`--hintAsError` (#16763)

* --hintAsError

* add test, changelog

* condsyms

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/misc/twarningaserror.nim b/tests/misc/twarningaserror.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f7b76095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/misc/twarningaserror.nim
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+discard """
+  joinable: false
+"""
+
+#[
+tests: hintAsError, warningAsError
+]#
+
+template fn1 =
+  {.hintAsError[ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded]:on.}
+  proc fn(a: string) = discard a.string
+  {.hintAsError[ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded]:off.}
+
+template fn2 =
+  {.hintAsError[ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded]:on.}
+  proc fn(a: string) = discard a
+  {.hintAsError[ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded]:off.}
+
+template gn1 =
+  {.warningAsError[ProveInit]:on.}
+  proc fn(): var int = discard
+  discard fn()
+  {.warningAsError[ProveInit]:off.}
+
+template gn2 =
+  {.warningAsError[ProveInit]:on.}
+  proc fn(): int = discard
+  discard fn()
+  {.warningAsError[ProveInit]:off.}
+
+doAssert not compiles(fn1())
+doAssert compiles(fn2())
+
+doAssert not compiles(gn1())
+doAssert compiles(gn2())