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-rw-r--r--lib/core/macros.nim6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index 777d991d4..35f0f61c1 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ proc kind*(n: NimNode): NimNodeKind {.magic: "NKind", noSideEffect.}
   ## returns the `kind` of the node `n`.
 
 proc intVal*(n: NimNode): BiggestInt {.magic: "NIntVal", noSideEffect.}
+proc boolVal*(n: NimNode): bool {.compileTime, noSideEffect.} = n.intVal != 0
 proc floatVal*(n: NimNode): BiggestFloat {.magic: "NFloatVal", noSideEffect.}
 proc symbol*(n: NimNode): NimSym {.magic: "NSymbol", noSideEffect.}
 proc ident*(n: NimNode): NimIdent {.magic: "NIdent", noSideEffect.}
@@ -397,6 +398,11 @@ proc newLit*(i: BiggestInt): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
   result = newNimNode(nnkIntLit)
   result.intVal = i
 
+proc newLit*(b: bool): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
+  ## produces a new boolean literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkIntLit)
+  result.intVal = ord(b)
+
 proc newLit*(f: BiggestFloat): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
   ## produces a new float literal node.
   result = newNimNode(nnkFloatLit)