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+#
+#
+#           The Nimrod Compiler
+#        (c) Copyright 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+# This module implements the parser of the standard Nimrod representation.
+# The parser strictly reflects the grammar ("doc/grammar.txt"); however
+# it uses several helper routines to keep the parser small. A special
+# efficient algorithm is used for the precedence levels. The parser here can
+# be seen as a refinement of the grammar, as it specifies how the AST is build
+# from the grammar and how comments belong to the AST.
+
+import
+  llstream, scanner, idents, strutils, ast, msgs
+
+type 
+  TParser*{.final.} = object  # a TParser object represents a module that
+                              # is being parsed
+    lex*: PLexer              # the lexer that is used for parsing
+    tok*: PToken              # the current token
+  
+
+proc ParseAll*(p: var TParser): PNode
+proc openParser*(p: var TParser, filename: string, inputstream: PLLStream)
+proc closeParser*(p: var TParser)
+proc parseTopLevelStmt*(p: var TParser): PNode
+  # implements an iterator. Returns the next top-level statement or
+  # emtyNode if end of stream.
+  
+# helpers for the other parsers
+proc getPrecedence*(tok: PToken): int
+proc isOperator*(tok: PToken): bool
+proc getTok*(p: var TParser)
+proc parMessage*(p: TParser, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string = "")
+proc skipComment*(p: var TParser, node: PNode)
+proc newNodeP*(kind: TNodeKind, p: TParser): PNode
+proc newIntNodeP*(kind: TNodeKind, intVal: BiggestInt, p: TParser): PNode
+proc newFloatNodeP*(kind: TNodeKind, floatVal: BiggestFloat, p: TParser): PNode
+proc newStrNodeP*(kind: TNodeKind, strVal: string, p: TParser): PNode
+proc newIdentNodeP*(ident: PIdent, p: TParser): PNode
+proc expectIdentOrKeyw*(p: TParser)
+proc ExpectIdent*(p: TParser)
+proc expectIdentOrOpr*(p: TParser)
+proc parLineInfo*(p: TParser): TLineInfo
+proc Eat*(p: var TParser, TokType: TTokType)
+proc skipInd*(p: var TParser)
+proc optPar*(p: var TParser)
+proc optInd*(p: var TParser, n: PNode)
+proc indAndComment*(p: var TParser, n: PNode)
+proc setBaseFlags*(n: PNode, base: TNumericalBase)
+proc parseSymbol*(p: var TParser): PNode
+proc accExpr*(p: var TParser): PNode
+# implementation
+
+proc initParser(p: var TParser) = 
+  new(p.lex)
+  new(p.tok)
+
+proc getTok(p: var TParser) = 
+  rawGetTok(p.lex[], p.tok[])
+
+proc OpenParser(p: var TParser, filename: string, inputStream: PLLStream) = 
+  initParser(p)
+  OpenLexer(p.lex[], filename, inputstream)
+  getTok(p)                   # read the first token
+  
+proc CloseParser(p: var TParser) = 
+  CloseLexer(p.lex[])
+
+proc parMessage(p: TParser, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string = "") = 
+  lexMessage(p.lex[], msg, arg)
+
+proc skipComment(p: var TParser, node: PNode) = 
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkComment: 
+    if node != nil: 
+      if node.comment == nil: node.comment = ""
+      add(node.comment, p.tok.literal)
+    else: 
+      parMessage(p, errInternal, "skipComment")
+    getTok(p)
+
+proc skipInd(p: var TParser) = 
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkInd: getTok(p)
+  
+proc optPar(p: var TParser) = 
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkSad or p.tok.tokType == tkInd: getTok(p)
+  
+proc optInd(p: var TParser, n: PNode) = 
+  skipComment(p, n)
+  skipInd(p)
+
+proc expectIdentOrKeyw(p: TParser) = 
+  if p.tok.tokType != tkSymbol and not isKeyword(p.tok.tokType): 
+    lexMessage(p.lex[], errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+  
+proc ExpectIdent(p: TParser) = 
+  if p.tok.tokType != tkSymbol: 
+    lexMessage(p.lex[], errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+  
+proc expectIdentOrOpr(p: TParser) = 
+  if not (p.tok.tokType in tokOperators): 
+    lexMessage(p.lex[], errOperatorExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+  
+proc Eat(p: var TParser, TokType: TTokType) = 
+  if p.tok.TokType == TokType: getTok(p)
+  else: lexMessage(p.lex[], errTokenExpected, TokTypeToStr[tokType])
+  
+proc parLineInfo(p: TParser): TLineInfo = 
+  result = getLineInfo(p.lex[])
+
+proc indAndComment(p: var TParser, n: PNode) = 
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkInd: 
+    var info = parLineInfo(p)
+    getTok(p)
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkComment: skipComment(p, n)
+    else: LocalError(info, errInvalidIndentation)
+  else: 
+    skipComment(p, n)
+  
+proc newNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, p: TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeI(kind, getLineInfo(p.lex[]))
+
+proc newIntNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, intVal: BiggestInt, p: TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  result.intVal = intVal
+
+proc newFloatNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, floatVal: BiggestFloat, p: TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  result.floatVal = floatVal
+
+proc newStrNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, strVal: string, p: TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  result.strVal = strVal
+
+proc newIdentNodeP(ident: PIdent, p: TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkIdent, p)
+  result.ident = ident
+
+proc parseExpr(p: var TParser): PNode
+proc parseStmt(p: var TParser): PNode
+proc parseTypeDesc(p: var TParser): PNode
+proc parseParamList(p: var TParser): PNode
+
+proc IsLeftAssociative(tok: PToken): bool {.inline.} =
+  result = tok.tokType != tkOpr or tok.ident.s[0] != '^'
+
+proc getPrecedence(tok: PToken): int = 
+  case tok.tokType
+  of tkOpr: 
+    case tok.ident.s[0]
+    of '$', '^': result = 7
+    of '*', '%', '/', '\\': result = 6
+    of '+', '-', '~', '|': result = 5
+    of '&': result = 4
+    of '=', '<', '>', '!': result = 3
+    else: result = 0
+  of tkDiv, tkMod, tkShl, tkShr: result = 6
+  of tkIn, tkNotIn, tkIs, tkIsNot: result = 3
+  of tkAnd: result = 2
+  of tkOr, tkXor: result = 1
+  else: result = - 10
+  
+proc isOperator(tok: PToken): bool = 
+  result = getPrecedence(tok) >= 0
+
+proc parseSymbol(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkSymbol: 
+    result = newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkAccent: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkAccQuoted, p)
+    getTok(p)
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkBracketLe: 
+      var s = "["
+      getTok(p)
+      while true:
+        if p.tok.tokType == tkComma:
+          add(s, ",")
+          getTok(p)
+        elif (p.tok.tokType == tkOpr) and (p.tok.ident.s == "$"): 
+          add(s, "$..")
+          getTok(p)
+          eat(p, tkDotDot)
+          if (p.tok.tokType == tkOpr) and (p.tok.ident.s == "$"): 
+            add(s, '$')
+            getTok(p)
+        elif p.tok.tokType == tkDotDot: 
+          add(s, "..")
+          getTok(p)
+          if (p.tok.tokType == tkOpr) and (p.tok.ident.s == "$"): 
+            add(s, '$')
+            getTok(p)
+        else: break
+      eat(p, tkBracketRi)
+      add(s, ']')
+      if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals: 
+        add(s, '=')
+        getTok(p)
+      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(getIdent(s), p))
+    of tkParLe: 
+      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(getIdent("()"), p))
+      getTok(p)
+      eat(p, tkParRi)
+    of tokKeywordLow..tokKeywordHigh, tkSymbol, tkOpr: 
+      var id = p.tok.ident
+      getTok(p)
+      if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals: 
+        addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(getIdent(id.s & '='), p))
+        getTok(p)
+      else: 
+        addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(id, p))
+    else: 
+      parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+      result = ast.emptyNode
+    eat(p, tkAccent)
+  else: 
+    parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+    result = ast.emptyNode
+
+proc accExpr(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkAccQuoted, p)
+  getTok(p)                   # skip `
+  var x = ast.emptyNode
+  var y = ast.emptyNode
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkSymbol, tkOpr, tokKeywordLow..tokKeywordHigh: 
+    x = newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  else: 
+    parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkDot: 
+    getTok(p)
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkSymbol, tkOpr, tokKeywordLow..tokKeywordHigh: 
+      y = newNodeP(nkDotExpr, p)
+      addSon(y, x)
+      addSon(y, newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p))
+      getTok(p)
+      x = y
+    else: 
+      parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+  addSon(result, x)
+  eat(p, tkAccent)
+
+proc optExpr(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  # [expr]
+  if (p.tok.tokType != tkComma) and (p.tok.tokType != tkBracketRi) and
+      (p.tok.tokType != tkDotDot): 
+    result = parseExpr(p)
+  else: 
+    result = ast.emptyNode
+  
+proc dotdotExpr(p: var TParser, first: PNode): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkRange, p)
+  addSon(result, first)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, optExpr(p))
+
+proc indexExpr(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  # indexExpr ::= '..' [expr] | expr ['=' expr | '..' expr]
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkDotDot: 
+    result = dotdotExpr(p, ast.emptyNode)
+  else: 
+    var a = parseExpr(p)
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkEquals: 
+      result = newNodeP(nkExprEqExpr, p)
+      addSon(result, a)
+      getTok(p)
+      if p.tok.tokType == tkDotDot: 
+        addSon(result, dotdotExpr(p, ast.emptyNode))
+      else: 
+        var b = parseExpr(p)
+        if p.tok.tokType == tkDotDot: b = dotdotExpr(p, b)
+        addSon(result, b)
+    of tkDotDot: 
+      result = dotdotExpr(p, a)
+    else: result = a
+  
+proc indexExprList(p: var TParser, first: PNode): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkBracketExpr, p)
+  addSon(result, first)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while (p.tok.tokType != tkBracketRi) and (p.tok.tokType != tkEof) and
+      (p.tok.tokType != tkSad): 
+    var a = indexExpr(p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  optPar(p)
+  eat(p, tkBracketRi)
+
+proc exprColonEqExpr(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind, tok: TTokType): PNode = 
+  var a = parseExpr(p)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tok: 
+    result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+    getTok(p)
+    #optInd(p, result)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  else: 
+    result = a
+  
+proc exprListAux(p: var TParser, elemKind: TNodeKind, endTok, sepTok: TTokType, 
+                 result: PNode) = 
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while (p.tok.tokType != endTok) and (p.tok.tokType != tkEof): 
+    var a = exprColonEqExpr(p, elemKind, sepTok)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  eat(p, endTok)
+
+proc qualifiedIdent(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = parseSymbol(p)     #optInd(p, result);
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkDot: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    var a = result
+    result = newNodeI(nkDotExpr, a.info)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    addSon(result, parseSymbol(p))
+
+proc qualifiedIdentListAux(p: var TParser, endTok: TTokType, result: PNode) = 
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while (p.tok.tokType != endTok) and (p.tok.tokType != tkEof): 
+    var a = qualifiedIdent(p)
+    addSon(result, a)         #optInd(p, a);
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  eat(p, endTok)
+
+proc exprColonEqExprListAux(p: var TParser, elemKind: TNodeKind, 
+                            endTok, sepTok: TTokType, result: PNode) = 
+  assert(endTok in {tkCurlyRi, tkCurlyDotRi, tkBracketRi, tkParRi})
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while (p.tok.tokType != endTok) and (p.tok.tokType != tkEof) and
+      (p.tok.tokType != tkSad) and (p.tok.tokType != tkInd): 
+    var a = exprColonEqExpr(p, elemKind, sepTok)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  optPar(p)
+  eat(p, endTok)
+
+proc exprColonEqExprList(p: var TParser, kind, elemKind: TNodeKind, 
+                         endTok, sepTok: TTokType): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  exprColonEqExprListAux(p, elemKind, endTok, sepTok, result)
+
+proc parseCast(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkCast, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  eat(p, tkBracketLe)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
+  optPar(p)
+  eat(p, tkBracketRi)
+  eat(p, tkParLe)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  optPar(p)
+  eat(p, tkParRi)
+
+proc parseAddr(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkAddr, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  eat(p, tkParLe)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  optPar(p)
+  eat(p, tkParRi)
+
+proc setBaseFlags(n: PNode, base: TNumericalBase) = 
+  case base
+  of base10: nil
+  of base2: incl(n.flags, nfBase2)
+  of base8: incl(n.flags, nfBase8)
+  of base16: incl(n.flags, nfBase16)
+  
+proc parseGStrLit(p: var TParser, a: PNode): PNode = 
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkGStrLit: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkCallStrLit, p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkRStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkGTripleStrLit: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkCallStrLit, p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
+    getTok(p)
+  else:
+    result = a
+  
+proc identOrLiteral(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkSymbol: 
+    result = newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p)
+    getTok(p)
+    result = parseGStrLit(p, result)
+  of tkAccent: 
+    result = accExpr(p)       # literals
+  of tkIntLit: 
+    result = newIntNodeP(nkIntLit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
+    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkInt8Lit: 
+    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt8Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
+    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkInt16Lit: 
+    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt16Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
+    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkInt32Lit: 
+    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt32Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
+    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkInt64Lit: 
+    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt64Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
+    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkFloatLit: 
+    result = newFloatNodeP(nkFloatLit, p.tok.fNumber, p)
+    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkFloat32Lit: 
+    result = newFloatNodeP(nkFloat32Lit, p.tok.fNumber, p)
+    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkFloat64Lit: 
+    result = newFloatNodeP(nkFloat64Lit, p.tok.fNumber, p)
+    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkStrLit: 
+    result = newStrNodeP(nkStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkRStrLit: 
+    result = newStrNodeP(nkRStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkTripleStrLit: 
+    result = newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkCharLit: 
+    result = newIntNodeP(nkCharLit, ord(p.tok.literal[0]), p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkNil: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkParLe: 
+    # () constructor
+    result = exprColonEqExprList(p, nkPar, nkExprColonExpr, tkParRi, tkColon)
+  of tkCurlyLe: 
+    # {} constructor
+    result = exprColonEqExprList(p, nkCurly, nkRange, tkCurlyRi, tkDotDot)
+  of tkBracketLe: 
+    # [] constructor
+    result = exprColonEqExprList(p, nkBracket, nkExprColonExpr, tkBracketRi, 
+                                 tkColon)
+  of tkCast: 
+    result = parseCast(p)
+  of tkAddr: 
+    result = parseAddr(p)
+  else: 
+    parMessage(p, errExprExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+    getTok(p)  # we must consume a token here to prevend endless loops!
+    result = ast.emptyNode
+
+proc primary(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  # prefix operator?
+  if (p.tok.tokType == tkNot) or (p.tok.tokType == tkOpr): 
+    result = newNodeP(nkPrefix, p)
+    var a = newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+    addSon(result, primary(p))
+    return 
+  elif p.tok.tokType == tkBind: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkBind, p)
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    addSon(result, primary(p))
+    return 
+  result = identOrLiteral(p)
+  while true: 
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkParLe: 
+      var a = result
+      result = newNodeP(nkCall, p)
+      addSon(result, a)
+      exprColonEqExprListAux(p, nkExprEqExpr, tkParRi, tkEquals, result)
+    of tkDot: 
+      var a = result
+      result = newNodeP(nkDotExpr, p)
+      addSon(result, a)
+      getTok(p)               # skip '.'
+      optInd(p, result)
+      addSon(result, parseSymbol(p))
+      result = parseGStrLit(p, result)
+    of tkHat: 
+      var a = result
+      result = newNodeP(nkDerefExpr, p)
+      addSon(result, a)
+      getTok(p)
+    of tkBracketLe: 
+      result = indexExprList(p, result)
+    else: break 
+  
+proc lowestExprAux(p: var TParser, v: var PNode, limit: int): PToken = 
+  v = primary(p) # expand while operators have priorities higher than 'limit'
+  var op = p.tok
+  var opPrec = getPrecedence(op)
+  while opPrec >= limit: 
+    var leftAssoc = ord(IsLeftAssociative(op))
+    var node = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
+    var opNode = newIdentNodeP(op.ident, p) # skip operator:
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, opNode)         # read sub-expression with higher priority
+    var v2: PNode
+    var nextop = lowestExprAux(p, v2, opPrec + leftAssoc)
+    addSon(node, opNode)
+    addSon(node, v)
+    addSon(node, v2)
+    v = node
+    op = nextop
+    opPrec = getPrecedence(nextop)
+  result = op                 # return first untreated operator
+  
+proc lowestExpr(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  discard lowestExprAux(p, result, - 1)
+
+proc parseIfExpr(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkIfExpr, p)
+  while true: 
+    getTok(p)                 # skip `if`, `elif`
+    var branch = newNodeP(nkElifExpr, p)
+    addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
+    eat(p, tkColon)
+    addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
+    addSon(result, branch)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkElif: break 
+  var branch = newNodeP(nkElseExpr, p)
+  eat(p, tkElse)
+  eat(p, tkColon)
+  addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
+  addSon(result, branch)
+
+proc parsePragma(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkPragma, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while (p.tok.tokType != tkCurlyDotRi) and (p.tok.tokType != tkCurlyRi) and
+      (p.tok.tokType != tkEof) and (p.tok.tokType != tkSad): 
+    var a = exprColonEqExpr(p, nkExprColonExpr, tkColon)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkComma: 
+      getTok(p)
+      optInd(p, a)
+  optPar(p)
+  if (p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotRi) or (p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyRi): getTok(p)
+  else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ".}")
+  
+proc identVis(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  # identifier with visability
+  var a = parseSymbol(p)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkOpr: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkPostfix, p)
+    addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p))
+    addSon(result, a)
+    getTok(p)
+  else: 
+    result = a
+  
+proc identWithPragma(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  var a = identVis(p)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkPragmaExpr, p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    addSon(result, parsePragma(p))
+  else: 
+    result = a
+  
+type 
+  TDeclaredIdentFlag = enum 
+    withPragma,               # identifier may have pragma
+    withBothOptional          # both ':' and '=' parts are optional
+  TDeclaredIdentFlags = set[TDeclaredIdentFlag]
+
+proc parseIdentColonEquals(p: var TParser, flags: TDeclaredIdentFlags): PNode = 
+  var a: PNode
+  result = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
+  while true: 
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkSymbol, tkAccent: 
+      if withPragma in flags: a = identWithPragma(p)
+      else: a = parseSymbol(p)
+      if a.kind == nkEmpty: return 
+    else: break 
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+    if (p.tok.tokType != tkEquals) and not (withBothOptional in flags): 
+      parMessage(p, errColonOrEqualsExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  
+proc parseTuple(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkTupleTy, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  eat(p, tkBracketLe)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while (p.tok.tokType == tkSymbol) or (p.tok.tokType == tkAccent): 
+    var a = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {})
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  optPar(p)
+  eat(p, tkBracketRi)
+
+proc parseParamList(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  var a: PNode
+  result = newNodeP(nkFormalParams, p)
+  addSon(result, ast.emptyNode) # return type
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkParLe: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    while true: 
+      case p.tok.tokType      #optInd(p, a);
+      of tkSymbol, tkAccent: 
+        a = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {})
+      of tkParRi: 
+        break 
+      else: 
+        parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ")")
+        break 
+      addSon(result, a)
+      if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+      getTok(p)
+      optInd(p, a)
+    optPar(p)
+    eat(p, tkParRi)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    result.sons[0] = parseTypeDesc(p)
+
+proc parseProcExpr(p: var TParser, isExpr: bool): PNode = 
+  # either a proc type or a anonymous proc
+  var 
+    pragmas, params: PNode
+    info: TLineInfo
+  info = parLineInfo(p)
+  getTok(p)
+  params = parseParamList(p)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe: pragmas = parsePragma(p)
+  else: pragmas = ast.emptyNode
+  if (p.tok.tokType == tkEquals) and isExpr: 
+    result = newNodeI(nkLambda, info)
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)       # no name part
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)       # no generic parameters
+    addSon(result, params)
+    addSon(result, pragmas)
+    getTok(p)
+    skipComment(p, result)
+    addSon(result, parseStmt(p))
+  else: 
+    result = newNodeI(nkProcTy, info)
+    addSon(result, params)
+    addSon(result, pragmas)
+
+proc parseTypeDescKAux(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
+
+proc parseExpr(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  #
+  #expr ::= lowestExpr
+  #     | 'if' expr ':' expr ('elif' expr ':' expr)* 'else' ':' expr
+  #     | 'var' expr
+  #     | 'ref' expr
+  #     | 'ptr' expr
+  #     | 'type' expr
+  #     | 'tuple' tupleDesc
+  #     | 'proc' paramList [pragma] ['=' stmt] 
+  #
+  case p.tok.toktype
+  of tkVar: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkVarTy)
+  of tkRef: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkRefTy)
+  of tkPtr: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkPtrTy)
+  of tkType: result = parseTypeDescKAux(p, nkTypeOfExpr)
+  of tkTuple: result = parseTuple(p)
+  of tkProc: result = parseProcExpr(p, true)
+  of tkIf: result = parseIfExpr(p)
+  else: result = lowestExpr(p)
+  
+proc parseTypeDesc(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  if p.tok.toktype == tkProc: result = parseProcExpr(p, false)
+  else: result = parseExpr(p)
+  
+proc isExprStart(p: TParser): bool = 
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkOpr, tkNot, tkNil, tkCast, tkIf, tkProc, tkBind, 
+     tkParLe, tkBracketLe, tkCurlyLe, tkIntLit..tkCharLit, tkVar, tkRef, tkPtr, 
+     tkTuple, tkType: 
+    result = true
+  else: result = false
+  
+proc parseExprStmt(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  var a = lowestExpr(p)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    var b = parseExpr(p)
+    result = newNodeI(nkAsgn, a.info)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    addSon(result, b)
+  else: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkCommand, p)
+    result.info = a.info
+    addSon(result, a)
+    while true: 
+      if not isExprStart(p): break 
+      var e = parseExpr(p)
+      addSon(result, e)
+      if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+      getTok(p)
+      optInd(p, a)
+    if sonsLen(result) <= 1: result = a
+    else: a = result
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkColon: 
+      # macro statement
+      result = newNodeP(nkMacroStmt, p)
+      result.info = a.info
+      addSon(result, a)
+      getTok(p)
+      skipComment(p, result)
+      if p.tok.tokType == tkSad: getTok(p)
+      if not (p.tok.TokType in {tkOf, tkElif, tkElse, tkExcept}): 
+        addSon(result, parseStmt(p))
+      while true: 
+        if p.tok.tokType == tkSad: getTok(p)
+        var b: PNode
+        case p.tok.tokType
+        of tkOf: 
+          b = newNodeP(nkOfBranch, p)
+          exprListAux(p, nkRange, tkColon, tkDotDot, b)
+        of tkElif: 
+          b = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
+          getTok(p)
+          optInd(p, b)
+          addSon(b, parseExpr(p))
+          eat(p, tkColon)
+        of tkExcept: 
+          b = newNodeP(nkExceptBranch, p)
+          qualifiedIdentListAux(p, tkColon, b)
+          skipComment(p, b)
+        of tkElse: 
+          b = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
+          getTok(p)
+          eat(p, tkColon)
+        else: break 
+        addSon(b, parseStmt(p))
+        addSon(result, b)
+        if b.kind == nkElse: break 
+  
+proc parseImportOrIncludeStmt(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode = 
+  var a: PNode
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  getTok(p)                   # skip `import` or `include`
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while true: 
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkEof, tkSad, tkDed: 
+      break 
+    of tkSymbol, tkAccent: 
+      a = parseSymbol(p)
+    of tkRStrLit: 
+      a = newStrNodeP(nkRStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+      getTok(p)
+    of tkStrLit: 
+      a = newStrNodeP(nkStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+      getTok(p)
+    of tkTripleStrLit: 
+      a = newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+      getTok(p)
+    else: 
+      parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+      break 
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+
+proc parseFromStmt(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  var a: PNode
+  result = newNodeP(nkFromStmt, p)
+  getTok(p)                   # skip `from`
+  optInd(p, result)
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkSymbol, tkAccent: 
+    a = parseSymbol(p)
+  of tkRStrLit: 
+    a = newStrNodeP(nkRStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkStrLit: 
+    a = newStrNodeP(nkStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkTripleStrLit: 
+    a = newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  else: 
+    parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+    return 
+  addSon(result, a)           #optInd(p, a);
+  eat(p, tkImport)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while true: 
+    case p.tok.tokType        #optInd(p, a);
+    of tkEof, tkSad, tkDed: 
+      break 
+    of tkSymbol, tkAccent: 
+      a = parseSymbol(p)
+    else: 
+      parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+      break 
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+
+proc parseReturnOrRaise(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkEof, tkSad, tkDed: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  else: addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  
+proc parseYieldOrDiscard(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+
+proc parseBreakOrContinue(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkEof, tkSad, tkDed: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  else: addSon(result, parseSymbol(p))
+  
+proc parseIfOrWhen(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  while true: 
+    getTok(p)                 # skip `if`, `when`, `elif`
+    var branch = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
+    optInd(p, branch)
+    addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
+    eat(p, tkColon)
+    skipComment(p, branch)
+    addSon(branch, parseStmt(p))
+    skipComment(p, branch)
+    addSon(result, branch)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkElif: break 
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkElse: 
+    var branch = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
+    eat(p, tkElse)
+    eat(p, tkColon)
+    skipComment(p, branch)
+    addSon(branch, parseStmt(p))
+    addSon(result, branch)
+
+proc parseWhile(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkWhileStmt, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  eat(p, tkColon)
+  skipComment(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseStmt(p))
+
+proc parseCase(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  var 
+    b: PNode
+    inElif: bool
+  result = newNodeP(nkCaseStmt, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon: getTok(p)
+  skipComment(p, result)
+  inElif = false
+  while true: 
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkSad: getTok(p)
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkOf: 
+      if inElif: break 
+      b = newNodeP(nkOfBranch, p)
+      exprListAux(p, nkRange, tkColon, tkDotDot, b)
+    of tkElif: 
+      inElif = true
+      b = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
+      getTok(p)
+      optInd(p, b)
+      addSon(b, parseExpr(p))
+      eat(p, tkColon)
+    of tkElse: 
+      b = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
+      getTok(p)
+      eat(p, tkColon)
+    else: break 
+    skipComment(p, b)
+    addSon(b, parseStmt(p))
+    addSon(result, b)
+    if b.kind == nkElse: break 
+  
+proc parseTry(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkTryStmt, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  eat(p, tkColon)
+  skipComment(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseStmt(p))
+  var b: PNode = nil
+  while true: 
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkSad: getTok(p)
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkExcept: 
+      b = newNodeP(nkExceptBranch, p)
+      qualifiedIdentListAux(p, tkColon, b)
+    of tkFinally: 
+      b = newNodeP(nkFinally, p)
+      getTok(p)
+      eat(p, tkColon)
+    else: break 
+    skipComment(p, b)
+    addSon(b, parseStmt(p))
+    addSon(result, b)
+    if b.kind == nkFinally: break 
+  if b == nil: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, "except")
+  
+proc parseFor(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkForStmt, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  var a = parseSymbol(p)
+  addSon(result, a)
+  while p.tok.tokType == tkComma: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+    a = parseSymbol(p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+  eat(p, tkIn)
+  addSon(result, exprColonEqExpr(p, nkRange, tkDotDot))
+  eat(p, tkColon)
+  skipComment(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseStmt(p))
+
+proc parseBlock(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkBlockStmt, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkEof, tkSad, tkDed, tkColon: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  else: addSon(result, parseSymbol(p))
+  eat(p, tkColon)
+  skipComment(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseStmt(p))
+
+proc parseAsm(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkAsmStmt, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe: addSon(result, parsePragma(p))
+  else: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkStrLit: addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
+  of tkRStrLit: addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkRStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
+  of tkTripleStrLit: addSon(result, 
+                            newStrNodeP(nkTripleStrLit, p.tok.literal, p))
+  else: 
+    parMessage(p, errStringLiteralExpected)
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+    return 
+  getTok(p)
+
+proc parseGenericConstraint(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkObject:
+    result = newNodeP(nkObjectTy, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkTuple:
+    result = newNodeP(nkTupleTy, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkEnum: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkEnumTy, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkProc:
+    result = newNodeP(nkProcTy, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkVar:
+    result = newNodeP(nkVarTy, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkPtr:
+    result = newNodeP(nkPtrTy, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkRef:
+    result = newNodeP(nkRefTy, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  of tkDistinct:
+    result = newNodeP(nkDistinctTy, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  else: result = primary(p)
+
+proc parseGenericConstraintList(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = parseGenericConstraint(p)
+  while p.tok.tokType == tkOpr:
+    var a = result
+    result = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
+    addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p))
+    addSon(result, a)
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    addSon(result, parseGenericConstraint(p))
+
+proc parseGenericParam(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  var a: PNode
+  result = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
+  while true: 
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkSymbol, tkAccent: 
+      a = parseSymbol(p)
+      if a.kind == nkEmpty: return 
+    else: break 
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    addSon(result, parseGenericConstraintList(p))
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+
+proc parseGenericParamList(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkGenericParams, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while (p.tok.tokType == tkSymbol) or (p.tok.tokType == tkAccent): 
+    var a = parseGenericParam(p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  optPar(p)
+  eat(p, tkBracketRi)
+
+proc parseRoutine(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, identVis(p))
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketLe: addSon(result, parseGenericParamList(p))
+  else: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  addSon(result, parseParamList(p))
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe: addSon(result, parsePragma(p))
+  else: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals: 
+    getTok(p)
+    skipComment(p, result)
+    addSon(result, parseStmt(p))
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  indAndComment(p, result)    # XXX: document this in the grammar!
+  
+proc newCommentStmt(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkCommentStmt, p)
+  result.info.line = result.info.line - int16(1)
+
+type 
+  TDefParser = proc (p: var TParser): PNode
+
+proc parseSection(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind, 
+                  defparser: TDefParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  skipComment(p, result)
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkInd: 
+    pushInd(p.lex[], p.tok.indent)
+    getTok(p)
+    skipComment(p, result)
+    while true: 
+      case p.tok.tokType
+      of tkSad: 
+        getTok(p)
+      of tkSymbol, tkAccent: 
+        var a = defparser(p)
+        skipComment(p, a)
+        addSon(result, a)
+      of tkDed: 
+        getTok(p)
+        break 
+      of tkEof: 
+        break                 # BUGFIX
+      of tkComment: 
+        var a = newCommentStmt(p)
+        skipComment(p, a)
+        addSon(result, a)
+      else: 
+        parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+        break 
+    popInd(p.lex[])
+  of tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkParLe: 
+    # tkParLe is allowed for ``var (x, y) = ...`` tuple parsing
+    addSon(result, defparser(p))
+  else: parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+  
+proc parseConstant(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkConstDef, p)
+  addSon(result, identWithPragma(p))
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkColon: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  eat(p, tkEquals)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+  indAndComment(p, result)    # XXX: special extension!
+  
+proc parseEnum(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  var a, b: PNode
+  result = newNodeP(nkEnumTy, p)
+  a = nil
+  getTok(p)
+  if false and p.tok.tokType == tkOf: 
+    a = newNodeP(nkOfInherit, p)
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+    addSon(a, parseTypeDesc(p))
+    addSon(result, a)
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while true: 
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkEof, tkSad, tkDed: break 
+    else: a = parseSymbol(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals: 
+      getTok(p)
+      optInd(p, a)
+      b = a
+      a = newNodeP(nkEnumFieldDef, p)
+      addSon(a, b)
+      addSon(a, parseExpr(p))
+      skipComment(p, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkComma: 
+      getTok(p)
+      optInd(p, a)
+    addSon(result, a)
+
+proc parseObjectPart(p: var TParser): PNode
+proc parseObjectWhen(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkRecWhen, p)
+  while true: 
+    getTok(p)                 # skip `when`, `elif`
+    var branch = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
+    optInd(p, branch)
+    addSon(branch, parseExpr(p))
+    eat(p, tkColon)
+    skipComment(p, branch)
+    addSon(branch, parseObjectPart(p))
+    skipComment(p, branch)
+    addSon(result, branch)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkElif: break 
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkElse: 
+    var branch = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
+    eat(p, tkElse)
+    eat(p, tkColon)
+    skipComment(p, branch)
+    addSon(branch, parseObjectPart(p))
+    addSon(result, branch)
+
+proc parseObjectCase(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkRecCase, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  var a = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
+  addSon(a, identWithPragma(p))
+  eat(p, tkColon)
+  addSon(a, parseTypeDesc(p))
+  addSon(a, ast.emptyNode)
+  addSon(result, a)
+  skipComment(p, result)
+  while true: 
+    if p.tok.tokType == tkSad: getTok(p)
+    var b: PNode
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkOf: 
+      b = newNodeP(nkOfBranch, p)
+      exprListAux(p, nkRange, tkColon, tkDotDot, b)
+    of tkElse: 
+      b = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
+      getTok(p)
+      eat(p, tkColon)
+    else: break 
+    skipComment(p, b)
+    addSon(b, parseObjectPart(p))
+    addSon(result, b)
+    if b.kind == nkElse: break 
+  
+proc parseObjectPart(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkInd: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkRecList, p)
+    pushInd(p.lex[], p.tok.indent)
+    getTok(p)
+    skipComment(p, result)
+    while true: 
+      case p.tok.tokType
+      of tkSad: 
+        getTok(p)
+      of tkCase, tkWhen, tkSymbol, tkAccent, tkNil: 
+        addSon(result, parseObjectPart(p))
+      of tkDed: 
+        getTok(p)
+        break 
+      of tkEof: 
+        break 
+      else: 
+        parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+        break 
+    popInd(p.lex[])
+  of tkWhen: 
+    result = parseObjectWhen(p)
+  of tkCase: 
+    result = parseObjectCase(p)
+  of tkSymbol, tkAccent: 
+    result = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {withPragma})
+    skipComment(p, result)
+  of tkNil: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
+    getTok(p)
+  else: result = ast.emptyNode
+  
+proc parseObject(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkObjectTy, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe: addSon(result, parsePragma(p))
+  else: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkOf: 
+    var a = newNodeP(nkOfInherit, p)
+    getTok(p)
+    addSon(a, parseTypeDesc(p))
+    addSon(result, a)
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  skipComment(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseObjectPart(p))
+
+proc parseDistinct(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkDistinctTy, p)
+  getTok(p)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseTypeDesc(p))
+
+proc parseTypeDef(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkTypeDef, p)
+  addSon(result, identWithPragma(p))
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketLe: addSon(result, parseGenericParamList(p))
+  else: addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals: 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, result)
+    var a: PNode
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkObject: a = parseObject(p)
+    of tkEnum: a = parseEnum(p)
+    of tkDistinct: a = parseDistinct(p)
+    else: a = parseTypeDesc(p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+  else: 
+    addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+  indAndComment(p, result)    # special extension!
+  
+proc parseVarTuple(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkVarTuple, p)
+  getTok(p)                   # skip '('
+  optInd(p, result)
+  while (p.tok.tokType == tkSymbol) or (p.tok.tokType == tkAccent): 
+    var a = identWithPragma(p)
+    addSon(result, a)
+    if p.tok.tokType != tkComma: break 
+    getTok(p)
+    optInd(p, a)
+  addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)         # no type desc
+  optPar(p)
+  eat(p, tkParRi)
+  eat(p, tkEquals)
+  optInd(p, result)
+  addSon(result, parseExpr(p))
+
+proc parseVariable(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkParLe: result = parseVarTuple(p)
+  else: result = parseIdentColonEquals(p, {withPragma})
+  indAndComment(p, result)    # special extension!
+  
+proc simpleStmt(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkReturn: result = parseReturnOrRaise(p, nkReturnStmt)
+  of tkRaise: result = parseReturnOrRaise(p, nkRaiseStmt)
+  of tkYield: result = parseYieldOrDiscard(p, nkYieldStmt)
+  of tkDiscard: result = parseYieldOrDiscard(p, nkDiscardStmt)
+  of tkBreak: result = parseBreakOrContinue(p, nkBreakStmt)
+  of tkContinue: result = parseBreakOrContinue(p, nkContinueStmt)
+  of tkCurlyDotLe: result = parsePragma(p)
+  of tkImport: result = parseImportOrIncludeStmt(p, nkImportStmt)
+  of tkFrom: result = parseFromStmt(p)
+  of tkInclude: result = parseImportOrIncludeStmt(p, nkIncludeStmt)
+  of tkComment: result = newCommentStmt(p)
+  else: 
+    if isExprStart(p): result = parseExprStmt(p)
+    else: result = ast.emptyNode
+  if result.kind != nkEmpty: skipComment(p, result)
+  
+proc complexOrSimpleStmt(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  case p.tok.tokType
+  of tkIf: result = parseIfOrWhen(p, nkIfStmt)
+  of tkWhile: result = parseWhile(p)
+  of tkCase: result = parseCase(p)
+  of tkTry: result = parseTry(p)
+  of tkFor: result = parseFor(p)
+  of tkBlock: result = parseBlock(p)
+  of tkAsm: result = parseAsm(p)
+  of tkProc: result = parseRoutine(p, nkProcDef)
+  of tkMethod: result = parseRoutine(p, nkMethodDef)
+  of tkIterator: result = parseRoutine(p, nkIteratorDef)
+  of tkMacro: result = parseRoutine(p, nkMacroDef)
+  of tkTemplate: result = parseRoutine(p, nkTemplateDef)
+  of tkConverter: result = parseRoutine(p, nkConverterDef)
+  of tkType: result = parseSection(p, nkTypeSection, parseTypeDef)
+  of tkConst: result = parseSection(p, nkConstSection, parseConstant)
+  of tkWhen: result = parseIfOrWhen(p, nkWhenStmt)
+  of tkVar: result = parseSection(p, nkVarSection, parseVariable)
+  else: result = simpleStmt(p)
+  
+proc parseStmt(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  if p.tok.tokType == tkInd: 
+    result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
+    pushInd(p.lex[], p.tok.indent)
+    getTok(p)
+    while true: 
+      case p.tok.tokType
+      of tkSad: getTok(p)
+      of tkEof: break 
+      of tkDed: 
+        getTok(p)
+        break 
+      else: 
+        var a = complexOrSimpleStmt(p)
+        if a.kind == nkEmpty: break 
+        addSon(result, a)
+    popInd(p.lex[] )
+  else: 
+    # the case statement is only needed for better error messages:
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkIf, tkWhile, tkCase, tkTry, tkFor, tkBlock, tkAsm, tkProc, tkIterator, 
+       tkMacro, tkType, tkConst, tkWhen, tkVar: 
+      parMessage(p, errComplexStmtRequiresInd)
+      result = ast.emptyNode
+    else: 
+      result = simpleStmt(p)
+      if result.kind == nkEmpty: parMessage(p, errExprExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+      if p.tok.tokType == tkSad: getTok(p)
+  
+proc parseAll(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
+  while true: 
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkSad: getTok(p)
+    of tkDed, tkInd: parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
+    of tkEof: break 
+    else: 
+      var a = complexOrSimpleStmt(p)
+      if a.kind == nkEmpty: parMessage(p, errExprExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+      addSon(result, a)
+
+proc parseTopLevelStmt(p: var TParser): PNode = 
+  result = ast.emptyNode
+  while true: 
+    case p.tok.tokType
+    of tkSad: getTok(p)
+    of tkDed, tkInd: 
+      parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
+      getTok(p)
+    of tkEof: break 
+    else: 
+      result = complexOrSimpleStmt(p)
+      if result.kind == nkEmpty: parMessage(p, errExprExpected, tokToStr(p.tok))
+      break