19 files changed, 85 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/ast.nim b/compiler/ast.nim
index 3719bc664..9eb2d21ac 100755
--- a/compiler/ast.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast.nim
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ type
 const
   routineKinds* = {skProc, skMethod, skIterator, skConverter,
     skMacro, skTemplate}
+  tfIncompleteStruct* = tfVarargs
 
 type
   TMagic* = enum # symbols that require compiler magic:
diff --git a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
index eb1c23dd5..6bbb33b4f 100755
--- a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ proc typeNameOrLiteral(t: PType, literal: string): PRope =
   
 proc getSimpleTypeDesc(m: BModule, typ: PType): PRope = 
   const 
-    NumericalTypeToStr: array[tyInt..tyFloat128, string] = ["NI", "NI8", "NI16", 
-      "NI32", "NI64", "NF", "NF32", "NF64", "NF128"]
+    NumericalTypeToStr: array[tyInt..tyFloat128, string] = ["NI", "NI8",
+      "NI16", "NI32", "NI64", "NF", "NF32", "NF64", "NF128"]
   case typ.Kind
   of tyPointer: 
     result = typeNameOrLiteral(typ, "void*")
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ proc mangleRecFieldName(field: PSym, rectype: PType): PRope =
     result = toRope(mangle(field.name.s))
   if result == nil: InternalError(field.info, "mangleRecFieldName")
   
-proc genRecordFieldsAux(m: BModule, n: PNode, accessExpr: PRope, rectype: PType, 
+proc genRecordFieldsAux(m: BModule, n: PNode, 
+                        accessExpr: PRope, rectype: PType, 
                         check: var TIntSet): PRope = 
   var 
     ae, uname, sname, a: PRope
@@ -560,9 +561,13 @@ proc genTypeInfoAuxBase(m: BModule, typ: PType, name, base: PRope) =
     nimtypeKind = ord(tyPureObject)
   else:
     nimtypeKind = ord(typ.kind)
+  
+  var size: PRope
+  if tfIncompleteStruct in typ.flags: size = toRope"void*"
+  else: size = getTypeDesc(m, typ)
   appf(m.s[cfsTypeInit3], 
        "$1->size = sizeof($2);$n" & "$1->kind = $3;$n" & "$1->base = $4;$n", 
-       [name, getTypeDesc(m, typ), toRope(nimtypeKind), base])     
+       [name, size, toRope(nimtypeKind), base])     
   # compute type flags for GC optimization
   var flags = 0
   if not containsGarbageCollectedRef(typ): flags = flags or 1
diff --git a/compiler/ccgutils.nim b/compiler/ccgutils.nim
index e3d13509f..578512bb0 100755
--- a/compiler/ccgutils.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgutils.nim
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ proc GetUniqueType*(key: PType): PType =
     result = GetUniqueType(lastSon(key))
   of tyArrayConstr, tyGenericInvokation, tyGenericBody, tyGenericParam,
      tyOpenArray, tyArray, tyTuple, tySet, tyRange, 
-     tyPtr, tyRef, tySequence, tyForward, tyVarargs, tyProxy:
+     tyPtr, tyRef, tySequence, tyForward, tyVarargs, tyProxy, tyVar:
     # we have to do a slow linear search because types may need
     # to be compared by their structure:
     if IdTableHasObjectAsKey(gTypeTable[k], key): return key 
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ proc GetUniqueType*(key: PType): PType =
     if result == nil: 
       IdTablePut(gTypeTable[k], key, key)
       result = key
-  of tyProc, tyVar: 
-    # tyVar is not 100% correct, but speeds things up a little:
+  of tyProc:
+    # tyVar is not 100% correct, but would speeds things up a little:
     result = key
 
 proc TableGetType*(tab: TIdTable, key: PType): PObject = 
diff --git a/compiler/cgen.nim b/compiler/cgen.nim
index 6ce69f765..6a5d890a8 100755
--- a/compiler/cgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgen.nim
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ proc assignLocalVar(p: BProc, s: PSym) =
     if s.kind == skLet: incl(s.loc.flags, lfNoDeepCopy)
   app(p.s[cpsLocals], getTypeDesc(p.module, s.loc.t))
   if sfRegister in s.flags: app(p.s[cpsLocals], " register")
-  elif skipTypes(s.typ, abstractInst).kind in GcTypeKinds:
-    app(p.s[cpsLocals], " GC_GUARD")
+  #elif skipTypes(s.typ, abstractInst).kind in GcTypeKinds:
+  #  app(p.s[cpsLocals], " GC_GUARD")
   if (sfVolatile in s.flags) or (p.nestedTryStmts.len > 0): 
     app(p.s[cpsLocals], " volatile")
   appf(p.s[cpsLocals], " $1;$n", [s.loc.r])
diff --git a/compiler/pragmas.nim b/compiler/pragmas.nim
index 560a24afe..762bfa5bf 100755
--- a/compiler/pragmas.nim
+++ b/compiler/pragmas.nim
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const
     wDeprecated, wExtern, wThread, wImportcpp, wImportobjc, wNoStackFrame}
   typePragmas* = {wImportc, wExportc, wDeprecated, wMagic, wAcyclic, wNodecl, 
     wPure, wHeader, wCompilerProc, wFinal, wSize, wExtern, wShallow, 
-    wImportcpp, wImportobjc, wError}
+    wImportcpp, wImportobjc, wError, wIncompleteStruct}
   fieldPragmas* = {wImportc, wExportc, wDeprecated, wExtern, 
     wImportcpp, wImportobjc, wError}
   varPragmas* = {wImportc, wExportc, wVolatile, wRegister, wThreadVar, wNodecl, 
@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@ proc pragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, validPragmas: TSpecialWords) =
           of wEmit: PragmaEmit(c, it)
           of wUnroll: PragmaUnroll(c, it)
           of wLinearScanEnd: PragmaLinearScanEnd(c, it)
+          of wIncompleteStruct:
+            noVal(it)
+            if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+            incl(sym.typ.flags, tfIncompleteStruct)
           else: invalidPragma(it)
         else: invalidPragma(it)
     else: processNote(c, it)
diff --git a/compiler/wordrecg.nim b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
index 1f3ec939a..489850d93 100755
--- a/compiler/wordrecg.nim
+++ b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type
     wMagic, wThread, wFinal, wProfiler, wObjChecks,
     wImportCpp, wImportObjC,
     wImportCompilerProc,
-    wImportc, wExportc, wExtern,
+    wImportc, wExportc, wExtern, wIncompleteStruct,
     wAlign, wNodecl, wPure, wVolatile, wRegister, wSideeffect, wHeader, 
     wNosideeffect, wNoreturn, wMerge, wLib, wDynlib, wCompilerproc, wProcVar, 
     wFatal, wError, wWarning, wHint, wLine, wPush, wPop, wDefine, wUndef, 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const
     "magic", "thread", "final", "profiler", "objchecks", 
     
     "importcpp", "importobjc",
-    "importcompilerproc", "importc", "exportc", "extern",
+    "importcompilerproc", "importc", "exportc", "extern", "incompletestruct",
     "align", "nodecl", "pure", "volatile", "register", "sideeffect", 
     "header", "nosideeffect", "noreturn", "merge", "lib", "dynlib", 
     "compilerproc", "procvar", "fatal", "error", "warning", "hint", "line", 
diff --git a/doc/nimrodc.txt b/doc/nimrodc.txt
index 315c21435..53efb6a22 100755
--- a/doc/nimrodc.txt
+++ b/doc/nimrodc.txt
@@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ encloses the header file in ``""`` in the generated C code.
 **Note**: This will not work for the LLVM backend.
 
 
+IncompleteStruct pragma
+-----------------------
+The `incompleteStruct`:idx: pragma tells the compiler to not use the 
+underlying C ``struct`` in a ``sizeof`` expression:
+
+.. code-block:: Nimrod
+type
+  TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>", 
+          final, pure, incompleteStruct.} = object
+
+
 Compile pragma
 --------------
 The `compile`:idx: pragma can be used to compile and link a C/C++ source file 
diff --git a/koch.nim b/koch.nim
index 3af0dcc37..a19de3f2f 100755
--- a/koch.nim
+++ b/koch.nim
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ proc web(args: string) =
 
 proc update(args: string) =
   when defined(windows):
-    echo("Windows Users: Make sure to be running this in Bash. If you aren't, press CTRL+C now.")
-
+    echo("Windows users: Make sure to be running this in Bash. ",
+         "If you aren't, press CTRL+C now.")
 
   var thisDir = getAppDir()
   var git = findExe("git")
@@ -109,42 +109,36 @@ proc update(args: string) =
         echo("Fetching updates from repo...")
         var pullout = execCmdEx(git & " pull origin master")
         if pullout[1] != 0:
-          echo("An error has occured.")
-          return
+          quit("An error has occured.")
         else:
-          if pullout[0] == "Already up-to-date.\r\n":
-             echo("No new changes fetched from the repo. Local branch must be ahead of it. Exiting...")
-             return
+          if pullout[0].startsWith("Already up-to-date."):
+            quit("No new changes fetched from the repo. " &
+                 "Local branch must be ahead of it. Exiting...")
     else:
-        echo("An error has occured.")
-        return
+      quit("An error has occured.")
     
   else:
     echo("No repo or executable found!")
     when defined(haveZipLib):
       echo("Falling back.. Downloading source code from repo...")
       # use dom96's httpclient to download zip
-      downloadFile("https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/zipball/master",thisDir & "/update.zip")
-    
+      downloadFile("https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/zipball/master",
+                   thisDir / "update.zip")
       try:
         echo("Extracting source code from archive...")
-        var zip :TZipArchive
-        discard open(zip,thisDir & "/update.zip", fmRead) # will add error checking later
+        var zip: TZipArchive
+        discard open(zip, thisDir & "/update.zip", fmRead)
         extractAll(zip, thisDir & "/")
       except:
-        echo("Error reading archive.")
-        return
+        quit("Error reading archive.")
     else:
-      echo("No failback available. Exiting...")
-      return
+      quit("No failback available. Exiting...")
   
   echo("Starting update...")
   boot(args)
   echo("Update complete!")
 
 
-
-
 # -------------- boot ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 const
diff --git a/lib/nimbase.h b/lib/nimbase.h
index e2afed8f9..f52185800 100755
--- a/lib/nimbase.h
+++ b/lib/nimbase.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 
             Nimrod's Runtime Library
-        (c) Copyright 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 
     See the file "copying.txt", included in this
     distribution, for details about the copyright.
@@ -438,7 +438,9 @@ __declspec(naked) int __fastcall NimXadd(volatile int* pNum, int val) {
 #  define unlikely(x) (x)
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
+#if 0 // defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
+// not needed anymore because the stack marking cares about
+// interior pointers now
 static inline void GCGuard (void *ptr) { asm volatile ("" :: "X" (ptr)); }
 #  define GC_GUARD __attribute__ ((cleanup(GCGuard)))
 #else
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix.nim b/lib/posix/posix.nim
index 58801d83e..f8d49ddb4 100755
--- a/lib/posix/posix.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix.nim
@@ -68,10 +68,19 @@ const
   STDIN_FILENO* = 0  ## File number of stdin;
   STDOUT_FILENO* = 1 ## File number of stdout; 
 
+when defined(endb):
+  # to not break bootstrapping again ...
+  type
+    TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>", 
+            final, pure, incompleteStruct.} = object
+      ## A type representing a directory stream. 
+else:
+  type
+    TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>", 
+            final, pure.} = object
+      ## A type representing a directory stream.   
+  
 type
-  TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>", final, pure.} = object
-    ## A type representing a directory stream. 
-
   Tdirent* {.importc: "struct dirent", 
              header: "<dirent.h>", final, pure.} = object ## dirent_t struct
     d_ino*: TIno  ## File serial number.
diff --git a/lib/system/alloc.nim b/lib/system/alloc.nim
index 8bf173fc1..c3478a739 100755
--- a/lib/system/alloc.nim
+++ b/lib/system/alloc.nim
@@ -683,6 +683,10 @@ proc getOccupiedMem(a: TMemRegion): int {.inline.} =
 # ---------------------- thread memory region -------------------------------
 
 template InstantiateForRegion(allocator: expr) =
+  when false:
+    proc interiorAllocatedPtr*(p: pointer): pointer =
+      result = interiorAllocatedPtr(allocator, p)
+
   proc deallocOsPages = deallocOsPages(allocator)
 
   proc alloc(size: int): pointer =
diff --git a/tests/specials.nim b/tests/specials.nim
index e707ee9f5..3d4c8cfc4 100644
--- a/tests/specials.nim
+++ b/tests/specials.nim
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ proc rejectThreadTests(r: var TResults, options: string) =
   rejectSingleTest(r, "tests/threads/tthreadanalysis3", options)
   rejectSingleTest(r, "tests/threads/tthreadheapviolation1", options)
 
-# ------------------------- IO tests -----------------------------------
+# ------------------------- IO tests ------------------------------------------
 
 proc runIOTests(r: var TResults, options: string) =
   # We need readall_echo to be compiled for this test to run.
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ proc runIOTests(r: var TResults, options: string) =
   var c = initResults()
   compileSingleTest(c, "tests/system/helpers/readall_echo", options)
   runSingleTest(r, "tests/system/io", options)
+  
+# ------------------------- debugger tests ------------------------------------
+
+proc compileDebuggerTests(r: var TResults, options: string) =
+  compileSingleTest(r, "tools/nimgrep", options & 
+                    " --debugger:on")
 
 # ------------------------- register special tests here -----------------------
 proc runSpecialTests(r: var TResults, options: string) =
@@ -165,4 +171,5 @@ proc compileSpecialTests(r: var TResults, options: string) =
   compileSingleTest(r, "compiler/pas2nim/pas2nim.nim", options)
 
   compileDLLTests(r, options)
+  compileDebuggerTests(r, options)
 
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 1080e3a77..380e9469d 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ version 0.8.14
 ==============
 
 - BUG: type TX = TTable[string, int]
-- BUG: temp3.nim triggers weird compiler bug
-- BUG: --debugger:on does not work with talloc.nim
+- BUG: temp2.nim triggers weird compiler bug
 - implicit invokation of `items`/`pairs` seems nice; ensure items(23) does
   not compile though
 
diff --git a/tools/nimgrep.nim b/tools/nimgrep.nim
index 87849178e..01669f002 100755
--- a/tools/nimgrep.nim
+++ b/tools/nimgrep.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #           Nimrod Grep Utility
-#        (c) Copyright 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const
   Version = "0.8"
   Usage = "nimgrep - Nimrod Grep Utility Version " & version & """
 
-  (c) 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+  (c) 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 Usage:
   nimgrep [options] [pattern] [replacement] (file/directory)*
 Options:
diff --git a/tools/niminst.nim b/tools/niminst.nim
index 2a1041e17..02e501a26 100755
--- a/tools/niminst.nim
+++ b/tools/niminst.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #        The Nimrod Installation Generator
-#        (c) Copyright 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const
   Version = "0.9"
   Usage = "niminst - Nimrod Installation Generator Version " & version & """
 
-  (c) 2010 Andreas Rumpf
+  (c) 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 Usage:
   niminst [options] command[;command2...] ini-file[.ini] [compile_options]
 Command:
diff --git a/tools/nimrepl.nim b/tools/nimrepl.nim
index 220307dba..fe047e1d5 100755
--- a/tools/nimrepl.nim
+++ b/tools/nimrepl.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #              Nimrod REPL
-#        (c) Copyright 2010 Dominik Picheta
+#        (c) Copyright 2012 Dominik Picheta
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
diff --git a/tools/nimweb.nim b/tools/nimweb.nim
index 556d9a6e6..cc5ea97a6 100755
--- a/tools/nimweb.nim
+++ b/tools/nimweb.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #           Nimrod Website Generator
-#        (c) Copyright 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const
   Version = "0.7"
   Usage = "nimweb - Nimrod Website Generator Version " & version & """
 
-  (c) 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+  (c) 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 Usage:
   nimweb [options] ini-file[.ini] [compile_options]
 Options:
diff --git a/tools/sunset.tmpl b/tools/sunset.tmpl
index 6127da568..c8e06c659 100755
--- a/tools/sunset.tmpl
+++ b/tools/sunset.tmpl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <div id="footer">
-      copyright &copy; 2011 $c.authors | Last update: ${getDateStr()}
+      copyright &copy; 2012 $c.authors | Last update: ${getDateStr()}
       | <a class="reference" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer">XHTML 1.1</a>
       | <a class="reference" href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer">CSS</a>
       | <a class="reference" href="http://www.dcarter.co.uk">design by dcarter</a>
diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt
index fc936aee6..670950519 100755
--- a/web/news.txt
+++ b/web/news.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Compiler Additions
   Objective C.
 - The new pragmas ``importcpp`` and ``importobjc`` make interfacing with C++
   and Objective C somewhat easier.
+- Added a new pragma ``incompleteStruct`` to deal with incomplete C struct
+  definitions.
 - Added a ``--nimcache:PATH`` configuration option for control over the output
   directory for generated code.
 - The ``--genScript`` option now produces different compilation scripts