macros and templates can be expanded anywhere where a type is expected.

This allows for various type selection algorithms to be implemented.
See tests / accept / compile / ttypeselectors.nim for examples.

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+import macros
+
+template selectType(x: int): typeDesc =
+  when x < 10:
+    int
+  else:
+    string
+
+template simpleTypeTempl: typeDesc =
+  string
+
+macro typeFromMacro(s: expr): typeDesc =
+  result = newNimNode(nnkIdent)
+  result.ident = !"string"
+  # result = newIdentNode"string"
+  
+proc t1*(x: int): simpleTypeTempl() =
+  result = "test"
+
+proc t2*(x: int): selectType(100) =
+  result = "test"
+
+proc t3*(x: int): selectType(1) =
+  result = 10
+
+proc t4*(x: int): typeFromMacro() =
+  result = "test"
+
+var x*: selectType(50) = "test"
+
+proc t5*(x: selectType(5)) =
+  var y = x + 10
+  echo y
+
+var y*: type(t2(100)) = "test"
+
+proc t6*(x: type(t3(0))): type(t1(0)) =
+  result = $x
+