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-rw-r--r--lib/pure/asyncftpclient.nim4
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/ftpclient.nim52
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/httpclient.nim10
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/logging.nim68
-rw-r--r--lib/system.nim2
-rw-r--r--tests/exprs/texprstmt.nim2
-rw-r--r--tests/generics/tunique_type.nim2
-rw-r--r--tests/misc/tslices.nim6
-rw-r--r--tests/testament/categories.nim36
-rw-r--r--tests/testament/tester.nim4
10 files changed, 93 insertions, 93 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/asyncftpclient.nim b/lib/pure/asyncftpclient.nim
index 8558ad10d..96f54b49e 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asyncftpclient.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asyncftpclient.nim
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ proc pasv(ftp: AsyncFtpClient) {.async.} =
   assertReply(pasvMsg, "227")
   var betweenParens = captureBetween(pasvMsg.string, '(', ')')
   var nums = betweenParens.split(',')
-  var ip = nums[0.. -3]
-  var port = nums[-2.. -1]
+  var ip = nums[0.. ^3]
+  var port = nums[^2.. ^1]
   var properPort = port[0].parseInt()*256+port[1].parseInt()
   await ftp.dsock.connect(ip.join("."), Port(properPort.toU16))
   ftp.dsockConnected = true
diff --git a/lib/pure/ftpclient.nim b/lib/pure/ftpclient.nim
index 46af1d528..dc387b79c 100644
--- a/lib/pure/ftpclient.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/ftpclient.nim
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ from rawsockets import nil
 from asyncdispatch import PFuture
 
 ## This module **partially** implements an FTP client as specified
-## by `RFC 959 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc959>`_. 
-## 
+## by `RFC 959 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc959>`_.
+##
 ## This module provides both a synchronous and asynchronous implementation.
 ## The asynchronous implementation requires you to use the ``asyncFTPClient``
 ## function. You are then required to register the ``AsyncFTPClient`` with a
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from asyncdispatch import PFuture
 ## file transfers, calls to functions which use the command socket will block.
 ##
 ## Here is some example usage of this module:
-## 
+##
 ## .. code-block:: Nim
 ##    var ftp = ftpClient("example.org", user = "user", pass = "pass")
 ##    ftp.connect()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type
       port*: rawsockets.Port
     else:
       port*: Port
-    
+
     jobInProgress*: bool
     job*: FTPJob[SockType]
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ type
     of EvLines:
       lines*: string ## Lines that have been transferred.
     of EvRetr, EvStore: ## Retr/Store operation finished.
-      nil 
+      nil
     of EvTransferProgress:
       bytesTotal*: BiggestInt     ## Bytes total.
       bytesFinished*: BiggestInt  ## Bytes transferred.
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ proc handleConnect(s: AsyncSocket, ftp: AsyncFTPClient) =
 proc handleRead(s: AsyncSocket, ftp: AsyncFTPClient) =
   assert ftp.jobInProgress
   assert ftp.job.typ != JStore
-  # This can never return true, because it shouldn't check for code 
+  # This can never return true, because it shouldn't check for code
   # 226 from csock.
   assert(not ftp.job.prc(ftp, true))
 
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ proc pasv[T](ftp: FtpBase[T]) =
     ftp.disp.register(ftp.dsock)
   else:
     {.fatal: "Incorrect socket instantiation".}
-  
+
   var pasvMsg = ftp.send("PASV").string.strip.TaintedString
   assertReply(pasvMsg, "227")
   var betweenParens = captureBetween(pasvMsg.string, '(', ')')
   var nums = betweenParens.split(',')
-  var ip = nums[0.. -3]
-  var port = nums[-2.. -1]
+  var ip = nums[0.. ^3]
+  var port = nums[^2.. ^1]
   var properPort = port[0].parseInt()*256+port[1].parseInt()
   ftp.dsock.connect(ip.join("."), Port(properPort.toU16))
   when T is AsyncSocket:
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ proc getLines[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], async: bool = false): bool =
         ftp.job.lines.add(r.string & "\n")
     else:
       {.fatal: "Incorrect socket instantiation".}
-  
+
   if not async:
     var readSocks: seq[Socket] = @[ftp.csock]
     # This is only needed here. Asyncio gets this socket...
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ proc chmod*[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], path: string,
 proc list*[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], dir: string = "", async = false): string =
   ## Lists all files in ``dir``. If ``dir`` is ``""``, uses the current
   ## working directory. If ``async`` is true, this function will return
-  ## immediately and it will be your job to call asyncio's 
+  ## immediately and it will be your job to call asyncio's
   ## ``poll`` to progress this operation.
   ftp.createJob(getLines[T], JRetrText)
   ftp.pasv()
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ proc retrText*[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], file: string, async = false): string =
   ftp.createJob(getLines[T], JRetrText)
   ftp.pasv()
   assertReply ftp.send("RETR " & file.normalizePathSep), ["125", "150"]
-  
+
   if not async:
     while not ftp.job.prc(ftp, false): discard
     result = ftp.job.lines
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ proc getFile[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], async = false): bool =
       else:
         bytesRead = ftp.dsock.recvAsync(r, BufferSize)
         returned = bytesRead != -1
-    else: 
+    else:
       bytesRead = ftp.dsock.recv(r, BufferSize)
       returned = true
     let r2 = r.string
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ proc getFile[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], async = false): bool =
 proc retrFile*[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], file, dest: string, async = false) =
   ## Downloads ``file`` and saves it to ``dest``. Usage of this function
   ## asynchronously is recommended to view the progress of the download.
-  ## The ``EvRetr`` event is passed to the specified ``handleEvent`` function 
+  ## The ``EvRetr`` event is passed to the specified ``handleEvent`` function
   ## when the download is finished, and the ``filename`` field will be equal
   ## to ``file``.
   ftp.createJob(getFile[T], JRetr)
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ proc retrFile*[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], file, dest: string, async = false) =
   var fileSize: BiggestInt
   if reply.string.captureBetween('(', ')').parseBiggestInt(fileSize) == 0:
     raise newException(ReplyError, "Reply has no file size.")
-    
+
   ftp.job.total = fileSize
   ftp.job.lastProgressReport = epochTime()
   ftp.job.filename = file.normalizePathSep
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ proc doUpload[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], async = false): bool =
       if bytesSent == ftp.job.toStore.len:
         ftp.job.toStore = ""
       elif bytesSent != ftp.job.toStore.len and bytesSent != 0:
-        ftp.job.toStore = ftp.job.toStore[bytesSent .. -1]
+        ftp.job.toStore = ftp.job.toStore[bytesSent .. ^1]
       ftp.job.progress.inc(bytesSent)
       ftp.job.oneSecond.inc(bytesSent)
     else:
@@ -499,12 +499,12 @@ proc doUpload[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], async = false): bool =
         # File finished uploading.
         ftp.dsock.close()
         ftp.dsockConnected = false
-  
+
         if not async:
           assertReply ftp.expectReply(), "226"
           return true
         return false
-    
+
       if not async:
         ftp.dsock.send(s)
       else:
@@ -512,9 +512,9 @@ proc doUpload[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], async = false): bool =
         if bytesSent == 0:
           ftp.job.toStore.add(s)
         elif bytesSent != s.len:
-          ftp.job.toStore.add(s[bytesSent .. -1])
+          ftp.job.toStore.add(s[bytesSent .. ^1])
         len = bytesSent
-      
+
       ftp.job.progress.inc(len)
       ftp.job.oneSecond.inc(len)
 
@@ -522,8 +522,8 @@ proc store*[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], file, dest: string, async = false) =
   ## Uploads ``file`` to ``dest`` on the remote FTP server. Usage of this
   ## function asynchronously is recommended to view the progress of
   ## the download.
-  ## The ``EvStore`` event is passed to the specified ``handleEvent`` function 
-  ## when the upload is finished, and the ``filename`` field will be 
+  ## The ``EvStore`` event is passed to the specified ``handleEvent`` function
+  ## when the upload is finished, and the ``filename`` field will be
   ## equal to ``file``.
   ftp.createJob(doUpload[T], JStore)
   ftp.job.file = open(file)
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ proc store*[T](ftp: FtpBase[T], file, dest: string, async = false) =
   ftp.job.lastProgressReport = epochTime()
   ftp.job.filename = file
   ftp.pasv()
-  
+
   assertReply ftp.send("STOR " & dest.normalizePathSep), ["125", "150"]
 
   if not async:
@@ -564,12 +564,12 @@ proc csockHandleRead(s: AsyncSocket, ftp: AsyncFTPClient) =
       if ftp.job.progress != ftp.job.total:
         raise newException(FTPError, "Didn't upload full file.")
     ftp.deleteJob()
-    
+
     ftp.handleEvent(ftp, r)
 
 proc asyncFTPClient*(address: string, port = Port(21),
                      user, pass = "",
-    handleEvent: proc (ftp: AsyncFTPClient, ev: FTPEvent) {.closure,gcsafe.} = 
+    handleEvent: proc (ftp: AsyncFTPClient, ev: FTPEvent) {.closure,gcsafe.} =
       (proc (ftp: AsyncFTPClient, ev: FTPEvent) = discard)): AsyncFTPClient =
   ## Create a ``AsyncFTPClient`` object.
   ##
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ when isMainModule:
           echo d.len
         else: assert(false)
     var ftp = asyncFTPClient("example.com", user = "foo", pass = "bar", handleEvent = hev)
-    
+
     d.register(ftp)
     d.len.echo()
     ftp.connect()
diff --git a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
index f11101511..4c2580da0 100644
--- a/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/httpclient.nim
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ proc parseResponse(s: Socket, getBody: bool, timeout: int): Response =
       inc(linei, le)
       # Status code
       linei.inc skipWhitespace(line, linei)
-      result.status = line[linei .. -1]
+      result.status = line[linei .. ^1]
       parsedStatus = true
     else:
       # Parse headers
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ proc parseResponse(s: Socket, getBody: bool, timeout: int): Response =
       if line[linei] != ':': httpError("invalid headers")
       inc(linei) # Skip :
 
-      result.headers[name] = line[linei.. -1].strip()
+      result.headers[name] = line[linei.. ^1].strip()
   if not fullyRead:
     httpError("Connection was closed before full request has been made")
   if getBody:
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ proc request*(url: string, httpMethod = httpGET, extraHeaders = "",
   ## | Extra headers can be specified and must be separated by ``\c\L``
   ## | An optional timeout can be specified in miliseconds, if reading from the
   ## server takes longer than specified an ETimeout exception will be raised.
-  result = request(url, $httpMethod, extraHeaders, body, sslContext, timeout, 
+  result = request(url, $httpMethod, extraHeaders, body, sslContext, timeout,
                    userAgent, proxy)
 
 proc redirection(status: string): bool =
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ proc parseResponse(client: AsyncHttpClient,
       inc(linei, le)
       # Status code
       linei.inc skipWhitespace(line, linei)
-      result.status = line[linei .. -1]
+      result.status = line[linei .. ^1]
       parsedStatus = true
     else:
       # Parse headers
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ proc parseResponse(client: AsyncHttpClient,
       if line[linei] != ':': httpError("invalid headers")
       inc(linei) # Skip :
 
-      result.headers[name] = line[linei.. -1].strip()
+      result.headers[name] = line[linei.. ^1].strip()
   if not fullyRead:
     httpError("Connection was closed before full request has been made")
   if getBody:
diff --git a/lib/pure/logging.nim b/lib/pure/logging.nim
index 16c36e1f0..ca674af4b 100644
--- a/lib/pure/logging.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/logging.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## This module implements a simple logger. It has been designed to be as simple
 ## as possible to avoid bloat, if this library does not fulfill your needs,
 ## write your own.
-## 
+##
 ## Format strings support the following variables which must be prefixed with
 ## the dollar operator (``$``):
 ##
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 ## $time         Current time
 ## $app          ``os.getAppFilename()``
 ## ============  =======================
-## 
+##
 ##
 ## The following example demonstrates logging to three different handlers
 ## simultaneously:
 ##
 ## .. code-block:: nim
-##     
+##
 ##    var L = newConsoleLogger()
 ##    var fL = newFileLogger("test.log", fmtStr = verboseFmtStr)
 ##    var rL = newRollingFileLogger("rolling.log", fmtStr = verboseFmtStr)
@@ -64,20 +64,20 @@ const
 
 type
   Logger* = ref object of RootObj ## abstract logger; the base type of all loggers
-    levelThreshold*: Level    ## only messages of level >= levelThreshold 
+    levelThreshold*: Level    ## only messages of level >= levelThreshold
                               ## should be processed
     fmtStr: string ## = defaultFmtStr by default, see substituteLog for $date etc.
-    
+
   ConsoleLogger* = ref object of Logger ## logger that writes the messages to the
                                         ## console
-  
+
   FileLogger* = ref object of Logger ## logger that writes the messages to a file
     f: File
-  
-  RollingFileLogger* = ref object of FileLogger ## logger that writes the 
+
+  RollingFileLogger* = ref object of FileLogger ## logger that writes the
                                                 ## messages to a file and
                                                 ## performs log rotation
-    maxLines: int # maximum number of lines    
+    maxLines: int # maximum number of lines
     curLine : int
     baseName: string # initial filename
     baseMode: FileMode # initial file mode
@@ -86,22 +86,22 @@ type
 {.deprecated: [TLevel: Level, PLogger: Logger, PConsoleLogger: ConsoleLogger,
     PFileLogger: FileLogger, PRollingFileLogger: RollingFileLogger].}
 
-proc substituteLog(frmt: string): string = 
+proc substituteLog(frmt: string): string =
   ## converts $date to the current date
   ## converts $time to the current time
   ## converts $app to getAppFilename()
-  ## converts 
+  ## converts
   result = newStringOfCap(frmt.len + 20)
   var i = 0
-  while i < frmt.len: 
-    if frmt[i] != '$': 
+  while i < frmt.len:
+    if frmt[i] != '$':
       result.add(frmt[i])
       inc(i)
     else:
       inc(i)
       var v = ""
       var app = getAppFilename()
-      while frmt[i] in IdentChars: 
+      while frmt[i] in IdentChars:
         v.add(toLower(frmt[i]))
         inc(i)
       case v
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ proc substituteLog(frmt: string): string =
 
 method log*(logger: Logger, level: Level,
             frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) {.
-            raises: [Exception], 
+            raises: [Exception],
             tags: [TimeEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect].} =
   ## Override this method in custom loggers. Default implementation does
   ## nothing.
   discard
-  
+
 method log*(logger: ConsoleLogger, level: Level,
             frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## Logs to the console using ``logger`` only.
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ method log*(logger: ConsoleLogger, level: Level,
     writeln(stdout, LevelNames[level], " ", substituteLog(logger.fmtStr),
             frmt % args)
 
-method log*(logger: FileLogger, level: Level, 
+method log*(logger: FileLogger, level: Level,
             frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## Logs to a file using ``logger`` only.
   if level >= logger.levelThreshold:
     writeln(logger.f, LevelNames[level], " ",
             substituteLog(logger.fmtStr), frmt % args)
 
-proc defaultFilename*(): string = 
+proc defaultFilename*(): string =
   ## Returns the default filename for a logger.
   var (path, name, ext) = splitFile(getAppFilename())
   result = changeFileExt(path / name, "log")
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ proc newConsoleLogger*(levelThreshold = lvlAll, fmtStr = defaultFmtStr): Console
   result.fmtStr = fmtStr
   result.levelThreshold = levelThreshold
 
-proc newFileLogger*(filename = defaultFilename(), 
+proc newFileLogger*(filename = defaultFilename(),
                     mode: FileMode = fmAppend,
                     levelThreshold = lvlAll,
-                    fmtStr = defaultFmtStr): FileLogger = 
+                    fmtStr = defaultFmtStr): FileLogger =
   ## Creates a new file logger. This logger logs to a file.
   new(result)
   result.levelThreshold = levelThreshold
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ proc countFiles(filename: string): int =
     if kind == pcFile:
       let llfn = name & ext & ExtSep
       if path.extractFilename.startsWith(llfn):
-        let numS = path.extractFilename[llfn.len .. -1]
+        let numS = path.extractFilename[llfn.len .. ^1]
         try:
           let num = parseInt(numS)
           if num > result:
             result = num
         except ValueError: discard
 
-proc newRollingFileLogger*(filename = defaultFilename(), 
+proc newRollingFileLogger*(filename = defaultFilename(),
                            mode: FileMode = fmReadWrite,
                            levelThreshold = lvlAll,
                            fmtStr = defaultFmtStr,
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ proc newRollingFileLogger*(filename = defaultFilename(),
   result.curLine = 0
   result.baseName = filename
   result.baseMode = mode
-  
+
   result.logFiles = countFiles(filename)
-  
+
   if mode == fmAppend:
     # We need to get a line count because we will be appending to the file.
     result.curLine = countLogLines(result)
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ proc rotate(logger: RollingFileLogger) =
     moveFile(dir / (name & ext & srcSuff),
              dir / (name & ext & ExtSep & $(i+1)))
 
-method log*(logger: RollingFileLogger, level: Level, 
+method log*(logger: RollingFileLogger, level: Level,
             frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## Logs to a file using rolling ``logger`` only.
   if level >= logger.levelThreshold:
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ method log*(logger: RollingFileLogger, level: Level,
       logger.logFiles.inc
       logger.curLine = 0
       logger.f = open(logger.baseName, logger.baseMode)
-    
+
     writeln(logger.f, LevelNames[level], " ",substituteLog(logger.fmtStr), frmt % args)
     logger.curLine.inc
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ var level {.threadvar.}: Level   ## global log filter
 var handlers {.threadvar.}: seq[Logger] ## handlers with their own log levels
 
 proc logLoop(level: Level, frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
-  for logger in items(handlers): 
+  for logger in items(handlers):
     if level >= logger.levelThreshold:
       log(logger, level, frmt, args)
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ template log*(level: Level, frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   bind logLoop
   bind `%`
   bind logging.level
-  
+
   if level >= logging.level:
     logLoop(level, frmt, args)
 
@@ -243,19 +243,19 @@ template debug*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## Logs a debug message to all registered handlers.
   log(lvlDebug, frmt, args)
 
-template info*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) = 
+template info*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## Logs an info message to all registered handlers.
   log(lvlInfo, frmt, args)
 
-template warn*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) = 
+template warn*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## Logs a warning message to all registered handlers.
   log(lvlWarn, frmt, args)
 
-template error*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) = 
+template error*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## Logs an error message to all registered handlers.
   log(lvlError, frmt, args)
-  
-template fatal*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =  
+
+template fatal*(frmt: string, args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   ## Logs a fatal error message to all registered handlers.
   log(lvlFatal, frmt, args)
 
@@ -287,5 +287,5 @@ when isMainModule:
   addHandler(rL)
   for i in 0 .. 25:
     info("hello" & $i, [])
-  
+
 
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index ad448c1d1..ba0690ace 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ when hostOS != "standalone":
     ##
     ## .. code-block:: nim
     ##   var s = "abcdef"
-    ##   s[1 .. -2] = "xyz"
+    ##   s[1 .. ^2] = "xyz"
     ##   assert s == "axyzf"
     var a = x.a
     var L = x.b - a + 1
diff --git a/tests/exprs/texprstmt.nim b/tests/exprs/texprstmt.nim
index 355da2407..79323d82a 100644
--- a/tests/exprs/texprstmt.nim
+++ b/tests/exprs/texprstmt.nim
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ discard """
 
 proc test: string =
   result = "blah"
-  result[1 .. -1]
+  result[1 .. ^1]
 
 echo test()
diff --git a/tests/generics/tunique_type.nim b/tests/generics/tunique_type.nim
index e78640caa..da2f9e4b2 100644
--- a/tests/generics/tunique_type.nim
+++ b/tests/generics/tunique_type.nim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ proc refExpr(exprNode: NimNode): string {.compileTime.} =
   "expr" & $(exprNodes.len - 1)
 
 proc derefExpr(exprRef: string): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
-  exprNodes[parseInt(exprRef[4 .. -1])]
+  exprNodes[parseInt(exprRef[4 .. ^1])]
 
 #===============================================================================
 # Define a type that allows a callable expression to be mapped onto elements
diff --git a/tests/misc/tslices.nim b/tests/misc/tslices.nim
index 0de1171e3..388a46509 100644
--- a/tests/misc/tslices.nim
+++ b/tests/misc/tslices.nim
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ echo()
 
 
 var myseq = @[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
-myseq[0..2] = myseq[-3.. -1]
+myseq[0..2] = myseq[^3 .. ^1]
 
 for x in items(myseq): stdout.write(x)
 echo()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ echo mystr
 mystr[4..4] = "u"
 
 # test full replacement
-mystr[.. -2] = "egerichtet"
+mystr[.. ^2] = "egerichtet"
 
 echo mystr
 
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ mystr[0..2] = "ve"
 echo mystr
 
 var s = "abcdef"
-s[1 .. -2] = "xyz"
+s[1 .. ^2] = "xyz"
 assert s == "axyzf"
 
diff --git a/tests/testament/categories.nim b/tests/testament/categories.nim
index cb3649a38..4476fccf2 100644
--- a/tests/testament/categories.nim
+++ b/tests/testament/categories.nim
@@ -22,35 +22,35 @@ proc delNimCache() =
     removeDir(nimcacheDir)
   except OSError:
     echo "[Warning] could not delete: ", nimcacheDir
-    
+
 proc runRodFiles(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   template test(filename: expr): stmt =
     testSpec r, makeTest(rodfilesDir / filename, options, cat, actionRun)
-  
+
   delNimCache()
-  
+
   # test basic recompilation scheme:
   test "hallo"
   test "hallo"
   # test incremental type information:
   test "hallo2"
   delNimCache()
-  
+
   # test type converters:
   test "aconv"
   test "bconv"
   delNimCache()
-  
+
   # test G, A, B example from the documentation; test init sections:
   test "deada"
   test "deada2"
   delNimCache()
-  
+
   # test method generation:
   test "bmethods"
   test "bmethods2"
   delNimCache()
-  
+
   # test generics:
   test "tgeneric1"
   test "tgeneric2"
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ proc runBasicDLLTest(c, r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
     options & " --app:lib -d:createNimRtl", cat)
   testSpec c, makeTest("tests/dll/server.nim",
     options & " --app:lib -d:useNimRtl", cat)
-  
-  when defined(Windows): 
+
+  when defined(Windows):
     # windows looks in the dir of the exe (yay!):
     var nimrtlDll = DynlibFormat % "nimrtl"
     safeCopyFile("lib" / nimrtlDll, "tests/dll" / nimrtlDll)
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ proc runBasicDLLTest(c, r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
     putEnv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "lib:" & libpath)
     var serverDll = DynlibFormat % "server"
     safeCopyFile("tests/dll" / serverDll, "lib" / serverDll)
-  
-  testSpec r, makeTest("tests/dll/client.nim", options & " -d:useNimRtl", 
+
+  testSpec r, makeTest("tests/dll/client.nim", options & " -d:useNimRtl",
                        cat, actionRun)
 
 proc dllTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   # dummy compile result:
   var c = initResults()
-  
+
   runBasicDLLTest c, r, cat, options
   runBasicDLLTest c, r, cat, options & " -d:release"
   runBasicDLLTest c, r, cat, options & " --gc:boehm"
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ proc gcTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   test "cycleleak"
   test "closureleak"
   testWithoutMs "refarrayleak"
-  
+
   test "stackrefleak"
   test "cyclecollector"
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ proc threadTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
       " -d:release", cat, actionRun)
     testSpec r, makeTest("tests/threads" / filename, options &
       " --tlsEmulation:on", cat, actionRun)
-  
+
   test "tactors"
   test "tactors2"
   test "threadex"
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ proc jsTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
                          actionRun, targetJS)
     testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " -d:nodejs -d:release", cat,
                          actionRun, targetJS)
-    
+
   for t in os.walkFiles("tests/js/t*.nim"):
     test(t)
   for testfile in ["exception/texceptions", "exception/texcpt1",
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ proc jsTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
 
 proc findMainFile(dir: string): string =
   # finds the file belonging to ".nim.cfg"; if there is no such file
-  # it returns the some ".nim" file if there is only one: 
+  # it returns the some ".nim" file if there is only one:
   const cfgExt = ".nim.cfg"
   result = ""
   var nimFiles = 0
   for kind, file in os.walkDir(dir):
     if kind == pcFile:
-      if file.endsWith(cfgExt): return file[.. -(cfgExt.len+1)] & ".nim"
+      if file.endsWith(cfgExt): return file[.. ^(cfgExt.len+1)] & ".nim"
       elif file.endsWith(".nim"):
         if result.len == 0: result = file
         inc nimFiles
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ type PackageFilter = enum
   pfExtraOnly
   pfAll
 
-let 
+let
   nimbleExe = findExe("nimble")
   nimbleDir = getHomeDir() / ".nimble"
   packageDir = nimbleDir / "pkgs"
diff --git a/tests/testament/tester.nim b/tests/testament/tester.nim
index 4c1173fe3..7391b105e 100644
--- a/tests/testament/tester.nim
+++ b/tests/testament/tester.nim
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ proc callCompiler(cmdTemplate, filename, options: string,
                   target: TTarget): TSpec =
   let c = parseCmdLine(cmdTemplate % ["target", targetToCmd[target],
                        "options", options, "file", filename.quoteShell])
-  var p = startProcess(command=c[0], args=c[1.. -1],
+  var p = startProcess(command=c[0], args=c[1.. ^1],
                        options={poStdErrToStdOut, poUseShell})
   let outp = p.outputStream
   var suc = ""
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ proc main() =
     let testsDir = "tests" & DirSep
     for kind, dir in walkDir(testsDir):
       assert testsDir.startsWith(testsDir)
-      let cat = dir[testsDir.len .. -1]
+      let cat = dir[testsDir.len .. ^1]
       if kind == pcDir and cat notin ["testament", "testdata", "nimcache"]:
         processCategory(r, Category(cat), p.cmdLineRest.string)
     for a in AdditionalCategories: