Reject assignments with nkEmpty RHS (#9000)

Fixes #8997

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/macros/t8997.nim b/tests/macros/t8997.nim
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+++ b/tests/macros/t8997.nim
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+discard """
+  line: 24
+  errormsg: "illformed AST: "
+"""
+
+import macros
+
+type
+  Node* = ref object
+    children: seq[Node]
+
+proc newNode*(): Node =
+  Node(children: newSeq[Node]())
+
+macro build*(body: untyped): untyped =
+
+  template appendElement(tmp, childrenBlock) {.dirty.} =
+    bind newNode
+    let tmp = newNode()
+    tmp.children = childrenBlock  # this line seems to be the problem
+
+  let tmp = genSym(nskLet, "tmp")
+  let childrenBlock = newEmptyNode()
+  result = getAst(appendElement(tmp, childrenBlock))
+
+build(body)