Deprecate oldNewlines, clean out deprecated code from oldNewlines (#14763)

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/commands.nim b/compiler/commands.nim
index c945a633a..6dccbcd00 100644
--- a/compiler/commands.nim
+++ b/compiler/commands.nim
@@ -582,16 +582,6 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
     else:
       undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "hotcodereloading")
       undefSymbol(conf.symbols, "useNimRtl")
-  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 "nilseqs": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optNilSeqs}, arg, pass, info)
   of "oldast": processOnOffSwitch(conf, {optOldAst}, arg, pass, info)
diff --git a/compiler/lexer.nim b/compiler/lexer.nim
index bd71a6ad5..f9679adee 100644
--- a/compiler/lexer.nim
+++ b/compiler/lexer.nim
@@ -684,12 +684,7 @@ proc getEscapedChar(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
   inc(L.bufpos)               # skip '\'
   case L.buf[L.bufpos]
   of 'n', 'N':
-    if L.config.oldNewlines:
-      if tok.tokType == tkCharLit:
-        lexMessage(L, errGenerated, "\\n not allowed in character literal")
-      tok.literal.add(L.config.target.tnl)
-    else:
-      tok.literal.add('\L')
+    tok.literal.add('\L')
     inc(L.bufpos)
   of 'p', 'P':
     if tok.tokType == tkCharLit: