small improvements

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/magicsys.nim b/compiler/magicsys.nim
index 6ff714dc7..005ee3ae3 100755
--- a/compiler/magicsys.nim
+++ b/compiler/magicsys.nim
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ proc newSysType(kind: TTypeKind, size: int): PType =
 
 proc getSysSym(name: string): PSym = 
   result = StrTableGet(systemModule.tab, getIdent(name))
-  if result == nil: rawMessage(errSystemNeeds, name)
+  if result == nil: 
+    rawMessage(errSystemNeeds, name)
+    result = newSym(skError, getIdent(name), systemModule, systemModule.info)
+    result.typ = newType(tyError, systemModule)
   if result.kind == skStub: loadStub(result)
   
 proc sysTypeFromName*(name: string): PType = 
diff --git a/compiler/main.nim b/compiler/main.nim
index ce08eaa30..04e550aea 100755
--- a/compiler/main.nim
+++ b/compiler/main.nim
@@ -462,9 +462,10 @@ proc MainCommand =
     gCmd = cmdCompileToC
     wantMainModule()
     CommandCompileToC()
-  of "cpp", "compiletocpp": 
+  of "cpp", "compiletocpp":
     extccomp.cExt = ".cpp"
     gCmd = cmdCompileToCpp
+    if cCompiler == ccGcc: setCC("gpp")
     wantMainModule()
     DefineSymbol("cpp")
     CommandCompileToC()