first steps for cleaner static/const distinction

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index 19869c8eb..2e82e1375 100755
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ type
     ## represents a Nimrod *symbol* in the compiler; a *symbol* is a looked-up

     ## *ident*.

   

-  PNimrodNode* = expr

+  TNimrodNode {.final.} = object

+  PNimrodNode* = ref TNimrodNode

     ## represents a Nimrod AST node. Macros operate on this type.

 

 const

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index bfaa5eb8f..c92c86443 100755
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2213,12 +2213,12 @@ proc shallow*(s: var string) {.noSideEffect, inline.} =
     var s = cast[PGenericSeq](s)
     s.reserved = s.reserved or seqShallowFlag
 
-template static*(e: expr): expr =
-  ## evaluates a given expression `e` at compile-time
-  ## even if it has side effects
-  block:
-    const res = e
-    res
+#template static*(e: expr): expr =
+#  ## evaluates a given expression `e` at compile-time
+#  ## even if it has side effects
+#  block:
+#    const res = e
+#    res
 
 template eval*(blk: stmt): stmt =
   ## executes a block of code at compile time just as if it was a macro