Fixes regression introduced by #5739. Improves newNimNode proc.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index 83776f16b..03ac09180 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -225,7 +225,13 @@ proc `ident=`*(n: NimNode, val: NimIdent) {.magic: "NSetIdent", noSideEffect.}
 proc `strVal=`*(n: NimNode, val: string) {.magic: "NSetStrVal", noSideEffect.}
 
 proc newNimNode*(kind: NimNodeKind,
-                 n: NimNode=nil): NimNode {.magic: "NNewNimNode", noSideEffect.}
+                 lineInfoFrom: NimNode=nil): NimNode
+  {.magic: "NNewNimNode", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Creates a new AST node of the specified kind.
+  ##
+  ## The ``lineInfoFrom`` parameter is used for line information when the
+  ## produced code crashes. You should ensure that it is set to a node that
+  ## you are transforming.
 
 proc copyNimNode*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "NCopyNimNode", noSideEffect.}
 proc copyNimTree*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "NCopyNimTree", noSideEffect.}