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diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index d8f6fd0b9..b77bdd2a3 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -8,27 +8,37 @@
 #
 
 import
-  os, strutils, strtabs, sets, lineinfos, platform,
-  prefixmatches, pathutils
+  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]
 
-from terminal import isatty
-from times import utc, fromUnix, local, getTime, format, DateTime
 
 const
   hasTinyCBackend* = defined(tinyc)
   useEffectSystem* = true
   useWriteTracking* = false
   hasFFI* = defined(nimHasLibFFI)
-  copyrightYear* = "2019"
+  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, optNilCheck, optRefCheck,
-    optNaNCheck, optInfCheck, optStyleCheck,
+    optOverflowCheck, optRefCheck,
+    optNaNCheck, optInfCheck, optStaticBoundsCheck, optStyleCheck,
     optAssert, optLineDir, optWarns, optHints,
-    optOptimizeSpeed, optOptimizeSize, optStackTrace, # stack tracing support
+    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)
@@ -37,24 +47,28 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
                               # evaluation
     optTrMacros,              # en/disable pattern matching
     optMemTracker,
-    optLaxStrings,
-    optNilSeqs,
-    optOldAst
+    optSinkInference          # 'sink T' inference
+    optCursorInference
+    optImportHidden
+    optQuirky
 
   TOptions* = set[TOption]
-  TGlobalOption* = enum       # **keep binary compatible**
+  TGlobalOption* = enum
     gloptNone, optForceFullMake,
-    optWasNimscript,
+    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
@@ -64,19 +78,21 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
     optThreads,               # support for multi-threading
     optStdout,                # output to stdout
     optThreadAnalysis,        # thread analysis pass
-    optTaintMode,             # taint mode turned on
     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 'doc2': output any dependency
+    optWholeProject           # for 'doc': output any dependency
     optDocInternal            # generate documentation for non-exported symbols
     optMixedMode              # true if some module triggered C++ codegen
-    optListFullPaths          # use full paths in toMsgFilename
+    optDeclaredLocs           # show declaration locations in messages
     optNoNimblePath
     optHotCodeReloading
     optDynlibOverrideAll
@@ -86,60 +102,133 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
                               # implementation
     optOwnedRefs              # active if the Nim compiler knows about 'owned'.
     optMultiMethods
-    optNimV019
     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}
+  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
-  TCommands* = enum           # Nim's commands
-                              # **keep binary compatible**
-    cmdNone, cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC,
-    cmdCompileToJS,
-    cmdCompileToLLVM, cmdInterpret, cmdPretty, cmdDoc,
-    cmdGenDepend, cmdDump,
-    cmdCheck,                 # semantic checking for whole project
-    cmdParse,                 # parse a single file (for debugging)
-    cmdScan,                  # scan a single file (for debugging)
-    cmdIdeTools,              # ide tools
-    cmdDef,                   # def feature (find definition for IDEs)
-    cmdRst2html,              # convert a reStructuredText file to HTML
-    cmdRst2tex,               # convert a reStructuredText file to TeX
-    cmdInteractive,           # start interactive session
-    cmdRun,                   # run the project via TCC backend
-    cmdJsonScript             # compile a .json build file
   TStringSeq* = seq[string]
   TGCMode* = enum             # the selected GC
-    gcUnselected, gcNone, gcBoehm, gcRegions, gcMarkAndSweep, gcArc, gcOrc,
-    gcHooks,
-    gcRefc, gcV2, gcGo
+    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, ideMod,
-    ideHighlight, ideOutline, ideKnown, ideMsg, ideProject
+    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!
-    implicitDeref,
     dotOperators,
     callOperator,
     parallel,
     destructor,
     notnil,
     dynamicBindSym,
-    forLoopMacros,
-    caseStmtMacros,
+    forLoopMacros, # not experimental anymore; remains here for backwards compatibility
+    caseStmtMacros, # ditto
     codeReordering,
     compiletimeFFI,
       ## This requires building nim with `-d:nimHasLibFFI`
-      ## which itself requires `nimble install libffi`, see #10150
+      ## 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,
@@ -150,13 +239,21 @@ type
       ## 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
+    disabledSf, writeOnlySf, readOnlySf, v2Sf, stressTest
 
   TSystemCC* = enum
-    ccNone, ccGcc, ccNintendoSwitch, ccLLVM_Gcc, ccCLang, ccLcc, ccBcc, ccDmc, ccWcc, ccVcc,
-    ccTcc, ccPcc, ccUcc, ccIcl, ccIcc, ccClangCl
+    ccNone, ccGcc, ccNintendoSwitch, ccLLVM_Gcc, ccCLang, ccBcc, ccVcc,
+    ccTcc, ccEnv, ccIcl, ccIcc, ccClangCl, ccHipcc, ccNvcc
 
   ExceptionSystem* = enum
     excNone,   # no exception system selected yet
@@ -173,6 +270,7 @@ type
     nimname*: string
     cname*, obj*: AbsoluteFile
     flags*: set[CfileFlag]
+    customArgs*: string
   CfileList* = seq[Cfile]
 
   Suggest* = ref object
@@ -193,43 +291,90 @@ type
     scope*, localUsages*, globalUsages*: int # more usages is better
     tokenLen*: int
     version*: int
+    endLine*: uint16
+    endCol*: int
+    inlayHintInfo*: SuggestInlayHint
+
   Suggestions* = seq[Suggest]
 
-  ConfigRef* = ref object ## every global configuration
+  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
+    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*: TCommands  # the command
+    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
-    evalExpr*: string          # expression for idetools --eval
     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
-    oldNewlines*: bool
-    cCompiler*: TSystemCC
-    enableNotes*: TNoteKinds
-    disableNotes*: TNoteKinds
+    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*: TNoteKinds # notes after resolving all logic(defaults, verbosity)/cmdline/configs
+    warningAsErrors*: TNoteKinds
     mainPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds
     mainPackageId*: int
     errorCounter*: int
@@ -237,6 +382,7 @@ type
     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
@@ -247,24 +393,28 @@ type
     lazyPaths*: seq[AbsoluteDir]
     outFile*: RelativeFile
     outDir*: AbsoluteDir
+    jsonBuildFile*: AbsoluteFile
     prefixDir*, libpath*, nimcacheDir*: AbsoluteDir
-    dllOverrides, moduleOverrides*, cfileSpecificOptions*: StringTableRef
+    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
-    keepComments*: bool # whether the parser needs to keep comments
     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
 
-     # the used compiler
+    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
@@ -281,32 +431,77 @@ type
     suggestVersion*: int
     suggestMaxResults*: int
     lastLineInfo*: TLineInfo
-    writelnHook*: proc (output: string) {.closure.} # cannot make this gcsafe yet because of Nimble
+    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
 
-template depConfigFields*(fn) {.dirty.} =
-  fn(target)
-  fn(options)
-  fn(globalOptions)
-  fn(selectedGC)
+when false:
+  template depConfigFields*(fn) {.dirty.} = # deadcode
+    fn(target)
+    fn(options)
+    fn(globalOptions)
+    fn(selectedGC)
 
-const oldExperimentalFeatures* = {implicitDeref, dotOperators, callOperator, parallel}
+const oldExperimentalFeatures* = {dotOperators, callOperator, parallel}
 
 const
-  ChecksOptions* = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck, optNilCheck,
+  ChecksOptions* = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck,
     optOverflowCheck, optBoundsCheck, optAssert, optNaNCheck, optInfCheck,
-    optStyleCheck, optRefCheck}
+    optStyleCheck}
 
   DefaultOptions* = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck,
     optBoundsCheck, optOverflowCheck, optAssert, optWarns, optRefCheck,
-    optHints, optStackTrace, optLineTrace,
-    optTrMacros, optNilCheck, optStyleCheck}
-  DefaultGlobalOptions* = {optThreadAnalysis,
-    optExcessiveStackTrace, optListFullPaths}
+    optHints, optStackTrace, optLineTrace, # consider adding `optStackTraceMsgs`
+    optTrMacros, optStyleCheck, optCursorInference}
+  DefaultGlobalOptions* = {optThreadAnalysis, optExcessiveStackTrace,
+    optJsBigInt64}
 
 proc getSrcTimestamp(): DateTime =
   try:
@@ -332,20 +527,39 @@ template newPackageCache*(): untyped =
                  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(
-    selectedGC: gcRefc,
     cCompiler: ccGcc,
-    verbosity: 1,
-    options: DefaultOptions,
-    globalOptions: DefaultGlobalOptions,
     macrosToExpand: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
+    arcToExpand: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     m: initMsgConfig(),
-    evalExpr: "",
     cppDefines: initHashSet[string](),
-    headerFile: "", features: {}, legacyFeatures: {}, foreignPackageNotes: {hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic,
-    hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting},
-    notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1],
+    headerFile: "", features: {}, legacyFeatures: {},
     configVars: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     symbols: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     packageCache: newPackageCache(),
@@ -366,14 +580,13 @@ proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
     command: "", # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
     commandArgs: @[], # any arguments after the main command
     commandLine: "",
-    keepComments: true, # whether the parser needs to keep comments
     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: @[],
@@ -384,22 +597,25 @@ proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
     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.
-  result = ConfigRef(
-    selectedGC: gcRefc,
-    verbosity: 1,
-    options: DefaultOptions,
-    globalOptions: DefaultGlobalOptions,
-    foreignPackageNotes: {hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic,
-    hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting},
-    notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1])
+  when defined(nimDebugUtils):
+    result = getConfigRef()
+  else:
+    result = ConfigRef()
+    initConfigRefCommon(result)
 
 proc cppDefine*(c: ConfigRef; define: string) =
   c.cppDefines.incl define
@@ -421,11 +637,13 @@ proc isDefined*(conf: ConfigRef; symbol: string): bool =
                             osQnx, osAtari, osAix,
                             osHaiku, osVxWorks, osSolaris, osNetbsd,
                             osFreebsd, osOpenbsd, osDragonfly, osMacosx, osIos,
-                            osAndroid, osNintendoSwitch}
+                            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}
+      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
@@ -437,8 +655,14 @@ proc isDefined*(conf: ConfigRef; symbol: string): bool =
     of "sunos": result = conf.target.targetOS == osSolaris
     of "nintendoswitch":
       result = conf.target.targetOS == osNintendoSwitch
-    of "littleendian": result = CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].endian == platform.littleEndian
-    of "bigendian": result = CPU[conf.target.targetCPU].endian == platform.bigEndian
+    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
@@ -446,9 +670,16 @@ proc isDefined*(conf: ConfigRef; symbol: string): bool =
     of "nimrawsetjmp":
       result = conf.target.targetOS in {osSolaris, osNetbsd, osFreebsd, osOpenbsd,
                             osDragonfly, osMacosx}
-    else: discard
+    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 {cmdDoc, cmdIdeTools}
+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 =
@@ -458,22 +689,6 @@ template compilationCachePresent*(conf: ConfigRef): untyped =
 template optPreserveOrigSource*(conf: ConfigRef): untyped =
   optEmbedOrigSrc in conf.globalOptions
 
-const
-  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"
-
-const oKeepVariableNames* = true
-
 proc mainCommandArg*(conf: ConfigRef): string =
   ## This is intended for commands like check or parse
   ## which will work on the main project file unless
@@ -493,19 +708,23 @@ proc setConfigVar*(conf: ConfigRef; key, val: string) =
   conf.configVars[key] = val
 
 proc getOutFile*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: RelativeFile, ext: string): AbsoluteFile =
-  conf.outDir / changeFileExt(filename, ext)
+  # 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
-  if dirExists(result.string):
-    result.string.add ".out"
+  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
-  createDir conf.outDir
-  result = conf.outDir / conf.outFile
-  if dirExists(result.string):
-    result.string.add ".out"
+  result = conf.absOutFile
+  createDir result.string.parentDir
 
 proc getPrefixDir*(conf: ConfigRef): AbsoluteDir =
   ## Gets the prefix dir, usually the parent directory where the binary resides.
@@ -516,22 +735,24 @@ proc getPrefixDir*(conf: ConfigRef): AbsoluteDir =
   ##  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: result = AbsoluteDir splitPath(getAppDir()).head
+  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)
-    when defined(posix):
-      if prefix == AbsoluteDir"/usr":
-        conf.libpath = AbsoluteDir"/usr/lib/nim"
-      elif prefix == AbsoluteDir"/usr/local":
-        conf.libpath = AbsoluteDir"/usr/local/lib/nim"
-      else:
-        conf.libpath = prefix / RelativeDir"lib"
-    else:
-      conf.libpath = prefix / RelativeDir"lib"
+    conf.libpath = prefix / RelativeDir"lib"
 
     # Special rule to support other tools (nimble) which import the compiler
     # modules and make use of them.
@@ -545,16 +766,18 @@ proc setDefaultLibpath*(conf: ConfigRef) =
 proc canonicalizePath*(conf: ConfigRef; path: AbsoluteFile): AbsoluteFile =
   result = AbsoluteFile path.string.expandFilename
 
-proc shortenDir*(conf: ConfigRef; dir: string): string {.
-    deprecated: "use 'relativeTo' instead".} =
-  ## returns the interesting part of a dir
-  var prefix = conf.projectPath.string & DirSep
-  if startsWith(dir, prefix):
-    return substr(dir, prefix.len)
-  prefix = getPrefixDir(conf).string & DirSep
-  if startsWith(dir, prefix):
-    return substr(dir, prefix.len)
-  result = dir
+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):
@@ -580,14 +803,23 @@ proc getOsCacheDir(): string =
     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.cmd == cmdCompileToJS:
-             conf.projectPath / genSubDir
-           else:
-            AbsoluteDir(getOsCacheDir() / splitFile(conf.projectName).name &
-               (if isDefined(conf, "release") or isDefined(conf, "danger"): "_r" else: "_d"))
+  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())
@@ -613,21 +845,19 @@ iterator nimbleSubs*(conf: ConfigRef; p: string): string =
 proc toGeneratedFile*(conf: ConfigRef; path: AbsoluteFile,
                       ext: string): AbsoluteFile =
   ## converts "/home/a/mymodule.nim", "rod" to "/home/a/nimcache/mymodule.rod"
-  let (head, tail) = splitPath(path.string)
-  result = getNimcacheDir(conf) / RelativeFile changeFileExt(tail, ext)
+  result = getNimcacheDir(conf) / RelativeFile path.string.splitPath.tail.changeFileExt(ext)
 
 proc completeGeneratedFilePath*(conf: ConfigRef; f: AbsoluteFile,
                                 createSubDir: bool = true): AbsoluteFile =
-  let (head, tail) = splitPath(f.string)
+  ## 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:
-      writeLine(stdout, "cannot create directory: " & subdir.string)
-      quit(1)
-  result = subdir / RelativeFile tail
-  #echo "completeGeneratedFilePath(", f, ") = ", result
+      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:
@@ -656,9 +886,38 @@ template patchModule(conf: ConfigRef) {.dirty.} =
       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.existsFile: AbsoluteFile(f) else: AbsoluteFile""
+    result = if f.fileExists: AbsoluteFile(f) else: AbsoluteFile""
   else:
     result = rawFindFile(conf, RelativeFile f, suppressStdlib)
     if result.isEmpty:
@@ -669,31 +928,29 @@ proc findFile*(conf: ConfigRef; f: string; suppressStdlib = false): AbsoluteFile
           result = rawFindFile2(conf, RelativeFile f.toLowerAscii)
   patchModule(conf)
 
-const stdlibDirs = [
-  "pure", "core", "arch",
-  "pure/collections",
-  "pure/concurrency", "impure",
-  "wrappers", "wrappers/linenoise",
-  "windows", "posix", "js"]
-
 proc findModule*(conf: ConfigRef; modulename, currentModule: string): AbsoluteFile =
   # returns path to module
-  const pkgPrefix = "pkg/"
-  const stdPrefix = "std/"
   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):
-          m = path
+          result = AbsoluteFile path
           break
-    let currentPath = currentModule.splitFile.dir
-    result = AbsoluteFile currentPath / m
-    if not fileExists(result):
+    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)
 
@@ -737,6 +994,25 @@ proc findProjectNimFile*(conf: ConfigRef; pkg: string): string =
     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, {'(', ')', '.'})
@@ -752,6 +1028,12 @@ 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
@@ -760,12 +1042,17 @@ proc parseIdeCmd*(s: string): IdeCmd =
   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 `$`*(c: IdeCmd): string =
@@ -776,6 +1063,7 @@ proc `$`*(c: IdeCmd): string =
   of ideUse: "use"
   of ideDus: "dus"
   of ideChk: "chk"
+  of ideChkFile: "chkFile"
   of ideMod: "mod"
   of ideNone: "none"
   of ideHighlight: "highlight"
@@ -783,6 +1071,13 @@ proc `$`*(c: IdeCmd): string =
   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.