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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.
+#
+
+## Plugin support for the Nim compiler. Right now plugins
+## need to be built with the compiler only: plugins using
+## DLLs or the FFI will not work.
+
+import ast, semdata, idents
+
+type
+  Transformation* = proc (c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode {.nimcall.}
+  Plugin* = tuple
+    package, module, fn: string
+    t: Transformation
+
+proc pluginMatches*(ic: IdentCache; p: Plugin; s: PSym): bool =
+  if s.name.id != ic.getIdent(p.fn).id:
+    return false
+  let module = s.skipGenericOwner
+  if module == nil or module.kind != skModule or
+      module.name.id != ic.getIdent(p.module).id:
+    return false
+  let package = module.owner
+  if package == nil or package.kind != skPackage or
+      package.name.id != ic.getIdent(p.package).id:
+    return false
+  return true