGenericArguments(e):
       if not isOrdinalType(e.typ):
-        localError(n[1].info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+        localError(c.config, n[1].info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
       # This is an int returning call, depending on an
       # yet unknown generic param (see tgenericshardcases).
       # We are going to construct a range type that will be
@@ -278,7 +314,7 @@ proc semArrayIndex(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
                              x.typ.skipTypes({tyTypeDesc}))
       else:
         result = x.typ.skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
-        #localError(n[1].info, errConstExprExpected)
+        #localError(c.config, n[1].info, errConstExprExpected)
 
 proc semArray(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   var base: PType
@@ -286,12 +322,14 @@ proc semArray(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     # 3 = length(array indx base)
     let indx = semArrayIndex(c, n[1])
     var indxB = indx
-    if indxB.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyAlias}: indxB = lastSon(indxB)
+    if indxB.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}: indxB = lastSon(indxB)
     if indxB.kind notin {tyGenericParam, tyStatic, tyFromExpr}:
-      if not isOrdinalType(indxB):
-        localError(n.sons[1].info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+      if indxB.skipTypes({tyRange}).kind in {tyUInt, tyUInt64}:
+        discard
+      elif not isOrdinalType(indxB):
+        localError(c.config, n.sons[1].info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
       elif enumHasHoles(indxB):
-        localError(n.sons[1].info, errEnumXHasHoles,
+        localError(c.config, n.sons[1].info, "enum '$1' has holes" %
                    typeToString(indxB.skipTypes({tyRange})))
     base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[2], nil)
     # ensure we only construct a tyArray when there was no error (bug #3048):
@@ -301,7 +339,7 @@ proc semArray(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     rawAddSonNoPropagationOfTypeFlags(result, indx)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errArrayExpectsTwoTypeParams)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errArrayExpectsTwoTypeParams)
     result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
 
 proc semOrdinal(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
@@ -310,10 +348,10 @@ proc semOrdinal(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     var base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], nil)
     if base.kind != tyGenericParam:
       if not isOrdinalType(base):
-        localError(n.sons[1].info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+        localError(c.config, n.sons[1].info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam, "ordinal")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errXExpectsOneTypeParam % "ordinal")
     result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
 
 proc semTypeIdent(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
@@ -324,7 +362,7 @@ proc semTypeIdent(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
     if result.isNil:
       result = qualifiedLookUp(c, n, {checkAmbiguity, checkUndeclared})
     if result != nil:
-      markUsed(n.info, result, c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(c.config, n.info, result, c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(n.info, result)
       if result.kind == skParam and result.typ.kind == tyTypeDesc:
         # This is a typedesc param. is it already bound?
@@ -335,7 +373,7 @@ proc semTypeIdent(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
           if bound != nil: return bound
           return result
         if result.typ.sym == nil:
-          localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+          localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
           return errorSym(c, n)
         result = result.typ.sym.copySym
         result.typ = copyType(result.typ, result.typ.owner, true)
@@ -349,7 +387,7 @@ proc semTypeIdent(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
           result.typ.flags.excl tfWildcard
           return
         else:
-          localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+          localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
           return errorSym(c, n)
 
       if result.kind != skType:
@@ -360,7 +398,7 @@ proc semTypeIdent(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
           amb = nextOverloadIter(ov, c, n)
         if amb != nil: result = amb
         else:
-          if result.kind != skError: localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+          if result.kind != skError: localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
           return errorSym(c, n)
       if result.typ.kind != tyGenericParam:
         # XXX get rid of this hack!
@@ -375,15 +413,15 @@ proc semTypeIdent(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
         n.info = oldInfo
         n.typ = result.typ
     else:
-      localError(n.info, errIdentifierExpected)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "identifier expected")
       result = errorSym(c, n)
 
 proc semAnonTuple(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   if sonsLen(n) == 0:
-    localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
   result = newOrPrevType(tyTuple, prev, c)
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    addSonSkipIntLit(result, semTypeNode(c, n.sons[i], nil))
+  for it in n:
+    addSonSkipIntLit(result, semTypeNode(c, it, nil))
 
 proc semTuple(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   var typ: PType
@@ -393,27 +431,27 @@ proc semTuple(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   var counter = 0
   for i in countup(ord(n.kind == nkBracketExpr), sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
-    if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs): illFormedAst(a)
-    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+    if (a.kind != nkIdentDefs): illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
     var length = sonsLen(a)
     if a.sons[length - 2].kind != nkEmpty:
       typ = semTypeNode(c, a.sons[length - 2], nil)
     else:
-      localError(a.info, errTypeExpected)
+      localError(c.config, a.info, errTypeExpected)
       typ = errorType(c)
     if a.sons[length - 1].kind != nkEmpty:
-      localError(a.sons[length - 1].info, errInitHereNotAllowed)
+      localError(c.config, a.sons[length - 1].info, errInitHereNotAllowed)
     for j in countup(0, length - 3):
       var field = newSymG(skField, a.sons[j], c)
       field.typ = typ
       field.position = counter
       inc(counter)
       if containsOrIncl(check, field.name.id):
-        localError(a.sons[j].info, errAttemptToRedefine, field.name.s)
+        localError(c.config, a.sons[j].info, "attempt to redefine: '" & field.name.s & "'")
       else:
         addSon(result.n, newSymNode(field))
         addSonSkipIntLit(result, typ)
-      if gCmd == cmdPretty: styleCheckDef(a.sons[j].info, field)
+      if c.config.cmd == cmdPretty: styleCheckDef(a.sons[j].info, field)
   if result.n.len == 0: result.n = nil
 
 proc semIdentVis(c: PContext, kind: TSymKind, n: PNode,
@@ -424,23 +462,23 @@ proc semIdentVis(c: PContext, kind: TSymKind, n: PNode,
       # for gensym'ed identifiers the identifier may already have been
       # transformed to a symbol and we need to use that here:
       result = newSymG(kind, n.sons[1], c)
-      var v = considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[0])
+      var v = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n.sons[0])
       if sfExported in allowed and v.id == ord(wStar):
         incl(result.flags, sfExported)
       else:
         if not (sfExported in allowed):
-          localError(n.sons[0].info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "export")
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[0].info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope % "export")
         else:
-          localError(n.sons[0].info, errInvalidVisibilityX, renderTree(n[0]))
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[0].info, errInvalidVisibilityX % renderTree(n[0]))
     else:
-      illFormedAst(n)
+      illFormedAst(n, c.config)
   else:
     result = newSymG(kind, n, c)
 
 proc semIdentWithPragma(c: PContext, kind: TSymKind, n: PNode,
                         allowed: TSymFlags): PSym =
   if n.kind == nkPragmaExpr:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     result = semIdentVis(c, kind, n.sons[0], allowed)
     case kind
     of skType:
@@ -453,7 +491,7 @@ proc semIdentWithPragma(c: PContext, kind: TSymKind, n: PNode,
     else: discard
   else:
     result = semIdentVis(c, kind, n, allowed)
-  if gCmd == cmdPretty: styleCheckDef(n.info, result)
+  if c.config.cmd == cmdPretty: styleCheckDef(n.info, result)
 
 proc checkForOverlap(c: PContext, t: PNode, currentEx, branchIndex: int) =
   let ex = t[branchIndex][currentEx].skipConv
@@ -461,10 +499,10 @@ proc checkForOverlap(c: PContext, t: PNode, currentEx, branchIndex: int) =
     for j in countup(0, sonsLen(t.sons[i]) - 2):
       if i == branchIndex and j == currentEx: break
       if overlap(t.sons[i].sons[j].skipConv, ex):
-        localError(ex.info, errDuplicateCaseLabel)
+        localError(c.config, ex.info, errDuplicateCaseLabel)
 
 proc semBranchRange(c: PContext, t, a, b: PNode, covered: var BiggestInt): PNode =
-  checkMinSonsLen(t, 1)
+  checkMinSonsLen(t, 1, c.config)
   let ac = semConstExpr(c, a)
   let bc = semConstExpr(c, b)
   let at = fitNode(c, t.sons[0].typ, ac, ac.info).skipConvTakeType
@@ -473,21 +511,21 @@ proc semBranchRange(c: PContext, t, a, b: PNode, covered: var BiggestInt): PNode
   result = newNodeI(nkRange, a.info)
   result.add(at)
   result.add(bt)
-  if emptyRange(ac, bc): localError(b.info, errRangeIsEmpty)
+  if emptyRange(ac, bc): localError(c.config, b.info, "range is empty")
   else: covered = covered + getOrdValue(bc) - getOrdValue(ac) + 1
 
 proc semCaseBranchRange(c: PContext, t, b: PNode,
                         covered: var BiggestInt): PNode =
-  checkSonsLen(b, 3)
+  checkSonsLen(b, 3, c.config)
   result = semBranchRange(c, t, b.sons[1], b.sons[2], covered)
 
 proc semCaseBranchSetElem(c: PContext, t, b: PNode,
                           covered: var BiggestInt): PNode =
   if isRange(b):
-    checkSonsLen(b, 3)
+    checkSonsLen(b, 3, c.config)
     result = semBranchRange(c, t, b.sons[1], b.sons[2], covered)
   elif b.kind == nkRange:
-    checkSonsLen(b, 2)
+    checkSonsLen(b, 2, c.config)
     result = semBranchRange(c, t, b.sons[0], b.sons[1], covered)
   else:
     result = fitNode(c, t.sons[0].typ, b, b.info)
@@ -495,8 +533,8 @@ proc semCaseBranchSetElem(c: PContext, t, b: PNode,
 
 proc semCaseBranch(c: PContext, t, branch: PNode, branchIndex: int,
                    covered: var BiggestInt) =
-
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(branch) - 2):
+  let lastIndex = sonsLen(branch) - 2
+  for i in 0..lastIndex:
     var b = branch.sons[i]
     if b.kind == nkRange:
       branch.sons[i] = b
@@ -510,18 +548,25 @@ proc semCaseBranch(c: PContext, t, branch: PNode, branchIndex: int,
         delSon(branch, 0)
         return
       elif r.kind notin {nkCurly, nkBracket} or len(r) == 0:
-        checkMinSonsLen(t, 1)
+        checkMinSonsLen(t, 1, c.config)
         branch.sons[i] = skipConv(fitNode(c, t.sons[0].typ, r, r.info))
         inc(covered)
       else:
+        if r.kind == nkCurly:
+          r = r.deduplicate
+
         # first element is special and will overwrite: branch.sons[i]:
         branch.sons[i] = semCaseBranchSetElem(c, t, r[0], covered)
+
         # other elements have to be added to ``branch``
         for j in 1 ..< r.len:
           branch.add(semCaseBranchSetElem(c, t, r[j], covered))
           # caution! last son of branch must be the actions to execute:
-          var L = branch.len
-          swap(branch.sons[L-2], branch.sons[L-1])
+          swap(branch.sons[^2], branch.sons[^1])
+    checkForOverlap(c, t, i, branchIndex)
+
+  # Elements added above needs to be checked for overlaps.
+  for i in lastIndex.succ..(sonsLen(branch) - 2):
     checkForOverlap(c, t, i, branchIndex)
 
 proc semRecordNodeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
@@ -529,37 +574,37 @@ proc semRecordNodeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
 proc semRecordCase(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
                    father: PNode, rectype: PType) =
   var a = copyNode(n)
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   semRecordNodeAux(c, n.sons[0], check, pos, a, rectype)
   if a.sons[0].kind != nkSym:
-    internalError("semRecordCase: discriminant is no symbol")
+    internalError(c.config, "semRecordCase: discriminant is no symbol")
     return
   incl(a.sons[0].sym.flags, sfDiscriminant)
   var covered: BiggestInt = 0
   var typ = skipTypes(a.sons[0].typ, abstractVar-{tyTypeDesc})
   if not isOrdinalType(typ):
-    localError(n.info, errSelectorMustBeOrdinal)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "selector must be of an ordinal type")
   elif firstOrd(typ) != 0:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated, "low(" & $a.sons[0].sym.name.s &
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "low(" & $a.sons[0].sym.name.s &
                                      ") must be 0 for discriminant")
   elif lengthOrd(typ) > 0x00007FFF:
-    localError(n.info, errLenXinvalid, a.sons[0].sym.name.s)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "len($1) must be less than 32768" % a.sons[0].sym.name.s)
   var chckCovered = true
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     var b = copyTree(n.sons[i])
     addSon(a, b)
     case n.sons[i].kind
     of nkOfBranch:
-      checkMinSonsLen(b, 2)
+      checkMinSonsLen(b, 2, c.config)
       semCaseBranch(c, a, b, i, covered)
     of nkElse:
       chckCovered = false
-      checkSonsLen(b, 1)
-    else: illFormedAst(n)
+      checkSonsLen(b, 1, c.config)
+    else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
     delSon(b, sonsLen(b) - 1)
     semRecordNodeAux(c, lastSon(n.sons[i]), check, pos, b, rectype)
-  if chckCovered and (covered != lengthOrd(a.sons[0].typ)):
-    localError(a.info, errNotAllCasesCovered)
+  if chckCovered and covered != lengthOrd(a.sons[0].typ):
+    localError(c.config, a.info, "not all cases are covered")
   addSon(father, a)
 
 proc semRecordNodeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
@@ -570,22 +615,22 @@ proc semRecordNodeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
     var branch: PNode = nil   # the branch to take
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var it = n.sons[i]
-      if it == nil: illFormedAst(n)
+      if it == nil: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
       var idx = 1
       case it.kind
       of nkElifBranch:
-        checkSonsLen(it, 2)
+        checkSonsLen(it, 2, c.config)
         if c.inGenericContext == 0:
           var e = semConstBoolExpr(c, it.sons[0])
-          if e.kind != nkIntLit: internalError(e.info, "semRecordNodeAux")
+          if e.kind != nkIntLit: internalError(c.config, e.info, "semRecordNodeAux")
           elif e.intVal != 0 and branch == nil: branch = it.sons[1]
         else:
           it.sons[0] = forceBool(c, semExprWithType(c, it.sons[0]))
       of nkElse:
-        checkSonsLen(it, 1)
+        checkSonsLen(it, 1, c.config)
         if branch == nil: branch = it.sons[0]
         idx = 0
-      else: illFormedAst(n)
+      else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
       if c.inGenericContext > 0:
         # use a new check intset here for each branch:
         var newCheck: IntSet
@@ -609,33 +654,35 @@ proc semRecordNodeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
       semRecordNodeAux(c, n.sons[i], check, pos, a, rectype)
     if a != father: addSon(father, a)
   of nkIdentDefs:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 3)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 3, c.config)
     var length = sonsLen(n)
     var a: PNode
     if father.kind != nkRecList and length>=4: a = newNodeI(nkRecList, n.info)
     else: a = ast.emptyNode
     if n.sons[length-1].kind != nkEmpty:
-      localError(n.sons[length-1].info, errInitHereNotAllowed)
+      localError(c.config, n.sons[length-1].info, errInitHereNotAllowed)
     var typ: PType
     if n.sons[length-2].kind == nkEmpty:
-      localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
       typ = errorType(c)
     else:
       typ = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[length-2], nil)
       propagateToOwner(rectype, typ)
-    let rec = rectype.sym
+    var fieldOwner = if c.inGenericContext > 0: c.getCurrOwner
+                     else: rectype.sym
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n)-3):
       var f = semIdentWithPragma(c, skField, n.sons[i], {sfExported})
-      suggestSym(n.sons[i].info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
+      suggestSym(c.config, n.sons[i].info, f, c.graph.usageSym)
       f.typ = typ
       f.position = pos
-      if (rec != nil) and ({sfImportc, sfExportc} * rec.flags != {}) and
-          (f.loc.r == nil):
+      if fieldOwner != nil and
+         {sfImportc, sfExportc} * fieldOwner.flags != {} and
+         f.loc.r == nil:
         f.loc.r = rope(f.name.s)
-        f.flags = f.flags + ({sfImportc, sfExportc} * rec.flags)
+        f.flags = f.flags + ({sfImportc, sfExportc} * fieldOwner.flags)
       inc(pos)
       if containsOrIncl(check, f.name.id):
-        localError(n.sons[i].info, errAttemptToRedefine, f.name.s)
+        localError(c.config, n.sons[i].info, "attempt to redefine: '" & f.name.s & "'")
       if a.kind == nkEmpty: addSon(father, newSymNode(f))
       else: addSon(a, newSymNode(f))
       styleCheckDef(f)
@@ -645,35 +692,35 @@ proc semRecordNodeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
     # inherited from generic/partial specialized parent second check.
     # There is no branch validity check here
     if containsOrIncl(check, n.sym.name.id):
-      localError(n.info, errAttemptToRedefine, n.sym.name.s)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "attempt to redefine: '" & n.sym.name.s & "'")
     addSon(father, n)
   of nkEmpty: discard
-  else: illFormedAst(n)
+  else: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
 
 proc addInheritedFieldsAux(c: PContext, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
                            n: PNode) =
   case n.kind
   of nkRecCase:
-    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(n.info, "addInheritedFieldsAux")
+    if (n.sons[0].kind != nkSym): internalError(c.config, n.info, "addInheritedFieldsAux")
     addInheritedFieldsAux(c, check, pos, n.sons[0])
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       case n.sons[i].kind
       of nkOfBranch, nkElse:
         addInheritedFieldsAux(c, check, pos, lastSon(n.sons[i]))
-      else: internalError(n.info, "addInheritedFieldsAux(record case branch)")
+      else: internalError(c.config, n.info, "addInheritedFieldsAux(record case branch)")
   of nkRecList:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       addInheritedFieldsAux(c, check, pos, n.sons[i])
   of nkSym:
     incl(check, n.sym.name.id)
     inc(pos)
-  else: internalError(n.info, "addInheritedFieldsAux()")
+  else: internalError(c.config, n.info, "addInheritedFieldsAux()")
 
 proc skipGenericInvocation(t: PType): PType {.inline.} =
   result = t
   if result.kind == tyGenericInvocation:
     result = result.sons[0]
-  while result.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody, tyRef, tyPtr, tyAlias}:
+  while result.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody, tyRef, tyPtr, tyAlias, tySink}:
     result = lastSon(result)
 
 proc addInheritedFields(c: PContext, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
@@ -690,12 +737,12 @@ proc semObjectNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   var pos = 0
   var base, realBase: PType = nil
   # n.sons[0] contains the pragmas (if any). We process these later...
-  checkSonsLen(n, 3)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 3, c.config)
   if n.sons[1].kind != nkEmpty:
     realBase = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1].sons[0], nil)
     base = skipTypesOrNil(realBase, skipPtrs)
     if base.isNil:
-      localError(n.info, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX, "object")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot inherit from a type that is not an object type")
     else:
       var concreteBase = skipGenericInvocation(base)
       if concreteBase.kind in {tyObject, tyGenericParam,
@@ -708,10 +755,11 @@ proc semObjectNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
           addInheritedFields(c, check, pos, concreteBase)
       else:
         if concreteBase.kind != tyError:
-          localError(n.sons[1].info, errInheritanceOnlyWithNonFinalObjects)
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[1].info, "inheritance only works with non-final objects; " &
+             "to enable inheritance write '" & typeToString(realBase) & " of RootObj'")
         base = nil
         realBase = nil
-  if n.kind != nkObjectTy: internalError(n.info, "semObjectNode")
+  if n.kind != nkObjectTy: internalError(c.config, n.info, "semObjectNode")
   result = newOrPrevType(tyObject, prev, c)
   rawAddSon(result, realBase)
   if result.n.isNil:
@@ -749,8 +797,7 @@ proc addParamOrResult(c: PContext, param: PSym, kind: TSymKind) =
       addDecl(c, param)
     else:
       # within a macro, every param has the type NimNode!
-      let nn = if getCompilerProc("NimNode") != nil: getSysSym"NimNode"
-               else: getSysSym"PNimrodNode"
+      let nn = getSysSym(c.graph, param.info, "NimNode")
       var a = copySym(param)
       a.typ = nn.typ
       addDecl(c, a)
@@ -760,7 +807,7 @@ proc addParamOrResult(c: PContext, param: PSym, kind: TSymKind) =
 let typedescId = getIdent"typedesc"
 
 template shouldHaveMeta(t) =
-  internalAssert tfHasMeta in t.flags
+  internalAssert c.config, tfHasMeta in t.flags
   # result.lastSon.flags.incl tfHasMeta
 
 proc liftParamType(c: PContext, procKind: TSymKind, genericParams: PNode,
@@ -818,7 +865,7 @@ proc liftParamType(c: PContext, procKind: TSymKind, genericParams: PNode,
     if tfUnresolved in paramType.flags: return # already lifted
     let base = paramType.base.maybeLift
     if base.isMetaType and procKind == skMacro:
-      localError(info, errMacroBodyDependsOnGenericTypes, paramName)
+      localError(c.config, info, errMacroBodyDependsOnGenericTypes % paramName)
     result = addImplicitGeneric(c.newTypeWithSons(tyStatic, @[base]))
     result.flags.incl({tfHasStatic, tfUnresolved})
 
@@ -836,7 +883,7 @@ proc liftParamType(c: PContext, procKind: TSymKind, genericParams: PNode,
       result = liftingWalk(paramType.sons[0], true)
 
   of tySequence, tySet, tyArray, tyOpenArray,
-     tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyProc:
+     tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef, tyProc:
     # XXX: this is a bit strange, but proc(s: seq)
     # produces tySequence(tyGenericParam, tyNone).
     # This also seems to be true when creating aliases
@@ -850,7 +897,7 @@ proc liftParamType(c: PContext, procKind: TSymKind, genericParams: PNode,
     else:
       for i in 0 ..< paramType.len:
         if paramType.sons[i] == paramType:
-          globalError(info, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX, typeToString(paramType))
+          globalError(c.config, info, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX % typeToString(paramType))
         var lifted = liftingWalk(paramType.sons[i])
         if lifted != nil:
           paramType.sons[i] = lifted
@@ -919,7 +966,7 @@ proc liftParamType(c: PContext, procKind: TSymKind, genericParams: PNode,
     result = addImplicitGeneric(copyType(paramType, getCurrOwner(c), false))
 
   of tyGenericParam:
-    markUsed(info, paramType.sym, c.graph.usageSym)
+    markUsed(c.config, info, paramType.sym, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckUse(info, paramType.sym)
     if tfWildcard in paramType.flags:
       paramType.flags.excl tfWildcard
@@ -932,7 +979,7 @@ proc liftParamType(c: PContext, procKind: TSymKind, genericParams: PNode,
 proc semParamType(c: PContext, n: PNode, constraint: var PNode): PType =
   if n.kind == nkCurlyExpr:
     result = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[0], nil)
-    constraint = semNodeKindConstraints(n)
+    constraint = semNodeKindConstraints(n, c.config)
   else:
     result = semTypeNode(c, n, nil)
 
@@ -951,7 +998,7 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
   # for historical reasons (code grows) this is invoked for parameter
   # lists too and then 'isType' is false.
   var cl: IntSet
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   result = newProcType(c, n.info, prev)
   if genericParams != nil and sonsLen(genericParams) == 0:
     cl = initIntSet()
@@ -965,8 +1012,8 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
       # skip this parameter here. It'll then be re-generated in another LL
       # pass over this instantiation:
       if a.kind == nkSym and sfFromGeneric in a.sym.flags: continue
-      illFormedAst(a)
-    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+      illFormedAst(a, c.config)
+    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3, c.config)
     var
       typ: PType = nil
       def: PNode = nil
@@ -989,10 +1036,10 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
         if not containsGenericType(typ):
           def = fitNode(c, typ, def, def.info)
     if not hasType and not hasDefault:
-      if isType: localError(a.info, "':' expected")
+      if isType: localError(c.config, a.info, "':' expected")
       if kind in {skTemplate, skMacro}:
         typ = newTypeS(tyExpr, c)
-    elif skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind == tyVoid:
+    elif skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind == tyVoid:
       continue
     for j in countup(0, length-3):
       var arg = newSymG(skParam, a.sons[j], c)
@@ -1000,7 +1047,7 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
         let param = strTableGet(c.signatures, arg.name)
         if param != nil: typ = param.typ
         else:
-          localError(a.info, "typeless parameters are obsolete")
+          localError(c.config, a.info, "typeless parameters are obsolete")
           typ = errorType(c)
       let lifted = liftParamType(c, kind, genericParams, typ,
                                  arg.name.s, arg.info)
@@ -1011,11 +1058,11 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
       inc(counter)
       if def != nil and def.kind != nkEmpty: arg.ast = copyTree(def)
       if containsOrIncl(check, arg.name.id):
-        localError(a.sons[j].info, errAttemptToRedefine, arg.name.s)
+        localError(c.config, a.sons[j].info, "attempt to redefine: '" & arg.name.s & "'")
       addSon(result.n, newSymNode(arg))
       rawAddSon(result, finalType)
       addParamOrResult(c, arg, kind)
-      if gCmd == cmdPretty: styleCheckDef(a.sons[j].info, arg)
+      if c.config.cmd == cmdPretty: styleCheckDef(a.sons[j].info, arg)
 
   var r: PType
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
@@ -1024,7 +1071,7 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
   if r != nil:
     # turn explicit 'void' return type into 'nil' because the rest of the
     # compiler only checks for 'nil':
-    if skipTypes(r, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind != tyVoid:
+    if skipTypes(r, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind != tyVoid:
       # 'auto' as a return type does not imply a generic:
       if r.kind == tyAnything:
         # 'p(): auto' and 'p(): expr' are equivalent, but the rest of the
@@ -1065,7 +1112,7 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
         n.sym.typ.flags.excl tfWildcard
 
 proc semStmtListType(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
-  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+  checkMinSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
   var length = sonsLen(n)
   for i in countup(0, length - 2):
     n.sons[i] = semStmt(c, n.sons[i])
@@ -1078,7 +1125,7 @@ proc semStmtListType(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
 
 proc semBlockType(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   inc(c.p.nestedBlockCounter)
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   openScope(c)
   if n.sons[0].kind notin {nkEmpty, nkSym}:
     addDecl(c, newSymS(skLabel, n.sons[0], c))
@@ -1100,20 +1147,20 @@ proc semObjectTypeForInheritedGenericInst(c: PContext, n: PNode, t: PType) =
     realBase = t.sons[0]
     base = skipTypesOrNil(realBase, skipPtrs)
   if base.isNil:
-    localError(n.info, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX, "object")
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX % "object")
   else:
     let concreteBase = skipGenericInvocation(base)
     if concreteBase.kind == tyObject and tfFinal notin concreteBase.flags:
       addInheritedFields(c, check, pos, concreteBase)
     else:
       if concreteBase.kind != tyError:
-        localError(n.info, errInheritanceOnlyWithNonFinalObjects)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errInheritanceOnlyWithNonFinalObjects)
   var newf = newNodeI(nkRecList, n.info)
   semRecordNodeAux(c, t.n, check, pos, newf, t)
 
 proc semGeneric(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, prev: PType): PType =
   if s.typ == nil:
-    localError(n.info, "cannot instantiate the '$1' $2" %
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot instantiate the '$1' $2" %
                        [s.name.s, ($s.kind).substr(2).toLowerAscii])
     return newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
 
@@ -1126,7 +1173,7 @@ proc semGeneric(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, prev: PType): PType =
 
   template addToResult(typ) =
     if typ.isNil:
-      internalAssert false
+      internalAssert c.config, false
       rawAddSon(result, typ)
     else: addSonSkipIntLit(result, typ)
 
@@ -1138,7 +1185,7 @@ proc semGeneric(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, prev: PType): PType =
   elif t.kind != tyGenericBody:
     # we likely got code of the form TypeA[TypeB] where TypeA is
     # not generic.
-    localError(n.info, errNoGenericParamsAllowedForX, s.name.s)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errNoGenericParamsAllowedForX % s.name.s)
     return newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
   else:
     var m = newCandidate(c, t)
@@ -1147,9 +1194,9 @@ proc semGeneric(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, prev: PType): PType =
 
     if m.state != csMatch:
       let err = "cannot instantiate " & typeToString(t) & "\n" &
-                "got: (" & describeArgs(c, n) & ")\n" &
-                "but expected: (" & describeArgs(c, t.n, 0) & ")"
-      localError(n.info, errGenerated, err)
+                "got: <" & describeArgs(c, n) & ">\n" &
+                "but expected: <" & describeArgs(c, t.n, 0) & ">"
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, err)
       return newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
 
     var isConcrete = true
@@ -1167,7 +1214,7 @@ proc semGeneric(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, prev: PType): PType =
     if isConcrete:
       if s.ast == nil and s.typ.kind != tyCompositeTypeClass:
         # XXX: What kind of error is this? is it still relevant?
-        localError(n.info, errCannotInstantiateX, s.name.s)
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errCannotInstantiateX % s.name.s)
         result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
       else:
         result = instGenericContainer(c, n.info, result,
@@ -1177,7 +1224,7 @@ proc semGeneric(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, prev: PType): PType =
   # generic/partial specialized parent
   let tx = result.skipTypes(abstractPtrs, 50)
   if tx.isNil:
-    localError(n.info, "invalid recursion in type '$1'" % typeToString(result[0]))
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "invalid recursion in type '$1'" % typeToString(result[0]))
     return errorType(c)
   if tx != result and tx.kind == tyObject and tx.sons[0] != nil:
     semObjectTypeForInheritedGenericInst(c, n, tx)
@@ -1206,7 +1253,7 @@ proc semTypeExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode; prev: PType): PType =
         let alias = maybeAliasType(c, result, prev)
         if alias != nil: result = alias
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errTypeExpected, n.renderTree)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, "expected type, but got: " & n.renderTree)
     result = errorType(c)
 
 proc freshType(res, prev: PType): PType {.inline.} =
@@ -1257,10 +1304,11 @@ proc semTypeClass(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
       dummyName = param
       dummyType = candidateTypeSlot
 
-    internalAssert dummyName.kind == nkIdent
+    internalAssert c.config, dummyName.kind == nkIdent
     var dummyParam = newSym(if modifier == tyTypeDesc: skType else: skVar,
-                            dummyName.ident, owner, owner.info)
+                            dummyName.ident, owner, param.info)
     dummyParam.typ = dummyType
+    incl dummyParam.flags, sfUsed
     addDecl(c, dummyParam)
 
   result.n.sons[3] = semConceptBody(c, n[3])
@@ -1268,7 +1316,7 @@ proc semTypeClass(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
 
 proc semProcTypeWithScope(c: PContext, n: PNode,
                         prev: PType, kind: TSymKind): PType =
-  checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+  checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
   openScope(c)
   result = semProcTypeNode(c, n.sons[0], nil, prev, kind, isType=true)
   # start with 'ccClosure', but of course pragmas can overwrite this:
@@ -1278,7 +1326,7 @@ proc semProcTypeWithScope(c: PContext, n: PNode,
   s.typ = result
   if n.sons[1].kind != nkEmpty and n.sons[1].len > 0:
     pragma(c, s, n.sons[1], procTypePragmas)
-    when useEffectSystem: setEffectsForProcType(result, n.sons[1])
+    when useEffectSystem: setEffectsForProcType(c.graph, result, n.sons[1])
   closeScope(c)
 
 proc maybeAliasType(c: PContext; typeExpr, prev: PType): PType =
@@ -1299,19 +1347,19 @@ proc symFromExpectedTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
   if n.kind == nkType:
     result = symFromType(n.typ, n.info)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
     result = errorSym(c, n)
 
 proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   result = nil
   inc c.inTypeContext
 
-  if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestExpr(c, n)
+  if c.config.cmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestExpr(c, n)
   case n.kind
   of nkEmpty: discard
   of nkTypeOfExpr:
     # for ``type(countup(1,3))``, see ``tests/ttoseq``.
-    checkSonsLen(n, 1)
+    checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     let typExpr = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[0], {efInTypeof})
     fixupTypeOf(c, prev, typExpr)
     result = typExpr.typ
@@ -1320,6 +1368,7 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     if sonsLen(n) == 1: result = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[0], prev)
     else:
       result = semAnonTuple(c, n, prev)
+  of nkTupleConstr: result = semAnonTuple(c, n, prev)
   of nkCallKinds:
     let x = n[0]
     let ident = case x.kind
@@ -1335,26 +1384,26 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
       result = semRangeAux(c, n, prev)
     elif n[0].kind == nkNilLit and n.len == 2:
       result = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], prev)
-      if result.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind in NilableTypes+GenericTypes:
+      if result.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind in NilableTypes+GenericTypes:
         if tfNotNil in result.flags:
           result = freshType(result, prev)
           result.flags.excl(tfNotNil)
       else:
-        localError(n.info, errGenerated, "invalid type")
+        localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "invalid type")
     elif n[0].kind notin nkIdentKinds:
       result = semTypeExpr(c, n, prev)
     else:
-      let op = considerQuotedIdent(n.sons[0])
+      let op = considerQuotedIdent(c.config, n.sons[0])
       if op.id in {ord(wAnd), ord(wOr)} or op.s == "|":
-        checkSonsLen(n, 3)
+        checkSonsLen(n, 3, c.config)
         var
           t1 = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], nil)
           t2 = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[2], nil)
         if t1 == nil:
-          localError(n.sons[1].info, errTypeExpected)
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[1].info, errTypeExpected)
           result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
         elif t2 == nil:
-          localError(n.sons[2].info, errTypeExpected)
+          localError(c.config, n.sons[2].info, errTypeExpected)
           result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
         else:
           result = if op.id == ord(wAnd): makeAndType(c, t1, t2)
@@ -1363,34 +1412,39 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
         case n.len
         of 3:
           result = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], prev)
-          if result.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind in NilableTypes+GenericTypes+{tyForward} and
+          if result.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind in NilableTypes+GenericTypes+{tyForward} and
               n.sons[2].kind == nkNilLit:
             result = freshType(result, prev)
             result.flags.incl(tfNotNil)
+            if notnil notin c.features:
+              localError(c.config, n.info, "enable the 'not nil' annotation with {.experimental: \"notnil\".}")
           else:
-            localError(n.info, errGenerated, "invalid type")
+            localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "invalid type")
         of 2:
           let negated = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], prev)
           result = makeNotType(c, negated)
         else:
-          localError(n.info, errGenerated, "invalid type")
+          localError(c.config, n.info, errGenerated, "invalid type")
       elif op.id == ord(wPtr):
         result = semAnyRef(c, n, tyPtr, prev)
       elif op.id == ord(wRef):
         result = semAnyRef(c, n, tyRef, prev)
       elif op.id == ord(wType):
-        checkSonsLen(n, 2)
+        checkSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
         let typExpr = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[1], {efInTypeof})
         fixupTypeOf(c, prev, typExpr)
         result = typExpr.typ
       else:
-        result = semTypeExpr(c, n, prev)
+        if c.inGenericContext > 0 and n.kind == nkCall:
+          result = makeTypeFromExpr(c, n.copyTree)
+        else:
+          result = semTypeExpr(c, n, prev)
   of nkWhenStmt:
     var whenResult = semWhen(c, n, false)
     if whenResult.kind == nkStmtList: whenResult.kind = nkStmtListType
     result = semTypeNode(c, whenResult, prev)
   of nkBracketExpr:
-    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2)
+    checkMinSonsLen(n, 2, c.config)
     var head = n.sons[0]
     var s = if head.kind notin nkCallKinds: semTypeIdent(c, head)
             else: symFromExpectedTypeNode(c, semExpr(c, head))
@@ -1416,8 +1470,8 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     of mVar:
       result = newOrPrevType(tyVar, prev, c)
       var base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[1], nil)
-      if base.kind == tyVar:
-        localError(n.info, errVarVarTypeNotAllowed)
+      if base.kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "type 'var var' is not allowed")
         base = base.sons[0]
       addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
     of mRef: result = semAnyRef(c, n, tyRef, prev)
@@ -1427,13 +1481,13 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   of nkDotExpr:
     let typeExpr = semExpr(c, n)
     if typeExpr.typ.isNil:
-      localError(n.info, "object constructor needs an object type;" &
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "object constructor needs an object type;" &
           " for named arguments use '=' instead of ':'")
       result = errorType(c)
     elif typeExpr.typ.kind == tyFromExpr:
       result = typeExpr.typ
     elif typeExpr.typ.kind != tyTypeDesc:
-      localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+      localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
       result = errorType(c)
     else:
       result = typeExpr.typ.base
@@ -1449,10 +1503,10 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   of nkIdent, nkAccQuoted:
     var s = semTypeIdent(c, n)
     if s.typ == nil:
-      if s.kind != skError: localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+      if s.kind != skError: localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
       result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
     elif s.kind == skParam and s.typ.kind == tyTypeDesc:
-      internalAssert s.typ.base.kind != tyNone and prev == nil
+      internalAssert c.config, s.typ.base.kind != tyNone and prev == nil
       result = s.typ.base
     elif prev == nil:
       result = s.typ
@@ -1479,10 +1533,10 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
       else:
         assignType(prev, t)
         result = prev
-      markUsed(n.info, n.sym, c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(c.config, n.info, n.sym, c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(n.info, n.sym)
     else:
-      if s.kind != skError: localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+      if s.kind != skError: localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
       result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
   of nkObjectTy: result = semObjectNode(c, n, prev)
   of nkTupleTy: result = semTuple(c, n, prev)
@@ -1520,7 +1574,7 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   of nkStmtListType: result = semStmtListType(c, n, prev)
   of nkBlockType: result = semBlockType(c, n, prev)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
+    localError(c.config, n.info, errTypeExpected)
     result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
   n.typ = result
   dec c.inTypeContext
@@ -1573,10 +1627,10 @@ proc processMagicType(c: PContext, m: PSym) =
   of mChar: setMagicType(m, tyChar, 1)
   of mString:
     setMagicType(m, tyString, ptrSize)
-    rawAddSon(m.typ, getSysType(tyChar))
+    rawAddSon(m.typ, getSysType(c.graph, m.info, tyChar))
   of mCstring:
     setMagicType(m, tyCString, ptrSize)
-    rawAddSon(m.typ, getSysType(tyChar))
+    rawAddSon(m.typ, getSysType(c.graph, m.info, tyChar))
   of mPointer: setMagicType(m, tyPointer, ptrSize)
   of mEmptySet:
     setMagicType(m, tySet, 1)
@@ -1618,7 +1672,12 @@ proc processMagicType(c: PContext, m: PSym) =
   of mPNimrodNode:
     incl m.typ.flags, tfTriggersCompileTime
   of mException: discard
-  else: localError(m.info, errTypeExpected)
+  of mBuiltinType:
+    case m.name.s
+    of "lent": setMagicType(m, tyLent, ptrSize)
+    of "sink": setMagicType(m, tySink, 0)
+    else: localError(c.config, m.info, errTypeExpected)
+  else: localError(c.config, m.info, errTypeExpected)
 
 proc semGenericConstraints(c: PContext, x: PType): PType =
   result = newTypeWithSons(c, tyGenericParam, @[x])
@@ -1626,11 +1685,11 @@ proc semGenericConstraints(c: PContext, x: PType): PType =
 proc semGenericParamList(c: PContext, n: PNode, father: PType = nil): PNode =
   result = copyNode(n)
   if n.kind != nkGenericParams:
-    illFormedAst(n)
+    illFormedAst(n, c.config)
     return
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n)-1):
     var a = n.sons[i]
-    if a.kind != nkIdentDefs: illFormedAst(n)
+    if a.kind != nkIdentDefs: illFormedAst(n, c.config)
     let L = a.len
     var def = a[^1]
     let constraint = a[^2]
@@ -1676,7 +1735,7 @@ proc semGenericParamList(c: PContext, n: PNode, father: PType = nil): PNode =
       if paramName.safeLen == 2:
         if not nimEnableCovariance or paramName[0].ident.s == "in":
           if father == nil or sfImportc notin father.sym.flags:
-            localError(paramName.info, errInOutFlagNotExtern, paramName[0].ident.s)
+            localError(c.config, paramName.info, errInOutFlagNotExtern % $paramName[0])
         covarianceFlag = if paramName[0].ident.s == "in": tfContravariant
                          else: tfCovariant
         if father != nil: father.flags.incl tfCovariant
diff --git a/compiler/semtypinst.nim b/compiler/semtypinst.nim
index a42092ae0..61d92bb19 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypinst.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypinst.nim
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ import ast, astalgo, msgs, types, magicsys, semdata, renderer, options
 const
   tfInstClearedFlags = {tfHasMeta, tfUnresolved}
 
-proc checkPartialConstructedType(info: TLineInfo, t: PType) =
+proc checkPartialConstructedType(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, t: PType) =
   if tfAcyclic in t.flags and skipTypes(t, abstractInst).kind != tyObject:
-    localError(info, errInvalidPragmaX, "acyclic")
-  elif t.kind == tyVar and t.sons[0].kind == tyVar:
-    localError(info, errVarVarTypeNotAllowed)
+    localError(conf, info, "invalid pragma: acyclic")
+  elif t.kind in {tyVar, tyLent} and t.sons[0].kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+    localError(conf, info, "type 'var var' is not allowed")
 
-proc checkConstructedType*(info: TLineInfo, typ: PType) =
+proc checkConstructedType*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, typ: PType) =
   var t = typ.skipTypes({tyDistinct})
   if t.kind in tyTypeClasses: discard
   elif tfAcyclic in t.flags and skipTypes(t, abstractInst).kind != tyObject:
-    localError(info, errInvalidPragmaX, "acyclic")
-  elif t.kind == tyVar and t.sons[0].kind == tyVar:
-    localError(info, errVarVarTypeNotAllowed)
+    localError(conf, info, "invalid pragma: acyclic")
+  elif t.kind in {tyVar, tyLent} and t.sons[0].kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+    localError(conf, info, "type 'var var' is not allowed")
   elif computeSize(t) == szIllegalRecursion:
-    localError(info, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX, typeToString(t))
+    localError(conf, info,  "illegal recursion in type '" & typeToString(t) & "'")
   when false:
     if t.kind == tyObject and t.sons[0] != nil:
       if t.sons[0].kind != tyObject or tfFinal in t.sons[0].flags:
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ proc checkConstructedType*(info: TLineInfo, typ: PType) =
 
 proc searchInstTypes*(key: PType): PType =
   let genericTyp = key.sons[0]
-  internalAssert genericTyp.kind == tyGenericBody and
-                 key.sons[0] == genericTyp and
-                 genericTyp.sym != nil
+  if not (genericTyp.kind == tyGenericBody and
+      key.sons[0] == genericTyp and genericTyp.sym != nil): return
 
   if genericTyp.sym.typeInstCache == nil:
     return
@@ -195,19 +194,19 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsN(cl: var TReplTypeVars, n: PNode; start=0): PNode =
     var branch: PNode = nil              # the branch to take
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var it = n.sons[i]
-      if it == nil: illFormedAst(n)
+      if it == nil: illFormedAst(n, cl.c.config)
       case it.kind
       of nkElifBranch:
-        checkSonsLen(it, 2)
+        checkSonsLen(it, 2, cl.c.config)
         var cond = prepareNode(cl, it.sons[0])
         var e = cl.c.semConstExpr(cl.c, cond)
         if e.kind != nkIntLit:
-          internalError(e.info, "ReplaceTypeVarsN: when condition not a bool")
+          internalError(cl.c.config, e.info, "ReplaceTypeVarsN: when condition not a bool")
         if e.intVal != 0 and branch == nil: branch = it.sons[1]
       of nkElse:
-        checkSonsLen(it, 1)
+        checkSonsLen(it, 1, cl.c.config)
         if branch == nil: branch = it.sons[0]
-      else: illFormedAst(n)
+      else: illFormedAst(n, cl.c.config)
     if branch != nil:
       result = replaceTypeVarsN(cl, branch)
     else:
@@ -244,14 +243,14 @@ proc lookupTypeVar(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
   result = cl.typeMap.lookup(t)
   if result == nil:
     if cl.allowMetaTypes or tfRetType in t.flags: return
-    localError(t.sym.info, errCannotInstantiateX, typeToString(t))
+    localError(cl.c.config, t.sym.info, "cannot instantiate: '" & typeToString(t) & "'")
     result = errorType(cl.c)
     # In order to prevent endless recursions, we must remember
     # this bad lookup and replace it with errorType everywhere.
     # These code paths are only active in "nim check"
     cl.typeMap.put(t, result)
   elif result.kind == tyGenericParam and not cl.allowMetaTypes:
-    internalError(cl.info, "substitution with generic parameter")
+    internalError(cl.c.config, cl.info, "substitution with generic parameter")
 
 proc instCopyType*(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
   # XXX: relying on allowMetaTypes is a kludge
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ proc handleGenericInvocation(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
   # is difficult to handle:
   const eqFlags = eqTypeFlags + {tfGcSafe}
   var body = t.sons[0]
-  if body.kind != tyGenericBody: internalError(cl.info, "no generic body")
+  if body.kind != tyGenericBody: internalError(cl.c.config, cl.info, "no generic body")
   var header: PType = t
   # search for some instantiation here:
   if cl.allowMetaTypes:
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ proc handleGenericInvocation(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
   # handleGenericInvocation will handle the alias-to-alias-to-alias case
   if newbody.isGenericAlias: newbody = newbody.skipGenericAlias
   rawAddSon(result, newbody)
-  checkPartialConstructedType(cl.info, newbody)
+  checkPartialConstructedType(cl.c.config, cl.info, newbody)
   let dc = newbody.deepCopy
   if cl.allowMetaTypes == false:
     if dc != nil and sfFromGeneric notin newbody.deepCopy.flags:
@@ -368,7 +367,7 @@ proc handleGenericInvocation(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
         assert newbody.kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}
         assert newbody.lastSon.typeInst == nil
         newbody.lastSon.typeInst = result
-    if newDestructors:
+    if destructor in cl.c.features:
       cl.c.typesWithOps.add((newbody, result))
     else:
       typeBound(cl.c, newbody, result, assignment, cl.info)
@@ -417,7 +416,7 @@ proc propagateFieldFlags(t: PType, n: PNode) =
   # The type must be fully instantiated!
   if n.isNil:
     return
-  internalAssert n.kind != nkRecWhen
+  #internalAssert n.kind != nkRecWhen
   case n.kind
   of nkSym:
     propagateToOwner(t, n.sym.typ)
@@ -454,12 +453,16 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
       result.kind = tyUserTypeClassInst
 
   of tyGenericBody:
-    localError(cl.info, errCannotInstantiateX, typeToString(t))
+    localError(cl.c.config, cl.info, "cannot instantiate: '" & typeToString(t) & "'")
     result = errorType(cl.c)
     #result = replaceTypeVarsT(cl, lastSon(t))
 
   of tyFromExpr:
     if cl.allowMetaTypes: return
+    # This assert is triggered when a tyFromExpr was created in a cyclic
+    # way. You should break the cycle at the point of creation by introducing
+    # a call such as: `n.typ = makeTypeFromExpr(c, n.copyTree)`
+    # Otherwise, the cycle will be fatal for the prepareNode call below
     assert t.n.typ != t
     var n = prepareNode(cl, t.n)
     if n.kind != nkEmpty:
@@ -518,7 +521,7 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
           var r = replaceTypeVarsT(cl, result.sons[i])
           if result.kind == tyObject:
             # carefully coded to not skip the precious tyGenericInst:
-            let r2 = r.skipTypes({tyAlias})
+            let r2 = r.skipTypes({tyAlias, tySink})
             if r2.kind in {tyPtr, tyRef}:
               r = skipTypes(r2, {tyPtr, tyRef})
           result.sons[i] = r
@@ -529,7 +532,7 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
       case result.kind
       of tyArray:
         let idx = result.sons[0]
-        internalAssert idx.kind != tyStatic
+        internalAssert cl.c.config, idx.kind != tyStatic
 
       of tyObject, tyTuple:
         propagateFieldFlags(result, result.n)
@@ -541,7 +544,7 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
       else: discard
 
 proc instAllTypeBoundOp*(c: PContext, info: TLineInfo) =
-  if not newDestructors: return
+  if destructor notin c.features: return
   var i = 0
   while i < c.typesWithOps.len:
     let (newty, oldty) = c.typesWithOps[i]
diff --git a/compiler/service.nim b/compiler/service.nim
index ac04b7860..f1a988ae5 100644
--- a/compiler/service.nim
+++ b/compiler/service.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import
   times, commands, options, msgs, nimconf,
-  extccomp, strutils, os, platform, parseopt, idents
+  extccomp, strutils, os, platform, parseopt, idents, configuration
 
 when useCaas:
   import net
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var
     # in caas mode, the list of defines and options will be given at start-up?
     # it's enough to check that the previous compilation command is the same?
 
-proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string) =
+proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string; config: ConfigRef) =
   var p = parseopt.initOptParser(cmd)
   var argsCount = 0
   while true:
@@ -36,23 +36,23 @@ proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string) =
     of cmdLongoption, cmdShortOption:
       if p.key == " ":
         p.key = "-"
-        if processArgument(pass, p, argsCount): break
+        if processArgument(pass, p, argsCount, config): break
       else:
-        processSwitch(pass, p)
+        processSwitch(pass, p, config)
     of cmdArgument:
-      if processArgument(pass, p, argsCount): break
+      if processArgument(pass, p, argsCount, config): break
   if pass == passCmd2:
-    if optRun notin gGlobalOptions and arguments != "" and options.command.normalize != "run":
-      rawMessage(errArgsNeedRunOption, [])
+    if optRun notin config.globalOptions and config.arguments.len > 0 and config.command.normalize != "run":
+      rawMessage(config, errGenerated, errArgsNeedRunOption)
 
-proc serve*(cache: IdentCache; action: proc (cache: IdentCache){.nimcall.}) =
+proc serve*(cache: IdentCache; action: proc (cache: IdentCache){.nimcall.}; config: ConfigRef) =
   template execute(cmd) =
     curCaasCmd = cmd
-    processCmdLine(passCmd2, cmd)
+    processCmdLine(passCmd2, cmd, config)
     action(cache)
-    gErrorCounter = 0
+    config.errorCounter = 0
 
-  let typ = getConfigVar("server.type")
+  let typ = getConfigVar(config, "server.type")
   case typ
   of "stdin":
     while true:
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ proc serve*(cache: IdentCache; action: proc (cache: IdentCache){.nimcall.}) =
   of "tcp", "":
     when useCaas:
       var server = newSocket()
-      let p = getConfigVar("server.port")
+      let p = getConfigVar(config, "server.port")
       let port = if p.len > 0: parseInt(p).Port else: 6000.Port
-      server.bindAddr(port, getConfigVar("server.address"))
+      server.bindAddr(port, getConfigVar(config, "server.address"))
       var inp = "".TaintedString
       server.listen()
       var stdoutSocket = newSocket()
diff --git a/compiler/sighashes.nim b/compiler/sighashes.nim
index 5d6b5978d..46b83c386 100644
--- a/compiler/sighashes.nim
+++ b/compiler/sighashes.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 ## Computes hash values for routine (proc, method etc) signatures.
 
-import ast, md5
+import ast, md5, tables, ropes
 from hashes import Hash
 from astalgo import debug
 from types import typeToString, preferDesc
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ proc hashType(c: var MD5Context, t: PType; flags: set[ConsiderFlag]) =
     else:
       c.hashSym(t.sym)
     return
-  of tyAlias, tyGenericInst, tyUserTypeClasses:
+  of tyAlias, tySink, tyGenericInst, tyUserTypeClasses:
     c.hashType t.lastSon, flags
     return
   else:
@@ -326,3 +326,32 @@ proc hashOwner*(s: PSym): SigHash =
   c &= m.name.s
 
   md5Final c, result.Md5Digest
+
+proc idOrSig*(s: PSym, currentModule: string,
+              sigCollisions: var CountTable[SigHash]): Rope =
+  if s.kind in routineKinds and s.typ != nil:
+    # signatures for exported routines are reliable enough to
+    # produce a unique name and this means produced C++ is more stable wrt
+    # Nim changes:
+    let sig = hashProc(s)
+    result = rope($sig)
+    #let m = if s.typ.callConv != ccInline: findPendingModule(m, s) else: m
+    let counter = sigCollisions.getOrDefault(sig)
+    #if sigs == "_jckmNePK3i2MFnWwZlp6Lg" and s.name.s == "contains":
+    #  echo "counter ", counter, " ", s.id
+    if counter != 0:
+      result.add "_" & rope(counter+1)
+    # this minor hack is necessary to make tests/collections/thashes compile.
+    # The inlined hash function's original module is ambiguous so we end up
+    # generating duplicate names otherwise:
+    if s.typ.callConv == ccInline:
+      result.add rope(currentModule)
+    sigCollisions.inc(sig)
+  else:
+    let sig = hashNonProc(s)
+    result = rope($sig)
+    let counter = sigCollisions.getOrDefault(sig)
+    if counter != 0:
+      result.add "_" & rope(counter+1)
+    sigCollisions.inc(sig)
+
diff --git a/compiler/sigmatch.nim b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
index 3d0b0ed3d..41cac2a4a 100644
--- a/compiler/sigmatch.nim
+++ b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ type
 
   CandidateError* = object
     sym*: PSym
-    unmatchedVarParam*: int
+    unmatchedVarParam*, firstMismatch*: int
     diagnostics*: seq[string]
+    enabled*: bool
 
   CandidateErrors* = seq[CandidateError]
 
@@ -60,14 +61,18 @@ type
                               # matching. they will be reset if the matching
                               # is not successful. may replace the bindings
                               # table in the future.
-    diagnostics*: seq[string] # when this is not nil, the matching process
+    diagnostics*: seq[string] # \
+                              # when diagnosticsEnabled, the matching process
                               # will collect extra diagnostics that will be
                               # displayed to the user.
                               # triggered when overload resolution fails
                               # or when the explain pragma is used. may be
                               # triggered with an idetools command in the
                               # future.
-    inheritancePenalty: int  # to prefer closest father object type
+    inheritancePenalty: int   # to prefer closest father object type
+    firstMismatch*: int       # position of the first type mismatch for
+                              # better error messages
+    diagnosticsEnabled*: bool
 
   TTypeRelFlag* = enum
     trDontBind
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ type
 const
   isNilConversion = isConvertible # maybe 'isIntConv' fits better?
 
-proc markUsed*(info: TLineInfo, s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym)
+proc markUsed*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym)
 
 template hasFauxMatch*(c: TCandidate): bool = c.fauxMatch != tyNone
 
@@ -122,7 +127,8 @@ proc put(c: var TCandidate, key, val: PType) {.inline.} =
   idTablePut(c.bindings, key, val.skipIntLit)
 
 proc initCandidate*(ctx: PContext, c: var TCandidate, callee: PSym,
-                    binding: PNode, calleeScope = -1, diagnostics = false) =
+                    binding: PNode, calleeScope = -1,
+                    diagnosticsEnabled = false) =
   initCandidateAux(ctx, c, callee.typ)
   c.calleeSym = callee
   if callee.kind in skProcKinds and calleeScope == -1:
@@ -137,7 +143,8 @@ proc initCandidate*(ctx: PContext, c: var TCandidate, callee: PSym,
       c.calleeScope = 1
   else:
     c.calleeScope = calleeScope
-  c.diagnostics = if diagnostics: @[] else: nil
+  c.diagnostics = if diagnosticsEnabled: @[] else: nil
+  c.diagnosticsEnabled = diagnosticsEnabled
   c.magic = c.calleeSym.magic
   initIdTable(c.bindings)
   if binding != nil and callee.kind in routineKinds:
@@ -145,13 +152,13 @@ proc initCandidate*(ctx: PContext, c: var TCandidate, callee: PSym,
     for i in 1..min(sonsLen(typeParams), sonsLen(binding)-1):
       var formalTypeParam = typeParams.sons[i-1].typ
       var bound = binding[i].typ
-      internalAssert bound != nil
-      if formalTypeParam.kind == tyTypeDesc:
-        if bound.kind != tyTypeDesc:
-          bound = makeTypeDesc(ctx, bound)
-      else:
-        bound = bound.skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
-      put(c, formalTypeParam, bound)
+      if bound != nil:
+        if formalTypeParam.kind == tyTypeDesc:
+          if bound.kind != tyTypeDesc:
+            bound = makeTypeDesc(ctx, bound)
+        else:
+          bound = bound.skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
+        put(c, formalTypeParam, bound)
 
 proc newCandidate*(ctx: PContext, callee: PSym,
                    binding: PNode, calleeScope = -1): TCandidate =
@@ -180,7 +187,8 @@ proc sumGeneric(t: PType): int =
   while true:
     case t.kind
     of tyGenericInst, tyArray, tyRef, tyPtr, tyDistinct,
-        tyOpenArray, tyVarargs, tySet, tyRange, tySequence, tyGenericBody:
+        tyOpenArray, tyVarargs, tySet, tyRange, tySequence, tyGenericBody,
+        tyLent:
       t = t.lastSon
       inc result
     of tyOr:
@@ -207,7 +215,7 @@ proc sumGeneric(t: PType): int =
     of tyStatic:
       return t.sons[0].sumGeneric + 1
     of tyGenericParam, tyExpr, tyStmt: break
-    of tyAlias: t = t.lastSon
+    of tyAlias, tySink: t = t.lastSon
     of tyBool, tyChar, tyEnum, tyObject, tyPointer,
         tyString, tyCString, tyInt..tyInt64, tyFloat..tyFloat128,
         tyUInt..tyUInt64, tyCompositeTypeClass:
@@ -354,8 +362,8 @@ proc concreteType(c: TCandidate, t: PType): PType =
         # proc sort[T](cmp: proc(a, b: T): int = cmp)
       if result.kind != tyGenericParam: break
   of tyGenericInvocation:
-    internalError("cannot resolve type: " & typeToString(t))
     result = t
+    doAssert(false, "cannot resolve type: " & typeToString(t))
   else:
     result = t                # Note: empty is valid here
 
@@ -464,7 +472,7 @@ proc skipToObject(t: PType; skipped: var SkippedPtr): PType =
       inc ptrs
       skipped = skippedPtr
       r = r.lastSon
-    of tyGenericBody, tyGenericInst, tyAlias:
+    of tyGenericBody, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
       r = r.lastSon
     else:
       break
@@ -511,8 +519,8 @@ proc recordRel(c: var TCandidate, f, a: PType): TTypeRelation =
     if f.n != nil and a.n != nil:
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(f.n) - 1):
         # check field names:
-        if f.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(f.n.info, "recordRel")
-        elif a.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(a.n.info, "recordRel")
+        if f.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: return isNone
+        elif a.n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: return isNone
         else:
           var x = f.n.sons[i].sym
           var y = a.n.sons[i].sym
@@ -524,7 +532,7 @@ proc allowsNil(f: PType): TTypeRelation {.inline.} =
   result = if tfNotNil notin f.flags: isSubtype else: isNone
 
 proc inconsistentVarTypes(f, a: PType): bool {.inline.} =
-  result = f.kind != a.kind and (f.kind == tyVar or a.kind == tyVar)
+  result = f.kind != a.kind and (f.kind in {tyVar, tyLent} or a.kind in {tyVar, tyLent})
 
 proc procParamTypeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, a: PType): TTypeRelation =
   ## For example we have:
@@ -604,7 +612,7 @@ proc procTypeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, a: PType): TTypeRelation =
     if tfNoSideEffect in f.flags and tfNoSideEffect notin a.flags:
       return isNone
     elif tfThread in f.flags and a.flags * {tfThread, tfNoSideEffect} == {} and
-        optThreadAnalysis in gGlobalOptions:
+        optThreadAnalysis in c.c.config.globalOptions:
       # noSideEffect implies ``tfThread``!
       return isNone
     elif f.flags * {tfIterator} != a.flags * {tfIterator}:
@@ -653,7 +661,7 @@ proc matchUserTypeClass*(m: var TCandidate; ff, a: PType): PType =
     matchedConceptContext.prev = prevMatchedConcept
     matchedConceptContext.depth = prevMatchedConcept.depth + 1
     if prevMatchedConcept.depth > 4:
-      localError(body.info, $body & " too nested for type matching")
+      localError(m.c.graph.config, body.info, $body & " too nested for type matching")
       return nil
 
   openScope(c)
@@ -678,7 +686,7 @@ proc matchUserTypeClass*(m: var TCandidate; ff, a: PType): PType =
       if alreadyBound != nil: typ = alreadyBound
 
       template paramSym(kind): untyped =
-        newSym(kind, typeParamName, typeClass.sym, typeClass.sym.info)
+        newSym(kind, typeParamName, typeClass.sym, typeClass.sym.info, {})
 
       block addTypeParam:
         for prev in typeParams:
@@ -714,7 +722,7 @@ proc matchUserTypeClass*(m: var TCandidate; ff, a: PType): PType =
     diagnostics: seq[string]
     errorPrefix: string
     flags: TExprFlags = {}
-    collectDiagnostics = m.diagnostics != nil or
+    collectDiagnostics = m.diagnosticsEnabled or
                          sfExplain in typeClass.sym.flags
 
   if collectDiagnostics:
@@ -733,7 +741,9 @@ proc matchUserTypeClass*(m: var TCandidate; ff, a: PType): PType =
 
   if collectDiagnostics:
     writelnHook = oldWriteHook
-    for msg in diagnostics: m.diagnostics.safeAdd msg
+    for msg in diagnostics:
+      m.diagnostics.safeAdd msg
+      m.diagnosticsEnabled = true
 
   if checkedBody == nil: return nil
 
@@ -750,19 +760,20 @@ proc matchUserTypeClass*(m: var TCandidate; ff, a: PType): PType =
 
   result.n = checkedBody
 
-proc shouldSkipDistinct(rules: PNode, callIdent: PIdent): bool =
+proc shouldSkipDistinct(m: TCandidate; rules: PNode, callIdent: PIdent): bool =
+  # XXX This is bad as 'considerQuotedIdent' can produce an error!
   if rules.kind == nkWith:
     for r in rules:
-      if r.considerQuotedIdent == callIdent: return true
+      if considerQuotedIdent(m.c.graph.config, r) == callIdent: return true
     return false
   else:
     for r in rules:
-      if r.considerQuotedIdent == callIdent: return false
+      if considerQuotedIdent(m.c.graph.config, r) == callIdent: return false
     return true
 
-proc maybeSkipDistinct(t: PType, callee: PSym): PType =
+proc maybeSkipDistinct(m: TCandidate; t: PType, callee: PSym): PType =
   if t != nil and t.kind == tyDistinct and t.n != nil and
-     shouldSkipDistinct(t.n, callee.name):
+     shouldSkipDistinct(m, t.n, callee.name):
     result = t.base
   else:
     result = t
@@ -858,11 +869,11 @@ proc inferStaticParam*(c: var TCandidate, lhs: PNode, rhs: BiggestInt): bool =
 
   return false
 
-proc failureToInferStaticParam(n: PNode) =
+proc failureToInferStaticParam(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode) =
   let staticParam = n.findUnresolvedStatic
   let name = if staticParam != nil: staticParam.sym.name.s
              else: "unknown"
-  localError(n.info, errCannotInferStaticParam, name)
+  localError(conf, n.info, "cannot infer the value of the static param '" & name & "'")
 
 proc inferStaticsInRange(c: var TCandidate,
                          inferred, concrete: PType): TTypeRelation =
@@ -876,7 +887,7 @@ proc inferStaticsInRange(c: var TCandidate,
     if inferStaticParam(c, exp, rhs):
       return isGeneric
     else:
-      failureToInferStaticParam exp
+      failureToInferStaticParam(c.c.graph.config, exp)
 
   if lowerBound.kind == nkIntLit:
     if upperBound.kind == nkIntLit:
@@ -889,7 +900,7 @@ proc inferStaticsInRange(c: var TCandidate,
     doInferStatic(lowerBound, upperBound.intVal + 1 - lengthOrd(concrete))
 
 template subtypeCheck() =
-  if result <= isSubrange and f.lastSon.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar}:
+  if result <= isSubrange and f.lastSon.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind in {tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar, tyLent}:
     result = isNone
 
 proc isCovariantPtr(c: var TCandidate, f, a: PType): bool =
@@ -897,7 +908,7 @@ proc isCovariantPtr(c: var TCandidate, f, a: PType): bool =
   assert f.kind == a.kind
 
   template baseTypesCheck(lhs, rhs: PType): bool =
-    lhs.kind notin {tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar} and
+    lhs.kind notin {tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent} and
       typeRel(c, lhs, rhs, {trNoCovariance}) == isSubtype
 
   case f.kind
@@ -912,6 +923,26 @@ proc isCovariantPtr(c: var TCandidate, f, a: PType): bool =
   else:
     return false
 
+when false:
+  proc maxNumericType(prev, candidate: PType): PType =
+    let c = candidate.skipTypes({tyRange})
+    template greater(s) =
+      if c.kind in s: result = c
+    case prev.kind
+    of tyInt: greater({tyInt64})
+    of tyInt8: greater({tyInt, tyInt16, tyInt32, tyInt64})
+    of tyInt16: greater({tyInt, tyInt32, tyInt64})
+    of tyInt32: greater({tyInt64})
+
+    of tyUInt: greater({tyUInt64})
+    of tyUInt8: greater({tyUInt, tyUInt16, tyUInt32, tyUInt64})
+    of tyUInt16: greater({tyUInt, tyUInt32, tyUInt64})
+    of tyUInt32: greater({tyUInt64})
+
+    of tyFloat32: greater({tyFloat64, tyFloat128})
+    of tyFloat64: greater({tyFloat128})
+    else: discard
+
 proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
                  flags: TTypeRelFlags = {}): TTypeRelation =
   # typeRel can be used to establish various relationships between types:
@@ -969,7 +1000,8 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
         of tyStatic:
           candidate = computedType
         else:
-          localError(f.n.info, errTypeExpected)
+          # XXX What is this non-sense? Error reporting in signature matching?
+          discard "localError(f.n.info, errTypeExpected)"
       else:
         discard
 
@@ -983,17 +1015,17 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
   template doBind: bool = trDontBind notin flags
 
   # var and static arguments match regular modifier-free types
-  var a = aOrig.skipTypes({tyStatic, tyVar}).maybeSkipDistinct(c.calleeSym)
+  var a = maybeSkipDistinct(c, aOrig.skipTypes({tyStatic, tyVar, tyLent}), c.calleeSym)
   # XXX: Theoretically, maybeSkipDistinct could be called before we even
   # start the param matching process. This could be done in `prepareOperand`
   # for example, but unfortunately `prepareOperand` is not called in certain
   # situation when nkDotExpr are rotated to nkDotCalls
 
-  if aOrig.kind == tyAlias:
+  if aOrig.kind in {tyAlias, tySink}:
     return typeRel(c, f, lastSon(aOrig))
 
   if a.kind == tyGenericInst and
-      skipTypes(f, {tyVar}).kind notin {
+      skipTypes(f, {tyVar, tyLent}).kind notin {
         tyGenericBody, tyGenericInvocation,
         tyGenericInst, tyGenericParam} + tyTypeClasses:
     return typeRel(c, f, lastSon(a))
@@ -1105,8 +1137,8 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
   of tyFloat32:  result = handleFloatRange(f, a)
   of tyFloat64:  result = handleFloatRange(f, a)
   of tyFloat128: result = handleFloatRange(f, a)
-  of tyVar:
-    if aOrig.kind == tyVar: result = typeRel(c, f.base, aOrig.base)
+  of tyVar, tyLent:
+    if aOrig.kind == f.kind: result = typeRel(c, f.base, aOrig.base)
     else: result = typeRel(c, f.base, aOrig, flags + {trNoCovariance})
     subtypeCheck()
   of tyArray:
@@ -1122,8 +1154,14 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
         else:
           fRange = prev
       let ff = f.sons[1].skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
-      let aa = a.sons[1].skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
-      result = typeRel(c, ff, aa)
+      # This typeDesc rule is wrong, see bug #7331
+      let aa = a.sons[1] #.skipTypes({tyTypeDesc})
+
+      if f.sons[0].kind != tyGenericParam and aa.kind == tyEmpty:
+        result = isGeneric
+      else:
+        result = typeRel(c, ff, aa)
+
       if result < isGeneric:
         if nimEnableCovariance and
            trNoCovariance notin flags and
@@ -1214,7 +1252,9 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
         if result < isGeneric: result = isNone
     elif a.kind == tyGenericParam:
       result = isGeneric
-  of tyForward: internalError("forward type in typeRel()")
+  of tyForward:
+    #internalError("forward type in typeRel()")
+    result = isNone
   of tyNil:
     if a.kind == f.kind: result = isEqual
   of tyTuple:
@@ -1311,7 +1351,7 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
   of tyEmpty, tyVoid:
     if a.kind == f.kind: result = isEqual
 
-  of tyAlias:
+  of tyAlias, tySink:
     result = typeRel(c, lastSon(f), a)
 
   of tyGenericInst:
@@ -1357,8 +1397,13 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
 
         var aAsObject = roota.lastSon
 
-        if fKind in {tyRef, tyPtr} and aAsObject.kind == fKind:
-          aAsObject = aAsObject.base
+        if fKind in {tyRef, tyPtr}:
+          if aAsObject.kind == tyObject:
+            # bug #7600, tyObject cannot be passed
+            # as argument to tyRef/tyPtr
+            return isNone
+          elif aAsObject.kind == fKind:
+            aAsObject = aAsObject.base
 
         if aAsObject.kind == tyObject:
           let baseType = aAsObject.base
@@ -1399,7 +1444,7 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
           (sonsLen(x) - 1 == sonsLen(f)):
       for i in countup(1, sonsLen(f) - 1):
         if x.sons[i].kind == tyGenericParam:
-          internalError("wrong instantiated type!")
+          internalError(c.c.graph.config, "wrong instantiated type!")
         elif typeRel(c, f.sons[i], x.sons[i]) <= isSubtype:
           # Workaround for regression #4589
           if f.sons[i].kind != tyTypeDesc: return
@@ -1431,7 +1476,7 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
           if x == nil:
             discard "maybe fine (for eg. a==tyNil)"
           elif x.kind in {tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericParam}:
-            internalError("wrong instantiated type!")
+            internalError(c.c.graph.config, "wrong instantiated type!")
           else:
             put(c, f.sons[i], x)
 
@@ -1497,7 +1542,7 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
     considerPreviousT:
       let targetKind = f.sons[0].kind
       let effectiveArgType = a.skipTypes({tyRange, tyGenericInst,
-                                          tyBuiltInTypeClass, tyAlias})
+                                          tyBuiltInTypeClass, tyAlias, tySink})
       let typeClassMatches = targetKind == effectiveArgType.kind and
                              not effectiveArgType.isEmptyContainer
       if typeClassMatches or
@@ -1554,7 +1599,7 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
           if f.sonsLen == 0:
             result = isGeneric
           else:
-            internalAssert a.sons != nil and a.sons.len > 0
+            internalAssert c.c.graph.config, a.sons != nil and a.sons.len > 0
             c.typedescMatched = true
             var aa = a
             while aa.kind in {tyTypeDesc, tyGenericParam} and aa.len > 0:
@@ -1601,9 +1646,18 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
     elif x.kind == tyGenericParam:
       result = isGeneric
     else:
+      # Special type binding rule for numeric types.
+      # See section "Generic type inference for numeric types" of the
+      # manual for further details:
+      when false:
+        let rebinding = maxNumericType(x.skipTypes({tyRange}), a)
+        if rebinding != nil:
+          put(c, f, rebinding)
+          result = isGeneric
+        else:
+          discard
       result = typeRel(c, x, a) # check if it fits
       if result > isGeneric: result = isGeneric
-
   of tyStatic:
     let prev = PType(idTableGet(c.bindings, f))
     if prev == nil:
@@ -1687,13 +1741,13 @@ proc typeRelImpl(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
         if not exprStructuralEquivalent(aOrig.n, reevaluated.typ.n):
           result = isNone
     else:
-      localError(f.n.info, errTypeExpected)
+      localError(c.c.graph.config, f.n.info, "type expected")
       result = isNone
 
   of tyNone:
     if a.kind == tyNone: result = isEqual
   else:
-    internalError " unknown type kind " & $f.kind
+    internalError c.c.graph.config, " unknown type kind " & $f.kind
 
 proc cmpTypes*(c: PContext, f, a: PType): TTypeRelation =
   var m: TCandidate
@@ -1706,7 +1760,7 @@ proc getInstantiatedType(c: PContext, arg: PNode, m: TCandidate,
   if result == nil:
     result = generateTypeInstance(c, m.bindings, arg, f)
   if result == nil:
-    internalError(arg.info, "getInstantiatedType")
+    internalError(c.graph.config, arg.info, "getInstantiatedType")
     result = errorType(c)
 
 proc implicitConv(kind: TNodeKind, f: PType, arg: PNode, m: TCandidate,
@@ -1719,7 +1773,7 @@ proc implicitConv(kind: TNodeKind, f: PType, arg: PNode, m: TCandidate,
       result.typ = errorType(c)
   else:
     result.typ = f
-  if result.typ == nil: internalError(arg.info, "implicitConv")
+  if result.typ == nil: internalError(c.graph.config, arg.info, "implicitConv")
   addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
   addSon(result, arg)
 
@@ -1740,7 +1794,7 @@ proc userConvMatch(c: PContext, m: var TCandidate, f, a: PType,
       dest = generateTypeInstance(c, m.bindings, arg, dest)
     let fdest = typeRel(m, f, dest)
     if fdest in {isEqual, isGeneric}:
-      markUsed(arg.info, c.converters[i], c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(c.config, arg.info, c.converters[i], c.graph.usageSym)
       var s = newSymNode(c.converters[i])
       s.typ = c.converters[i].typ
       s.info = arg.info
@@ -1832,8 +1886,11 @@ proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, a: PType,
 
   var r = typeRel(m, f, a)
 
+  # This special typing rule for macros and templates is not documented
+  # anywhere and breaks symmetry. It's hard to get rid of though, my
+  # custom seqs example fails to compile without this:
   if r != isNone and m.calleeSym != nil and
-     m.calleeSym.kind in {skMacro, skTemplate}:
+    m.calleeSym.kind in {skMacro, skTemplate}:
     # XXX: duplicating this is ugly, but we cannot (!) move this
     # directly into typeRel using return-like templates
     incMatches(m, r)
@@ -1841,7 +1898,7 @@ proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, a: PType,
       return arg
     elif f.kind == tyTypeDesc:
       return arg
-    elif f.kind == tyStatic:
+    elif f.kind == tyStatic and arg.typ.n != nil:
       return arg.typ.n
     else:
       return argSemantized # argOrig
@@ -1907,7 +1964,8 @@ proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, a: PType,
     inc(m.genericMatches)
     if arg.typ == nil:
       result = arg
-    elif skipTypes(arg.typ, abstractVar-{tyTypeDesc}).kind == tyTuple:
+    elif skipTypes(arg.typ, abstractVar-{tyTypeDesc}).kind == tyTuple or
+         m.inheritancePenalty > 0:
       result = implicitConv(nkHiddenSubConv, f, arg, m, c)
     elif arg.typ.isEmptyContainer:
       result = arg.copyTree
@@ -1977,8 +2035,9 @@ proc paramTypesMatch*(m: var TCandidate, f, a: PType,
     y.calleeSym = m.calleeSym
     z.calleeSym = m.calleeSym
     var best = -1
-    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(arg) - 1):
-      if arg.sons[i].sym.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter, skIterator}:
+    for i in 0 ..< arg.len:
+      if arg.sons[i].sym.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter,
+                                  skIterator, skMacro, skTemplate}:
         copyCandidate(z, m)
         z.callee = arg.sons[i].typ
         if tfUnresolved in z.callee.flags: continue
@@ -2007,24 +2066,24 @@ proc paramTypesMatch*(m: var TCandidate, f, a: PType,
               x = z
             elif cmp == 0:
               y = z           # z is as good as x
+
     if x.state == csEmpty:
       result = nil
     elif y.state == csMatch and cmpCandidates(x, y) == 0:
       if x.state != csMatch:
-        internalError(arg.info, "x.state is not csMatch")
+        internalError(m.c.graph.config, arg.info, "x.state is not csMatch")
       # ambiguous: more than one symbol fits!
       # See tsymchoice_for_expr as an example. 'f.kind == tyExpr' should match
       # anyway:
-      if f.kind == tyExpr: result = arg
+      if f.kind in {tyExpr, tyStmt}: result = arg
       else: result = nil
     else:
       # only one valid interpretation found:
-      markUsed(arg.info, arg.sons[best].sym, m.c.graph.usageSym)
+      markUsed(m.c.config, arg.info, arg.sons[best].sym, m.c.graph.usageSym)
       styleCheckUse(arg.info, arg.sons[best].sym)
       result = paramTypesMatchAux(m, f, arg.sons[best].typ, arg.sons[best],
                                   argOrig)
 
-
 proc setSon(father: PNode, at: int, son: PNode) =
   let oldLen = father.len
   if oldLen <= at:
@@ -2060,15 +2119,16 @@ proc prepareOperand(c: PContext; a: PNode): PNode =
     result = a
     considerGenSyms(c, result)
 
-proc prepareNamedParam(a: PNode) =
+proc prepareNamedParam(a: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   if a.sons[0].kind != nkIdent:
     var info = a.sons[0].info
-    a.sons[0] = newIdentNode(considerQuotedIdent(a.sons[0]), info)
+    a.sons[0] = newIdentNode(considerQuotedIdent(conf, a.sons[0]), info)
 
 proc arrayConstr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
   result = newTypeS(tyArray, c)
   rawAddSon(result, makeRangeType(c, 0, 0, n.info))
-  addSonSkipIntLit(result, skipTypes(n.typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyOrdinal}))
+  addSonSkipIntLit(result, skipTypes(n.typ,
+      {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyOrdinal}))
 
 proc arrayConstr(c: PContext, info: TLineInfo): PType =
   result = newTypeS(tyArray, c)
@@ -2115,7 +2175,8 @@ proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
   var formal: PSym = if formalLen > 1: m.callee.n.sons[1].sym else: nil
 
   while a < n.len:
-    if a >= formalLen-1 and formal != nil and formal.typ.isVarargsUntyped:
+    if a >= formalLen-1 and f < formalLen and m.callee.n[f].typ.isVarargsUntyped:
+      formal = m.callee.n.sons[f].sym
       incl(marker, formal.position)
       if container.isNil:
         container = newNodeIT(nkArgList, n.sons[a].info, arrayConstr(c, n.info))
@@ -2126,9 +2187,9 @@ proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
     elif n.sons[a].kind == nkExprEqExpr:
       # named param
       # check if m.callee has such a param:
-      prepareNamedParam(n.sons[a])
+      prepareNamedParam(n.sons[a], c.config)
       if n.sons[a].sons[0].kind != nkIdent:
-        localError(n.sons[a].info, errNamedParamHasToBeIdent)
+        localError(c.config, n.sons[a].info, "named parameter has to be an identifier")
         m.state = csNoMatch
         return
       formal = getSymFromList(m.callee.n, n.sons[a].sons[0].ident, 1)
@@ -2171,8 +2232,9 @@ proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
           # we have no formal here to snoop at:
           n.sons[a] = prepareOperand(c, n.sons[a])
           if skipTypes(n.sons[a].typ, abstractVar-{tyTypeDesc}).kind==tyString:
-            addSon(m.call, implicitConv(nkHiddenStdConv, getSysType(tyCString),
-                                        copyTree(n.sons[a]), m, c))
+            addSon(m.call, implicitConv(nkHiddenStdConv,
+                  getSysType(c.graph, n.sons[a].info, tyCString),
+                  copyTree(n.sons[a]), m, c))
           else:
             addSon(m.call, copyTree(n.sons[a]))
         elif formal != nil and formal.typ.kind == tyVarargs:
@@ -2195,7 +2257,7 @@ proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
           return
       else:
         if m.callee.n.sons[f].kind != nkSym:
-          internalError(n.sons[a].info, "matches")
+          internalError(c.config, n.sons[a].info, "matches")
           return
         formal = m.callee.n.sons[f].sym
         if containsOrIncl(marker, formal.position) and container.isNil:
@@ -2218,6 +2280,7 @@ proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
                                     n.sons[a], nOrig.sons[a])
           if arg == nil:
             m.state = csNoMatch
+            m.firstMismatch = f
             return
           if m.baseTypeMatch:
             #assert(container == nil)
@@ -2272,6 +2335,7 @@ proc matches*(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode, m: var TCandidate) =
         else:
           # no default value
           m.state = csNoMatch
+          m.firstMismatch = f
           break
       else:
         # use default value:
@@ -2301,7 +2365,7 @@ proc instTypeBoundOp*(c: PContext; dc: PSym; t: PType; info: TLineInfo;
   var m: TCandidate
   initCandidate(c, m, dc.typ)
   if col >= dc.typ.len:
-    localError(info, errGenerated, "cannot instantiate '" & dc.name.s & "'")
+    localError(c.config, info, "cannot instantiate: '" & dc.name.s & "'")
     return nil
   var f = dc.typ.sons[col]
 
@@ -2310,7 +2374,7 @@ proc instTypeBoundOp*(c: PContext; dc: PSym; t: PType; info: TLineInfo;
   else:
     if f.kind == tyVar: f = f.lastSon
   if typeRel(m, f, t) == isNone:
-    localError(info, errGenerated, "cannot instantiate '" & dc.name.s & "'")
+    localError(c.config, info, "cannot instantiate: '" & dc.name.s & "'")
   else:
     result = c.semGenerateInstance(c, dc, m.bindings, info)
     if op == attachedDeepCopy:
diff --git a/compiler/suggest.nim b/compiler/suggest.nim
index f9210cc93..23aecfa71 100644
--- a/compiler/suggest.nim
+++ b/compiler/suggest.nim
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 
 # included from sigmatch.nim
 
-import algorithm, prefixmatches
+import algorithm, prefixmatches, configuration
+from wordrecg import wDeprecated
 
 when defined(nimsuggest):
   import passes, tables # importer
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ proc cmpSuggestions(a, b: Suggest): int =
   # independent of hashing order:
   result = cmp(a.name.s, b.name.s)
 
-proc symToSuggest(s: PSym, isLocal: bool, section: IdeCmd, info: TLineInfo;
+proc symToSuggest(conf: ConfigRef; s: PSym, isLocal: bool, section: IdeCmd, info: TLineInfo;
                   quality: range[0..100]; prefix: PrefixMatch;
                   inTypeContext: bool; scope: int): Suggest =
   new(result)
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ proc symToSuggest(s: PSym, isLocal: bool, section: IdeCmd, info: TLineInfo;
       if u.fileIndex == info.fileIndex: inc c
     result.localUsages = c
   result.symkind = s.kind
-  if optIdeTerse notin gGlobalOptions:
+  if optIdeTerse notin conf.globalOptions:
     result.qualifiedPath = @[]
     if not isLocal and s.kind != skModule:
       let ow = s.owner
@@ -191,8 +192,8 @@ proc suggestResult(s: Suggest) =
   else:
     suggestWriteln($s)
 
-proc produceOutput(a: var Suggestions) =
-  if gIdeCmd in {ideSug, ideCon}:
+proc produceOutput(a: var Suggestions; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  if conf.ideCmd in {ideSug, ideCon}:
     a.sort cmpSuggestions
   when defined(debug):
     # debug code
@@ -236,11 +237,11 @@ proc fieldVisible*(c: PContext, f: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
 proc suggestField(c: PContext, s: PSym; f: PNode; info: TLineInfo; outputs: var Suggestions) =
   var pm: PrefixMatch
   if filterSym(s, f, pm) and fieldVisible(c, s):
-    outputs.add(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=true, ideSug, info, 100, pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, 0))
+    outputs.add(symToSuggest(c.config, s, isLocal=true, ideSug, info, 100, pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, 0))
 
 proc getQuality(s: PSym): range[0..100] =
   if s.typ != nil and s.typ.len > 1:
-    var exp = s.typ.sons[1].skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyAlias})
+    var exp = s.typ.sons[1].skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyAlias, tySink})
     if exp.kind == tyVarargs: exp = elemType(exp)
     if exp.kind in {tyExpr, tyStmt, tyGenericParam, tyAnything}: return 50
   return 100
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ template wholeSymTab(cond, section: untyped) =
       let it {.inject.} = item
       var pm {.inject.}: PrefixMatch
       if cond:
-        outputs.add(symToSuggest(it, isLocal = isLocal, section, info, getQuality(it),
+        outputs.add(symToSuggest(c.config, it, isLocal = isLocal, section, info, getQuality(it),
                                  pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, scopeN))
 
 proc suggestSymList(c: PContext, list, f: PNode; info: TLineInfo, outputs: var Suggestions) =
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ proc typeFits(c: PContext, s: PSym, firstArg: PType): bool {.inline.} =
     let m = s.getModule()
     if m != nil and sfSystemModule in m.flags:
       if s.kind == skType: return
-      var exp = s.typ.sons[1].skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyAlias})
+      var exp = s.typ.sons[1].skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyAlias, tySink})
       if exp.kind == tyVarargs: exp = elemType(exp)
       if exp.kind in {tyExpr, tyStmt, tyGenericParam, tyAnything}: return
     result = sigmatch.argtypeMatches(c, s.typ.sons[1], firstArg)
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ proc suggestEverything(c: PContext, n, f: PNode, outputs: var Suggestions) =
     for it in items(scope.symbols):
       var pm: PrefixMatch
       if filterSym(it, f, pm):
-        outputs.add(symToSuggest(it, isLocal = isLocal, ideSug, n.info, 0, pm,
+        outputs.add(symToSuggest(c.config, it, isLocal = isLocal, ideSug, n.info, 0, pm,
                                  c.inTypeContext > 0, scopeN))
     #if scope == c.topLevelScope and f.isNil: break
 
@@ -341,18 +342,18 @@ proc suggestFieldAccess(c: PContext, n, field: PNode, outputs: var Suggestions)
   when defined(nimsuggest):
     if n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.kind == skError and suggestVersion == 0:
       # consider 'foo.|' where 'foo' is some not imported module.
-      let fullPath = findModule(n.sym.name.s, n.info.toFullPath)
+      let fullPath = findModule(c.config, n.sym.name.s, n.info.toFullPath)
       if fullPath.len == 0:
         # error: no known module name:
         typ = nil
       else:
-        let m = gImportModule(c.graph, c.module, fullpath.fileInfoIdx, c.cache)
+        let m = gImportModule(c.graph, c.module, fileInfoIdx(c.config, fullpath), c.cache)
         if m == nil: typ = nil
         else:
           for it in items(n.sym.tab):
             if filterSym(it, field, pm):
-              outputs.add(symToSuggest(it, isLocal=false, ideSug, n.info, 100, pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, -100))
-          outputs.add(symToSuggest(m, isLocal=false, ideMod, n.info, 100, PrefixMatch.None,
+              outputs.add(symToSuggest(c.config, it, isLocal=false, ideSug, n.info, 100, pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, -100))
+          outputs.add(symToSuggest(c.config, m, isLocal=false, ideMod, n.info, 100, PrefixMatch.None,
             c.inTypeContext > 0, -99))
 
   if typ == nil:
@@ -362,11 +363,11 @@ proc suggestFieldAccess(c: PContext, n, field: PNode, outputs: var Suggestions)
         # all symbols accessible, because we are in the current module:
         for it in items(c.topLevelScope.symbols):
           if filterSym(it, field, pm):
-            outputs.add(symToSuggest(it, isLocal=false, ideSug, n.info, 100, pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, -99))
+            outputs.add(symToSuggest(c.config, it, isLocal=false, ideSug, n.info, 100, pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, -99))
       else:
         for it in items(n.sym.tab):
           if filterSym(it, field, pm):
-            outputs.add(symToSuggest(it, isLocal=false, ideSug, n.info, 100, pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, -99))
+            outputs.add(symToSuggest(c.config, it, isLocal=false, ideSug, n.info, 100, pm, c.inTypeContext > 0, -99))
     else:
       # fallback:
       suggestEverything(c, n, field, outputs)
@@ -378,8 +379,8 @@ proc suggestFieldAccess(c: PContext, n, field: PNode, outputs: var Suggestions)
       t = t.sons[0]
     suggestOperations(c, n, field, typ, outputs)
   else:
-    let orig = typ # skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
-    typ = skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyAlias})
+    let orig = typ # skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
+    typ = skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef, tyAlias, tySink})
     if typ.kind == tyObject:
       var t = typ
       while true:
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ when defined(nimsuggest):
   # Since TLineInfo defined a == operator that doesn't include the column,
   # we map TLineInfo to a unique int here for this lookup table:
   proc infoToInt(info: TLineInfo): int64 =
-    info.fileIndex + info.line.int64 shl 32 + info.col.int64 shl 48
+    info.fileIndex.int64 + info.line.int64 shl 32 + info.col.int64 shl 48
 
   proc addNoDup(s: PSym; info: TLineInfo) =
     # ensure nothing gets too slow:
@@ -425,29 +426,29 @@ when defined(nimsuggest):
     s.allUsages.add(info)
 
 var
-  lastLineInfo*: TLineInfo
+  lastLineInfo*: TLineInfo # XXX global here
 
-proc findUsages(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym) =
+proc findUsages(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym) =
   if suggestVersion == 1:
     if usageSym == nil and isTracked(info, s.name.s.len):
       usageSym = s
-      suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, ideUse, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
+      suggestResult(symToSuggest(conf, s, isLocal=false, ideUse, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
     elif s == usageSym:
       if lastLineInfo != info:
-        suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, ideUse, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
+        suggestResult(symToSuggest(conf, s, isLocal=false, ideUse, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
       lastLineInfo = info
 
 when defined(nimsuggest):
-  proc listUsages*(s: PSym) =
+  proc listUsages*(conf: ConfigRef; s: PSym) =
     #echo "usages ", len(s.allUsages)
     for info in s.allUsages:
       let x = if info == s.info and info.col == s.info.col: ideDef else: ideUse
-      suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, x, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
+      suggestResult(symToSuggest(conf, s, isLocal=false, x, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
 
-proc findDefinition(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
+proc findDefinition(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
   if s.isNil: return
   if isTracked(info, s.name.s.len):
-    suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, ideDef, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
+    suggestResult(symToSuggest(conf, s, isLocal=false, ideDef, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
     suggestQuit()
 
 proc ensureIdx[T](x: var T, y: int) =
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ proc ensureIdx[T](x: var T, y: int) =
 proc ensureSeq[T](x: var seq[T]) =
   if x == nil: newSeq(x, 0)
 
-proc suggestSym*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym; isDecl=true) {.inline.} =
+proc suggestSym*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym; isDecl=true) {.inline.} =
   ## misnamed: should be 'symDeclared'
   when defined(nimsuggest):
     if suggestVersion == 0:
@@ -465,33 +466,44 @@ proc suggestSym*(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym; isDecl=true) {.in
       else:
         s.addNoDup(info)
 
-    if gIdeCmd == ideUse:
-      findUsages(info, s, usageSym)
-    elif gIdeCmd == ideDef:
-      findDefinition(info, s)
-    elif gIdeCmd == ideDus and s != nil:
+    if conf.ideCmd == ideUse:
+      findUsages(conf, info, s, usageSym)
+    elif conf.ideCmd == ideDef:
+      findDefinition(conf, info, s)
+    elif conf.ideCmd == ideDus and s != nil:
       if isTracked(info, s.name.s.len):
-        suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, ideDef, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
-      findUsages(info, s, usageSym)
-    elif gIdeCmd == ideHighlight and info.fileIndex == gTrackPos.fileIndex:
-      suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, ideHighlight, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
-    elif gIdeCmd == ideOutline and info.fileIndex == gTrackPos.fileIndex and
+        suggestResult(symToSuggest(conf, s, isLocal=false, ideDef, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
+      findUsages(conf, info, s, usageSym)
+    elif conf.ideCmd == ideHighlight and info.fileIndex == gTrackPos.fileIndex:
+      suggestResult(symToSuggest(conf, s, isLocal=false, ideHighlight, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
+    elif conf.ideCmd == ideOutline and info.fileIndex == gTrackPos.fileIndex and
         isDecl:
-      suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, ideOutline, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
-
-proc markUsed(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym) =
+      suggestResult(symToSuggest(conf, s, isLocal=false, ideOutline, info, 100, PrefixMatch.None, false, 0))
+
+proc warnAboutDeprecated(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
+  if s.kind in routineKinds:
+    let n = s.ast[pragmasPos]
+    if n.kind != nkEmpty:
+      for it in n:
+        if whichPragma(it) == wDeprecated and it.safeLen == 2 and
+            it[1].kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
+          message(conf, info, warnDeprecated, it[1].strVal & "; " & s.name.s)
+          return
+  message(conf, info, warnDeprecated, s.name.s)
+
+proc markUsed(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; usageSym: var PSym) =
   incl(s.flags, sfUsed)
   if s.kind == skEnumField and s.owner != nil:
     incl(s.owner.flags, sfUsed)
   if {sfDeprecated, sfError} * s.flags != {}:
-    if sfDeprecated in s.flags: message(info, warnDeprecated, s.name.s)
-    if sfError in s.flags: localError(info, errWrongSymbolX, s.name.s)
+    if sfDeprecated in s.flags: warnAboutDeprecated(conf, info, s)
+    if sfError in s.flags: localError(conf, info,  "usage of '$1' is a user-defined error" % s.name.s)
   when defined(nimsuggest):
-    suggestSym(info, s, usageSym, false)
+    suggestSym(conf, info, s, usageSym, false)
 
-proc useSym*(sym: PSym; usageSym: var PSym): PNode =
+proc useSym*(conf: ConfigRef; sym: PSym; usageSym: var PSym): PNode =
   result = newSymNode(sym)
-  markUsed(result.info, sym, usageSym)
+  markUsed(conf, result.info, sym, usageSym)
 
 proc safeSemExpr*(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   # use only for idetools support!
@@ -522,9 +534,9 @@ proc suggestExprNoCheck*(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   if c.compilesContextId > 0: return
   inc(c.compilesContextId)
   var outputs: Suggestions = @[]
-  if gIdeCmd == ideSug:
+  if c.config.ideCmd == ideSug:
     sugExpr(c, n, outputs)
-  elif gIdeCmd == ideCon:
+  elif c.config.ideCmd == ideCon:
     if n.kind in nkCallKinds:
       var a = copyNode(n)
       var x = safeSemExpr(c, n.sons[0])
@@ -538,8 +550,8 @@ proc suggestExprNoCheck*(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
       suggestCall(c, a, n, outputs)
 
   dec(c.compilesContextId)
-  if outputs.len > 0 and gIdeCmd in {ideSug, ideCon, ideDef}:
-    produceOutput(outputs)
+  if outputs.len > 0 and c.config.ideCmd in {ideSug, ideCon, ideDef}:
+    produceOutput(outputs, c.config)
     suggestQuit()
 
 proc suggestExpr*(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
@@ -558,11 +570,11 @@ proc suggestStmt*(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
 proc suggestEnum*(c: PContext; n: PNode; t: PType) =
   var outputs: Suggestions = @[]
   suggestSymList(c, t.n, nil, n.info, outputs)
-  produceOutput(outputs)
+  produceOutput(outputs, c.config)
   if outputs.len > 0: suggestQuit()
 
 proc suggestSentinel*(c: PContext) =
-  if gIdeCmd != ideSug or c.module.position != gTrackPos.fileIndex: return
+  if c.config.ideCmd != ideSug or c.module.position != gTrackPos.fileIndex.int32: return
   if c.compilesContextId > 0: return
   inc(c.compilesContextId)
   var outputs: Suggestions = @[]
@@ -575,7 +587,7 @@ proc suggestSentinel*(c: PContext) =
     for it in items(scope.symbols):
       var pm: PrefixMatch
       if filterSymNoOpr(it, nil, pm):
-        outputs.add(symToSuggest(it, isLocal = isLocal, ideSug, newLineInfo(gTrackPos.fileIndex, -1, -1), 0, PrefixMatch.None, false, scopeN))
+        outputs.add(symToSuggest(c.config, it, isLocal = isLocal, ideSug, newLineInfo(gTrackPos.fileIndex, -1, -1), 0, PrefixMatch.None, false, scopeN))
 
   dec(c.compilesContextId)
-  produceOutput(outputs)
+  produceOutput(outputs, c.config)
diff --git a/compiler/syntaxes.nim b/compiler/syntaxes.nim
index 4745b1ac7..4bc153e46 100644
--- a/compiler/syntaxes.nim
+++ b/compiler/syntaxes.nim
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@
 
 import
   strutils, llstream, ast, astalgo, idents, lexer, options, msgs, parser,
-  pbraces, filters, filter_tmpl, renderer
+  filters, filter_tmpl, renderer, configuration
 
 type
   TFilterKind* = enum
     filtNone, filtTemplate, filtReplace, filtStrip
   TParserKind* = enum
-    skinStandard, skinStrongSpaces, skinBraces, skinEndX
+    skinStandard, skinStrongSpaces, skinEndX
 
 const
   parserNames*: array[TParserKind, string] = ["standard", "strongspaces",
-                                              "braces", "endx"]
+                                              "endx"]
   filterNames*: array[TFilterKind, string] = ["none", "stdtmpl", "replace",
                                               "strip"]
 
@@ -30,39 +30,38 @@ type
     skin*: TParserKind
     parser*: TParser
 
+template config(p: TParsers): ConfigRef = p.parser.lex.config
+
 proc parseAll*(p: var TParsers): PNode =
   case p.skin
   of skinStandard, skinStrongSpaces:
     result = parser.parseAll(p.parser)
-  of skinBraces:
-    result = pbraces.parseAll(p.parser)
   of skinEndX:
-    internalError("parser to implement")
+    internalError(p.config, "parser to implement")
     result = ast.emptyNode
 
 proc parseTopLevelStmt*(p: var TParsers): PNode =
   case p.skin
   of skinStandard, skinStrongSpaces:
     result = parser.parseTopLevelStmt(p.parser)
-  of skinBraces:
-    result = pbraces.parseTopLevelStmt(p.parser)
   of skinEndX:
-    internalError("parser to implement")
+    internalError(p.config, "parser to implement")
     result = ast.emptyNode
 
 proc utf8Bom(s: string): int =
-  if s[0] == '\xEF' and s[1] == '\xBB' and s[2] == '\xBF':
+  if s.len >= 3 and s[0] == '\xEF' and s[1] == '\xBB' and s[2] == '\xBF':
     result = 3
   else:
     result = 0
 
 proc containsShebang(s: string, i: int): bool =
-  if s[i] == '#' and s[i+1] == '!':
+  if i+1 < s.len and s[i] == '#' and s[i+1] == '!':
     var j = i + 2
-    while s[j] in Whitespace: inc(j)
+    while j < s.len and s[j] in Whitespace: inc(j)
     result = s[j] == '/'
 
-proc parsePipe(filename: string, inputStream: PLLStream; cache: IdentCache): PNode =
+proc parsePipe(filename: string, inputStream: PLLStream; cache: IdentCache;
+               config: ConfigRef): PNode =
   result = ast.emptyNode
   var s = llStreamOpen(filename, fmRead)
   if s != nil:
@@ -74,11 +73,11 @@ proc parsePipe(filename: string, inputStream: PLLStream; cache: IdentCache): PNo
       discard llStreamReadLine(s, line)
       i = 0
       inc linenumber
-    if line[i] == '#' and line[i+1] == '?':
+    if i+1 < line.len and line[i] == '#' and line[i+1] == '?':
       inc(i, 2)
-      while line[i] in Whitespace: inc(i)
+      while i < line.len and line[i] in Whitespace: inc(i)
       var q: TParser
-      parser.openParser(q, filename, llStreamOpen(substr(line, i)), cache)
+      parser.openParser(q, filename, llStreamOpen(substr(line, i)), cache, config)
       result = parser.parseAll(q)
       parser.closeParser(q)
     llStreamClose(s)
@@ -89,42 +88,44 @@ proc getFilter(ident: PIdent): TFilterKind =
       return i
   result = filtNone
 
-proc getParser(ident: PIdent): TParserKind =
+proc getParser(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; ident: PIdent): TParserKind =
   for i in countup(low(TParserKind), high(TParserKind)):
     if cmpIgnoreStyle(ident.s, parserNames[i]) == 0:
       return i
-  rawMessage(errInvalidDirectiveX, ident.s)
+  localError(conf, n.info, "unknown parser: " & ident.s)
 
-proc getCallee(n: PNode): PIdent =
+proc getCallee(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode): PIdent =
   if n.kind in nkCallKinds and n.sons[0].kind == nkIdent:
     result = n.sons[0].ident
   elif n.kind == nkIdent:
     result = n.ident
   else:
-    rawMessage(errXNotAllowedHere, renderTree(n))
+    localError(conf, n.info, "invalid filter: " & renderTree(n))
 
 proc applyFilter(p: var TParsers, n: PNode, filename: string,
                  stdin: PLLStream): PLLStream =
-  var ident = getCallee(n)
+  var ident = getCallee(p.config, n)
   var f = getFilter(ident)
   case f
   of filtNone:
-    p.skin = getParser(ident)
+    p.skin = getParser(p.config, n, ident)
     result = stdin
   of filtTemplate:
-    result = filterTmpl(stdin, filename, n)
+    result = filterTmpl(stdin, filename, n, p.config)
   of filtStrip:
-    result = filterStrip(stdin, filename, n)
+    result = filterStrip(p.config, stdin, filename, n)
   of filtReplace:
-    result = filterReplace(stdin, filename, n)
+    result = filterReplace(p.config, stdin, filename, n)
   if f != filtNone:
-    if hintCodeBegin in gNotes:
-      rawMessage(hintCodeBegin, [])
-      msgWriteln(result.s)
-      rawMessage(hintCodeEnd, [])
+    assert p.config != nil
+    if hintCodeBegin in p.config.notes:
+      rawMessage(p.config, hintCodeBegin, [])
+      msgWriteln(p.config, result.s)
+      rawMessage(p.config, hintCodeEnd, [])
 
 proc evalPipe(p: var TParsers, n: PNode, filename: string,
               start: PLLStream): PLLStream =
+  assert p.config != nil
   result = start
   if n.kind == nkEmpty: return
   if n.kind == nkInfix and n[0].kind == nkIdent and n[0].ident.s == "|":
@@ -138,31 +139,33 @@ proc evalPipe(p: var TParsers, n: PNode, filename: string,
   else:
     result = applyFilter(p, n, filename, result)
 
-proc openParsers*(p: var TParsers, fileIdx: int32, inputstream: PLLStream;
-                  cache: IdentCache) =
+proc openParsers*(p: var TParsers, fileIdx: FileIndex, inputstream: PLLStream;
+                  cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef) =
+  assert config != nil
   var s: PLLStream
   p.skin = skinStandard
   let filename = fileIdx.toFullPathConsiderDirty
-  var pipe = parsePipe(filename, inputstream, cache)
+  var pipe = parsePipe(filename, inputstream, cache, config)
+  p.config() = config
   if pipe != nil: s = evalPipe(p, pipe, filename, inputstream)
   else: s = inputstream
   case p.skin
-  of skinStandard, skinBraces, skinEndX:
-    parser.openParser(p.parser, fileIdx, s, cache, false)
+  of skinStandard, skinEndX:
+    parser.openParser(p.parser, fileIdx, s, cache, config, false)
   of skinStrongSpaces:
-    parser.openParser(p.parser, fileIdx, s, cache, true)
+    parser.openParser(p.parser, fileIdx, s, cache, config, true)
 
 proc closeParsers*(p: var TParsers) =
   parser.closeParser(p.parser)
 
-proc parseFile*(fileIdx: int32; cache: IdentCache): PNode {.procvar.} =
+proc parseFile*(fileIdx: FileIndex; cache: IdentCache; config: ConfigRef): PNode {.procvar.} =
   var
     p: TParsers
     f: File
   let filename = fileIdx.toFullPathConsiderDirty
   if not open(f, filename):
-    rawMessage(errCannotOpenFile, filename)
+    rawMessage(config, errGenerated, "cannot open file: " & filename)
     return
-  openParsers(p, fileIdx, llStreamOpen(f), cache)
+  openParsers(p, fileIdx, llStreamOpen(f), cache, config)
   result = parseAll(p)
   closeParsers(p)
diff --git a/compiler/transf.nim b/compiler/transf.nim
index f8f7f8746..c2add13ff 100644
--- a/compiler/transf.nim
+++ b/compiler/transf.nim
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 # * transforms 'defer' into a 'try finally' statement
 
 import
-  intsets, strutils, options, ast, astalgo, trees, treetab, msgs, os,
+  intsets, strutils, options, ast, astalgo, trees, treetab, msgs, lookups,
   idents, renderer, types, passes, semfold, magicsys, cgmeth, rodread,
-  lambdalifting, sempass2, lowerings, lookups, destroyer, liftlocals
+  lambdalifting, sempass2, lowerings, destroyer, liftlocals, closureiters,
+  modulegraphs
 
 type
   PTransNode* = distinct PNode
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ type
     nestedProcs: int         # > 0 if we are in a nested proc
     contSyms, breakSyms: seq[PSym]  # to transform 'continue' and 'break'
     deferDetected, tooEarly, needsDestroyPass: bool
+    graph: ModuleGraph
   PTransf = ref TTransfContext
 
 proc newTransNode(a: PNode): PTransNode {.inline.} =
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ proc pushTransCon(c: PTransf, t: PTransCon) =
   c.transCon = t
 
 proc popTransCon(c: PTransf) =
-  if (c.transCon == nil): internalError("popTransCon")
+  if (c.transCon == nil): internalError(c.graph.config, "popTransCon")
   c.transCon = c.transCon.next
 
 proc getCurrOwner(c: PTransf): PSym =
@@ -93,11 +95,11 @@ proc getCurrOwner(c: PTransf): PSym =
 
 proc newTemp(c: PTransf, typ: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   let r = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(genPrefix), getCurrOwner(c), info)
-  r.typ = typ #skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias})
+  r.typ = typ #skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink})
   incl(r.flags, sfFromGeneric)
   let owner = getCurrOwner(c)
   if owner.isIterator and not c.tooEarly:
-    result = freshVarForClosureIter(r, owner)
+    result = freshVarForClosureIter(c.graph, r, owner)
   else:
     result = newSymNode(r)
 
@@ -118,10 +120,10 @@ proc transformSymAux(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PNode =
   if s.typ != nil and s.typ.callConv == ccClosure:
     if s.kind == skIterator:
       if c.tooEarly: return n
-      else: return liftIterSym(n, getCurrOwner(c))
+      else: return liftIterSym(c.graph, n, getCurrOwner(c))
     elif s.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skConverter, skMethod} and not c.tooEarly:
       # top level .closure procs are still somewhat supported for 'Nake':
-      return makeClosure(s, nil, n.info)
+      return makeClosure(c.graph, s, nil, n.info)
   #elif n.sym.kind in {skVar, skLet} and n.sym.typ.callConv == ccClosure:
   #  echo n.info, " come heer for ", c.tooEarly
   #  if not c.tooEarly:
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ proc transformSymAux(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PNode =
   if sfBorrow in s.flags and s.kind in routineKinds:
     # simply exchange the symbol:
     b = s.getBody
-    if b.kind != nkSym: internalError(n.info, "wrong AST for borrowed symbol")
+    if b.kind != nkSym: internalError(c.graph.config, n.info, "wrong AST for borrowed symbol")
     b = newSymNode(b.sym, n.info)
   else:
     b = n
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ proc transformSym(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
 proc freshVar(c: PTransf; v: PSym): PNode =
   let owner = getCurrOwner(c)
   if owner.isIterator and not c.tooEarly:
-    result = freshVarForClosureIter(v, owner)
+    result = freshVarForClosureIter(c.graph, v, owner)
   else:
     var newVar = copySym(v)
     incl(newVar.flags, sfFromGeneric)
@@ -166,11 +168,11 @@ proc transformVarSection(c: PTransf, v: PNode): PTransNode =
       result[i] = PTransNode(it)
     elif it.kind == nkIdentDefs:
       if it.sons[0].kind == nkSym:
-        internalAssert(it.len == 3)
+        internalAssert(c.graph.config, it.len == 3)
         let x = freshVar(c, it.sons[0].sym)
         idNodeTablePut(c.transCon.mapping, it.sons[0].sym, x)
         var defs = newTransNode(nkIdentDefs, it.info, 3)
-        if importantComments():
+        if importantComments(c.graph.config):
           # keep documentation information:
           PNode(defs).comment = it.comment
         defs[0] = x.PTransNode
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ proc transformVarSection(c: PTransf, v: PNode): PTransNode =
         result[i] = transform(c, it)
     else:
       if it.kind != nkVarTuple:
-        internalError(it.info, "transformVarSection: not nkVarTuple")
+        internalError(c.graph.config, it.info, "transformVarSection: not nkVarTuple")
       var L = sonsLen(it)
       var defs = newTransNode(it.kind, it.info, L)
       for j in countup(0, L-3):
@@ -203,9 +205,9 @@ proc transformConstSection(c: PTransf, v: PNode): PTransNode =
     if it.kind == nkCommentStmt:
       result[i] = PTransNode(it)
     else:
-      if it.kind != nkConstDef: internalError(it.info, "transformConstSection")
+      if it.kind != nkConstDef: internalError(c.graph.config, it.info, "transformConstSection")
       if it.sons[0].kind != nkSym:
-        internalError(it.info, "transformConstSection")
+        internalError(c.graph.config, it.info, "transformConstSection")
 
       result[i] = PTransNode(it)
 
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ proc unpackTuple(c: PTransf, n: PNode, father: PTransNode) =
   # XXX: BUG: what if `n` is an expression with side-effects?
   for i in countup(0, sonsLen(c.transCon.forStmt) - 3):
     add(father, newAsgnStmt(c, c.transCon.forStmt.sons[i],
-        transform(c, newTupleAccess(n, i))))
+        transform(c, newTupleAccess(c.graph, n, i))))
 
 proc introduceNewLocalVars(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
   case n.kind
@@ -331,10 +333,10 @@ proc transformYield(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
   # c.transCon.forStmt.len == 3 means that there is one for loop variable
   # and thus no tuple unpacking:
   if e.typ.isNil: return result # can happen in nimsuggest for unknown reasons
-  if skipTypes(e.typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias}).kind == tyTuple and
+  if skipTypes(e.typ, {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind == tyTuple and
       c.transCon.forStmt.len != 3:
     e = skipConv(e)
-    if e.kind == nkPar:
+    if e.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr}:
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(e) - 1):
         var v = e.sons[i]
         if v.kind == nkExprColonExpr: v = v.sons[1]
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ proc transformYield(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
 
 proc transformAddrDeref(c: PTransf, n: PNode, a, b: TNodeKind): PTransNode =
   result = transformSons(c, n)
-  if gCmd == cmdCompileToCpp or sfCompileToCpp in c.module.flags: return
+  if c.graph.config.cmd == cmdCompileToCpp or sfCompileToCpp in c.module.flags: return
   var n = result.PNode
   case n.sons[0].kind
   of nkObjUpConv, nkObjDownConv, nkChckRange, nkChckRangeF, nkChckRange64:
@@ -382,21 +384,21 @@ proc transformAddrDeref(c: PTransf, n: PNode, a, b: TNodeKind): PTransNode =
       if n.typ.skipTypes(abstractVar).kind != tyOpenArray:
         PNode(result).typ = n.typ
 
-proc generateThunk(prc: PNode, dest: PType): PNode =
+proc generateThunk(c: PTransf; prc: PNode, dest: PType): PNode =
   ## Converts 'prc' into '(thunk, nil)' so that it's compatible with
   ## a closure.
 
   # we cannot generate a proper thunk here for GC-safety reasons
   # (see internal documentation):
-  if gCmd == cmdCompileToJS: return prc
+  if c.graph.config.cmd == cmdCompileToJS: return prc
   result = newNodeIT(nkClosure, prc.info, dest)
   var conv = newNodeIT(nkHiddenSubConv, prc.info, dest)
   conv.add(emptyNode)
   conv.add(prc)
   if prc.kind == nkClosure:
-    internalError(prc.info, "closure to closure created")
+    internalError(c.graph.config, prc.info, "closure to closure created")
   result.add(conv)
-  result.add(newNodeIT(nkNilLit, prc.info, getSysType(tyNil)))
+  result.add(newNodeIT(nkNilLit, prc.info, getSysType(c.graph, prc.info, tyNil)))
 
 proc transformConv(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
   # numeric types need range checks:
@@ -481,7 +483,7 @@ proc transformConv(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
   of tyProc:
     result = transformSons(c, n)
     if dest.callConv == ccClosure and source.callConv == ccDefault:
-      result = generateThunk(result[1].PNode, dest).PTransNode
+      result = generateThunk(c, result[1].PNode, dest).PTransNode
   else:
     result = transformSons(c, n)
 
@@ -500,20 +502,20 @@ proc putArgInto(arg: PNode, formal: PType): TPutArgInto =
   case arg.kind
   of nkEmpty..nkNilLit:
     result = paDirectMapping
-  of nkPar, nkCurly, nkBracket:
+  of nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkCurly, nkBracket:
     result = paFastAsgn
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(arg) - 1):
       if putArgInto(arg.sons[i], formal) != paDirectMapping: return
     result = paDirectMapping
   else:
-    if skipTypes(formal, abstractInst).kind == tyVar: result = paVarAsgn
+    if skipTypes(formal, abstractInst).kind in {tyVar, tyLent}: result = paVarAsgn
     else: result = paFastAsgn
 
 proc findWrongOwners(c: PTransf, n: PNode) =
   if n.kind == nkVarSection:
     let x = n.sons[0].sons[0]
     if x.kind == nkSym and x.sym.owner != getCurrOwner(c):
-      internalError(x.info, "bah " & x.sym.name.s & " " &
+      internalError(c.graph.config, x.info, "bah " & x.sym.name.s & " " &
         x.sym.owner.name.s & " " & getCurrOwner(c).name.s)
   else:
     for i in 0 ..< safeLen(n): findWrongOwners(c, n.sons[i])
@@ -521,7 +523,7 @@ proc findWrongOwners(c: PTransf, n: PNode) =
 proc transformFor(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
   # generate access statements for the parameters (unless they are constant)
   # put mapping from formal parameters to actual parameters
-  if n.kind != nkForStmt: internalError(n.info, "transformFor")
+  if n.kind != nkForStmt: internalError(c.graph.config, n.info, "transformFor")
 
   var length = sonsLen(n)
   var call = n.sons[length - 2]
@@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ proc transformFor(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
     n.sons[length-1] = transformLoopBody(c, n.sons[length-1]).PNode
     if not c.tooEarly:
       n.sons[length-2] = transform(c, n.sons[length-2]).PNode
-      result[1] = lambdalifting.liftForLoop(n, getCurrOwner(c)).PTransNode
+      result[1] = lambdalifting.liftForLoop(c.graph, n, getCurrOwner(c)).PTransNode
     else:
       result[1] = newNode(nkEmpty).PTransNode
     discard c.breakSyms.pop
@@ -689,7 +691,7 @@ proc transformCall(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
         while (j < sonsLen(n)):
           let b = transform(c, n.sons[j]).PNode
           if not isConstExpr(b): break
-          a = evalOp(op.magic, n, a, b, nil)
+          a = evalOp(op.magic, n, a, b, nil, c.graph)
           inc(j)
       add(result, a.PTransNode)
     if len(result) == 2: result = result[1]
@@ -708,18 +710,18 @@ proc transformCall(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
         let t = lastSon(s.sons[0].sym.ast)
         if t.kind != nkSym or sfDispatcher notin t.sym.flags:
           methodDef(s.sons[0].sym, false)
-      result = methodCall(s).PTransNode
+      result = methodCall(s, c.graph.config).PTransNode
     else:
       result = s.PTransNode
 
 proc transformExceptBranch(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
   result = transformSons(c, n)
-  if n[0].isInfixAs():
+  if n[0].isInfixAs() and not isImportedException(n[0][1].typ, c.graph.config):
     let excTypeNode = n[0][1]
-    let actions = newTransNode(nkStmtList, n[1].info, 2)
+    let actions = newTransNode(nkStmtListExpr, n[1], 2)
     # Generating `let exc = (excType)(getCurrentException())`
     # -> getCurrentException()
-    let excCall = PTransNode(callCodegenProc("getCurrentException", ast.emptyNode))
+    let excCall = PTransNode(callCodegenProc(c.graph, "getCurrentException", ast.emptyNode))
     # -> (excType)
     let convNode = newTransNode(nkHiddenSubConv, n[1].info, 2)
     convNode[0] = PTransNode(ast.emptyNode)
@@ -745,13 +747,13 @@ proc transformExceptBranch(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
 proc dontInlineConstant(orig, cnst: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   # symbols that expand to a complex constant (array, etc.) should not be
   # inlined, unless it's the empty array:
-  result = orig.kind == nkSym and cnst.kind in {nkCurly, nkPar, nkBracket} and
+  result = orig.kind == nkSym and cnst.kind in {nkCurly, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkBracket} and
       cnst.len != 0
 
-proc commonOptimizations*(c: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc commonOptimizations*(g: ModuleGraph; c: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   for i in 0 ..< n.safeLen:
-    result.sons[i] = commonOptimizations(c, n.sons[i])
+    result.sons[i] = commonOptimizations(g, c, n.sons[i])
   var op = getMergeOp(n)
   if (op != nil) and (op.magic != mNone) and (sonsLen(n) >= 3):
     result = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, n.typ)
@@ -766,12 +768,12 @@ proc commonOptimizations*(c: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
         while j < sonsLen(args):
           let b = args.sons[j]
           if not isConstExpr(b): break
-          a = evalOp(op.magic, result, a, b, nil)
+          a = evalOp(op.magic, result, a, b, nil, g)
           inc(j)
       add(result, a)
     if len(result) == 2: result = result[1]
   else:
-    var cnst = getConstExpr(c, n)
+    var cnst = getConstExpr(c, n, g)
     # we inline constants if they are not complex constants:
     if cnst != nil and not dontInlineConstant(n, cnst):
       result = cnst
@@ -888,7 +890,7 @@ proc transform(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
       let L = n.len-1
       result[L] = transform(c, n.sons[L])
     # XXX comment handling really sucks:
-    if importantComments():
+    if importantComments(c.graph.config):
       PNode(result).comment = n.comment
   of nkClosure:
     # it can happen that for-loop-inlining produced a fresh
@@ -905,7 +907,7 @@ proc transform(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
   when false:
     if oldDeferAnchor != nil: c.deferAnchor = oldDeferAnchor
 
-  var cnst = getConstExpr(c.module, PNode(result))
+  var cnst = getConstExpr(c.module, PNode(result), c.graph)
   # we inline constants if they are not complex constants:
   if cnst != nil and not dontInlineConstant(n, cnst):
     result = PTransNode(cnst) # do not miss an optimization
@@ -920,11 +922,12 @@ proc processTransf(c: PTransf, n: PNode, owner: PSym): PNode =
   popTransCon(c)
   incl(result.flags, nfTransf)
 
-proc openTransf(module: PSym, filename: string): PTransf =
+proc openTransf(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym, filename: string): PTransf =
   new(result)
   result.contSyms = @[]
   result.breakSyms = @[]
   result.module = module
+  result.graph = g
 
 proc flattenStmts(n: PNode) =
   var goOn = true
@@ -967,46 +970,50 @@ template liftDefer(c, root) =
   if c.deferDetected:
     liftDeferAux(root)
 
-proc transformBody*(module: PSym, n: PNode, prc: PSym): PNode =
+proc transformBody*(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym, n: PNode, prc: PSym): PNode =
   if nfTransf in n.flags or prc.kind in {skTemplate}:
     result = n
   else:
-    var c = openTransf(module, "")
-    result = liftLambdas(prc, n, c.tooEarly)
+    var c = openTransf(g, module, "")
+    result = liftLambdas(g, prc, n, c.tooEarly)
     #result = n
     result = processTransf(c, result, prc)
     liftDefer(c, result)
     #result = liftLambdas(prc, result)
-    when useEffectSystem: trackProc(prc, result)
-    result = liftLocalsIfRequested(prc, result)
-    if c.needsDestroyPass and newDestructors:
-      result = injectDestructorCalls(prc, result)
+    when useEffectSystem: trackProc(g, prc, result)
+    result = liftLocalsIfRequested(prc, result, g.config)
+    if c.needsDestroyPass: #and newDestructors:
+      result = injectDestructorCalls(g, prc, result)
+
+    if prc.isIterator and oldIterTransf notin g.config.features:
+      result = g.transformClosureIterator(prc, result)
+
     incl(result.flags, nfTransf)
       #if prc.name.s == "testbody":
     #  echo renderTree(result)
 
-proc transformStmt*(module: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc transformStmt*(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
   if nfTransf in n.flags:
     result = n
   else:
-    var c = openTransf(module, "")
+    var c = openTransf(g, module, "")
     result = processTransf(c, n, module)
     liftDefer(c, result)
     #result = liftLambdasForTopLevel(module, result)
-    when useEffectSystem: trackTopLevelStmt(module, result)
+    when useEffectSystem: trackTopLevelStmt(g, module, result)
     #if n.info ?? "temp.nim":
     #  echo renderTree(result, {renderIds})
-    if c.needsDestroyPass and newDestructors:
-      result = injectDestructorCalls(module, result)
+    if c.needsDestroyPass:
+      result = injectDestructorCalls(g, module, result)
     incl(result.flags, nfTransf)
 
-proc transformExpr*(module: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
+proc transformExpr*(g: ModuleGraph; module: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
   if nfTransf in n.flags:
     result = n
   else:
-    var c = openTransf(module, "")
+    var c = openTransf(g, module, "")
     result = processTransf(c, n, module)
     liftDefer(c, result)
-    if c.needsDestroyPass and newDestructors:
-      result = injectDestructorCalls(module, result)
+    if c.needsDestroyPass:
+      result = injectDestructorCalls(g, module, result)
     incl(result.flags, nfTransf)
diff --git a/compiler/trees.nim b/compiler/trees.nim
index 7efefdc2e..fb523de9d 100644
--- a/compiler/trees.nim
+++ b/compiler/trees.nim
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ proc isDeepConstExpr*(n: PNode): bool =
     result = true
   of nkExprEqExpr, nkExprColonExpr, nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv:
     result = isDeepConstExpr(n.sons[1])
-  of nkCurly, nkBracket, nkPar, nkObjConstr, nkClosure, nkRange:
+  of nkCurly, nkBracket, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkObjConstr, nkClosure, nkRange:
     for i in ord(n.kind == nkObjConstr) ..< n.len:
       if not isDeepConstExpr(n.sons[i]): return false
     if n.typ.isNil: result = true
     else:
-      let t = n.typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias})
+      let t = n.typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyAlias, tySink})
       if t.kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}: return false
       if t.kind != tyObject or not isCaseObj(t.n):
         result = true
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ proc isRange*(n: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
       result = true
 
 proc whichPragma*(n: PNode): TSpecialWord =
-  let key = if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr: n.sons[0] else: n
+  let key = if n.kind in nkPragmaCallKinds and n.len > 0: n.sons[0] else: n
   if key.kind == nkIdent: result = whichKeyword(key.ident)
 
 proc unnestStmts(n, result: PNode) =
diff --git a/compiler/types.nim b/compiler/types.nim
index 495a1977d..1fab842cc 100644
--- a/compiler/types.nim
+++ b/compiler/types.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # this module contains routines for accessing and iterating over types
 
 import
-  intsets, ast, astalgo, trees, msgs, strutils, platform, renderer
+  intsets, ast, astalgo, trees, msgs, strutils, platform, renderer, options
 
 type
   TPreferedDesc* = enum
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ const
   # TODO: Remove tyTypeDesc from each abstractX and (where necessary)
   # replace with typedescX
   abstractPtrs* = {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal,
-                   tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyInferred}
+                   tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyInferred, tySink, tyLent}
   abstractVar* = {tyVar, tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal, tyTypeDesc,
-                  tyAlias, tyInferred}
+                  tyAlias, tyInferred, tySink, tyLent}
   abstractRange* = {tyGenericInst, tyRange, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal, tyTypeDesc,
-                    tyAlias, tyInferred}
+                    tyAlias, tyInferred, tySink}
   abstractVarRange* = {tyGenericInst, tyRange, tyVar, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal,
-                       tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyInferred}
+                       tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyInferred, tySink}
   abstractInst* = {tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias,
-                   tyInferred}
+                   tyInferred, tySink}
   skipPtrs* = {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyGenericInst, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias,
-               tyInferred}
+               tyInferred, tySink, tyLent}
   # typedescX is used if we're sure tyTypeDesc should be included (or skipped)
   typedescPtrs* = abstractPtrs + {tyTypeDesc}
   typedescInst* = abstractInst + {tyTypeDesc}
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ proc getOrdValue*(n: PNode): BiggestInt =
   of nkNilLit: result = 0
   of nkHiddenStdConv: result = getOrdValue(n.sons[1])
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
-    result = 0
+    #localError(n.info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
+    # XXX check usages of getOrdValue
+    result = high(BiggestInt)
 
 proc isIntLit*(t: PType): bool {.inline.} =
   result = t.kind == tyInt and t.n != nil and t.n.kind == nkIntLit
@@ -105,14 +106,14 @@ proc getProcHeader*(sym: PSym; prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string =
   result = sym.owner.name.s & '.' & sym.name.s & '('
   var n = sym.typ.n
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    var p = n.sons[i]
+    let p = n.sons[i]
     if p.kind == nkSym:
       add(result, p.sym.name.s)
       add(result, ": ")
       add(result, typeToString(p.sym.typ, prefer))
       if i != sonsLen(n)-1: add(result, ", ")
     else:
-      internalError("getProcHeader")
+      result.add renderTree(p)
   add(result, ')')
   if n.sons[0].typ != nil:
     result.add(": " & typeToString(n.sons[0].typ, prefer))
@@ -195,10 +196,10 @@ proc searchTypeNodeForAux(n: PNode, p: TTypePredicate,
       of nkOfBranch, nkElse:
         result = searchTypeNodeForAux(lastSon(n.sons[i]), p, marker)
         if result: return
-      else: internalError("searchTypeNodeForAux(record case branch)")
+      else: discard
   of nkSym:
     result = searchTypeForAux(n.sym.typ, p, marker)
-  else: internalError(n.info, "searchTypeNodeForAux()")
+  else: discard
 
 proc searchTypeForAux(t: PType, predicate: TTypePredicate,
                       marker: var IntSet): bool =
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ proc analyseObjectWithTypeFieldAux(t: PType,
   if t == nil: return
   case t.kind
   of tyObject:
-    if (t.n != nil):
+    if t.n != nil:
       if searchTypeNodeForAux(t.n, isObjectWithTypeFieldPredicate, marker):
         return frEmbedded
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1):
@@ -388,8 +389,8 @@ const
     "int", "int8", "int16", "int32", "int64",
     "float", "float32", "float64", "float128",
     "uint", "uint8", "uint16", "uint32", "uint64",
-    "unused0", "unused1",
-    "unused2", "varargs[$1]", "unused", "Error Type",
+    "opt", "sink",
+    "lent", "varargs[$1]", "unused", "Error Type",
     "BuiltInTypeClass", "UserTypeClass",
     "UserTypeClassInst", "CompositeTypeClass", "inferred",
     "and", "or", "not", "any", "static", "TypeFromExpr", "FieldAccessor",
@@ -453,16 +454,17 @@ proc typeToString(typ: PType, prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string =
     if t.sons[0].kind == tyNone: result = "typedesc"
     else: result = "type " & typeToString(t.sons[0])
   of tyStatic:
-    internalAssert t.len > 0
     if prefer == preferGenericArg and t.n != nil:
       result = t.n.renderTree
     else:
-      result = "static[" & typeToString(t.sons[0]) & "]"
+      result = "static[" & (if t.len > 0: typeToString(t.sons[0]) else: "") & "]"
       if t.n != nil: result.add "(" & renderTree(t.n) & ")"
   of tyUserTypeClass:
-    internalAssert t.sym != nil and t.sym.owner != nil
-    if t.isResolvedUserTypeClass: return typeToString(t.lastSon)
-    return t.sym.owner.name.s
+    if t.sym != nil and t.sym.owner != nil:
+      if t.isResolvedUserTypeClass: return typeToString(t.lastSon)
+      return t.sym.owner.name.s
+    else:
+      result = "<invalid tyUserTypeClass>"
   of tyBuiltInTypeClass:
     result = case t.base.kind:
       of tyVar: "var"
@@ -496,7 +498,7 @@ proc typeToString(typ: PType, prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string =
   of tyNot:
     result = "not " & typeToString(t.sons[0])
   of tyExpr:
-    internalAssert t.len == 0
+    #internalAssert t.len == 0
     result = "untyped"
   of tyFromExpr:
     result = renderTree(t.n)
@@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ proc typeToString(typ: PType, prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string =
         add(result, typeToString(t.sons[i]))
         if i < sonsLen(t) - 1: add(result, ", ")
       add(result, ')')
-  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar:
+  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent:
     result = typeToStr[t.kind]
     if t.len >= 2:
       setLen(result, result.len-1)
@@ -567,7 +569,7 @@ proc typeToString(typ: PType, prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string =
       add(result, typeToString(t.sons[i]))
       if i < sonsLen(t) - 1: add(result, ", ")
     add(result, ')')
-    if t.sons[0] != nil: add(result, ": " & typeToString(t.sons[0]))
+    if t.len > 0 and t.sons[0] != nil: add(result, ": " & typeToString(t.sons[0]))
     var prag = if t.callConv == ccDefault: "" else: CallingConvToStr[t.callConv]
     if tfNoSideEffect in t.flags:
       addSep(prag)
@@ -581,6 +583,8 @@ proc typeToString(typ: PType, prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string =
     if len(prag) != 0: add(result, "{." & prag & ".}")
   of tyVarargs:
     result = typeToStr[t.kind] % typeToString(t.sons[0])
+  of tySink:
+    result = "sink " & typeToString(t.sons[0])
   else:
     result = typeToStr[t.kind]
   result.addTypeFlags(t)
@@ -610,16 +614,16 @@ proc firstOrd*(t: PType): BiggestInt =
     else:
       assert(t.n.sons[0].kind == nkSym)
       result = t.n.sons[0].sym.position
-  of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias:
+  of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyStatic, tyInferred:
     result = firstOrd(lastSon(t))
   of tyOrdinal:
     if t.len > 0: result = firstOrd(lastSon(t))
-    else: internalError("invalid kind for first(" & $t.kind & ')')
+    else: internalError(newPartialConfigRef(), "invalid kind for firstOrd(" & $t.kind & ')')
   else:
-    internalError("invalid kind for first(" & $t.kind & ')')
+    internalError(newPartialConfigRef(), "invalid kind for firstOrd(" & $t.kind & ')')
     result = 0
 
-proc lastOrd*(t: PType): BiggestInt =
+proc lastOrd*(t: PType; fixedUnsigned = false): BiggestInt =
   case t.kind
   of tyBool: result = 1
   of tyChar: result = 255
@@ -638,22 +642,25 @@ proc lastOrd*(t: PType): BiggestInt =
   of tyInt64: result = 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'i64
   of tyUInt:
     if platform.intSize == 4: result = 0xFFFFFFFF
+    elif fixedUnsigned: result = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'i64
     else: result = 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'i64
   of tyUInt8: result = 0xFF
   of tyUInt16: result = 0xFFFF
   of tyUInt32: result = 0xFFFFFFFF
-  of tyUInt64: result = 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'i64
+  of tyUInt64:
+    if fixedUnsigned: result = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'i64
+    else: result = 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'i64
   of tyEnum:
     assert(t.n.sons[sonsLen(t.n) - 1].kind == nkSym)
     result = t.n.sons[sonsLen(t.n) - 1].sym.position
-  of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias:
+  of tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyStatic, tyInferred:
     result = lastOrd(lastSon(t))
   of tyProxy: result = 0
   of tyOrdinal:
     if t.len > 0: result = lastOrd(lastSon(t))
-    else: internalError("invalid kind for last(" & $t.kind & ')')
+    else: internalError(newPartialConfigRef(), "invalid kind for lastOrd(" & $t.kind & ')')
   else:
-    internalError("invalid kind for last(" & $t.kind & ')')
+    internalError(newPartialConfigRef(), "invalid kind for lastOrd(" & $t.kind & ')')
     result = 0
 
 proc lengthOrd*(t: PType): BiggestInt =
@@ -743,7 +750,7 @@ proc equalParam(a, b: PSym): TParamsEquality =
 
 proc sameConstraints(a, b: PNode): bool =
   if isNil(a) and isNil(b): return true
-  internalAssert a.len == b.len
+  if a.len != b.len: return false
   for i in 1 ..< a.len:
     if not exprStructuralEquivalent(a[i].sym.constraint,
                                     b[i].sym.constraint):
@@ -772,8 +779,8 @@ proc equalParams(a, b: PNode): TParamsEquality =
         return paramsNotEqual # paramsIncompatible;
       # continue traversal! If not equal, we can return immediately; else
       # it stays incompatible
-    if not sameTypeOrNil(a.sons[0].typ, b.sons[0].typ, {ExactTypeDescValues}):
-      if (a.sons[0].typ == nil) or (b.sons[0].typ == nil):
+    if not sameTypeOrNil(a.typ, b.typ, {ExactTypeDescValues}):
+      if (a.typ == nil) or (b.typ == nil):
         result = paramsNotEqual # one proc has a result, the other not is OK
       else:
         result = paramsIncompatible # overloading by different
@@ -802,7 +809,8 @@ proc sameTuple(a, b: PType, c: var TSameTypeClosure): bool =
           var y = b.n.sons[i].sym
           result = x.name.id == y.name.id
           if not result: break
-        else: internalError(a.n.info, "sameTuple")
+        else:
+          return false
     elif a.n != b.n and (a.n == nil or b.n == nil) and IgnoreTupleFields notin c.flags:
       result = false
 
@@ -965,10 +973,10 @@ proc sameTypeAux(x, y: PType, c: var TSameTypeClosure): bool =
       result = sameFlags(a, b)
   of tyGenericParam:
     result = sameChildrenAux(a, b, c) and sameFlags(a, b)
-    if result and ExactGenericParams in c.flags:
+    if result and {ExactGenericParams, ExactTypeDescValues} * c.flags != {}:
       result = a.sym.position == b.sym.position
   of tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericBody, tySequence,
-     tyOpenArray, tySet, tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar,
+     tyOpenArray, tySet, tyRef, tyPtr, tyVar, tyLent, tySink,
      tyArray, tyProc, tyVarargs, tyOrdinal, tyTypeClasses, tyOpt:
     cycleCheck()
     if a.kind == tyUserTypeClass and a.n != nil: return a.n == b.n
@@ -992,7 +1000,7 @@ proc sameTypeAux(x, y: PType, c: var TSameTypeClosure): bool =
     cycleCheck()
     result = sameTypeAux(a.lastSon, b.lastSon, c)
   of tyNone: result = false
-  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef, tyUnused1, tyUnused2: internalError("sameFlags")
+  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef: result = false
 
 proc sameBackendType*(x, y: PType): bool =
   var c = initSameTypeClosure()
@@ -1051,16 +1059,21 @@ proc commonSuperclass*(a, b: PType): PType =
     x = x.sons[0]
   var y = b
   while y != nil:
+    var t = y # bug #7818, save type before skip
     y = skipTypes(y, skipPtrs)
-    if ancestors.contains(y.id): return y
+    if ancestors.contains(y.id):
+      # bug #7818, defer the previous skipTypes
+      if t.kind != tyGenericInst: t = y
+      return t
     y = y.sons[0]
 
 type
-  TTypeAllowedFlag = enum
+  TTypeAllowedFlag* = enum
     taField,
-    taHeap
+    taHeap,
+    taConcept
 
-  TTypeAllowedFlags = set[TTypeAllowedFlag]
+  TTypeAllowedFlags* = set[TTypeAllowedFlag]
 
 proc typeAllowedAux(marker: var IntSet, typ: PType, kind: TSymKind,
                     flags: TTypeAllowedFlags = {}): PType
@@ -1101,11 +1114,11 @@ proc typeAllowedAux(marker: var IntSet, typ: PType, kind: TSymKind,
   if containsOrIncl(marker, typ.id): return
   var t = skipTypes(typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc})
   case t.kind
-  of tyVar:
+  of tyVar, tyLent:
     if kind in {skProc, skFunc, skConst}: return t
     var t2 = skipTypes(t.sons[0], abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc})
     case t2.kind
-    of tyVar:
+    of tyVar, tyLent:
       if taHeap notin flags: result = t2 # ``var var`` is illegal on the heap
     of tyOpenArray:
       if kind != skParam: result = t
@@ -1128,7 +1141,12 @@ proc typeAllowedAux(marker: var IntSet, typ: PType, kind: TSymKind,
   of tyVoid:
     if taField notin flags: result = t
   of tyTypeClasses:
-    if not (tfGenericTypeParam in t.flags or taField notin flags): result = t
+    if tfGenericTypeParam in t.flags or taConcept in flags: #or taField notin flags:
+      discard
+    elif t.isResolvedUserTypeClass:
+      result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t.lastSon, kind, flags)
+    elif kind notin {skParam, skResult}:
+      result = t
   of tyGenericBody, tyGenericParam, tyGenericInvocation,
      tyNone, tyForward, tyFromExpr:
     result = t
@@ -1143,15 +1161,19 @@ proc typeAllowedAux(marker: var IntSet, typ: PType, kind: TSymKind,
   of tyRange:
     if skipTypes(t.sons[0], abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind notin
         {tyChar, tyEnum, tyInt..tyFloat128, tyUInt8..tyUInt32}: result = t
-  of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
+  of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs, tySink:
     if kind != skParam: result = t
     else: result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t.sons[0], skVar, flags)
   of tySequence, tyOpt:
     if t.sons[0].kind != tyEmpty:
       result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t.sons[0], skVar, flags+{taHeap})
+    elif kind in {skVar, skLet}:
+      result = t.sons[0]
   of tyArray:
     if t.sons[1].kind != tyEmpty:
       result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t.sons[1], skVar, flags)
+    elif kind in {skVar, skLet}:
+      result = t.sons[1]
   of tyRef:
     if kind == skConst: result = t
     else: result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t.lastSon, skVar, flags+{taHeap})
@@ -1170,17 +1192,19 @@ proc typeAllowedAux(marker: var IntSet, typ: PType, kind: TSymKind,
       if result != nil: break
     if result.isNil and t.n != nil:
       result = typeAllowedNode(marker, t.n, kind, flags)
-  of tyProxy, tyEmpty:
+  of tyEmpty:
+    if kind in {skVar, skLet}: result = t
+  of tyProxy:
     # for now same as error node; we say it's a valid type as it should
     # prevent cascading errors:
     result = nil
-  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef, tyUnused1, tyUnused2: internalError("typeAllowedAux")
+  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef: result = t
 
-proc typeAllowed*(t: PType, kind: TSymKind): PType =
+proc typeAllowed*(t: PType, kind: TSymKind; flags: TTypeAllowedFlags = {}): PType =
   # returns 'nil' on success and otherwise the part of the type that is
   # wrong!
   var marker = initIntSet()
-  result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t, kind, {})
+  result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t, kind, flags)
 
 proc align(address, alignment: BiggestInt): BiggestInt =
   result = (address + (alignment - 1)) and not (alignment - 1)
@@ -1263,7 +1287,8 @@ proc computeRecSizeAux(n: PNode, a, currOffset: var BiggestInt): BiggestInt =
         if res < 0: return res
         maxSize = max(maxSize, res)
         maxAlign = max(maxAlign, b)
-      else: internalError("computeRecSizeAux(record case branch)")
+      else:
+        return szIllegalRecursion
     currOffset = align(currOffset, maxAlign) + maxSize
     result = align(result, maxAlign) + maxSize
     a = maxAlign
@@ -1322,7 +1347,10 @@ proc computeSizeAux(typ: PType, a: var BiggestInt): BiggestInt =
     if typ.callConv == ccClosure: result = 2 * ptrSize
     else: result = ptrSize
     a = ptrSize
-  of tyNil, tyCString, tyString, tySequence, tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyOpenArray:
+  of tyString, tyNil:
+    result = ptrSize
+    a = result
+  of tyCString, tySequence, tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyLent, tyOpenArray:
     let base = typ.lastSon
     if base == typ or (base.kind == tyTuple and base.size==szIllegalRecursion):
       result = szIllegalRecursion
@@ -1421,7 +1449,8 @@ proc getReturnType*(s: PSym): PType =
 
 proc getSize*(typ: PType): BiggestInt =
   result = computeSize(typ)
-  if result < 0: internalError("getSize: " & $typ.kind)
+  #if result < 0: internalError("getSize: " & $typ.kind)
+  # XXX review all usages of 'getSize'
 
 proc containsGenericTypeIter(t: PType, closure: RootRef): bool =
   case t.kind
@@ -1449,8 +1478,7 @@ proc baseOfDistinct*(t: PType): PType =
     while it.kind in {tyPtr, tyRef}:
       parent = it
       it = it.lastSon
-    if it.kind == tyDistinct:
-      internalAssert parent != nil
+    if it.kind == tyDistinct and parent != nil:
       parent.sons[0] = it.sons[0]
 
 proc safeInheritanceDiff*(a, b: PType): int =
@@ -1482,8 +1510,9 @@ type
 proc compatibleEffects*(formal, actual: PType): EffectsCompat =
   # for proc type compatibility checking:
   assert formal.kind == tyProc and actual.kind == tyProc
-  internalAssert formal.n.sons[0].kind == nkEffectList
-  internalAssert actual.n.sons[0].kind == nkEffectList
+  if formal.n.sons[0].kind != nkEffectList or
+     actual.n.sons[0].kind != nkEffectList:
+    return efTagsUnknown
 
   var spec = formal.n.sons[0]
   if spec.len != 0:
@@ -1608,14 +1637,14 @@ proc skipHiddenSubConv*(n: PNode): PNode =
   else:
     result = n
 
-proc typeMismatch*(info: TLineInfo, formal, actual: PType) =
+proc typeMismatch*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, formal, actual: PType) =
   if formal.kind != tyError and actual.kind != tyError:
     let named = typeToString(formal)
     let desc = typeToString(formal, preferDesc)
     let x = if named == desc: named else: named & " = " & desc
-    var msg = msgKindToString(errTypeMismatch) &
-              typeToString(actual) & ") " &
-              msgKindToString(errButExpectedX) % [x]
+    var msg = "type mismatch: got <" &
+              typeToString(actual) & "> " &
+              "but expected '" & x & "'"
 
     if formal.kind == tyProc and actual.kind == tyProc:
       case compatibleEffects(formal, actual)
@@ -1630,4 +1659,4 @@ proc typeMismatch*(info: TLineInfo, formal, actual: PType) =
         msg.add "\n.tag effect is 'any tag allowed'"
       of efLockLevelsDiffer:
         msg.add "\nlock levels differ"
-    localError(info, errGenerated, msg)
+    localError(conf, info, msg)
diff --git a/compiler/typesrenderer.nim b/compiler/typesrenderer.nim
index 4a9b8d1a9..4d75d5d05 100644
--- a/compiler/typesrenderer.nim
+++ b/compiler/typesrenderer.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ proc renderPlainSymbolName*(n: PNode): string =
   ## Use this on documentation name nodes to extract the *raw* symbol name,
   ## without decorations, parameters, or anything. That can be used as the base
   ## for the HTML hyperlinks.
-  result = ""
   case n.kind
   of nkPostfix, nkAccQuoted:
     result = renderPlainSymbolName(n[n.len-1])
@@ -28,7 +27,8 @@ proc renderPlainSymbolName*(n: PNode): string =
   of nkPragmaExpr:
     result = renderPlainSymbolName(n[0])
   else:
-    internalError(n.info, "renderPlainSymbolName() with " & $n.kind)
+    result = ""
+    #internalError(n.info, "renderPlainSymbolName() with " & $n.kind)
   assert(not result.isNil)
 
 proc renderType(n: PNode): string =
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ proc renderParamTypes(found: var seq[string], n: PNode) =
     for i in 0 ..< typePos:
       found.add(typeStr)
   else:
-    internalError(n.info, "renderParamTypes(found,n) with " & $n.kind)
+    found.add($n)
+    #internalError(n.info, "renderParamTypes(found,n) with " & $n.kind)
 
 proc renderParamTypes*(n: PNode, sep = defaultParamSeparator): string =
   ## Returns the types contained in `n` joined by `sep`.
diff --git a/compiler/vm.nim b/compiler/vm.nim
index 5c9a982ab..cbd304caa 100644
--- a/compiler/vm.nim
+++ b/compiler/vm.nim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import ast except getstr
 import
   strutils, astalgo, msgs, vmdef, vmgen, nimsets, types, passes,
   parser, vmdeps, idents, trees, renderer, options, transf, parseutils,
-  vmmarshal, gorgeimpl
+  vmmarshal, gorgeimpl, configuration
 
 from semfold import leValueConv, ordinalValToString
 from evaltempl import evalTemplate
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ proc stackTraceAux(c: PCtx; x: PStackFrame; pc: int; recursionLimit=100) =
       while x != nil:
         inc calls
         x = x.next
-      msgWriteln($calls & " calls omitted\n")
+      msgWriteln(c.config, $calls & " calls omitted\n")
       return
     stackTraceAux(c, x.next, x.comesFrom, recursionLimit-1)
     var info = c.debug[pc]
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@ proc stackTraceAux(c: PCtx; x: PStackFrame; pc: int; recursionLimit=100) =
     if x.prc != nil:
       for k in 1..max(1, 25-s.len): add(s, ' ')
       add(s, x.prc.name.s)
-    msgWriteln(s)
+    msgWriteln(c.config, s)
 
 proc stackTrace(c: PCtx, tos: PStackFrame, pc: int,
-                msg: TMsgKind, arg = "", n: PNode = nil) =
-  msgWriteln("stack trace: (most recent call last)")
+                msg: string, n: PNode = nil) =
+  msgWriteln(c.config, "stack trace: (most recent call last)")
   stackTraceAux(c, tos, pc)
   # XXX test if we want 'globalError' for every mode
   let lineInfo = if n == nil: c.debug[pc] else: n.info
-  if c.mode == emRepl: globalError(lineInfo, msg, arg)
-  else: localError(lineInfo, msg, arg)
+  if c.mode == emRepl: globalError(c.config, lineInfo, msg)
+  else: localError(c.config, lineInfo, msg)
 
 proc bailOut(c: PCtx; tos: PStackFrame) =
-  stackTrace(c, tos, c.exceptionInstr, errUnhandledExceptionX,
+  stackTrace(c, tos, c.exceptionInstr, "unhandled exception: " &
              c.currentExceptionA.sons[3].skipColon.strVal)
 
 when not defined(nimComputedGoto):
@@ -210,8 +210,14 @@ proc putIntoNode(n: var PNode; x: TFullReg) =
   of rkInt: n.intVal = x.intVal
   of rkFloat: n.floatVal = x.floatVal
   of rkNode:
-    if nfIsRef in x.node.flags: n = x.node
-    else: n[] = x.node[]
+    if nfIsRef in x.node.flags:
+      n = x.node
+    else:
+      let destIsRef = nfIsRef in n.flags    
+      n[] = x.node[]
+      # Ref-ness must be kept for the destination
+      if destIsRef:
+        n.flags.incl nfIsRef
   of rkRegisterAddr: putIntoNode(n, x.regAddr[])
   of rkNodeAddr: n[] = x.nodeAddr[][]
 
@@ -308,7 +314,7 @@ proc cleanUpOnReturn(c: PCtx; f: PStackFrame): int =
       return pc
   return -1
 
-proc opConv*(dest: var TFullReg, src: TFullReg, desttyp, srctyp: PType): bool =
+proc opConv(c: PCtx; dest: var TFullReg, src: TFullReg, desttyp, srctyp: PType): bool =
   if desttyp.kind == tyString:
     if dest.kind != rkNode:
       myreset(dest)
@@ -323,7 +329,7 @@ proc opConv*(dest: var TFullReg, src: TFullReg, desttyp, srctyp: PType): bool =
         dest.node.strVal = if f.ast.isNil: f.name.s else: f.ast.strVal
       else:
         for i in 0..<n.len:
-          if n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError("opConv for enum")
+          if n.sons[i].kind != nkSym: internalError(c.config, "opConv for enum")
           let f = n.sons[i].sym
           if f.position == x:
             dest.node.strVal = if f.ast.isNil: f.name.s else: f.ast.strVal
@@ -353,7 +359,7 @@ proc opConv*(dest: var TFullReg, src: TFullReg, desttyp, srctyp: PType): bool =
     of tyChar:
       dest.node.strVal = $chr(src.intVal)
     else:
-      internalError("cannot convert to string " & desttyp.typeToString)
+      internalError(c.config, "cannot convert to string " & desttyp.typeToString)
   else:
     case skipTypes(desttyp, abstractRange).kind
     of tyInt..tyInt64:
@@ -402,9 +408,9 @@ template handleJmpBack() {.dirty.} =
     if allowInfiniteLoops in c.features:
       c.loopIterations = MaxLoopIterations
     else:
-      msgWriteln("stack trace: (most recent call last)")
+      msgWriteln(c.config, "stack trace: (most recent call last)")
       stackTraceAux(c, tos, pc)
-      globalError(c.debug[pc], errTooManyIterations)
+      globalError(c.config, c.debug[pc], errTooManyIterations)
   dec(c.loopIterations)
 
 proc recSetFlagIsRef(arg: PNode) =
@@ -418,14 +424,14 @@ proc setLenSeq(c: PCtx; node: PNode; newLen: int; info: TLineInfo) =
   let typ = node.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst+{tyRange}-{tyTypeDesc})
   let typeEntry = typ.sons[0].skipTypes(abstractInst+{tyRange}-{tyTypeDesc})
   let typeKind = case typeEntry.kind
-  of tyUInt..tyUInt64: nkUIntLit
-  of tyRange, tyEnum, tyBool, tyChar, tyInt..tyInt64: nkIntLit
-  of tyFloat..tyFloat128: nkFloatLit
-  of tyString: nkStrLit
-  of tyObject: nkObjConstr
-  of tySequence: nkNilLit
-  of tyProc, tyTuple: nkPar
-  else: nkEmpty
+                 of tyUInt..tyUInt64: nkUIntLit
+                 of tyRange, tyEnum, tyBool, tyChar, tyInt..tyInt64: nkIntLit
+                 of tyFloat..tyFloat128: nkFloatLit
+                 of tyString: nkStrLit
+                 of tyObject: nkObjConstr
+                 of tySequence: nkNilLit
+                 of tyProc, tyTuple: nkTupleConstr
+                 else: nkEmpty
 
   let oldLen = node.len
   setLen(node.sons, newLen)
@@ -434,6 +440,17 @@ proc setLenSeq(c: PCtx; node: PNode; newLen: int; info: TLineInfo) =
     for i in oldLen ..< newLen:
       node.sons[i] = newNodeI(typeKind, info)
 
+const
+  errIndexOutOfBounds = "index out of bounds"
+  errNilAccess = "attempt to access a nil address"
+  errOverOrUnderflow = "over- or underflow"
+  errConstantDivisionByZero = "division by zero"
+  errIllegalConvFromXtoY = "illegal conversion from '$1' to '$2'"
+  errTooManyIterations = "interpretation requires too many iterations; " &
+    "if you are sure this is not a bug in your code edit " &
+    "compiler/vmdef.MaxLoopIterations and rebuild the compiler"
+  errFieldXNotFound = "node lacks field: "
+
 proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
   var pc = start
   var tos = tos
@@ -447,7 +464,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
     #if c.traceActive:
     when traceCode:
       echo "PC ", pc, " ", c.code[pc].opcode, " ra ", ra, " rb ", instr.regB, " rc ", instr.regC
-    #  message(c.debug[pc], warnUser, "Trace")
+    #  message(c.config, c.debug[pc], warnUser, "Trace")
 
     case instr.opcode
     of opcEof: return regs[ra]
@@ -580,7 +597,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       if regs[rb].kind == rkNode:
         regs[ra].nodeAddr = addr(regs[rb].node)
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated, "limited VM support for 'addr'")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "limited VM support for 'addr'")
     of opcLdDeref:
       # a = b[]
       let ra = instr.regA
@@ -623,7 +640,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
         stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errOverOrUnderflow)
     of opcAddImmInt:
       decodeBImm(rkInt)
-      #message(c.debug[pc], warnUser, "came here")
+      #message(c.config, c.debug[pc], warnUser, "came here")
       #debug regs[rb].node
       let
         bVal = regs[rb].intVal
@@ -779,9 +796,21 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       regs[ra].intVal = ord(regs[rb].intVal <% regs[rc].intVal)
     of opcEqRef:
       decodeBC(rkInt)
-      regs[ra].intVal = ord((regs[rb].node.kind == nkNilLit and
-                             regs[rc].node.kind == nkNilLit) or
-                             regs[rb].node == regs[rc].node)
+      if regs[rb].kind == rkNodeAddr:
+        if regs[rc].kind == rkNodeAddr:
+          regs[ra].intVal = ord(regs[rb].nodeAddr == regs[rc].nodeAddr)
+        else:
+          assert regs[rc].kind == rkNode
+          # we know these cannot be equal
+          regs[ra].intVal = ord(false)
+      elif regs[rc].kind == rkNodeAddr:
+        assert regs[rb].kind == rkNode
+        # we know these cannot be equal
+        regs[ra].intVal = ord(false)
+      else:
+        regs[ra].intVal = ord((regs[rb].node.kind == nkNilLit and
+                              regs[rc].node.kind == nkNilLit) or
+                              regs[rb].node == regs[rc].node)
     of opcEqNimrodNode:
       decodeBC(rkInt)
       regs[ra].intVal =
@@ -880,17 +909,17 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
         regs[ra].node = if a.sym.ast.isNil: newNode(nkNilLit)
                         else: copyTree(a.sym.ast)
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "symbol")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "node is not a symbol")
     of opcEcho:
       let rb = instr.regB
       if rb == 1:
-        msgWriteln(regs[ra].node.strVal, {msgStdout})
+        msgWriteln(c.config, regs[ra].node.strVal, {msgStdout})
       else:
         var outp = ""
         for i in ra..ra+rb-1:
           #if regs[i].kind != rkNode: debug regs[i]
           outp.add(regs[i].node.strVal)
-        msgWriteln(outp, {msgStdout})
+        msgWriteln(c.config, outp, {msgStdout})
     of opcContainsSet:
       decodeBC(rkInt)
       regs[ra].intVal = ord(inSet(regs[rb].node, regs[rc].regToNode))
@@ -919,15 +948,15 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       let rc = instr.regC
       if not (leValueConv(regs[rb].regToNode, regs[ra].regToNode) and
               leValueConv(regs[ra].regToNode, regs[rc].regToNode)):
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated,
-          msgKindToString(errIllegalConvFromXtoY) % [
-          $regs[ra].regToNode, "[" & $regs[rb].regToNode & ".." & $regs[rc].regToNode & "]"])
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc,
+          errIllegalConvFromXtoY % [
+             $regs[ra].regToNode, "[" & $regs[rb].regToNode & ".." & $regs[rc].regToNode & "]"])
     of opcIndCall, opcIndCallAsgn:
       # dest = call regStart, n; where regStart = fn, arg1, ...
       let rb = instr.regB
       let rc = instr.regC
       let bb = regs[rb].node
-      let isClosure = bb.kind == nkPar
+      let isClosure = bb.kind == nkTupleConstr
       let prc = if not isClosure: bb.sym else: bb.sons[0].sym
       if prc.offset < -1:
         # it's a callback:
@@ -937,20 +966,20 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
                  currentLineInfo: c.debug[pc]))
       elif sfImportc in prc.flags:
         if allowFFI notin c.features:
-          globalError(c.debug[pc], errGenerated, "VM not allowed to do FFI")
+          globalError(c.config, c.debug[pc], "VM not allowed to do FFI")
         # we pass 'tos.slots' instead of 'regs' so that the compiler can keep
         # 'regs' in a register:
         when hasFFI:
           let prcValue = c.globals.sons[prc.position-1]
           if prcValue.kind == nkEmpty:
-            globalError(c.debug[pc], errGenerated, "canot run " & prc.name.s)
+            globalError(c.config, c.debug[pc], "canot run " & prc.name.s)
           let newValue = callForeignFunction(prcValue, prc.typ, tos.slots,
                                              rb+1, rc-1, c.debug[pc])
           if newValue.kind != nkEmpty:
             assert instr.opcode == opcIndCallAsgn
             putIntoReg(regs[ra], newValue)
         else:
-          globalError(c.debug[pc], errGenerated, "VM not built with FFI support")
+          globalError(c.config, c.debug[pc], "VM not built with FFI support")
       elif prc.kind != skTemplate:
         let newPc = compile(c, prc)
         # tricky: a recursion is also a jump back, so we use the same
@@ -960,7 +989,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
         var newFrame = PStackFrame(prc: prc, comesFrom: pc, next: tos)
         newSeq(newFrame.slots, prc.offset+ord(isClosure))
         if not isEmptyType(prc.typ.sons[0]) or prc.kind == skMacro:
-          putIntoReg(newFrame.slots[0], getNullValue(prc.typ.sons[0], prc.info))
+          putIntoReg(newFrame.slots[0], getNullValue(prc.typ.sons[0], prc.info, c.config))
         for i in 1 .. rc-1:
           newFrame.slots[i] = regs[rb+i]
         if isClosure:
@@ -982,7 +1011,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
           let node = regs[rb+i].regToNode
           node.info = c.debug[pc]
           macroCall.add(node)
-        var a = evalTemplate(macroCall, prc, genSymOwner)
+        var a = evalTemplate(macroCall, prc, genSymOwner, c.config)
         if a.kind == nkStmtList and a.len == 1: a = a[0]
         a.recSetFlagIsRef
         ensureKind(rkNode)
@@ -1067,7 +1096,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
     of opcNew:
       ensureKind(rkNode)
       let typ = c.types[instr.regBx - wordExcess]
-      regs[ra].node = getNullValue(typ, c.debug[pc])
+      regs[ra].node = getNullValue(typ, c.debug[pc], c.config)
       regs[ra].node.flags.incl nfIsRef
     of opcNewSeq:
       let typ = c.types[instr.regBx - wordExcess]
@@ -1079,7 +1108,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       regs[ra].node.typ = typ
       newSeq(regs[ra].node.sons, count)
       for i in 0 ..< count:
-        regs[ra].node.sons[i] = getNullValue(typ.sons[0], c.debug[pc])
+        regs[ra].node.sons[i] = getNullValue(typ.sons[0], c.debug[pc], c.config)
     of opcNewStr:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       regs[ra].node = newNodeI(nkStrLit, c.debug[pc])
@@ -1091,7 +1120,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
     of opcLdNull:
       ensureKind(rkNode)
       let typ = c.types[instr.regBx - wordExcess]
-      regs[ra].node = getNullValue(typ, c.debug[pc])
+      regs[ra].node = getNullValue(typ, c.debug[pc], c.config)
       # opcLdNull really is the gist of the VM's problems: should it load
       # a fresh null to  regs[ra].node  or to regs[ra].node[]? This really
       # depends on whether regs[ra] represents the variable itself or wether
@@ -1138,7 +1167,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       regs[ra].node.strVal = renderTree(regs[rb].regToNode, {renderNoComments, renderDocComments})
     of opcQuit:
       if c.mode in {emRepl, emStaticExpr, emStaticStmt}:
-        message(c.debug[pc], hintQuitCalled)
+        message(c.config, c.debug[pc], hintQuitCalled)
         msgQuit(int8(getOrdValue(regs[ra].regToNode)))
       else:
         return TFullReg(kind: rkNone)
@@ -1164,14 +1193,13 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       if regs[ra].node.isNil: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errNilAccess)
       else: c.setLenSeq(regs[ra].node, newLen, c.debug[pc])
     of opcReset:
-      internalError(c.debug[pc], "too implement")
+      internalError(c.config, c.debug[pc], "too implement")
     of opcNarrowS:
       decodeB(rkInt)
       let min = -(1.BiggestInt shl (rb-1))
       let max = (1.BiggestInt shl (rb-1))-1
       if regs[ra].intVal < min or regs[ra].intVal > max:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated,
-          msgKindToString(errUnhandledExceptionX) % "value out of range")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "unhandled exception: value out of range")
     of opcNarrowU:
       decodeB(rkInt)
       regs[ra].intVal = regs[ra].intVal and ((1'i64 shl rb)-1)
@@ -1205,7 +1233,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       if u.kind notin {nkEmpty..nkNilLit}:
         u.add(regs[rc].node)
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated, "cannot add to node kind: " & $u.kind)
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "cannot add to node kind: " & $u.kind)
       regs[ra].node = u
     of opcNAddMultiple:
       decodeBC(rkNode)
@@ -1215,38 +1243,46 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
         # XXX can be optimized:
         for i in 0..<x.len: u.add(x.sons[i])
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated, "cannot add to node kind: " & $u.kind)
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "cannot add to node kind: " & $u.kind)
       regs[ra].node = u
     of opcNKind:
       decodeB(rkInt)
       regs[ra].intVal = ord(regs[rb].node.kind)
       c.comesFromHeuristic = regs[rb].node.info
+    of opcNSymKind:
+      decodeB(rkInt)
+      let a = regs[rb].node
+      if a.kind == nkSym:
+        regs[ra].intVal = ord(a.sym.kind)
+      else:
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "node is not a symbol")
+      c.comesFromHeuristic = regs[rb].node.info
     of opcNIntVal:
       decodeB(rkInt)
       let a = regs[rb].node
       case a.kind
       of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: regs[ra].intVal = a.intVal
-      else: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "intVal")
+      else: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "intVal")
     of opcNFloatVal:
       decodeB(rkFloat)
       let a = regs[rb].node
       case a.kind
       of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit: regs[ra].floatVal = a.floatVal
-      else: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "floatVal")
+      else: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "floatVal")
     of opcNSymbol:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       let a = regs[rb].node
       if a.kind == nkSym:
         regs[ra].node = copyNode(a)
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "symbol")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "symbol")
     of opcNIdent:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       let a = regs[rb].node
       if a.kind == nkIdent:
         regs[ra].node = copyNode(a)
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "ident")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "ident")
     of opcNGetType:
       let rb = instr.regB
       let rc = instr.regC
@@ -1257,40 +1293,48 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
         if regs[rb].kind == rkNode and regs[rb].node.typ != nil:
           regs[ra].node = opMapTypeToAst(regs[rb].node.typ, c.debug[pc])
         else:
-          stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated, "node has no type")
+          stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "node has no type")
       of 1:
         # typeKind opcode:
         ensureKind(rkInt)
         if regs[rb].kind == rkNode and regs[rb].node.typ != nil:
           regs[ra].intVal = ord(regs[rb].node.typ.kind)
         #else:
-        #  stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated, "node has no type")
+        #  stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "node has no type")
       of 2:
         # getTypeInst opcode:
         ensureKind(rkNode)
         if regs[rb].kind == rkNode and regs[rb].node.typ != nil:
           regs[ra].node = opMapTypeInstToAst(regs[rb].node.typ, c.debug[pc])
         else:
-          stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated, "node has no type")
+          stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "node has no type")
       else:
         # getTypeImpl opcode:
         ensureKind(rkNode)
         if regs[rb].kind == rkNode and regs[rb].node.typ != nil:
           regs[ra].node = opMapTypeImplToAst(regs[rb].node.typ, c.debug[pc])
         else:
-          stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated, "node has no type")
+          stackTrace(c, tos, pc, "node has no type")
     of opcNStrVal:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       createStr regs[ra]
       let a = regs[rb].node
-      if a.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}: regs[ra].node.strVal = a.strVal
-      elif a.kind == nkCommentStmt: regs[ra].node.strVal = a.comment
-      else: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "strVal")
+      case a.kind
+      of {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
+        regs[ra].node.strVal = a.strVal
+      of nkCommentStmt:
+        regs[ra].node.strVal = a.comment
+      of nkIdent:
+        regs[ra].node.strVal = a.ident.s
+      of nkSym:
+        regs[ra].node.strVal = a.sym.name.s
+      else:
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "strVal")
     of opcSlurp:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       createStr regs[ra]
       regs[ra].node.strVal = opSlurp(regs[rb].node.strVal, c.debug[pc],
-                                     c.module)
+                                     c.module, c.config)
     of opcGorge:
       decodeBC(rkNode)
       inc pc
@@ -1299,39 +1343,40 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       createStr regs[ra]
       regs[ra].node.strVal = opGorge(regs[rb].node.strVal,
                                      regs[rc].node.strVal, regs[rd].node.strVal,
-                                     c.debug[pc])[0]
+                                     c.debug[pc], c.config)[0]
     of opcNError:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       let a = regs[ra].node
       let b = regs[rb].node
-      stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errUser, a.strVal, if b.kind == nkNilLit: nil else: b)
+      stackTrace(c, tos, pc, a.strVal, if b.kind == nkNilLit: nil else: b)
     of opcNWarning:
-      message(c.debug[pc], warnUser, regs[ra].node.strVal)
+      message(c.config, c.debug[pc], warnUser, regs[ra].node.strVal)
     of opcNHint:
-      message(c.debug[pc], hintUser, regs[ra].node.strVal)
+      message(c.config, c.debug[pc], hintUser, regs[ra].node.strVal)
     of opcParseExprToAst:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       # c.debug[pc].line.int - countLines(regs[rb].strVal) ?
       var error: string
-      let ast = parseString(regs[rb].node.strVal, c.cache, c.debug[pc].toFullPath,
-                            c.debug[pc].line.int,
-                            proc (info: TLineInfo; msg: TMsgKind; arg: string) =
-                              if error.isNil and msg <= msgs.errMax:
-                                error = formatMsg(info, msg, arg))
+      let ast = parseString(regs[rb].node.strVal, c.cache, c.config,
+                            c.debug[pc].toFullPath, c.debug[pc].line.int,
+                            proc (conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; msg: TMsgKind; arg: string) =
+                              if error.isNil and msg <= errMax:
+                                error = formatMsg(conf, info, msg, arg))
       if not error.isNil:
         c.errorFlag = error
       elif sonsLen(ast) != 1:
-        c.errorFlag = formatMsg(c.debug[pc], errExprExpected, "multiple statements")
+        c.errorFlag = formatMsg(c.config, c.debug[pc], errGenerated,
+          "expected expression, but got multiple statements")
       else:
         regs[ra].node = ast.sons[0]
     of opcParseStmtToAst:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       var error: string
-      let ast = parseString(regs[rb].node.strVal, c.cache, c.debug[pc].toFullPath,
-                            c.debug[pc].line.int,
-                            proc (info: TLineInfo; msg: TMsgKind; arg: string) =
-                              if error.isNil and msg <= msgs.errMax:
-                                error = formatMsg(info, msg, arg))
+      let ast = parseString(regs[rb].node.strVal, c.cache, c.config,
+                            c.debug[pc].toFullPath, c.debug[pc].line.int,
+                            proc (conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; msg: TMsgKind; arg: string) =
+                              if error.isNil and msg <= errMax:
+                                error = formatMsg(conf, info, msg, arg))
       if not error.isNil:
         c.errorFlag = error
       else:
@@ -1343,7 +1388,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
     of opcCallSite:
       ensureKind(rkNode)
       if c.callsite != nil: regs[ra].node = c.callsite
-      else: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "callsite")
+      else: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "callsite")
     of opcNGetFile:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       let n = regs[rb].node
@@ -1353,7 +1398,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
     of opcNGetLine:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       let n = regs[rb].node
-      regs[ra].node = newIntNode(nkIntLit, n.info.line)
+      regs[ra].node = newIntNode(nkIntLit, n.info.line.int)
       regs[ra].node.info = n.info
       regs[ra].node.typ = n.typ
     of opcNGetColumn:
@@ -1364,31 +1409,54 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       regs[ra].node.typ = n.typ
     of opcEqIdent:
       decodeBC(rkInt)
-      if regs[rb].node.kind == nkIdent and regs[rc].node.kind == nkIdent:
-        regs[ra].intVal = ord(regs[rb].node.ident.id == regs[rc].node.ident.id)
+      # aliases for shorter and easier to understand code below
+      let aNode = regs[rb].node
+      let bNode = regs[rc].node
+      # these are cstring to prevent string copy, and cmpIgnoreStyle from
+      # takes cstring arguments
+      var aStrVal: cstring = nil
+      var bStrVal: cstring = nil
+      # extract strVal from argument ``a``
+      case aNode.kind
+      of {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
+        aStrVal = aNode.strVal.cstring
+      of nkIdent:
+        aStrVal = aNode.ident.s.cstring
+      of nkSym:
+        aStrVal = aNode.sym.name.s.cstring
+      of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice:
+        aStrVal = aNode[0].sym.name.s.cstring
       else:
-        regs[ra].intVal = 0
+        discard
+      # extract strVal from argument ``b``
+      case bNode.kind
+      of {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
+        bStrVal = bNode.strVal.cstring
+      of nkIdent:
+        bStrVal = bNode.ident.s.cstring
+      of nkSym:
+        bStrVal = bNode.sym.name.s.cstring
+      of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice:
+        bStrVal = bNode[0].sym.name.s.cstring
+      else:
+        discard
+      # set result
+      regs[ra].intVal =
+        if aStrVal != nil and bStrVal != nil:
+          ord(idents.cmpIgnoreStyle(aStrVal,bStrVal,high(int)) == 0)
+        else:
+          0
+
     of opcStrToIdent:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       if regs[rb].node.kind notin {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "strVal")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "strVal")
       else:
         regs[ra].node = newNodeI(nkIdent, c.debug[pc])
         regs[ra].node.ident = getIdent(regs[rb].node.strVal)
-    of opcIdentToStr:
-      decodeB(rkNode)
-      let a = regs[rb].node
-      createStr regs[ra]
-      regs[ra].node.info = c.debug[pc]
-      if a.kind == nkSym:
-        regs[ra].node.strVal = a.sym.name.s
-      elif a.kind == nkIdent:
-        regs[ra].node.strVal = a.ident.s
-      else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "ident")
     of opcSetType:
       if regs[ra].kind != rkNode:
-        internalError(c.debug[pc], "cannot set type")
+        internalError(c.config, c.debug[pc], "cannot set type")
       regs[ra].node.typ = c.types[instr.regBx - wordExcess]
     of opcConv:
       let rb = instr.regB
@@ -1397,9 +1465,9 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       inc pc
       let srctyp = c.types[c.code[pc].regBx - wordExcess]
 
-      if opConv(regs[ra], regs[rb], desttyp, srctyp):
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated,
-          msgKindToString(errIllegalConvFromXtoY) % [
+      if opConv(c, regs[ra], regs[rb], desttyp, srctyp):
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc,
+          errIllegalConvFromXtoY % [
           typeToString(srctyp), typeToString(desttyp)])
     of opcCast:
       let rb = instr.regB
@@ -1412,7 +1480,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
         let dest = fficast(regs[rb], desttyp)
         asgnRef(regs[ra], dest)
       else:
-        globalError(c.debug[pc], "cannot evaluate cast")
+        globalError(c.config, c.debug[pc], "cannot evaluate cast")
     of opcNSetIntVal:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       var dest = regs[ra].node
@@ -1420,7 +1488,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
          regs[rb].kind in {rkInt}:
         dest.intVal = regs[rb].intVal
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "intVal")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "intVal")
     of opcNSetFloatVal:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       var dest = regs[ra].node
@@ -1428,26 +1496,26 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
          regs[rb].kind in {rkFloat}:
         dest.floatVal = regs[rb].floatVal
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "floatVal")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "floatVal")
     of opcNSetSymbol:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       var dest = regs[ra].node
       if dest.kind == nkSym and regs[rb].node.kind == nkSym:
         dest.sym = regs[rb].node.sym
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "symbol")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "symbol")
     of opcNSetIdent:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       var dest = regs[ra].node
       if dest.kind == nkIdent and regs[rb].node.kind == nkIdent:
         dest.ident = regs[rb].node.ident
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "ident")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "ident")
     of opcNSetType:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       let b = regs[rb].node
-      internalAssert b.kind == nkSym and b.sym.kind == skType
-      internalAssert regs[ra].node != nil
+      internalAssert c.config, b.kind == nkSym and b.sym.kind == skType
+      internalAssert c.config, regs[ra].node != nil
       regs[ra].node.typ = b.sym.typ
     of opcNSetStrVal:
       decodeB(rkNode)
@@ -1458,25 +1526,28 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       elif dest.kind == nkCommentStmt and regs[rb].kind in {rkNode}:
         dest.comment = regs[rb].node.strVal
       else:
-        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "strVal")
+        stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound & "strVal")
     of opcNNewNimNode:
       decodeBC(rkNode)
       var k = regs[rb].intVal
       if k < 0 or k > ord(high(TNodeKind)):
-        internalError(c.debug[pc],
+        internalError(c.config, c.debug[pc],
           "request to create a NimNode of invalid kind")
       let cc = regs[rc].node
 
-      regs[ra].node = newNodeI(TNodeKind(int(k)),
+      let x = newNodeI(TNodeKind(int(k)),
         if cc.kind != nkNilLit:
           cc.info
-        elif c.comesFromHeuristic.line > -1:
+        elif c.comesFromHeuristic.line != 0'u16:
           c.comesFromHeuristic
         elif c.callsite != nil and c.callsite.safeLen > 1:
           c.callsite[1].info
         else:
           c.debug[pc])
-      regs[ra].node.flags.incl nfIsRef
+      x.flags.incl nfIsRef
+      # prevent crashes in the compiler resulting from wrong macros:
+      if x.kind == nkIdent: x.ident = c.cache.emptyIdent
+      regs[ra].node = x
     of opcNCopyNimNode:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       regs[ra].node = copyNode(regs[rb].node)
@@ -1494,7 +1565,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       let name = if regs[rc].node.strVal.len == 0: ":tmp"
                  else: regs[rc].node.strVal
       if k < 0 or k > ord(high(TSymKind)):
-        internalError(c.debug[pc], "request to create symbol of invalid kind")
+        internalError(c.config, c.debug[pc], "request to create symbol of invalid kind")
       var sym = newSym(k.TSymKind, name.getIdent, c.module.owner, c.debug[pc])
       incl(sym.flags, sfGenSym)
       regs[ra].node = newSymNode(sym)
@@ -1503,7 +1574,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       # type trait operation
       decodeB(rkNode)
       var typ = regs[rb].node.typ
-      internalAssert typ != nil
+      internalAssert c.config, typ != nil
       while typ.kind == tyTypeDesc and typ.len > 0: typ = typ.sons[0]
       createStr regs[ra]
       regs[ra].node.strVal = typ.typeToString(preferExported)
@@ -1512,14 +1583,14 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       let rb = instr.regB
       inc pc
       let typ = c.types[c.code[pc].regBx - wordExcess]
-      putIntoReg(regs[ra], loadAny(regs[rb].node.strVal, typ))
+      putIntoReg(regs[ra], loadAny(regs[rb].node.strVal, typ, c.config))
     of opcMarshalStore:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       inc pc
       let typ = c.types[c.code[pc].regBx - wordExcess]
       createStrKeepNode(regs[ra])
       if regs[ra].node.strVal.isNil: regs[ra].node.strVal = newStringOfCap(1000)
-      storeAny(regs[ra].node.strVal, typ, regs[rb].regToNode)
+      storeAny(regs[ra].node.strVal, typ, regs[rb].regToNode, c.config)
     of opcToNarrowInt:
       decodeBC(rkInt)
       let mask = (1'i64 shl rc) - 1 # 0xFF
@@ -1541,7 +1612,7 @@ proc execute(c: PCtx, start: int): PNode =
 proc execProc*(c: PCtx; sym: PSym; args: openArray[PNode]): PNode =
   if sym.kind in routineKinds:
     if sym.typ.len-1 != args.len:
-      localError(sym.info,
+      localError(c.config, sym.info,
         "NimScript: expected $# arguments, but got $#" % [
         $(sym.typ.len-1), $args.len])
     else:
@@ -1553,18 +1624,18 @@ proc execProc*(c: PCtx; sym: PSym; args: openArray[PNode]): PNode =
 
       # setup parameters:
       if not isEmptyType(sym.typ.sons[0]) or sym.kind == skMacro:
-        putIntoReg(tos.slots[0], getNullValue(sym.typ.sons[0], sym.info))
+        putIntoReg(tos.slots[0], getNullValue(sym.typ.sons[0], sym.info, c.config))
       # XXX We could perform some type checking here.
       for i in 1..<sym.typ.len:
         putIntoReg(tos.slots[i], args[i-1])
 
       result = rawExecute(c, start, tos).regToNode
   else:
-    localError(sym.info,
+    localError(c.config, sym.info,
       "NimScript: attempt to call non-routine: " & sym.name.s)
 
 proc evalStmt*(c: PCtx, n: PNode) =
-  let n = transformExpr(c.module, n)
+  let n = transformExpr(c.graph, c.module, n)
   let start = genStmt(c, n)
   # execute new instructions; this redundant opcEof check saves us lots
   # of allocations in 'execute':
@@ -1572,13 +1643,13 @@ proc evalStmt*(c: PCtx, n: PNode) =
     discard execute(c, start)
 
 proc evalExpr*(c: PCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
-  let n = transformExpr(c.module, n)
+  let n = transformExpr(c.graph, c.module, n)
   let start = genExpr(c, n)
   assert c.code[start].opcode != opcEof
   result = execute(c, start)
 
 proc getGlobalValue*(c: PCtx; s: PSym): PNode =
-  internalAssert s.kind in {skLet, skVar} and sfGlobal in s.flags
+  internalAssert c.config, s.kind in {skLet, skVar} and sfGlobal in s.flags
   result = c.globals.sons[s.position-1]
 
 include vmops
@@ -1589,9 +1660,9 @@ include vmops
 var
   globalCtx*: PCtx
 
-proc setupGlobalCtx(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache) =
+proc setupGlobalCtx(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; graph: ModuleGraph) =
   if globalCtx.isNil:
-    globalCtx = newCtx(module, cache)
+    globalCtx = newCtx(module, cache, graph)
     registerAdditionalOps(globalCtx)
   else:
     refresh(globalCtx, module)
@@ -1602,31 +1673,31 @@ proc myOpen(graph: ModuleGraph; module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PPassContext =
   #pushStackFrame(c, newStackFrame())
 
   # XXX produce a new 'globals' environment here:
-  setupGlobalCtx(module, cache)
+  setupGlobalCtx(module, cache, graph)
   result = globalCtx
   when hasFFI:
     globalCtx.features = {allowFFI, allowCast}
 
-var oldErrorCount: int
-
 proc myProcess(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
+  let c = PCtx(c)
   # don't eval errornous code:
-  if oldErrorCount == msgs.gErrorCounter:
-    evalStmt(PCtx(c), n)
+  if c.oldErrorCount == c.config.errorCounter:
+    evalStmt(c, n)
     result = emptyNode
   else:
     result = n
-  oldErrorCount = msgs.gErrorCounter
+  c.oldErrorCount = c.config.errorCounter
 
 proc myClose(graph: ModuleGraph; c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   myProcess(c, n)
 
 const evalPass* = makePass(myOpen, nil, myProcess, myClose)
 
-proc evalConstExprAux(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; prc: PSym, n: PNode,
+proc evalConstExprAux(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache;
+                      g: ModuleGraph; prc: PSym, n: PNode,
                       mode: TEvalMode): PNode =
-  let n = transformExpr(module, n)
-  setupGlobalCtx(module, cache)
+  let n = transformExpr(g, module, n)
+  setupGlobalCtx(module, cache, g)
   var c = globalCtx
   let oldMode = c.mode
   defer: c.mode = oldMode
@@ -1639,19 +1710,19 @@ proc evalConstExprAux(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; prc: PSym, n: PNode,
   newSeq(tos.slots, c.prc.maxSlots)
   #for i in 0 ..< c.prc.maxSlots: tos.slots[i] = newNode(nkEmpty)
   result = rawExecute(c, start, tos).regToNode
-  if result.info.line < 0: result.info = n.info
+  if result.info.col < 0: result.info = n.info
 
-proc evalConstExpr*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, e: PNode): PNode =
-  result = evalConstExprAux(module, cache, nil, e, emConst)
+proc evalConstExpr*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, g: ModuleGraph; e: PNode): PNode =
+  result = evalConstExprAux(module, cache, g, nil, e, emConst)
 
-proc evalStaticExpr*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, e: PNode, prc: PSym): PNode =
-  result = evalConstExprAux(module, cache, prc, e, emStaticExpr)
+proc evalStaticExpr*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, g: ModuleGraph; e: PNode, prc: PSym): PNode =
+  result = evalConstExprAux(module, cache, g, prc, e, emStaticExpr)
 
-proc evalStaticStmt*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, e: PNode, prc: PSym) =
-  discard evalConstExprAux(module, cache, prc, e, emStaticStmt)
+proc evalStaticStmt*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, g: ModuleGraph; e: PNode, prc: PSym) =
+  discard evalConstExprAux(module, cache, g, prc, e, emStaticStmt)
 
-proc setupCompileTimeVar*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, n: PNode) =
-  discard evalConstExprAux(module, cache, nil, n, emStaticStmt)
+proc setupCompileTimeVar*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, g: ModuleGraph; n: PNode) =
+  discard evalConstExprAux(module, cache, g, nil, n, emStaticStmt)
 
 proc setupMacroParam(x: PNode, typ: PType): TFullReg =
   case typ.kind
@@ -1675,24 +1746,26 @@ iterator genericParamsInMacroCall*(macroSym: PSym, call: PNode): (PSym, PNode) =
     let posInCall = macroSym.typ.len + i
     yield (genericParam, call[posInCall])
 
+# to prevent endless recursion in macro instantiation
+const evalMacroLimit = 1000
 var evalMacroCounter: int
 
-proc evalMacroCall*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, n, nOrig: PNode,
-                    sym: PSym): PNode =
+proc evalMacroCall*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; g: ModuleGraph;
+                    n, nOrig: PNode, sym: PSym): PNode =
   # XXX globalError() is ugly here, but I don't know a better solution for now
   inc(evalMacroCounter)
-  if evalMacroCounter > 100:
-    globalError(n.info, errTemplateInstantiationTooNested)
+  if evalMacroCounter > evalMacroLimit:
+    globalError(g.config, n.info, "macro instantiation too nested")
 
   # immediate macros can bypass any type and arity checking so we check the
   # arity here too:
   if sym.typ.len > n.safeLen and sym.typ.len > 1:
-    globalError(n.info, "in call '$#' got $#, but expected $# argument(s)" % [
+    globalError(g.config, n.info, "in call '$#' got $#, but expected $# argument(s)" % [
         n.renderTree, $(n.safeLen-1), $(sym.typ.len-1)])
 
-  setupGlobalCtx(module, cache)
+  setupGlobalCtx(module, cache, g)
   var c = globalCtx
-  c.comesFromHeuristic.line = -1
+  c.comesFromHeuristic.line = 0'u16
 
   c.callsite = nOrig
   let start = genProc(c, sym)
@@ -1724,16 +1797,16 @@ proc evalMacroCall*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache, n, nOrig: PNode,
       else:
         dec(evalMacroCounter)
         c.callsite = nil
-        localError(n.info, "expected " & $gp.len &
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "expected " & $gp.len &
                    " generic parameter(s)")
     elif gp[i].sym.typ.kind in {tyStatic, tyTypeDesc}:
       dec(evalMacroCounter)
       c.callsite = nil
-      globalError(n.info, "static[T] or typedesc nor supported for .immediate macros")
+      globalError(c.config, n.info, "static[T] or typedesc nor supported for .immediate macros")
   # temporary storage:
   #for i in L ..< maxSlots: tos.slots[i] = newNode(nkEmpty)
   result = rawExecute(c, start, tos).regToNode
   if result.info.line < 0: result.info = n.info
-  if cyclicTree(result): globalError(n.info, errCyclicTree)
+  if cyclicTree(result): globalError(c.config, n.info, "macro produced a cyclic tree")
   dec(evalMacroCounter)
   c.callsite = nil
diff --git a/compiler/vmdef.nim b/compiler/vmdef.nim
index 5395d4bad..e10a62006 100644
--- a/compiler/vmdef.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmdef.nim
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 ## This module contains the type definitions for the new evaluation engine.
 ## An instruction is 1-3 int32s in memory, it is a register based VM.
 
-import ast, passes, msgs, idents, intsets
+import ast, passes, msgs, idents, intsets, options, modulegraphs
 
 const
   byteExcess* = 128 # we use excess-K for immediates
   wordExcess* = 32768
 
-  MaxLoopIterations* = 1500_000 # max iterations of all loops
+  MaxLoopIterations* = 1_000_000_000 # max iterations of all loops
 
 
 type
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ type
     opcNAdd,
     opcNAddMultiple,
     opcNKind,
+    opcNSymKind,
     opcNIntVal,
     opcNFloatVal,
     opcNSymbol,
@@ -101,7 +102,6 @@ type
     opcNGetLine, opcNGetColumn, opcNGetFile,
     opcEqIdent,
     opcStrToIdent,
-    opcIdentToStr,
     opcGetImpl,
 
     opcEcho,
@@ -206,17 +206,20 @@ type
     callbacks*: seq[tuple[key: string, value: VmCallback]]
     errorFlag*: string
     cache*: IdentCache
+    config*: ConfigRef
+    graph*: ModuleGraph
+    oldErrorCount*: int
 
   TPosition* = distinct int
 
   PEvalContext* = PCtx
 
-proc newCtx*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache): PCtx =
+proc newCtx*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; g: ModuleGraph): PCtx =
   PCtx(code: @[], debug: @[],
     globals: newNode(nkStmtListExpr), constants: newNode(nkStmtList), types: @[],
     prc: PProc(blocks: @[]), module: module, loopIterations: MaxLoopIterations,
     comesFromHeuristic: unknownLineInfo(), callbacks: @[], errorFlag: "",
-    cache: cache)
+    cache: cache, config: g.config, graph: g)
 
 proc refresh*(c: PCtx, module: PSym) =
   c.module = module
diff --git a/compiler/vmdeps.nim b/compiler/vmdeps.nim
index fb277272b..2c92348a6 100644
--- a/compiler/vmdeps.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmdeps.nim
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
 
 import ast, types, msgs, os, streams, options, idents
 
-proc opSlurp*(file: string, info: TLineInfo, module: PSym): string =
+proc opSlurp*(file: string, info: TLineInfo, module: PSym; conf: ConfigRef): string =
   try:
     var filename = parentDir(info.toFullPath) / file
     if not fileExists(filename):
-      filename = file.findFile
+      filename = findFile(conf, file)
     result = readFile(filename)
     # we produce a fake include statement for every slurped filename, so that
     # the module dependencies are accurate:
     appendToModule(module, newNode(nkIncludeStmt, info, @[
       newStrNode(nkStrLit, filename)]))
   except IOError:
-    localError(info, errCannotOpenFile, file)
+    localError(conf, info, "cannot open file: " & file)
     result = ""
 
 proc atomicTypeX(name: string; m: TMagic; t: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ proc mapTypeToAstX(t: PType; info: TLineInfo;
     if inst:
       # only named tuples have a node, unnamed tuples don't
       if t.n.isNil:
-        result = newNodeX(nkPar)
+        result = newNodeX(nkTupleConstr)
         for subType in t.sons:
           result.add mapTypeToAst(subType, info)
       else:
@@ -208,7 +208,14 @@ proc mapTypeToAstX(t: PType; info: TLineInfo;
       result.add mapTypeToAst(t.sons[0], info)
     else:
       result = mapTypeToBracket("ref", mRef, t, info)
-  of tyVar: result = mapTypeToBracket("var", mVar, t, info)
+  of tyVar:
+    if inst:
+      result = newNodeX(nkVarTy)
+      result.add mapTypeToAst(t.sons[0], info)
+    else:
+      result = mapTypeToBracket("var", mVar, t, info)
+  of tyLent: result = mapTypeToBracket("lent", mBuiltinType, t, info)
+  of tySink: result = mapTypeToBracket("sink", mBuiltinType, t, info)
   of tySequence: result = mapTypeToBracket("seq", mSeq, t, info)
   of tyOpt: result = mapTypeToBracket("opt", mOpt, t, info)
   of tyProc:
@@ -264,7 +271,7 @@ proc mapTypeToAstX(t: PType; info: TLineInfo;
   of tyOr: result = mapTypeToBracket("or", mOr, t, info)
   of tyNot: result = mapTypeToBracket("not", mNot, t, info)
   of tyAnything: result = atomicType("anything", mNone)
-  of tyInferred: internalAssert false
+  of tyInferred: assert false
   of tyStatic, tyFromExpr:
     if inst:
       if t.n != nil: result = t.n.copyTree
@@ -274,7 +281,7 @@ proc mapTypeToAstX(t: PType; info: TLineInfo;
       result.add atomicType("static", mNone)
       if t.n != nil:
         result.add t.n.copyTree
-  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef, tyUnused1, tyUnused2: internalError("mapTypeToAstX")
+  of tyUnused, tyOptAsRef: assert(false, "mapTypeToAstX")
 
 proc opMapTypeToAst*(t: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   result = mapTypeToAstX(t, info, false, true)
diff --git a/compiler/vmgen.nim b/compiler/vmgen.nim
index 17878b656..8a3c7e2e6 100644
--- a/compiler/vmgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmgen.nim
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ proc gABI(c: PCtx; n: PNode; opc: TOpcode; a, b: TRegister; imm: BiggestInt) =
     c.code.add(ins)
     c.debug.add(n.info)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+    localError(c.config, n.info,
       "VM: immediate value does not fit into an int8")
 
 proc gABx(c: PCtx; n: PNode; opc: TOpcode; a: TRegister = 0; bx: int) =
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ proc gABx(c: PCtx; n: PNode; opc: TOpcode; a: TRegister = 0; bx: int) =
     c.code.add(ins)
     c.debug.add(n.info)
   else:
-    localError(n.info, errGenerated,
+    localError(c.config, n.info,
       "VM: immediate value does not fit into an int16")
 
 proc xjmp(c: PCtx; n: PNode; opc: TOpcode; a: TRegister = 0): TPosition =
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ proc genLabel(c: PCtx): TPosition =
 
 proc jmpBack(c: PCtx, n: PNode, p = TPosition(0)) =
   let dist = p.int - c.code.len
-  internalAssert(-0x7fff < dist and dist < 0x7fff)
+  internalAssert(c.config, -0x7fff < dist and dist < 0x7fff)
   gABx(c, n, opcJmpBack, 0, dist)
 
 proc patch(c: PCtx, p: TPosition) =
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ proc patch(c: PCtx, p: TPosition) =
   let p = p.int
   let diff = c.code.len - p
   #c.jumpTargets.incl(c.code.len)
-  internalAssert(-0x7fff < diff and diff < 0x7fff)
+  internalAssert(c.config, -0x7fff < diff and diff < 0x7fff)
   let oldInstr = c.code[p]
   # opcode and regA stay the same:
   c.code[p] = ((oldInstr.uint32 and 0xffff'u32).uint32 or
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ proc getTemp(cc: PCtx; tt: PType): TRegister =
         c.slots[i] = (inUse: true, kind: k)
         return TRegister(i)
   if c.maxSlots >= high(TRegister):
-    globalError(cc.bestEffort, "VM problem: too many registers required")
+    globalError(cc.config, cc.bestEffort, "VM problem: too many registers required")
   result = TRegister(c.maxSlots)
   c.slots[c.maxSlots] = (inUse: true, kind: k)
   inc c.maxSlots
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ proc getTempRange(cc: PCtx; n: int; kind: TSlotKind): TRegister =
           for k in result .. result+n-1: c.slots[k] = (inUse: true, kind: kind)
           return
   if c.maxSlots+n >= high(TRegister):
-    globalError(cc.bestEffort, "VM problem: too many registers required")
+    globalError(cc.config, cc.bestEffort, "VM problem: too many registers required")
   result = TRegister(c.maxSlots)
   inc c.maxSlots, n
   for k in result .. result+n-1: c.slots[k] = (inUse: true, kind: kind)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {})
 proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: TRegister; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
   var d: TDest = dest
   gen(c, n, d, flags)
-  internalAssert d == dest
+  #internalAssert c.config, d == dest # issue #7407
 
 proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
   var tmp: TDest = -1
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
 proc genx(c: PCtx; n: PNode; flags: TGenFlags = {}): TRegister =
   var tmp: TDest = -1
   gen(c, n, tmp, flags)
-  #internalAssert tmp >= 0 # 'nim check' does not like this internalAssert.
+  #internalAssert c.config, tmp >= 0 # 'nim check' does not like this internalAssert.
   if tmp >= 0:
     result = TRegister(tmp)
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ proc genBreak(c: PCtx; n: PNode) =
       if c.prc.blocks[i].label == n.sons[0].sym:
         c.prc.blocks[i].fixups.add L1
         return
-    globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM problem: cannot find 'break' target")
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "VM problem: cannot find 'break' target")
   else:
     c.prc.blocks[c.prc.blocks.high].fixups.add L1
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ proc rawGenLiteral(c: PCtx; n: PNode): int =
   #assert(n.kind != nkCall)
   n.flags.incl nfAllConst
   c.constants.add n.canonValue
-  internalAssert result < 0x7fff
+  internalAssert c.config, result < 0x7fff
 
 proc sameConstant*(a, b: PNode): bool =
   result = false
@@ -405,10 +405,10 @@ proc genLiteral(c: PCtx; n: PNode): int =
     if sameConstant(c.constants[i], n): return i
   result = rawGenLiteral(c, n)
 
-proc unused(n: PNode; x: TDest) {.inline.} =
+proc unused(c: PCtx; n: PNode; x: TDest) {.inline.} =
   if x >= 0:
     #debug(n)
-    globalError(n.info, "not unused")
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "not unused")
 
 proc genCase(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest) =
   #  if (!expr1) goto L1;
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ proc genCase(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest) =
   if not isEmptyType(n.typ):
     if dest < 0: dest = getTemp(c, n.typ)
   else:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
   var endings: seq[TPosition] = @[]
   withTemp(tmp, n.sons[0].typ):
     c.gen(n.sons[0], tmp)
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ proc genType(c: PCtx; typ: PType): int =
     if sameType(t, typ): return i
   result = c.types.len
   c.types.add(typ)
-  internalAssert(result <= 0x7fff)
+  internalAssert(c.config, result <= 0x7fff)
 
 proc genTry(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest) =
   if dest < 0 and not isEmptyType(n.typ): dest = getTemp(c, n.typ)
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ proc genCall(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest) =
     var r: TRegister = x+i
     c.gen(n.sons[i], r)
     if i >= fntyp.len:
-      internalAssert tfVarargs in fntyp.flags
+      internalAssert c.config, tfVarargs in fntyp.flags
       c.gABx(n, opcSetType, r, c.genType(n.sons[i].typ))
   if dest < 0:
     c.gABC(n, opcIndCall, 0, x, n.len)
@@ -540,12 +540,12 @@ proc needsAsgnPatch(n: PNode): bool =
   n.kind in {nkBracketExpr, nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr,
              nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref} or (n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.isGlobal)
 
-proc genField(n: PNode): TRegister =
+proc genField(c: PCtx; n: PNode): TRegister =
   if n.kind != nkSym or n.sym.kind != skField:
-    globalError(n.info, "no field symbol")
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "no field symbol")
   let s = n.sym
   if s.position > high(result):
-    globalError(n.info,
+    globalError(c.config, n.info,
         "too large offset! cannot generate code for: " & s.name.s)
   result = s.position
 
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ proc genAsgnPatch(c: PCtx; le: PNode, value: TRegister) =
     # XXX field checks here
     let left = if le.kind == nkDotExpr: le else: le.sons[0]
     let dest = c.genx(left.sons[0], {gfAddrOf, gfFieldAccess})
-    let idx = genField(left.sons[1])
+    let idx = genField(c, left.sons[1])
     c.gABC(left, opcWrObj, dest, idx, value)
     c.freeTemp(dest)
   of nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref:
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ proc genIntCast(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest) =
     let tmp3 = c.getTemp(n.sons[1].typ)
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n[0].typ)
     proc mkIntLit(ival: int): int =
-      result = genLiteral(c, newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, ival, getSysType(tyInt)))
+      result = genLiteral(c, newIntTypeNode(nkIntLit, ival, getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt)))
     if src.kind in unsignedIntegers and dst.kind in signedIntegers:
       # cast unsigned to signed integer of same size
       # signedVal = (unsignedVal xor offset) -% offset
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ proc genIntCast(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest) =
     elif src.kind in signedIntegers and dst.kind in unsignedIntegers:
       # cast signed to unsigned integer of same size
       # unsignedVal = (offset +% signedVal +% 1) and offset
-      let offset = (1 shl (src_size * 8))  - 1
+      let offset = (1 shl (src_size * 8)) - 1
       c.gABx(n, opcLdConst, tmp2, mkIntLit(offset))
       c.gABx(n, opcLdConst, dest, mkIntLit(offset+1))
       c.gABC(n, opcAddu, tmp3, tmp, dest)
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ proc genIntCast(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest) =
     c.freeTemp(tmp2)
     c.freeTemp(tmp3)
   else:
-    globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM is only allowed to 'cast' between integers of same size")
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "VM is only allowed to 'cast' between integers of same size")
 
 proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
   case m
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
   of mSucc, mAddI:
     c.genAddSubInt(n, dest, opcAddInt)
   of mInc, mDec:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     let opc = if m == mInc: opcAddInt else: opcSubInt
     let d = c.genx(n.sons[1])
     if n.sons[2].isInt8Lit:
@@ -832,10 +832,10 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.freeTemp(d)
   of mOrd, mChr, mArrToSeq: c.gen(n.sons[1], dest)
   of mNew, mNewFinalize:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     c.genNew(n)
   of mNewSeq:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     c.genNewSeq(n)
   of mNewSeqOfCap: c.genNewSeqOfCap(n, dest)
   of mNewString:
@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
   of mNewStringOfCap:
     # we ignore the 'cap' argument and translate it as 'newString(0)'.
     # eval n.sons[1] for possible side effects:
-    var tmp = c.genx(n.sons[1])
+    c.freeTemp(c.genx(n.sons[1]))
+    var tmp = c.getTemp(n.sons[1].typ)
     c.gABx(n, opcLdImmInt, tmp, 0)
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
     c.gABC(n, opcNewStr, dest, tmp)
@@ -855,7 +856,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
   of mLengthStr, mXLenStr:
     genUnaryABI(c, n, dest, opcLenStr)
   of mIncl, mExcl:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     var d = c.genx(n.sons[1])
     var tmp = c.genx(n.sons[2])
     c.genSetType(n.sons[1], d)
@@ -952,19 +953,19 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
   of mInSet: genBinarySet(c, n, dest, opcContainsSet)
   of mRepr: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcRepr)
   of mExit:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     var tmp = c.genx(n.sons[1])
     c.gABC(n, opcQuit, tmp)
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
   of mSetLengthStr, mSetLengthSeq:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     var d = c.genx(n.sons[1])
     var tmp = c.genx(n.sons[2])
     c.gABC(n, if m == mSetLengthStr: opcSetLenStr else: opcSetLenSeq, d, tmp)
     c.genAsgnPatch(n.sons[1], d)
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
   of mSwap:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     c.gen(lowerSwap(n, if c.prc == nil: c.module else: c.prc.sym))
   of mIsNil: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcIsNil)
   of mCopyStr:
@@ -996,7 +997,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     # skip 'nkHiddenAddr':
     let d2AsNode = n.sons[2].sons[0]
     if needsAsgnPatch(d2AsNode):
-      d2 = c.getTemp(getSysType(tyFloat))
+      d2 = c.getTemp(getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyFloat))
     else:
       d2 = c.genx(d2AsNode)
     var
@@ -1009,13 +1010,13 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.genAsgnPatch(d2AsNode, d2)
     c.freeTemp(d2)
   of mReset:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     var d = c.genx(n.sons[1])
     c.gABC(n, opcReset, d)
   of mOf, mIs:
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
     var tmp = c.genx(n.sons[1])
-    var idx = c.getTemp(getSysType(tyInt))
+    var idx = c.getTemp(getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt))
     var typ = n.sons[2].typ
     if m == mOf: typ = typ.skipTypes(abstractPtrs-{tyTypeDesc})
     c.gABx(n, opcLdImmInt, idx, c.genType(typ))
@@ -1023,7 +1024,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
     c.freeTemp(idx)
   of mSizeOf:
-    globalError(n.info, errCannotInterpretNodeX, renderTree(n))
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "cannot run in the VM: " & renderTree(n))
   of mHigh:
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
     let tmp = c.genx(n.sons[1])
@@ -1034,23 +1035,23 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
       c.gABI(n, opcLenSeq, dest, tmp, 1)
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
   of mEcho:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     let n = n[1].skipConv
     let x = c.getTempRange(n.len, slotTempUnknown)
-    internalAssert n.kind == nkBracket
+    internalAssert c.config, n.kind == nkBracket
     for i in 0..<n.len:
       var r: TRegister = x+i
       c.gen(n.sons[i], r)
     c.gABC(n, opcEcho, x, n.len)
     c.freeTempRange(x, n.len)
   of mAppendStrCh:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmtVar(c, n, opcAddStrCh)
   of mAppendStrStr:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmtVar(c, n, opcAddStrStr)
   of mAppendSeqElem:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmtVar(c, n, opcAddSeqElem)
   of mParseExprToAst:
     genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcParseExprToAst)
@@ -1068,7 +1069,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
   of mGetImpl: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcGetImpl)
   of mNChild: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNChild)
   of mNSetChild, mNDel:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     var
       tmp1 = c.genx(n.sons[1])
       tmp2 = c.genx(n.sons[2])
@@ -1080,6 +1081,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
   of mNAdd: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNAdd)
   of mNAddMultiple: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNAddMultiple)
   of mNKind: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNKind)
+  of mNSymKind: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNSymKind)
   of mNIntVal: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNIntVal)
   of mNFloatVal: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNFloatVal)
   of mNSymbol: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNSymbol)
@@ -1097,22 +1099,22 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     #genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNGetType)
   of mNStrVal: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNStrVal)
   of mNSetIntVal:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmt(c, n, opcNSetIntVal)
   of mNSetFloatVal:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmt(c, n, opcNSetFloatVal)
   of mNSetSymbol:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmt(c, n, opcNSetSymbol)
   of mNSetIdent:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmt(c, n, opcNSetIdent)
   of mNSetType:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmt(c, n, opcNSetType)
   of mNSetStrVal:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBinaryStmt(c, n, opcNSetStrVal)
   of mNNewNimNode: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNNewNimNode)
   of mNCopyNimNode: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNCopyNimNode)
@@ -1123,9 +1125,8 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
       if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
       c.gABx(n, opcNBindSym, dest, idx)
     else:
-      localError(n.info, "invalid bindSym usage")
+      localError(c.config, n.info, "invalid bindSym usage")
   of mStrToIdent: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcStrToIdent)
-  of mIdentToStr: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcIdentToStr)
   of mEqIdent: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcEqIdent)
   of mEqNimrodNode: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcEqNimrodNode)
   of mSameNodeType: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcSameNodeType)
@@ -1138,12 +1139,12 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     of "getColumn":
       genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNGetColumn)
     else:
-      internalAssert false
+      internalAssert c.config, false
   of mNHint:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genUnaryStmt(c, n, opcNHint)
   of mNWarning:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genUnaryStmt(c, n, opcNWarning)
   of mNError:
     if n.len <= 1:
@@ -1151,7 +1152,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
       c.gABC(n, opcQueryErrorFlag, dest)
     else:
       # setter
-      unused(n, dest)
+      unused(c, n, dest)
       genBinaryStmt(c, n, opcNError)
   of mNCallSite:
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
@@ -1162,7 +1163,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.genCall(n, dest)
   of mExpandToAst:
     if n.len != 2:
-      globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "expandToAst requires 1 argument")
+      globalError(c.config, n.info, "expandToAst requires 1 argument")
     let arg = n.sons[1]
     if arg.kind in nkCallKinds:
       #if arg[0].kind != nkSym or arg[0].sym.kind notin {skTemplate, skMacro}:
@@ -1172,12 +1173,12 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
       # do not call clearDest(n, dest) here as getAst has a meta-type as such
       # produces a value
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "expandToAst requires a call expression")
+      globalError(c.config, n.info, "expandToAst requires a call expression")
   of mRunnableExamples:
     discard "just ignore any call to runnableExamples"
   else:
     # mGCref, mGCunref,
-    globalError(n.info, "cannot generate code for: " & $m)
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "cannot generate code for: " & $m)
 
 proc genMarshalLoad(c: PCtx, n: PNode, dest: var TDest) =
   ## Signature: proc to*[T](data: string): T
@@ -1288,7 +1289,7 @@ proc whichAsgnOpc(n: PNode): TOpcode =
     opcAsgnStr
   of tyFloat..tyFloat128:
     opcAsgnFloat
-  of tyRef, tyNil, tyVar:
+  of tyRef, tyNil, tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr:
     opcAsgnRef
   else:
     opcAsgnComplex
@@ -1306,14 +1307,14 @@ proc setSlot(c: PCtx; v: PSym) =
   if v.position == 0:
     if c.prc.maxSlots == 0: c.prc.maxSlots = 1
     if c.prc.maxSlots >= high(TRegister):
-      globalError(v.info, "cannot generate code; too many registers required")
+      globalError(c.config, v.info, "cannot generate code; too many registers required")
     v.position = c.prc.maxSlots
     c.prc.slots[v.position] = (inUse: true,
         kind: if v.kind == skLet: slotFixedLet else: slotFixedVar)
     inc c.prc.maxSlots
 
-proc cannotEval(n: PNode) {.noinline.} =
-  globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot evaluate at compile time: " &
+proc cannotEval(c: PCtx; n: PNode) {.noinline.} =
+  globalError(c.config, n.info, "cannot evaluate at compile time: " &
     n.renderTree)
 
 proc isOwnedBy(a, b: PSym): bool =
@@ -1333,10 +1334,10 @@ proc checkCanEval(c: PCtx; n: PNode) =
   if {sfCompileTime, sfGlobal} <= s.flags: return
   if s.kind in {skVar, skTemp, skLet, skParam, skResult} and
       not s.isOwnedBy(c.prc.sym) and s.owner != c.module and c.mode != emRepl:
-    cannotEval(n)
+    cannotEval(c, n)
   elif s.kind in {skProc, skFunc, skConverter, skMethod,
                   skIterator} and sfForward in s.flags:
-    cannotEval(n)
+    cannotEval(c, n)
 
 proc isTemp(c: PCtx; dest: TDest): bool =
   result = dest >= 0 and c.prc.slots[dest].kind >= slotTempUnknown
@@ -1378,7 +1379,7 @@ proc genAsgn(c: PCtx; le, ri: PNode; requiresCopy: bool) =
     # XXX field checks here
     let left = if le.kind == nkDotExpr: le else: le.sons[0]
     let dest = c.genx(left.sons[0], {gfAddrOf, gfFieldAccess})
-    let idx = genField(left.sons[1])
+    let idx = genField(c, left.sons[1])
     let tmp = c.genx(ri)
     c.preventFalseAlias(left, opcWrObj, dest, idx, tmp)
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
@@ -1398,7 +1399,7 @@ proc genAsgn(c: PCtx; le, ri: PNode; requiresCopy: bool) =
         c.freeTemp(val)
     else:
       if s.kind == skForVar: c.setSlot s
-      internalAssert s.position > 0 or (s.position == 0 and
+      internalAssert c.config, s.position > 0 or (s.position == 0 and
                                         s.kind in {skParam,skResult})
       var dest: TRegister = s.position + ord(s.kind == skParam)
       assert le.typ != nil
@@ -1424,15 +1425,15 @@ proc importcSym(c: PCtx; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
       c.globals.add(importcSymbol(s))
       s.position = c.globals.len
     else:
-      localError(info, errGenerated, "VM is not allowed to 'importc'")
+      localError(c.config, info, "VM is not allowed to 'importc'")
   else:
-    localError(info, errGenerated,
+    localError(c.config, info,
                "cannot 'importc' variable at compile time")
 
-proc getNullValue*(typ: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode
+proc getNullValue*(typ: PType, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef): PNode
 
 proc genGlobalInit(c: PCtx; n: PNode; s: PSym) =
-  c.globals.add(getNullValue(s.typ, n.info))
+  c.globals.add(getNullValue(s.typ, n.info, c.config))
   s.position = c.globals.len
   # This is rather hard to support, due to the laziness of the VM code
   # generator. See tests/compile/tmacro2 for why this is necessary:
@@ -1451,7 +1452,7 @@ proc genRdVar(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags) =
     if sfCompileTime in s.flags or c.mode == emRepl:
       discard
     elif s.position == 0:
-      cannotEval(n)
+      cannotEval(c, n)
     if s.position == 0:
       if sfImportc in s.flags: c.importcSym(n.info, s)
       else: genGlobalInit(c, n, s)
@@ -1472,16 +1473,16 @@ proc genRdVar(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags) =
                           s.kind in {skParam,skResult}):
       if dest < 0:
         dest = s.position + ord(s.kind == skParam)
-        internalAssert(c.prc.slots[dest].kind < slotSomeTemp)
+        internalAssert(c.config, c.prc.slots[dest].kind < slotSomeTemp)
       else:
         # we need to generate an assignment:
         genAsgn(c, dest, n, c.prc.slots[dest].kind >= slotSomeTemp)
     else:
       # see tests/t99bott for an example that triggers it:
-      cannotEval(n)
+      cannotEval(c, n)
 
 template needsRegLoad(): untyped =
-  gfAddrOf notin flags and fitsRegister(n.typ.skipTypes({tyVar}))
+  gfAddrOf notin flags and fitsRegister(n.typ.skipTypes({tyVar, tyLent}))
 
 proc genArrAccess2(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; opc: TOpcode;
                    flags: TGenFlags) =
@@ -1502,7 +1503,7 @@ proc genArrAccess2(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; opc: TOpcode;
 
 proc genObjAccess(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags) =
   let a = c.genx(n.sons[0], flags)
-  let b = genField(n.sons[1])
+  let b = genField(c, n.sons[1])
   if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
   if needsRegLoad():
     var cc = c.getTemp(n.typ)
@@ -1526,22 +1527,22 @@ proc genArrAccess(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags) =
   else:
     genArrAccess2(c, n, dest, opcLdArr, flags)
 
-proc getNullValueAux(obj: PNode, result: PNode) =
+proc getNullValueAux(obj: PNode, result: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   case obj.kind
   of nkRecList:
-    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(obj) - 1): getNullValueAux(obj.sons[i], result)
+    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(obj) - 1): getNullValueAux(obj.sons[i], result, conf)
   of nkRecCase:
-    getNullValueAux(obj.sons[0], result)
+    getNullValueAux(obj.sons[0], result, conf)
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(obj) - 1):
-      getNullValueAux(lastSon(obj.sons[i]), result)
+      getNullValueAux(lastSon(obj.sons[i]), result, conf)
   of nkSym:
     let field = newNodeI(nkExprColonExpr, result.info)
     field.add(obj)
-    field.add(getNullValue(obj.sym.typ, result.info))
+    field.add(getNullValue(obj.sym.typ, result.info, conf))
     addSon(result, field)
-  else: globalError(result.info, "cannot create null element for: " & $obj)
+  else: globalError(conf, result.info, "cannot create null element for: " & $obj)
 
-proc getNullValue(typ: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+proc getNullValue(typ: PType, info: TLineInfo; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   var t = skipTypes(typ, abstractRange-{tyTypeDesc})
   result = emptyNode
   case t.kind
@@ -1553,14 +1554,15 @@ proc getNullValue(typ: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
     result = newNodeIT(nkFloatLit, info, t)
   of tyCString, tyString:
     result = newNodeIT(nkStrLit, info, t)
-  of tyVar, tyPointer, tyPtr, tySequence, tyExpr,
+    result.strVal = ""
+  of tyVar, tyLent, tyPointer, tyPtr, tyExpr,
      tyStmt, tyTypeDesc, tyStatic, tyRef, tyNil:
     result = newNodeIT(nkNilLit, info, t)
   of tyProc:
     if t.callConv != ccClosure:
       result = newNodeIT(nkNilLit, info, t)
     else:
-      result = newNodeIT(nkPar, info, t)
+      result = newNodeIT(nkTupleConstr, info, t)
       result.add(newNodeIT(nkNilLit, info, t))
       result.add(newNodeIT(nkNilLit, info, t))
   of tyObject:
@@ -1569,23 +1571,25 @@ proc getNullValue(typ: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
     # initialize inherited fields:
     var base = t.sons[0]
     while base != nil:
-      getNullValueAux(skipTypes(base, skipPtrs).n, result)
+      getNullValueAux(skipTypes(base, skipPtrs).n, result, conf)
       base = base.sons[0]
-    getNullValueAux(t.n, result)
+    getNullValueAux(t.n, result, conf)
   of tyArray:
     result = newNodeIT(nkBracket, info, t)
     for i in countup(0, int(lengthOrd(t)) - 1):
-      addSon(result, getNullValue(elemType(t), info))
+      addSon(result, getNullValue(elemType(t), info, conf))
   of tyTuple:
-    result = newNodeIT(nkPar, info, t)
+    result = newNodeIT(nkTupleConstr, info, t)
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1):
-      addSon(result, getNullValue(t.sons[i], info))
+      addSon(result, getNullValue(t.sons[i], info, conf))
   of tySet:
     result = newNodeIT(nkCurly, info, t)
   of tyOpt:
     result = newNodeIT(nkNilLit, info, t)
+  of tySequence:
+    result = newNodeIT(nkBracket, info, t)
   else:
-    globalError(info, "cannot create null element for: " & $t.kind)
+    globalError(conf, info, "cannot create null element for: " & $t.kind)
 
 proc ldNullOpcode(t: PType): TOpcode =
   assert t != nil
@@ -1599,7 +1603,7 @@ proc genVarSection(c: PCtx; n: PNode) =
       for i in 0 .. a.len-3:
         if not a[i].sym.isGlobal: setSlot(c, a[i].sym)
         checkCanEval(c, a[i])
-      c.gen(lowerTupleUnpacking(a, c.getOwner))
+      c.gen(lowerTupleUnpacking(c.graph, a, c.getOwner))
     elif a.sons[0].kind == nkSym:
       let s = a.sons[0].sym
       checkCanEval(c, a.sons[0])
@@ -1607,7 +1611,7 @@ proc genVarSection(c: PCtx; n: PNode) =
         if s.position == 0:
           if sfImportc in s.flags: c.importcSym(a.info, s)
           else:
-            let sa = getNullValue(s.typ, a.info)
+            let sa = getNullValue(s.typ, a.info, c.config)
             #if s.ast.isNil: getNullValue(s.typ, a.info)
             #else: canonValue(s.ast)
             assert sa.kind != nkCall
@@ -1649,7 +1653,7 @@ proc genArrayConstr(c: PCtx, n: PNode, dest: var TDest) =
   if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
   c.gABx(n, opcLdNull, dest, c.genType(n.typ))
 
-  let intType = getSysType(tyInt)
+  let intType = getSysType(c.graph, n.info, tyInt)
   let seqType = n.typ.skipTypes(abstractVar-{tyTypeDesc})
   if seqType.kind == tySequence:
     var tmp = c.getTemp(intType)
@@ -1693,13 +1697,13 @@ proc genObjConstr(c: PCtx, n: PNode, dest: var TDest) =
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let it = n.sons[i]
     if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr and it.sons[0].kind == nkSym:
-      let idx = genField(it.sons[0])
+      let idx = genField(c, it.sons[0])
       let tmp = c.genx(it.sons[1])
       c.preventFalseAlias(it.sons[1], whichAsgnOpc(it.sons[1], opcWrObj),
                           dest, idx, tmp)
       c.freeTemp(tmp)
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "invalid object constructor")
+      globalError(c.config, n.info, "invalid object constructor")
 
 proc genTupleConstr(c: PCtx, n: PNode, dest: var TDest) =
   if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
@@ -1708,7 +1712,7 @@ proc genTupleConstr(c: PCtx, n: PNode, dest: var TDest) =
   for i in 0..<n.len:
     let it = n.sons[i]
     if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
-      let idx = genField(it.sons[0])
+      let idx = genField(c, it.sons[0])
       let tmp = c.genx(it.sons[1])
       c.preventFalseAlias(it.sons[1], whichAsgnOpc(it.sons[1], opcWrObj),
                           dest, idx, tmp)
@@ -1768,6 +1772,9 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
       let constVal = if s.ast != nil: s.ast else: s.typ.n
       gen(c, constVal, dest)
     of skEnumField:
+      # we never reach this case - as of the time of this comment,
+      # skEnumField is folded to an int in semfold.nim, but this code
+      # remains for robustness
       if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
       if s.position >= low(int16) and s.position <= high(int16):
         c.gABx(n, opcLdImmInt, dest, s.position)
@@ -1780,9 +1787,9 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
       if c.prc.sym != nil and c.prc.sym.kind == skMacro:
         genRdVar(c, n, dest, flags)
       else:
-        globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot generate code for: " & s.name.s)
+        globalError(c.config, n.info, "cannot generate code for: " & s.name.s)
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot generate code for: " & s.name.s)
+      globalError(c.config, n.info, "cannot generate code for: " & s.name.s)
   of nkCallKinds:
     if n.sons[0].kind == nkSym:
       let s = n.sons[0].sym
@@ -1806,10 +1813,10 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
       genLit(c, n, dest)
   of nkUIntLit..pred(nkNilLit): genLit(c, n, dest)
   of nkNilLit:
-    if not n.typ.isEmptyType: genLit(c, getNullValue(n.typ, n.info), dest)
-    else: unused(n, dest)
+    if not n.typ.isEmptyType: genLit(c, getNullValue(n.typ, n.info, c.config), dest)
+    else: unused(c, n, dest)
   of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genAsgn(c, n.sons[0], n.sons[1], n.kind == nkAsgn)
   of nkDotExpr: genObjAccess(c, n, dest, flags)
   of nkCheckedFieldExpr: genCheckedObjAccess(c, n, dest, flags)
@@ -1822,21 +1829,20 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
     gen(c, n.sons[0].sons[1], dest)
   of nkCaseStmt: genCase(c, n, dest)
   of nkWhileStmt:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genWhile(c, n)
   of nkBlockExpr, nkBlockStmt: genBlock(c, n, dest)
   of nkReturnStmt:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genReturn(c, n)
   of nkRaiseStmt:
-    unused(n, dest)
     genRaise(c, n)
   of nkBreakStmt:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genBreak(c, n)
   of nkTryStmt: genTry(c, n, dest)
   of nkStmtList:
-    #unused(n, dest)
+    #unused(c, n, dest)
     # XXX Fix this bug properly, lexim triggers it
     for x in n: gen(c, x)
   of nkStmtListExpr:
@@ -1846,17 +1852,17 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
   of nkPragmaBlock:
     gen(c, n.lastSon, dest, flags)
   of nkDiscardStmt:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     gen(c, n.sons[0])
   of nkHiddenStdConv, nkHiddenSubConv, nkConv:
     genConv(c, n, n.sons[1], dest)
   of nkObjDownConv:
     genConv(c, n, n.sons[0], dest)
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
     genVarSection(c, n)
   of declarativeDefs, nkMacroDef:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
   of nkLambdaKinds:
     #let s = n.sons[namePos].sym
     #discard genProc(c, s)
@@ -1876,13 +1882,13 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
       dest = tmp0
   of nkEmpty, nkCommentStmt, nkTypeSection, nkConstSection, nkPragma,
      nkTemplateDef, nkIncludeStmt, nkImportStmt, nkFromStmt:
-    unused(n, dest)
+    unused(c, n, dest)
   of nkStringToCString, nkCStringToString:
     gen(c, n.sons[0], dest)
   of nkBracket: genArrayConstr(c, n, dest)
   of nkCurly: genSetConstr(c, n, dest)
   of nkObjConstr: genObjConstr(c, n, dest)
-  of nkPar, nkClosure: genTupleConstr(c, n, dest)
+  of nkPar, nkClosure, nkTupleConstr: genTupleConstr(c, n, dest)
   of nkCast:
     if allowCast in c.features:
       genConv(c, n, n.sons[1], dest, opcCast)
@@ -1893,7 +1899,7 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
   of nkComesFrom:
     discard "XXX to implement for better stack traces"
   else:
-    globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot generate VM code for " & $n)
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "cannot generate VM code for " & $n)
 
 proc removeLastEof(c: PCtx) =
   let last = c.code.len-1
@@ -1910,7 +1916,7 @@ proc genStmt*(c: PCtx; n: PNode): int =
   c.gen(n, d)
   c.gABC(n, opcEof)
   if d >= 0:
-    globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM problem: dest register is set")
+    globalError(c.config, n.info, "VM problem: dest register is set")
 
 proc genExpr*(c: PCtx; n: PNode, requiresValue = true): int =
   c.removeLastEof
@@ -1919,7 +1925,7 @@ proc genExpr*(c: PCtx; n: PNode, requiresValue = true): int =
   c.gen(n, d)
   if d < 0:
     if requiresValue:
-      globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM problem: dest register is not set")
+      globalError(c.config, n.info, "VM problem: dest register is not set")
     d = 0
   c.gABC(n, opcEof, d)
 
@@ -1934,7 +1940,7 @@ proc genParams(c: PCtx; params: PNode) =
   c.prc.maxSlots = max(params.len, 1)
 
 proc finalJumpTarget(c: PCtx; pc, diff: int) =
-  internalAssert(-0x7fff < diff and diff < 0x7fff)
+  internalAssert(c.config, -0x7fff < diff and diff < 0x7fff)
   let oldInstr = c.code[pc]
   # opcode and regA stay the same:
   c.code[pc] = ((oldInstr.uint32 and 0xffff'u32).uint32 or
diff --git a/compiler/vmmarshal.nim b/compiler/vmmarshal.nim
index 0939a5953..f38be7c29 100644
--- a/compiler/vmmarshal.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmmarshal.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 
 ## Implements marshaling for the VM.
 
-import streams, json, intsets, tables, ast, astalgo, idents, types, msgs
+import streams, json, intsets, tables, ast, astalgo, idents, types, msgs,
+  options
 
 proc ptrToInt(x: PNode): int {.inline.} =
   result = cast[int](x) # don't skip alignment
@@ -28,37 +29,38 @@ proc getField(n: PNode; position: int): PSym =
       of nkOfBranch, nkElse:
         result = getField(lastSon(n.sons[i]), position)
         if result != nil: return
-      else: internalError(n.info, "getField(record case branch)")
+      else: discard
   of nkSym:
     if n.sym.position == position: result = n.sym
   else: discard
 
-proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet)
+proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet; conf: ConfigRef)
 
-proc storeObj(s: var string; typ: PType; x: PNode; stored: var IntSet) =
-  internalAssert x.kind == nkObjConstr
+proc storeObj(s: var string; typ: PType; x: PNode; stored: var IntSet; conf: ConfigRef) =
+  assert x.kind == nkObjConstr
   let start = 1
   for i in countup(start, sonsLen(x) - 1):
     if i > start: s.add(", ")
     var it = x.sons[i]
     if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
-      internalAssert it.sons[0].kind == nkSym
-      let field = it.sons[0].sym
-      s.add(escapeJson(field.name.s))
-      s.add(": ")
-      storeAny(s, field.typ, it.sons[1], stored)
+      if it.sons[0].kind == nkSym:
+        let field = it.sons[0].sym
+        s.add(escapeJson(field.name.s))
+        s.add(": ")
+        storeAny(s, field.typ, it.sons[1], stored, conf)
     elif typ.n != nil:
       let field = getField(typ.n, i)
       s.add(escapeJson(field.name.s))
       s.add(": ")
-      storeAny(s, field.typ, it, stored)
+      storeAny(s, field.typ, it, stored, conf)
 
 proc skipColon*(n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   if n.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
     result = n.sons[1]
 
-proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet) =
+proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet;
+              conf: ConfigRef) =
   case t.kind
   of tyNone: assert false
   of tyBool: s.add($(a.intVal != 0))
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet) =
       s.add("[")
       for i in 0 .. a.len-1:
         if i > 0: s.add(", ")
-        storeAny(s, t.elemType, a[i], stored)
+        storeAny(s, t.elemType, a[i], stored, conf)
       s.add("]")
   of tyTuple:
     s.add("{")
@@ -82,11 +84,11 @@ proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet) =
       if i > 0: s.add(", ")
       s.add("\"Field" & $i)
       s.add("\": ")
-      storeAny(s, t.sons[i], a[i].skipColon, stored)
+      storeAny(s, t.sons[i], a[i].skipColon, stored, conf)
     s.add("}")
   of tyObject:
     s.add("{")
-    storeObj(s, t, a, stored)
+    storeObj(s, t, a, stored, conf)
     s.add("}")
   of tySet:
     s.add("[")
@@ -94,15 +96,16 @@ proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet) =
       if i > 0: s.add(", ")
       if a[i].kind == nkRange:
         var x = copyNode(a[i][0])
-        storeAny(s, t.lastSon, x, stored)
+        storeAny(s, t.lastSon, x, stored, conf)
         while x.intVal+1 <= a[i][1].intVal:
           s.add(", ")
-          storeAny(s, t.lastSon, x, stored)
+          storeAny(s, t.lastSon, x, stored, conf)
           inc x.intVal
       else:
-        storeAny(s, t.lastSon, a[i], stored)
+        storeAny(s, t.lastSon, a[i], stored, conf)
     s.add("]")
-  of tyRange, tyGenericInst, tyAlias: storeAny(s, t.lastSon, a, stored)
+  of tyRange, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
+    storeAny(s, t.lastSon, a, stored, conf)
   of tyEnum:
     # we need a slow linear search because of enums with holes:
     for e in items(t.n):
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet) =
       s.add("[")
       s.add($x.ptrToInt)
       s.add(", ")
-      storeAny(s, t.lastSon, a, stored)
+      storeAny(s, t.lastSon, a, stored, conf)
       s.add("]")
   of tyString, tyCString:
     if a.kind == nkNilLit or a.strVal.isNil: s.add("null")
@@ -129,14 +132,15 @@ proc storeAny(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; stored: var IntSet) =
   of tyInt..tyInt64, tyUInt..tyUInt64: s.add($a.intVal)
   of tyFloat..tyFloat128: s.add($a.floatVal)
   else:
-    internalError a.info, "cannot marshal at compile-time " & t.typeToString
+    internalError conf, a.info, "cannot marshal at compile-time " & t.typeToString
 
-proc storeAny*(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode) =
+proc storeAny*(s: var string; t: PType; a: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   var stored = initIntSet()
-  storeAny(s, t, a, stored)
+  storeAny(s, t, a, stored, conf)
 
 proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
-             tab: var Table[BiggestInt, PNode]): PNode =
+             tab: var Table[BiggestInt, PNode];
+             conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   case t.kind
   of tyNone: assert false
   of tyBool:
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
     next(p)
     result = newNode(nkBracket)
     while p.kind != jsonArrayEnd and p.kind != jsonEof:
-      result.add loadAny(p, t.elemType, tab)
+      result.add loadAny(p, t.elemType, tab, conf)
     if p.kind == jsonArrayEnd: next(p)
     else: raiseParseErr(p, "']' end of array expected")
   of tySequence:
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
       next(p)
       result = newNode(nkBracket)
       while p.kind != jsonArrayEnd and p.kind != jsonEof:
-        result.add loadAny(p, t.elemType, tab)
+        result.add loadAny(p, t.elemType, tab, conf)
       if p.kind == jsonArrayEnd: next(p)
       else: raiseParseErr(p, "")
     else:
@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
   of tyTuple:
     if p.kind != jsonObjectStart: raiseParseErr(p, "'{' expected for an object")
     next(p)
-    result = newNode(nkPar)
+    result = newNode(nkTupleConstr)
     var i = 0
     while p.kind != jsonObjectEnd and p.kind != jsonEof:
       if p.kind != jsonString:
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
       next(p)
       if i >= t.len:
         raiseParseErr(p, "too many fields to tuple type " & typeToString(t))
-      result.add loadAny(p, t.sons[i], tab)
+      result.add loadAny(p, t.sons[i], tab, conf)
       inc i
     if p.kind == jsonObjectEnd: next(p)
     else: raiseParseErr(p, "'}' end of object expected")
@@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
         setLen(result.sons, pos + 1)
       let fieldNode = newNode(nkExprColonExpr)
       fieldNode.addSon(newSymNode(newSym(skField, ident, nil, unknownLineInfo())))
-      fieldNode.addSon(loadAny(p, field.typ, tab))
+      fieldNode.addSon(loadAny(p, field.typ, tab, conf))
       result.sons[pos] = fieldNode
     if p.kind == jsonObjectEnd: next(p)
     else: raiseParseErr(p, "'}' end of object expected")
@@ -229,7 +233,7 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
     next(p)
     result = newNode(nkCurly)
     while p.kind != jsonArrayEnd and p.kind != jsonEof:
-      result.add loadAny(p, t.lastSon, tab)
+      result.add loadAny(p, t.lastSon, tab, conf)
       next(p)
     if p.kind == jsonArrayEnd: next(p)
     else: raiseParseErr(p, "']' end of array expected")
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
       if p.kind == jsonInt:
         let idx = p.getInt
         next(p)
-        result = loadAny(p, t.lastSon, tab)
+        result = loadAny(p, t.lastSon, tab, conf)
         tab[idx] = result
       else: raiseParseErr(p, "index for ref type expected")
       if p.kind == jsonArrayEnd: next(p)
@@ -275,14 +279,15 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, t: PType,
       next(p)
       return
     raiseParseErr(p, "float expected")
-  of tyRange, tyGenericInst, tyAlias: result = loadAny(p, t.lastSon, tab)
+  of tyRange, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink:
+    result = loadAny(p, t.lastSon, tab, conf)
   else:
-    internalError "cannot marshal at compile-time " & t.typeToString
+    internalError conf, "cannot marshal at compile-time " & t.typeToString
 
-proc loadAny*(s: string; t: PType): PNode =
+proc loadAny*(s: string; t: PType; conf: ConfigRef): PNode =
   var tab = initTable[BiggestInt, PNode]()
   var p: JsonParser
   open(p, newStringStream(s), "unknown file")
   next(p)
-  result = loadAny(p, t, tab)
+  result = loadAny(p, t, tab, conf)
   close(p)
diff --git a/compiler/vmops.nim b/compiler/vmops.nim
index 2a00f207a..617295b0d 100644
--- a/compiler/vmops.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmops.nim
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from math import sqrt, ln, log10, log2, exp, round, arccos, arcsin,
   arctan, arctan2, cos, cosh, hypot, sinh, sin, tan, tanh, pow, trunc,
   floor, ceil, fmod
 
-from os import getEnv, existsEnv, dirExists, fileExists, walkDir
+from os import getEnv, existsEnv, dirExists, fileExists, putEnv, walkDir
 
 template mathop(op) {.dirty.} =
   registerCallback(c, "stdlib.math." & astToStr(op), `op Wrapper`)
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ template ospathsop(op) {.dirty.} =
 template systemop(op) {.dirty.} =
   registerCallback(c, "stdlib.system." & astToStr(op), `op Wrapper`)
 
+template macrosop(op) {.dirty.} =
+  registerCallback(c, "stdlib.macros." & astToStr(op), `op Wrapper`)
+
 template wrap1f_math(op) {.dirty.} =
   proc `op Wrapper`(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
     setResult(a, op(getFloat(a, 0)))
@@ -37,30 +40,30 @@ template wrap2f_math(op) {.dirty.} =
     setResult(a, op(getFloat(a, 0), getFloat(a, 1)))
   mathop op
 
-template wrap1s_os(op) {.dirty.} =
+template wrap0(op, modop) {.dirty.} =
   proc `op Wrapper`(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
-    setResult(a, op(getString(a, 0)))
-  osop op
+    setResult(a, op())
+  modop op
 
-template wrap1s_ospaths(op) {.dirty.} =
+template wrap1s(op, modop) {.dirty.} =
   proc `op Wrapper`(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
     setResult(a, op(getString(a, 0)))
-  ospathsop op
+  modop op
 
-template wrap2s_ospaths(op) {.dirty.} =
+template wrap2s(op, modop) {.dirty.} =
   proc `op Wrapper`(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
     setResult(a, op(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1)))
-  ospathsop op
+  modop op
 
-template wrap1s_system(op) {.dirty.} =
+template wrap1svoid(op, modop) {.dirty.} =
   proc `op Wrapper`(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
-    setResult(a, op(getString(a, 0)))
-  systemop op
+    op(getString(a, 0))
+  modop op
 
-template wrap2svoid_system(op) {.dirty.} =
+template wrap2svoid(op, modop) {.dirty.} =
   proc `op Wrapper`(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
     op(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
-  systemop op
+  modop op
 
 proc getCurrentExceptionMsgWrapper(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
   setResult(a, if a.currentException.isNil: ""
@@ -69,15 +72,18 @@ proc getCurrentExceptionMsgWrapper(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
 proc staticWalkDirImpl(path: string, relative: bool): PNode =
   result = newNode(nkBracket)
   for k, f in walkDir(path, relative):
-    result.add newTree(nkPar, newIntNode(nkIntLit, k.ord),
+    result.add newTree(nkTupleConstr, newIntNode(nkIntLit, k.ord),
                               newStrNode(nkStrLit, f))
 
-proc gorgeExWrapper(a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
-  let (s, e) = opGorge(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1), getString(a, 2),
-                       a.currentLineInfo)
-  setResult a, newTree(nkPar, newStrNode(nkStrLit, s), newIntNode(nkIntLit, e))
-
 proc registerAdditionalOps*(c: PCtx) =
+  proc gorgeExWrapper(a: VmArgs) =
+    let (s, e) = opGorge(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1), getString(a, 2),
+                         a.currentLineInfo, c.config)
+    setResult a, newTree(nkTupleConstr, newStrNode(nkStrLit, s), newIntNode(nkIntLit, e))
+
+  proc getProjectPathWrapper(a: VmArgs) =
+    setResult a, c.config.projectPath
+
   wrap1f_math(sqrt)
   wrap1f_math(ln)
   wrap1f_math(log10)
@@ -101,13 +107,15 @@ proc registerAdditionalOps*(c: PCtx) =
   wrap1f_math(ceil)
   wrap2f_math(fmod)
 
-  wrap2s_ospaths(getEnv)
-  wrap1s_ospaths(existsEnv)
-  wrap1s_os(dirExists)
-  wrap1s_os(fileExists)
-  wrap2svoid_system(writeFile)
-  wrap1s_system(readFile)
+  wrap2s(getEnv, ospathsop)
+  wrap1s(existsEnv, ospathsop)
+  wrap2svoid(putEnv, ospathsop)
+  wrap1s(dirExists, osop)
+  wrap1s(fileExists, osop)
+  wrap2svoid(writeFile, systemop)
+  wrap1s(readFile, systemop)
   systemop getCurrentExceptionMsg
   registerCallback c, "stdlib.*.staticWalkDir", proc (a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
     setResult(a, staticWalkDirImpl(getString(a, 0), getBool(a, 1)))
   systemop gorgeEx
+  macrosop getProjectPath
diff --git a/compiler/wordrecg.nim b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
index e458cad03..91b527e02 100644
--- a/compiler/wordrecg.nim
+++ b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ type
     wNimcall, wStdcall, wCdecl, wSafecall, wSyscall, wInline, wNoInline,
     wFastcall, wClosure, wNoconv, wOn, wOff, wChecks, wRangechecks,
     wBoundchecks, wOverflowchecks, wNilchecks,
-    wFloatchecks, wNanChecks, wInfChecks,
+    wFloatchecks, wNanChecks, wInfChecks, wMoveChecks,
     wAssertions, wPatterns, wWarnings,
     wHints, wOptimization, wRaises, wWrites, wReads, wSize, wEffects, wTags,
-    wDeadCodeElim, wSafecode, wPackage, wNoForward, wReorder, wNoRewrite,
+    wDeadCodeElimUnused,  # deprecated, dead code elim always happens
+    wSafecode, wPackage, wNoForward, wReorder, wNoRewrite,
     wPragma,
     wCompileTime, wNoInit,
     wPassc, wPassl, wBorrow, wDiscardable,
@@ -139,11 +140,12 @@ const
     "cdecl", "safecall", "syscall", "inline", "noinline", "fastcall", "closure",
     "noconv", "on", "off", "checks", "rangechecks", "boundchecks",
     "overflowchecks", "nilchecks",
-    "floatchecks", "nanchecks", "infchecks",
+    "floatchecks", "nanchecks", "infchecks", "movechecks",
 
     "assertions", "patterns", "warnings", "hints",
     "optimization", "raises", "writes", "reads", "size", "effects", "tags",
-    "deadcodeelim", "safecode", "package", "noforward", "reorder", "norewrite",
+    "deadcodeelim",  # deprecated, dead code elim always happens
+    "safecode", "package", "noforward", "reorder", "norewrite",
     "pragma",
     "compiletime", "noinit",
     "passc", "passl", "borrow", "discardable", "fieldchecks",
diff --git a/compiler/writetracking.nim b/compiler/writetracking.nim
index 577db613d..c0f7b7b20 100644
--- a/compiler/writetracking.nim
+++ b/compiler/writetracking.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ##   * Computing an aliasing relation based on the assignments. This relation
 ##     is then used to compute the 'writes' and 'escapes' effects.
 
-import intsets, idents, ast, astalgo, trees, renderer, msgs, types
+import intsets, idents, ast, astalgo, trees, renderer, msgs, types, options
 
 const
   debug = false
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ proc returnsNewExpr*(n: PNode): NewLocation =
       nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockStmt, nkBlockExpr, nkOfBranch,
       nkElifBranch, nkElse, nkExceptBranch, nkFinally, nkCast:
     result = returnsNewExpr(n.lastSon)
-  of nkCurly, nkBracket, nkPar, nkObjConstr, nkClosure,
+  of nkCurly, nkBracket, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkObjConstr, nkClosure,
       nkIfExpr, nkIfStmt, nkWhenStmt, nkCaseStmt, nkTryStmt:
     result = newLit
     for i in ord(n.kind == nkObjConstr) ..< n.len:
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ proc deps(w: var W; n: PNode) =
     for child in n:
       let last = lastSon(child)
       if last.kind == nkEmpty: continue
-      if child.kind == nkVarTuple and last.kind == nkPar:
-        internalAssert child.len-2 == last.len
+      if child.kind == nkVarTuple and last.kind in {nkPar, nkTupleConstr}:
+        if child.len-2 != last.len: return
         for i in 0 .. child.len-3:
           deps(w, child.sons[i], last.sons[i], {})
       else:
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ proc possibleAliases(w: var W; result: var seq[ptr TSym]) =
         # x = f(..., y, ....)
         for i in 0 ..< a.srcNoTc: addNoDup a.src[i]
 
-proc markWriteOrEscape(w: var W) =
+proc markWriteOrEscape(w: var W; conf: ConfigRef) =
   ## Both 'writes' and 'escapes' effects ultimately only care
   ## about *parameters*.
   ## However, due to aliasing, even locals that might not look as parameters
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ proc markWriteOrEscape(w: var W) =
         if p.kind == skParam and p.owner == w.owner:
           incl(p.flags, sfWrittenTo)
           if w.owner.kind == skFunc and p.typ.kind != tyVar:
-            localError(a.info, "write access to non-var parameter: " & p.name.s)
+            localError(conf, a.info, "write access to non-var parameter: " & p.name.s)
 
     if {rootIsResultOrParam, rootIsHeapAccess, markAsEscaping}*a.destInfo != {}:
       var destIsParam = false
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ proc markWriteOrEscape(w: var W) =
           if p.kind == skParam and p.owner == w.owner:
             incl(p.flags, sfEscapes)
 
-proc trackWrites*(owner: PSym; body: PNode) =
+proc trackWrites*(owner: PSym; body: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
   var w: W
   w.owner = owner
   w.assignments = @[]
   # Phase 1: Collect and preprocess any assignments in the proc body:
   deps(w, body)
   # Phase 2: Compute the 'writes' and 'escapes' effects:
-  markWriteOrEscape(w)
+  markWriteOrEscape(w, conf)
   if w.returnsNew != asgnOther and not isEmptyType(owner.typ.sons[0]) and
       containsGarbageCollectedRef(owner.typ.sons[0]):
     incl(owner.typ.flags, tfReturnsNew)