new .redefine pragma for templates, warn on redefinition without it (#20211)

* test CI for template redefinitions

* adapt asyncmacro

* fix quote

* fix again

* try something else

* revert

* fix ioselectors_select, disable packages CI

* adapt more tests & simplify

* more

* more

* more

* rename to redefine, warn on implicit redefinition

* basic documentation [skip ci]

* Update compiler/lineinfos.nim

Co-authored-by: konsumlamm <44230978+konsumlamm@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: konsumlamm <44230978+konsumlamm@users.noreply.github.com>

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/template/tredefinition_override.nim b/tests/template/tredefinition_override.nim
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index 000000000..0bda4025b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template/tredefinition_override.nim
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+{.push warningAsError[TemplateRedefinition]: on.}
+
+doAssert not (compiles do:
+  template foo(): int = 1
+  template foo(): int = 2)
+doAssert (compiles do:
+  template foo(): int = 1
+  template foo(): int {.redefine.} = 2)
+doAssert not (compiles do:
+  block:
+    template foo() =
+      template bar: string {.gensym.} = "a"
+      template bar: string {.gensym.} = "b"
+    foo())
+doAssert (compiles do:
+  block:
+    template foo() =
+      template bar: string {.gensym.} = "a"
+      template bar: string {.gensym, redefine.} = "b"
+    foo())
+
+block:
+  template foo(): int = 1
+  template foo(): int {.redefine.} = 2
+  doAssert foo() == 2
+block:
+  template foo(): string =
+    template bar: string {.gensym.} = "a"
+    template bar: string {.gensym, redefine.} = "b"
+    bar()
+  doAssert foo() == "b"
+
+{.pop.}