use dummy dest for void branches to fix noreturn in VM (#22617)

fixes #22216

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/vm/tnoreturn.nim b/tests/vm/tnoreturn.nim
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+block: # issue #22216
+  type
+    Result[T, E] = object
+      case oVal: bool
+      of false:
+        eVal: E
+      of true:
+        vVal: T
+
+  func raiseResultDefect(m: string) {.noreturn, noinline.} =
+    raise (ref Defect)(msg: m)
+
+  template withAssertOk(self: Result, body: untyped): untyped =
+    case self.oVal
+    of false:
+      raiseResultDefect("Trying to access value with err Result")    
+    else:
+      body
+
+  func value[T, E](self: Result[T, E]): T {.inline.} =    
+    withAssertOk(self):  
+      self.vVal
+      
+  const
+    x = Result[int, string](oVal: true, vVal: 123)
+    z = x.value()
+    
+  let
+    xx = Result[int, string](oVal: true, vVal: 123)
+    zz = x.value()
+  
+  doAssert z == zz