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+#
+#
+#           The Nim Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+import
+  lineinfos, platform,
+  prefixmatches, pathutils, nimpaths
+
+import std/[tables, os, strutils, strtabs, sets]
+from std/terminal import isatty
+from std/times import utc, fromUnix, local, getTime, format, DateTime
+from std/private/globs import nativeToUnixPath
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/[syncio, assertions]
+
+
+const
+  hasTinyCBackend* = defined(tinyc)
+  useEffectSystem* = true
+  useWriteTracking* = false
+  hasFFI* = defined(nimHasLibFFI)
+  copyrightYear* = "2024"
+
+  nimEnableCovariance* = defined(nimEnableCovariance)
+
+type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
+                              # (improves code efficiency a lot!)
+  TOption* = enum             # **keep binary compatible**
+    optNone, optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck, optBoundsCheck,
+    optOverflowCheck, optRefCheck,
+    optNaNCheck, optInfCheck, optStaticBoundsCheck, optStyleCheck,
+    optAssert, optLineDir, optWarns, optHints,
+    optOptimizeSpeed, optOptimizeSize,
+    optStackTrace, # stack tracing support
+    optStackTraceMsgs, # enable custom runtime msgs via `setFrameMsg`
+    optLineTrace,             # line tracing support (includes stack tracing)
+    optByRef,                 # use pass by ref for objects
+                              # (for interfacing with C)
+    optProfiler,              # profiler turned on
+    optImplicitStatic,        # optimization: implicit at compile time
+                              # evaluation
+    optTrMacros,              # en/disable pattern matching
+    optMemTracker,
+    optSinkInference          # 'sink T' inference
+    optCursorInference
+    optImportHidden
+    optQuirky
+
+  TOptions* = set[TOption]
+  TGlobalOption* = enum
+    gloptNone, optForceFullMake,
+    optWasNimscript,          # redundant with `cmdNimscript`, could be removed
+    optListCmd, optCompileOnly, optNoLinking,
+    optCDebug,                # turn on debugging information
+    optGenDynLib,             # generate a dynamic library
+    optGenStaticLib,          # generate a static library
+    optGenGuiApp,             # generate a GUI application
+    optGenScript,             # generate a script file to compile the *.c files
+    optGenCDeps,              # generate a list of *.c files to be read by CMake
+    optGenMapping,            # generate a mapping file
+    optRun,                   # run the compiled project
+    optUseNimcache,           # save artifacts (including binary) in $nimcache
+    optStyleHint,             # check that the names adhere to NEP-1
+    optStyleError,            # enforce that the names adhere to NEP-1
+    optStyleUsages,           # only enforce consistent **usages** of the symbol
+    optSkipSystemConfigFile,  # skip the system's cfg/nims config file
+    optSkipProjConfigFile,    # skip the project's cfg/nims config file
+    optSkipUserConfigFile,    # skip the users's cfg/nims config file
+    optSkipParentConfigFiles, # skip parent dir's cfg/nims config files
+    optNoMain,                # do not generate a "main" proc
+    optUseColors,             # use colors for hints, warnings, and errors
+    optThreads,               # support for multi-threading
+    optStdout,                # output to stdout
+    optThreadAnalysis,        # thread analysis pass
+    optTlsEmulation,          # thread var emulation turned on
+    optGenIndex               # generate index file for documentation;
+    optGenIndexOnly           # generate only index file for documentation
+    optNoImportdoc            # disable loading external documentation files
+    optEmbedOrigSrc           # embed the original source in the generated code
+                              # also: generate header file
+    optIdeDebug               # idetools: debug mode
+    optIdeTerse               # idetools: use terse descriptions
+    optIdeExceptionInlayHints
+    optExcessiveStackTrace    # fully qualified module filenames
+    optShowAllMismatches      # show all overloading resolution candidates
+    optWholeProject           # for 'doc': output any dependency
+    optDocInternal            # generate documentation for non-exported symbols
+    optMixedMode              # true if some module triggered C++ codegen
+    optDeclaredLocs           # show declaration locations in messages
+    optNoNimblePath
+    optHotCodeReloading
+    optDynlibOverrideAll
+    optSeqDestructors         # active if the implementation uses the new
+                              # string/seq implementation based on destructors
+    optTinyRtti               # active if we use the new "tiny RTTI"
+                              # implementation
+    optOwnedRefs              # active if the Nim compiler knows about 'owned'.
+    optMultiMethods
+    optBenchmarkVM            # Enables cpuTime() in the VM
+    optProduceAsm             # produce assembler code
+    optPanics                 # turn panics (sysFatal) into a process termination
+    optSourcemap
+    optProfileVM              # enable VM profiler
+    optEnableDeepCopy         # ORC specific: enable 'deepcopy' for all types.
+    optShowNonExportedFields  # for documentation: show fields that are not exported
+    optJsBigInt64             # use bigints for 64-bit integers in JS
+
+  TGlobalOptions* = set[TGlobalOption]
+
+const
+  harmlessOptions* = {optForceFullMake, optNoLinking, optRun, optUseColors, optStdout}
+  genSubDir* = RelativeDir"nimcache"
+  NimExt* = "nim"
+  RodExt* = "rod"
+  HtmlExt* = "html"
+  JsonExt* = "json"
+  TagsExt* = "tags"
+  TexExt* = "tex"
+  IniExt* = "ini"
+  DefaultConfig* = RelativeFile"nim.cfg"
+  DefaultConfigNims* = RelativeFile"config.nims"
+  DocConfig* = RelativeFile"nimdoc.cfg"
+  DocTexConfig* = RelativeFile"nimdoc.tex.cfg"
+  htmldocsDir* = htmldocsDirname.RelativeDir
+  docRootDefault* = "@default" # using `@` instead of `$` to avoid shell quoting complications
+  oKeepVariableNames* = true
+  spellSuggestSecretSauce* = -1
+
+type
+  TBackend* = enum
+    backendInvalid = "" # for parseEnum
+    backendC = "c"
+    backendCpp = "cpp"
+    backendJs = "js"
+    backendObjc = "objc"
+    # backendNimscript = "nimscript" # this could actually work
+    # backendLlvm = "llvm" # probably not well supported; was cmdCompileToLLVM
+
+  Command* = enum  ## Nim's commands
+    cmdNone # not yet processed command
+    cmdUnknown # command unmapped
+    cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC, cmdCompileToJS,
+    cmdCrun # compile and run in nimache
+    cmdTcc # run the project via TCC backend
+    cmdCheck # semantic checking for whole project
+    cmdM     # only compile a single
+    cmdParse # parse a single file (for debugging)
+    cmdRod # .rod to some text representation (for debugging)
+    cmdIdeTools # ide tools (e.g. nimsuggest)
+    cmdNimscript # evaluate nimscript
+    cmdDoc0
+    cmdDoc      # convert .nim doc comments to HTML
+    cmdDoc2tex  # convert .nim doc comments to LaTeX
+    cmdRst2html # convert a reStructuredText file to HTML
+    cmdRst2tex # convert a reStructuredText file to TeX
+    cmdMd2html # convert a Markdown file to HTML
+    cmdMd2tex # convert a Markdown file to TeX
+    cmdJsondoc0
+    cmdJsondoc
+    cmdCtags
+    cmdBuildindex
+    cmdGendepend
+    cmdDump
+    cmdInteractive # start interactive session
+    cmdNop
+    cmdJsonscript # compile a .json build file
+    # old unused: cmdInterpret, cmdDef: def feature (find definition for IDEs)
+
+const
+  cmdBackends* = {cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC,
+                  cmdCompileToJS, cmdCrun}
+  cmdDocLike* = {cmdDoc0, cmdDoc, cmdDoc2tex, cmdJsondoc0, cmdJsondoc,
+                 cmdCtags, cmdBuildindex}
+
+type
+  TStringSeq* = seq[string]
+  TGCMode* = enum             # the selected GC
+    gcUnselected = "unselected"
+    gcNone = "none"
+    gcBoehm = "boehm"
+    gcRegions = "regions"
+    gcArc = "arc"
+    gcOrc = "orc"
+    gcAtomicArc = "atomicArc"
+    gcMarkAndSweep = "markAndSweep"
+    gcHooks = "hooks"
+    gcRefc = "refc"
+    gcGo = "go"
+    # gcRefc and the GCs that follow it use a write barrier,
+    # as far as usesWriteBarrier() is concerned
+
+  IdeCmd* = enum
+    ideNone, ideSug, ideCon, ideDef, ideUse, ideDus, ideChk, ideChkFile, ideMod,
+    ideHighlight, ideOutline, ideKnown, ideMsg, ideProject, ideGlobalSymbols,
+    ideRecompile, ideChanged, ideType, ideDeclaration, ideExpand, ideInlayHints
+
+  Feature* = enum  ## experimental features; DO NOT RENAME THESE!
+    dotOperators,
+    callOperator,
+    parallel,
+    destructor,
+    notnil,
+    dynamicBindSym,
+    forLoopMacros, # not experimental anymore; remains here for backwards compatibility
+    caseStmtMacros, # ditto
+    codeReordering,
+    compiletimeFFI,
+      ## This requires building nim with `-d:nimHasLibFFI`
+      ## which itself requires `koch installdeps libffi`, see #10150
+      ## Note: this feature can't be localized with {.push.}
+    vmopsDanger,
+    strictFuncs,
+    views,
+    strictNotNil,
+    overloadableEnums, # deadcode
+    strictEffects,
+    unicodeOperators, # deadcode
+    flexibleOptionalParams,
+    strictDefs,
+    strictCaseObjects,
+    inferGenericTypes,
+    openSym, # remove nfDisabledOpenSym when this is default
+    # alternative to above:
+    genericsOpenSym
+    vtables
+
+  LegacyFeature* = enum
+    allowSemcheckedAstModification,
+      ## Allows to modify a NimNode where the type has already been
+      ## flagged with nfSem. If you actually do this, it will cause
+      ## bugs.
+    checkUnsignedConversions
+      ## Historically and especially in version 1.0.0 of the language
+      ## conversions to unsigned numbers were checked. In 1.0.4 they
+      ## are not anymore.
+    laxEffects
+      ## Lax effects system prior to Nim 2.0.
+    verboseTypeMismatch
+    emitGenerics
+      ## generics are emitted in the module that contains them.
+      ## Useful for libraries that rely on local passC
+    jsNoLambdaLifting
+      ## Old transformation for closures in JS backend
+
+  SymbolFilesOption* = enum
+    disabledSf, writeOnlySf, readOnlySf, v2Sf, stressTest
+
+  TSystemCC* = enum
+    ccNone, ccGcc, ccNintendoSwitch, ccLLVM_Gcc, ccCLang, ccBcc, ccVcc,
+    ccTcc, ccEnv, ccIcl, ccIcc, ccClangCl, ccHipcc, ccNvcc
+
+  ExceptionSystem* = enum
+    excNone,   # no exception system selected yet
+    excSetjmp, # setjmp based exception handling
+    excCpp,    # use C++'s native exception handling
+    excGoto,   # exception handling based on goto (should become the new default for C)
+    excQuirky  # quirky exception handling
+
+  CfileFlag* {.pure.} = enum
+    Cached,    ## no need to recompile this time
+    External   ## file was introduced via .compile pragma
+
+  Cfile* = object
+    nimname*: string
+    cname*, obj*: AbsoluteFile
+    flags*: set[CfileFlag]
+    customArgs*: string
+  CfileList* = seq[Cfile]
+
+  Suggest* = ref object
+    section*: IdeCmd
+    qualifiedPath*: seq[string]
+    name*: ptr string         # not used beyond sorting purposes; name is also
+                              # part of 'qualifiedPath'
+    filePath*: string
+    line*: int                   # Starts at 1
+    column*: int                 # Starts at 0
+    doc*: string           # Not escaped (yet)
+    forth*: string               # type
+    quality*: range[0..100]   # matching quality
+    isGlobal*: bool # is a global variable
+    contextFits*: bool # type/non-type context matches
+    prefix*: PrefixMatch
+    symkind*: byte
+    scope*, localUsages*, globalUsages*: int # more usages is better
+    tokenLen*: int
+    version*: int
+    endLine*: uint16
+    endCol*: int
+    inlayHintInfo*: SuggestInlayHint
+
+  Suggestions* = seq[Suggest]
+
+  SuggestInlayHintKind* = enum
+    sihkType = "Type",
+    sihkParameter = "Parameter"
+    sihkException = "Exception"
+
+  SuggestInlayHint* = ref object
+    kind*: SuggestInlayHintKind
+    line*: int                   # Starts at 1
+    column*: int                 # Starts at 0
+    label*: string
+    paddingLeft*: bool
+    paddingRight*: bool
+    allowInsert*: bool
+    tooltip*: string
+
+  ProfileInfo* = object
+    time*: float
+    count*: int
+
+  ProfileData* = ref object
+    data*: TableRef[TLineInfo, ProfileInfo]
+
+  StdOrrKind* = enum
+    stdOrrStdout
+    stdOrrStderr
+
+  FilenameOption* = enum
+    foAbs # absolute path, e.g.: /pathto/bar/foo.nim
+    foRelProject # relative to project path, e.g.: ../foo.nim
+    foCanonical # canonical module name
+    foLegacyRelProj # legacy, shortest of (foAbs, foRelProject)
+    foName # lastPathPart, e.g.: foo.nim
+    foStacktrace # if optExcessiveStackTrace: foAbs else: foName
+
+  ConfigRef* {.acyclic.} = ref object ## every global configuration
+                          ## fields marked with '*' are subject to
+                          ## the incremental compilation mechanisms
+                          ## (+) means "part of the dependency"
+    backend*: TBackend # set via `nim x` or `nim --backend:x`
+    target*: Target       # (+)
+    linesCompiled*: int   # all lines that have been compiled
+    options*: TOptions    # (+)
+    globalOptions*: TGlobalOptions # (+)
+    macrosToExpand*: StringTableRef
+    arcToExpand*: StringTableRef
+    m*: MsgConfig
+    filenameOption*: FilenameOption # how to render paths in compiler messages
+    unitSep*: string
+    evalTemplateCounter*: int
+    evalMacroCounter*: int
+    exitcode*: int8
+    cmd*: Command  # raw command parsed as enum
+    cmdInput*: string  # input command
+    projectIsCmd*: bool # whether we're compiling from a command input
+    implicitCmd*: bool # whether some flag triggered an implicit `command`
+    selectedGC*: TGCMode       # the selected GC (+)
+    exc*: ExceptionSystem
+    hintProcessingDots*: bool # true for dots, false for filenames
+    verbosity*: int            # how verbose the compiler is
+    numberOfProcessors*: int   # number of processors
+    lastCmdTime*: float        # when caas is enabled, we measure each command
+    symbolFiles*: SymbolFilesOption
+    spellSuggestMax*: int # max number of spelling suggestions for typos
+
+    cppDefines*: HashSet[string] # (*)
+    headerFile*: string
+    nimbasePattern*: string # pattern to find nimbase.h
+    features*: set[Feature]
+    legacyFeatures*: set[LegacyFeature]
+    arguments*: string ## the arguments to be passed to the program that
+                       ## should be run
+    ideCmd*: IdeCmd
+    cCompiler*: TSystemCC # the used compiler
+    modifiedyNotes*: TNoteKinds # notes that have been set/unset from either cmdline/configs
+    cmdlineNotes*: TNoteKinds # notes that have been set/unset from cmdline
+    foreignPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds
+    notes*: TNoteKinds # notes after resolving all logic(defaults, verbosity)/cmdline/configs
+    warningAsErrors*: TNoteKinds
+    mainPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds
+    mainPackageId*: int
+    errorCounter*: int
+    hintCounter*: int
+    warnCounter*: int
+    errorMax*: int
+    maxLoopIterationsVM*: int ## VM: max iterations of all loops
+    isVmTrace*: bool
+    configVars*: StringTableRef
+    symbols*: StringTableRef ## We need to use a StringTableRef here as defined
+                             ## symbols are always guaranteed to be style
+                             ## insensitive. Otherwise hell would break lose.
+    packageCache*: StringTableRef
+    nimblePaths*: seq[AbsoluteDir]
+    searchPaths*: seq[AbsoluteDir]
+    lazyPaths*: seq[AbsoluteDir]
+    outFile*: RelativeFile
+    outDir*: AbsoluteDir
+    jsonBuildFile*: AbsoluteFile
+    prefixDir*, libpath*, nimcacheDir*: AbsoluteDir
+    dllOverrides*, moduleOverrides*, cfileSpecificOptions*: StringTableRef
+    projectName*: string # holds a name like 'nim'
+    projectPath*: AbsoluteDir # holds a path like /home/alice/projects/nim/compiler/
+    projectFull*: AbsoluteFile # projectPath/projectName
+    projectIsStdin*: bool # whether we're compiling from stdin
+    lastMsgWasDot*: set[StdOrrKind] # the last compiler message was a single '.'
+    projectMainIdx*: FileIndex # the canonical path id of the main module
+    projectMainIdx2*: FileIndex # consider merging with projectMainIdx
+    command*: string # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
+    commandArgs*: seq[string] # any arguments after the main command
+    commandLine*: string
+    extraCmds*: seq[string] # for writeJsonBuildInstructions
+    implicitImports*: seq[string] # modules that are to be implicitly imported
+    implicitIncludes*: seq[string] # modules that are to be implicitly included
+    docSeeSrcUrl*: string # if empty, no seeSrc will be generated. \
+    # The string uses the formatting variables `path` and `line`.
+    docRoot*: string ## see nim --fullhelp for --docRoot
+    docCmd*: string ## see nim --fullhelp for --docCmd
+
+    configFiles*: seq[AbsoluteFile]     # config files (cfg,nims)
+    cIncludes*: seq[AbsoluteDir]  # directories to search for included files
+    cLibs*: seq[AbsoluteDir]      # directories to search for lib files
+    cLinkedLibs*: seq[string]     # libraries to link
+
+    externalToLink*: seq[string]  # files to link in addition to the file
+                                  # we compiled (*)
+    linkOptionsCmd*: string
+    compileOptionsCmd*: seq[string]
+    linkOptions*: string          # (*)
+    compileOptions*: string       # (*)
+    cCompilerPath*: string
+    toCompile*: CfileList         # (*)
+    suggestionResultHook*: proc (result: Suggest) {.closure.}
+    suggestVersion*: int
+    suggestMaxResults*: int
+    lastLineInfo*: TLineInfo
+    writelnHook*: proc (output: string) {.closure, gcsafe.}
+    structuredErrorHook*: proc (config: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; msg: string;
+                                severity: Severity) {.closure, gcsafe.}
+    cppCustomNamespace*: string
+    nimMainPrefix*: string
+    vmProfileData*: ProfileData
+
+    expandProgress*: bool
+    expandLevels*: int
+    expandNodeResult*: string
+    expandPosition*: TLineInfo
+
+    currentConfigDir*: string # used for passPP only; absolute dir
+    clientProcessId*: int
+
+
+
+proc assignIfDefault*[T](result: var T, val: T, def = default(T)) =
+  ## if `result` was already assigned to a value (that wasn't `def`), this is a noop.
+  if result == def: result = val
+
+template setErrorMaxHighMaybe*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  ## do not stop after first error (but honor --errorMax if provided)
+  assignIfDefault(conf.errorMax, high(int))
+
+proc setNoteDefaults*(conf: ConfigRef, note: TNoteKind, enabled = true) =
+  template fun(op) =
+    conf.notes.op note
+    conf.mainPackageNotes.op note
+    conf.foreignPackageNotes.op note
+  if enabled: fun(incl) else: fun(excl)
+
+proc setNote*(conf: ConfigRef, note: TNoteKind, enabled = true) =
+  # see also `prepareConfigNotes` which sets notes
+  if note notin conf.cmdlineNotes:
+    if enabled: incl(conf.notes, note) else: excl(conf.notes, note)
+
+proc hasHint*(conf: ConfigRef, note: TNoteKind): bool =
+  # ternary states instead of binary states would simplify logic
+  if optHints notin conf.options: false
+  elif note in {hintConf, hintProcessing}:
+    # could add here other special notes like hintSource
+    # these notes apply globally.
+    note in conf.mainPackageNotes
+  else: note in conf.notes
+
+proc hasWarn*(conf: ConfigRef, note: TNoteKind): bool {.inline.} =
+  optWarns in conf.options and note in conf.notes
+
+proc hcrOn*(conf: ConfigRef): bool = return optHotCodeReloading in conf.globalOptions
+
+when false:
+  template depConfigFields*(fn) {.dirty.} = # deadcode
+    fn(target)
+    fn(options)
+    fn(globalOptions)
+    fn(selectedGC)
+
+const oldExperimentalFeatures* = {dotOperators, callOperator, parallel}
+
+const
+  ChecksOptions* = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck,
+    optOverflowCheck, optBoundsCheck, optAssert, optNaNCheck, optInfCheck,
+    optStyleCheck}
+
+  DefaultOptions* = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck,
+    optBoundsCheck, optOverflowCheck, optAssert, optWarns, optRefCheck,
+    optHints, optStackTrace, optLineTrace, # consider adding `optStackTraceMsgs`
+    optTrMacros, optStyleCheck, optCursorInference}
+  DefaultGlobalOptions* = {optThreadAnalysis, optExcessiveStackTrace,
+    optJsBigInt64}
+
+proc getSrcTimestamp(): DateTime =
+  try:
+    result = utc(fromUnix(parseInt(getEnv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH",
+                                          "not a number"))))
+  except ValueError:
+    # Environment variable malformed.
+    # https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/: "If the
+    # value is malformed, the build process SHOULD exit with a non-zero
+    # error code", which this doesn't do. This uses local time, because
+    # that maintains compatibility with existing usage.
+    result = utc getTime()
+
+proc getDateStr*(): string =
+  result = format(getSrcTimestamp(), "yyyy-MM-dd")
+
+proc getClockStr*(): string =
+  result = format(getSrcTimestamp(), "HH:mm:ss")
+
+template newPackageCache*(): untyped =
+  newStringTable(when FileSystemCaseSensitive:
+                   modeCaseInsensitive
+                 else:
+                   modeCaseSensitive)
+
+proc newProfileData(): ProfileData =
+  ProfileData(data: newTable[TLineInfo, ProfileInfo]())
+
+const foreignPackageNotesDefault* = {
+  hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic, hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting, hintUser, warnUser}
+
+proc isDefined*(conf: ConfigRef; symbol: string): bool
+
+when defined(nimDebugUtils):
+  # this allows inserting debugging utilties in all modules that import `options`
+  # with a single switch, which is useful when debugging compiler.
+  import debugutils
+  export debugutils
+
+proc initConfigRefCommon(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  conf.selectedGC = gcUnselected
+  conf.verbosity = 1
+  conf.hintProcessingDots = true
+  conf.options = DefaultOptions
+  conf.globalOptions = DefaultGlobalOptions
+  conf.filenameOption = foAbs
+  conf.foreignPackageNotes = foreignPackageNotesDefault
+  conf.notes = NotesVerbosity[1]
+  conf.mainPackageNotes = NotesVerbosity[1]
+
+proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
+  result = ConfigRef(
+    cCompiler: ccGcc,
+    macrosToExpand: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    arcToExpand: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    m: initMsgConfig(),
+    cppDefines: initHashSet[string](),
+    headerFile: "", features: {}, legacyFeatures: {},
+    configVars: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    symbols: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    packageCache: newPackageCache(),
+    searchPaths: @[],
+    lazyPaths: @[],
+    outFile: RelativeFile"",
+    outDir: AbsoluteDir"",
+    prefixDir: AbsoluteDir"",
+    libpath: AbsoluteDir"", nimcacheDir: AbsoluteDir"",
+    dllOverrides: newStringTable(modeCaseInsensitive),
+    moduleOverrides: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    cfileSpecificOptions: newStringTable(modeCaseSensitive),
+    projectName: "", # holds a name like 'nim'
+    projectPath: AbsoluteDir"", # holds a path like /home/alice/projects/nim/compiler/
+    projectFull: AbsoluteFile"", # projectPath/projectName
+    projectIsStdin: false, # whether we're compiling from stdin
+    projectMainIdx: FileIndex(0'i32), # the canonical path id of the main module
+    command: "", # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
+    commandArgs: @[], # any arguments after the main command
+    commandLine: "",
+    implicitImports: @[], # modules that are to be implicitly imported
+    implicitIncludes: @[], # modules that are to be implicitly included
+    docSeeSrcUrl: "",
+    cIncludes: @[],   # directories to search for included files
+    cLibs: @[],       # directories to search for lib files
+    cLinkedLibs: @[],  # libraries to link
+    backend: backendInvalid,
+    externalToLink: @[],
+    linkOptionsCmd: "",
+    compileOptionsCmd: @[],
+    linkOptions: "",
+    compileOptions: "",
+    ccompilerpath: "",
+    toCompile: @[],
+    arguments: "",
+    suggestMaxResults: 10_000,
+    maxLoopIterationsVM: 10_000_000,
+    vmProfileData: newProfileData(),
+    spellSuggestMax: spellSuggestSecretSauce,
+    currentConfigDir: ""
+  )
+  initConfigRefCommon(result)
+  setTargetFromSystem(result.target)
+  # enable colors by default on terminals
+  if terminal.isatty(stderr):
+    incl(result.globalOptions, optUseColors)
+  when defined(nimDebugUtils):
+    onNewConfigRef(result)
+
+proc newPartialConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
+  ## create a new ConfigRef that is only good enough for error reporting.
+  when defined(nimDebugUtils):
+    result = getConfigRef()
+  else:
+    result = ConfigRef()
+    initConfigRefCommon(result)
+
+proc cppDefine*(c: ConfigRef; define: string) =
+  c.cppDefines.incl define
+
+proc isDefined*(conf: ConfigRef; symbol: string): bool =
+  if conf.symbols.hasKey(symbol):
+    result = true
+  elif cmpIgnoreStyle(symbol, CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].name) == 0:
+    result = true
+  elif cmpIgnoreStyle(symbol, platform.OS[conf.target.targetOS].name) == 0:
+    result = true
+  else:
+    case symbol.normalize
+    of "x86": result = conf.target.targetCPU == cpuI386
+    of "itanium": result = conf.target.targetCPU == cpuIa64
+    of "x8664": result = conf.target.targetCPU == cpuAmd64
+    of "posix", "unix":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS in {osLinux, osMorphos, osSkyos, osIrix, osPalmos,
+                            osQnx, osAtari, osAix,
+                            osHaiku, osVxWorks, osSolaris, osNetbsd,
+                            osFreebsd, osOpenbsd, osDragonfly, osMacosx, osIos,
+                            osAndroid, osNintendoSwitch, osFreeRTOS, osCrossos, osZephyr, osNuttX}
+    of "linux":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS in {osLinux, osAndroid}
+    of "bsd":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS in {osNetbsd, osFreebsd, osOpenbsd, osDragonfly, osCrossos}
+    of "freebsd":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS in {osFreebsd, osCrossos}
+    of "emulatedthreadvars":
+      result = platform.OS[conf.target.targetOS].props.contains(ospLacksThreadVars)
+    of "msdos": result = conf.target.targetOS == osDos
+    of "mswindows", "win32": result = conf.target.targetOS == osWindows
+    of "macintosh":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS in {osMacos, osMacosx, osIos}
+    of "osx", "macosx":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS in {osMacosx, osIos}
+    of "sunos": result = conf.target.targetOS == osSolaris
+    of "nintendoswitch":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS == osNintendoSwitch
+    of "freertos", "lwip":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS == osFreeRTOS
+    of "zephyr":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS == osZephyr
+    of "nuttx":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS == osNuttX
+    of "littleendian": result = CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].endian == littleEndian
+    of "bigendian": result = CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].endian == bigEndian
+    of "cpu8": result = CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].bit == 8
+    of "cpu16": result = CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].bit == 16
+    of "cpu32": result = CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].bit == 32
+    of "cpu64": result = CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].bit == 64
+    of "nimrawsetjmp":
+      result = conf.target.targetOS in {osSolaris, osNetbsd, osFreebsd, osOpenbsd,
+                            osDragonfly, osMacosx}
+    else: result = false
+
+template quitOrRaise*(conf: ConfigRef, msg = "") =
+  # xxx in future work, consider whether to also intercept `msgQuit` calls
+  if conf.isDefined("nimDebug"):
+    raiseAssert msg
+  else:
+    quit(msg) # quits with QuitFailure
+
+proc importantComments*(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.} = conf.cmd in cmdDocLike + {cmdIdeTools}
+proc usesWriteBarrier*(conf: ConfigRef): bool {.inline.} = conf.selectedGC >= gcRefc
+
+template compilationCachePresent*(conf: ConfigRef): untyped =
+  false
+#  conf.symbolFiles in {v2Sf, writeOnlySf}
+
+template optPreserveOrigSource*(conf: ConfigRef): untyped =
+  optEmbedOrigSrc in conf.globalOptions
+
+proc mainCommandArg*(conf: ConfigRef): string =
+  ## This is intended for commands like check or parse
+  ## which will work on the main project file unless
+  ## explicitly given a specific file argument
+  if conf.commandArgs.len > 0:
+    result = conf.commandArgs[0]
+  else:
+    result = conf.projectName
+
+proc existsConfigVar*(conf: ConfigRef; key: string): bool =
+  result = hasKey(conf.configVars, key)
+
+proc getConfigVar*(conf: ConfigRef; key: string, default = ""): string =
+  result = conf.configVars.getOrDefault(key, default)
+
+proc setConfigVar*(conf: ConfigRef; key, val: string) =
+  conf.configVars[key] = val
+
+proc getOutFile*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: RelativeFile, ext: string): AbsoluteFile =
+  # explains regression https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/6583#issuecomment-625711125
+  # Yet another reason why "" should not mean ".";  `""/something` should raise
+  # instead of implying "" == "." as it's bug prone.
+  doAssert conf.outDir.string.len > 0
+  result = conf.outDir / changeFileExt(filename, ext)
+
+proc absOutFile*(conf: ConfigRef): AbsoluteFile =
+  doAssert not conf.outDir.isEmpty
+  doAssert not conf.outFile.isEmpty
+  result = conf.outDir / conf.outFile
+  when defined(posix):
+    if dirExists(result.string): result.string.add ".out"
+
+proc prepareToWriteOutput*(conf: ConfigRef): AbsoluteFile =
+  ## Create the output directory and returns a full path to the output file
+  result = conf.absOutFile
+  createDir result.string.parentDir
+
+proc getPrefixDir*(conf: ConfigRef): AbsoluteDir =
+  ## Gets the prefix dir, usually the parent directory where the binary resides.
+  ##
+  ## This is overridden by some tools (namely nimsuggest) via the ``conf.prefixDir``
+  ## field.
+  ## This should resolve to root of nim sources, whether running nim from a local
+  ##  clone or using installed nim, so that these exist: `result/doc/advopt.txt`
+  ## and `result/lib/system.nim`
+  if not conf.prefixDir.isEmpty: result = conf.prefixDir
+  else:
+    let binParent = AbsoluteDir splitPath(getAppDir()).head
+    when defined(posix):
+      if binParent == AbsoluteDir"/usr":
+        result = AbsoluteDir"/usr/lib/nim"
+      elif binParent == AbsoluteDir"/usr/local":
+        result = AbsoluteDir"/usr/local/lib/nim"
+      else:
+        result = binParent
+    else:
+      result = binParent
+
+proc setDefaultLibpath*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  # set default value (can be overwritten):
+  if conf.libpath.isEmpty:
+    # choose default libpath:
+    var prefix = getPrefixDir(conf)
+    conf.libpath = prefix / RelativeDir"lib"
+
+    # Special rule to support other tools (nimble) which import the compiler
+    # modules and make use of them.
+    let realNimPath = findExe("nim")
+    # Find out if $nim/../../lib/system.nim exists.
+    let parentNimLibPath = realNimPath.parentDir.parentDir / "lib"
+    if not fileExists(conf.libpath.string / "system.nim") and
+        fileExists(parentNimLibPath / "system.nim"):
+      conf.libpath = AbsoluteDir parentNimLibPath
+
+proc canonicalizePath*(conf: ConfigRef; path: AbsoluteFile): AbsoluteFile =
+  result = AbsoluteFile path.string.expandFilename
+
+proc setFromProjectName*(conf: ConfigRef; projectName: string) =
+  try:
+    conf.projectFull = canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile projectName)
+  except OSError:
+    conf.projectFull = AbsoluteFile projectName
+  let p = splitFile(conf.projectFull)
+  let dir = if p.dir.isEmpty: AbsoluteDir getCurrentDir() else: p.dir
+  try:
+    conf.projectPath = AbsoluteDir canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile dir)
+  except OSError:
+    conf.projectPath = dir
+  conf.projectName = p.name
+
+proc removeTrailingDirSep*(path: string): string =
+  if (path.len > 0) and (path[^1] == DirSep):
+    result = substr(path, 0, path.len - 2)
+  else:
+    result = path
+
+proc disableNimblePath*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  incl conf.globalOptions, optNoNimblePath
+  conf.lazyPaths.setLen(0)
+  conf.nimblePaths.setLen(0)
+
+proc clearNimblePath*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  conf.lazyPaths.setLen(0)
+  conf.nimblePaths.setLen(0)
+
+include packagehandling
+
+proc getOsCacheDir(): string =
+  when defined(posix):
+    result = getEnv("XDG_CACHE_HOME", getHomeDir() / ".cache") / "nim"
+  else:
+    result = getHomeDir() / genSubDir.string
+
+proc getNimcacheDir*(conf: ConfigRef): AbsoluteDir =
+  proc nimcacheSuffix(conf: ConfigRef): string =
+    if conf.cmd == cmdCheck: "_check"
+    elif isDefined(conf, "release") or isDefined(conf, "danger"): "_r"
+    else: "_d"
+
+  # XXX projectName should always be without a file extension!
+  result =
+    if not conf.nimcacheDir.isEmpty:
+      conf.nimcacheDir
+    elif conf.backend == backendJs:
+      if conf.outDir.isEmpty:
+        conf.projectPath / genSubDir
+      else:
+        conf.outDir / genSubDir
+    else:
+      AbsoluteDir(getOsCacheDir() / splitFile(conf.projectName).name &
+        nimcacheSuffix(conf))
+
+proc pathSubs*(conf: ConfigRef; p, config: string): string =
+  let home = removeTrailingDirSep(os.getHomeDir())
+  result = unixToNativePath(p % [
+    "nim", getPrefixDir(conf).string,
+    "lib", conf.libpath.string,
+    "home", home,
+    "config", config,
+    "projectname", conf.projectName,
+    "projectpath", conf.projectPath.string,
+    "projectdir", conf.projectPath.string,
+    "nimcache", getNimcacheDir(conf).string]).expandTilde
+
+iterator nimbleSubs*(conf: ConfigRef; p: string): string =
+  let pl = p.toLowerAscii
+  if "$nimblepath" in pl or "$nimbledir" in pl:
+    for i in countdown(conf.nimblePaths.len-1, 0):
+      let nimblePath = removeTrailingDirSep(conf.nimblePaths[i].string)
+      yield p % ["nimblepath", nimblePath, "nimbledir", nimblePath]
+  else:
+    yield p
+
+proc toGeneratedFile*(conf: ConfigRef; path: AbsoluteFile,
+                      ext: string): AbsoluteFile =
+  ## converts "/home/a/mymodule.nim", "rod" to "/home/a/nimcache/mymodule.rod"
+  result = getNimcacheDir(conf) / RelativeFile path.string.splitPath.tail.changeFileExt(ext)
+
+proc completeGeneratedFilePath*(conf: ConfigRef; f: AbsoluteFile,
+                                createSubDir: bool = true): AbsoluteFile =
+  ## Return an absolute path of a generated intermediary file.
+  ## Optionally creates the cache directory if `createSubDir` is `true`.
+  let subdir = getNimcacheDir(conf)
+  if createSubDir:
+    try:
+      createDir(subdir.string)
+    except OSError:
+      conf.quitOrRaise "cannot create directory: " & subdir.string
+  result = subdir / RelativeFile f.string.splitPath.tail
+
+proc rawFindFile(conf: ConfigRef; f: RelativeFile; suppressStdlib: bool): AbsoluteFile =
+  for it in conf.searchPaths:
+    if suppressStdlib and it.string.startsWith(conf.libpath.string):
+      continue
+    result = it / f
+    if fileExists(result):
+      return canonicalizePath(conf, result)
+  result = AbsoluteFile""
+
+proc rawFindFile2(conf: ConfigRef; f: RelativeFile): AbsoluteFile =
+  for i, it in conf.lazyPaths:
+    result = it / f
+    if fileExists(result):
+      # bring to front
+      for j in countdown(i, 1):
+        swap(conf.lazyPaths[j], conf.lazyPaths[j-1])
+
+      return canonicalizePath(conf, result)
+  result = AbsoluteFile""
+
+template patchModule(conf: ConfigRef) {.dirty.} =
+  if not result.isEmpty and conf.moduleOverrides.len > 0:
+    let key = getPackageName(conf, result.string) & "_" & splitFile(result).name
+    if conf.moduleOverrides.hasKey(key):
+      let ov = conf.moduleOverrides[key]
+      if ov.len > 0: result = AbsoluteFile(ov)
+
+const stdlibDirs* = [
+  "pure", "core", "arch",
+  "pure/collections",
+  "pure/concurrency",
+  "pure/unidecode", "impure",
+  "wrappers", "wrappers/linenoise",
+  "windows", "posix", "js",
+  "deprecated/pure"]
+
+const
+  pkgPrefix = "pkg/"
+  stdPrefix* = "std/"
+
+proc getRelativePathFromConfigPath*(conf: ConfigRef; f: AbsoluteFile, isTitle = false): RelativeFile =
+  result = RelativeFile("")
+  let f = $f
+  if isTitle:
+    for dir in stdlibDirs:
+      let path = conf.libpath.string / dir / f.lastPathPart
+      if path.cmpPaths(f) == 0:
+        return RelativeFile(stdPrefix & f.splitFile.name)
+  template search(paths) =
+    for it in paths:
+      let it = $it
+      if f.isRelativeTo(it):
+        return relativePath(f, it).RelativeFile
+  search(conf.searchPaths)
+  search(conf.lazyPaths)
+
+proc findFile*(conf: ConfigRef; f: string; suppressStdlib = false): AbsoluteFile =
+  if f.isAbsolute:
+    result = if f.fileExists: AbsoluteFile(f) else: AbsoluteFile""
+  else:
+    result = rawFindFile(conf, RelativeFile f, suppressStdlib)
+    if result.isEmpty:
+      result = rawFindFile(conf, RelativeFile f.toLowerAscii, suppressStdlib)
+      if result.isEmpty:
+        result = rawFindFile2(conf, RelativeFile f)
+        if result.isEmpty:
+          result = rawFindFile2(conf, RelativeFile f.toLowerAscii)
+  patchModule(conf)
+
+proc findModule*(conf: ConfigRef; modulename, currentModule: string): AbsoluteFile =
+  # returns path to module
+  var m = addFileExt(modulename, NimExt)
+  var hasRelativeDot = false
+  if m.startsWith(pkgPrefix):
+    result = findFile(conf, m.substr(pkgPrefix.len), suppressStdlib = true)
+  else:
+    if m.startsWith(stdPrefix):
+      result = AbsoluteFile("")
+      let stripped = m.substr(stdPrefix.len)
+      for candidate in stdlibDirs:
+        let path = (conf.libpath.string / candidate / stripped)
+        if fileExists(path):
+          result = AbsoluteFile path
+          break
+    else: # If prefixed with std/ why would we add the current module path!
+      let currentPath = currentModule.splitFile.dir
+      result = AbsoluteFile currentPath / m
+      if m.startsWith('.') and not fileExists(result):
+        result = AbsoluteFile ""
+        hasRelativeDot = true
+
+    if not fileExists(result) and not hasRelativeDot:
+      result = findFile(conf, m)
+  patchModule(conf)
+
+proc findProjectNimFile*(conf: ConfigRef; pkg: string): string =
+  const extensions = [".nims", ".cfg", ".nimcfg", ".nimble"]
+  var
+    candidates: seq[string] = @[]
+    dir = pkg
+    prev = dir
+    nimblepkg = ""
+  let pkgname = pkg.lastPathPart()
+  while true:
+    for k, f in os.walkDir(dir, relative = true):
+      if k == pcFile and f != "config.nims":
+        let (_, name, ext) = splitFile(f)
+        if ext in extensions:
+          let x = changeFileExt(dir / name, ".nim")
+          if fileExists(x):
+            candidates.add x
+          if ext == ".nimble":
+            if nimblepkg.len == 0:
+              nimblepkg = name
+              # Since nimble packages can have their source in a subfolder,
+              # check the last folder we were in for a possible match.
+              if dir != prev:
+                let x = prev / x.extractFilename()
+                if fileExists(x):
+                  candidates.add x
+            else:
+              # If we found more than one nimble file, chances are that we
+              # missed the real project file, or this is an invalid nimble
+              # package. Either way, bailing is the better choice.
+              return ""
+    let pkgname = if nimblepkg.len > 0: nimblepkg else: pkgname
+    for c in candidates:
+      if pkgname in c.extractFilename(): return c
+    if candidates.len > 0:
+      return candidates[0]
+    prev = dir
+    dir = parentDir(dir)
+    if dir == "": break
+  return ""
+
+proc canonicalImportAux*(conf: ConfigRef, file: AbsoluteFile): string =
+  ##[
+  Shows the canonical module import, e.g.:
+  system, std/tables, fusion/pointers, system/assertions, std/private/asciitables
+  ]##
+  var ret = getRelativePathFromConfigPath(conf, file, isTitle = true)
+  let dir = getNimbleFile(conf, $file).parentDir.AbsoluteDir
+  if not dir.isEmpty:
+    let relPath = relativeTo(file, dir)
+    if not relPath.isEmpty and (ret.isEmpty or relPath.string.len < ret.string.len):
+      ret = relPath
+  if ret.isEmpty:
+    ret = relativeTo(file, conf.projectPath)
+  result = ret.string
+
+proc canonicalImport*(conf: ConfigRef, file: AbsoluteFile): string =
+  let ret = canonicalImportAux(conf, file)
+  result = ret.nativeToUnixPath.changeFileExt("")
+
+proc canonDynlibName(s: string): string =
+  let start = if s.startsWith("lib"): 3 else: 0
+  let ende = strutils.find(s, {'(', ')', '.'})
+  if ende >= 0:
+    result = s.substr(start, ende-1)
+  else:
+    result = s.substr(start)
+
+proc inclDynlibOverride*(conf: ConfigRef; lib: string) =
+  conf.dllOverrides[lib.canonDynlibName] = "true"
+
+proc isDynlibOverride*(conf: ConfigRef; lib: string): bool =
+  result = optDynlibOverrideAll in conf.globalOptions or
+     conf.dllOverrides.hasKey(lib.canonDynlibName)
+
+proc showNonExportedFields*(conf: ConfigRef) =
+  incl(conf.globalOptions, optShowNonExportedFields)
+
+proc expandDone*(conf: ConfigRef): bool =
+  result = conf.ideCmd == ideExpand and conf.expandLevels == 0 and conf.expandProgress
+
+proc parseIdeCmd*(s: string): IdeCmd =
+  case s:
+  of "sug": ideSug
+  of "con": ideCon
+  of "def": ideDef
+  of "use": ideUse
+  of "dus": ideDus
+  of "chk": ideChk
+  of "chkFile": ideChkFile
+  of "mod": ideMod
+  of "highlight": ideHighlight
+  of "outline": ideOutline
+  of "known": ideKnown
+  of "msg": ideMsg
+  of "project": ideProject
+  of "globalSymbols": ideGlobalSymbols
+  of "recompile": ideRecompile
+  of "changed": ideChanged
+  of "type": ideType
+  else: ideNone
+
+proc `$`*(c: IdeCmd): string =
+  case c:
+  of ideSug: "sug"
+  of ideCon: "con"
+  of ideDef: "def"
+  of ideUse: "use"
+  of ideDus: "dus"
+  of ideChk: "chk"
+  of ideChkFile: "chkFile"
+  of ideMod: "mod"
+  of ideNone: "none"
+  of ideHighlight: "highlight"
+  of ideOutline: "outline"
+  of ideKnown: "known"
+  of ideMsg: "msg"
+  of ideProject: "project"
+  of ideGlobalSymbols: "globalSymbols"
+  of ideDeclaration: "declaration"
+  of ideExpand: "expand"
+  of ideRecompile: "recompile"
+  of ideChanged: "changed"
+  of ideType: "type"
+  of ideInlayHints: "inlayHints"
+
+proc floatInt64Align*(conf: ConfigRef): int16 =
+  ## Returns either 4 or 8 depending on reasons.
+  if conf != nil and conf.target.targetCPU == cpuI386:
+    #on Linux/BSD i386, double are aligned to 4bytes (except with -malign-double)
+    if conf.target.targetOS != osWindows:
+      # on i386 for all known POSIX systems, 64bits ints are aligned
+      # to 4bytes (except with -malign-double)
+      return 4
+  return 8