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-rw-r--r--compiler/ast.nim154
-rw-r--r--compiler/astalgo.nim50
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgcalls.nim38
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgexprs.nim53
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgstmts.nim11
-rw-r--r--compiler/ccgtypes.nim7
-rw-r--r--compiler/cgen.nim36
-rw-r--r--compiler/commands.nim49
-rw-r--r--compiler/condsyms.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/crc.nim147
-rw-r--r--compiler/docgen.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/evaltempl.nim4
-rw-r--r--compiler/extccomp.nim53
-rw-r--r--compiler/forloops.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/guards.nim16
-rw-r--r--compiler/idents.nim10
-rw-r--r--compiler/idgen.nim22
-rw-r--r--compiler/installer.ini12
-rw-r--r--compiler/jsgen.nim199
-rw-r--r--compiler/lambdalifting.nim10
-rw-r--r--compiler/lexer.nim388
-rw-r--r--compiler/llstream.nim95
-rw-r--r--compiler/lowerings.nim33
-rw-r--r--compiler/main.nim12
-rw-r--r--compiler/modules.nim79
-rw-r--r--compiler/msgs.nim328
-rw-r--r--compiler/nim.nim11
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimblecmd.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimconf.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim16
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim20
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim7
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim190
-rw-r--r--compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim.cfg17
-rw-r--r--compiler/nodejs.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/options.nim53
-rw-r--r--compiler/parser.nim14
-rw-r--r--compiler/passaux.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/passes.nim19
-rw-r--r--compiler/patterns.nim4
-rw-r--r--compiler/platform.nim7
-rw-r--r--compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim3
-rw-r--r--compiler/pragmas.nim547
-rw-r--r--compiler/renderer.nim26
-rw-r--r--compiler/rodread.nim470
-rw-r--r--compiler/rodwrite.nim208
-rw-r--r--compiler/sem.nim12
-rw-r--r--compiler/semcall.nim5
-rw-r--r--compiler/semexprs.nim21
-rw-r--r--compiler/semfold.nim55
-rw-r--r--compiler/sempass2.nim17
-rw-r--r--compiler/semstmts.nim70
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtempl.nim12
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtypes.nim43
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtypinst.nim30
-rw-r--r--compiler/service.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/sigmatch.nim65
-rw-r--r--compiler/suggest.nim116
-rw-r--r--compiler/syntaxes.nim2
-rw-r--r--compiler/transf.nim9
-rw-r--r--compiler/trees.nim12
-rw-r--r--compiler/treetab.nim14
-rw-r--r--compiler/types.nim4
-rw-r--r--compiler/vm.nim48
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmdef.nim7
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmdeps.nim43
-rw-r--r--compiler/vmgen.nim125
-rw-r--r--compiler/wordrecg.nim4
68 files changed, 2222 insertions, 1934 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/ast.nim b/compiler/ast.nim
index 3798410e8..3a4158204 100644
--- a/compiler/ast.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # abstract syntax tree + symbol table
 
 import
-  msgs, hashes, nversion, options, strutils, crc, ropes, idents, lists,
+  msgs, hashes, nversion, options, strutils, securehash, ropes, idents, lists,
   intsets, idgen
 
 type
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ type
                 # but unfortunately it has measurable impact for compilation
                 # efficiency
     nfTransf,   # node has been transformed
+    nfNoRewrite # node should not be transformed anymore
     nfSem       # node has been checked for semantics
     nfLL        # node has gone through lambda lifting
     nfDotField  # the call can use a dot operator
@@ -521,6 +522,11 @@ const
   tfUnion* = tfNoSideEffect
   tfGcSafe* = tfThread
   tfObjHasKids* = tfEnumHasHoles
+  tfOldSchoolExprStmt* = tfVarargs # for now used to distinguish \
+    # 'varargs[expr]' from 'varargs[untyped]'. Eventually 'expr' will be
+    # deprecated and this mess can be cleaned up.
+  tfVoid* = tfVarargs # for historical reasons we conflated 'void' with
+                      # 'empty' ('@[]' has the type 'seq[empty]').
   skError* = skUnknown
 
   # type flags that are essential for type equality:
@@ -533,36 +539,48 @@ type
     mLow, mHigh, mSizeOf, mTypeTrait, mIs, mOf, mAddr, mTypeOf, mRoof, mPlugin,
     mEcho, mShallowCopy, mSlurp, mStaticExec,
     mParseExprToAst, mParseStmtToAst, mExpandToAst, mQuoteAst,
-    mUnaryLt, mInc, mDec, mOrd, mNew, mNewFinalize, mNewSeq, mLengthOpenArray,
-    mLengthStr, mLengthArray, mLengthSeq, mXLenStr, mXLenSeq,
+    mUnaryLt, mInc, mDec, mOrd,
+    mNew, mNewFinalize, mNewSeq,
+    mLengthOpenArray, mLengthStr, mLengthArray, mLengthSeq,
+    mXLenStr, mXLenSeq,
     mIncl, mExcl, mCard, mChr,
     mGCref, mGCunref,
-
-    mAddI, mSubI, mMulI, mDivI, mModI, mAddI64, mSubI64, mMulI64,
-    mDivI64, mModI64, mSucc, mPred,
+    mAddI, mSubI, mMulI, mDivI, mModI,
+    mSucc, mPred,
     mAddF64, mSubF64, mMulF64, mDivF64,
-
-    mShrI, mShlI, mBitandI, mBitorI, mBitxorI, mMinI, mMaxI,
-    mShrI64, mShlI64, mBitandI64, mBitorI64, mBitxorI64,
-    mMinF64, mMaxF64, mAddU, mSubU, mMulU,
-    mDivU, mModU, mEqI, mLeI,
-    mLtI,
-    mEqI64, mLeI64, mLtI64, mEqF64, mLeF64, mLtF64,
-    mLeU, mLtU, mLeU64, mLtU64,
-    mEqEnum, mLeEnum, mLtEnum, mEqCh, mLeCh, mLtCh, mEqB, mLeB, mLtB, mEqRef,
-    mEqUntracedRef, mLePtr, mLtPtr, mEqCString, mXor, mEqProc, mUnaryMinusI,
-    mUnaryMinusI64, mAbsI, mAbsI64, mNot,
+    mShrI, mShlI, mBitandI, mBitorI, mBitxorI,
+    mMinI, mMaxI,
+    mMinF64, mMaxF64,
+    mAddU, mSubU, mMulU, mDivU, mModU,
+    mEqI, mLeI, mLtI,
+    mEqF64, mLeF64, mLtF64,
+    mLeU, mLtU,
+    mLeU64, mLtU64,
+    mEqEnum, mLeEnum, mLtEnum,
+    mEqCh, mLeCh, mLtCh,
+    mEqB, mLeB, mLtB,
+    mEqRef, mEqUntracedRef, mLePtr, mLtPtr, mEqCString,
+    mXor, mEqProc,
+    mUnaryMinusI, mUnaryMinusI64, mAbsI, mNot,
     mUnaryPlusI, mBitnotI,
-    mBitnotI64, mUnaryPlusF64, mUnaryMinusF64, mAbsF64, mZe8ToI, mZe8ToI64,
-    mZe16ToI, mZe16ToI64, mZe32ToI64, mZeIToI64, mToU8, mToU16, mToU32,
-    mToFloat, mToBiggestFloat, mToInt, mToBiggestInt, mCharToStr, mBoolToStr,
-    mIntToStr, mInt64ToStr, mFloatToStr, mCStrToStr, mStrToStr, mEnumToStr,
-    mAnd, mOr, mEqStr, mLeStr, mLtStr, mEqSet, mLeSet, mLtSet, mMulSet,
-    mPlusSet, mMinusSet, mSymDiffSet, mConStrStr, mSlice,
+    mUnaryPlusF64, mUnaryMinusF64, mAbsF64,
+    mZe8ToI, mZe8ToI64,
+    mZe16ToI, mZe16ToI64,
+    mZe32ToI64, mZeIToI64,
+    mToU8, mToU16, mToU32,
+    mToFloat, mToBiggestFloat,
+    mToInt, mToBiggestInt,
+    mCharToStr, mBoolToStr, mIntToStr, mInt64ToStr, mFloatToStr, mCStrToStr,
+    mStrToStr, mEnumToStr,
+    mAnd, mOr,
+    mEqStr, mLeStr, mLtStr,
+    mEqSet, mLeSet, mLtSet, mMulSet, mPlusSet, mMinusSet, mSymDiffSet,
+    mConStrStr, mSlice,
     mDotDot, # this one is only necessary to give nice compile time warnings
     mFields, mFieldPairs, mOmpParFor,
     mAppendStrCh, mAppendStrStr, mAppendSeqElem,
-    mInRange, mInSet, mRepr, mExit, mSetLengthStr, mSetLengthSeq,
+    mInRange, mInSet, mRepr, mExit,
+    mSetLengthStr, mSetLengthSeq,
     mIsPartOf, mAstToStr, mParallel,
     mSwap, mIsNil, mArrToSeq, mCopyStr, mCopyStrLast,
     mNewString, mNewStringOfCap, mParseBiggestFloat,
@@ -584,7 +602,8 @@ type
     mNSetFloatVal, mNSetSymbol, mNSetIdent, mNSetType, mNSetStrVal, mNLineInfo,
     mNNewNimNode, mNCopyNimNode, mNCopyNimTree, mStrToIdent, mIdentToStr,
     mNBindSym, mLocals, mNCallSite,
-    mEqIdent, mEqNimrodNode, mNHint, mNWarning, mNError,
+    mEqIdent, mEqNimrodNode, mSameNodeType,
+    mNHint, mNWarning, mNError,
     mInstantiationInfo, mGetTypeInfo, mNGenSym
 
 # things that we can evaluate safely at compile time, even if not asked for it:
@@ -593,33 +612,41 @@ const
     mPred, mInc, mDec, mOrd, mLengthOpenArray,
     mLengthStr, mLengthArray, mLengthSeq, mXLenStr, mXLenSeq,
     mIncl, mExcl, mCard, mChr,
-    mAddI, mSubI, mMulI, mDivI, mModI, mAddI64, mSubI64, mMulI64,
-    mDivI64, mModI64, mAddF64, mSubF64, mMulF64, mDivF64,
-    mShrI, mShlI, mBitandI, mBitorI, mBitxorI, mMinI, mMaxI,
-    mShrI64, mShlI64, mBitandI64, mBitorI64, mBitxorI64,
-    mMinF64, mMaxF64, mAddU, mSubU, mMulU,
-    mDivU, mModU, mEqI, mLeI,
-    mLtI,
-    mEqI64, mLeI64, mLtI64, mEqF64, mLeF64, mLtF64,
-    mLeU, mLtU, mLeU64, mLtU64,
-    mEqEnum, mLeEnum, mLtEnum, mEqCh, mLeCh, mLtCh, mEqB, mLeB, mLtB, mEqRef,
-    mEqProc, mEqUntracedRef, mLePtr, mLtPtr, mEqCString, mXor, mUnaryMinusI,
-    mUnaryMinusI64, mAbsI, mAbsI64, mNot,
-    mUnaryPlusI, mBitnotI,
-    mBitnotI64, mUnaryPlusF64, mUnaryMinusF64, mAbsF64, mZe8ToI, mZe8ToI64,
-    mZe16ToI, mZe16ToI64, mZe32ToI64, mZeIToI64, mToU8, mToU16, mToU32,
-    mToFloat, mToBiggestFloat, mToInt, mToBiggestInt, mCharToStr, mBoolToStr,
-    mIntToStr, mInt64ToStr, mFloatToStr, mCStrToStr, mStrToStr, mEnumToStr,
-    mAnd, mOr, mEqStr, mLeStr, mLtStr, mEqSet, mLeSet, mLtSet, mMulSet,
-    mPlusSet, mMinusSet, mSymDiffSet, mConStrStr,
-    mAppendStrCh, mAppendStrStr, mAppendSeqElem,
+    mAddI, mSubI, mMulI, mDivI, mModI,
+    mAddF64, mSubF64, mMulF64, mDivF64,
+    mShrI, mShlI, mBitandI, mBitorI, mBitxorI,
+    mMinI, mMaxI,
+    mMinF64, mMaxF64,
+    mAddU, mSubU, mMulU, mDivU, mModU,
+    mEqI, mLeI, mLtI,
+    mEqF64, mLeF64, mLtF64,
+    mLeU, mLtU,
+    mLeU64, mLtU64,
+    mEqEnum, mLeEnum, mLtEnum,
+    mEqCh, mLeCh, mLtCh,
+    mEqB, mLeB, mLtB,
+    mEqRef, mEqProc, mEqUntracedRef, mLePtr, mLtPtr, mEqCString, mXor,
+    mUnaryMinusI, mUnaryMinusI64, mAbsI, mNot, mUnaryPlusI, mBitnotI,
+    mUnaryPlusF64, mUnaryMinusF64, mAbsF64,
+    mZe8ToI, mZe8ToI64,
+    mZe16ToI, mZe16ToI64,
+    mZe32ToI64, mZeIToI64,
+    mToU8, mToU16, mToU32,
+    mToFloat, mToBiggestFloat,
+    mToInt, mToBiggestInt,
+    mCharToStr, mBoolToStr, mIntToStr, mInt64ToStr, mFloatToStr, mCStrToStr,
+    mStrToStr, mEnumToStr,
+    mAnd, mOr,
+    mEqStr, mLeStr, mLtStr,
+    mEqSet, mLeSet, mLtSet, mMulSet, mPlusSet, mMinusSet, mSymDiffSet,
+    mConStrStr, mAppendStrCh, mAppendStrStr, mAppendSeqElem,
     mInRange, mInSet, mRepr,
     mCopyStr, mCopyStrLast}
   # magics that require special semantic checking and
   # thus cannot be overloaded (also documented in the spec!):
   SpecialSemMagics* = {
     mDefined, mDefinedInScope, mCompiles, mLow, mHigh, mSizeOf, mIs, mOf,
-    mEcho, mShallowCopy, mExpandToAst, mParallel, mSpawn, mAstToStr}
+    mShallowCopy, mExpandToAst, mParallel, mSpawn, mAstToStr}
 
 type
   PNode* = ref TNode
@@ -842,7 +869,7 @@ type
     data*: TIdNodePairSeq
 
   TNodePair* = object
-    h*: THash                 # because it is expensive to compute!
+    h*: Hash                 # because it is expensive to compute!
     key*: PNode
     val*: int
 
@@ -947,6 +974,9 @@ proc add*(father, son: PNode) =
 proc `[]`*(n: PNode, i: int): PNode {.inline.} =
   result = n.sons[i]
 
+template `-|`*(b, s: expr): expr =
+  (if b >= 0: b else: s.len + b)
+
 # son access operators with support for negative indices
 template `{}`*(n: PNode, i: int): expr = n[i -| n]
 template `{}=`*(n: PNode, i: int, s: PNode): stmt =
@@ -1000,7 +1030,8 @@ proc newSym*(symKind: TSymKind, name: PIdent, owner: PSym,
   result.id = getID()
   when debugIds:
     registerId(result)
-  #if result.id < 2000:
+  #if result.id == 93289:
+  #  writeStacktrace()
   #  MessageOut(name.s & " has id: " & toString(result.id))
 
 var emptyNode* = newNode(nkEmpty)
@@ -1198,23 +1229,11 @@ proc newSons*(father: PType, length: int) =
   else:
     setLen(father.sons, length)
 
-proc sonsLen*(n: PType): int =
-  if isNil(n.sons): result = 0
-  else: result = len(n.sons)
-
-proc len*(n: PType): int =
-  if isNil(n.sons): result = 0
-  else: result = len(n.sons)
-
-proc sonsLen*(n: PNode): int =
-  if isNil(n.sons): result = 0
-  else: result = len(n.sons)
-
-proc lastSon*(n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = n.sons[sonsLen(n) - 1]
-
-proc lastSon*(n: PType): PType =
-  result = n.sons[sonsLen(n) - 1]
+proc sonsLen*(n: PType): int = n.sons.len
+proc len*(n: PType): int = n.sons.len
+proc sonsLen*(n: PNode): int = n.sons.len
+proc lastSon*(n: PNode): PNode = n.sons[^1]
+proc lastSon*(n: PType): PType = n.sons[^1]
 
 proc assignType*(dest, src: PType) =
   dest.kind = src.kind
@@ -1357,7 +1376,7 @@ proc propagateToOwner*(owner, elem: PType) =
       owner.flags.incl tfHasAsgn
 
   if owner.kind notin {tyProc, tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody,
-                       tyGenericInvocation}:
+                       tyGenericInvocation, tyPtr}:
     let elemB = elem.skipTypes({tyGenericInst})
     if elemB.isGCedMem or tfHasGCedMem in elemB.flags:
       # for simplicity, we propagate this flag even to generics. We then
@@ -1496,6 +1515,9 @@ proc getFloat*(a: PNode): BiggestFloat =
 proc getStr*(a: PNode): string =
   case a.kind
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit: result = a.strVal
+  of nkNilLit:
+    # let's hope this fixes more problems than it creates:
+    result = nil
   else:
     internalError(a.info, "getStr")
     result = ""
diff --git a/compiler/astalgo.nim b/compiler/astalgo.nim
index 1707718d7..3ba43b4c5 100644
--- a/compiler/astalgo.nim
+++ b/compiler/astalgo.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import
   ast, hashes, intsets, strutils, options, msgs, ropes, idents, rodutils
 
-proc hashNode*(p: RootRef): THash
+proc hashNode*(p: RootRef): Hash
 proc treeToYaml*(n: PNode, indent: int = 0, maxRecDepth: int = - 1): Rope
   # Convert a tree into its YAML representation; this is used by the
   # YAML code generator and it is invaluable for debugging purposes.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ proc strTableGet*(t: TStrTable, name: PIdent): PSym
 
 type
   TTabIter*{.final.} = object # consider all fields here private
-    h*: THash                 # current hash
+    h*: Hash                  # current hash
 
 proc initTabIter*(ti: var TTabIter, tab: TStrTable): PSym
 proc nextIter*(ti: var TTabIter, tab: TStrTable): PSym
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ proc nextIter*(ti: var TTabIter, tab: TStrTable): PSym
 
 type
   TIdentIter*{.final.} = object # iterator over all syms with same identifier
-    h*: THash                   # current hash
+    h*: Hash                    # current hash
     name*: PIdent
 
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ proc getSymFromList*(list: PNode, ident: PIdent, start: int = 0): PSym
 proc lookupInRecord*(n: PNode, field: PIdent): PSym
 proc getModule*(s: PSym): PSym
 proc mustRehash*(length, counter: int): bool
-proc nextTry*(h, maxHash: THash): THash {.inline.}
+proc nextTry*(h, maxHash: Hash): Hash {.inline.}
 
 # ------------- table[int, int] ---------------------------------------------
 const
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ proc getSymFromList(list: PNode, ident: PIdent, start: int = 0): PSym =
     else: internalError(list.info, "getSymFromList")
   result = nil
 
-proc hashNode(p: RootRef): THash =
+proc hashNode(p: RootRef): Hash =
   result = hash(cast[pointer](p))
 
 proc mustRehash(length, counter: int): bool =
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ proc debug(n: PSym) =
   elif n.kind == skUnknown:
     msgWriteln("skUnknown")
   else:
-    #writeln(stdout, $symToYaml(n, 0, 1))
+    #writeLine(stdout, $symToYaml(n, 0, 1))
     msgWriteln("$1_$2: $3, $4, $5, $6" % [
       n.name.s, $n.id, $flagsToStr(n.flags), $flagsToStr(n.loc.flags),
       $lineInfoToStr(n.info), $n.kind])
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ proc debug(n: PNode) =
 const
   EmptySeq = @[]
 
-proc nextTry(h, maxHash: THash): THash =
+proc nextTry(h, maxHash: Hash): Hash =
   result = ((5 * h) + 1) and maxHash
   # For any initial h in range(maxHash), repeating that maxHash times
   # generates each int in range(maxHash) exactly once (see any text on
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ proc nextTry(h, maxHash: THash): THash =
 
 proc objectSetContains(t: TObjectSet, obj: RootRef): bool =
   # returns true whether n is in t
-  var h: THash = hashNode(obj) and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
+  var h: Hash = hashNode(obj) and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
   while t.data[h] != nil:
     if t.data[h] == obj:
       return true
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ proc objectSetContains(t: TObjectSet, obj: RootRef): bool =
   result = false
 
 proc objectSetRawInsert(data: var TObjectSeq, obj: RootRef) =
-  var h: THash = hashNode(obj) and high(data)
+  var h: Hash = hashNode(obj) and high(data)
   while data[h] != nil:
     assert(data[h] != obj)
     h = nextTry(h, high(data))
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ proc objectSetIncl(t: var TObjectSet, obj: RootRef) =
 
 proc objectSetContainsOrIncl(t: var TObjectSet, obj: RootRef): bool =
   # returns true if obj is already in the string table:
-  var h: THash = hashNode(obj) and high(t.data)
+  var h: Hash = hashNode(obj) and high(t.data)
   while true:
     var it = t.data[h]
     if it == nil: break
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ proc objectSetContainsOrIncl(t: var TObjectSet, obj: RootRef): bool =
   result = false
 
 proc tableRawGet(t: TTable, key: RootRef): int =
-  var h: THash = hashNode(key) and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
+  var h: Hash = hashNode(key) and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
   while t.data[h].key != nil:
     if t.data[h].key == key:
       return h
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ proc tableRawGet(t: TTable, key: RootRef): int =
 
 proc tableSearch(t: TTable, key, closure: RootRef,
                  comparator: TCmpProc): RootRef =
-  var h: THash = hashNode(key) and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
+  var h: Hash = hashNode(key) and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
   while t.data[h].key != nil:
     if t.data[h].key == key:
       if comparator(t.data[h].val, closure):
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ proc tableGet(t: TTable, key: RootRef): RootRef =
   else: result = nil
 
 proc tableRawInsert(data: var TPairSeq, key, val: RootRef) =
-  var h: THash = hashNode(key) and high(data)
+  var h: Hash = hashNode(key) and high(data)
   while data[h].key != nil:
     assert(data[h].key != key)
     h = nextTry(h, high(data))
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ proc tablePut(t: var TTable, key, val: RootRef) =
     inc(t.counter)
 
 proc strTableContains(t: TStrTable, n: PSym): bool =
-  var h: THash = n.name.h and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
+  var h: Hash = n.name.h and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
   while t.data[h] != nil:
     if (t.data[h] == n):
       return true
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ proc strTableContains(t: TStrTable, n: PSym): bool =
   result = false
 
 proc strTableRawInsert(data: var TSymSeq, n: PSym) =
-  var h: THash = n.name.h and high(data)
+  var h: Hash = n.name.h and high(data)
   if sfImmediate notin n.flags:
     # fast path:
     while data[h] != nil:
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ proc strTableRawInsert(data: var TSymSeq, n: PSym) =
 
 proc symTabReplaceRaw(data: var TSymSeq, prevSym: PSym, newSym: PSym) =
   assert prevSym.name.h == newSym.name.h
-  var h: THash = prevSym.name.h and high(data)
+  var h: Hash = prevSym.name.h and high(data)
   while data[h] != nil:
     if data[h] == prevSym:
       data[h] = newSym
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ proc strTableIncl*(t: var TStrTable, n: PSym): bool {.discardable.} =
   # It is essential that `n` is written nevertheless!
   # This way the newest redefinition is picked by the semantic analyses!
   assert n.name != nil
-  var h: THash = n.name.h and high(t.data)
+  var h: Hash = n.name.h and high(t.data)
   var replaceSlot = -1
   while true:
     var it = t.data[h]
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ proc strTableIncl*(t: var TStrTable, n: PSym): bool {.discardable.} =
   result = false
 
 proc strTableGet(t: TStrTable, name: PIdent): PSym =
-  var h: THash = name.h and high(t.data)
+  var h: Hash = name.h and high(t.data)
   while true:
     result = t.data[h]
     if result == nil: break
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ proc nextIdentIter(ti: var TIdentIter, tab: TStrTable): PSym =
 
 proc nextIdentExcluding*(ti: var TIdentIter, tab: TStrTable,
                          excluding: IntSet): PSym =
-  var h: THash = ti.h and high(tab.data)
+  var h: Hash = ti.h and high(tab.data)
   var start = h
   result = tab.data[h]
   while result != nil:
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ proc hasEmptySlot(data: TIdPairSeq): bool =
   result = false
 
 proc idTableRawGet(t: TIdTable, key: int): int =
-  var h: THash
+  var h: Hash
   h = key and high(t.data)    # start with real hash value
   while t.data[h].key != nil:
     if t.data[h].key.id == key:
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ iterator pairs*(t: TIdTable): tuple[key: int, value: RootRef] =
       yield (t.data[i].key.id, t.data[i].val)
 
 proc idTableRawInsert(data: var TIdPairSeq, key: PIdObj, val: RootRef) =
-  var h: THash
+  var h: Hash
   h = key.id and high(data)
   while data[h].key != nil:
     assert(data[h].key.id != key.id)
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ iterator idTablePairs*(t: TIdTable): tuple[key: PIdObj, val: RootRef] =
     if not isNil(t.data[i].key): yield (t.data[i].key, t.data[i].val)
 
 proc idNodeTableRawGet(t: TIdNodeTable, key: PIdObj): int =
-  var h: THash
+  var h: Hash
   h = key.id and high(t.data) # start with real hash value
   while t.data[h].key != nil:
     if t.data[h].key.id == key.id:
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ proc idNodeTableGetLazy*(t: TIdNodeTable, key: PIdObj): PNode =
     result = idNodeTableGet(t, key)
 
 proc idNodeTableRawInsert(data: var TIdNodePairSeq, key: PIdObj, val: PNode) =
-  var h: THash
+  var h: Hash
   h = key.id and high(data)
   while data[h].key != nil:
     assert(data[h].key.id != key.id)
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ proc initIITable(x: var TIITable) =
   for i in countup(0, StartSize - 1): x.data[i].key = InvalidKey
 
 proc iiTableRawGet(t: TIITable, key: int): int =
-  var h: THash
+  var h: Hash
   h = key and high(t.data)    # start with real hash value
   while t.data[h].key != InvalidKey:
     if t.data[h].key == key: return h
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ proc iiTableGet(t: TIITable, key: int): int =
   else: result = InvalidKey
 
 proc iiTableRawInsert(data: var TIIPairSeq, key, val: int) =
-  var h: THash
+  var h: Hash
   h = key and high(data)
   while data[h].key != InvalidKey:
     assert(data[h].key != key)
diff --git a/compiler/ccgcalls.nim b/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
index 2dacc25e9..86ecc9db8 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ proc genArgNoParam(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
     initLocExprSingleUse(p, n, a)
     result = rdLoc(a)
 
+template genParamLoop(params) {.dirty.} =
+  if i < sonsLen(typ):
+    assert(typ.n.sons[i].kind == nkSym)
+    let paramType = typ.n.sons[i]
+    if not paramType.typ.isCompileTimeOnly:
+      if params != nil: add(params, ~", ")
+      add(params, genArg(p, ri.sons[i], paramType.sym, ri))
+  else:
+    if params != nil: add(params, ~", ")
+    add(params, genArgNoParam(p, ri.sons[i]))
+
 proc genPrefixCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var op: TLoc
   # this is a hotspot in the compiler
@@ -170,13 +181,7 @@ proc genPrefixCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   assert(sonsLen(typ) == sonsLen(typ.n))
   var length = sonsLen(ri)
   for i in countup(1, length - 1):
-    if ri.sons[i].typ.isCompileTimeOnly: continue
-    if params != nil: add(params, ~", ")
-    if i < sonsLen(typ):
-      assert(typ.n.sons[i].kind == nkSym)
-      add(params, genArg(p, ri.sons[i], typ.n.sons[i].sym, ri))
-    else:
-      add(params, genArgNoParam(p, ri.sons[i]))
+    genParamLoop(params)
   fixupCall(p, le, ri, d, op.r, params)
 
 proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
@@ -198,13 +203,7 @@ proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   var length = sonsLen(ri)
   for i in countup(1, length - 1):
     assert(sonsLen(typ) == sonsLen(typ.n))
-    if ri.sons[i].typ.isCompileTimeOnly: continue
-    if i < sonsLen(typ):
-      assert(typ.n.sons[i].kind == nkSym)
-      add(pl, genArg(p, ri.sons[i], typ.n.sons[i].sym, ri))
-    else:
-      add(pl, genArgNoParam(p, ri.sons[i]))
-    if i < length - 1: add(pl, ~", ")
+    genParamLoop(pl)
 
   template genCallPattern {.dirty.} =
     lineF(p, cpsStmts, callPattern & ";$n", [op.r, pl, pl.addComma, rawProc])
@@ -241,13 +240,14 @@ proc genClosureCall(p: BProc, le, ri: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     genCallPattern()
 
 proc genOtherArg(p: BProc; ri: PNode; i: int; typ: PType): Rope =
-  if ri.sons[i].typ.isCompileTimeOnly:
-    result = nil
-  elif i < sonsLen(typ):
+  if i < sonsLen(typ):
     # 'var T' is 'T&' in C++. This means we ignore the request of
     # any nkHiddenAddr when it's a 'var T'.
-    assert(typ.n.sons[i].kind == nkSym)
-    if typ.sons[i].kind == tyVar and ri.sons[i].kind == nkHiddenAddr:
+    let paramType = typ.n.sons[i]
+    assert(paramType.kind == nkSym)
+    if paramType.typ.isCompileTimeOnly:
+      result = nil
+    elif typ.sons[i].kind == tyVar and ri.sons[i].kind == nkHiddenAddr:
       result = genArgNoParam(p, ri.sons[i][0])
     else:
       result = genArgNoParam(p, ri.sons[i]) #, typ.n.sons[i].sym)
diff --git a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
index 05a3602d1..c237eeffa 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ proc genAssignment(p: BProc, dest, src: TLoc, flags: TAssignmentFlags) =
     else:
       useStringh(p.module)
       linefmt(p, cpsStmts,
-           "memcpy((void*)$1, (NIM_CONST void*)$2, sizeof($1));$n",
-           rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(src))
+           "memcpy((void*)$1, (NIM_CONST void*)$2, sizeof($3));$n",
+           rdLoc(dest), rdLoc(src), getTypeDesc(p.module, ty))
   of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
     # open arrays are always on the stack - really? What if a sequence is
     # passed to an open array?
@@ -503,15 +503,15 @@ proc binaryArithOverflow(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, m: TMagic) =
       "$# = #addInt($#, $#);$n", "$# = #subInt($#, $#);$n",
       "$# = #mulInt($#, $#);$n", "$# = #divInt($#, $#);$n",
       "$# = #modInt($#, $#);$n",
+      "$# = #addInt($#, $#);$n", "$# = #subInt($#, $#);$n"]
+    prc64: array[mAddI..mPred, string] = [
       "$# = #addInt64($#, $#);$n", "$# = #subInt64($#, $#);$n",
       "$# = #mulInt64($#, $#);$n", "$# = #divInt64($#, $#);$n",
       "$# = #modInt64($#, $#);$n",
-      "$# = #addInt($#, $#);$n", "$# = #subInt($#, $#);$n"]
+      "$# = #addInt64($#, $#);$n", "$# = #subInt64($#, $#);$n"]
     opr: array[mAddI..mPred, string] = [
       "($#)($# + $#)", "($#)($# - $#)", "($#)($# * $#)",
       "($#)($# / $#)", "($#)($# % $#)",
-      "($#)($# + $#)", "($#)($# - $#)", "($#)($# * $#)",
-      "($#)($# / $#)", "($#)($# % $#)",
       "($#)($# + $#)", "($#)($# - $#)"]
   var a, b: TLoc
   assert(e.sons[1].typ != nil)
@@ -525,16 +525,16 @@ proc binaryArithOverflow(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, m: TMagic) =
     let res = opr[m] % [getTypeDesc(p.module, t), rdLoc(a), rdLoc(b)]
     putIntoDest(p, d, e.typ, res)
   else:
-    let res = binaryArithOverflowRaw(p, t, a, b, prc[m])
+    let res = binaryArithOverflowRaw(p, t, a, b,
+                                   if t.kind == tyInt64: prc64[m] else: prc[m])
     putIntoDest(p, d, e.typ, "($#)($#)" % [getTypeDesc(p.module, t), res])
 
 proc unaryArithOverflow(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, m: TMagic) =
   const
-    opr: array[mUnaryMinusI..mAbsI64, string] = [
+    opr: array[mUnaryMinusI..mAbsI, string] = [
       mUnaryMinusI: "((NI$2)-($1))",
       mUnaryMinusI64: "-($1)",
-      mAbsI: "($1 > 0? ($1) : -($1))",
-      mAbsI64: "($1 > 0? ($1) : -($1))"]
+      mAbsI: "($1 > 0? ($1) : -($1))"]
   var
     a: TLoc
     t: PType
@@ -561,11 +561,6 @@ proc binaryArith(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
       "($4)($1 ^ $2)",      # BitxorI
       "(($1 <= $2) ? $1 : $2)", # MinI
       "(($1 >= $2) ? $1 : $2)", # MaxI
-      "($4)((NU64)($1) >> (NU64)($2))", # ShrI64
-      "($4)((NU64)($1) << (NU64)($2))", # ShlI64
-      "($4)($1 & $2)",            # BitandI64
-      "($4)($1 | $2)",            # BitorI64
-      "($4)($1 ^ $2)",            # BitxorI64
       "(($1 <= $2) ? $1 : $2)", # MinF64
       "(($1 >= $2) ? $1 : $2)", # MaxF64
       "($4)((NU$3)($1) + (NU$3)($2))", # AddU
@@ -576,9 +571,6 @@ proc binaryArith(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
       "($1 == $2)",           # EqI
       "($1 <= $2)",           # LeI
       "($1 < $2)",            # LtI
-      "($1 == $2)",           # EqI64
-      "($1 <= $2)",           # LeI64
-      "($1 < $2)",            # LtI64
       "($1 == $2)",           # EqF64
       "($1 <= $2)",           # LeF64
       "($1 < $2)",            # LtF64
@@ -638,7 +630,6 @@ proc unaryArith(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
     unArithTab: array[mNot..mToBiggestInt, string] = ["!($1)", # Not
       "$1",                   # UnaryPlusI
       "($3)((NU$2) ~($1))",   # BitnotI
-      "($3)((NU$2) ~($1))",   # BitnotI64
       "$1",                   # UnaryPlusF64
       "-($1)",                # UnaryMinusF64
       "($1 > 0? ($1) : -($1))", # AbsF64; BUGFIX: fabs() makes problems
@@ -1061,9 +1052,9 @@ proc genSeqElemAppend(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   #    seq = (typeof seq) incrSeq(&seq->Sup, sizeof(x));
   #    seq->data[seq->len-1] = x;
   let seqAppendPattern = if not p.module.compileToCpp:
-                           "$1 = ($2) #incrSeq(&($1)->Sup, sizeof($3));$n"
+                           "$1 = ($2) #incrSeqV2(&($1)->Sup, sizeof($3));$n"
                          else:
-                           "$1 = ($2) #incrSeq($1, sizeof($3));$n"
+                           "$1 = ($2) #incrSeqV2($1, sizeof($3));$n"
   var a, b, dest: TLoc
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[1], a)
   initLocExpr(p, e.sons[2], b)
@@ -1073,8 +1064,9 @@ proc genSeqElemAppend(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
       getTypeDesc(p.module, skipTypes(e.sons[2].typ, abstractVar))])
   keepAlive(p, a)
   initLoc(dest, locExpr, b.t, OnHeap)
-  dest.r = rfmt(nil, "$1->data[$1->$2-1]", rdLoc(a), lenField(p))
+  dest.r = rfmt(nil, "$1->data[$1->$2]", rdLoc(a), lenField(p))
   genAssignment(p, dest, b, {needToCopy, afDestIsNil})
+  lineCg(p, cpsStmts, "++$1->$2;$n", rdLoc(a), lenField(p))
   gcUsage(e)
 
 proc genReset(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
@@ -1328,6 +1320,8 @@ proc genRepr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
     putIntoDest(p, d, e.typ,
                 ropecg(p.module, "#reprAny($1, $2)", [
                 rdLoc(a), genTypeInfo(p.module, t)]))
+  of tyEmpty:
+    localError(e.info, "'repr' doesn't support 'void' type")
   else:
     putIntoDest(p, d, e.typ, ropecg(p.module, "#reprAny($1, $2)",
                                    [addrLoc(a), genTypeInfo(p.module, t)]))
@@ -1492,11 +1486,11 @@ proc genSetOp(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
   of 1, 2, 4, 8:
     case op
     of mIncl:
-      var ts = "NI" & $(size * 8)
+      var ts = "NU" & $(size * 8)
       binaryStmtInExcl(p, e, d,
           "$1 |= ((" & ts & ")1)<<(($2)%(sizeof(" & ts & ")*8));$n")
     of mExcl:
-      var ts = "NI" & $(size * 8)
+      var ts = "NU" & $(size * 8)
       binaryStmtInExcl(p, e, d, "$1 &= ~(((" & ts & ")1) << (($2) % (sizeof(" &
           ts & ")*8)));$n")
     of mCard:
@@ -1591,7 +1585,8 @@ proc genRangeChck(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc, magic: string) =
   var a: TLoc
   var dest = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVar)
   # range checks for unsigned turned out to be buggy and annoying:
-  if optRangeCheck notin p.options or dest.kind in {tyUInt..tyUInt64}:
+  if optRangeCheck notin p.options or dest.skipTypes({tyRange}).kind in
+                                             {tyUInt..tyUInt64}:
     initLocExpr(p, n.sons[0], a)
     putIntoDest(p, d, n.typ, "(($1) ($2))" %
         [getTypeDesc(p.module, dest), rdCharLoc(a)])
@@ -1661,7 +1656,7 @@ proc genMagicExpr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
   case op
   of mOr, mAnd: genAndOr(p, e, d, op)
   of mNot..mToBiggestInt: unaryArith(p, e, d, op)
-  of mUnaryMinusI..mAbsI64: unaryArithOverflow(p, e, d, op)
+  of mUnaryMinusI..mAbsI: unaryArithOverflow(p, e, d, op)
   of mAddF64..mDivF64: binaryFloatArith(p, e, d, op)
   of mShrI..mXor: binaryArith(p, e, d, op)
   of mEqProc: genEqProc(p, e, d)
@@ -1807,7 +1802,7 @@ proc genSetConstr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
                [rdLoc(d), rdSetElemLoc(a, e.typ)])
     else:
       # small set
-      var ts = "NI" & $(getSize(e.typ) * 8)
+      var ts = "NU" & $(getSize(e.typ) * 8)
       lineF(p, cpsStmts, "$1 = 0;$n", [rdLoc(d)])
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(e) - 1):
         if e.sons[i].kind == nkRange:
@@ -1815,13 +1810,13 @@ proc genSetConstr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
           initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i].sons[0], a)
           initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i].sons[1], b)
           lineF(p, cpsStmts, "for ($1 = $3; $1 <= $4; $1++) $n" &
-              "$2 |=(1<<((" & ts & ")($1)%(sizeof(" & ts & ")*8)));$n", [
+              "$2 |=((" & ts & ")(1)<<(($1)%(sizeof(" & ts & ")*8)));$n", [
               rdLoc(idx), rdLoc(d), rdSetElemLoc(a, e.typ),
               rdSetElemLoc(b, e.typ)])
         else:
           initLocExpr(p, e.sons[i], a)
           lineF(p, cpsStmts,
-               "$1 |=(1<<((" & ts & ")($2)%(sizeof(" & ts & ")*8)));$n",
+               "$1 |=((" & ts & ")(1)<<(($2)%(sizeof(" & ts & ")*8)));$n",
                [rdLoc(d), rdSetElemLoc(a, e.typ)])
 
 proc genTupleConstr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
@@ -2150,7 +2145,7 @@ proc genNamedConstExpr(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
 proc genConstSimpleList(p: BProc, n: PNode): Rope =
   var length = sonsLen(n)
   result = rope("{")
-  for i in countup(0, length - 2):
+  for i in countup(ord(n.kind == nkObjConstr), length - 2):
     addf(result, "$1,$n", [genNamedConstExpr(p, n.sons[i])])
   if length > 0: add(result, genNamedConstExpr(p, n.sons[length - 1]))
   addf(result, "}$n", [])
diff --git a/compiler/ccgstmts.nim b/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
index 6d29b1684..f12a24fa2 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
@@ -1002,8 +1002,10 @@ proc genAsmStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
 proc determineSection(n: PNode): TCFileSection =
   result = cfsProcHeaders
   if n.len >= 1 and n.sons[0].kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
-    if n.sons[0].strVal.startsWith("/*TYPESECTION*/"): result = cfsTypes
-    elif n.sons[0].strVal.startsWith("/*VARSECTION*/"): result = cfsVars
+    let sec = n.sons[0].strVal
+    if sec.startsWith("/*TYPESECTION*/"): result = cfsTypes
+    elif sec.startsWith("/*VARSECTION*/"): result = cfsVars
+    elif sec.startsWith("/*INCLUDESECTION*/"): result = cfsHeaders
 
 proc genEmit(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
   var s = genAsmOrEmitStmt(p, t.sons[1])
@@ -1099,7 +1101,10 @@ proc genAsgn(p: BProc, e: PNode, fastAsgn: bool) =
     genGotoVar(p, e.sons[1])
   elif not fieldDiscriminantCheckNeeded(p, e):
     var a: TLoc
-    initLocExpr(p, e.sons[0], a)
+    if e[0].kind in {nkDerefExpr, nkHiddenDeref}:
+      genDeref(p, e[0], a, enforceDeref=true)
+    else:
+      initLocExpr(p, e.sons[0], a)
     if fastAsgn: incl(a.flags, lfNoDeepCopy)
     assert(a.t != nil)
     loadInto(p, e.sons[0], e.sons[1], a)
diff --git a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
index 3742fd2fd..84d02d1da 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ proc paramStorageLoc(param: PSym): TStorageLoc =
     result = OnUnknown
 
 proc genProcParams(m: BModule, t: PType, rettype, params: var Rope,
-                   check: var IntSet, declareEnvironment=true) =
+                   check: var IntSet, declareEnvironment=true;
+                   weakDep=false) =
   params = nil
   if (t.sons[0] == nil) or isInvalidReturnType(t.sons[0]):
     rettype = ~"void"
@@ -341,6 +342,8 @@ proc genProcParams(m: BModule, t: PType, rettype, params: var Rope,
       add(params, ~"*")
       incl(param.loc.flags, lfIndirect)
       param.loc.s = OnUnknown
+    elif weakDep:
+      add(params, getTypeDescWeak(m, param.typ, check))
     else:
       add(params, getTypeDescAux(m, param.typ, check))
     add(params, ~" ")
@@ -577,7 +580,7 @@ proc getTypeDescAux(m: BModule, typ: PType, check: var IntSet): Rope =
     result = getTypeName(t)
     idTablePut(m.typeCache, t, result)
     var rettype, desc: Rope
-    genProcParams(m, t, rettype, desc, check)
+    genProcParams(m, t, rettype, desc, check, true, true)
     if not isImportedType(t):
       if t.callConv != ccClosure: # procedure vars may need a closure!
         addf(m.s[cfsTypes], "typedef $1_PTR($2, $3) $4;$n",
diff --git a/compiler/cgen.nim b/compiler/cgen.nim
index 4b0bac28a..2e95918cc 100644
--- a/compiler/cgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgen.nim
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
 ## This module implements the C code generator.
 
 import
-  ast, astalgo, hashes, trees, platform, magicsys, extccomp,
-  options, intsets,
-  nversion, nimsets, msgs, crc, bitsets, idents, lists, types, ccgutils, os,
-  ropes, math, passes, rodread, wordrecg, treetab, cgmeth, condsyms,
-  rodutils, renderer, idgen, cgendata, ccgmerge, semfold, aliases, lowerings,
-  semparallel
+  ast, astalgo, hashes, trees, platform, magicsys, extccomp, options, intsets,
+  nversion, nimsets, msgs, securehash, bitsets, idents, lists, types,
+  ccgutils, os, ropes, math, passes, rodread, wordrecg, treetab, cgmeth,
+  condsyms, rodutils, renderer, idgen, cgendata, ccgmerge, semfold, aliases,
+  lowerings, semparallel
 
 import strutils except `%` # collides with ropes.`%`
 
@@ -506,8 +505,7 @@ proc loadDynamicLib(m: BModule, lib: PLib) =
     if lib.path.kind in {nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit}:
       var s: TStringSeq = @[]
       libCandidates(lib.path.strVal, s)
-      if gVerbosity >= 2:
-        msgWriteln("Dependency: " & lib.path.strVal)
+      rawMessage(hintDependency, lib.path.strVal)
       var loadlib: Rope = nil
       for i in countup(0, high(s)):
         inc(m.labels)
@@ -611,10 +609,12 @@ proc generateHeaders(m: BModule) =
   add(m.s[cfsHeaders], tnl & "#include \"nimbase.h\"" & tnl)
   var it = PStrEntry(m.headerFiles.head)
   while it != nil:
-    if it.data[0] notin {'\"', '<'}:
-      addf(m.s[cfsHeaders], "$N#include \"$1\"$N", [rope(it.data)])
+    if it.data[0] == '#':
+      add(m.s[cfsHeaders], rope(it.data.replace('`', '"') & tnl))
+    elif it.data[0] notin {'\"', '<'}:
+      addf(m.s[cfsHeaders], "#include \"$1\"$N", [rope(it.data)])
     else:
-      addf(m.s[cfsHeaders], "$N#include $1$N", [rope(it.data)])
+      addf(m.s[cfsHeaders], "#include $1$N", [rope(it.data)])
     it = PStrEntry(it.next)
 
 proc retIsNotVoid(s: PSym): bool =
@@ -721,6 +721,8 @@ proc genProcPrototype(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
                         getTypeDesc(m, sym.loc.t), mangleDynLibProc(sym)))
   elif not containsOrIncl(m.declaredProtos, sym.id):
     var header = genProcHeader(m, sym)
+    if sfNoReturn in sym.flags and hasDeclspec in extccomp.CC[cCompiler].props:
+      header = "__declspec(noreturn) " & header
     if sym.typ.callConv != ccInline and crossesCppBoundary(m, sym):
       header = "extern \"C\" " & header
     if sfPure in sym.flags and hasAttribute in CC[cCompiler].props:
@@ -813,7 +815,7 @@ proc genVarPrototype(m: BModule, sym: PSym) =
   genVarPrototypeAux(m, sym)
 
 proc addIntTypes(result: var Rope) {.inline.} =
-  addf(result, "#define NIM_INTBITS $1", [
+  addf(result, "#define NIM_INTBITS $1" & tnl, [
     platform.CPU[targetCPU].intSize.rope])
 
 proc getCopyright(cfile: string): Rope =
@@ -851,14 +853,14 @@ proc genMainProc(m: BModule) =
     # functions, which might otherwise merge their stack frames.
     PreMainBody =
       "void PreMainInner() {$N" &
-      "\tsystemInit();$N" &
+      "\tsystemInit000();$N" &
       "$1" &
       "$2" &
       "$3" &
       "}$N$N" &
       "void PreMain() {$N" &
       "\tvoid (*volatile inner)();$N" &
-      "\tsystemDatInit();$N" &
+      "\tsystemDatInit000();$N" &
       "\tinner = PreMainInner;$N" &
       "$4$5" &
       "\t(*inner)();$N" &
@@ -948,7 +950,7 @@ proc genMainProc(m: BModule) =
     gBreakpoints.add(m.genFilenames)
 
   let initStackBottomCall =
-    if platform.targetOS == osStandalone: "".rope
+    if platform.targetOS == osStandalone or gSelectedGC == gcNone: "".rope
     else: ropecg(m, "\t#initStackBottomWith((void *)&inner);$N")
   inc(m.labels)
   appcg(m, m.s[cfsProcs], PreMainBody, [
@@ -972,8 +974,8 @@ proc getSomeInitName(m: PSym, suffix: string): Rope =
   result.add m.name.s
   result.add suffix
 
-proc getInitName(m: PSym): Rope = getSomeInitName(m, "Init")
-proc getDatInitName(m: PSym): Rope = getSomeInitName(m, "DatInit")
+proc getInitName(m: PSym): Rope = getSomeInitName(m, "Init000")
+proc getDatInitName(m: PSym): Rope = getSomeInitName(m, "DatInit000")
 
 proc registerModuleToMain(m: PSym) =
   var
diff --git a/compiler/commands.nim b/compiler/commands.nim
index b6ebb6bcb..7a908b270 100644
--- a/compiler/commands.nim
+++ b/compiler/commands.nim
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ template bootSwitch(name, expr, userString: expr): expr =
   const name = if expr: " " & userString else: ""
 
 bootSwitch(usedRelease, defined(release), "-d:release")
-bootSwitch(usedGnuReadline, defined(useGnuReadline), "-d:useGnuReadline")
+bootSwitch(usedGnuReadline, defined(useLinenoise), "-d:useLinenoise")
 bootSwitch(usedNoCaas, defined(noCaas), "-d:noCaas")
 bootSwitch(usedBoehm, defined(boehmgc), "--gc:boehm")
 bootSwitch(usedMarkAndSweep, defined(gcmarkandsweep), "--gc:markAndSweep")
 bootSwitch(usedGenerational, defined(gcgenerational), "--gc:generational")
+bootSwitch(usedGoGC, defined(gogc), "--gc:go")
 bootSwitch(usedNoGC, defined(nogc), "--gc:none")
 
 import
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ proc writeVersionInfo(pass: TCmdLinePass) =
 
     msgWriteln("active boot switches:" & usedRelease & usedAvoidTimeMachine &
       usedTinyC & usedGnuReadline & usedNativeStacktrace & usedNoCaas &
-      usedFFI & usedBoehm & usedMarkAndSweep & usedGenerational & usedNoGC)
+      usedFFI & usedBoehm & usedMarkAndSweep & usedGenerational & usedGoGC & usedNoGC)
     msgQuit(0)
 
 var
@@ -127,6 +128,18 @@ proc processOnOffSwitch(op: TOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
   of wOff: gOptions = gOptions - op
   else: localError(info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, arg)
 
+proc processOnOffSwitchOrList(op: TOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
+                              info: TLineInfo): bool =
+  result = false
+  case whichKeyword(arg)
+  of wOn: gOptions = gOptions + op
+  of wOff: gOptions = gOptions - op
+  else:
+    if arg == "list":
+      result = true
+    else:
+      localError(info, errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound, arg)
+
 proc processOnOffSwitchG(op: TGlobalOptions, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass,
                          info: TLineInfo) =
   case whichKeyword(arg)
@@ -140,6 +153,10 @@ proc expectArg(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
 proc expectNoArg(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
   if arg != "": localError(info, errCmdLineNoArgExpected, addPrefix(switch))
 
+var
+  enableNotes: TNoteKinds
+  disableNotes: TNoteKinds
+
 proc processSpecificNote(arg: string, state: TSpecialWord, pass: TCmdLinePass,
                          info: TLineInfo; orig: string) =
   var id = ""  # arg = "X]:on|off"
@@ -161,8 +178,12 @@ proc processSpecificNote(arg: string, state: TSpecialWord, pass: TCmdLinePass,
     if x >= 0: n = TNoteKind(x + ord(warnMin))
     else: localError(info, "unknown warning: " & id)
   case whichKeyword(substr(arg, i))
-  of wOn: incl(gNotes, n)
-  of wOff: excl(gNotes, n)
+  of wOn:
+    incl(gNotes, n)
+    incl(enableNotes, n)
+  of wOff:
+    excl(gNotes, n)
+    incl(disableNotes, n)
   else: localError(info, errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, arg)
 
 proc processCompile(filename: string) =
@@ -181,6 +202,7 @@ proc testCompileOptionArg*(switch, arg: string, info: TLineInfo): bool =
     of "v2":           result = gSelectedGC == gcV2
     of "markandsweep": result = gSelectedGC == gcMarkAndSweep
     of "generational": result = gSelectedGC == gcGenerational
+    of "go":           result = gSelectedGC == gcGo
     of "none":         result = gSelectedGC == gcNone
     else: localError(info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound, arg)
   of "opt":
@@ -229,7 +251,8 @@ proc testCompileOption*(switch: string, info: TLineInfo): bool =
   of "experimental": result = gExperimentalMode
   else: invalidCmdLineOption(passCmd1, switch, info)
 
-proc processPath(path: string, notRelativeToProj = false): string =
+proc processPath(path: string, notRelativeToProj = false,
+                               cfginfo = unknownLineInfo()): string =
   let p = if notRelativeToProj or os.isAbsolute(path) or
               '$' in path or path[0] == '.':
             path
@@ -239,6 +262,7 @@ proc processPath(path: string, notRelativeToProj = false): string =
     "nim", getPrefixDir(),
     "lib", libpath,
     "home", removeTrailingDirSep(os.getHomeDir()),
+    "config", cfginfo.toFullPath().splitFile().dir,
     "projectname", options.gProjectName,
     "projectpath", options.gProjectPath])
 
@@ -281,7 +305,7 @@ proc processSwitch(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
   case switch.normalize
   of "path", "p":
     expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
-    addPath(processPath(arg), info)
+    addPath(processPath(arg, cfginfo=info), info)
   of "nimblepath", "babelpath":
     # keep the old name for compat
     if pass in {passCmd2, passPP} and not options.gNoNimblePath:
@@ -363,14 +387,19 @@ proc processSwitch(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
     of "generational":
       gSelectedGC = gcGenerational
       defineSymbol("gcgenerational")
+    of "go":
+      gSelectedGC = gcGo
+      defineSymbol("gogc")
     of "none":
       gSelectedGC = gcNone
       defineSymbol("nogc")
     else: localError(info, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound, arg)
-  of "warnings", "w": processOnOffSwitch({optWarns}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "warnings", "w":
+    if processOnOffSwitchOrList({optWarns}, arg, pass, info): listWarnings()
   of "warning": processSpecificNote(arg, wWarning, pass, info, switch)
   of "hint": processSpecificNote(arg, wHint, pass, info, switch)
-  of "hints": processOnOffSwitch({optHints}, arg, pass, info)
+  of "hints":
+    if processOnOffSwitchOrList({optHints}, arg, pass, info): listHints()
   of "threadanalysis": processOnOffSwitchG({optThreadAnalysis}, arg, pass, info)
   of "stacktrace": processOnOffSwitch({optStackTrace}, arg, pass, info)
   of "linetrace": processOnOffSwitch({optLineTrace}, arg, pass, info)
@@ -501,6 +530,9 @@ proc processSwitch(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
   of "verbosity":
     expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
     gVerbosity = parseInt(arg)
+    gNotes = NotesVerbosity[gVerbosity]
+    incl(gNotes, enableNotes)
+    excl(gNotes, disableNotes)
   of "parallelbuild":
     expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
     gNumberOfProcessors = parseInt(arg)
@@ -530,6 +562,7 @@ proc processSwitch(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo) =
   of "genscript":
     expectNoArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
     incl(gGlobalOptions, optGenScript)
+  of "colors": processOnOffSwitchG({optUseColors}, arg, pass, info)
   of "lib":
     expectArg(switch, arg, pass, info)
     libpath = processPath(arg, notRelativeToProj=true)
diff --git a/compiler/condsyms.nim b/compiler/condsyms.nim
index ad7d80c85..aecbde66e 100644
--- a/compiler/condsyms.nim
+++ b/compiler/condsyms.nim
@@ -88,3 +88,5 @@ proc initDefines*() =
   defineSymbol("nimalias")
   defineSymbol("nimlocks")
   defineSymbol("nimnode")
+  defineSymbol("nimnomagic64")
+  defineSymbol("nimvarargstyped")
diff --git a/compiler/crc.nim b/compiler/crc.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index a8b61f2a5..000000000
--- a/compiler/crc.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#           The Nim Compiler
-#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-import 
-  strutils
-
-type 
-  TCrc32* = int32
-
-const 
-  InitCrc32* = TCrc32(- 1)
-  InitAdler32* = int32(1)
-
-proc updateCrc32*(val: int8, crc: TCrc32): TCrc32 {.inline.}
-proc updateCrc32*(val: char, crc: TCrc32): TCrc32 {.inline.}
-proc crcFromBuf*(buf: pointer, length: int): TCrc32
-proc strCrc32*(s: string): TCrc32
-proc crcFromFile*(filename: string): TCrc32
-proc updateAdler32*(adler: int32, buf: pointer, length: int): int32
-# implementation
-
-type 
-  TCRC_TabEntry = int
-
-const 
-  crc32table: array[0..255, TCRC_TabEntry] = [0, 1996959894, - 301047508, 
-    - 1727442502, 124634137, 1886057615, - 379345611, - 1637575261, 249268274, 
-    2044508324, - 522852066, - 1747789432, 162941995, 2125561021, - 407360249, 
-    - 1866523247, 498536548, 1789927666, - 205950648, - 2067906082, 450548861, 
-    1843258603, - 187386543, - 2083289657, 325883990, 1684777152, - 43845254, 
-    - 1973040660, 335633487, 1661365465, - 99664541, - 1928851979, 997073096, 
-    1281953886, - 715111964, - 1570279054, 1006888145, 1258607687, - 770865667, 
-    - 1526024853, 901097722, 1119000684, - 608450090, - 1396901568, 853044451, 
-    1172266101, - 589951537, - 1412350631, 651767980, 1373503546, - 925412992, 
-    - 1076862698, 565507253, 1454621731, - 809855591, - 1195530993, 671266974, 
-    1594198024, - 972236366, - 1324619484, 795835527, 1483230225, - 1050600021, 
-    - 1234817731, 1994146192, 31158534, - 1731059524, - 271249366, 1907459465, 
-    112637215, - 1614814043, - 390540237, 2013776290, 251722036, - 1777751922, 
-    - 519137256, 2137656763, 141376813, - 1855689577, - 429695999, 1802195444, 
-    476864866, - 2056965928, - 228458418, 1812370925, 453092731, - 2113342271, 
-    - 183516073, 1706088902, 314042704, - 1950435094, - 54949764, 1658658271, 
-    366619977, - 1932296973, - 69972891, 1303535960, 984961486, - 1547960204, 
-    - 725929758, 1256170817, 1037604311, - 1529756563, - 740887301, 1131014506, 
-    879679996, - 1385723834, - 631195440, 1141124467, 855842277, - 1442165665, 
-    - 586318647, 1342533948, 654459306, - 1106571248, - 921952122, 1466479909, 
-    544179635, - 1184443383, - 832445281, 1591671054, 702138776, - 1328506846, 
-    - 942167884, 1504918807, 783551873, - 1212326853, - 1061524307, - 306674912, 
-    - 1698712650, 62317068, 1957810842, - 355121351, - 1647151185, 81470997, 
-    1943803523, - 480048366, - 1805370492, 225274430, 2053790376, - 468791541, 
-    - 1828061283, 167816743, 2097651377, - 267414716, - 2029476910, 503444072, 
-    1762050814, - 144550051, - 2140837941, 426522225, 1852507879, - 19653770, 
-    - 1982649376, 282753626, 1742555852, - 105259153, - 1900089351, 397917763, 
-    1622183637, - 690576408, - 1580100738, 953729732, 1340076626, - 776247311, 
-    - 1497606297, 1068828381, 1219638859, - 670225446, - 1358292148, 906185462, 
-    1090812512, - 547295293, - 1469587627, 829329135, 1181335161, - 882789492, 
-    - 1134132454, 628085408, 1382605366, - 871598187, - 1156888829, 570562233, 
-    1426400815, - 977650754, - 1296233688, 733239954, 1555261956, - 1026031705, 
-    - 1244606671, 752459403, 1541320221, - 1687895376, - 328994266, 1969922972, 
-    40735498, - 1677130071, - 351390145, 1913087877, 83908371, - 1782625662, 
-    - 491226604, 2075208622, 213261112, - 1831694693, - 438977011, 2094854071, 
-    198958881, - 2032938284, - 237706686, 1759359992, 534414190, - 2118248755, 
-    - 155638181, 1873836001, 414664567, - 2012718362, - 15766928, 1711684554, 
-    285281116, - 1889165569, - 127750551, 1634467795, 376229701, - 1609899400, 
-    - 686959890, 1308918612, 956543938, - 1486412191, - 799009033, 1231636301, 
-    1047427035, - 1362007478, - 640263460, 1088359270, 936918000, - 1447252397, 
-    - 558129467, 1202900863, 817233897, - 1111625188, - 893730166, 1404277552, 
-    615818150, - 1160759803, - 841546093, 1423857449, 601450431, - 1285129682, 
-    - 1000256840, 1567103746, 711928724, - 1274298825, - 1022587231, 1510334235, 
-    755167117]
-
-proc updateCrc32(val: int8, crc: TCrc32): TCrc32 = 
-  result = TCrc32(crc32table[(int(crc) xor (int(val) and 0x000000FF)) and
-      0x000000FF]) xor (crc shr TCrc32(8))
-
-proc updateCrc32(val: char, crc: TCrc32): TCrc32 = 
-  result = updateCrc32(toU8(ord(val)), crc)
-
-proc strCrc32(s: string): TCrc32 = 
-  result = InitCrc32
-  for i in countup(0, len(s) - 1): result = updateCrc32(s[i], result)
-  
-proc `><`*(c: TCrc32, s: string): TCrc32 = 
-  result = c
-  for i in 0..len(s)-1: result = updateCrc32(s[i], result)  
-  
-type 
-  TByteArray = array[0..10000000, int8]
-  PByteArray = ref TByteArray
-
-proc crcFromBuf(buf: pointer, length: int): TCrc32 = 
-  var p = cast[PByteArray](buf)
-  result = InitCrc32
-  for i in countup(0, length - 1): result = updateCrc32(p[i], result)
-  
-proc crcFromFile(filename: string): TCrc32 = 
-  const 
-    bufSize = 8000 # don't use 8K for the memory allocator!
-  var 
-    bin: File
-  result = InitCrc32
-  if not open(bin, filename): 
-    return                    # not equal if file does not exist
-  var buf = alloc(bufSize)
-  var p = cast[PByteArray](buf)
-  while true: 
-    var readBytes = readBuffer(bin, buf, bufSize)
-    for i in countup(0, readBytes - 1): result = updateCrc32(p[i], result)
-    if readBytes != bufSize: break 
-  dealloc(buf)
-  close(bin)
-
-const 
-  base = int32(65521) # largest prime smaller than 65536 
-                      # NMAX = 5552; original code with unsigned 32 bit integer 
-                      # NMAX is the largest n 
-                      # such that 255n(n+1)/2 + (n+1)(BASE-1) <= 2^32-1 
-  nmax = 3854 # code with signed 32 bit integer 
-              # NMAX is the largest n such that 
-              # 255n(n+1)/2 + (n+1)(BASE-1) <= 2^31-1 
-              # The penalty is the time loss in the extra MOD-calls. 
-
-proc updateAdler32(adler: int32, buf: pointer, length: int): int32 = 
-  var 
-    s1, s2: int32
-    L, k, b: int
-  s1 = adler and int32(0x0000FFFF)
-  s2 = (adler shr int32(16)) and int32(0x0000FFFF)
-  L = length
-  b = 0
-  while (L > 0): 
-    if L < nmax: k = L
-    else: k = nmax
-    dec(L, k)
-    while (k > 0): 
-      s1 = s1 +% int32((cast[cstring](buf))[b])
-      s2 = s2 +% s1
-      inc(b)
-      dec(k)
-    s1 = `%%`(s1, base)
-    s2 = `%%`(s2, base)
-  result = (s2 shl int32(16)) or s1
diff --git a/compiler/docgen.nim b/compiler/docgen.nim
index f8489d825..4b52b1c92 100644
--- a/compiler/docgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import
 
 type
   TSections = array[TSymKind, Rope]
-  TDocumentor = object of rstgen.TRstGenerator
+  TDocumentor = object of rstgen.RstGenerator
     modDesc: Rope           # module description
     id: int                  # for generating IDs
     toc, section: TSections
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type
   PDoc* = ref TDocumentor ## Alias to type less.
 
 proc compilerMsgHandler(filename: string, line, col: int,
-                        msgKind: rst.TMsgKind, arg: string) {.procvar.} =
+                        msgKind: rst.MsgKind, arg: string) {.procvar.} =
   # translate msg kind:
   var k: msgs.TMsgKind
   case msgKind
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ proc docgenFindFile(s: string): string {.procvar.} =
 
 proc parseRst(text, filename: string,
               line, column: int, hasToc: var bool,
-              rstOptions: TRstParseOptions): PRstNode =
+              rstOptions: RstParseOptions): PRstNode =
   result = rstParse(text, filename, line, column, hasToc, rstOptions,
                     docgenFindFile, compilerMsgHandler)
 
diff --git a/compiler/evaltempl.nim b/compiler/evaltempl.nim
index 8959aa4df..2b3112909 100644
--- a/compiler/evaltempl.nim
+++ b/compiler/evaltempl.nim
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ proc evalTemplateArgs(n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode =
     var arg = if i < a: n.sons[i] else: copyTree(s.typ.n.sons[i].sym.ast)
     if arg == nil or arg.kind == nkEmpty:
       localError(n.info, errWrongNumberOfArguments)
-    addSon(result, arg)
+      addSon(result, ast.emptyNode)
+    else:
+      addSon(result, arg)
 
 var evalTemplateCounter* = 0
   # to prevent endless recursion in templates instantiation
diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index 186a3884d..44a13e2f4 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 # nim files.
 
 import
-  lists, ropes, os, strutils, osproc, platform, condsyms, options, msgs, crc
+  lists, ropes, os, strutils, osproc, platform, condsyms, options, msgs,
+  securehash
 
 type
   TSystemCC* = enum
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ proc resetCompilationLists* =
   initLinkedList(toCompile)
   ## XXX: we must associate these with their originating module
   # when the module is loaded/unloaded it adds/removes its items
-  # That's because we still need to CRC check the external files
+  # That's because we still need to hash check the external files
   # Maybe we can do that in checkDep on the other hand?
   initLinkedList(externalToCompile)
   initLinkedList(toLink)
@@ -437,16 +438,12 @@ proc addFileToLink*(filename: string) =
   prependStr(toLink, filename)
   # BUGFIX: was ``appendStr``
 
-proc execWithEcho(cmd: string, prettyCmd = ""): int =
-  if optListCmd in gGlobalOptions or gVerbosity > 0:
-    if prettyCmd != "":
-      msgWriteln(prettyCmd)
-    else:
-      msgWriteln(cmd)
+proc execWithEcho(cmd: string, msg = hintExecuting): int =
+  rawMessage(msg, cmd)
   result = execCmd(cmd)
 
-proc execExternalProgram*(cmd: string, prettyCmd = "") =
-  if execWithEcho(cmd, prettyCmd) != 0:
+proc execExternalProgram*(cmd: string, msg = hintExecuting) =
+  if execWithEcho(cmd, msg) != 0:
     rawMessage(errExecutionOfProgramFailed, "")
 
 proc generateScript(projectFile: string, script: Rope) =
@@ -572,32 +569,30 @@ proc getCompileCFileCmd*(cfilename: string, isExternal = false): string =
     "nim", quoteShell(getPrefixDir()),
     "lib", quoteShell(libpath)])
 
-proc footprint(filename: string): TCrc32 =
-  # note, '><' further modifies a crc value with a string.
-  result = crcFromFile(filename) ><
-      platform.OS[targetOS].name ><
-      platform.CPU[targetCPU].name ><
-      extccomp.CC[extccomp.cCompiler].name ><
-      getCompileCFileCmd(filename, true)
+proc footprint(filename: string): SecureHash =
+  result = secureHash(
+    $secureHashFile(filename) &
+    platform.OS[targetOS].name &
+    platform.CPU[targetCPU].name &
+    extccomp.CC[extccomp.cCompiler].name &
+    getCompileCFileCmd(filename, true))
 
 proc externalFileChanged(filename: string): bool =
   if gCmd notin {cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC, cmdCompileToLLVM}:
     return false
 
-  var crcFile = toGeneratedFile(filename.withPackageName, "crc")
-  var currentCrc = int(footprint(filename))
+  var hashFile = toGeneratedFile(filename.withPackageName, "sha1")
+  var currentHash = footprint(filename)
   var f: File
-  if open(f, crcFile, fmRead):
-    var line = newStringOfCap(40)
-    if not f.readLine(line): line = "0"
+  if open(f, hashFile, fmRead):
+    let oldHash = parseSecureHash(f.readLine())
     close(f)
-    var oldCrc = parseInt(line)
-    result = oldCrc != currentCrc
+    result = oldHash != currentHash
   else:
     result = true
   if result:
-    if open(f, crcFile, fmWrite):
-      f.writeln($currentCrc)
+    if open(f, hashFile, fmWrite):
+      f.writeLine($currentHash)
       close(f)
 
 proc addExternalFileToCompile*(filename: string) =
@@ -704,10 +699,8 @@ proc callCCompiler*(projectfile: string) =
           "nim", quoteShell(getPrefixDir()),
           "lib", quoteShell(libpath)])
     if optCompileOnly notin gGlobalOptions:
-      if gVerbosity == 1:
-        execExternalProgram(linkCmd, "[Linking]")
-      else:
-        execExternalProgram(linkCmd)
+      execExternalProgram(linkCmd,
+                          if gVerbosity > 1: hintExecuting else: hintLinking)
   else:
     linkCmd = ""
   if optGenScript in gGlobalOptions:
diff --git a/compiler/forloops.nim b/compiler/forloops.nim
index efe000968..949b7d8c6 100644
--- a/compiler/forloops.nim
+++ b/compiler/forloops.nim
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 import ast, astalgo
 
 const
-  someCmp = {mEqI, mEqI64, mEqF64, mEqEnum, mEqCh, mEqB, mEqRef, mEqProc,
-    mEqUntracedRef, mLeI, mLeI64, mLeF64, mLeU, mLeU64, mLeEnum,
-    mLeCh, mLeB, mLePtr, mLtI, mLtI64, mLtF64, mLtU, mLtU64, mLtEnum, 
+  someCmp = {mEqI, mEqF64, mEqEnum, mEqCh, mEqB, mEqRef, mEqProc,
+    mEqUntracedRef, mLeI, mLeF64, mLeU, mLeU64, mLeEnum,
+    mLeCh, mLeB, mLePtr, mLtI, mLtF64, mLtU, mLtU64, mLtEnum, 
     mLtCh, mLtB, mLtPtr}
 
 proc isCounter(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
diff --git a/compiler/guards.nim b/compiler/guards.nim
index df2c1dd75..bc802ae33 100644
--- a/compiler/guards.nim
+++ b/compiler/guards.nim
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import ast, astalgo, msgs, magicsys, nimsets, trees, types, renderer, idents,
   saturate
 
 const
-  someEq = {mEqI, mEqI64, mEqF64, mEqEnum, mEqCh, mEqB, mEqRef, mEqProc,
+  someEq = {mEqI, mEqF64, mEqEnum, mEqCh, mEqB, mEqRef, mEqProc,
     mEqUntracedRef, mEqStr, mEqSet, mEqCString}
 
   # set excluded here as the semantics are vastly different:
-  someLe = {mLeI, mLeI64, mLeF64, mLeU, mLeU64, mLeEnum,
+  someLe = {mLeI, mLeF64, mLeU, mLeU64, mLeEnum,
             mLeCh, mLeB, mLePtr, mLeStr}
-  someLt = {mLtI, mLtI64, mLtF64, mLtU, mLtU64, mLtEnum,
+  someLt = {mLtI, mLtF64, mLtU, mLtU64, mLtEnum,
             mLtCh, mLtB, mLtPtr, mLtStr}
 
   someLen = {mLengthOpenArray, mLengthStr, mLengthArray, mLengthSeq,
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ const
   someHigh = {mHigh}
   # we don't list unsigned here because wrap around semantics suck for
   # proving anything:
-  someAdd = {mAddI, mAddI64, mAddF64, mSucc}
-  someSub = {mSubI, mSubI64, mSubF64, mPred}
-  someMul = {mMulI, mMulI64, mMulF64}
-  someDiv = {mDivI, mDivI64, mDivF64}
-  someMod = {mModI, mModI64}
+  someAdd = {mAddI, mAddF64, mSucc}
+  someSub = {mSubI, mSubF64, mPred}
+  someMul = {mMulI, mMulF64}
+  someDiv = {mDivI, mDivF64}
+  someMod = {mModI}
   someMax = {mMaxI, mMaxF64}
   someMin = {mMinI, mMinF64}
 
diff --git a/compiler/idents.nim b/compiler/idents.nim
index 0cca18929..6986800cf 100644
--- a/compiler/idents.nim
+++ b/compiler/idents.nim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # id. This module is essential for the compiler's performance.
 
 import 
-  hashes, strutils
+  hashes, strutils, etcpriv
 
 type 
   TIdObj* = object of RootObj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type
   TIdent*{.acyclic.} = object of TIdObj
     s*: string
     next*: PIdent             # for hash-table chaining
-    h*: THash                 # hash value of s
+    h*: Hash                 # hash value of s
 
 var firstCharIsCS*: bool = true
 var buckets*: array[0..4096 * 2 - 1, PIdent]
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ proc cmpIgnoreStyle(a, b: cstring, blen: int): int =
   while j < blen:
     while a[i] == '_': inc(i)
     while b[j] == '_': inc(j)
+    while isMagicIdentSeparatorRune(a, i): inc(i, magicIdentSeparatorRuneByteWidth)
+    while isMagicIdentSeparatorRune(b, j): inc(j, magicIdentSeparatorRuneByteWidth)
     # tolower inlined:
     var aa = a[i]
     var bb = b[j]
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ proc cmpExact(a, b: cstring, blen: int): int =
 
 var wordCounter = 1
 
-proc getIdent*(identifier: cstring, length: int, h: THash): PIdent =
+proc getIdent*(identifier: cstring, length: int, h: Hash): PIdent =
   var idx = h and high(buckets)
   result = buckets[idx]
   var last: PIdent = nil
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ proc getIdent*(identifier: string): PIdent =
   result = getIdent(cstring(identifier), len(identifier), 
                     hashIgnoreStyle(identifier))
 
-proc getIdent*(identifier: string, h: THash): PIdent = 
+proc getIdent*(identifier: string, h: Hash): PIdent = 
   result = getIdent(cstring(identifier), len(identifier), h)
 
 proc identEq*(id: PIdent, name: string): bool = 
diff --git a/compiler/idgen.nim b/compiler/idgen.nim
index 3c5669b54..c07782fb2 100644
--- a/compiler/idgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/idgen.nim
@@ -18,26 +18,26 @@ const
 
 when debugIds:
   import intsets
-  
+
   var usedIds = initIntSet()
 
-proc registerID*(id: PIdObj) = 
-  when debugIds: 
-    if id.id == -1 or containsOrIncl(usedIds, id.id): 
+proc registerID*(id: PIdObj) =
+  when debugIds:
+    if id.id == -1 or containsOrIncl(usedIds, id.id):
       internalError("ID already used: " & $id.id)
 
-proc getID*(): int {.inline.} = 
+proc getID*(): int {.inline.} =
   result = gFrontEndId
   inc(gFrontEndId)
 
-proc backendId*(): int {.inline.} = 
+proc backendId*(): int {.inline.} =
   result = gBackendId
   inc(gBackendId)
 
-proc setId*(id: int) {.inline.} = 
+proc setId*(id: int) {.inline.} =
   gFrontEndId = max(gFrontEndId, id + 1)
 
-proc idSynchronizationPoint*(idRange: int) = 
+proc idSynchronizationPoint*(idRange: int) =
   gFrontEndId = (gFrontEndId div idRange + 1) * idRange + 1
 
 proc toGid(f: string): string =
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ proc toGid(f: string): string =
 
 proc saveMaxIds*(project: string) =
   var f = open(project.toGid, fmWrite)
-  f.writeln($gFrontEndId)
-  f.writeln($gBackendId)
+  f.writeLine($gFrontEndId)
+  f.writeLine($gBackendId)
   f.close()
-  
+
 proc loadMaxIds*(project: string) =
   var f: File
   if open(f, project.toGid, fmRead):
diff --git a/compiler/installer.ini b/compiler/installer.ini
index fff82cb5b..c8af38886 100644
--- a/compiler/installer.ini
+++ b/compiler/installer.ini
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Name: "Nim"
 Version: "$version"
 Platforms: """
   windows: i386;amd64
-  linux: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;mips;powerpc
+  linux: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;mips;mipsel;powerpc;powerpc64el;arm64
   macosx: i386;amd64;powerpc64
   solaris: i386;amd64;sparc
   freebsd: i386;amd64
@@ -99,9 +99,13 @@ Files: "lib/pure/concurrency/*.nim"
 Files: "lib/pure/unidecode/*.nim"
 Files: "lib/pure/concurrency/*.cfg"
 Files: "lib/impure/*.nim"
+Files: "lib/impure/nre/private/*.nim"
 Files: "lib/wrappers/*.nim"
 
 Files: "lib/wrappers/readline/*.nim"
+Files: "lib/wrappers/linenoise/*.nim"
+Files: "lib/wrappers/linenoise/*.c"
+Files: "lib/wrappers/linenoise/*.h"
 Files: "lib/wrappers/sdl/*.nim"
 Files: "lib/wrappers/zip/*.nim"
 Files: "lib/wrappers/zip/libzip_all.c"
@@ -203,7 +207,11 @@ Files: "tests/stdlib/*.nim"
 Files: "tests/system/*.nim"
 Files: "tests/template/*.nim"
 Files: "tests/testament/*.nim"
-Files: "tests/testdata/*.nim"
+Files: "tests/testdata/*.csv"
+Files: "tests/testdata/*.html"
+Files: "tests/testdata/*.json"
+Files: "tests/testdata/*.txt"
+Files: "tests/testdata/*.xml"
 Files: "tests/threads/*.nim"
 Files: "tests/threads/*.cfg"
 Files: "tests/trmacros/*.nim"
diff --git a/compiler/jsgen.nim b/compiler/jsgen.nim
index 704713243..6e317fb7e 100644
--- a/compiler/jsgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/jsgen.nim
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ implements the required case distinction.
 
 
 import
-  ast, astalgo, strutils, hashes, trees, platform, magicsys, extccomp,
-  options, nversion, nimsets, msgs, crc, bitsets, idents, lists, types, os,
+  ast, astalgo, strutils, hashes, trees, platform, magicsys, extccomp, options,
+  nversion, nimsets, msgs, securehash, bitsets, idents, lists, types, os,
   times, ropes, math, passes, ccgutils, wordrecg, renderer, rodread, rodutils,
   intsets, cgmeth, lowerings
 
@@ -258,11 +258,6 @@ const # magic checked op; magic unchecked op; checked op; unchecked op
     ["mulInt", "", "mulInt($1, $2)", "($1 * $2)"], # MulI
     ["divInt", "", "divInt($1, $2)", "Math.floor($1 / $2)"], # DivI
     ["modInt", "", "modInt($1, $2)", "Math.floor($1 % $2)"], # ModI
-    ["addInt64", "", "addInt64($1, $2)", "($1 + $2)"], # AddI64
-    ["subInt64", "", "subInt64($1, $2)", "($1 - $2)"], # SubI64
-    ["mulInt64", "", "mulInt64($1, $2)", "($1 * $2)"], # MulI64
-    ["divInt64", "", "divInt64($1, $2)", "Math.floor($1 / $2)"], # DivI64
-    ["modInt64", "", "modInt64($1, $2)", "Math.floor($1 % $2)"], # ModI64
     ["addInt", "", "addInt($1, $2)", "($1 + $2)"], # Succ
     ["subInt", "", "subInt($1, $2)", "($1 - $2)"], # Pred
     ["", "", "($1 + $2)", "($1 + $2)"], # AddF64
@@ -276,11 +271,6 @@ const # magic checked op; magic unchecked op; checked op; unchecked op
     ["", "", "($1 ^ $2)", "($1 ^ $2)"], # BitxorI
     ["nimMin", "nimMin", "nimMin($1, $2)", "nimMin($1, $2)"], # MinI
     ["nimMax", "nimMax", "nimMax($1, $2)", "nimMax($1, $2)"], # MaxI
-    ["", "", "($1 >>> $2)", "($1 >>> $2)"], # ShrI64
-    ["", "", "($1 << $2)", "($1 << $2)"], # ShlI64
-    ["", "", "($1 & $2)", "($1 & $2)"], # BitandI64
-    ["", "", "($1 | $2)", "($1 | $2)"], # BitorI64
-    ["", "", "($1 ^ $2)", "($1 ^ $2)"], # BitxorI64
     ["nimMin", "nimMin", "nimMin($1, $2)", "nimMin($1, $2)"], # MinF64
     ["nimMax", "nimMax", "nimMax($1, $2)", "nimMax($1, $2)"], # MaxF64
     ["addU", "addU", "addU($1, $2)", "addU($1, $2)"], # addU
@@ -291,9 +281,6 @@ const # magic checked op; magic unchecked op; checked op; unchecked op
     ["", "", "($1 == $2)", "($1 == $2)"], # EqI
     ["", "", "($1 <= $2)", "($1 <= $2)"], # LeI
     ["", "", "($1 < $2)", "($1 < $2)"], # LtI
-    ["", "", "($1 == $2)", "($1 == $2)"], # EqI64
-    ["", "", "($1 <= $2)", "($1 <= $2)"], # LeI64
-    ["", "", "($1 < $2)", "($1 < $2)"], # LtI64
     ["", "", "($1 == $2)", "($1 == $2)"], # EqF64
     ["", "", "($1 <= $2)", "($1 <= $2)"], # LeF64
     ["", "", "($1 < $2)", "($1 < $2)"], # LtF64
@@ -320,11 +307,9 @@ const # magic checked op; magic unchecked op; checked op; unchecked op
     ["negInt", "", "negInt($1)", "-($1)"], # UnaryMinusI
     ["negInt64", "", "negInt64($1)", "-($1)"], # UnaryMinusI64
     ["absInt", "", "absInt($1)", "Math.abs($1)"], # AbsI
-    ["absInt64", "", "absInt64($1)", "Math.abs($1)"], # AbsI64
     ["", "", "!($1)", "!($1)"], # Not
     ["", "", "+($1)", "+($1)"], # UnaryPlusI
     ["", "", "~($1)", "~($1)"], # BitnotI
-    ["", "", "~($1)", "~($1)"], # BitnotI64
     ["", "", "+($1)", "+($1)"], # UnaryPlusF64
     ["", "", "-($1)", "-($1)"], # UnaryMinusF64
     ["", "", "Math.abs($1)", "Math.abs($1)"], # AbsF64
@@ -357,11 +342,6 @@ const # magic checked op; magic unchecked op; checked op; unchecked op
     ["mulInt", "", "mulInt($1, $2)", "($1 * $2)"], # MulI
     ["divInt", "", "divInt($1, $2)", "Math.floor($1 / $2)"], # DivI
     ["modInt", "", "modInt($1, $2)", "Math.floor($1 % $2)"], # ModI
-    ["addInt64", "", "addInt64($1, $2)", "($1 + $2)"], # AddI64
-    ["subInt64", "", "subInt64($1, $2)", "($1 - $2)"], # SubI64
-    ["mulInt64", "", "mulInt64($1, $2)", "($1 * $2)"], # MulI64
-    ["divInt64", "", "divInt64($1, $2)", "Math.floor($1 / $2)"], # DivI64
-    ["modInt64", "", "modInt64($1, $2)", "Math.floor($1 % $2)"], # ModI64
     ["addInt", "", "addInt($1, $2)", "($1 + $2)"], # Succ
     ["subInt", "", "subInt($1, $2)", "($1 - $2)"], # Pred
     ["", "", "($1 + $2)", "($1 + $2)"], # AddF64
@@ -375,11 +355,6 @@ const # magic checked op; magic unchecked op; checked op; unchecked op
     ["", "", "($1 ^ $2)", "($1 ^ $2)"], # BitxorI
     ["nimMin", "nimMin", "nimMin($1, $2)", "nimMin($1, $2)"], # MinI
     ["nimMax", "nimMax", "nimMax($1, $2)", "nimMax($1, $2)"], # MaxI
-    ["", "", "($1 >>> $2)", "($1 >>> $2)"], # ShrI64
-    ["", "", "($1 << $2)", "($1 << $2)"], # ShlI64
-    ["", "", "($1 & $2)", "($1 & $2)"], # BitandI64
-    ["", "", "($1 | $2)", "($1 | $2)"], # BitorI64
-    ["", "", "($1 ^ $2)", "($1 ^ $2)"], # BitxorI64
     ["nimMin", "nimMin", "nimMin($1, $2)", "nimMin($1, $2)"], # MinF64
     ["nimMax", "nimMax", "nimMax($1, $2)", "nimMax($1, $2)"], # MaxF64
     ["addU", "addU", "addU($1, $2)", "addU($1, $2)"], # addU
@@ -390,9 +365,6 @@ const # magic checked op; magic unchecked op; checked op; unchecked op
     ["", "", "($1 == $2)", "($1 == $2)"], # EqI
     ["", "", "($1 <= $2)", "($1 <= $2)"], # LeI
     ["", "", "($1 < $2)", "($1 < $2)"], # LtI
-    ["", "", "($1 == $2)", "($1 == $2)"], # EqI64
-    ["", "", "($1 <= $2)", "($1 <= $2)"], # LeI64
-    ["", "", "($1 < $2)", "($1 < $2)"], # LtI64
     ["", "", "($1 == $2)", "($1 == $2)"], # EqF64
     ["", "", "($1 <= $2)", "($1 <= $2)"], # LeF64
     ["", "", "($1 < $2)", "($1 < $2)"], # LtF64
@@ -419,11 +391,9 @@ const # magic checked op; magic unchecked op; checked op; unchecked op
     ["negInt", "", "negInt($1)", "-($1)"], # UnaryMinusI
     ["negInt64", "", "negInt64($1)", "-($1)"], # UnaryMinusI64
     ["absInt", "", "absInt($1)", "Math.abs($1)"], # AbsI
-    ["absInt64", "", "absInt64($1)", "Math.abs($1)"], # AbsI64
     ["", "", "not ($1)", "not ($1)"], # Not
     ["", "", "+($1)", "+($1)"], # UnaryPlusI
     ["", "", "~($1)", "~($1)"], # BitnotI
-    ["", "", "~($1)", "~($1)"], # BitnotI64
     ["", "", "+($1)", "+($1)"], # UnaryPlusF64
     ["", "", "-($1)", "-($1)"], # UnaryMinusF64
     ["", "", "Math.abs($1)", "Math.abs($1)"], # AbsF64
@@ -535,12 +505,12 @@ proc moveInto(p: PProc, src: var TCompRes, dest: TCompRes) =
 proc genTry(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   # code to generate:
   #
-  #  var sp = {prev: excHandler, exc: null};
-  #  excHandler = sp;
+  #  ++excHandler;
   #  try {
   #    stmts;
-  #    TMP = e
-  #  } catch (e) {
+  #  } catch (EXC) {
+  #    var prevJSError = lastJSError; lastJSError = EXC;
+  #    --excHandler;
   #    if (e.typ && e.typ == NTI433 || e.typ == NTI2321) {
   #      stmts;
   #    } else if (e.typ && e.typ == NTI32342) {
@@ -548,35 +518,41 @@ proc genTry(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   #    } else {
   #      stmts;
   #    }
+  #    lastJSError = prevJSError;
   #  } finally {
   #    stmts;
-  #    excHandler = excHandler.prev;
   #  }
   genLineDir(p, n)
   if not isEmptyType(n.typ):
     r.kind = resVal
     r.res = getTemp(p)
   inc(p.unique)
+  var i = 1
+  var length = sonsLen(n)
+  var catchBranchesExist = length > 1 and n.sons[i].kind == nkExceptBranch
+  if catchBranchesExist:
+    add(p.body, "++excHandler;" & tnl)
   var safePoint = "Tmp$1" % [rope(p.unique)]
   addf(p.body,
-       "var $1 = {prev: excHandler, exc: null};$nexcHandler = $1;$n" |
+       "" |
        "local $1 = pcall(",
        [safePoint])
   if optStackTrace in p.options: add(p.body, "framePtr = F;" & tnl)
   addf(p.body, "try {$n" | "function()$n", [])
-  var length = sonsLen(n)
   var a: TCompRes
   gen(p, n.sons[0], a)
   moveInto(p, a, r)
-  var i = 1
-  if p.target == targetJS and length > 1 and n.sons[i].kind == nkExceptBranch:
-    addf(p.body, "} catch (EXC) {$n  lastJSError = EXC;$n", [])
+  var generalCatchBranchExists = false
+  if p.target == targetJS and catchBranchesExist:
+    addf(p.body, "} catch (EXC) {$n var prevJSError = lastJSError;$n" &
+        " lastJSError = EXC;$n --excHandler;$n", [])
   elif p.target == targetLua:
     addf(p.body, "end)$n", [])
   while i < length and n.sons[i].kind == nkExceptBranch:
     let blen = sonsLen(n.sons[i])
     if blen == 1:
       # general except section:
+      generalCatchBranchExists = true
       if i > 1: addf(p.body, "else {$n" | "else$n", [])
       gen(p, n.sons[i].sons[0], a)
       moveInto(p, a, r)
@@ -588,17 +564,22 @@ proc genTry(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
         if n.sons[i].sons[j].kind != nkType:
           internalError(n.info, "genTryStmt")
         if orExpr != nil: add(orExpr, "||" | " or ")
-        addf(orExpr, "isObj($1.exc.m_type, $2)",
-             [safePoint, genTypeInfo(p, n.sons[i].sons[j].typ)])
+        addf(orExpr, "isObj(lastJSError.m_type, $1)",
+             [genTypeInfo(p, n.sons[i].sons[j].typ)])
       if i > 1: add(p.body, "else ")
-      addf(p.body, "if ($1.exc && ($2)) {$n" | "if $1.exc and ($2) then$n",
+      addf(p.body, "if (lastJSError && ($2)) {$n" | "if $1.exc and ($2) then$n",
         [safePoint, orExpr])
       gen(p, n.sons[i].sons[blen - 1], a)
       moveInto(p, a, r)
       addf(p.body, "}$n" | "end$n", [])
     inc(i)
   if p.target == targetJS:
-    add(p.body, "} finally {" & tnl & "excHandler = excHandler.prev;" & tnl)
+    if catchBranchesExist:
+      if not generalCatchBranchExists:
+        useMagic(p, "reraiseException")
+        add(p.body, "else {" & tnl & "reraiseException();" & tnl & "}" & tnl)
+      add(p.body, "lastJSError = prevJSError;" & tnl)
+    add(p.body, "} finally {" & tnl)
   if i < length and n.sons[i].kind == nkFinally:
     genStmt(p, n.sons[i].sons[0])
   if p.target == targetJS:
@@ -817,7 +798,7 @@ proc genAsgnAux(p: PProc, x, y: PNode, noCopyNeeded: bool) =
       addf(p.body, "$1 = $2;$n", [a.rdLoc, b.rdLoc])
     else:
       useMagic(p, "nimCopy")
-      addf(p.body, "$1 = nimCopy($2, $3);$n",
+      addf(p.body, "$1 = nimCopy($1, $2, $3);$n",
            [a.res, b.res, genTypeInfo(p, y.typ)])
   of etyBaseIndex:
     if a.typ != etyBaseIndex or b.typ != etyBaseIndex:
@@ -880,7 +861,7 @@ proc genFieldAccess(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   if skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractVarRange).kind == tyTuple:
     r.res = "$1.Field$2" % [r.res, getFieldPosition(n.sons[1]).rope]
   else:
-    if n.sons[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(n.sons[1].info, "genFieldAddr")
+    if n.sons[1].kind != nkSym: internalError(n.sons[1].info, "genFieldAccess")
     var f = n.sons[1].sym
     if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(f)
     r.res = "$1.$2" % [r.res, f.loc.r]
@@ -970,18 +951,35 @@ proc genAddr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of nkCheckedFieldExpr:
     genCheckedFieldAddr(p, n, r)
   of nkDotExpr:
-    genFieldAddr(p, n.sons[0], r)
+    if mapType(n.typ) == etyBaseIndex:
+      genFieldAddr(p, n.sons[0], r)
+    else:
+      genFieldAccess(p, n.sons[0], r)
   of nkBracketExpr:
     var ty = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractVarRange)
-    if ty.kind in {tyRef, tyPtr}: ty = skipTypes(ty.lastSon, abstractVarRange)
-    case ty.kind
-    of tyArray, tyArrayConstr, tyOpenArray, tySequence, tyString, tyCString,
-       tyVarargs, tyChar:
-      genArrayAddr(p, n.sons[0], r)
-    of tyTuple:
-      genFieldAddr(p, n.sons[0], r)
-    else: internalError(n.sons[0].info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $ty.kind & ')')
-  else: internalError(n.sons[0].info, "genAddr")
+    if ty.kind in MappedToObject:
+      gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
+    else:
+      let kindOfIndexedExpr = skipTypes(n.sons[0].sons[0].typ, abstractVarRange).kind
+      case kindOfIndexedExpr
+      of tyArray, tyArrayConstr, tyOpenArray, tySequence, tyString, tyCString,
+          tyVarargs:
+        genArrayAddr(p, n.sons[0], r)
+      of tyTuple:
+        genFieldAddr(p, n.sons[0], r)
+      else: internalError(n.sons[0].info, "expr(nkBracketExpr, " & $kindOfIndexedExpr & ')')
+  of nkObjDownConv:
+    gen(p, n.sons[0], r)
+  else: internalError(n.sons[0].info, "genAddr: " & $n.sons[0].kind)
+
+proc genProcForSymIfNeeded(p: PProc, s: PSym) =
+  if not p.g.generatedSyms.containsOrIncl(s.id):
+    let newp = genProc(p, s)
+    var owner = p
+    while owner != nil and owner.prc != s.owner:
+      owner = owner.up
+    if owner != nil: add(owner.locals, newp)
+    else: add(p.g.code, newp)
 
 proc genSym(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var s = n.sym
@@ -1018,13 +1016,8 @@ proc genSym(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
       discard
     elif sfForward in s.flags:
       p.g.forwarded.add(s)
-    elif not p.g.generatedSyms.containsOrIncl(s.id):
-      let newp = genProc(p, s)
-      var owner = p
-      while owner != nil and owner.prc != s.owner:
-        owner = owner.up
-      if owner != nil: add(owner.locals, newp)
-      else: add(p.g.code, newp)
+    else:
+      genProcForSymIfNeeded(p, s)
   else:
     if s.loc.r == nil:
       internalError(n.info, "symbol has no generated name: " & s.name.s)
@@ -1052,11 +1045,22 @@ proc genArg(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
 
 proc genArgs(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   add(r.res, "(")
+  var hasArgs = false
+
+  var typ = skipTypes(n.sons[0].typ, abstractInst)
+  assert(typ.kind == tyProc)
+  assert(sonsLen(typ) == sonsLen(typ.n))
+
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
     let it = n.sons[i]
-    if it.typ.isCompileTimeOnly: continue
-    if i > 1: add(r.res, ", ")
+    if i < sonsLen(typ):
+      assert(typ.n.sons[i].kind == nkSym)
+      let paramType = typ.n.sons[i]
+      if paramType.typ.isCompileTimeOnly: continue
+
+    if hasArgs: add(r.res, ", ")
     genArg(p, it, r)
+    hasArgs = true
   add(r.res, ")")
   r.kind = resExpr
 
@@ -1085,6 +1089,7 @@ proc genInfixCall(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   r.kind = resExpr
 
 proc genEcho(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
+  useMagic(p, "toJSStr") # Used in rawEcho
   useMagic(p, "rawEcho")
   add(r.res, "rawEcho(")
   let n = n[1].skipConv
@@ -1102,24 +1107,32 @@ proc putToSeq(s: string, indirect: bool): Rope =
   if indirect: result = "[$1]" % [result]
 
 proc createVar(p: PProc, typ: PType, indirect: bool): Rope
-proc createRecordVarAux(p: PProc, rec: PNode, c: var int): Rope =
-  result = nil
+proc createRecordVarAux(p: PProc, rec: PNode, excludedFieldIDs: IntSet, output: var Rope) =
   case rec.kind
   of nkRecList:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(rec) - 1):
-      add(result, createRecordVarAux(p, rec.sons[i], c))
+      createRecordVarAux(p, rec.sons[i], excludedFieldIDs, output)
   of nkRecCase:
-    add(result, createRecordVarAux(p, rec.sons[0], c))
+    createRecordVarAux(p, rec.sons[0], excludedFieldIDs, output)
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(rec) - 1):
-      add(result, createRecordVarAux(p, lastSon(rec.sons[i]), c))
+      createRecordVarAux(p, lastSon(rec.sons[i]), excludedFieldIDs, output)
   of nkSym:
-    if c > 0: add(result, ", ")
-    add(result, mangleName(rec.sym))
-    add(result, ": ")
-    add(result, createVar(p, rec.sym.typ, false))
-    inc(c)
+    if rec.sym.id notin excludedFieldIDs:
+      if output.len > 0: output.add(", ")
+      output.add(mangleName(rec.sym))
+      output.add(": ")
+      output.add(createVar(p, rec.sym.typ, false))
   else: internalError(rec.info, "createRecordVarAux")
 
+proc createObjInitList(p: PProc, typ: PType, excludedFieldIDs: IntSet, output: var Rope) =
+  var t = typ
+  if tfFinal notin t.flags or t.sons[0] != nil:
+    if output.len > 0: output.add(", ")
+    addf(output, "m_type: $1" | "m_type = $#", [genTypeInfo(p, t)])
+  while t != nil:
+    createRecordVarAux(p, t.n, excludedFieldIDs, output)
+    t = t.sons[0]
+
 proc createVar(p: PProc, typ: PType, indirect: bool): Rope =
   var t = skipTypes(typ, abstractInst)
   case t.kind
@@ -1160,15 +1173,9 @@ proc createVar(p: PProc, typ: PType, indirect: bool): Rope =
     add(result, "}")
     if indirect: result = "[$1]" % [result]
   of tyObject:
-    result = rope("{")
-    var c = 0
-    if tfFinal notin t.flags or t.sons[0] != nil:
-      inc(c)
-      addf(result, "m_type: $1" | "m_type = $#", [genTypeInfo(p, t)])
-    while t != nil:
-      add(result, createRecordVarAux(p, t.n, c))
-      t = t.sons[0]
-    add(result, "}")
+    var initList : Rope
+    createObjInitList(p, t, initIntSet(), initList)
+    result = "{$1}" % [initList]
     if indirect: result = "[$1]" % [result]
   of tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef:
     if mapType(t) == etyBaseIndex:
@@ -1197,7 +1204,7 @@ proc genVarInit(p: PProc, v: PSym, n: PNode) =
         s = a.res
       else:
         useMagic(p, "nimCopy")
-        s = "nimCopy($1, $2)" % [a.res, genTypeInfo(p, n.typ)]
+        s = "nimCopy(null, $1, $2)" % [a.res, genTypeInfo(p, n.typ)]
     of etyBaseIndex:
       if (a.typ != etyBaseIndex): internalError(n.info, "genVarInit")
       if {sfAddrTaken, sfGlobal} * v.flags != {}:
@@ -1389,6 +1396,9 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of mCopyStrLast: ternaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "($1.slice($2, ($3)+1).concat(0))")
   of mNewString: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "mnewString", "mnewString($1)")
   of mNewStringOfCap: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "mnewString", "mnewString(0)")
+  of mDotDot:
+    genProcForSymIfNeeded(p, n.sons[0].sym)
+    genCall(p, n, r)
   else:
     genCall(p, n, r)
     #else internalError(e.info, 'genMagic: ' + magicToStr[op]);
@@ -1434,19 +1444,22 @@ proc genTupleConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   r.res.add("}")
 
 proc genObjConstr(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
-  # XXX inheritance?
   var a: TCompRes
-  r.res = rope("{")
   r.kind = resExpr
+  var initList : Rope
+  var fieldIDs = initIntSet()
   for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-    if i > 1: add(r.res, ", ")
+    if i > 1: add(initList, ", ")
     var it = n.sons[i]
     internalAssert it.kind == nkExprColonExpr
     gen(p, it.sons[1], a)
     var f = it.sons[0].sym
     if f.loc.r == nil: f.loc.r = mangleName(f)
-    addf(r.res, "$#: $#" | "$# = $#" , [f.loc.r, a.res])
-  r.res.add("}")
+    fieldIDs.incl(f.id)
+    addf(initList, "$#: $#" | "$# = $#" , [f.loc.r, a.res])
+  let t = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractInst + skipPtrs)
+  createObjInitList(p, t, fieldIDs, initList)
+  r.res = "{$1}" % [initList]
 
 proc genConv(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   var dest = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVarRange)
@@ -1691,7 +1704,7 @@ proc genHeader(): Rope =
   result = ("/* Generated by the Nim Compiler v$1 */$n" &
             "/*   (c) 2015 Andreas Rumpf */$n$n" &
             "var framePtr = null;$n" &
-            "var excHandler = null;$n" &
+            "var excHandler = 0;$n" &
             "var lastJSError = null;$n") %
            [rope(VersionAsString)]
 
diff --git a/compiler/lambdalifting.nim b/compiler/lambdalifting.nim
index c68bc352c..d11776cf6 100644
--- a/compiler/lambdalifting.nim
+++ b/compiler/lambdalifting.nim
@@ -946,7 +946,11 @@ proc transformOuterProc(o: POuterContext, n: PNode; it: TIter): PNode =
 proc liftLambdas*(fn: PSym, body: PNode): PNode =
   # XXX gCmd == cmdCompileToJS does not suffice! The compiletime stuff needs
   # the transformation even when compiling to JS ...
-  if body.kind == nkEmpty or gCmd == cmdCompileToJS or
+
+  # However we can do lifting for the stuff which is *only* compiletime.
+  let isCompileTime = sfCompileTime in fn.flags or fn.kind == skMacro
+
+  if body.kind == nkEmpty or (gCmd == cmdCompileToJS and not isCompileTime) or
       fn.skipGenericOwner.kind != skModule:
     # ignore forward declaration:
     result = body
@@ -1012,7 +1016,9 @@ proc liftForLoop*(body: PNode): PNode =
         ...
     """
   var L = body.len
-  internalAssert body.kind == nkForStmt and body[L-2].kind in nkCallKinds
+  if not (body.kind == nkForStmt and body[L-2].kind in nkCallKinds):
+    localError(body.info, "ignored invalid for loop")
+    return body
   var call = body[L-2]
 
   result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, body.info)
diff --git a/compiler/lexer.nim b/compiler/lexer.nim
index 8080e0e8c..cea42ad1e 100644
--- a/compiler/lexer.nim
+++ b/compiler/lexer.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import
   hashes, options, msgs, strutils, platform, idents, nimlexbase, llstream,
-  wordrecg
+  wordrecg, etcpriv
 
 const
   MaxLineLength* = 80         # lines longer than this lead to a warning
@@ -140,10 +140,12 @@ proc isKeyword*(kind: TTokType): bool =
 proc isNimIdentifier*(s: string): bool =
   if s[0] in SymStartChars:
     var i = 1
-    while i < s.len:
+    var sLen = s.len
+    while i < sLen:
       if s[i] == '_':
         inc(i)
-        if s[i] notin SymChars: return
+      elif isMagicIdentSeparatorRune(cstring s, i):
+        inc(i, magicIdentSeparatorRuneByteWidth)
       if s[i] notin SymChars: return
       inc(i)
     result = true
@@ -229,23 +231,6 @@ proc lexMessagePos(L: var TLexer, msg: TMsgKind, pos: int, arg = "") =
   var info = newLineInfo(L.fileIdx, L.lineNumber, pos - L.lineStart)
   L.dispMessage(info, msg, arg)
 
-proc matchUnderscoreChars(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, chars: set[char]) =
-  var pos = L.bufpos              # use registers for pos, buf
-  var buf = L.buf
-  while true:
-    if buf[pos] in chars:
-      add(tok.literal, buf[pos])
-      inc(pos)
-    else:
-      break
-    if buf[pos] == '_':
-      if buf[pos+1] notin chars:
-        lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "_")
-        break
-      add(tok.literal, '_')
-      inc(pos)
-  L.bufpos = pos
-
 proc matchTwoChars(L: TLexer, first: char, second: set[char]): bool =
   result = (L.buf[L.bufpos] == first) and (L.buf[L.bufpos + 1] in second)
 
@@ -268,136 +253,200 @@ proc unsafeParseUInt(s: string, b: var BiggestInt, start = 0): int =
     result = i - start
 {.pop.} # overflowChecks
 
+
+template eatChar(L: var TLexer, t: var TToken, replacementChar: char) =
+  add(t.literal, replacementChar)
+  inc(L.bufpos)
+
+template eatChar(L: var TLexer, t: var TToken) =
+  add(t.literal, L.buf[L.bufpos])
+  inc(L.bufpos)
+
 proc getNumber(L: var TLexer): TToken =
+  proc matchUnderscoreChars(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, chars: set[char]) =
+    var pos = L.bufpos              # use registers for pos, buf
+    var buf = L.buf
+    while true:
+      if buf[pos] in chars:
+        add(tok.literal, buf[pos])
+        inc(pos)
+      else:
+        break
+      if buf[pos] == '_':
+        if buf[pos+1] notin chars:
+          lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "_")
+          break
+        add(tok.literal, '_')
+        inc(pos)
+    L.bufpos = pos
+
+  proc matchChars(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, chars: set[char]) =
+    var pos = L.bufpos              # use registers for pos, buf
+    var buf = L.buf
+    while buf[pos] in chars:
+      add(tok.literal, buf[pos])
+      inc(pos)
+    L.bufpos = pos
+
+  proc lexMessageLitNum(L: var TLexer, msg: TMsgKind, startpos: int) =
+    # Used to get slightly human friendlier err messages.
+    # Note: the erroneous 'O' char in the character set is intentional
+    const literalishChars = {'A'..'F', 'a'..'f', '0'..'9', 'X', 'x', 'o', 'O',
+      'c', 'C', 'b', 'B', '_', '.', '\'', 'd', 'i', 'u'}
+    var msgPos = L.bufpos
+    var t: TToken
+    t.literal = ""
+    L.bufpos = startpos # Use L.bufpos as pos because of matchChars
+    matchChars(L, t, literalishChars)
+    # We must verify +/- specifically so that we're not past the literal
+    if  L.buf[L.bufpos] in {'+', '-'} and
+        L.buf[L.bufpos - 1] in {'e', 'E'}:
+      add(t.literal, L.buf[L.bufpos])
+      inc(L.bufpos)
+      matchChars(L, t, literalishChars)
+    if L.buf[L.bufpos] in {'\'', 'f', 'F', 'd', 'D', 'i', 'I', 'u', 'U'}:
+      inc(L.bufpos)
+      add(t.literal, L.buf[L.bufpos])
+      matchChars(L, t, {'0'..'9'})
+    L.bufpos = msgPos
+    lexMessage(L, msg, t.literal)
+
   var
-    pos, endpos: int
+    startpos, endpos: int
     xi: BiggestInt
-  # get the base:
+    isBase10 = true
+  const
+    baseCodeChars = {'X', 'x', 'o', 'c', 'C', 'b', 'B'}
+    literalishChars = baseCodeChars + {'A'..'F', 'a'..'f', '0'..'9', '_', '\''}
+    floatTypes = {tkFloatLit, tkFloat32Lit, tkFloat64Lit, tkFloat128Lit}
   result.tokType = tkIntLit   # int literal until we know better
   result.literal = ""
-  result.base = base10        # BUGFIX
-  pos = L.bufpos     # make sure the literal is correct for error messages:
-  var eallowed = false
-  if L.buf[pos] == '0' and L.buf[pos+1] in {'X', 'x'}:
-    matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'A'..'F', 'a'..'f', '0'..'9', 'X', 'x'})
+  result.base = base10
+  startpos = L.bufpos
+
+  # First stage: find out base, make verifications, build token literal string
+  if L.buf[L.bufpos] == '0' and L.buf[L.bufpos + 1] in baseCodeChars + {'O'}:
+    isBase10 = false
+    eatChar(L, result, '0')
+    case L.buf[L.bufpos]
+    of 'O':
+      lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumberOctalCode, startpos)
+    of 'x', 'X':
+      eatChar(L, result, 'x')
+      matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'9', 'a'..'f', 'A'..'F'})
+    of 'o', 'c', 'C':
+      eatChar(L, result, 'c')
+      matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'7'})
+    of 'b', 'B':
+      eatChar(L, result, 'b')
+      matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'1'})
+    else:
+      internalError(getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
   else:
-    matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'9', 'b', 'B', 'o', 'c', 'C'})
-    eallowed = true
-  if (L.buf[L.bufpos] == '.') and (L.buf[L.bufpos + 1] in {'0'..'9'}):
-    add(result.literal, '.')
-    inc(L.bufpos)
-    matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'9'})
-    eallowed = true
-  if eallowed and L.buf[L.bufpos] in {'e', 'E'}:
-    add(result.literal, 'e')
-    inc(L.bufpos)
-    if L.buf[L.bufpos] in {'+', '-'}:
-      add(result.literal, L.buf[L.bufpos])
-      inc(L.bufpos)
     matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'9'})
+    if (L.buf[L.bufpos] == '.') and (L.buf[L.bufpos + 1] in {'0'..'9'}):
+      result.tokType = tkFloat64Lit
+      eatChar(L, result, '.')
+      matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'9'})
+    if L.buf[L.bufpos] in {'e', 'E'}:
+      result.tokType = tkFloat64Lit
+      eatChar(L, result, 'e')
+      if L.buf[L.bufpos] in {'+', '-'}:
+        eatChar(L, result)
+      matchUnderscoreChars(L, result, {'0'..'9'})
   endpos = L.bufpos
-  if L.buf[endpos] in {'\'', 'f', 'F', 'i', 'I', 'u', 'U'}:
-    if L.buf[endpos] == '\'': inc(endpos)
-    L.bufpos = pos            # restore position
-    case L.buf[endpos]
+
+  # Second stage, find out if there's a datatype suffix and handle it
+  var postPos = endpos
+  if L.buf[postPos] in {'\'', 'f', 'F', 'd', 'D', 'i', 'I', 'u', 'U'}:
+    if L.buf[postPos] == '\'':
+      inc(postPos)
+
+    case L.buf[postPos]
     of 'f', 'F':
-      inc(endpos)
-      if (L.buf[endpos] == '3') and (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '2'):
+      inc(postPos)
+      if (L.buf[postPos] == '3') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '2'):
         result.tokType = tkFloat32Lit
-        inc(endpos, 2)
-      elif (L.buf[endpos] == '6') and (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '4'):
+        inc(postPos, 2)
+      elif (L.buf[postPos] == '6') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '4'):
         result.tokType = tkFloat64Lit
-        inc(endpos, 2)
-      elif (L.buf[endpos] == '1') and
-           (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '2') and
-           (L.buf[endpos + 2] == '8'):
+        inc(postPos, 2)
+      elif (L.buf[postPos] == '1') and
+           (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '2') and
+           (L.buf[postPos + 2] == '8'):
         result.tokType = tkFloat128Lit
-        inc(endpos, 3)
-      else:
-        lexMessage(L, errInvalidNumber, result.literal & "'f" & L.buf[endpos])
+        inc(postPos, 3)
+      else:   # "f" alone defaults to float32
+        result.tokType = tkFloat32Lit
+    of 'd', 'D':  # ad hoc convenience shortcut for f64
+      inc(postPos)
+      result.tokType = tkFloat64Lit
     of 'i', 'I':
-      inc(endpos)
-      if (L.buf[endpos] == '6') and (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '4'):
+      inc(postPos)
+      if (L.buf[postPos] == '6') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '4'):
         result.tokType = tkInt64Lit
-        inc(endpos, 2)
-      elif (L.buf[endpos] == '3') and (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '2'):
+        inc(postPos, 2)
+      elif (L.buf[postPos] == '3') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '2'):
         result.tokType = tkInt32Lit
-        inc(endpos, 2)
-      elif (L.buf[endpos] == '1') and (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '6'):
+        inc(postPos, 2)
+      elif (L.buf[postPos] == '1') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '6'):
         result.tokType = tkInt16Lit
-        inc(endpos, 2)
-      elif (L.buf[endpos] == '8'):
+        inc(postPos, 2)
+      elif (L.buf[postPos] == '8'):
         result.tokType = tkInt8Lit
-        inc(endpos)
+        inc(postPos)
       else:
-        lexMessage(L, errInvalidNumber, result.literal & "'i" & L.buf[endpos])
+        lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumber, startpos)
     of 'u', 'U':
-      inc(endpos)
-      if (L.buf[endpos] == '6') and (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '4'):
+      inc(postPos)
+      if (L.buf[postPos] == '6') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '4'):
         result.tokType = tkUInt64Lit
-        inc(endpos, 2)
-      elif (L.buf[endpos] == '3') and (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '2'):
+        inc(postPos, 2)
+      elif (L.buf[postPos] == '3') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '2'):
         result.tokType = tkUInt32Lit
-        inc(endpos, 2)
-      elif (L.buf[endpos] == '1') and (L.buf[endpos + 1] == '6'):
+        inc(postPos, 2)
+      elif (L.buf[postPos] == '1') and (L.buf[postPos + 1] == '6'):
         result.tokType = tkUInt16Lit
-        inc(endpos, 2)
-      elif (L.buf[endpos] == '8'):
+        inc(postPos, 2)
+      elif (L.buf[postPos] == '8'):
         result.tokType = tkUInt8Lit
-        inc(endpos)
+        inc(postPos)
       else:
         result.tokType = tkUIntLit
-    else: lexMessage(L, errInvalidNumber, result.literal & "'" & L.buf[endpos])
-  else:
-    L.bufpos = pos            # restore position
+    else:
+      lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumber, startpos)
+
+  # Is there still a literalish char awaiting? Then it's an error!
+  if  L.buf[postPos] in literalishChars or
+     (L.buf[postPos] == '.' and L.buf[postPos + 1] in {'0'..'9'}):
+    lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumber, startpos)
+
+  # Third stage, extract actual number
+  L.bufpos = startpos            # restore position
+  var pos: int = startpos
   try:
-    if (L.buf[pos] == '0') and
-        (L.buf[pos + 1] in {'x', 'X', 'b', 'B', 'o', 'O', 'c', 'C'}):
+    if (L.buf[pos] == '0') and (L.buf[pos + 1] in baseCodeChars):
       inc(pos, 2)
-      xi = 0                  # it may be a base prefix
-      case L.buf[pos - 1]     # now look at the optional type suffix:
+      xi = 0                  # it is a base prefix
+
+      case L.buf[pos - 1]
       of 'b', 'B':
         result.base = base2
-        while true:
-          case L.buf[pos]
-          of '2'..'9', '.':
-            lexMessage(L, errInvalidNumber, result.literal)
-            inc(pos)
-          of '_':
-            if L.buf[pos+1] notin {'0'..'1'}:
-              lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "_")
-              break
-            inc(pos)
-          of '0', '1':
+        while pos < endpos:
+          if L.buf[pos] != '_':
             xi = `shl`(xi, 1) or (ord(L.buf[pos]) - ord('0'))
-            inc(pos)
-          else: break
+          inc(pos)
       of 'o', 'c', 'C':
         result.base = base8
-        while true:
-          case L.buf[pos]
-          of '8'..'9', '.':
-            lexMessage(L, errInvalidNumber, result.literal)
-            inc(pos)
-          of '_':
-            if L.buf[pos+1] notin {'0'..'7'}:
-              lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "_")
-              break
-            inc(pos)
-          of '0'..'7':
+        while pos < endpos:
+          if L.buf[pos] != '_':
             xi = `shl`(xi, 3) or (ord(L.buf[pos]) - ord('0'))
-            inc(pos)
-          else: break
-      of 'O':
-        lexMessage(L, errInvalidNumber, result.literal)
+          inc(pos)
       of 'x', 'X':
         result.base = base16
-        while true:
+        while pos < endpos:
           case L.buf[pos]
           of '_':
-            if L.buf[pos+1] notin {'0'..'9', 'a'..'f', 'A'..'F'}:
-              lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "_")
-              break
             inc(pos)
           of '0'..'9':
             xi = `shl`(xi, 4) or (ord(L.buf[pos]) - ord('0'))
@@ -408,51 +457,81 @@ proc getNumber(L: var TLexer): TToken =
           of 'A'..'F':
             xi = `shl`(xi, 4) or (ord(L.buf[pos]) - ord('A') + 10)
             inc(pos)
-          else: break
-      else: internalError(getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
+          else:
+            break
+      else:
+        internalError(getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
+
       case result.tokType
       of tkIntLit, tkInt64Lit: result.iNumber = xi
       of tkInt8Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(int8(toU8(int(xi))))
-      of tkInt16Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(toU16(int(xi)))
-      of tkInt32Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(toU32(xi))
+      of tkInt16Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(int16(toU16(int(xi))))
+      of tkInt32Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(int32(toU32(int64(xi))))
       of tkUIntLit, tkUInt64Lit: result.iNumber = xi
-      of tkUInt8Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(int8(toU8(int(xi))))
-      of tkUInt16Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(toU16(int(xi)))
-      of tkUInt32Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(toU32(xi))
+      of tkUInt8Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(uint8(toU8(int(xi))))
+      of tkUInt16Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(uint16(toU16(int(xi))))
+      of tkUInt32Lit: result.iNumber = BiggestInt(uint32(toU32(int64(xi))))
       of tkFloat32Lit:
         result.fNumber = (cast[PFloat32](addr(xi)))[]
         # note: this code is endian neutral!
         # XXX: Test this on big endian machine!
       of tkFloat64Lit: result.fNumber = (cast[PFloat64](addr(xi)))[]
       else: internalError(getLineInfo(L), "getNumber")
-    elif isFloatLiteral(result.literal) or (result.tokType == tkFloat32Lit) or
-        (result.tokType == tkFloat64Lit):
-      result.fNumber = parseFloat(result.literal)
-      if result.tokType == tkIntLit: result.tokType = tkFloatLit
-    elif result.tokType == tkUint64Lit:
-      xi = 0
-      let len = unsafeParseUInt(result.literal, xi)
-      if len != result.literal.len or len == 0:
-        raise newException(ValueError, "invalid integer: " & $xi)
-      result.iNumber = xi
+
+      # Bounds checks. Non decimal literals are allowed to overflow the range of
+      # the datatype as long as their pattern don't overflow _bitwise_, hence
+      # below checks of signed sizes against uint*.high is deliberate:
+      # (0x80'u8 = 128, 0x80'i8 = -128, etc == OK)
+      if result.tokType notin floatTypes:
+        let outOfRange = case result.tokType:
+        of tkUInt8Lit, tkUInt16Lit, tkUInt32Lit: result.iNumber != xi
+        of tkInt8Lit: (xi > BiggestInt(uint8.high))
+        of tkInt16Lit: (xi > BiggestInt(uint16.high))
+        of tkInt32Lit: (xi > BiggestInt(uint32.high))
+        else: false
+
+        if outOfRange:
+          #echo "out of range num: ", result.iNumber, " vs ", xi
+          lexMessageLitNum(L, errNumberOutOfRange, startpos)
+
     else:
-      result.iNumber = parseBiggestInt(result.literal)
+      case result.tokType
+      of floatTypes:
+        result.fNumber = parseFloat(result.literal)
+      of tkUint64Lit:
+        xi = 0
+        let len = unsafeParseUInt(result.literal, xi)
+        if len != result.literal.len or len == 0:
+          raise newException(ValueError, "invalid integer: " & $xi)
+        result.iNumber = xi
+      else:
+        result.iNumber = parseBiggestInt(result.literal)
+
+      # Explicit bounds checks
+      let outOfRange = case result.tokType:
+      of tkInt8Lit: (result.iNumber < int8.low or result.iNumber > int8.high)
+      of tkUInt8Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint8.low) or
+                      result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint8.high))
+      of tkInt16Lit: (result.iNumber < int16.low or result.iNumber > int16.high)
+      of tkUInt16Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint16.low) or
+                      result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint16.high))
+      of tkInt32Lit: (result.iNumber < int32.low or result.iNumber > int32.high)
+      of tkUInt32Lit: (result.iNumber < BiggestInt(uint32.low) or
+                      result.iNumber > BiggestInt(uint32.high))
+      else: false
+
+      if outOfRange: lexMessageLitNum(L, errNumberOutOfRange, startpos)
+
+    # Promote int literal to int64? Not always necessary, but more consistent
+    if result.tokType == tkIntLit:
       if (result.iNumber < low(int32)) or (result.iNumber > high(int32)):
-        if result.tokType == tkIntLit:
-          result.tokType = tkInt64Lit
-        elif result.tokType in {tkInt8Lit, tkInt16Lit, tkInt32Lit}:
-          lexMessage(L, errNumberOutOfRange, result.literal)
-      elif result.tokType == tkInt8Lit and
-          (result.iNumber < int8.low or result.iNumber > int8.high):
-        lexMessage(L, errNumberOutOfRange, result.literal)
-      elif result.tokType == tkInt16Lit and
-          (result.iNumber < int16.low or result.iNumber > int16.high):
-        lexMessage(L, errNumberOutOfRange, result.literal)
+        result.tokType = tkInt64Lit
+
   except ValueError:
-    lexMessage(L, errInvalidNumber, result.literal)
+    lexMessageLitNum(L, errInvalidNumber, startpos)
   except OverflowError, RangeError:
-    lexMessage(L, errNumberOutOfRange, result.literal)
-  L.bufpos = endpos
+    lexMessageLitNum(L, errNumberOutOfRange, startpos)
+  L.bufpos = postPos
 
 proc handleHexChar(L: var TLexer, xi: var int) =
   case L.buf[L.bufpos]
@@ -625,23 +704,34 @@ proc getCharacter(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
   inc(L.bufpos)               # skip '
 
 proc getSymbol(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
-  var h: THash = 0
+  var h: Hash = 0
   var pos = L.bufpos
   var buf = L.buf
   while true:
     var c = buf[pos]
     case c
     of 'a'..'z', '0'..'9', '\x80'..'\xFF':
-      h = h !& ord(c)
+      if  c == '\226' and
+          buf[pos+1] == '\128' and
+          buf[pos+2] == '\147':  # It's a 'magic separator' en-dash Unicode
+        if buf[pos + magicIdentSeparatorRuneByteWidth] notin SymChars:
+          lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "–")
+          break
+        inc(pos, magicIdentSeparatorRuneByteWidth)
+      else:
+        h = h !& ord(c)
+        inc(pos)
     of 'A'..'Z':
       c = chr(ord(c) + (ord('a') - ord('A'))) # toLower()
       h = h !& ord(c)
+      inc(pos)
     of '_':
       if buf[pos+1] notin SymChars:
         lexMessage(L, errInvalidToken, "_")
         break
+      inc(pos)
+
     else: break
-    inc(pos)
   h = !$h
   tok.ident = getIdent(addr(L.buf[L.bufpos]), pos - L.bufpos, h)
   L.bufpos = pos
@@ -652,7 +742,7 @@ proc getSymbol(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
     tok.tokType = TTokType(tok.ident.id + ord(tkSymbol))
 
 proc endOperator(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, pos: int,
-                 hash: THash) {.inline.} =
+                 hash: Hash) {.inline.} =
   var h = !$hash
   tok.ident = getIdent(addr(L.buf[L.bufpos]), pos - L.bufpos, h)
   if (tok.ident.id < oprLow) or (tok.ident.id > oprHigh): tok.tokType = tkOpr
@@ -662,7 +752,7 @@ proc endOperator(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken, pos: int,
 proc getOperator(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
   var pos = L.bufpos
   var buf = L.buf
-  var h: THash = 0
+  var h: Hash = 0
   while true:
     var c = buf[pos]
     if c notin OpChars: break
diff --git a/compiler/llstream.nim b/compiler/llstream.nim
index 18ca4aec7..0a1e09fc8 100644
--- a/compiler/llstream.nim
+++ b/compiler/llstream.nim
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
 
 ## Low-level streams for high performance.
 
-import 
+import
   strutils
 
-when not defined(windows) and defined(useGnuReadline):
+# support '-d:useGnuReadline' for backwards compatibility:
+when not defined(windows) and (defined(useGnuReadline) or defined(useLinenoise)):
   import rdstdin
 
-type 
+type
   TLLStreamKind* = enum       # enum of different stream implementations
     llsNone,                  # null stream: reading and writing has no effect
     llsString,                # stream encapsulates a string
@@ -27,42 +28,42 @@ type
     s*: string
     rd*, wr*: int             # for string streams
     lineOffset*: int          # for fake stdin line numbers
-  
+
   PLLStream* = ref TLLStream
 
-proc llStreamOpen*(data: string): PLLStream = 
+proc llStreamOpen*(data: string): PLLStream =
   new(result)
   result.s = data
   result.kind = llsString
 
-proc llStreamOpen*(f: File): PLLStream = 
+proc llStreamOpen*(f: File): PLLStream =
   new(result)
   result.f = f
   result.kind = llsFile
 
-proc llStreamOpen*(filename: string, mode: FileMode): PLLStream = 
+proc llStreamOpen*(filename: string, mode: FileMode): PLLStream =
   new(result)
   result.kind = llsFile
   if not open(result.f, filename, mode): result = nil
-  
-proc llStreamOpen*(): PLLStream = 
+
+proc llStreamOpen*(): PLLStream =
   new(result)
   result.kind = llsNone
 
-proc llStreamOpenStdIn*(): PLLStream = 
+proc llStreamOpenStdIn*(): PLLStream =
   new(result)
   result.kind = llsStdIn
   result.s = ""
   result.lineOffset = -1
 
-proc llStreamClose*(s: PLLStream) = 
+proc llStreamClose*(s: PLLStream) =
   case s.kind
-  of llsNone, llsString, llsStdIn: 
+  of llsNone, llsString, llsStdIn:
     discard
-  of llsFile: 
+  of llsFile:
     close(s.f)
 
-when not declared(readLineFromStdin): 
+when not declared(readLineFromStdin):
   # fallback implementation:
   proc readLineFromStdin(prompt: string, line: var string): bool =
     stdout.write(prompt)
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ proc endsWith*(x: string, s: set[char]): bool =
   if i >= 0 and x[i] in s:
     result = true
 
-const 
+const
   LineContinuationOprs = {'+', '-', '*', '/', '\\', '<', '>', '!', '?', '^',
                           '|', '%', '&', '$', '@', '~', ','}
   AdditionalLineContinuationOprs = {'#', ':', '='}
@@ -104,31 +105,31 @@ proc llReadFromStdin(s: PLLStream, buf: pointer, bufLen: int): int =
   s.rd = 0
   var line = newStringOfCap(120)
   var triples = 0
-  while readLineFromStdin(if s.s.len == 0: ">>> " else: "... ", line): 
+  while readLineFromStdin(if s.s.len == 0: ">>> " else: "... ", line):
     add(s.s, line)
     add(s.s, "\n")
     inc triples, countTriples(line)
     if not continueLine(line, (triples and 1) == 1): break
   inc(s.lineOffset)
   result = min(bufLen, len(s.s) - s.rd)
-  if result > 0: 
+  if result > 0:
     copyMem(buf, addr(s.s[s.rd]), result)
     inc(s.rd, result)
 
-proc llStreamRead*(s: PLLStream, buf: pointer, bufLen: int): int = 
+proc llStreamRead*(s: PLLStream, buf: pointer, bufLen: int): int =
   case s.kind
-  of llsNone: 
+  of llsNone:
     result = 0
-  of llsString: 
+  of llsString:
     result = min(bufLen, len(s.s) - s.rd)
-    if result > 0: 
+    if result > 0:
       copyMem(buf, addr(s.s[0 + s.rd]), result)
       inc(s.rd, result)
-  of llsFile: 
+  of llsFile:
     result = readBuffer(s.f, buf, bufLen)
-  of llsStdIn: 
+  of llsStdIn:
     result = llReadFromStdin(s, buf, bufLen)
-  
+
 proc llStreamReadLine*(s: PLLStream, line: var string): bool =
   setLen(line, 0)
   case s.kind
@@ -152,60 +153,60 @@ proc llStreamReadLine*(s: PLLStream, line: var string): bool =
     result = readLine(s.f, line)
   of llsStdIn:
     result = readLine(stdin, line)
-    
-proc llStreamWrite*(s: PLLStream, data: string) = 
+
+proc llStreamWrite*(s: PLLStream, data: string) =
   case s.kind
-  of llsNone, llsStdIn: 
+  of llsNone, llsStdIn:
     discard
-  of llsString: 
+  of llsString:
     add(s.s, data)
     inc(s.wr, len(data))
-  of llsFile: 
+  of llsFile:
     write(s.f, data)
-  
-proc llStreamWriteln*(s: PLLStream, data: string) = 
+
+proc llStreamWriteln*(s: PLLStream, data: string) =
   llStreamWrite(s, data)
   llStreamWrite(s, "\n")
 
-proc llStreamWrite*(s: PLLStream, data: char) = 
+proc llStreamWrite*(s: PLLStream, data: char) =
   var c: char
   case s.kind
-  of llsNone, llsStdIn: 
+  of llsNone, llsStdIn:
     discard
-  of llsString: 
+  of llsString:
     add(s.s, data)
     inc(s.wr)
-  of llsFile: 
+  of llsFile:
     c = data
     discard writeBuffer(s.f, addr(c), sizeof(c))
 
-proc llStreamWrite*(s: PLLStream, buf: pointer, buflen: int) = 
+proc llStreamWrite*(s: PLLStream, buf: pointer, buflen: int) =
   case s.kind
-  of llsNone, llsStdIn: 
+  of llsNone, llsStdIn:
     discard
-  of llsString: 
-    if buflen > 0: 
+  of llsString:
+    if buflen > 0:
       setLen(s.s, len(s.s) + buflen)
       copyMem(addr(s.s[0 + s.wr]), buf, buflen)
       inc(s.wr, buflen)
-  of llsFile: 
+  of llsFile:
     discard writeBuffer(s.f, buf, buflen)
-  
-proc llStreamReadAll*(s: PLLStream): string = 
-  const 
+
+proc llStreamReadAll*(s: PLLStream): string =
+  const
     bufSize = 2048
   case s.kind
-  of llsNone, llsStdIn: 
+  of llsNone, llsStdIn:
     result = ""
-  of llsString: 
+  of llsString:
     if s.rd == 0: result = s.s
     else: result = substr(s.s, s.rd)
     s.rd = len(s.s)
-  of llsFile: 
+  of llsFile:
     result = newString(bufSize)
     var bytes = readBuffer(s.f, addr(result[0]), bufSize)
     var i = bytes
-    while bytes == bufSize: 
+    while bytes == bufSize:
       setLen(result, i + bufSize)
       bytes = readBuffer(s.f, addr(result[i + 0]), bufSize)
       inc(i, bytes)
diff --git a/compiler/lowerings.nim b/compiler/lowerings.nim
index b6b01d558..647ea59d6 100644
--- a/compiler/lowerings.nim
+++ b/compiler/lowerings.nim
@@ -63,6 +63,26 @@ proc lowerTupleUnpacking*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
     if n.sons[i].kind == nkSym: v.addVar(n.sons[i])
     result.add newAsgnStmt(n.sons[i], newTupleAccess(tempAsNode, i))
 
+proc lowerSwap*(n: PNode; owner: PSym): PNode =
+  result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+  # note: cannot use 'skTemp' here cause we really need the copy for the VM :-(
+  var temp = newSym(skVar, getIdent(genPrefix), owner, n.info)
+  temp.typ = n.sons[1].typ
+  incl(temp.flags, sfFromGeneric)
+
+  var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, n.info)
+  let tempAsNode = newSymNode(temp)
+
+  var vpart = newNodeI(nkIdentDefs, v.info, 3)
+  vpart.sons[0] = tempAsNode
+  vpart.sons[1] = ast.emptyNode
+  vpart.sons[2] = n[1]
+  addSon(v, vpart)
+
+  result.add(v)
+  result.add newFastAsgnStmt(n[1], n[2])
+  result.add newFastAsgnStmt(n[2], tempAsNode)
+
 proc createObj*(owner: PSym, info: TLineInfo): PType =
   result = newType(tyObject, owner)
   rawAddSon(result, nil)
@@ -167,7 +187,7 @@ proc genDeref*(n: PNode): PNode =
   result.add n
 
 proc callCodegenProc*(name: string, arg1: PNode;
-                      arg2, arg3: PNode = nil): PNode =
+                      arg2, arg3, optionalArgs: PNode = nil): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkCall, arg1.info)
   let sym = magicsys.getCompilerProc(name)
   if sym == nil:
@@ -177,6 +197,9 @@ proc callCodegenProc*(name: string, arg1: PNode;
     result.add arg1
     if arg2 != nil: result.add arg2
     if arg3 != nil: result.add arg3
+    if optionalArgs != nil:
+      for i in 1..optionalArgs.len-3:
+        result.add optionalArgs[i]
     result.typ = sym.typ.sons[0]
 
 proc callProc(a: PNode): PNode =
@@ -483,7 +506,7 @@ proc wrapProcForSpawn*(owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
                        barrier, dest: PNode = nil): PNode =
   # if 'barrier' != nil, then it is in a 'parallel' section and we
   # generate quite different code
-  let n = spawnExpr[1]
+  let n = spawnExpr[^2]
   let spawnKind = spawnResult(retType, barrier!=nil)
   case spawnKind
   of srVoid:
@@ -569,7 +592,7 @@ proc wrapProcForSpawn*(owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
     fvField = newDotExpr(scratchObj, field)
     fvAsExpr = indirectAccess(castExpr, field, n.info)
     # create flowVar:
-    result.add newFastAsgnStmt(fvField, callProc(spawnExpr[2]))
+    result.add newFastAsgnStmt(fvField, callProc(spawnExpr[^1]))
     if barrier == nil:
       result.add callCodegenProc("nimFlowVarCreateSemaphore", fvField)
 
@@ -584,7 +607,7 @@ proc wrapProcForSpawn*(owner: PSym; spawnExpr: PNode; retType: PType;
   let wrapper = createWrapperProc(fn, threadParam, argsParam,
                                   varSection, varInit, call,
                                   barrierAsExpr, fvAsExpr, spawnKind)
-  result.add callCodegenProc("nimSpawn", wrapper.newSymNode,
-                             genAddrOf(scratchObj.newSymNode))
+  result.add callCodegenProc("nimSpawn" & $spawnExpr.len, wrapper.newSymNode,
+                             genAddrOf(scratchObj.newSymNode), nil, spawnExpr)
 
   if spawnKind == srFlowVar: result.add fvField
diff --git a/compiler/main.nim b/compiler/main.nim
index 0c80c19b7..47fae7fa7 100644
--- a/compiler/main.nim
+++ b/compiler/main.nim
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ proc commandCompileToC =
   compileProject()
   cgenWriteModules()
   if gCmd != cmdRun:
-    extccomp.callCCompiler(if gProjectName == "-": "stdinfile" else: changeFileExt(gProjectFull, ""))
+    extccomp.callCCompiler(changeFileExt(gProjectFull, ""))
 
   if isServing:
     # caas will keep track only of the compilation commands
     lastCaasCmd = curCaasCmd
     resetCgenModules()
     for i in 0 .. <gMemCacheData.len:
-      gMemCacheData[i].crcStatus = crcCached
+      gMemCacheData[i].hashStatus = hashCached
       gMemCacheData[i].needsRecompile = Maybe
 
       # XXX: clean these global vars
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ proc mainCommand* =
     wantMainModule()
     commandScan()
     msgWriteln("Beware: Indentation tokens depend on the parser\'s state!")
-  of "i":
+  of "secret":
     gCmd = cmdInteractive
     commandInteractive()
   of "e":
@@ -359,9 +359,8 @@ proc mainCommand* =
   else:
     rawMessage(errInvalidCommandX, command)
 
-  if (msgs.gErrorCounter == 0 and
-      gCmd notin {cmdInterpret, cmdRun, cmdDump} and
-      gVerbosity > 0):
+  if msgs.gErrorCounter == 0 and
+     gCmd notin {cmdInterpret, cmdRun, cmdDump}:
     rawMessage(hintSuccessX, [$gLinesCompiled,
                formatFloat(epochTime() - gLastCmdTime, ffDecimal, 3),
                formatSize(getTotalMem()),
@@ -379,3 +378,4 @@ proc mainCommand* =
   when SimulateCaasMemReset:
     resetMemory()
 
+  resetAttributes()
diff --git a/compiler/modules.nim b/compiler/modules.nim
index a2b739efc..2d0267c93 100644
--- a/compiler/modules.nim
+++ b/compiler/modules.nim
@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@
 ## implements the module handling
 
 import
-  ast, astalgo, magicsys, crc, rodread, msgs, cgendata, sigmatch, options, 
-  idents, os, lexer, idgen, passes, syntaxes
+  ast, astalgo, magicsys, securehash, rodread, msgs, cgendata, sigmatch, options,
+  idents, os, lexer, idgen, passes, syntaxes, llstream
 
 type
   TNeedRecompile* = enum Maybe, No, Yes, Probing, Recompiled
-  TCrcStatus* = enum crcNotTaken, crcCached, crcHasChanged, crcNotChanged
+  THashStatus* = enum hashNotTaken, hashCached, hashHasChanged, hashNotChanged
 
   TModuleInMemory* = object
     compiledAt*: float
-    crc*: TCrc32
+    hash*: SecureHash
     deps*: seq[int32] ## XXX: slurped files are currently not tracked
     needsRecompile*: TNeedRecompile
-    crcStatus*: TCrcStatus
+    hashStatus*: THashStatus
 
 var
   gCompiledModules: seq[PSym] = @[]
@@ -34,36 +34,36 @@ proc getModule(fileIdx: int32): PSym =
   if fileIdx >= 0 and fileIdx < gCompiledModules.len:
     result = gCompiledModules[fileIdx]
 
-template crc(x: PSym): expr =
-  gMemCacheData[x.position].crc
+template hash(x: PSym): expr =
+  gMemCacheData[x.position].hash
 
-proc crcChanged(fileIdx: int32): bool =
+proc hashChanged(fileIdx: int32): bool =
   internalAssert fileIdx >= 0 and fileIdx < gMemCacheData.len
-  
+
   template updateStatus =
-    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].crcStatus = if result: crcHasChanged
-                                       else: crcNotChanged
-    # echo "TESTING CRC: ", fileIdx.toFilename, " ", result
-  
-  case gMemCacheData[fileIdx].crcStatus:
-  of crcHasChanged:
+    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hashStatus = if result: hashHasChanged
+                                       else: hashNotChanged
+    # echo "TESTING Hash: ", fileIdx.toFilename, " ", result
+
+  case gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hashStatus:
+  of hashHasChanged:
     result = true
-  of crcNotChanged:
+  of hashNotChanged:
     result = false
-  of crcCached:
-    let newCrc = crcFromFile(fileIdx.toFilename)
-    result = newCrc != gMemCacheData[fileIdx].crc
-    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].crc = newCrc
+  of hashCached:
+    let newHash = secureHashFile(fileIdx.toFullPath)
+    result = newHash != gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hash
+    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hash = newHash
     updateStatus()
-  of crcNotTaken:
-    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].crc = crcFromFile(fileIdx.toFilename)
+  of hashNotTaken:
+    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hash = secureHashFile(fileIdx.toFullPath)
     result = true
     updateStatus()
 
-proc doCRC(fileIdx: int32) =
-  if gMemCacheData[fileIdx].crcStatus == crcNotTaken:
-    # echo "FIRST CRC: ", fileIdx.ToFilename
-    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].crc = crcFromFile(fileIdx.toFilename)
+proc doHash(fileIdx: int32) =
+  if gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hashStatus == hashNotTaken:
+    # echo "FIRST Hash: ", fileIdx.ToFilename
+    gMemCacheData[fileIdx].hash = secureHashFile(fileIdx.toFullPath)
 
 proc addDep(x: PSym, dep: int32) =
   growCache gMemCacheData, dep
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ proc checkDepMem(fileIdx: int32): TNeedRecompile =
     return gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile
 
   if optForceFullMake in gGlobalOptions or
-     crcChanged(fileIdx):
+     hashChanged(fileIdx):
        markDirty
-  
+
   if gMemCacheData[fileIdx].deps != nil:
     gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile = Probing
     for dep in gMemCacheData[fileIdx].deps:
@@ -104,30 +104,30 @@ proc checkDepMem(fileIdx: int32): TNeedRecompile =
       if d in {Yes, Recompiled}:
         # echo fileIdx.toFilename, " depends on ", dep.toFilename, " ", d
         markDirty
-  
+
   gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile = No
   return No
 
 proc newModule(fileIdx: int32): PSym =
   # We cannot call ``newSym`` here, because we have to circumvent the ID
-  # mechanism, which we do in order to assign each module a persistent ID. 
+  # mechanism, which we do in order to assign each module a persistent ID.
   new(result)
   result.id = - 1             # for better error checking
   result.kind = skModule
   let filename = fileIdx.toFullPath
   result.name = getIdent(splitFile(filename).name)
-  if result.name.s != "-" and not isNimIdentifier(result.name.s):
+  if not isNimIdentifier(result.name.s):
     rawMessage(errInvalidModuleName, result.name.s)
-  
+
   result.info = newLineInfo(fileIdx, 1, 1)
   result.owner = newSym(skPackage, getIdent(getPackageName(filename)), nil,
                         result.info)
   result.position = fileIdx
-  
+
   growCache gMemCacheData, fileIdx
   growCache gCompiledModules, fileIdx
   gCompiledModules[result.position] = result
-  
+
   incl(result.flags, sfUsed)
   initStrTable(result.tab)
   strTableAdd(result.tab, result) # a module knows itself
@@ -143,16 +143,19 @@ proc compileModule*(fileIdx: int32, flags: TSymFlags): PSym =
     result.flags = result.flags + flags
     if gCmd in {cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCheck, cmdIdeTools}:
       rd = handleSymbolFile(result)
-      if result.id < 0: 
+      if result.id < 0:
         internalError("handleSymbolFile should have set the module\'s ID")
         return
     else:
       result.id = getID()
-    processModule(result, nil, rd)
+    if sfMainModule in flags and gProjectIsStdin:
+      processModule(result, llStreamOpen(stdin), rd)
+    else:
+      processModule(result, nil, rd)
     if optCaasEnabled in gGlobalOptions:
       gMemCacheData[fileIdx].compiledAt = gLastCmdTime
       gMemCacheData[fileIdx].needsRecompile = Recompiled
-      doCRC fileIdx
+      doHash fileIdx
   else:
     if checkDepMem(fileIdx) == Yes:
       result = compileModule(fileIdx, flags)
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ proc includeModule*(s: PSym, fileIdx: int32): PNode {.procvar.} =
   if optCaasEnabled in gGlobalOptions:
     growCache gMemCacheData, fileIdx
     addDep(s, fileIdx)
-    doCRC(fileIdx)
+    doHash(fileIdx)
 
 proc `==^`(a, b: string): bool =
   try:
diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index 041a181be..bb247ea54 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 import
-  options, strutils, os, tables, ropes, platform
+  options, strutils, os, tables, ropes, platform, terminal, macros
 
 type
   TMsgKind* = enum
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ type
     errIntLiteralExpected, errInvalidCharacterConstant,
     errClosingTripleQuoteExpected, errClosingQuoteExpected,
     errTabulatorsAreNotAllowed, errInvalidToken, errLineTooLong,
-    errInvalidNumber, errNumberOutOfRange, errNnotAllowedInCharacter,
-    errClosingBracketExpected, errMissingFinalQuote, errIdentifierExpected,
-    errNewlineExpected,
-    errInvalidModuleName,
+    errInvalidNumber, errInvalidNumberOctalCode, errNumberOutOfRange,
+    errNnotAllowedInCharacter, errClosingBracketExpected, errMissingFinalQuote,
+    errIdentifierExpected, errNewlineExpected, errInvalidModuleName,
     errOperatorExpected, errTokenExpected, errStringAfterIncludeExpected,
     errRecursiveDependencyX, errOnOrOffExpected, errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpected,
     errInvalidPragma, errUnknownPragma, errInvalidDirectiveX,
@@ -31,11 +30,14 @@ type
     errStmtInvalidAfterReturn, errStmtExpected, errInvalidLabel,
     errInvalidCmdLineOption, errCmdLineArgExpected, errCmdLineNoArgExpected,
     errInvalidVarSubstitution, errUnknownVar, errUnknownCcompiler,
-    errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound,
+    errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound, errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound,
+    errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound,
     errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound, errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound,
     errUnknownOS, errUnknownCPU, errGenOutExpectedButXFound,
     errArgsNeedRunOption, errInvalidMultipleAsgn, errColonOrEqualsExpected,
-    errExprExpected, errUndeclaredIdentifier, errUseQualifier, errTypeExpected,
+    errExprExpected, errUndeclaredIdentifier, errUndeclaredField,
+    errUndeclaredRoutine, errUseQualifier,
+    errTypeExpected,
     errSystemNeeds, errExecutionOfProgramFailed, errNotOverloadable,
     errInvalidArgForX, errStmtHasNoEffect, errXExpectsTypeOrValue,
     errXExpectsArrayType, errIteratorCannotBeInstantiated, errExprXAmbiguous,
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ type
     hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded, hintExprAlwaysX, hintQuitCalled,
     hintProcessing, hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd, hintConf, hintPath,
     hintConditionAlwaysTrue, hintName, hintPattern,
+    hintExecuting, hintLinking, hintDependency,
+    hintSource, hintStackTrace, hintGCStats,
     hintUser
 
 const
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ const
     errInvalidToken: "invalid token: $1",
     errLineTooLong: "line too long",
     errInvalidNumber: "$1 is not a valid number",
+    errInvalidNumberOctalCode: "$1 is not a valid number; did you mean octal? Then use one of '0o', '0c' or '0C'.",
     errNumberOutOfRange: "number $1 out of valid range",
     errNnotAllowedInCharacter: "\\n not allowed in character literal",
     errClosingBracketExpected: "closing ']' expected, but end of file reached",
@@ -179,6 +184,7 @@ const
     errUnknownVar: "unknown variable: \'$1\'",
     errUnknownCcompiler: "unknown C compiler: \'$1\'",
     errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound: "\'on\' or \'off\' expected, but \'$1\' found",
+    errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound: "\'on\', \'off\' or \'list\' expected, but \'$1\' found",
     errNoneBoehmRefcExpectedButXFound: "'none', 'boehm' or 'refc' expected, but '$1' found",
     errNoneSpeedOrSizeExpectedButXFound: "'none', 'speed' or 'size' expected, but '$1' found",
     errGuiConsoleOrLibExpectedButXFound: "'gui', 'console' or 'lib' expected, but '$1' found",
@@ -190,6 +196,8 @@ const
     errColonOrEqualsExpected: "\':\' or \'=\' expected, but found \'$1\'",
     errExprExpected: "expression expected, but found \'$1\'",
     errUndeclaredIdentifier: "undeclared identifier: \'$1\'",
+    errUndeclaredField: "undeclared field: \'$1\'",
+    errUndeclaredRoutine: "attempting to call undeclared routine: \'$1\'",
     errUseQualifier: "ambiguous identifier: \'$1\' -- use a qualifier",
     errTypeExpected: "type expected",
     errSystemNeeds: "system module needs \'$1\'",
@@ -363,54 +371,60 @@ const
                                 "of the generic paramers can be inferred from the expected signature.",
     errCompilerDoesntSupportTarget: "The current compiler \'$1\' doesn't support the requested compilation target",
     errUser: "$1",
-    warnCannotOpenFile: "cannot open \'$1\' [CannotOpenFile]",
-    warnOctalEscape: "octal escape sequences do not exist; leading zero is ignored [OctalEscape]",
-    warnXIsNeverRead: "\'$1\' is never read [XIsNeverRead]",
-    warnXmightNotBeenInit: "\'$1\' might not have been initialized [XmightNotBeenInit]",
-    warnDeprecated: "$1 is deprecated [Deprecated]",
-    warnConfigDeprecated: "config file '$1' is deprecated [ConfigDeprecated]",
-    warnSmallLshouldNotBeUsed: "\'l\' should not be used as an identifier; may look like \'1\' (one) [SmallLshouldNotBeUsed]",
-    warnUnknownMagic: "unknown magic \'$1\' might crash the compiler [UnknownMagic]",
-    warnRedefinitionOfLabel: "redefinition of label \'$1\' [RedefinitionOfLabel]",
-    warnUnknownSubstitutionX: "unknown substitution \'$1\' [UnknownSubstitutionX]",
-    warnLanguageXNotSupported: "language \'$1\' not supported [LanguageXNotSupported]",
-    warnFieldXNotSupported: "field \'$1\' not supported [FieldXNotSupported]",
-    warnCommentXIgnored: "comment \'$1\' ignored [CommentXIgnored]",
-    warnNilStatement: "'nil' statement is deprecated; use an empty 'discard' statement instead [NilStmt]",
-    warnTypelessParam: "'$1' has no type. Typeless parameters are deprecated; only allowed for 'template' [TypelessParam]",
-    warnDifferentHeaps: "possible inconsistency of thread local heaps [DifferentHeaps]",
-    warnWriteToForeignHeap: "write to foreign heap [WriteToForeignHeap]",
-    warnUnsafeCode: "unsafe code: '$1' [UnsafeCode]",
-    warnEachIdentIsTuple: "each identifier is a tuple [EachIdentIsTuple]",
-    warnShadowIdent: "shadowed identifier: '$1' [ShadowIdent]",
-    warnProveInit: "Cannot prove that '$1' is initialized. This will become a compile time error in the future. [ProveInit]",
-    warnProveField: "cannot prove that field '$1' is accessible [ProveField]",
-    warnProveIndex: "cannot prove index '$1' is valid [ProveIndex]",
-    warnGcUnsafe: "not GC-safe: '$1' [GcUnsafe]",
+    warnCannotOpenFile: "cannot open \'$1\'",
+    warnOctalEscape: "octal escape sequences do not exist; leading zero is ignored",
+    warnXIsNeverRead: "\'$1\' is never read",
+    warnXmightNotBeenInit: "\'$1\' might not have been initialized",
+    warnDeprecated: "$1 is deprecated",
+    warnConfigDeprecated: "config file '$1' is deprecated",
+    warnSmallLshouldNotBeUsed: "\'l\' should not be used as an identifier; may look like \'1\' (one)",
+    warnUnknownMagic: "unknown magic \'$1\' might crash the compiler",
+    warnRedefinitionOfLabel: "redefinition of label \'$1\'",
+    warnUnknownSubstitutionX: "unknown substitution \'$1\'",
+    warnLanguageXNotSupported: "language \'$1\' not supported",
+    warnFieldXNotSupported: "field \'$1\' not supported",
+    warnCommentXIgnored: "comment \'$1\' ignored",
+    warnNilStatement: "'nil' statement is deprecated; use an empty 'discard' statement instead",
+    warnTypelessParam: "'$1' has no type. Typeless parameters are deprecated; only allowed for 'template'",
+    warnDifferentHeaps: "possible inconsistency of thread local heaps",
+    warnWriteToForeignHeap: "write to foreign heap",
+    warnUnsafeCode: "unsafe code: '$1'",
+    warnEachIdentIsTuple: "each identifier is a tuple",
+    warnShadowIdent: "shadowed identifier: '$1'",
+    warnProveInit: "Cannot prove that '$1' is initialized. This will become a compile time error in the future.",
+    warnProveField: "cannot prove that field '$1' is accessible",
+    warnProveIndex: "cannot prove index '$1' is valid",
+    warnGcUnsafe: "not GC-safe: '$1'",
     warnGcUnsafe2: "$1",
-    warnUninit: "'$1' might not have been initialized [Uninit]",
-    warnGcMem: "'$1' uses GC'ed memory [GcMem]",
-    warnDestructor: "usage of a type with a destructor in a non destructible context. This will become a compile time error in the future. [Destructor]",
-    warnLockLevel: "$1 [LockLevel]",
-    warnResultShadowed: "Special variable 'result' is shadowed. [ResultShadowed]",
-    warnUser: "$1 [User]",
-    hintSuccess: "operation successful [Success]",
-    hintSuccessX: "operation successful ($# lines compiled; $# sec total; $#; $#) [SuccessX]",
-    hintLineTooLong: "line too long [LineTooLong]",
-    hintXDeclaredButNotUsed: "\'$1\' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]",
-    hintConvToBaseNotNeeded: "conversion to base object is not needed [ConvToBaseNotNeeded]",
-    hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded: "conversion from $1 to itself is pointless [ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded]",
-    hintExprAlwaysX: "expression evaluates always to \'$1\' [ExprAlwaysX]",
-    hintQuitCalled: "quit() called [QuitCalled]",
-    hintProcessing: "$1 [Processing]",
-    hintCodeBegin: "generated code listing: [CodeBegin]",
-    hintCodeEnd: "end of listing [CodeEnd]",
-    hintConf: "used config file \'$1\' [Conf]",
-    hintPath: "added path: '$1' [Path]",
-    hintConditionAlwaysTrue: "condition is always true: '$1' [CondTrue]",
-    hintName: "name should be: '$1' [Name]",
-    hintPattern: "$1 [Pattern]",
-    hintUser: "$1 [User]"]
+    warnUninit: "'$1' might not have been initialized",
+    warnGcMem: "'$1' uses GC'ed memory",
+    warnDestructor: "usage of a type with a destructor in a non destructible context. This will become a compile time error in the future.",
+    warnLockLevel: "$1",
+    warnResultShadowed: "Special variable 'result' is shadowed.",
+    warnUser: "$1",
+    hintSuccess: "operation successful",
+    hintSuccessX: "operation successful ($# lines compiled; $# sec total; $#; $#)",
+    hintLineTooLong: "line too long",
+    hintXDeclaredButNotUsed: "\'$1\' is declared but not used",
+    hintConvToBaseNotNeeded: "conversion to base object is not needed",
+    hintConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded: "conversion from $1 to itself is pointless",
+    hintExprAlwaysX: "expression evaluates always to \'$1\'",
+    hintQuitCalled: "quit() called",
+    hintProcessing: "$1",
+    hintCodeBegin: "generated code listing:",
+    hintCodeEnd: "end of listing",
+    hintConf: "used config file \'$1\'",
+    hintPath: "added path: '$1'",
+    hintConditionAlwaysTrue: "condition is always true: '$1'",
+    hintName: "name should be: '$1'",
+    hintPattern: "$1",
+    hintExecuting: "$1",
+    hintLinking: "",
+    hintDependency: "$1",
+    hintSource: "$1",
+    hintStackTrace: "$1",
+    hintGCStats: "$1",
+    hintUser: "$1"]
 
 const
   WarningsToStr*: array[0..30, string] = ["CannotOpenFile", "OctalEscape",
@@ -425,10 +439,11 @@ const
     "ProveInit", "ProveField", "ProveIndex", "GcUnsafe", "GcUnsafe2", "Uninit",
     "GcMem", "Destructor", "LockLevel", "ResultShadowed", "User"]
 
-  HintsToStr*: array[0..16, string] = ["Success", "SuccessX", "LineTooLong",
+  HintsToStr*: array[0..22, string] = ["Success", "SuccessX", "LineTooLong",
     "XDeclaredButNotUsed", "ConvToBaseNotNeeded", "ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded",
     "ExprAlwaysX", "QuitCalled", "Processing", "CodeBegin", "CodeEnd", "Conf",
-    "Path", "CondTrue", "Name", "Pattern",
+    "Path", "CondTrue", "Name", "Pattern", "Exec", "Link", "Dependency",
+    "Source", "StackTrace", "GCStats",
     "User"]
 
 const
@@ -480,6 +495,29 @@ type
   ESuggestDone* = object of Exception
 
 const
+  NotesVerbosity*: array[0..3, TNoteKinds] = [
+    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {warnShadowIdent, warnUninit,
+                                         warnProveField, warnProveIndex,
+                                         warnGcUnsafe,
+                                         hintSuccessX, hintPath, hintConf,
+                                         hintProcessing,
+                                         hintDependency,
+                                         hintExecuting, hintLinking,
+                                         hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd,
+                                         hintSource, hintStackTrace,
+                                         hintGCStats},
+    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {warnShadowIdent, warnUninit,
+                                         warnProveField, warnProveIndex,
+                                         warnGcUnsafe,
+                                         hintDependency,
+                                         hintExecuting,
+                                         hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd,
+                                         hintSource, hintStackTrace,
+                                         hintGCStats},
+    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} - {hintStackTrace},
+    {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)}]
+
+const
   InvalidFileIDX* = int32(-1)
 
 var
@@ -567,9 +605,7 @@ proc raiseRecoverableError*(msg: string) {.noinline, noreturn.} =
 proc sourceLine*(i: TLineInfo): Rope
 
 var
-  gNotes*: TNoteKinds = {low(TNoteKind)..high(TNoteKind)} -
-                        {warnShadowIdent, warnUninit,
-                         warnProveField, warnProveIndex, warnGcUnsafe}
+  gNotes*: TNoteKinds = NotesVerbosity[1] # defaults to verbosity of 1
   gErrorCounter*: int = 0     # counts the number of errors
   gHintCounter*: int = 0
   gWarnCounter*: int = 0
@@ -589,7 +625,7 @@ var
 
 proc suggestWriteln*(s: string) =
   if eStdOut in errorOutputs:
-    if isNil(writelnHook): writeln(stdout, s)
+    if isNil(writelnHook): writeLine(stdout, s)
     else: writelnHook(s)
 
 proc msgQuit*(x: int8) = quit x
@@ -601,13 +637,17 @@ proc suggestQuit*() =
 # this format is understood by many text editors: it is the same that
 # Borland and Freepascal use
 const
-  PosErrorFormat* = "$1($2, $3) Error: $4"
-  PosWarningFormat* = "$1($2, $3) Warning: $4"
-  PosHintFormat* = "$1($2, $3) Hint: $4"
-  PosContextFormat = "$1($2, $3) Info: $4"
-  RawErrorFormat* = "Error: $1"
-  RawWarningFormat* = "Warning: $1"
-  RawHintFormat* = "Hint: $1"
+  PosFormat    = "$1($2, $3) "
+  KindFormat   = " [$1]"
+  KindColor    = fgCyan
+  ErrorTitle   = "Error: "
+  ErrorColor   = fgRed
+  WarningTitle = "Warning: "
+  WarningColor = fgYellow
+  HintTitle    = "Hint: "
+  HintColor    = fgGreen
+  InfoTitle    = "Info: "
+  InfoColor    = fgCyan
 
 proc getInfoContextLen*(): int = return msgContext.len
 proc setInfoContextLen*(L: int) = setLen(msgContext, L)
@@ -680,7 +720,7 @@ var gTrackPos*: TLineInfo
 
 proc outWriteln*(s: string) =
   ## Writes to stdout. Always.
-  if eStdOut in errorOutputs: writeln(stdout, s)
+  if eStdOut in errorOutputs: writeLine(stdout, s)
 
 proc msgWriteln*(s: string) =
   ## Writes to stdout. If --stdout option is given, writes to stderr instead.
@@ -690,9 +730,50 @@ proc msgWriteln*(s: string) =
   if not isNil(writelnHook):
     writelnHook(s)
   elif optStdout in gGlobalOptions:
-    if eStdErr in errorOutputs: writeln(stderr, s)
+    if eStdErr in errorOutputs: writeLine(stderr, s)
+  else:
+    if eStdOut in errorOutputs: writeLine(stdout, s)
+
+macro callIgnoringStyle(theProc: typed, first: typed,
+                        args: varargs[expr]): stmt =
+  let typForegroundColor = bindSym"ForegroundColor".getType
+  let typBackgroundColor = bindSym"BackgroundColor".getType
+  let typStyle = bindSym"Style".getType
+  let typTerminalCmd = bindSym"TerminalCmd".getType
+  result = newCall(theProc)
+  if first.kind != nnkNilLit: result.add(first)
+  for arg in children(args[0][1]):
+    if arg.kind == nnkNilLit: continue
+    let typ = arg.getType
+    if typ.kind != nnkEnumTy or
+       typ != typForegroundColor and
+       typ != typBackgroundColor and
+       typ != typStyle and
+       typ != typTerminalCmd:
+      result.add(arg)
+
+macro callStyledEcho(args: varargs[expr]): stmt =
+  result = newCall(bindSym"styledEcho")
+  for arg in children(args[0][1]):
+    result.add(arg)
+
+template callWritelnHook(args: varargs[string, `$`]) =
+  var s = ""
+  for arg in args:
+    s.add arg
+  writelnHook s
+
+template styledMsgWriteln*(args: varargs[expr]) =
+  if not isNil(writelnHook):
+    callIgnoringStyle(callWritelnHook, nil, args)
+  elif optStdout in gGlobalOptions:
+    if eStdErr in errorOutputs: callIgnoringStyle(writeLine, stderr, args)
   else:
-    if eStdOut in errorOutputs: writeln(stdout, s)
+    if eStdOut in errorOutputs:
+      if optUseColors in gGlobalOptions:
+        callStyledEcho(args)
+      else:
+        callIgnoringStyle(writeLine, stdout, args)
 
 proc coordToStr(coord: int): string =
   if coord == -1: result = "???"
@@ -710,11 +791,11 @@ type
 
 proc handleError(msg: TMsgKind, eh: TErrorHandling, s: string) =
   template quit =
-    if defined(debug) or gVerbosity >= 3 or msg == errInternal:
+    if defined(debug) or msg == errInternal or hintStackTrace in gNotes:
       if stackTraceAvailable() and isNil(writelnHook):
         writeStackTrace()
       else:
-        msgWriteln("No stack traceback available\nTo create a stacktrace, rerun compilation with ./koch temp " & options.command & " <file>")
+        styledMsgWriteln(fgRed, "No stack traceback available\nTo create a stacktrace, rerun compilation with ./koch temp " & options.command & " <file>")
     quit 1
 
   if msg >= fatalMin and msg <= fatalMax:
@@ -736,61 +817,86 @@ proc writeContext(lastinfo: TLineInfo) =
   var info = lastinfo
   for i in countup(0, len(msgContext) - 1):
     if msgContext[i] != lastinfo and msgContext[i] != info:
-      msgWriteln(PosContextFormat % [toMsgFilename(msgContext[i]),
-                                     coordToStr(msgContext[i].line),
-                                     coordToStr(msgContext[i].col+1),
-                                     getMessageStr(errInstantiationFrom, "")])
+      styledMsgWriteln(styleBright,
+                       PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(msgContext[i]),
+                                    coordToStr(msgContext[i].line),
+                                    coordToStr(msgContext[i].col+1)],
+                       resetStyle,
+                       getMessageStr(errInstantiationFrom, ""))
     info = msgContext[i]
 
 proc ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(msg: TMsgKind): bool =
   msg >= errGenerated and gCmd == cmdIdeTools and optIdeDebug notin gGlobalOptions
 
 proc rawMessage*(msg: TMsgKind, args: openArray[string]) =
-  var frmt: string
+  var
+    title: string
+    color: ForegroundColor
+    kind:  string
   case msg
   of errMin..errMax:
     writeContext(unknownLineInfo())
-    frmt = RawErrorFormat
+    title = ErrorTitle
+    color = ErrorColor
   of warnMin..warnMax:
     if optWarns notin gOptions: return
     if msg notin gNotes: return
     writeContext(unknownLineInfo())
-    frmt = RawWarningFormat
+    title = WarningTitle
+    color = WarningColor
+    kind = WarningsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(warnMin)]
     inc(gWarnCounter)
   of hintMin..hintMax:
     if optHints notin gOptions: return
     if msg notin gNotes: return
-    frmt = RawHintFormat
+    title = HintTitle
+    color = HintColor
+    kind = HintsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(hintMin)]
     inc(gHintCounter)
-  let s = `%`(frmt, `%`(msgKindToString(msg), args))
+  let s = `%`(msgKindToString(msg), args)
   if not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(msg):
-    msgWriteln(s)
+    if kind != nil:
+      styledMsgWriteln(color, title, resetStyle, s,
+                       KindColor, `%`(KindFormat, kind))
+    else:
+      styledMsgWriteln(color, title, resetStyle, s)
   handleError(msg, doAbort, s)
 
 proc rawMessage*(msg: TMsgKind, arg: string) =
   rawMessage(msg, [arg])
 
+proc resetAttributes* =
+  if {optUseColors, optStdout} * gGlobalOptions == {optUseColors}:
+    terminal.resetAttributes()
+    stdout.flushFile()
+
 proc writeSurroundingSrc(info: TLineInfo) =
   const indent = "  "
   msgWriteln(indent & $info.sourceLine)
   msgWriteln(indent & spaces(info.col) & '^')
 
 proc formatMsg*(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string): string =
-  let frmt = case msg
-             of warnMin..warnMax: PosWarningFormat
-             of hintMin..hintMax: PosHintFormat
-             else: PosErrorFormat
-  result = frmt % [toMsgFilename(info), coordToStr(info.line),
-                   coordToStr(info.col+1), getMessageStr(msg, arg)]
+  let title = case msg
+              of warnMin..warnMax: WarningTitle
+              of hintMin..hintMax: HintTitle
+              else: ErrorTitle
+  result = PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(info), coordToStr(info.line),
+                        coordToStr(info.col+1)] &
+           title &
+           getMessageStr(msg, arg)
 
 proc liMessage(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
                eh: TErrorHandling) =
-  var frmt: string
-  var ignoreMsg = false
+  var
+    title: string
+    color: ForegroundColor
+    kind:  string
+    ignoreMsg = false
   case msg
   of errMin..errMax:
     writeContext(info)
-    frmt = PosErrorFormat
+    title = ErrorTitle
+    color = ErrorColor
     # we try to filter error messages so that not two error message
     # in the same file and line are produced:
     #ignoreMsg = lastError == info and eh != doAbort
@@ -798,20 +904,29 @@ proc liMessage(info: TLineInfo, msg: TMsgKind, arg: string,
   of warnMin..warnMax:
     ignoreMsg = optWarns notin gOptions or msg notin gNotes
     if not ignoreMsg: writeContext(info)
-    frmt = PosWarningFormat
+    title = WarningTitle
+    color = WarningColor
+    kind = WarningsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(warnMin)]
     inc(gWarnCounter)
   of hintMin..hintMax:
     ignoreMsg = optHints notin gOptions or msg notin gNotes
-    frmt = PosHintFormat
+    title = HintTitle
+    color = HintColor
+    kind = HintsToStr[ord(msg) - ord(hintMin)]
     inc(gHintCounter)
   # NOTE: currently line info line numbers start with 1,
   # but column numbers start with 0, however most editors expect
   # first column to be 1, so we need to +1 here
-  let s = frmt % [toMsgFilename(info), coordToStr(info.line),
-                  coordToStr(info.col+1), getMessageStr(msg, arg)]
+  let x = PosFormat % [toMsgFilename(info), coordToStr(info.line),
+                       coordToStr(info.col+1)]
+  let s = getMessageStr(msg, arg)
   if not ignoreMsg and not ignoreMsgBecauseOfIdeTools(msg):
-    msgWriteln(s)
-    if optPrintSurroundingSrc and msg in errMin..errMax:
+    if kind != nil:
+      styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, x, resetStyle, color, title, resetStyle, s,
+                       KindColor, `%`(KindFormat, kind))
+    else:
+      styledMsgWriteln(styleBright, x, resetStyle, color, title, resetStyle, s)
+    if msg in errMin..errMax and hintSource in gNotes:
       info.writeSurroundingSrc
   handleError(msg, eh, s)
 
@@ -882,3 +997,22 @@ ropes.errorHandler = proc (err: RopesError, msg: string, useWarning: bool) =
   of rCannotOpenFile:
     rawMessage(if useWarning: warnCannotOpenFile else: errCannotOpenFile, msg)
 
+proc listWarnings*() =
+  msgWriteln("Warnings:")
+  for warn in warnMin..warnMax:
+    msgWriteln("  [$1] $2" % [
+      if warn in gNotes: "x" else: " ",
+      msgs.WarningsToStr[ord(warn) - ord(warnMin)]
+    ])
+
+proc listHints*() =
+  msgWriteln("Hints:")
+  for hint in hintMin..hintMax:
+    msgWriteln("  [$1] $2" % [
+      if hint in gNotes: "x" else: " ",
+      msgs.HintsToStr[ord(hint) - ord(hintMin)]
+    ])
+
+# enable colors by default on terminals
+if terminal.isatty(stdout):
+  incl(gGlobalOptions, optUseColors)
diff --git a/compiler/nim.nim b/compiler/nim.nim
index b8ba2c6da..5da87dfa3 100644
--- a/compiler/nim.nim
+++ b/compiler/nim.nim
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ proc handleCmdLine() =
   else:
     # Process command line arguments:
     processCmdLine(passCmd1, "")
-    if gProjectName != "":
+    if gProjectName == "-":
+      gProjectName = "stdinfile"
+      gProjectFull = "stdinfile"
+      gProjectPath = getCurrentDir()
+      gProjectIsStdin = true
+    elif gProjectName != "":
       try:
         gProjectFull = canonicalizePath(gProjectName)
       except OSError:
@@ -54,15 +59,13 @@ proc handleCmdLine() =
     extccomp.initVars()
     processCmdLine(passCmd2, "")
     mainCommand()
-    if gVerbosity >= 2: echo(GC_getStatistics())
+    if optHints in gOptions and hintGCStats in gNotes: echo(GC_getStatistics())
     #echo(GC_getStatistics())
     if msgs.gErrorCounter == 0:
       when hasTinyCBackend:
         if gCmd == cmdRun:
           tccgen.run(commands.arguments)
       if optRun in gGlobalOptions:
-        if gProjectName == "-":
-          gProjectFull = "stdinfile"
         if gCmd == cmdCompileToJS:
           var ex: string
           if options.outFile.len > 0:
diff --git a/compiler/nimblecmd.nim b/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
index 23f3331a2..2044f104f 100644
--- a/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimblecmd.nim
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ iterator chosen(packages: StringTableRef): string =
 
 proc addNimblePath(p: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   if not contains(options.searchPaths, p):
-    if gVerbosity >= 1: message(info, hintPath, p)
+    message(info, hintPath, p)
     lists.prependStr(options.lazyPaths, p)
 
 proc addPathWithNimFiles(p: string, info: TLineInfo) =
diff --git a/compiler/nimconf.nim b/compiler/nimconf.nim
index 711b476e6..b9c78cecc 100644
--- a/compiler/nimconf.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimconf.nim
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ proc readConfigFile(filename: string) =
     while tok.tokType != tkEof: parseAssignment(L, tok)
     if len(condStack) > 0: lexMessage(L, errTokenExpected, "@end")
     closeLexer(L)
-    if gVerbosity >= 1: rawMessage(hintConf, filename)
+    rawMessage(hintConf, filename)
 
 proc getUserConfigPath(filename: string): string =
   result = joinPath(getConfigDir(), filename)
diff --git a/compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim b/compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim
index 8caa23ee3..39436702f 100644
--- a/compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimfix/nimfix.nim
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 ## Nimfix is a tool that helps to convert old-style Nimrod code to Nim code.
 
 import strutils, os, parseopt
-import options, commands, modules, sem, passes, passaux, pretty, msgs, nimconf,
-  extccomp, condsyms, lists
+import compiler/options, compiler/commands, compiler/modules, compiler/sem,
+  compiler/passes, compiler/passaux, compiler/nimfix/pretty,
+  compiler/msgs, compiler/nimconf,
+  compiler/extccomp, compiler/condsyms, compiler/lists
 
 const Usage = """
 Nimfix - Tool to patch Nim code
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ Options:
   --wholeProject                   overwrite every processed file.
   --checkExtern:on|off             style check also extern names
   --styleCheck:on|off|auto         performs style checking for identifiers
-                                   and suggests an alternative spelling; 
+                                   and suggests an alternative spelling;
                                    'auto' corrects the spelling.
   --bestEffort                     try to fix the code even when there
                                    are errors.
@@ -48,11 +50,11 @@ proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string) =
   var p = parseopt.initOptParser(cmd)
   var argsCount = 0
   gOnlyMainfile = true
-  while true: 
+  while true:
     parseopt.next(p)
     case p.kind
-    of cmdEnd: break 
-    of cmdLongoption, cmdShortOption: 
+    of cmdEnd: break
+    of cmdLongoption, cmdShortOption:
       case p.key.normalize
       of "overwritefiles":
         case p.val.normalize
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string) =
 
 proc handleCmdLine() =
   if paramCount() == 0:
-    stdout.writeln(Usage)
+    stdout.writeLine(Usage)
   else:
     processCmdLine(passCmd1, "")
     if gProjectName != "":
diff --git a/compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim b/compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim
index d2d5b5e83..1123afb9e 100644
--- a/compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimfix/pretty.nim
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 ## This module implements the code "prettifier". This is part of the toolchain
 ## to convert Nim code into a consistent style.
 
-import 
-  strutils, os, options, ast, astalgo, msgs, ropes, idents,
-  intsets, strtabs, semdata, prettybase
+import
+  strutils, os, intsets, strtabs
+
+import compiler/options, compiler/ast, compiler/astalgo, compiler/msgs,
+  compiler/semdata, compiler/nimfix/prettybase, compiler/ropes, compiler/idents
 
 type
   StyleCheck* {.pure.} = enum None, Warn, Auto
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ proc beautifyName(s: string, k: TSymKind): string =
 
 proc replaceInFile(info: TLineInfo; newName: string) =
   loadFile(info)
-  
+
   let line = gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].lines[info.line-1]
   var first = min(info.col.int, line.len)
   if first < 0: return
@@ -100,18 +102,18 @@ proc replaceInFile(info: TLineInfo; newName: string) =
   while first > 0 and line[first-1] in prettybase.Letters: dec first
   if first < 0: return
   if line[first] == '`': inc first
-  
+
   let last = first+identLen(line, first)-1
   if differ(line, first, last, newName):
-    # last-first+1 != newName.len or 
-    var x = line.substr(0, first-1) & newName & line.substr(last+1)    
+    # last-first+1 != newName.len or
+    var x = line.substr(0, first-1) & newName & line.substr(last+1)
     system.shallowCopy(gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].lines[info.line-1], x)
     gSourceFiles[info.fileIndex].dirty = true
 
 proc checkStyle(info: TLineInfo, s: string, k: TSymKind; sym: PSym) =
   let beau = beautifyName(s, k)
   if s != beau:
-    if gStyleCheck == StyleCheck.Auto: 
+    if gStyleCheck == StyleCheck.Auto:
       sym.name = getIdent(beau)
       replaceInFile(info, beau)
     else:
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ proc styleCheckUseImpl(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
   if info.fileIndex < 0: return
   # we simply convert it to what it looks like in the definition
   # for consistency
-  
+
   # operators stay as they are:
   if s.kind in {skResult, skTemp} or s.name.s[0] notin prettybase.Letters:
     return
diff --git a/compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim b/compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim
index 5130d1863..0f17cbcb1 100644
--- a/compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimfix/prettybase.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-import ast, msgs, strutils, idents, lexbase, streams
+import strutils, lexbase, streams
+import compiler/ast, compiler/msgs, compiler/idents
 from os import splitFile
 
 type
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ proc loadFile*(info: TLineInfo) =
     var pos = lex.bufpos
     while true:
       case lex.buf[pos]
-      of '\c': 
+      of '\c':
         gSourceFiles[i].newline = "\c\L"
         break
       of '\L', '\0':
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ proc replaceDeprecated*(info: TLineInfo; oldSym, newSym: PIdent) =
   while first > 0 and line[first-1] in Letters: dec first
   if first < 0: return
   if line[first] == '`': inc first
-  
+
   let last = first+identLen(line, first)-1
   if cmpIgnoreStyle(line[first..last], oldSym.s) == 0:
     var x = line.substr(0, first-1) & newSym.s & line.substr(last+1)
diff --git a/compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim b/compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim
index 8285d81d9..2be368d68 100644
--- a/compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim
@@ -7,192 +7,6 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-## Nimsuggest is a tool that helps to give editors IDE like capabilities.
+## Nimsuggest has been moved to https://github.com/nim-lang/nimsuggest
 
-import strutils, os, parseopt, parseUtils
-import options, commands, modules, sem, passes, passaux, msgs, nimconf,
-  extccomp, condsyms, lists, net, rdstdin
-
-const Usage = """
-Nimsuggest - Tool to give every editor IDE like capabilities for Nim
-Usage:
-  nimsuggest [options] projectfile.nim
-
-Options:
-  --port:PORT             port, by default 6000
-  --address:HOST          binds to that address, by default ""
-  --stdin                 read commands from stdin and write results to
-                          stdout instead of using sockets
-
-The server then listens to the connection and takes line-based commands.
-
-In addition, all command line options of Nim that do not affect code generation
-are supported.
-"""
-
-var
-  gPort = 6000.Port
-  gAddress = ""
-  gUseStdin: bool
-
-const
-  seps = {':', ';', ' ', '\t'}
-  Help = "usage: sug|con|def|use file.nim[;dirtyfile.nim]:line:col\n"&
-         "type 'quit' to quit\n" &
-         "type 'debug' to toggle debug mode on/off\n" &
-         "type 'terse' to toggle terse mode on/off"
-
-proc parseQuoted(cmd: string; outp: var string; start: int): int =
-  var i = start
-  i += skipWhitespace(cmd, i)
-  if cmd[i] == '"':
-    i += parseUntil(cmd, outp, '"', i+1)+2
-  else:
-    i += parseUntil(cmd, outp, seps, i)
-  result = i
-
-proc action(cmd: string) =
-  template toggle(sw) =
-    if sw in gGlobalOptions:
-      excl(gGlobalOptions, sw)
-    else:
-      incl(gGlobalOptions, sw)
-    return
-
-  template err() =
-    echo Help
-    return
-
-  var opc = ""
-  var i = parseIdent(cmd, opc, 0)
-  case opc.normalize
-  of "sug": gIdeCmd = ideSug
-  of "con": gIdeCmd = ideCon
-  of "def": gIdeCmd = ideDef
-  of "use":
-    modules.resetAllModules()
-    gIdeCmd = ideUse
-  of "quit": quit()
-  of "debug": toggle optIdeDebug
-  of "terse": toggle optIdeTerse
-  else: err()
-  var dirtyfile = ""
-  var orig = ""
-  i = parseQuoted(cmd, orig, i)
-  if cmd[i] == ';':
-    i = parseQuoted(cmd, dirtyfile, i+1)
-  i += skipWhile(cmd, seps, i)
-  var line = -1
-  var col = 0
-  i += parseInt(cmd, line, i)
-  i += skipWhile(cmd, seps, i)
-  i += parseInt(cmd, col, i)
-
-  var isKnownFile = true
-  if orig.len == 0: err()
-  let dirtyIdx = orig.fileInfoIdx(isKnownFile)
-
-  if dirtyfile.len != 0: msgs.setDirtyFile(dirtyIdx, dirtyfile)
-  else: msgs.setDirtyFile(dirtyIdx, nil)
-
-  resetModule dirtyIdx
-  if dirtyIdx != gProjectMainIdx:
-    resetModule gProjectMainIdx
-  gTrackPos = newLineInfo(dirtyIdx, line, col-1)
-  #echo dirtyfile, gDirtyBufferIdx, " project ", gProjectMainIdx
-  gErrorCounter = 0
-  if not isKnownFile:
-    compileProject(dirtyIdx)
-  else:
-    compileProject()
-
-proc serve() =
-  # do not stop after the first error:
-  msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)
-  if gUseStdin:
-    echo Help
-    var line = ""
-    while readLineFromStdin("> ", line):
-      action line
-      echo ""
-      flushFile(stdout)
-  else:
-    var server = newSocket()
-    server.bindAddr(gPort, gAddress)
-    var inp = "".TaintedString
-    server.listen()
-
-    while true:
-      var stdoutSocket = newSocket()
-      msgs.writelnHook = proc (line: string) =
-        stdoutSocket.send(line & "\c\L")
-
-      accept(server, stdoutSocket)
-
-      stdoutSocket.readLine(inp)
-      action inp.string
-
-      stdoutSocket.send("\c\L")
-      stdoutSocket.close()
-
-proc mainCommand =
-  registerPass verbosePass
-  registerPass semPass
-  gCmd = cmdIdeTools
-  incl gGlobalOptions, optCaasEnabled
-  isServing = true
-  wantMainModule()
-  appendStr(searchPaths, options.libpath)
-  if gProjectFull.len != 0:
-    # current path is always looked first for modules
-    prependStr(searchPaths, gProjectPath)
-
-  serve()
-
-proc processCmdLine*(pass: TCmdLinePass, cmd: string) =
-  var p = parseopt.initOptParser(cmd)
-  while true:
-    parseopt.next(p)
-    case p.kind
-    of cmdEnd: break
-    of cmdLongoption, cmdShortOption:
-      case p.key.normalize
-      of "port": gPort = parseInt(p.val).Port
-      of "address": gAddress = p.val
-      of "stdin": gUseStdin = true
-      else: processSwitch(pass, p)
-    of cmdArgument:
-      options.gProjectName = unixToNativePath(p.key)
-      # if processArgument(pass, p, argsCount): break
-
-proc handleCmdLine() =
-  if paramCount() == 0:
-    stdout.writeln(Usage)
-  else:
-    processCmdLine(passCmd1, "")
-    if gProjectName != "":
-      try:
-        gProjectFull = canonicalizePath(gProjectName)
-      except OSError:
-        gProjectFull = gProjectName
-      var p = splitFile(gProjectFull)
-      gProjectPath = p.dir
-      gProjectName = p.name
-    else:
-      gProjectPath = getCurrentDir()
-    loadConfigs(DefaultConfig) # load all config files
-    # now process command line arguments again, because some options in the
-    # command line can overwite the config file's settings
-    extccomp.initVars()
-    processCmdLine(passCmd2, "")
-    mainCommand()
-
-when false:
-  proc quitCalled() {.noconv.} =
-    writeStackTrace()
-
-  addQuitProc(quitCalled)
-
-condsyms.initDefines()
-defineSymbol "nimsuggest"
-handleCmdline()
+{.error: "This project has moved to the following repo: https://github.com/nim-lang/nimsuggest".}
diff --git a/compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim.cfg b/compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index acca17396..000000000
--- a/compiler/nimsuggest/nimsuggest.nim.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Special configuration file for the Nim project
-
-gc:markAndSweep
-
-hint[XDeclaredButNotUsed]:off
-path:"$projectPath/../.."
-
-path:"$lib/packages/docutils"
-path:"../../compiler"
-
-define:useStdoutAsStdmsg
-define:nimsuggest
-
-cs:partial
-#define:useNodeIds
-define:booting
-#define:noDocgen
diff --git a/compiler/nodejs.nim b/compiler/nodejs.nim
index e2b79df19..7f9f28aaf 100644
--- a/compiler/nodejs.nim
+++ b/compiler/nodejs.nim
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ proc findNodeJs*(): string =
   result = findExe("nodejs")
   if result == "":
     result = findExe("node")
+  if result == "":
+    result = findExe("iojs")
diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index 998ab7781..af1e21e60 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
     optSkipUserConfigFile,    # skip the users's config file
     optSkipParentConfigFiles, # skip parent dir's 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
@@ -81,13 +82,13 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
     cmdRun                    # run the project via TCC backend
   TStringSeq* = seq[string]
   TGCMode* = enum             # the selected GC
-    gcNone, gcBoehm, gcMarkAndSweep, gcRefc, gcV2, gcGenerational
+    gcNone, gcBoehm, gcGo, gcMarkAndSweep, gcRefc, gcV2, gcGenerational
 
-  TIdeCmd* = enum
+  IdeCmd* = enum
     ideNone, ideSug, ideCon, ideDef, ideUse
 
 var
-  gIdeCmd*: TIdeCmd
+  gIdeCmd*: IdeCmd
 
 const
   ChecksOptions* = {optObjCheck, optFieldCheck, optRangeCheck, optNilCheck,
@@ -126,9 +127,6 @@ template compilationCachePresent*: expr =
 template optPreserveOrigSource*: expr =
   optEmbedOrigSrc in gGlobalOptions
 
-template optPrintSurroundingSrc*: expr =
-  gVerbosity >= 2
-
 const
   genSubDir* = "nimcache"
   NimExt* = "nim"
@@ -145,10 +143,12 @@ const
 var
   gConfigVars* = newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive)
   gDllOverrides = newStringTable(modeCaseInsensitive)
+  gPrefixDir* = "" # Overrides the default prefix dir in getPrefixDir proc.
   libpath* = ""
   gProjectName* = "" # holds a name like 'nimrod'
   gProjectPath* = "" # holds a path like /home/alice/projects/nimrod/compiler/
   gProjectFull* = "" # projectPath/projectName
+  gProjectIsStdin* = false # whether we're compiling from stdin
   gProjectMainIdx*: int32 # the canonical path id of the main module
   nimcacheDir* = ""
   command* = "" # the main command (e.g. cc, check, scan, etc)
@@ -182,8 +182,13 @@ proc getOutFile*(filename, ext: string): string =
   else: result = changeFileExt(filename, ext)
 
 proc getPrefixDir*(): string =
-  ## gets the application directory
-  result = splitPath(getAppDir()).head
+  ## Gets the prefix dir, usually the parent directory where the binary resides.
+  ##
+  ## This is overrided by some tools (namely nimsuggest) via the ``gPrefixDir``
+  ## global.
+  if gPrefixDir != "": result = gPrefixDir
+  else:
+    result = splitPath(getAppDir()).head
 
 proc canonicalizePath*(path: string): string =
   when not FileSystemCaseSensitive: result = path.expandFilename.toLower
@@ -294,9 +299,9 @@ proc completeGeneratedFilePath*(f: string, createSubDir: bool = true): string =
     try:
       createDir(subdir)
       when noTimeMachine:
-       excludeDirFromTimeMachine(subdir)
+        excludeDirFromTimeMachine(subdir)
     except OSError:
-      writeln(stdout, "cannot create directory: " & subdir)
+      writeLine(stdout, "cannot create directory: " & subdir)
       quit(1)
   result = joinPath(subdir, tail)
   #echo "completeGeneratedFilePath(", f, ") = ", result
@@ -325,13 +330,16 @@ proc rawFindFile2(f: string): string =
   result = ""
 
 proc findFile*(f: string): string {.procvar.} =
-  result = f.rawFindFile
-  if result.len == 0:
-    result = f.toLower.rawFindFile
+  if f.isAbsolute:
+    result = if f.existsFile: f else: ""
+  else:
+    result = f.rawFindFile
     if result.len == 0:
-      result = f.rawFindFile2
+      result = f.toLower.rawFindFile
       if result.len == 0:
-        result = f.toLower.rawFindFile2
+        result = f.rawFindFile2
+        if result.len == 0:
+          result = f.toLower.rawFindFile2
 
 proc findModule*(modulename, currentModule: string): string =
   # returns path to module
@@ -395,3 +403,18 @@ template cnimdbg*: expr = p.module.module.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
 template pnimdbg*: expr = p.lex.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
 template lnimdbg*: expr = L.fileIdx == gProjectMainIdx
 
+proc parseIdeCmd*(s: string): IdeCmd =
+  case s:
+  of "sug": ideSug
+  of "con": ideCon
+  of "def": ideDef
+  of "use": ideUse
+  else: ideNone
+
+proc `$`*(c: IdeCmd): string =
+  case c:
+  of ideSug: "sug"
+  of ideCon: "con"
+  of ideDef: "def"
+  of ideUse: "use"
+  of ideNone: "none"
diff --git a/compiler/parser.nim b/compiler/parser.nim
index 0d2ba7cfc..05b4df13d 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.nim
+++ b/compiler/parser.nim
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ proc setBaseFlags*(n: PNode, base: TNumericalBase)
 proc parseSymbol*(p: var TParser, allowNil = false): PNode
 proc parseTry(p: var TParser; isExpr: bool): PNode
 proc parseCase(p: var TParser): PNode
+proc parseStmtPragma(p: var TParser): PNode
 # implementation
 
 proc getTok(p: var TParser) =
@@ -499,10 +500,13 @@ proc parsePar(p: var TParser): PNode =
   #| parKeyw = 'discard' | 'include' | 'if' | 'while' | 'case' | 'try'
   #|         | 'finally' | 'except' | 'for' | 'block' | 'const' | 'let'
   #|         | 'when' | 'var' | 'mixin'
-  #| par = '(' optInd (&parKeyw complexOrSimpleStmt ^+ ';'
-  #|                  | simpleExpr ('=' expr (';' complexOrSimpleStmt ^+ ';' )? )?
-  #|                             | (':' expr)? (',' (exprColonEqExpr comma?)*)?  )?
-  #|         optPar ')'
+  #| par = '(' optInd
+  #|           ( &parKeyw complexOrSimpleStmt ^+ ';'
+  #|           | ';' complexOrSimpleStmt ^+ ';'
+  #|           | pragmaStmt
+  #|           | simpleExpr ( ('=' expr (';' complexOrSimpleStmt ^+ ';' )? )
+  #|                        | (':' expr (',' exprColonEqExpr     ^+ ',' )? ) ) )
+  #|           optPar ')'
   #
   # unfortunately it's ambiguous: (expr: expr) vs (exprStmt); however a
   # leading ';' could be used to enforce a 'stmt' context ...
@@ -521,6 +525,8 @@ proc parsePar(p: var TParser): PNode =
     getTok(p)
     optInd(p, result)
     semiStmtList(p, result)
+  elif p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe:
+    result.add(parseStmtPragma(p))
   elif p.tok.tokType != tkParRi:
     var a = simpleExpr(p)
     if p.tok.tokType == tkEquals:
diff --git a/compiler/passaux.nim b/compiler/passaux.nim
index f754c80e5..c3bafe7df 100644
--- a/compiler/passaux.nim
+++ b/compiler/passaux.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import
 proc verboseOpen(s: PSym): PPassContext =
   #MessageOut('compiling ' + s.name.s);
   result = nil                # we don't need a context
-  if gVerbosity > 0: rawMessage(hintProcessing, s.name.s)
+  rawMessage(hintProcessing, s.name.s)
   
 proc verboseProcess(context: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode = 
   result = n
diff --git a/compiler/passes.nim b/compiler/passes.nim
index 129d8ad47..ceb3e2b8a 100644
--- a/compiler/passes.nim
+++ b/compiler/passes.nim
@@ -170,11 +170,7 @@ proc processModule(module: PSym, stream: PLLStream, rd: PRodReader) =
     openPasses(a, module)
     if stream == nil:
       let filename = fileIdx.toFullPathConsiderDirty
-      if module.name.s == "-":
-        module.name.s = "stdinfile"
-        s = llStreamOpen(stdin)
-      else:
-        s = llStreamOpen(filename, fmRead)
+      s = llStreamOpen(filename, fmRead)
       if s == nil:
         rawMessage(errCannotOpenFile, filename)
         return
@@ -194,8 +190,17 @@ proc processModule(module: PSym, stream: PLLStream, rd: PRodReader) =
       while true:
         var n = parseTopLevelStmt(p)
         if n.kind == nkEmpty: break
-        if not processTopLevelStmt(n, a): break
-
+        if sfNoForward in module.flags:
+          # read everything, no streaming possible
+          var sl = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+          sl.add n
+          while true:
+            var n = parseTopLevelStmt(p)
+            if n.kind == nkEmpty: break
+            sl.add n
+          discard processTopLevelStmt(sl, a)
+          break
+        elif not processTopLevelStmt(n, a): break
       closeParsers(p)
       if s.kind != llsStdIn: break
     closePasses(a)
diff --git a/compiler/patterns.nim b/compiler/patterns.nim
index 368b0b37b..3f8b05940 100644
--- a/compiler/patterns.nim
+++ b/compiler/patterns.nim
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ proc matchNested(c: PPatternContext, p, n: PNode, rpn: bool): bool =
 
 proc matches(c: PPatternContext, p, n: PNode): bool =
   # hidden conversions (?)
-  if isPatternParam(c, p):
+  if nfNoRewrite in n.flags:
+    result = false
+  elif isPatternParam(c, p):
     result = bindOrCheck(c, p.sym, n)
   elif n.kind == nkSym and p.kind == nkIdent:
     result = p.ident.id == n.sym.name.id
diff --git a/compiler/platform.nim b/compiler/platform.nim
index 4dd5d8836..c4e7d453a 100644
--- a/compiler/platform.nim
+++ b/compiler/platform.nim
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ type
   TSystemCPU* = enum # Also add CPU for in initialization section and
                      # alias conditionals to condsyms (end of module).
     cpuNone, cpuI386, cpuM68k, cpuAlpha, cpuPowerpc, cpuPowerpc64,
-    cpuSparc, cpuVm, cpuIa64, cpuAmd64, cpuMips, cpuArm,
-    cpuJS, cpuNimrodVM, cpuAVR
+    cpuPowerpc64el, cpuSparc, cpuVm, cpuIa64, cpuAmd64, cpuMips, cpuMipsel,
+    cpuArm, cpuArm64, cpuJS, cpuNimrodVM, cpuAVR
 
 type
   TEndian* = enum
@@ -175,12 +175,15 @@ const
     (name: "alpha", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
     (name: "powerpc", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "powerpc64", intSize: 64, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64,bit: 64),
+    (name: "powerpc64el", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64,bit: 64),
     (name: "sparc", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "vm", intSize: 32, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "ia64", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
     (name: "amd64", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
     (name: "mips", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
+    (name: "mipsel", intSize: 32, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "arm", intSize: 32, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
+    (name: "arm64", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
     (name: "js", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian,floatSize: 64,bit: 32),
     (name: "nimrodvm", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "avr", intSize: 16, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 32, bit: 16)]
diff --git a/compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim b/compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim
index d89149f33..59e3d677d 100644
--- a/compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim
+++ b/compiler/plugins/locals/locals.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 
 ## The builtin 'system.locals' implemented as a plugin.
 
-import plugins, ast, astalgo, magicsys, lookups, semdata, lowerings
+import compiler/plugins, compiler/ast, compiler/astalgo, compiler/magicsys,
+  compiler/lookups, compiler/semdata, compiler/lowerings
 
 proc semLocals(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var counter = 0
diff --git a/compiler/pragmas.nim b/compiler/pragmas.nim
index c048d78e9..128a90138 100644
--- a/compiler/pragmas.nim
+++ b/compiler/pragmas.nim
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const
     wImportc, wExportc, wNodecl, wMagic, wDeprecated, wBorrow, wExtern,
     wImportCpp, wImportObjC, wError, wDiscardable, wGensym, wInject, wRaises,
     wTags, wLocks, wGcSafe}
-  exprPragmas* = {wLine, wLocks}
+  exprPragmas* = {wLine, wLocks, wNoRewrite}
   stmtPragmas* = {wChecks, wObjChecks, wFieldChecks, wRangechecks,
     wBoundchecks, wOverflowchecks, wNilchecks, wAssertions, wWarnings, wHints,
     wLinedir, wStacktrace, wLinetrace, wOptimization, wHint, wWarning, wError,
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ proc processNote(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   if (n.kind == nkExprColonExpr) and (sonsLen(n) == 2) and
       (n.sons[0].kind == nkBracketExpr) and
       (n.sons[0].sons[1].kind == nkIdent) and
-      (n.sons[0].sons[0].kind == nkIdent) and (n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent):
+      (n.sons[0].sons[0].kind == nkIdent):
+      #and (n.sons[1].kind == nkIdent):
     var nk: TNoteKind
     case whichKeyword(n.sons[0].sons[0].ident)
     of wHint:
@@ -590,278 +591,282 @@ proc singlePragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, i: int,
                   validPragmas: TSpecialWords): bool =
   var it = n.sons[i]
   var key = if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr: it.sons[0] else: it
-  if key.kind == nkIdent:
-    var userPragma = strTableGet(c.userPragmas, key.ident)
-    if userPragma != nil:
-      inc c.instCounter
-      if c.instCounter > 100:
-        globalError(it.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, userPragma.name.s)
-      pragma(c, sym, userPragma.ast, validPragmas)
-      # ensure the pragma is also remember for generic instantiations in other
-      # modules:
-      n.sons[i] = userPragma.ast
-      dec c.instCounter
-    else:
-      var k = whichKeyword(key.ident)
-      if k in validPragmas:
-        case k
-        of wExportc:
-          makeExternExport(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"), it.info)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfUsed) # avoid wrong hints
-        of wImportc: makeExternImport(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"))
-        of wImportCompilerProc:
-          processImportCompilerProc(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"))
-        of wExtern: setExternName(sym, expectStrLit(c, it))
-        of wImmediate:
-          if sym.kind in {skTemplate, skMacro}: incl(sym.flags, sfImmediate)
-          else: invalidPragma(it)
-        of wDirty:
-          if sym.kind == skTemplate: incl(sym.flags, sfDirty)
-          else: invalidPragma(it)
-        of wImportCpp:
-          processImportCpp(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"))
-        of wImportObjC:
-          processImportObjC(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"))
-        of wAlign:
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          var align = expectIntLit(c, it)
-          if (not isPowerOfTwo(align) and align != 0) or align >% high(int16):
-            localError(it.info, errPowerOfTwoExpected)
-          else:
-            sym.typ.align = align.int16
-        of wSize:
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          var size = expectIntLit(c, it)
-          if not isPowerOfTwo(size) or size <= 0 or size > 8:
-            localError(it.info, errPowerOfTwoExpected)
-          else:
-            sym.typ.size = size
-        of wNodecl:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.loc.flags, lfNoDecl)
-        of wPure, wAsmNoStackFrame:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym != nil:
-            if k == wPure and sym.kind in routineKinds: invalidPragma(it)
-            else: incl(sym.flags, sfPure)
-        of wVolatile:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfVolatile)
-        of wRegister:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfRegister)
-        of wThreadVar:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
-        of wDeadCodeElim: pragmaDeadCodeElim(c, it)
-        of wNoForward: pragmaNoForward(c, it)
-        of wMagic: processMagic(c, it, sym)
-        of wCompileTime:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfCompileTime)
-          incl(sym.loc.flags, lfNoDecl)
-        of wGlobal:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfGlobal)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfPure)
-        of wMerge:
-          # only supported for backwards compat, doesn't do anything anymore
-          noVal(it)
-        of wConstructor:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfConstructor)
-        of wHeader:
-          var lib = getLib(c, libHeader, getStrLitNode(c, it))
-          addToLib(lib, sym)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfImportc)
-          incl(sym.loc.flags, lfHeader)
-          incl(sym.loc.flags, lfNoDecl)
-          # implies nodecl, because otherwise header would not make sense
-          if sym.loc.r == nil: sym.loc.r = rope(sym.name.s)
-        of wDestructor:
-          sym.flags.incl sfOverriden
-          if sym.name.s.normalize != "destroy":
-            localError(n.info, errGenerated, "destructor has to be named 'destroy'")
-        of wOverride:
-          sym.flags.incl sfOverriden
-        of wNosideeffect:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfNoSideEffect)
-          if sym.typ != nil: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfNoSideEffect)
-        of wSideeffect:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfSideEffect)
-        of wNoreturn:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfNoReturn)
-        of wDynlib:
-          processDynLib(c, it, sym)
-        of wCompilerproc:
-          noVal(it)           # compilerproc may not get a string!
-          if sfFromGeneric notin sym.flags: markCompilerProc(sym)
-        of wProcVar:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfProcvar)
-        of wDeprecated:
-          if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr: deprecatedStmt(c, it)
-          elif sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfDeprecated)
-          else: incl(c.module.flags, sfDeprecated)
-        of wVarargs:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfVarargs)
-        of wBorrow:
-          if sym.kind == skType:
-            typeBorrow(sym, it)
-          else:
-            noVal(it)
-            incl(sym.flags, sfBorrow)
-        of wFinal:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfFinal)
-        of wInheritable:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil or tfFinal in sym.typ.flags: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfInheritable)
-        of wAcyclic:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfAcyclic)
-        of wShallow:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfShallow)
-        of wThread:
-          noVal(it)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
-          incl(sym.flags, sfProcvar)
-          if sym.typ != nil: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfThread)
-        of wGcSafe:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.kind != skType: incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
-          if sym.typ != nil: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfGcSafe)
-          else: invalidPragma(it)
-        of wPacked:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfPacked)
-        of wHint: message(it.info, hintUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
-        of wWarning: message(it.info, warnUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
-        of wError:
-          if sym != nil and sym.isRoutine:
-            # This is subtle but correct: the error *statement* is only
-            # allowed for top level statements. Seems to be easier than
-            # distinguishing properly between
-            # ``proc p() {.error}`` and ``proc p() = {.error: "msg".}``
-            noVal(it)
-            incl(sym.flags, sfError)
-          else:
-            localError(it.info, errUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
-        of wFatal: fatal(it.info, errUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
-        of wDefine: processDefine(c, it)
-        of wUndef: processUndef(c, it)
-        of wCompile: processCompile(c, it)
-        of wLink: processCommonLink(c, it, linkNormal)
-        of wLinksys: processCommonLink(c, it, linkSys)
-        of wPassl: extccomp.addLinkOption(expectStrLit(c, it))
-        of wPassc: extccomp.addCompileOption(expectStrLit(c, it))
-        of wBreakpoint: pragmaBreakpoint(c, it)
-        of wWatchPoint: pragmaWatchpoint(c, it)
-        of wPush:
-          processPush(c, n, i + 1)
-          result = true
-        of wPop: processPop(c, it)
-        of wPragma:
-          processPragma(c, n, i)
-          result = true
-        of wDiscardable:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfDiscardable)
-        of wNoInit:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfNoInit)
-        of wCodegenDecl: processCodegenDecl(c, it, sym)
-        of wChecks, wObjChecks, wFieldChecks, wRangechecks, wBoundchecks,
-           wOverflowchecks, wNilchecks, wAssertions, wWarnings, wHints,
-           wLinedir, wStacktrace, wLinetrace, wOptimization,
-           wCallconv,
-           wDebugger, wProfiler, wFloatchecks, wNanChecks, wInfChecks,
-           wPatterns:
-          if processOption(c, it):
-            # calling conventions (boring...):
-            localError(it.info, errOptionExpected)
-        of FirstCallConv..LastCallConv:
-          assert(sym != nil)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: sym.typ.callConv = wordToCallConv(k)
-        of wEmit: pragmaEmit(c, it)
-        of wUnroll: pragmaUnroll(c, it)
-        of wLinearScanEnd, wComputedGoto: noVal(it)
-        of wEffects:
-          # is later processed in effect analysis:
-          noVal(it)
-        of wIncompleteStruct:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfIncompleteStruct)
-        of wUnchecked:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfUncheckedArray)
-        of wUnion:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfUnion)
-        of wRequiresInit:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfNeedsInit)
-        of wByRef:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym == nil or sym.typ == nil:
-            if processOption(c, it): localError(it.info, errOptionExpected)
-          else:
-            incl(sym.typ.flags, tfByRef)
-        of wByCopy:
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym.kind != skType or sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfByCopy)
-        of wInject, wGensym:
-          # We check for errors, but do nothing with these pragmas otherwise
-          # as they are handled directly in 'evalTemplate'.
-          noVal(it)
-          if sym == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-        of wLine: pragmaLine(c, it)
-        of wRaises, wTags: pragmaRaisesOrTags(c, it)
-        of wLocks:
-          if sym == nil: pragmaLockStmt(c, it)
-          elif sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
-          else: sym.typ.lockLevel = pragmaLocks(c, it)
-        of wGuard:
-          if sym == nil or sym.kind notin {skVar, skLet, skField}:
-            invalidPragma(it)
-          else:
-            sym.guard = pragmaGuard(c, it, sym.kind)
-        of wGoto:
-          if sym == nil or sym.kind notin {skVar, skLet}:
-            invalidPragma(it)
-          else:
-            sym.flags.incl sfGoto
-        of wInjectStmt:
-          if it.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
-            localError(it.info, errExprExpected)
-          else:
-            it.sons[1] = c.semExpr(c, it.sons[1])
-        of wExperimental:
+  if key.kind == nkBracketExpr:
+    processNote(c, it)
+    return
+  let ident = considerQuotedIdent(key)
+  var userPragma = strTableGet(c.userPragmas, ident)
+  if userPragma != nil:
+    inc c.instCounter
+    if c.instCounter > 100:
+      globalError(it.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, userPragma.name.s)
+    pragma(c, sym, userPragma.ast, validPragmas)
+    # ensure the pragma is also remember for generic instantiations in other
+    # modules:
+    n.sons[i] = userPragma.ast
+    dec c.instCounter
+  else:
+    var k = whichKeyword(ident)
+    if k in validPragmas:
+      case k
+      of wExportc:
+        makeExternExport(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"), it.info)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfUsed) # avoid wrong hints
+      of wImportc: makeExternImport(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"))
+      of wImportCompilerProc:
+        processImportCompilerProc(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"))
+      of wExtern: setExternName(sym, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wImmediate:
+        if sym.kind in {skTemplate, skMacro}: incl(sym.flags, sfImmediate)
+        else: invalidPragma(it)
+      of wDirty:
+        if sym.kind == skTemplate: incl(sym.flags, sfDirty)
+        else: invalidPragma(it)
+      of wImportCpp:
+        processImportCpp(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"))
+      of wImportObjC:
+        processImportObjC(sym, getOptionalStr(c, it, "$1"))
+      of wAlign:
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        var align = expectIntLit(c, it)
+        if (not isPowerOfTwo(align) and align != 0) or align >% high(int16):
+          localError(it.info, errPowerOfTwoExpected)
+        else:
+          sym.typ.align = align.int16
+      of wSize:
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        var size = expectIntLit(c, it)
+        if not isPowerOfTwo(size) or size <= 0 or size > 8:
+          localError(it.info, errPowerOfTwoExpected)
+        else:
+          sym.typ.size = size
+      of wNodecl:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.loc.flags, lfNoDecl)
+      of wPure, wAsmNoStackFrame:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym != nil:
+          if k == wPure and sym.kind in routineKinds: invalidPragma(it)
+          else: incl(sym.flags, sfPure)
+      of wVolatile:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfVolatile)
+      of wRegister:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfRegister)
+      of wThreadVar:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
+      of wDeadCodeElim: pragmaDeadCodeElim(c, it)
+      of wNoForward: pragmaNoForward(c, it)
+      of wMagic: processMagic(c, it, sym)
+      of wCompileTime:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfCompileTime)
+        incl(sym.loc.flags, lfNoDecl)
+      of wGlobal:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfGlobal)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfPure)
+      of wMerge:
+        # only supported for backwards compat, doesn't do anything anymore
+        noVal(it)
+      of wConstructor:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfConstructor)
+      of wHeader:
+        var lib = getLib(c, libHeader, getStrLitNode(c, it))
+        addToLib(lib, sym)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfImportc)
+        incl(sym.loc.flags, lfHeader)
+        incl(sym.loc.flags, lfNoDecl)
+        # implies nodecl, because otherwise header would not make sense
+        if sym.loc.r == nil: sym.loc.r = rope(sym.name.s)
+      of wDestructor:
+        sym.flags.incl sfOverriden
+        if sym.name.s.normalize != "destroy":
+          localError(n.info, errGenerated, "destructor has to be named 'destroy'")
+      of wOverride:
+        sym.flags.incl sfOverriden
+      of wNosideeffect:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfNoSideEffect)
+        if sym.typ != nil: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfNoSideEffect)
+      of wSideeffect:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfSideEffect)
+      of wNoreturn:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfNoReturn)
+      of wDynlib:
+        processDynLib(c, it, sym)
+      of wCompilerproc:
+        noVal(it)           # compilerproc may not get a string!
+        if sfFromGeneric notin sym.flags: markCompilerProc(sym)
+      of wProcVar:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfProcvar)
+      of wDeprecated:
+        if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr: deprecatedStmt(c, it)
+        elif sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfDeprecated)
+        else: incl(c.module.flags, sfDeprecated)
+      of wVarargs:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfVarargs)
+      of wBorrow:
+        if sym.kind == skType:
+          typeBorrow(sym, it)
+        else:
           noVal(it)
-          if isTopLevel(c):
-            c.module.flags.incl sfExperimental
-          else:
-            localError(it.info, "'experimental' pragma only valid as toplevel statement")
+          incl(sym.flags, sfBorrow)
+      of wFinal:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfFinal)
+      of wInheritable:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil or tfFinal in sym.typ.flags: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfInheritable)
+      of wAcyclic:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfAcyclic)
+      of wShallow:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfShallow)
+      of wThread:
+        noVal(it)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
+        incl(sym.flags, sfProcvar)
+        if sym.typ != nil: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfThread)
+      of wGcSafe:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.kind != skType: incl(sym.flags, sfThread)
+        if sym.typ != nil: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfGcSafe)
         else: invalidPragma(it)
+      of wPacked:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfPacked)
+      of wHint: message(it.info, hintUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wWarning: message(it.info, warnUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wError:
+        if sym != nil and sym.isRoutine:
+          # This is subtle but correct: the error *statement* is only
+          # allowed for top level statements. Seems to be easier than
+          # distinguishing properly between
+          # ``proc p() {.error}`` and ``proc p() = {.error: "msg".}``
+          noVal(it)
+          incl(sym.flags, sfError)
+        else:
+          localError(it.info, errUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wFatal: fatal(it.info, errUser, expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wDefine: processDefine(c, it)
+      of wUndef: processUndef(c, it)
+      of wCompile: processCompile(c, it)
+      of wLink: processCommonLink(c, it, linkNormal)
+      of wLinksys: processCommonLink(c, it, linkSys)
+      of wPassl: extccomp.addLinkOption(expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wPassc: extccomp.addCompileOption(expectStrLit(c, it))
+      of wBreakpoint: pragmaBreakpoint(c, it)
+      of wWatchPoint: pragmaWatchpoint(c, it)
+      of wPush:
+        processPush(c, n, i + 1)
+        result = true
+      of wPop: processPop(c, it)
+      of wPragma:
+        processPragma(c, n, i)
+        result = true
+      of wDiscardable:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfDiscardable)
+      of wNoInit:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfNoInit)
+      of wCodegenDecl: processCodegenDecl(c, it, sym)
+      of wChecks, wObjChecks, wFieldChecks, wRangechecks, wBoundchecks,
+         wOverflowchecks, wNilchecks, wAssertions, wWarnings, wHints,
+         wLinedir, wStacktrace, wLinetrace, wOptimization,
+         wCallconv,
+         wDebugger, wProfiler, wFloatchecks, wNanChecks, wInfChecks,
+         wPatterns:
+        if processOption(c, it):
+          # calling conventions (boring...):
+          localError(it.info, errOptionExpected)
+      of FirstCallConv..LastCallConv:
+        assert(sym != nil)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: sym.typ.callConv = wordToCallConv(k)
+      of wEmit: pragmaEmit(c, it)
+      of wUnroll: pragmaUnroll(c, it)
+      of wLinearScanEnd, wComputedGoto: noVal(it)
+      of wEffects:
+        # is later processed in effect analysis:
+        noVal(it)
+      of wIncompleteStruct:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfIncompleteStruct)
+      of wUnchecked:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfUncheckedArray)
+      of wUnion:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfUnion)
+      of wRequiresInit:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfNeedsInit)
+      of wByRef:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym == nil or sym.typ == nil:
+          if processOption(c, it): localError(it.info, errOptionExpected)
+        else:
+          incl(sym.typ.flags, tfByRef)
+      of wByCopy:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.kind != skType or sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfByCopy)
+      of wInject, wGensym:
+        # We check for errors, but do nothing with these pragmas otherwise
+        # as they are handled directly in 'evalTemplate'.
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+      of wLine: pragmaLine(c, it)
+      of wRaises, wTags: pragmaRaisesOrTags(c, it)
+      of wLocks:
+        if sym == nil: pragmaLockStmt(c, it)
+        elif sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else: sym.typ.lockLevel = pragmaLocks(c, it)
+      of wGuard:
+        if sym == nil or sym.kind notin {skVar, skLet, skField}:
+          invalidPragma(it)
+        else:
+          sym.guard = pragmaGuard(c, it, sym.kind)
+      of wGoto:
+        if sym == nil or sym.kind notin {skVar, skLet}:
+          invalidPragma(it)
+        else:
+          sym.flags.incl sfGoto
+      of wInjectStmt:
+        if it.kind != nkExprColonExpr:
+          localError(it.info, errExprExpected)
+        else:
+          it.sons[1] = c.semExpr(c, it.sons[1])
+      of wExperimental:
+        noVal(it)
+        if isTopLevel(c):
+          c.module.flags.incl sfExperimental
+        else:
+          localError(it.info, "'experimental' pragma only valid as toplevel statement")
+      of wNoRewrite:
+        noVal(it)
       else: invalidPragma(it)
-  else: processNote(c, it)
+    else: invalidPragma(it)
 
 proc implicitPragmas*(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode,
                       validPragmas: TSpecialWords) =
diff --git a/compiler/renderer.nim b/compiler/renderer.nim
index ffdb60696..7cd8e25ee 100644
--- a/compiler/renderer.nim
+++ b/compiler/renderer.nim
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type
     buf*: string
     pendingNL*: int        # negative if not active; else contains the
                            # indentation value
+    pendingWhitespace: int
     comStack*: seq[PNode]  # comment stack
     flags*: TRenderFlags
     checkAnon: bool        # we're in a context that can contain sfAnon
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ proc initSrcGen(g: var TSrcGen, renderFlags: TRenderFlags) =
   g.buf = ""
   g.flags = renderFlags
   g.pendingNL = -1
+  g.pendingWhitespace = -1
   g.checkAnon = false
 
 proc addTok(g: var TSrcGen, kind: TTokType, s: string) =
@@ -97,12 +99,21 @@ proc addPendingNL(g: var TSrcGen) =
     addTok(g, tkSpaces, "\n" & spaces(g.pendingNL))
     g.lineLen = g.pendingNL
     g.pendingNL = - 1
+    g.pendingWhitespace = -1
+  elif g.pendingWhitespace >= 0:
+    addTok(g, tkSpaces, spaces(g.pendingWhitespace))
+    g.pendingWhitespace = -1
 
 proc putNL(g: var TSrcGen, indent: int) =
   if g.pendingNL >= 0: addPendingNL(g)
   else: addTok(g, tkSpaces, "\n")
   g.pendingNL = indent
   g.lineLen = indent
+  g.pendingWhitespace = -1
+
+proc previousNL(g: TSrcGen): bool =
+  result = g.pendingNL >= 0 or (g.tokens.len > 0 and
+                                g.tokens[^1].kind == tkSpaces)
 
 proc putNL(g: var TSrcGen) =
   putNL(g, g.indent)
@@ -127,10 +138,13 @@ proc dedent(g: var TSrcGen) =
     dec(g.lineLen, IndentWidth)
 
 proc put(g: var TSrcGen, kind: TTokType, s: string) =
-  addPendingNL(g)
-  if len(s) > 0:
-    addTok(g, kind, s)
-    inc(g.lineLen, len(s))
+  if kind != tkSpaces:
+    addPendingNL(g)
+    if len(s) > 0:
+      addTok(g, kind, s)
+      inc(g.lineLen, len(s))
+  else:
+    g.pendingWhitespace = s.len
 
 proc putLong(g: var TSrcGen, kind: TTokType, s: string, lineLen: int) =
   # use this for tokens over multiple lines.
@@ -767,7 +781,8 @@ proc gasm(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode) =
   putWithSpace(g, tkAsm, "asm")
   gsub(g, n.sons[0])
   gcoms(g)
-  gsub(g, n.sons[1])
+  if n.sons.len > 1:
+    gsub(g, n.sons[1])
 
 proc gident(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode) =
   if g.checkAnon and n.kind == nkSym and sfAnon in n.sym.flags: return
@@ -1195,6 +1210,7 @@ proc gsub(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, c: TContext) =
     if renderNoPragmas notin g.flags:
       if g.inPragma <= 0:
         inc g.inPragma
+        #if not previousNL(g):
         put(g, tkSpaces, Space)
         put(g, tkCurlyDotLe, "{.")
         gcomma(g, n, emptyContext)
diff --git a/compiler/rodread.nim b/compiler/rodread.nim
index e92f7ecfa..92ce00240 100644
--- a/compiler/rodread.nim
+++ b/compiler/rodread.nim
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 # Reading and writing binary files are really hard to debug. Therefore we use
 # a "creative" text/binary hybrid format. ROD-files are more efficient
 # to process because symbols can be loaded on demand.
-# 
+#
 # A ROD file consists of:
 #
 #  - a header:
 #    NIM:$fileversion\n
 #  - the module's id (even if the module changed, its ID will not!):
 #    ID:Ax3\n
-#  - CRC value of this module:
-#    CRC:CRC-val\n
+#  - HASH value of this module:
+#    HASH:HASH-val\n
 #  - a section containing the compiler options and defines this
 #    module has been compiled with:
 #    OPTIONS:options\n
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #    )
 #  - an include file dependency section:
 #    INCLUDES(
-#    <fileidx> <CRC of myfile.inc>\n # fileidx is the LINE in the file section!
+#    <fileidx> <Hash of myfile.inc>\n # fileidx is the LINE in the file section!
 #    )
 #  - a module dependency section:
 #    DEPS: <fileidx> <fileidx>\n
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #    )
 #  - a compiler proc section:
 #    COMPILERPROCS(
-#    identifier1 id\n # id is the symbol's id    
+#    identifier1 id\n # id is the symbol's id
 #    )
 #  - an index consisting of (ID, linenumber)-pairs:
 #    INDEX(
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #    id-diff idx-diff\n
 #    )
 #
-#    Since the whole index has to be read in advance, we compress it by 
+#    Since the whole index has to be read in advance, we compress it by
 #    storing the integer differences to the last entry instead of using the
 #    real numbers.
 #
@@ -88,30 +88,30 @@
 #    by using a mem'mapped file.
 #
 
-import 
-  os, options, strutils, nversion, ast, astalgo, msgs, platform, condsyms, 
-  ropes, idents, crc, idgen, types, rodutils, memfiles
+import
+  os, options, strutils, nversion, ast, astalgo, msgs, platform, condsyms,
+  ropes, idents, securehash, idgen, types, rodutils, memfiles, tables
 
-type 
+type
   TReasonForRecompile* = enum ## all the reasons that can trigger recompilation
     rrEmpty,                  # dependencies not yet computed
     rrNone,                   # no need to recompile
     rrRodDoesNotExist,        # rod file does not exist
     rrRodInvalid,             # rod file is invalid
-    rrCrcChange,              # file has been edited since last recompilation
+    rrHashChange,             # file has been edited since last recompilation
     rrDefines,                # defines have changed
     rrOptions,                # options have changed
     rrInclDeps,               # an include has changed
     rrModDeps                 # a module this module depends on has been changed
 
-const 
-  reasonToFrmt*: array[TReasonForRecompile, string] = ["", 
-    "no need to recompile: $1", "symbol file for $1 does not exist", 
-    "symbol file for $1 has the wrong version", 
-    "file edited since last compilation: $1", 
-    "list of conditional symbols changed for: $1", 
-    "list of options changed for: $1", 
-    "an include file edited: $1", 
+const
+  reasonToFrmt*: array[TReasonForRecompile, string] = ["",
+    "no need to recompile: $1", "symbol file for $1 does not exist",
+    "symbol file for $1 has the wrong version",
+    "file edited since last compilation: $1",
+    "list of conditional symbols changed for: $1",
+    "list of options changed for: $1",
+    "an include file edited: $1",
     "a module $1 depends on has changed"]
 
 type
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ type
     tab*: TIITable
     r*: string                # writers use this
     offset*: int              # readers use this
-  
+
   TRodReader* = object of RootObj
     pos: int                 # position; used for parsing
     s: cstring               # mmap'ed file contents
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ type
     readerIndex: int
     line: int            # only used for debugging, but is always in the code
     moduleID: int
-    syms: TIdTable       # already processed symbols
+    syms: Table[int, PSym]       # already processed symbols
     memfile: MemFile     # unfortunately there is no point in time where we
                          # can close this! XXX
     methods*: TSymSeq
     origFile: string
     inViewMode: bool
-  
+
   PRodReader* = ref TRodReader
 
 var rodCompilerprocs*: TStrTable
@@ -161,16 +161,16 @@ proc rrGetSym(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym
   # `info` is only used for debugging purposes
 proc rrGetType(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PType
 
-proc decodeLineInfo(r: PRodReader, info: var TLineInfo) = 
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '?': 
+proc decodeLineInfo(r: PRodReader, info: var TLineInfo) =
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '?':
     inc(r.pos)
     if r.s[r.pos] == ',': info.col = -1'i16
     else: info.col = int16(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-    if r.s[r.pos] == ',': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == ',':
       inc(r.pos)
       if r.s[r.pos] == ',': info.line = -1'i16
       else: info.line = int16(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-      if r.s[r.pos] == ',': 
+      if r.s[r.pos] == ',':
         inc(r.pos)
         info = newLineInfo(r.files[decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)], info.line, info.col)
 
@@ -188,56 +188,56 @@ proc skipNode(r: PRodReader) =
     inc pos
   r.pos = pos+1 # skip ')'
 
-proc decodeNodeLazyBody(r: PRodReader, fInfo: TLineInfo, 
-                        belongsTo: PSym): PNode = 
+proc decodeNodeLazyBody(r: PRodReader, fInfo: TLineInfo,
+                        belongsTo: PSym): PNode =
   result = nil
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '(': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '(':
     inc(r.pos)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == ')': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == ')':
       inc(r.pos)
       return                  # nil node
     result = newNodeI(TNodeKind(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)), fInfo)
     decodeLineInfo(r, result.info)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '$': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '$':
       inc(r.pos)
       result.flags = cast[TNodeFlags](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '^': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '^':
       inc(r.pos)
       var id = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
       result.typ = rrGetType(r, id, result.info)
     case result.kind
-    of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit: 
-      if r.s[r.pos] == '!': 
+    of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit:
+      if r.s[r.pos] == '!':
         inc(r.pos)
         result.intVal = decodeVBiggestInt(r.s, r.pos)
-    of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit: 
-      if r.s[r.pos] == '!': 
+    of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit:
+      if r.s[r.pos] == '!':
         inc(r.pos)
         var fl = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
         result.floatVal = parseFloat(fl)
-    of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit: 
-      if r.s[r.pos] == '!': 
+    of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
+      if r.s[r.pos] == '!':
         inc(r.pos)
         result.strVal = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
-      else: 
+      else:
         result.strVal = ""    # BUGFIX
-    of nkIdent: 
-      if r.s[r.pos] == '!': 
+    of nkIdent:
+      if r.s[r.pos] == '!':
         inc(r.pos)
         var fl = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
         result.ident = getIdent(fl)
-      else: 
+      else:
         internalError(result.info, "decodeNode: nkIdent")
-    of nkSym: 
-      if r.s[r.pos] == '!': 
+    of nkSym:
+      if r.s[r.pos] == '!':
         inc(r.pos)
         var id = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
         result.sym = rrGetSym(r, id, result.info)
-      else: 
+      else:
         internalError(result.info, "decodeNode: nkSym")
     else:
       var i = 0
-      while r.s[r.pos] != ')': 
+      while r.s[r.pos] != ')':
         if belongsTo != nil and i == bodyPos:
           addSonNilAllowed(result, nil)
           belongsTo.offset = r.pos
@@ -252,93 +252,93 @@ proc decodeNodeLazyBody(r: PRodReader, fInfo: TLineInfo,
 
 proc decodeNode(r: PRodReader, fInfo: TLineInfo): PNode =
   result = decodeNodeLazyBody(r, fInfo, nil)
-  
-proc decodeLoc(r: PRodReader, loc: var TLoc, info: TLineInfo) = 
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '<': 
+
+proc decodeLoc(r: PRodReader, loc: var TLoc, info: TLineInfo) =
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '<':
     inc(r.pos)
-    if r.s[r.pos] in {'0'..'9', 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z'}: 
+    if r.s[r.pos] in {'0'..'9', 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z'}:
       loc.k = TLocKind(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-    else: 
+    else:
       loc.k = low(loc.k)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '*': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '*':
       inc(r.pos)
       loc.s = TStorageLoc(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-    else: 
+    else:
       loc.s = low(loc.s)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '$': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '$':
       inc(r.pos)
       loc.flags = cast[TLocFlags](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-    else: 
+    else:
       loc.flags = {}
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '^': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '^':
       inc(r.pos)
       loc.t = rrGetType(r, decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos), info)
-    else: 
+    else:
       loc.t = nil
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '!': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '!':
       inc(r.pos)
       loc.r = rope(decodeStr(r.s, r.pos))
-    else: 
+    else:
       loc.r = nil
     if r.s[r.pos] == '>': inc(r.pos)
     else: internalError(info, "decodeLoc " & r.s[r.pos])
-  
-proc decodeType(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PType = 
+
+proc decodeType(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PType =
   result = nil
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '[': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '[':
     inc(r.pos)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == ']': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == ']':
       inc(r.pos)
       return                  # nil type
   new(result)
   result.kind = TTypeKind(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '+': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '+':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.id = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
     setId(result.id)
     if debugIds: registerID(result)
-  else: 
+  else:
     internalError(info, "decodeType: no id")
   # here this also avoids endless recursion for recursive type
-  idTablePut(gTypeTable, result, result) 
+  idTablePut(gTypeTable, result, result)
   if r.s[r.pos] == '(': result.n = decodeNode(r, unknownLineInfo())
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '$': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '$':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.flags = cast[TTypeFlags](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '?': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '?':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.callConv = TCallingConvention(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '*': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '*':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.owner = rrGetSym(r, decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos), info)
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '&': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '&':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.sym = rrGetSym(r, decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos), info)
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '/': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '/':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.size = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
-  else: 
+  else:
     result.size = - 1
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '=': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '=':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.align = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos).int16
-  else: 
+  else:
     result.align = 2
   decodeLoc(r, result.loc, info)
-  while r.s[r.pos] == '^': 
+  while r.s[r.pos] == '^':
     inc(r.pos)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '(': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '(':
       inc(r.pos)
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
       else: internalError(info, "decodeType ^(" & r.s[r.pos])
       rawAddSon(result, nil)
-    else: 
+    else:
       var d = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
       rawAddSon(result, rrGetType(r, d, info))
 
-proc decodeLib(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PLib = 
+proc decodeLib(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PLib =
   result = nil
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '|': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '|':
     new(result)
     inc(r.pos)
     result.kind = TLibKind(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
@@ -349,34 +349,34 @@ proc decodeLib(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PLib =
     inc(r.pos)
     result.path = decodeNode(r, info)
 
-proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym = 
-  var 
+proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
+  var
     id: int
     ident: PIdent
   result = nil
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '{': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '{':
     inc(r.pos)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '}': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '}':
       inc(r.pos)
       return                  # nil sym
   var k = TSymKind(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '+': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '+':
     inc(r.pos)
     id = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
     setId(id)
   else:
     internalError(info, "decodeSym: no id")
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '&': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '&':
     inc(r.pos)
     ident = getIdent(decodeStr(r.s, r.pos))
   else:
     internalError(info, "decodeSym: no ident")
   #echo "decoding: {", ident.s
-  result = PSym(idTableGet(r.syms, id))
-  if result == nil: 
+  result = r.syms[id]
+  if result == nil:
     new(result)
     result.id = id
-    idTablePut(r.syms, result, result)
+    r.syms[result.id] = result
     if debugIds: registerID(result)
   elif result.id != id:
     internalError(info, "decodeSym: wrong id")
@@ -388,35 +388,35 @@ proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
     result.id = id
   result.kind = k
   result.name = ident         # read the rest of the symbol description:
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '^': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '^':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.typ = rrGetType(r, decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos), info)
   decodeLineInfo(r, result.info)
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '*': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '*':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.owner = rrGetSym(r, decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos), result.info)
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '$': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '$':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.flags = cast[TSymFlags](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '@': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '@':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.magic = TMagic(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '!': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '!':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.options = cast[TOptions](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-  else: 
+  else:
     result.options = r.options
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '%': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '%':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.position = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
   elif result.kind notin routineKinds + {skModule}:
     result.position = 0
     # this may have been misused as reader index! But we still
     # need it for routines as the body is loaded lazily.
-  if r.s[r.pos] == '`': 
+  if r.s[r.pos] == '`':
     inc(r.pos)
     result.offset = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
-  else: 
+  else:
     result.offset = - 1
   decodeLoc(r, result.loc, result.info)
   result.annex = decodeLib(r, info)
@@ -433,35 +433,35 @@ proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
       result.ast = decodeNode(r, result.info)
   #echo "decoded: ", ident.s, "}"
 
-proc skipSection(r: PRodReader) = 
-  if r.s[r.pos] == ':': 
+proc skipSection(r: PRodReader) =
+  if r.s[r.pos] == ':':
     while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A': inc(r.pos)
-  elif r.s[r.pos] == '(': 
+  elif r.s[r.pos] == '(':
     var c = 0                 # count () pairs
     inc(r.pos)
-    while true: 
+    while true:
       case r.s[r.pos]
       of '\x0A': inc(r.line)
       of '(': inc(c)
-      of ')': 
-        if c == 0: 
+      of ')':
+        if c == 0:
           inc(r.pos)
-          break 
-        elif c > 0: 
+          break
+        elif c > 0:
           dec(c)
       of '\0': break          # end of file
       else: discard
       inc(r.pos)
-  else: 
+  else:
     internalError("skipSection " & $r.line)
-  
-proc rdWord(r: PRodReader): string = 
+
+proc rdWord(r: PRodReader): string =
   result = ""
-  while r.s[r.pos] in {'A'..'Z', '_', 'a'..'z', '0'..'9'}: 
+  while r.s[r.pos] in {'A'..'Z', '_', 'a'..'z', '0'..'9'}:
     add(result, r.s[r.pos])
     inc(r.pos)
 
-proc newStub(r: PRodReader, name: string, id: int): PSym = 
+proc newStub(r: PRodReader, name: string, id: int): PSym =
   new(result)
   result.kind = skStub
   result.id = id
@@ -469,11 +469,11 @@ proc newStub(r: PRodReader, name: string, id: int): PSym =
   result.position = r.readerIndex
   setId(id)                   #MessageOut(result.name.s);
   if debugIds: registerID(result)
-  
-proc processInterf(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) = 
+
+proc processInterf(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) =
   if r.interfIdx == 0: internalError("processInterf")
   r.pos = r.interfIdx
-  while (r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A') and (r.s[r.pos] != ')'): 
+  while (r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A') and (r.s[r.pos] != ')'):
     var w = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
     inc(r.pos)
     var key = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
@@ -481,30 +481,30 @@ proc processInterf(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) =
     var s = newStub(r, w, key)
     s.owner = module
     strTableAdd(module.tab, s)
-    idTablePut(r.syms, s, s)
+    r.syms[s.id] = s
 
-proc processCompilerProcs(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) = 
+proc processCompilerProcs(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) =
   if r.compilerProcsIdx == 0: internalError("processCompilerProcs")
   r.pos = r.compilerProcsIdx
-  while (r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A') and (r.s[r.pos] != ')'): 
+  while (r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A') and (r.s[r.pos] != ')'):
     var w = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
     inc(r.pos)
     var key = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
     inc(r.pos)                # #10
-    var s = PSym(idTableGet(r.syms, key))
-    if s == nil: 
+    var s = r.syms[key]
+    if s == nil:
       s = newStub(r, w, key)
       s.owner = module
-      idTablePut(r.syms, s, s)
+      r.syms[s.id] = s
     strTableAdd(rodCompilerprocs, s)
 
-proc processIndex(r: PRodReader; idx: var TIndex; outf: File = nil) = 
+proc processIndex(r: PRodReader; idx: var TIndex; outf: File = nil) =
   var key, val, tmp: int
   inc(r.pos, 2)               # skip "(\10"
   inc(r.line)
-  while (r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A') and (r.s[r.pos] != ')'): 
+  while (r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A') and (r.s[r.pos] != ')'):
     tmp = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == ' ':
       inc(r.pos)
       key = idx.lastIdxKey + tmp
       val = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos) + idx.lastIdxVal
@@ -516,11 +516,11 @@ proc processIndex(r: PRodReader; idx: var TIndex; outf: File = nil) =
     idx.lastIdxKey = key
     idx.lastIdxVal = val
     setId(key)                # ensure that this id will not be used
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A':
       inc(r.pos)
       inc(r.line)
   if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
-  
+
 proc cmdChangeTriggersRecompilation(old, new: TCommands): bool =
   if old == new: return false
   # we use a 'case' statement without 'else' so that addition of a
@@ -532,32 +532,34 @@ proc cmdChangeTriggersRecompilation(old, new: TCommands): bool =
                cmdInteractive}:
       return false
   of cmdNone, cmdDoc, cmdInterpret, cmdPretty, cmdGenDepend, cmdDump,
-      cmdCheck, cmdParse, cmdScan, cmdIdeTools, cmdDef, 
+      cmdCheck, cmdParse, cmdScan, cmdIdeTools, cmdDef,
       cmdRst2html, cmdRst2tex, cmdInteractive, cmdRun:
     discard
   # else: trigger recompilation:
   result = true
-  
-proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, crc: TCrc32) = 
-  var 
+
+proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, hash: SecureHash) =
+  var
     w: string
-    d, inclCrc: int
-  while r.s[r.pos] != '\0': 
+    d: int
+  var inclHash: SecureHash
+  while r.s[r.pos] != '\0':
     var section = rdWord(r)
-    if r.reason != rrNone: 
+    if r.reason != rrNone:
       break                   # no need to process this file further
-    case section 
-    of "CRC": 
+    case section
+    of "HASH":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
-      if int(crc) != decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos): r.reason = rrCrcChange
-    of "ID": 
+      if hash != parseSecureHash(decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)):
+        r.reason = rrHashChange
+    of "ID":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       r.moduleID = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
       setId(r.moduleID)
     of "ORIGFILE":
       inc(r.pos)
       r.origFile = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
-    of "OPTIONS": 
+    of "OPTIONS":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       r.options = cast[TOptions](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
       if options.gOptions != r.options: r.reason = rrOptions
@@ -572,14 +574,14 @@ proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, crc: TCrc32) =
     of "DEFINES":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       d = 0
-      while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A': 
+      while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A':
         w = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
         inc(d)
-        if not condsyms.isDefined(getIdent(w)): 
+        if not condsyms.isDefined(getIdent(w)):
           r.reason = rrDefines #MessageOut('not defined, but should: ' + w);
         if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
       if (d != countDefinedSymbols()): r.reason = rrDefines
-    of "FILES": 
+    of "FILES":
       inc(r.pos, 2)           # skip "(\10"
       inc(r.line)
       while r.s[r.pos] != ')':
@@ -590,17 +592,17 @@ proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, crc: TCrc32) =
         inc(r.pos)            # skip #10
         inc(r.line)
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
-    of "INCLUDES": 
+    of "INCLUDES":
       inc(r.pos, 2)           # skip "(\10"
       inc(r.line)
-      while r.s[r.pos] != ')': 
+      while r.s[r.pos] != ')':
         w = r.files[decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)].toFullPath
         inc(r.pos)            # skip ' '
-        inclCrc = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
-        if r.reason == rrNone: 
-          if not existsFile(w) or (inclCrc != int(crcFromFile(w))): 
+        inclHash = parseSecureHash(decodeStr(r.s, r.pos))
+        if r.reason == rrNone:
+          if not existsFile(w) or (inclHash != secureHashFile(w)):
             r.reason = rrInclDeps
-        if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A': 
+        if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A':
           inc(r.pos)
           inc(r.line)
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
@@ -609,28 +611,28 @@ proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, crc: TCrc32) =
       while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A':
         r.modDeps.add(r.files[int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))])
         if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
-    of "INTERF": 
+    of "INTERF":
       r.interfIdx = r.pos + 2
       skipSection(r)
-    of "COMPILERPROCS": 
+    of "COMPILERPROCS":
       r.compilerProcsIdx = r.pos + 2
       skipSection(r)
-    of "INDEX": 
+    of "INDEX":
       processIndex(r, r.index)
-    of "IMPORTS": 
+    of "IMPORTS":
       processIndex(r, r.imports)
-    of "CONVERTERS": 
+    of "CONVERTERS":
       r.convertersIdx = r.pos + 1
       skipSection(r)
     of "METHODS":
       r.methodsIdx = r.pos + 1
       skipSection(r)
-    of "DATA": 
+    of "DATA":
       r.dataIdx = r.pos + 2 # "(\10"
       # We do not read the DATA section here! We read the needed objects on
       # demand. And the DATA section comes last in the file, so we stop here:
       break
-    of "INIT": 
+    of "INIT":
       r.initIdx = r.pos + 2   # "(\10"
       skipSection(r)
     else:
@@ -639,7 +641,7 @@ proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, crc: TCrc32) =
       #MsgWriteln("skipping section: " & section &
       #           " at " & $r.line & " in " & r.filename)
       skipSection(r)
-    if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A': 
+    if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A':
       inc(r.pos)
       inc(r.line)
 
@@ -649,8 +651,8 @@ proc startsWith(buf: cstring, token: string, pos = 0): bool =
   while s < token.len and buf[pos+s] == token[s]: inc s
   result = s == token.len
 
-proc newRodReader(modfilename: string, crc: TCrc32, 
-                  readerIndex: int): PRodReader = 
+proc newRodReader(modfilename: string, hash: SecureHash,
+                  readerIndex: int): PRodReader =
   new(result)
   try:
     result.memfile = memfiles.open(modfilename)
@@ -665,11 +667,11 @@ proc newRodReader(modfilename: string, crc: TCrc32,
   r.line = 1
   r.readerIndex = readerIndex
   r.filename = modfilename
-  initIdTable(r.syms)
+  r.syms = initTable[int, PSym]()
   # we terminate the file explicitly with ``\0``, so the cast to `cstring`
   # is safe:
   r.s = cast[cstring](r.memfile.mem)
-  if startsWith(r.s, "NIM:"): 
+  if startsWith(r.s, "NIM:"):
     initIiTable(r.index.tab)
     initIiTable(r.imports.tab) # looks like a ROD file
     inc(r.pos, 4)
@@ -678,16 +680,16 @@ proc newRodReader(modfilename: string, crc: TCrc32,
       add(version, r.s[r.pos])
       inc(r.pos)
     if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A': inc(r.pos)
-    if version != RodFileVersion: 
+    if version != RodFileVersion:
       # since ROD files are only for caching, no backwards compatibility is
       # needed
       result = nil
   else:
     result = nil
-  
-proc rrGetType(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PType = 
+
+proc rrGetType(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PType =
   result = PType(idTableGet(gTypeTable, id))
-  if result == nil: 
+  if result == nil:
     # load the type:
     var oldPos = r.pos
     var d = iiTableGet(r.index.tab, id)
@@ -696,19 +698,19 @@ proc rrGetType(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PType =
     result = decodeType(r, info)
     r.pos = oldPos
 
-type 
-  TFileModuleRec{.final.} = object 
+type
+  TFileModuleRec{.final.} = object
     filename*: string
     reason*: TReasonForRecompile
     rd*: PRodReader
-    crc*: TCrc32
-    crcDone*: bool
+    hash*: SecureHash
+    hashDone*: bool
 
   TFileModuleMap = seq[TFileModuleRec]
 
 var gMods*: TFileModuleMap = @[]
 
-proc decodeSymSafePos(rd: PRodReader, offset: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym = 
+proc decodeSymSafePos(rd: PRodReader, offset: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
   # all compiled modules
   if rd.dataIdx == 0: internalError(info, "dataIdx == 0")
   var oldPos = rd.pos
@@ -717,9 +719,9 @@ proc decodeSymSafePos(rd: PRodReader, offset: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
   rd.pos = oldPos
 
 proc findSomeWhere(id: int) =
-  for i in countup(0, high(gMods)): 
+  for i in countup(0, high(gMods)):
     var rd = gMods[i].rd
-    if rd != nil: 
+    if rd != nil:
       var d = iiTableGet(rd.index.tab, id)
       if d != InvalidKey:
         echo "found id ", id, " in ", gMods[i].filename
@@ -734,12 +736,12 @@ proc getReader(moduleId: int): PRodReader =
     if result != nil and result.moduleID == moduleId: return result
   return nil
 
-proc rrGetSym(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym = 
-  result = PSym(idTableGet(r.syms, id))
-  if result == nil: 
+proc rrGetSym(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
+  result = r.syms[id]
+  if result == nil:
     # load the symbol:
     var d = iiTableGet(r.index.tab, id)
-    if d == InvalidKey: 
+    if d == InvalidKey:
       # import from other module:
       var moduleID = iiTableGet(r.imports.tab, id)
       if moduleID < 0:
@@ -748,24 +750,24 @@ proc rrGetSym(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
         internalError(info, "missing from both indexes: +" & x)
       var rd = getReader(moduleID)
       d = iiTableGet(rd.index.tab, id)
-      if d != InvalidKey: 
+      if d != InvalidKey:
         result = decodeSymSafePos(rd, d, info)
       else:
         var x = ""
         encodeVInt(id, x)
         when false: findSomeWhere(id)
         internalError(info, "rrGetSym: no reader found: +" & x)
-    else: 
+    else:
       # own symbol:
       result = decodeSymSafePos(r, d, info)
   if result != nil and result.kind == skStub: rawLoadStub(result)
-  
-proc loadInitSection(r: PRodReader): PNode = 
+
+proc loadInitSection(r: PRodReader): PNode =
   if r.initIdx == 0 or r.dataIdx == 0: internalError("loadInitSection")
   var oldPos = r.pos
   r.pos = r.initIdx
   result = newNode(nkStmtList)
-  while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A' and r.s[r.pos] != ')': 
+  while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A' and r.s[r.pos] != ')':
     var d = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
     inc(r.pos)                # #10
     var p = r.pos
@@ -774,13 +776,13 @@ proc loadInitSection(r: PRodReader): PNode =
     r.pos = p
   r.pos = oldPos
 
-proc loadConverters(r: PRodReader) = 
+proc loadConverters(r: PRodReader) =
   # We have to ensure that no exported converter is a stub anymore, and the
   # import mechanism takes care of the rest.
-  if r.convertersIdx == 0 or r.dataIdx == 0: 
+  if r.convertersIdx == 0 or r.dataIdx == 0:
     internalError("importConverters")
   r.pos = r.convertersIdx
-  while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A': 
+  while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A':
     var d = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
     discard rrGetSym(r, d, unknownLineInfo())
     if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
@@ -794,14 +796,14 @@ proc loadMethods(r: PRodReader) =
     r.methods.add(rrGetSym(r, d, unknownLineInfo()))
     if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
 
-proc getCRC*(fileIdx: int32): TCrc32 =
+proc getHash*(fileIdx: int32): SecureHash =
   internalAssert fileIdx >= 0 and fileIdx < gMods.len
 
-  if gMods[fileIdx].crcDone:
-    return gMods[fileIdx].crc
-  
-  result = crcFromFile(fileIdx.toFilename)
-  gMods[fileIdx].crc = result
+  if gMods[fileIdx].hashDone:
+    return gMods[fileIdx].hash
+
+  result = secureHashFile(fileIdx.toFullPath)
+  gMods[fileIdx].hash = result
 
 template growCache*(cache, pos) =
   if cache.len <= pos: cache.setLen(pos+1)
@@ -809,22 +811,22 @@ template growCache*(cache, pos) =
 proc checkDep(fileIdx: int32): TReasonForRecompile =
   assert fileIdx != InvalidFileIDX
   growCache gMods, fileIdx
-  if gMods[fileIdx].reason != rrEmpty: 
+  if gMods[fileIdx].reason != rrEmpty:
     # reason has already been computed for this module:
     return gMods[fileIdx].reason
   let filename = fileIdx.toFilename
-  var crc = getCRC(fileIdx)
+  var hash = getHash(fileIdx)
   gMods[fileIdx].reason = rrNone  # we need to set it here to avoid cycles
   result = rrNone
   var r: PRodReader = nil
   var rodfile = toGeneratedFile(filename.withPackageName, RodExt)
-  r = newRodReader(rodfile, crc, fileIdx)
-  if r == nil: 
+  r = newRodReader(rodfile, hash, fileIdx)
+  if r == nil:
     result = (if existsFile(rodfile): rrRodInvalid else: rrRodDoesNotExist)
   else:
-    processRodFile(r, crc)
+    processRodFile(r, hash)
     result = r.reason
-    if result == rrNone: 
+    if result == rrNone:
       # check modules it depends on
       # NOTE: we need to process the entire module graph so that no ID will
       # be used twice! However, compilation speed does not suffer much from
@@ -836,7 +838,7 @@ proc checkDep(fileIdx: int32): TReasonForRecompile =
         if res != rrNone:
           result = rrModDeps
           # we cannot break here, because of side-effects of `checkDep`
-  if result != rrNone and gVerbosity > 0:
+  if result != rrNone:
     rawMessage(hintProcessing, reasonToFrmt[result] % filename)
   if result != rrNone or optForceFullMake in gGlobalOptions:
     # recompilation is necessary:
@@ -844,10 +846,10 @@ proc checkDep(fileIdx: int32): TReasonForRecompile =
     r = nil
   gMods[fileIdx].rd = r
   gMods[fileIdx].reason = result  # now we know better
-  
-proc handleSymbolFile(module: PSym): PRodReader = 
+
+proc handleSymbolFile(module: PSym): PRodReader =
   let fileIdx = module.fileIdx
-  if optSymbolFiles notin gGlobalOptions: 
+  if optSymbolFiles notin gGlobalOptions:
     module.id = getID()
     return nil
   idgen.loadMaxIds(options.gProjectPath / options.gProjectName)
@@ -855,9 +857,9 @@ proc handleSymbolFile(module: PSym): PRodReader =
   discard checkDep(fileIdx)
   if gMods[fileIdx].reason == rrEmpty: internalError("handleSymbolFile")
   result = gMods[fileIdx].rd
-  if result != nil: 
+  if result != nil:
     module.id = result.moduleID
-    idTablePut(result.syms, module, module)
+    result.syms[module.id] = module
     processInterf(result, module)
     processCompilerProcs(result, module)
     loadConverters(result)
@@ -876,13 +878,13 @@ proc rawLoadStub(s: PSym) =
     #echo "rs: ", toHex(cast[int](rs.position), int.sizeof * 2),
     #     "\ns:  ", toHex(cast[int](s.position), int.sizeof * 2)
     internalError(rs.info, "loadStub: wrong symbol")
-  elif rs.id != theId: 
-    internalError(rs.info, "loadStub: wrong ID") 
+  elif rs.id != theId:
+    internalError(rs.info, "loadStub: wrong ID")
   #MessageOut('loaded stub: ' + s.name.s);
-  
+
 proc loadStub*(s: PSym) =
   ## loads the stub symbol `s`.
-  
+
   # deactivate the GC here because we do a deep recursion and generate no
   # garbage when restoring parts of the object graph anyway.
   # Since we die with internal errors if this fails, no try-finally is
@@ -890,7 +892,7 @@ proc loadStub*(s: PSym) =
   GC_disable()
   rawLoadStub(s)
   GC_enable()
-  
+
 proc getBody*(s: PSym): PNode =
   ## retrieves the AST's body of `s`. If `s` has been loaded from a rod-file
   ## it may perform an expensive reload operation. Otherwise it's a simple
@@ -906,7 +908,7 @@ proc getBody*(s: PSym): PNode =
     r.pos = oldPos
     s.ast.sons[bodyPos] = result
     s.offset = 0
-  
+
 initIdTable(gTypeTable)
 initStrTable(rodCompilerprocs)
 
@@ -919,16 +921,16 @@ proc writeNode(f: File; n: PNode) =
       f.write('^')
       f.write(n.typ.id)
     case n.kind
-    of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit: 
+    of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit:
       if n.intVal != 0:
         f.write('!')
         f.write(n.intVal)
-    of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit: 
-      if n.floatVal != 0.0: 
+    of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit:
+      if n.floatVal != 0.0:
         f.write('!')
         f.write($n.floatVal)
     of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
-      if n.strVal != "": 
+      if n.strVal != "":
         f.write('!')
         f.write(n.strVal.escape)
     of nkIdent:
@@ -938,7 +940,7 @@ proc writeNode(f: File; n: PNode) =
       f.write('!')
       f.write(n.sym.id)
     else:
-      for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): 
+      for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
         writeNode(f, n.sons[i])
   f.write(")")
 
@@ -964,10 +966,10 @@ proc writeSym(f: File; s: PSym) =
   if s.magic != mNone:
     f.write('@')
     f.write($s.magic)
-  if s.options != gOptions: 
+  if s.options != gOptions:
     f.write('!')
     f.write($s.options)
-  if s.position != 0: 
+  if s.position != 0:
     f.write('%')
     f.write($s.position)
   if s.offset != -1:
@@ -988,12 +990,12 @@ proc writeType(f: File; t: PType) =
   f.write($t.kind)
   f.write('+')
   f.write($t.id)
-  if t.n != nil: 
+  if t.n != nil:
     f.writeNode(t.n)
   if t.flags != {}:
     f.write('$')
     f.write($t.flags)
-  if t.callConv != low(t.callConv): 
+  if t.callConv != low(t.callConv):
     f.write('?')
     f.write($t.callConv)
   if t.owner != nil:
@@ -1008,16 +1010,16 @@ proc writeType(f: File; t: PType) =
   if t.align != 2:
     f.write('=')
     f.write($t.align)
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1): 
-    if t.sons[i] == nil: 
+  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1):
+    if t.sons[i] == nil:
       f.write("^()")
     else:
-      f.write('^') 
+      f.write('^')
       f.write($t.sons[i].id)
   f.write("]\n")
 
 proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
-  var r = newRodReader(rodfile, 0, 0)
+  var r = newRodReader(rodfile, secureHash(""), 0)
   if r == nil:
     rawMessage(errGenerated, "cannot open file (or maybe wrong version):" &
        rodfile)
@@ -1027,30 +1029,30 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
   while r.s[r.pos] != '\0':
     let section = rdWord(r)
     case section
-    of "CRC":
+    of "HASH":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
-      outf.writeln("CRC:", $decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
-    of "ID": 
+      outf.writeLine("HASH:", $decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
+    of "ID":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       r.moduleID = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
       setId(r.moduleID)
-      outf.writeln("ID:", $r.moduleID)
+      outf.writeLine("ID:", $r.moduleID)
     of "ORIGFILE":
       inc(r.pos)
       r.origFile = decodeStr(r.s, r.pos)
-      outf.writeln("ORIGFILE:", r.origFile)
+      outf.writeLine("ORIGFILE:", r.origFile)
     of "OPTIONS":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       r.options = cast[TOptions](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-      outf.writeln("OPTIONS:", $r.options)
+      outf.writeLine("OPTIONS:", $r.options)
     of "GOPTIONS":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       let dep = cast[TGlobalOptions](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-      outf.writeln("GOPTIONS:", $dep)
+      outf.writeLine("GOPTIONS:", $dep)
     of "CMD":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       let dep = cast[TCommands](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
-      outf.writeln("CMD:", $dep)
+      outf.writeLine("CMD:", $dep)
     of "DEFINES":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       var d = 0
@@ -1072,27 +1074,27 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
         r.files.add(finalPath.fileInfoIdx)
         inc(r.pos)            # skip #10
         inc(r.line)
-        outf.writeln finalPath
+        outf.writeLine finalPath
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
       outf.write(")\n")
-    of "INCLUDES": 
+    of "INCLUDES":
       inc(r.pos, 2)           # skip "(\10"
       inc(r.line)
       outf.write("INCLUDES(\n")
-      while r.s[r.pos] != ')': 
+      while r.s[r.pos] != ')':
         let w = r.files[decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)]
         inc(r.pos)            # skip ' '
-        let inclCrc = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
-        if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A': 
+        let inclHash = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
+        if r.s[r.pos] == '\x0A':
           inc(r.pos)
           inc(r.line)
-        outf.write(w, " ", inclCrc, "\n")
+        outf.write(w, " ", inclHash, "\n")
       if r.s[r.pos] == ')': inc(r.pos)
       outf.write(")\n")
     of "DEPS":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       outf.write("DEPS:")
-      while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A': 
+      while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A':
         let v = int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos))
         r.modDeps.add(r.files[v])
         if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
@@ -1124,7 +1126,7 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
       if section == "METHODS": r.methodsIdx = r.pos
       else: r.convertersIdx = r.pos
       outf.write(section, ":")
-      while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A': 
+      while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A':
         let d = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
         outf.write(" ", $d)
         if r.s[r.pos] == ' ': inc(r.pos)
@@ -1150,7 +1152,7 @@ proc viewFile(rodfile: string) =
       outf.write("INIT(\n")
       inc r.pos, 2
       r.initIdx = r.pos
-      while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A' and r.s[r.pos] != ')': 
+      while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A' and r.s[r.pos] != ')':
         let d = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
         inc(r.pos)                # #10
         #let p = r.pos
diff --git a/compiler/rodwrite.nim b/compiler/rodwrite.nim
index e178b7ce6..d48a9ba40 100644
--- a/compiler/rodwrite.nim
+++ b/compiler/rodwrite.nim
@@ -11,16 +11,17 @@
 # rod files is a pass, reading of rod files is not! This is why reading and
 # writing of rod files is split into two different modules.
 
-import 
+import
   intsets, os, options, strutils, nversion, ast, astalgo, msgs, platform,
-  condsyms, ropes, idents, crc, rodread, passes, importer, idgen, rodutils
+  condsyms, ropes, idents, securehash, rodread, passes, importer, idgen,
+  rodutils
 
 # implementation
 
-type 
+type
   TRodWriter = object of TPassContext
     module: PSym
-    crc: TCrc32
+    hash: SecureHash
     options: TOptions
     defines: string
     inclDeps: string
@@ -38,22 +39,22 @@ type
 
   PRodWriter = ref TRodWriter
 
-proc newRodWriter(crc: TCrc32, module: PSym): PRodWriter
+proc newRodWriter(hash: SecureHash, module: PSym): PRodWriter
 proc addModDep(w: PRodWriter, dep: string)
 proc addInclDep(w: PRodWriter, dep: string)
 proc addInterfaceSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym)
 proc addStmt(w: PRodWriter, n: PNode)
 proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter)
 
-proc getDefines(): string = 
+proc getDefines(): string =
   result = ""
   for d in definedSymbolNames():
     if result.len != 0: add(result, " ")
     add(result, d)
 
-proc fileIdx(w: PRodWriter, filename: string): int = 
-  for i in countup(0, high(w.files)): 
-    if w.files[i] == filename: 
+proc fileIdx(w: PRodWriter, filename: string): int =
+  for i in countup(0, high(w.files)):
+    if w.files[i] == filename:
       return i
   result = len(w.files)
   setLen(w.files, result + 1)
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ proc fileIdx(w: PRodWriter, filename: string): int =
 template filename*(w: PRodWriter): string =
   w.module.filename
 
-proc newRodWriter(crc: TCrc32, module: PSym): PRodWriter = 
+proc newRodWriter(hash: SecureHash, module: PSym): PRodWriter =
   new(result)
   result.sstack = @[]
   result.tstack = @[]
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ proc newRodWriter(crc: TCrc32, module: PSym): PRodWriter =
   initIiTable(result.imports.tab)
   result.index.r = ""
   result.imports.r = ""
-  result.crc = crc
+  result.hash = hash
   result.module = module
   result.defines = getDefines()
   result.options = options.gOptions
@@ -84,19 +85,19 @@ proc newRodWriter(crc: TCrc32, module: PSym): PRodWriter =
   result.init = ""
   result.origFile = module.info.toFilename
   result.data = newStringOfCap(12_000)
-  
+
 proc addModDep(w: PRodWriter, dep: string) =
   if w.modDeps.len != 0: add(w.modDeps, ' ')
   encodeVInt(fileIdx(w, dep), w.modDeps)
 
-const 
+const
   rodNL = "\x0A"
 
 proc addInclDep(w: PRodWriter, dep: string) =
   var resolved = dep.findModule(w.module.info.toFullPath)
   encodeVInt(fileIdx(w, dep), w.inclDeps)
   add(w.inclDeps, " ")
-  encodeVInt(crcFromFile(resolved), w.inclDeps)
+  encodeStr($secureHashFile(resolved), w.inclDeps)
   add(w.inclDeps, rodNL)
 
 proc pushType(w: PRodWriter, t: PType) =
@@ -109,18 +110,18 @@ proc pushSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym) =
   if iiTableGet(w.index.tab, s.id) == InvalidKey:
     w.sstack.add(s)
 
-proc encodeNode(w: PRodWriter, fInfo: TLineInfo, n: PNode, 
-                result: var string) = 
-  if n == nil: 
+proc encodeNode(w: PRodWriter, fInfo: TLineInfo, n: PNode,
+                result: var string) =
+  if n == nil:
     # nil nodes have to be stored too:
     result.add("()")
     return
   result.add('(')
-  encodeVInt(ord(n.kind), result) 
+  encodeVInt(ord(n.kind), result)
   # we do not write comments for now
   # Line information takes easily 20% or more of the filesize! Therefore we
   # omit line information if it is the same as the father's line information:
-  if fInfo.fileIndex != n.info.fileIndex: 
+  if fInfo.fileIndex != n.info.fileIndex:
     result.add('?')
     encodeVInt(n.info.col, result)
     result.add(',')
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ proc encodeNode(w: PRodWriter, fInfo: TLineInfo, n: PNode,
   # No need to output the file index, as this is the serialization of one
   # file.
   var f = n.flags * PersistentNodeFlags
-  if f != {}: 
+  if f != {}:
     result.add('$')
     encodeVInt(cast[int32](f), result)
   if n.typ != nil:
@@ -146,16 +147,16 @@ proc encodeNode(w: PRodWriter, fInfo: TLineInfo, n: PNode,
     encodeVInt(n.typ.id, result)
     pushType(w, n.typ)
   case n.kind
-  of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit: 
+  of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit:
     if n.intVal != 0:
       result.add('!')
       encodeVBiggestInt(n.intVal, result)
-  of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit: 
-    if n.floatVal != 0.0: 
+  of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit:
+    if n.floatVal != 0.0:
       result.add('!')
       encodeStr($n.floatVal, result)
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
-    if n.strVal != "": 
+    if n.strVal != "":
       result.add('!')
       encodeStr(n.strVal, result)
   of nkIdent:
@@ -166,25 +167,25 @@ proc encodeNode(w: PRodWriter, fInfo: TLineInfo, n: PNode,
     encodeVInt(n.sym.id, result)
     pushSym(w, n.sym)
   else:
-    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): 
+    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       encodeNode(w, n.info, n.sons[i], result)
   add(result, ')')
 
-proc encodeLoc(w: PRodWriter, loc: TLoc, result: var string) = 
+proc encodeLoc(w: PRodWriter, loc: TLoc, result: var string) =
   var oldLen = result.len
   result.add('<')
   if loc.k != low(loc.k): encodeVInt(ord(loc.k), result)
-  if loc.s != low(loc.s): 
+  if loc.s != low(loc.s):
     add(result, '*')
     encodeVInt(ord(loc.s), result)
-  if loc.flags != {}: 
+  if loc.flags != {}:
     add(result, '$')
     encodeVInt(cast[int32](loc.flags), result)
   if loc.t != nil:
     add(result, '^')
     encodeVInt(cast[int32](loc.t.id), result)
     pushType(w, loc.t)
-  if loc.r != nil: 
+  if loc.r != nil:
     add(result, '!')
     encodeStr($loc.r, result)
   if oldLen + 1 == result.len:
@@ -192,9 +193,9 @@ proc encodeLoc(w: PRodWriter, loc: TLoc, result: var string) =
     setLen(result, oldLen)
   else:
     add(result, '>')
-  
-proc encodeType(w: PRodWriter, t: PType, result: var string) = 
-  if t == nil: 
+
+proc encodeType(w: PRodWriter, t: PType, result: var string) =
+  if t == nil:
     # nil nodes have to be stored too:
     result.add("[]")
     return
@@ -206,38 +207,38 @@ proc encodeType(w: PRodWriter, t: PType, result: var string) =
   encodeVInt(ord(t.kind), result)
   add(result, '+')
   encodeVInt(t.id, result)
-  if t.n != nil: 
+  if t.n != nil:
     encodeNode(w, unknownLineInfo(), t.n, result)
-  if t.flags != {}: 
+  if t.flags != {}:
     add(result, '$')
     encodeVInt(cast[int32](t.flags), result)
-  if t.callConv != low(t.callConv): 
+  if t.callConv != low(t.callConv):
     add(result, '?')
     encodeVInt(ord(t.callConv), result)
-  if t.owner != nil: 
+  if t.owner != nil:
     add(result, '*')
     encodeVInt(t.owner.id, result)
     pushSym(w, t.owner)
-  if t.sym != nil: 
+  if t.sym != nil:
     add(result, '&')
     encodeVInt(t.sym.id, result)
     pushSym(w, t.sym)
-  if t.size != - 1: 
+  if t.size != - 1:
     add(result, '/')
     encodeVBiggestInt(t.size, result)
-  if t.align != 2: 
+  if t.align != 2:
     add(result, '=')
     encodeVInt(t.align, result)
   encodeLoc(w, t.loc, result)
-  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1): 
-    if t.sons[i] == nil: 
+  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(t) - 1):
+    if t.sons[i] == nil:
       add(result, "^()")
-    else: 
-      add(result, '^') 
+    else:
+      add(result, '^')
       encodeVInt(t.sons[i].id, result)
       pushType(w, t.sons[i])
 
-proc encodeLib(w: PRodWriter, lib: PLib, info: TLineInfo, result: var string) = 
+proc encodeLib(w: PRodWriter, lib: PLib, info: TLineInfo, result: var string) =
   add(result, '|')
   encodeVInt(ord(lib.kind), result)
   add(result, '|')
@@ -276,10 +277,10 @@ proc encodeSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym, result: var string) =
   if s.magic != mNone:
     result.add('@')
     encodeVInt(ord(s.magic), result)
-  if s.options != w.options: 
+  if s.options != w.options:
     result.add('!')
     encodeVInt(cast[int32](s.options), result)
-  if s.position != 0: 
+  if s.position != 0:
     result.add('%')
     encodeVInt(s.position, result)
   if s.offset != - 1:
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ proc encodeSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym, result: var string) =
       if codeAst != nil:
         # resore the AST:
         s.ast.sons[codePos] = codeAst
-  
+
 proc addToIndex(w: var TIndex, key, val: int) =
   if key - w.lastIdxKey == 1:
     # we do not store a key-diff of 1 to safe space
@@ -328,24 +329,25 @@ when debugWrittenIds:
 
 proc symStack(w: PRodWriter): int =
   var i = 0
-  while i < len(w.sstack): 
+  while i < len(w.sstack):
     var s = w.sstack[i]
     if sfForward in s.flags:
       w.sstack[result] = s
       inc result
     elif iiTableGet(w.index.tab, s.id) == InvalidKey:
       var m = getModule(s)
-      if m == nil: internalError("symStack: module nil: " & s.name.s)
-      if (m.id == w.module.id) or (sfFromGeneric in s.flags): 
+      if m == nil and s.kind != skPackage:
+        internalError("symStack: module nil: " & s.name.s)
+      if s.kind == skPackage or m.id == w.module.id or sfFromGeneric in s.flags:
         # put definition in here
         var L = w.data.len
-        addToIndex(w.index, s.id, L) 
+        addToIndex(w.index, s.id, L)
         when debugWrittenIds: incl(debugWritten, s.id)
         encodeSym(w, s, w.data)
         add(w.data, rodNL)
         # put into interface section if appropriate:
-        if {sfExported, sfFromGeneric} * s.flags == {sfExported} and 
-            s.kind in ExportableSymKinds: 
+        if {sfExported, sfFromGeneric} * s.flags == {sfExported} and
+            s.kind in ExportableSymKinds:
           encodeStr(s.name.s, w.interf)
           add(w.interf, ' ')
           encodeVInt(s.id, w.interf)
@@ -361,26 +363,26 @@ proc symStack(w: PRodWriter): int =
         if s.kind == skMethod and sfDispatcher notin s.flags:
           if w.methods.len != 0: add(w.methods, ' ')
           encodeVInt(s.id, w.methods)
-      elif iiTableGet(w.imports.tab, s.id) == InvalidKey: 
+      elif iiTableGet(w.imports.tab, s.id) == InvalidKey:
         addToIndex(w.imports, s.id, m.id)
         when debugWrittenIds:
-          if not Contains(debugWritten, s.id):
+          if not contains(debugWritten, s.id):
             echo(w.filename)
             debug(s)
             debug(s.owner)
             debug(m)
-            InternalError("Symbol referred to but never written")
+            internalError("Symbol referred to but never written")
     inc(i)
   setLen(w.sstack, result)
 
-proc typeStack(w: PRodWriter): int = 
+proc typeStack(w: PRodWriter): int =
   var i = 0
-  while i < len(w.tstack): 
+  while i < len(w.tstack):
     var t = w.tstack[i]
     if t.kind == tyForward:
       w.tstack[result] = t
       inc result
-    elif iiTableGet(w.index.tab, t.id) == InvalidKey: 
+    elif iiTableGet(w.index.tab, t.id) == InvalidKey:
       var L = w.data.len
       addToIndex(w.index, t.id, L)
       encodeType(w, t, w.data)
@@ -400,24 +402,24 @@ proc processStacks(w: PRodWriter, finalPass: bool) =
   if finalPass and (oldS != 0 or oldT != 0):
     internalError("could not serialize some forwarded symbols/types")
 
-proc rawAddInterfaceSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym) = 
+proc rawAddInterfaceSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym) =
   pushSym(w, s)
   processStacks(w, false)
 
-proc addInterfaceSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym) = 
-  if w == nil: return 
-  if s.kind in ExportableSymKinds and 
-      {sfExported, sfCompilerProc} * s.flags != {}: 
+proc addInterfaceSym(w: PRodWriter, s: PSym) =
+  if w == nil: return
+  if s.kind in ExportableSymKinds and
+      {sfExported, sfCompilerProc} * s.flags != {}:
     rawAddInterfaceSym(w, s)
 
-proc addStmt(w: PRodWriter, n: PNode) = 
+proc addStmt(w: PRodWriter, n: PNode) =
   encodeVInt(w.data.len, w.init)
   add(w.init, rodNL)
   encodeNode(w, unknownLineInfo(), n, w.data)
   add(w.data, rodNL)
   processStacks(w, false)
 
-proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) = 
+proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   processStacks(w, true)
   var f: File
   if not open(f, completeGeneratedFilePath(changeFileExt(
@@ -438,12 +440,12 @@ proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   encodeStr(w.origFile, orig)
   f.write(orig)
   f.write(rodNL)
-  
-  var crc = "CRC:"
-  encodeVInt(w.crc, crc)
-  f.write(crc)
+
+  var hash = "HASH:"
+  encodeStr($w.hash, hash)
+  f.write(hash)
   f.write(rodNL)
-  
+
   var options = "OPTIONS:"
   encodeVInt(cast[int32](w.options), options)
   f.write(options)
@@ -457,31 +459,31 @@ proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   var cmd = "CMD:"
   encodeVInt(cast[int32](gCmd), cmd)
   f.write(cmd)
-  f.write(rodNL)  
-  
+  f.write(rodNL)
+
   f.write("DEFINES:")
   f.write(w.defines)
   f.write(rodNL)
-  
+
   var files = "FILES(" & rodNL
-  for i in countup(0, high(w.files)): 
+  for i in countup(0, high(w.files)):
     encodeStr(w.files[i], files)
     files.add(rodNL)
   f.write(files)
   f.write(')' & rodNL)
-  
+
   f.write("INCLUDES(" & rodNL)
   f.write(w.inclDeps)
   f.write(')' & rodNL)
-  
+
   f.write("DEPS:")
   f.write(w.modDeps)
   f.write(rodNL)
-  
+
   f.write("INTERF(" & rodNL)
   f.write(w.interf)
   f.write(')' & rodNL)
-  
+
   f.write("COMPILERPROCS(" & rodNL)
   f.write(w.compilerProcs)
   f.write(')' & rodNL)
@@ -489,11 +491,11 @@ proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   f.write("INDEX(" & rodNL)
   f.write(w.index.r)
   f.write(')' & rodNL)
-  
+
   f.write("IMPORTS(" & rodNL)
   f.write(w.imports.r)
   f.write(')' & rodNL)
-  
+
   f.write("CONVERTERS:")
   f.write(w.converters)
   f.write(rodNL)
@@ -501,11 +503,11 @@ proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   f.write("METHODS:")
   f.write(w.methods)
   f.write(rodNL)
-  
+
   f.write("INIT(" & rodNL)
   f.write(w.init)
   f.write(')' & rodNL)
-  
+
   f.write("DATA(" & rodNL)
   f.write(w.data)
   f.write(')' & rodNL)
@@ -513,23 +515,23 @@ proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   # for reading:
   f.write("\0")
   f.close()
-  
+
   #echo "interf: ", w.interf.len
   #echo "index:  ", w.index.r.len
   #echo "init:   ", w.init.len
   #echo "data:   ", w.data.len
 
-proc process(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode = 
+proc process(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
-  if c == nil: return 
+  if c == nil: return
   var w = PRodWriter(c)
   case n.kind
   of nkStmtList:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): discard process(c, n.sons[i])
     #var s = n.sons[namePos].sym
     #addInterfaceSym(w, s)
-  of nkProcDef, nkMethodDef, nkIteratorDef, nkConverterDef, 
-      nkTemplateDef, nkMacroDef: 
+  of nkProcDef, nkMethodDef, nkIteratorDef, nkConverterDef,
+      nkTemplateDef, nkMacroDef:
     var s = n.sons[namePos].sym
     if s == nil: internalError(n.info, "rodwrite.process")
     if n.sons[bodyPos] == nil:
@@ -538,17 +540,17 @@ proc process(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
         sfForward notin s.flags:
       addInterfaceSym(w, s)
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection, nkConstSection:
-    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): 
+    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
       if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
       addInterfaceSym(w, a.sons[0].sym)
-  of nkTypeSection: 
-    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): 
+  of nkTypeSection:
+    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       var a = n.sons[i]
-      if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue 
+      if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
       if a.sons[0].kind != nkSym: internalError(a.info, "rodwrite.process")
       var s = a.sons[0].sym
-      addInterfaceSym(w, s) 
+      addInterfaceSym(w, s)
       # this takes care of enum fields too
       # Note: The check for ``s.typ.kind = tyEnum`` is wrong for enum
       # type aliasing! Otherwise the same enum symbol would be included
@@ -556,29 +558,29 @@ proc process(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       #
       #        if (a.sons[2] <> nil) and (a.sons[2].kind = nkEnumTy) then begin
       #          a := s.typ.n;
-      #          for j := 0 to sonsLen(a)-1 do 
-      #            addInterfaceSym(w, a.sons[j].sym);        
-      #        end 
-  of nkImportStmt: 
+      #          for j := 0 to sonsLen(a)-1 do
+      #            addInterfaceSym(w, a.sons[j].sym);
+      #        end
+  of nkImportStmt:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): addModDep(w, getModuleName(n.sons[i]))
     addStmt(w, n)
-  of nkFromStmt: 
+  of nkFromStmt:
     addModDep(w, getModuleName(n.sons[0]))
     addStmt(w, n)
-  of nkIncludeStmt: 
+  of nkIncludeStmt:
     for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): addInclDep(w, getModuleName(n.sons[i]))
-  of nkPragma: 
+  of nkPragma:
     addStmt(w, n)
-  else: 
+  else:
     discard
 
 proc myOpen(module: PSym): PPassContext =
   if module.id < 0: internalError("rodwrite: module ID not set")
-  var w = newRodWriter(module.fileIdx.getCRC, module)
+  var w = newRodWriter(module.fileIdx.getHash, module)
   rawAddInterfaceSym(w, module)
   result = w
 
-proc myClose(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode = 
+proc myClose(c: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = process(c, n)
   var w = PRodWriter(c)
   writeRod(w)
diff --git a/compiler/sem.nim b/compiler/sem.nim
index 346a17df1..041524f84 100644
--- a/compiler/sem.nim
+++ b/compiler/sem.nim
@@ -171,11 +171,15 @@ proc newSymS(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: PContext): PSym =
   result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(n), getCurrOwner(), n.info)
 
 proc newSymG*(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: PContext): PSym =
+  proc `$`(kind: TSymKind): string = substr(system.`$`(kind), 2).toLower
+
   # like newSymS, but considers gensym'ed symbols
   if n.kind == nkSym:
     # and sfGenSym in n.sym.flags:
     result = n.sym
-    internalAssert result.kind == kind
+    if result.kind != kind:
+      localError(n.info, "cannot use symbol of kind '" &
+                 $result.kind & "' as a '" & $kind & "'")
     # when there is a nested proc inside a template, semtmpl
     # will assign a wrong owner during the first pass over the
     # template; we must fix it here: see #909
@@ -421,7 +425,11 @@ proc myOpenCached(module: PSym, rd: PRodReader): PPassContext =
   for m in items(rd.methods): methodDef(m, true)
 
 proc semStmtAndGenerateGenerics(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = semStmt(c, n)
+  if sfNoForward in c.module.flags:
+    result = semAllTypeSections(c, n)
+  else:
+    result = n
+  result = semStmt(c, result)
   # BUGFIX: process newly generated generics here, not at the end!
   if c.lastGenericIdx < c.generics.len:
     var a = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
diff --git a/compiler/semcall.nim b/compiler/semcall.nim
index c48e761e3..571504c3a 100644
--- a/compiler/semcall.nim
+++ b/compiler/semcall.nim
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
       pickBest(callOp)
 
     if overloadsState == csEmpty and result.state == csEmpty:
-      localError(n.info, errUndeclaredIdentifier, considerQuotedIdent(f).s)
+      if nfDotField in n.flags and nfExplicitCall notin n.flags:
+        localError(n.info, errUndeclaredField, considerQuotedIdent(f).s)
+      else:
+        localError(n.info, errUndeclaredRoutine, considerQuotedIdent(f).s)
       return
     elif result.state != csMatch:
       if nfExprCall in n.flags:
diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index cd6ba3753..fba64776d 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ proc semOperand(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags = {}): PNode =
     if result.typ.kind == tyVar: result = newDeref(result)
   elif {efWantStmt, efAllowStmt} * flags != {}:
     result.typ = newTypeS(tyEmpty, c)
+    result.typ.flags.incl tfVoid
   else:
     localError(n.info, errExprXHasNoType,
                renderTree(result, {renderNoComments}))
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ proc changeType(n: PNode, newType: PType, check: bool) =
           addSon(a, m)
           changeType(m, tup.sons[i], check)
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit:
-    if check:
+    if check and n.kind != nkUInt64Lit:
       let value = n.intVal
       if value < firstOrd(newType) or value > lastOrd(newType):
         localError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot convert " & $value &
@@ -1369,7 +1370,7 @@ proc semProcBody(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
      c.p.resultSym != nil and c.p.resultSym.typ.isMetaType:
     if isEmptyType(result.typ):
       # we inferred a 'void' return type:
-      c.p.resultSym.typ = nil
+      c.p.resultSym.typ = errorType(c)
       c.p.owner.typ.sons[0] = nil
     else:
       localError(c.p.resultSym.info, errCannotInferReturnType)
@@ -1727,13 +1728,17 @@ proc semMagic(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
     dec c.inParallelStmt
   of mSpawn:
     result = setMs(n, s)
-    result.sons[1] = semExpr(c, n.sons[1])
-    if not result[1].typ.isEmptyType:
-      if spawnResult(result[1].typ, c.inParallelStmt > 0) == srFlowVar:
-        result.typ = createFlowVar(c, result[1].typ, n.info)
+    for i in 1 .. <n.len:
+      result.sons[i] = semExpr(c, n.sons[i])
+    let typ = result[^1].typ
+    if not typ.isEmptyType:
+      if spawnResult(typ, c.inParallelStmt > 0) == srFlowVar:
+        result.typ = createFlowVar(c, typ, n.info)
       else:
-        result.typ = result[1].typ
-      result.add instantiateCreateFlowVarCall(c, result[1].typ, n.info).newSymNode
+        result.typ = typ
+      result.add instantiateCreateFlowVarCall(c, typ, n.info).newSymNode
+    else:
+      result.add emptyNode
   of mProcCall:
     result = setMs(n, s)
     result.sons[1] = semExpr(c, n.sons[1])
diff --git a/compiler/semfold.nim b/compiler/semfold.nim
index da24005c2..729222220 100644
--- a/compiler/semfold.nim
+++ b/compiler/semfold.nim
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ proc getIntervalType*(m: TMagic, n: PNode): PType =
       else:
         result = makeRangeF(a, abs(getFloat(a.n.sons[1])),
                                abs(getFloat(a.n.sons[0])))
-  of mAbsI, mAbsI64:
+  of mAbsI:
     let a = n.sons[1].typ
     if isIntRange(a):
       if a.n[0].intVal <= 0:
@@ -200,13 +200,13 @@ proc getIntervalType*(m: TMagic, n: PNode): PType =
     if isIntRange(a) and isIntLit(b):
       result = makeRange(a, pickMinInt(n.sons[1]) |-| pickMinInt(n.sons[2]),
                             pickMaxInt(n.sons[1]) |-| pickMaxInt(n.sons[2]))
-  of mAddI, mAddI64, mAddU:
+  of mAddI, mAddU:
     commutativeOp(`|+|`)
-  of mMulI, mMulI64, mMulU:
+  of mMulI, mMulU:
     commutativeOp(`|*|`)
-  of mSubI, mSubI64, mSubU:
+  of mSubI, mSubU:
     binaryOp(`|-|`)
-  of mBitandI, mBitandI64:
+  of mBitandI:
     # since uint64 is still not even valid for 'range' (since it's no ordinal
     # yet), we exclude it from the list (see bug #1638) for now:
     var a = n.sons[1]
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ proc getIntervalType*(m: TMagic, n: PNode): PType =
         result = makeRange(a.typ, 0, b.intVal-1)
       else:
         result = makeRange(a.typ, b.intVal+1, 0)
-  of mModI, mModI64:
+  of mModI:
     # so ... if you ever wondered about modulo's signedness; this defines it:
     let a = n.sons[1]
     let b = n.sons[2]
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ proc getIntervalType*(m: TMagic, n: PNode): PType =
         result = makeRange(a.typ, -(b.intVal-1), b.intVal-1)
       else:
         result = makeRange(a.typ, b.intVal+1, -(b.intVal+1))
-  of mDivI, mDivI64, mDivU:
+  of mDivI, mDivU:
     binaryOp(`|div|`)
   of mMinI:
     commutativeOp(min)
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ proc getIntervalType*(m: TMagic, n: PNode): PType =
   else: discard
 
 discard """
-  mShlI, mShlI64,
-  mShrI, mShrI64, mAddF64, mSubF64, mMulF64, mDivF64, mMaxF64, mMinF64
+  mShlI,
+  mShrI, mAddF64, mSubF64, mMulF64, mDivF64, mMaxF64, mMinF64
 """
 
 proc evalIs(n, a: PNode): PNode =
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
   of mUnaryMinusF64: result = newFloatNodeT(- getFloat(a), n)
   of mNot: result = newIntNodeT(1 - getInt(a), n)
   of mCard: result = newIntNodeT(nimsets.cardSet(a), n)
-  of mBitnotI, mBitnotI64: result = newIntNodeT(not getInt(a), n)
+  of mBitnotI: result = newIntNodeT(not getInt(a), n)
   of mLengthStr, mXLenStr:
     if a.kind == nkNilLit: result = newIntNodeT(0, n)
     else: result = newIntNodeT(len(getStr(a)), n)
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
     result = newFloatNodeT(toFloat(int(getInt(a))), n)
   of mToInt, mToBiggestInt: result = newIntNodeT(system.toInt(getFloat(a)), n)
   of mAbsF64: result = newFloatNodeT(abs(getFloat(a)), n)
-  of mAbsI, mAbsI64:
+  of mAbsI:
     if getInt(a) >= 0: result = a
     else: result = newIntNodeT(- getInt(a), n)
   of mZe8ToI, mZe8ToI64, mZe16ToI, mZe16ToI64, mZe32ToI64, mZeIToI64:
@@ -310,16 +310,16 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
   of mUnaryLt: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a) - 1, n)
   of mSucc: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a) + getInt(b), n)
   of mPred: result = newIntNodeT(getOrdValue(a) - getInt(b), n)
-  of mAddI, mAddI64: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) + getInt(b), n)
-  of mSubI, mSubI64: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) - getInt(b), n)
-  of mMulI, mMulI64: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) * getInt(b), n)
+  of mAddI: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) + getInt(b), n)
+  of mSubI: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) - getInt(b), n)
+  of mMulI: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) * getInt(b), n)
   of mMinI:
     if getInt(a) > getInt(b): result = newIntNodeT(getInt(b), n)
     else: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a), n)
   of mMaxI:
     if getInt(a) > getInt(b): result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a), n)
     else: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(b), n)
-  of mShlI, mShlI64:
+  of mShlI:
     case skipTypes(n.typ, abstractRange).kind
     of tyInt8: result = newIntNodeT(int8(getInt(a)) shl int8(getInt(b)), n)
     of tyInt16: result = newIntNodeT(int16(getInt(a)) shl int16(getInt(b)), n)
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
     of tyInt64, tyInt, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
       result = newIntNodeT(`shl`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
     else: internalError(n.info, "constant folding for shl")
-  of mShrI, mShrI64:
+  of mShrI:
     case skipTypes(n.typ, abstractRange).kind
     of tyInt8: result = newIntNodeT(int8(getInt(a)) shr int8(getInt(b)), n)
     of tyInt16: result = newIntNodeT(int16(getInt(a)) shr int16(getInt(b)), n)
@@ -335,11 +335,11 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
     of tyInt64, tyInt, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
       result = newIntNodeT(`shr`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
     else: internalError(n.info, "constant folding for shr")
-  of mDivI, mDivI64:
+  of mDivI:
     let y = getInt(b)
     if y != 0:
       result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) div y, n)
-  of mModI, mModI64:
+  of mModI:
     let y = getInt(b)
     if y != 0:
       result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) mod y, n)
@@ -359,11 +359,11 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
     if getFloat(a) > getFloat(b): result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(b), n)
     else: result = newFloatNodeT(getFloat(a), n)
   of mIsNil: result = newIntNodeT(ord(a.kind == nkNilLit), n)
-  of mLtI, mLtI64, mLtB, mLtEnum, mLtCh:
+  of mLtI, mLtB, mLtEnum, mLtCh:
     result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) < getOrdValue(b)), n)
-  of mLeI, mLeI64, mLeB, mLeEnum, mLeCh:
+  of mLeI, mLeB, mLeEnum, mLeCh:
     result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) <= getOrdValue(b)), n)
-  of mEqI, mEqI64, mEqB, mEqEnum, mEqCh:
+  of mEqI, mEqB, mEqEnum, mEqCh:
     result = newIntNodeT(ord(getOrdValue(a) == getOrdValue(b)), n)
   of mLtF64: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getFloat(a) < getFloat(b)), n)
   of mLeF64: result = newIntNodeT(ord(getFloat(a) <= getFloat(b)), n)
@@ -375,9 +375,9 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
     result = newIntNodeT(ord(`<%`(getOrdValue(a), getOrdValue(b))), n)
   of mLeU, mLeU64:
     result = newIntNodeT(ord(`<=%`(getOrdValue(a), getOrdValue(b))), n)
-  of mBitandI, mBitandI64, mAnd: result = newIntNodeT(a.getInt and b.getInt, n)
-  of mBitorI, mBitorI64, mOr: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) or getInt(b), n)
-  of mBitxorI, mBitxorI64, mXor: result = newIntNodeT(a.getInt xor b.getInt, n)
+  of mBitandI, mAnd: result = newIntNodeT(a.getInt and b.getInt, n)
+  of mBitorI, mOr: result = newIntNodeT(getInt(a) or getInt(b), n)
+  of mBitxorI, mXor: result = newIntNodeT(a.getInt xor b.getInt, n)
   of mAddU: result = newIntNodeT(`+%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
   of mSubU: result = newIntNodeT(`-%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
   of mMulU: result = newIntNodeT(`*%`(getInt(a), getInt(b)), n)
@@ -435,8 +435,11 @@ proc evalOp(m: TMagic, n, a, b, c: PNode): PNode =
      mAppendStrStr, mAppendSeqElem, mSetLengthStr, mSetLengthSeq,
      mParseExprToAst, mParseStmtToAst, mExpandToAst, mTypeTrait, mDotDot,
      mNLen..mNError, mEqRef, mSlurp, mStaticExec, mNGenSym, mSpawn,
-     mParallel, mPlugin:
+     mParallel, mPlugin, mGetTypeInfo:
     discard
+  of mEqProc:
+    result = newIntNodeT(ord(
+        exprStructuralEquivalent(a, b, strictSymEquality=true)), n)
   else: internalError(a.info, "evalOp(" & $m & ')')
 
 proc getConstIfExpr(c: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
@@ -540,7 +543,7 @@ proc foldConv*(n, a: PNode; check = false): PNode =
   of tyFloat..tyFloat64:
     case skipTypes(a.typ, abstractRange).kind
     of tyInt..tyInt64, tyEnum, tyBool, tyChar:
-      result = newFloatNodeT(toFloat(int(getOrdValue(a))), n)
+      result = newFloatNodeT(toBiggestFloat(getOrdValue(a)), n)
     else:
       result = a
       result.typ = n.typ
diff --git a/compiler/sempass2.nim b/compiler/sempass2.nim
index adf03be64..3431ee2ff 100644
--- a/compiler/sempass2.nim
+++ b/compiler/sempass2.nim
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ proc markGcUnsafe(a: PEffects; reason: PNode) =
       a.owner.gcUnsafetyReason = newSym(skUnknown, getIdent("<unknown>"),
                                         a.owner, reason.info)
 
-proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool) =
+proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool; cycleCheck: var IntSet) =
   let u = s.gcUnsafetyReason
-  if u != nil:
+  if u != nil and not cycleCheck.containsOrIncl(u.id):
     let msgKind = if onlyWarning: warnGcUnsafe2 else: errGenerated
     if u.kind in {skLet, skVar}:
       message(s.info, msgKind,
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool) =
     elif u.kind in routineKinds:
       # recursive call *always* produces only a warning so the full error
       # message is printed:
-      listGcUnsafety(u, true)
+      listGcUnsafety(u, true, cycleCheck)
       message(s.info, msgKind,
         "'$#' is not GC-safe as it calls '$#'" %
         [s.name.s, u.name.s])
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool) =
       message(u.info, msgKind,
         "'$#' is not GC-safe as it performs an indirect call here" % s.name.s)
 
+proc listGcUnsafety(s: PSym; onlyWarning: bool) =
+  var cycleCheck = initIntSet()
+  listGcUnsafety(s, onlyWarning, cycleCheck)
+
 proc useVar(a: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   let s = n.sym
   if isLocalVar(a, s):
@@ -237,9 +241,10 @@ proc useVar(a: PEffects, n: PNode) =
         message(n.info, warnUninit, s.name.s)
       # prevent superfluous warnings about the same variable:
       a.init.add s.id
-  if {sfGlobal, sfThread} * s.flags == {sfGlobal} and s.kind in {skVar, skLet}:
+  if {sfGlobal, sfThread} * s.flags != {} and s.kind in {skVar, skLet}:
     if s.guard != nil: guardGlobal(a, n, s.guard)
-    if (tfHasGCedMem in s.typ.flags or s.typ.isGCedMem):
+    if {sfGlobal, sfThread} * s.flags == {sfGlobal} and
+        (tfHasGCedMem in s.typ.flags or s.typ.isGCedMem):
       #if warnGcUnsafe in gNotes: warnAboutGcUnsafe(n)
       markGcUnsafe(a, s)
 
@@ -748,7 +753,7 @@ proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
     for i in 1 .. <len(n):
       let x = n.sons[i]
       track(tracked, x)
-      if sfDiscriminant in x.sons[0].sym.flags:
+      if x.sons[0].kind == nkSym and sfDiscriminant in x.sons[0].sym.flags:
         addDiscriminantFact(tracked.guards, x)
     setLen(tracked.guards, oldFacts)
   of nkPragmaBlock:
diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim
index c355a5bf1..84a09a7e6 100644
--- a/compiler/semstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim
@@ -744,13 +744,62 @@ proc typeSectionFinalPass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
       if s.typ.kind in {tyObject, tyTuple} and not s.typ.n.isNil:
         checkForMetaFields(s.typ.n)
 
+proc semAllTypeSections(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
+  proc gatherStmts(c: PContext; n: PNode; result: PNode) {.nimcall.} =
+    case n.kind
+    of nkIncludeStmt:
+      for i in 0..<n.len:
+        var f = checkModuleName(n.sons[i])
+        if f != InvalidFileIDX:
+          if containsOrIncl(c.includedFiles, f):
+            localError(n.info, errRecursiveDependencyX, f.toFilename)
+          else:
+            let code = gIncludeFile(c.module, f)
+            gatherStmts c, code, result
+            excl(c.includedFiles, f)
+    of nkStmtList:
+      for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+        gatherStmts(c, n.sons[i], result)
+    of nkTypeSection:
+      incl n.flags, nfSem
+      typeSectionLeftSidePass(c, n)
+      result.add n
+    else:
+      result.add n
+
+  result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, n.info)
+  gatherStmts(c, n, result)
+
+  template rec(name) =
+    for i in 0 ..< result.len:
+      if result[i].kind == nkTypeSection:
+        name(c, result[i])
+
+  rec typeSectionRightSidePass
+  rec typeSectionFinalPass
+  when false:
+    # too beautiful to delete:
+    template rec(name; setbit=false) =
+      proc `name rec`(c: PContext; n: PNode) {.nimcall.} =
+        if n.kind == nkTypeSection:
+          when setbit: incl n.flags, nfSem
+          name(c, n)
+        elif n.kind == nkStmtList:
+          for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+            `name rec`(c, n.sons[i])
+      `name rec`(c, n)
+    rec typeSectionLeftSidePass, true
+    rec typeSectionRightSidePass
+    rec typeSectionFinalPass
+
 proc semTypeSection(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   ## Processes a type section. This must be done in separate passes, in order
   ## to allow the type definitions in the section to reference each other
   ## without regard for the order of their definitions.
-  typeSectionLeftSidePass(c, n)
-  typeSectionRightSidePass(c, n)
-  typeSectionFinalPass(c, n)
+  if sfNoForward notin c.module.flags or nfSem notin n.flags:
+    typeSectionLeftSidePass(c, n)
+    typeSectionRightSidePass(c, n)
+    typeSectionFinalPass(c, n)
   result = n
 
 proc semParamList(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode, s: PSym) =
@@ -1033,12 +1082,13 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
     n.sons[namePos] = newSymNode(s)
     s.ast = n
     #s.scope = c.currentScope
-
-    if sfNoForward in c.module.flags and
-       sfSystemModule notin c.module.flags:
-      addInterfaceOverloadableSymAt(c, c.currentScope, s)
-      s.flags.incl sfForward
-      return
+    when false:
+      # disable for now
+      if sfNoForward in c.module.flags and
+         sfSystemModule notin c.module.flags:
+        addInterfaceOverloadableSymAt(c, c.currentScope, s)
+        s.flags.incl sfForward
+        return
   else:
     s = n[namePos].sym
     s.owner = getCurrOwner()
@@ -1268,6 +1318,8 @@ proc semPragmaBlock(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     of wLocks:
       result = n
       result.typ = n.sons[1].typ
+    of wNoRewrite:
+      incl(result.flags, nfNoRewrite)
     else: discard
 
 proc semStaticStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
diff --git a/compiler/semtempl.nim b/compiler/semtempl.nim
index 161d22fc1..a138981b7 100644
--- a/compiler/semtempl.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtempl.nim
@@ -260,6 +260,12 @@ proc semTemplSomeDecl(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode, symKind: TSymKind; start=0) =
       addLocalDecl(c, a.sons[j], symKind)
 
 proc semPattern(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode
+
+proc semTemplBodySons(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = n
+  for i in 0.. < n.len:
+    result.sons[i] = semTemplBody(c, n.sons[i])
+
 proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   semIdeForTemplateOrGenericCheck(n, c.cursorInBody)
@@ -420,9 +426,7 @@ proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
           return symChoice(c.c, n, s, scForceOpen)
         else:
           return symChoice(c.c, n, s, scOpen)
-    result = n
-    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
-      result.sons[i] = semTemplBody(c, n.sons[i])
+    result = semTemplBodySons(c, n)
 
 proc semTemplBodyDirty(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
@@ -475,7 +479,7 @@ proc transformToExpr(n: PNode): PNode =
 
 proc semTemplateDef(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var s: PSym
-  if c.p.owner.kind == skModule:
+  if isTopLevel(c):
     s = semIdentVis(c, skTemplate, n.sons[0], {sfExported})
     incl(s.flags, sfGlobal)
   else:
diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index 8c7bd7243..3bb1284fc 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ proc newConstraint(c: PContext, k: TTypeKind): PType =
 
 proc semEnum(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   if n.sonsLen == 0: return newConstraint(c, tyEnum)
+  elif n.sonsLen == 1:
+    # don't create an empty tyEnum; fixes #3052
+    return errorType(c)
   var
     counter, x: BiggestInt
     e: PSym
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ proc semAnyRef(c: PContext; n: PNode; kind: TTypeKind; prev: PType): PType =
     let isCall = ord(n.kind in nkCallKinds)
     let n = if n[0].kind == nkBracket: n[0] else: n
     checkMinSonsLen(n, 1)
+    var base = semTypeNode(c, n.lastSon, nil)
     result = newOrPrevType(kind, prev, c)
     # check every except the last is an object:
     for i in isCall .. n.len-2:
@@ -137,7 +141,6 @@ proc semAnyRef(c: PContext; n: PNode; kind: TTypeKind; prev: PType): PType =
       if region.skipTypes({tyGenericInst}).kind notin {tyError, tyObject}:
         message n[i].info, errGenerated, "region needs to be an object type"
       addSonSkipIntLit(result, region)
-    var base = semTypeNode(c, n.lastSon, nil)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
 
 proc semVarType(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
@@ -251,19 +254,21 @@ proc semArrayIndex(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
 
 proc semArray(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   var base: PType
-  result = newOrPrevType(tyArray, prev, c)
   if sonsLen(n) == 3:
     # 3 = length(array indx base)
-    var indx = semArrayIndex(c, n[1])
-    addSonSkipIntLit(result, indx)
-    if indx.kind == tyGenericInst: indx = lastSon(indx)
-    if indx.kind notin {tyGenericParam, tyStatic, tyFromExpr}:
-      if not isOrdinalType(indx):
+    let indx = semArrayIndex(c, n[1])
+    var indxB = indx
+    if indxB.kind == tyGenericInst: indxB = lastSon(indxB)
+    if indxB.kind notin {tyGenericParam, tyStatic, tyFromExpr}:
+      if not isOrdinalType(indxB):
         localError(n.sons[1].info, errOrdinalTypeExpected)
-      elif enumHasHoles(indx):
+      elif enumHasHoles(indxB):
         localError(n.sons[1].info, errEnumXHasHoles,
-                   typeToString(indx.skipTypes({tyRange})))
+                   typeToString(indxB.skipTypes({tyRange})))
     base = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[2], nil)
+    # ensure we only construct a tyArray when there was no error (bug #3048):
+    result = newOrPrevType(tyArray, prev, c)
+    addSonSkipIntLit(result, indx)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, base)
   else:
     localError(n.info, errArrayExpectsTwoTypeParams)
@@ -629,7 +634,7 @@ proc skipGenericInvocation(t: PType): PType {.inline.} =
   result = t
   if result.kind == tyGenericInvocation:
     result = result.sons[0]
-  while result.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody}:
+  while result.kind in {tyGenericInst, tyGenericBody, tyRef, tyPtr}:
     result = lastSon(result)
 
 proc addInheritedFields(c: PContext, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
@@ -651,7 +656,7 @@ proc semObjectNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
     if base.isNil:
       localError(n.info, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX, "object")
     else:
-      var concreteBase = skipGenericInvocation(base).skipTypes(skipPtrs)
+      var concreteBase = skipGenericInvocation(base)
       if concreteBase.kind == tyObject and tfFinal notin concreteBase.flags:
         addInheritedFields(c, check, pos, concreteBase)
       else:
@@ -1049,6 +1054,7 @@ proc semGeneric(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, prev: PType): PType =
     return newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
   else:
     var m = newCandidate(c, t)
+    m.isNoCall = true
     matches(c, n, copyTree(n), m)
 
     if m.state != csMatch and not m.typedescMatched:
@@ -1085,6 +1091,7 @@ proc semTypeExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode): PType =
     result = n.typ.base
   else:
     localError(n.info, errTypeExpected, n.renderTree)
+    result = errorType(c)
 
 proc freshType(res, prev: PType): PType {.inline.} =
   if prev.isNil:
@@ -1326,12 +1333,20 @@ proc processMagicType(c: PContext, m: PSym) =
     rawAddSon(m.typ, newTypeS(tyEmpty, c))
   of mIntSetBaseType: setMagicType(m, tyRange, intSize)
   of mNil: setMagicType(m, tyNil, ptrSize)
-  of mExpr: setMagicType(m, tyExpr, 0)
-  of mStmt: setMagicType(m, tyStmt, 0)
+  of mExpr:
+    setMagicType(m, tyExpr, 0)
+    if m.name.s == "expr": m.typ.flags.incl tfOldSchoolExprStmt
+  of mStmt:
+    setMagicType(m, tyStmt, 0)
+    if m.name.s == "stmt": m.typ.flags.incl tfOldSchoolExprStmt
   of mTypeDesc:
     setMagicType(m, tyTypeDesc, 0)
     rawAddSon(m.typ, newTypeS(tyNone, c))
-  of mVoidType: setMagicType(m, tyEmpty, 0)
+  of mVoidType:
+    setMagicType(m, tyEmpty, 0)
+    # for historical reasons we conflate 'void' with 'empty' so that '@[]'
+    # has the type 'seq[void]'.
+    m.typ.flags.incl tfVoid
   of mArray:
     setMagicType(m, tyArray, 0)
   of mOpenArray:
diff --git a/compiler/semtypinst.nim b/compiler/semtypinst.nim
index c5caf8b92..3ac145eb8 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypinst.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypinst.nim
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ type
     allowMetaTypes*: bool     # allow types such as seq[Number]
                               # i.e. the result contains unresolved generics
     skipTypedesc*: bool       # wether we should skip typeDescs
+    recursionLimit: int
 
 proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType
 proc replaceTypeVarsS(cl: var TReplTypeVars, s: PSym): PSym
@@ -365,6 +366,19 @@ proc propagateFieldFlags(t: PType, n: PNode) =
   else: discard
 
 proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
+  template bailout =
+    if cl.recursionLimit > 100:
+      # bail out, see bug #2509. But note this caching is in general wrong,
+      # look at this example where TwoVectors should not share the generic
+      # instantiations (bug #3112):
+
+      # type
+      #   Vector[N: static[int]] = array[N, float64]
+      #   TwoVectors[Na, Nb: static[int]] = (Vector[Na], Vector[Nb])
+      result = PType(idTableGet(cl.localCache, t))
+      if result != nil: return result
+    inc cl.recursionLimit
+
   result = t
   if t == nil: return
 
@@ -420,8 +434,7 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
     result = t
 
   of tyGenericInst:
-    result = PType(idTableGet(cl.localCache, t))
-    if result != nil: return result
+    bailout()
     result = instCopyType(cl, t)
     idTablePut(cl.localCache, t, result)
     for i in 1 .. <result.sonsLen:
@@ -431,8 +444,7 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
   else:
     if containsGenericType(t):
       #if not cl.allowMetaTypes:
-      result = PType(idTableGet(cl.localCache, t))
-      if result != nil: return result
+      bailout()
       result = instCopyType(cl, t)
       result.size = -1 # needs to be recomputed
       #if not cl.allowMetaTypes:
@@ -440,8 +452,14 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsTAux(cl: var TReplTypeVars, t: PType): PType =
 
       for i in countup(0, sonsLen(result) - 1):
         if result.sons[i] != nil:
-          result.sons[i] = replaceTypeVarsT(cl, result.sons[i])
-          propagateToOwner(result, result.sons[i])
+          var r = replaceTypeVarsT(cl, result.sons[i])
+          if result.kind == tyObject:
+            # carefully coded to not skip the precious tyGenericInst:
+            let r2 = r.skipTypes({tyGenericInst})
+            if r2.kind in {tyPtr, tyRef}:
+              r = skipTypes(r2, {tyPtr, tyRef})
+          result.sons[i] = r
+          propagateToOwner(result, r)
 
       result.n = replaceTypeVarsN(cl, result.n)
 
diff --git a/compiler/service.nim b/compiler/service.nim
index 7cb9d7d29..640dd2010 100644
--- a/compiler/service.nim
+++ b/compiler/service.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ when useCaas:
 
 # We cache modules and the dependency graph. However, we don't check for
 # file changes but expect the client to tell us about them, otherwise the
-# repeated CRC calculations may turn out to be too slow.
+# repeated hash calculations may turn out to be too slow.
 
 var
   curCaasCmd* = ""
diff --git a/compiler/sigmatch.nim b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
index 2a9d15b5a..ef1c01b7a 100644
--- a/compiler/sigmatch.nim
+++ b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type
     coerceDistincts*: bool   # this is an explicit coercion that can strip away
                              # a distrinct type
     typedescMatched*: bool
+    isNoCall*: bool          # misused for generic type instantiations C[T]
     inheritancePenalty: int  # to prefer closest father object type
     errors*: CandidateErrors # additional clarifications to be displayed to the
                              # user if overload resolution fails
@@ -158,11 +159,15 @@ proc sumGeneric(t: PType): int =
       t = t.sons[0]
       inc result
       inc isvar
+    of tyTypeDesc:
+      t = t.lastSon
+      if t.kind == tyEmpty: break
+      inc result
     of tyGenericInvocation, tyTuple:
       result += ord(t.kind == tyGenericInvocation)
       for i in 0 .. <t.len: result += t.sons[i].sumGeneric
       break
-    of tyGenericParam, tyExpr, tyStatic, tyStmt, tyTypeDesc: break
+    of tyGenericParam, tyExpr, tyStatic, tyStmt: break
     of tyBool, tyChar, tyEnum, tyObject, tyProc, tyPointer,
         tyString, tyCString, tyInt..tyInt64, tyFloat..tyFloat128,
         tyUInt..tyUInt64:
@@ -218,12 +223,12 @@ proc cmpCandidates*(a, b: TCandidate): int =
   result = complexDisambiguation(a.callee, b.callee)
 
 proc writeMatches*(c: TCandidate) =
-  writeln(stdout, "exact matches: " & $c.exactMatches)
-  writeln(stdout, "generic matches: " & $c.genericMatches)
-  writeln(stdout, "subtype matches: " & $c.subtypeMatches)
-  writeln(stdout, "intconv matches: " & $c.intConvMatches)
-  writeln(stdout, "conv matches: " & $c.convMatches)
-  writeln(stdout, "inheritance: " & $c.inheritancePenalty)
+  writeLine(stdout, "exact matches: " & $c.exactMatches)
+  writeLine(stdout, "generic matches: " & $c.genericMatches)
+  writeLine(stdout, "subtype matches: " & $c.subtypeMatches)
+  writeLine(stdout, "intconv matches: " & $c.intConvMatches)
+  writeLine(stdout, "conv matches: " & $c.convMatches)
+  writeLine(stdout, "inheritance: " & $c.inheritancePenalty)
 
 proc argTypeToString(arg: PNode; prefer: TPreferedDesc): string =
   if arg.kind in nkSymChoices:
@@ -264,6 +269,9 @@ proc concreteType(c: TCandidate, t: PType): PType =
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, t.sons[1]) # XXX: semantic checking for the type?
   of tyNil:
     result = nil              # what should it be?
+  of tyTypeDesc:
+    if c.isNoCall: result = t
+    else: result = nil
   of tySequence, tySet:
     if t.sons[0].kind == tyEmpty: result = nil
     else: result = t
@@ -727,8 +735,12 @@ proc typeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType, doBind = true): TTypeRelation =
         result = isNone
     else: discard
   of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
-    # varargs[expr] is special
-    if f.kind == tyVarargs and f.sons[0].kind == tyExpr: return
+    # varargs[expr] is special too but handled earlier. So we only need to
+    # handle varargs[stmt] which is the same as varargs[typed]:
+    if f.kind == tyVarargs:
+      if tfOldSchoolExprStmt in f.sons[0].flags:
+        if f.sons[0].kind == tyExpr: return
+      elif f.sons[0].kind == tyStmt: return
     case a.kind
     of tyOpenArray, tyVarargs:
       result = typeRel(c, base(f), base(a))
@@ -748,6 +760,13 @@ proc typeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType, doBind = true): TTypeRelation =
         result = isConvertible
       elif typeRel(c, base(f), a.sons[0]) >= isGeneric:
         result = isConvertible
+    of tyString:
+      if f.kind == tyOpenArray:
+        if f.sons[0].kind == tyChar:
+          result = isConvertible
+        elif f.sons[0].kind == tyGenericParam and a.len > 0 and
+            typeRel(c, base(f), base(a)) >= isGeneric:
+          result = isConvertible
     else: discard
   of tySequence:
     case a.kind
@@ -1091,6 +1110,8 @@ proc typeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType, doBind = true): TTypeRelation =
       result = isNone
 
   of tyStmt:
+    if aOrig != nil and tfOldSchoolExprStmt notin f.flags:
+      put(c.bindings, f, aOrig)
     result = isGeneric
 
   of tyProxy:
@@ -1281,7 +1302,10 @@ proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, argType: PType,
     result = implicitConv(nkHiddenStdConv, f, arg, m, c)
   of isSubtype:
     inc(m.subtypeMatches)
-    result = implicitConv(nkHiddenSubConv, f, arg, m, c)
+    if f.kind == tyTypeDesc:
+      result = arg
+    else:
+      result = implicitConv(nkHiddenSubConv, f, arg, m, c)
   of isSubrange:
     inc(m.subtypeMatches)
     if f.kind == tyVar:
@@ -1291,6 +1315,8 @@ proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, argType: PType,
   of isInferred, isInferredConvertible:
     if arg.kind in {nkProcDef, nkIteratorDef} + nkLambdaKinds:
       result = c.semInferredLambda(c, m.bindings, arg)
+    elif arg.kind != nkSym:
+      return nil
     else:
       let inferred = c.semGenerateInstance(c, arg.sym, m.bindings, arg.info)
       result = newSymNode(inferred, arg.info)
@@ -1454,6 +1480,10 @@ proc incrIndexType(t: PType) =
   assert t.kind == tyArrayConstr
   inc t.sons[0].n.sons[1].intVal
 
+template isVarargsUntyped(x): expr =
+  x.kind == tyVarargs and x.sons[0].kind == tyExpr and
+    tfOldSchoolExprStmt notin x.sons[0].flags
+
 proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
                 m: var TCandidate, marker: var IntSet) =
   template checkConstraint(n: expr) {.immediate, dirty.} =
@@ -1482,10 +1512,17 @@ proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
   var formalLen = m.callee.n.len
   addSon(m.call, copyTree(n.sons[0]))
   var container: PNode = nil # constructed container
-  var formal: PSym = nil
+  var formal: PSym = if formalLen > 1: m.callee.n.sons[1].sym else: nil
 
   while a < n.len:
-    if n.sons[a].kind == nkExprEqExpr:
+    if a >= formalLen-1 and formal != nil and formal.typ.isVarargsUntyped:
+      if container.isNil:
+        container = newNodeIT(nkBracket, n.sons[a].info, arrayConstr(c, n.info))
+        setSon(m.call, formal.position + 1, container)
+      else:
+        incrIndexType(container.typ)
+      addSon(container, n.sons[a])
+    elif n.sons[a].kind == nkExprEqExpr:
       # named param
       # check if m.callee has such a param:
       prepareNamedParam(n.sons[a])
@@ -1507,7 +1544,7 @@ proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
       n.sons[a].sons[1] = prepareOperand(c, formal.typ, n.sons[a].sons[1])
       n.sons[a].typ = n.sons[a].sons[1].typ
       var arg = paramTypesMatch(m, formal.typ, n.sons[a].typ,
-                                n.sons[a].sons[1], nOrig.sons[a].sons[1])
+                                n.sons[a].sons[1], n.sons[a].sons[1])
       if arg == nil:
         m.state = csNoMatch
         return
@@ -1536,7 +1573,7 @@ proc matchesAux(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode,
             addSon(m.call, copyTree(n.sons[a]))
         elif formal != nil and formal.typ.kind == tyVarargs:
           # beware of the side-effects in 'prepareOperand'! So only do it for
-          # varags matching. See tests/metatype/tstatic_overloading.
+          # varargs matching. See tests/metatype/tstatic_overloading.
           m.baseTypeMatch = false
           n.sons[a] = prepareOperand(c, formal.typ, n.sons[a])
           var arg = paramTypesMatch(m, formal.typ, n.sons[a].typ,
diff --git a/compiler/suggest.nim b/compiler/suggest.nim
index 6b168670c..659f1fa16 100644
--- a/compiler/suggest.nim
+++ b/compiler/suggest.nim
@@ -15,57 +15,79 @@ import algorithm, sequtils
 
 const
   sep = '\t'
-  sectionSuggest = "sug"
-  sectionDef = "def"
-  sectionContext = "con"
-  sectionUsage = "use"
+
+type
+  Suggest* = object
+    section*: IdeCmd
+    qualifiedPath*: seq[string]
+    filePath*: string
+    line*: int                   # Starts at 1
+    column*: int                 # Starts at 0
+    doc*: string           # Not escaped (yet)
+    symkind*: TSymKind
+    forth*: string               # XXX TODO object on symkind
+
+var
+  suggestionResultHook*: proc (result: Suggest) {.closure.}
 
 #template sectionSuggest(): expr = "##begin\n" & getStackTrace() & "##end\n"
 
 template origModuleName(m: PSym): string = m.name.s
 
-proc symToStr(s: PSym, isLocal: bool, section: string, li: TLineInfo): string = 
-  result = section
-  result.add(sep)
+proc symToSuggest(s: PSym, isLocal: bool, section: string, li: TLineInfo): Suggest = 
+  result.section = parseIdeCmd(section)
   if optIdeTerse in gGlobalOptions:
-    if s.kind in routineKinds:
-      result.add renderTree(s.ast, {renderNoBody, renderNoComments,
-                                    renderDocComments, renderNoPragmas})
-    else:
-      result.add s.name.s
-    result.add(sep)
-    result.add(toFullPath(li))
-    result.add(sep)
-    result.add($toLinenumber(li))
-    result.add(sep)
-    result.add($toColumn(li))
+    result.symkind = s.kind
+    result.filePath = toFullPath(li)
+    result.line = toLinenumber(li)
+    result.column = toColumn(li)
   else:
-    result.add($s.kind)
-    result.add(sep)
+    result.symkind = s.kind
+    result.qualifiedPath = @[]
     if not isLocal and s.kind != skModule:
       let ow = s.owner
       if ow.kind != skModule and ow.owner != nil:
         let ow2 = ow.owner
-        result.add(ow2.origModuleName)
-        result.add('.')
-      result.add(ow.origModuleName)
-      result.add('.')
-    result.add(s.name.s)
-    result.add(sep)
+        result.qualifiedPath.add(ow2.origModuleName)
+      result.qualifiedPath.add(ow.origModuleName)
+    result.qualifiedPath.add(s.name.s)
+
     if s.typ != nil: 
-      result.add(typeToString(s.typ))
-    result.add(sep)
-    result.add(toFullPath(li))
-    result.add(sep)
-    result.add($toLinenumber(li))
-    result.add(sep)
-    result.add($toColumn(li))
-    result.add(sep)
+      result.forth = typeToString(s.typ)
+    else:
+      result.forth = ""
+    result.filePath = toFullPath(li)
+    result.line = toLinenumber(li)
+    result.column = toColumn(li)
     when not defined(noDocgen):
-      result.add(s.extractDocComment.escape)
+      result.doc = s.extractDocComment
+
+proc `$`(suggest: Suggest): string = 
+  result = $suggest.section
+  result.add(sep)
+  result.add($suggest.symkind)
+  result.add(sep)
+  result.add(suggest.qualifiedPath.join("."))
+  result.add(sep)
+  result.add(suggest.forth)
+  result.add(sep)
+  result.add(suggest.filePath)
+  result.add(sep)
+  result.add($suggest.line)
+  result.add(sep)
+  result.add($suggest.column)
+  result.add(sep)
+  when not defined(noDocgen):
+    result.add(suggest.doc.escape)
 
-proc symToStr(s: PSym, isLocal: bool, section: string): string = 
-  result = symToStr(s, isLocal, section, s.info)
+proc symToSuggest(s: PSym, isLocal: bool, section: string): Suggest = 
+  result = symToSuggest(s, isLocal, section, s.info)
+
+proc suggestResult(s: Suggest) =
+  if not isNil(suggestionResultHook):
+    suggestionResultHook(s)
+  else:
+    suggestWriteln($(s))
 
 proc filterSym(s: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
   result = s.kind != skModule
@@ -84,7 +106,7 @@ proc fieldVisible*(c: PContext, f: PSym): bool {.inline.} =
 
 proc suggestField(c: PContext, s: PSym, outputs: var int) = 
   if filterSym(s) and fieldVisible(c, s):
-    suggestWriteln(symToStr(s, isLocal=true, sectionSuggest))
+    suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=true, $ideSug))
     inc outputs
 
 template wholeSymTab(cond, section: expr) {.immediate.} =
@@ -97,7 +119,7 @@ template wholeSymTab(cond, section: expr) {.immediate.} =
     for item in entries:
       let it {.inject.} = item
       if cond:
-        suggestWriteln(symToStr(it, isLocal = isLocal, section))
+        suggestResult(symToSuggest(it, isLocal = isLocal, section))
         inc outputs
 
 proc suggestSymList(c: PContext, list: PNode, outputs: var int) = 
@@ -140,7 +162,7 @@ proc argsFit(c: PContext, candidate: PSym, n, nOrig: PNode): bool =
 
 proc suggestCall(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode, outputs: var int) = 
   wholeSymTab(filterSym(it) and nameFits(c, it, n) and argsFit(c, it, n, nOrig),
-              sectionContext)
+              $ideCon)
 
 proc typeFits(c: PContext, s: PSym, firstArg: PType): bool {.inline.} = 
   if s.typ != nil and sonsLen(s.typ) > 1 and s.typ.sons[1] != nil:
@@ -157,7 +179,7 @@ proc typeFits(c: PContext, s: PSym, firstArg: PType): bool {.inline.} =
 
 proc suggestOperations(c: PContext, n: PNode, typ: PType, outputs: var int) =
   assert typ != nil
-  wholeSymTab(filterSymNoOpr(it) and typeFits(c, it, typ), sectionSuggest)
+  wholeSymTab(filterSymNoOpr(it) and typeFits(c, it, typ), $ideSug)
 
 proc suggestEverything(c: PContext, n: PNode, outputs: var int) =
   # do not produce too many symbols:
@@ -166,7 +188,7 @@ proc suggestEverything(c: PContext, n: PNode, outputs: var int) =
     if scope == c.topLevelScope: isLocal = false
     for it in items(scope.symbols):
       if filterSym(it):
-        suggestWriteln(symToStr(it, isLocal = isLocal, sectionSuggest))
+        suggestResult(symToSuggest(it, isLocal = isLocal, $ideSug))
         inc outputs
     if scope == c.topLevelScope: break
 
@@ -181,12 +203,12 @@ proc suggestFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, outputs: var int) =
         # all symbols accessible, because we are in the current module:
         for it in items(c.topLevelScope.symbols):
           if filterSym(it): 
-            suggestWriteln(symToStr(it, isLocal=false, sectionSuggest))
+            suggestResult(symToSuggest(it, isLocal=false, $ideSug))
             inc outputs
       else: 
         for it in items(n.sym.tab): 
           if filterSym(it): 
-            suggestWriteln(symToStr(it, isLocal=false, sectionSuggest))
+            suggestResult(symToSuggest(it, isLocal=false, $ideSug))
             inc outputs
     else:
       # fallback:
@@ -263,16 +285,16 @@ var
 proc findUsages(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
   if usageSym == nil and isTracked(info, s.name.s.len):
     usageSym = s
-    suggestWriteln(symToStr(s, isLocal=false, sectionUsage))
+    suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, $ideUse))
   elif s == usageSym:
     if lastLineInfo != info:
-      suggestWriteln(symToStr(s, isLocal=false, sectionUsage, info))
+      suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, $ideUse, info))
     lastLineInfo = info
 
 proc findDefinition(info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
   if s.isNil: return
   if isTracked(info, s.name.s.len):
-    suggestWriteln(symToStr(s, isLocal=false, sectionDef))
+    suggestResult(symToSuggest(s, isLocal=false, $ideDef))
     suggestQuit()
 
 proc ensureIdx[T](x: var T, y: int) =
diff --git a/compiler/syntaxes.nim b/compiler/syntaxes.nim
index 7f9e25f82..5fd81d87e 100644
--- a/compiler/syntaxes.nim
+++ b/compiler/syntaxes.nim
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ proc applyFilter(p: var TParsers, n: PNode, filename: string,
   of filtReplace: 
     result = filterReplace(stdin, filename, n)
   if f != filtNone: 
-    if gVerbosity >= 2: 
+    if hintCodeBegin in gNotes:
       rawMessage(hintCodeBegin, [])
       msgWriteln(result.s)
       rawMessage(hintCodeEnd, [])
diff --git a/compiler/transf.nim b/compiler/transf.nim
index 57547b682..dddbd51c4 100644
--- a/compiler/transf.nim
+++ b/compiler/transf.nim
@@ -465,10 +465,13 @@ proc transformFor(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
   var call = n.sons[length - 2]
 
   let labl = newLabel(c, n)
-  c.breakSyms.add(labl)
   result = newTransNode(nkBlockStmt, n.info, 2)
   result[0] = newSymNode(labl).PTransNode
-
+  if call.typ.isNil:
+    # see bug #3051
+    result[1] = newNode(nkEmpty).PTransNode
+    return result
+  c.breakSyms.add(labl)
   if call.typ.kind != tyIter and
     (call.kind notin nkCallKinds or call.sons[0].kind != nkSym or
       call.sons[0].sym.kind != skIterator):
@@ -479,10 +482,10 @@ proc transformFor(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
 
   #echo "transforming: ", renderTree(n)
   var stmtList = newTransNode(nkStmtList, n.info, 0)
+  result[1] = stmtList
 
   var loopBody = transformLoopBody(c, n.sons[length-1])
 
-  result[1] = stmtList
   discard c.breakSyms.pop
 
   var v = newNodeI(nkVarSection, n.info)
diff --git a/compiler/trees.nim b/compiler/trees.nim
index 2c631af99..659df334b 100644
--- a/compiler/trees.nim
+++ b/compiler/trees.nim
@@ -36,15 +36,18 @@ proc cyclicTree*(n: PNode): bool =
   var s = newNodeI(nkEmpty, n.info)
   result = cyclicTreeAux(n, s)
 
-proc exprStructuralEquivalent*(a, b: PNode): bool =
+proc exprStructuralEquivalent*(a, b: PNode; strictSymEquality=false): bool =
   result = false
   if a == b:
     result = true
   elif (a != nil) and (b != nil) and (a.kind == b.kind):
     case a.kind
     of nkSym:
-      # don't go nuts here: same symbol as string is enough:
-      result = a.sym.name.id == b.sym.name.id
+      if strictSymEquality:
+        result = a.sym == b.sym
+      else:
+        # don't go nuts here: same symbol as string is enough:
+        result = a.sym.name.id == b.sym.name.id
     of nkIdent: result = a.ident.id == b.ident.id
     of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit: result = a.intVal == b.intVal
     of nkFloatLit..nkFloat64Lit: result = a.floatVal == b.floatVal
@@ -53,7 +56,8 @@ proc exprStructuralEquivalent*(a, b: PNode): bool =
     else:
       if sonsLen(a) == sonsLen(b):
         for i in countup(0, sonsLen(a) - 1):
-          if not exprStructuralEquivalent(a.sons[i], b.sons[i]): return
+          if not exprStructuralEquivalent(a.sons[i], b.sons[i],
+                                          strictSymEquality): return
         result = true
 
 proc sameTree*(a, b: PNode): bool =
diff --git a/compiler/treetab.nim b/compiler/treetab.nim
index 8d66d56c7..adfc7b2ce 100644
--- a/compiler/treetab.nim
+++ b/compiler/treetab.nim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import 
   hashes, ast, astalgo, types
 
-proc hashTree(n: PNode): THash = 
+proc hashTree(n: PNode): Hash = 
   if n == nil: return 
   result = ord(n.kind)
   case n.kind
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ proc treesEquivalent(a, b: PNode): bool =
         result = true
     if result: result = sameTypeOrNil(a.typ, b.typ)
   
-proc nodeTableRawGet(t: TNodeTable, k: THash, key: PNode): int = 
-  var h: THash = k and high(t.data)
+proc nodeTableRawGet(t: TNodeTable, k: Hash, key: PNode): int = 
+  var h: Hash = k and high(t.data)
   while t.data[h].key != nil: 
     if (t.data[h].h == k) and treesEquivalent(t.data[h].key, key): 
       return h
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ proc nodeTableGet*(t: TNodeTable, key: PNode): int =
   if index >= 0: result = t.data[index].val
   else: result = low(int)
   
-proc nodeTableRawInsert(data: var TNodePairSeq, k: THash, key: PNode, 
+proc nodeTableRawInsert(data: var TNodePairSeq, k: Hash, key: PNode, 
                         val: int) = 
-  var h: THash = k and high(data)
+  var h: Hash = k and high(data)
   while data[h].key != nil: h = nextTry(h, high(data))
   assert(data[h].key == nil)
   data[h].h = k
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ proc nodeTableRawInsert(data: var TNodePairSeq, k: THash, key: PNode,
 
 proc nodeTablePut*(t: var TNodeTable, key: PNode, val: int) = 
   var n: TNodePairSeq
-  var k: THash = hashTree(key)
+  var k: Hash = hashTree(key)
   var index = nodeTableRawGet(t, k, key)
   if index >= 0: 
     assert(t.data[index].key != nil)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ proc nodeTablePut*(t: var TNodeTable, key: PNode, val: int) =
 
 proc nodeTableTestOrSet*(t: var TNodeTable, key: PNode, val: int): int = 
   var n: TNodePairSeq
-  var k: THash = hashTree(key)
+  var k: Hash = hashTree(key)
   var index = nodeTableRawGet(t, k, key)
   if index >= 0: 
     assert(t.data[index].key != nil)
diff --git a/compiler/types.nim b/compiler/types.nim
index e205f5722..af103bc3c 100644
--- a/compiler/types.nim
+++ b/compiler/types.nim
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ proc rangeToStr(n: PNode): string =
 
 const
   typeToStr: array[TTypeKind, string] = ["None", "bool", "Char", "empty",
-    "Array Constructor [$1]", "nil", "expr", "stmt", "typeDesc",
+    "Array Constructor [$1]", "nil", "untyped", "typed", "typeDesc",
     "GenericInvocation", "GenericBody", "GenericInst", "GenericParam",
     "distinct $1", "enum", "ordinal[$1]", "array[$1, $2]", "object", "tuple",
     "set[$1]", "range[$1]", "ptr ", "ref ", "var ", "seq[$1]", "proc",
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ proc typeToString(typ: PType, prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string =
     result = "not " & typeToString(t.sons[0])
   of tyExpr:
     internalAssert t.len == 0
-    result = "expr"
+    result = "untyped"
   of tyFromExpr, tyFieldAccessor:
     result = renderTree(t.n)
   of tyArray:
diff --git a/compiler/vm.nim b/compiler/vm.nim
index 1c6c9a30b..d7495d77f 100644
--- a/compiler/vm.nim
+++ b/compiler/vm.nim
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ template decodeBx(k: expr) {.immediate, dirty.} =
 template move(a, b: expr) {.immediate, dirty.} = system.shallowCopy(a, b)
 # XXX fix minor 'shallowCopy' overloading bug in compiler
 
-proc createStrKeepNode(x: var TFullReg) =
+proc createStrKeepNode(x: var TFullReg; keepNode=true) =
   if x.node.isNil:
     x.node = newNode(nkStrLit)
-  elif x.node.kind == nkNilLit:
+  elif x.node.kind == nkNilLit and keepNode:
     when defined(useNodeIds):
       let id = x.node.id
     system.reset(x.node[])
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ proc opConv*(dest: var TFullReg, src: TFullReg, desttyp, srctyp: PType): bool =
         myreset(dest); dest.kind = rkFloat
       case skipTypes(srctyp, abstractRange).kind
       of tyInt..tyInt64, tyUInt..tyUInt64, tyEnum, tyBool, tyChar:
-        dest.floatVal = toFloat(src.intVal.int)
+        dest.floatVal = toBiggestFloat(src.intVal)
       else:
         dest.floatVal = src.floatVal
     else:
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
     #if c.traceActive:
     #  echo "PC ", pc, " ", c.code[pc].opcode, " ra ", ra
     #  message(c.debug[pc], warnUser, "Trace")
+
     case instr.opcode
     of opcEof: return regs[ra]
     of opcRet:
@@ -407,8 +408,8 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       decodeB(rkInt)
       regs[ra].intVal = regs[rb].intVal
     of opcAsgnStr:
-      decodeB(rkNode)
-      createStrKeepNode regs[ra]
+      decodeBC(rkNode)
+      createStrKeepNode regs[ra], rc != 0
       regs[ra].node.strVal = regs[rb].node.strVal
     of opcAsgnFloat:
       decodeB(rkFloat)
@@ -509,8 +510,10 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       of rkNode:
         if regs[rb].node.kind == nkNilLit:
           stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errNilAccess)
-        assert regs[rb].node.kind == nkRefTy
-        regs[ra].node = regs[rb].node.sons[0]
+        if regs[rb].node.kind == nkRefTy:
+          regs[ra].node = regs[rb].node.sons[0]
+        else:
+          stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errGenerated, "limited VM support for 'ref'")
       else:
         stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errNilAccess)
     of opcWrDeref:
@@ -682,11 +685,19 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
     of opcLtu:
       decodeBC(rkInt)
       regs[ra].intVal = ord(regs[rb].intVal <% regs[rc].intVal)
-    of opcEqRef, opcEqNimrodNode:
+    of opcEqRef:
       decodeBC(rkInt)
       regs[ra].intVal = ord((regs[rb].node.kind == nkNilLit and
                              regs[rc].node.kind == nkNilLit) or
                              regs[rb].node == regs[rc].node)
+    of opcEqNimrodNode:
+      decodeBC(rkInt)
+      regs[ra].intVal =
+        ord(exprStructuralEquivalent(regs[rb].node, regs[rc].node,
+                                     strictSymEquality=true))
+    of opcSameNodeType:
+      decodeBC(rkInt)
+      regs[ra].intVal = ord(regs[rb].node.typ.sameTypeOrNil regs[rc].node.typ)
     of opcXor:
       decodeBC(rkInt)
       regs[ra].intVal = ord(regs[rb].intVal != regs[rc].intVal)
@@ -1047,18 +1058,6 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
           # set to default value:
           for i in oldLen .. <newLen:
             regs[ra].node.sons[i] = newNodeI(nkEmpty, c.debug[pc])
-    of opcSwap:
-      let rb = instr.regB
-      if regs[ra].kind == regs[rb].kind:
-        case regs[ra].kind
-        of rkNone: discard
-        of rkInt: swap regs[ra].intVal, regs[rb].intVal
-        of rkFloat: swap regs[ra].floatVal, regs[rb].floatVal
-        of rkNode: swap regs[ra].node, regs[rb].node
-        of rkRegisterAddr: swap regs[ra].regAddr, regs[rb].regAddr
-        of rkNodeAddr: swap regs[ra].nodeAddr, regs[rb].nodeAddr
-      else:
-        internalError(c.debug[pc], "cannot swap operands")
     of opcReset:
       internalError(c.debug[pc], "too implement")
     of opcNarrowS:
@@ -1121,7 +1120,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
       decodeB(rkInt)
       let a = regs[rb].node
       case a.kind
-      of nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit: regs[ra].intVal = a.intVal
+      of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit: regs[ra].intVal = a.intVal
       else: stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errFieldXNotFound, "intVal")
     of opcNFloatVal:
       decodeB(rkFloat)
@@ -1172,9 +1171,12 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
                                      c.module)
     of opcGorge:
       decodeBC(rkNode)
+      inc pc
+      let rd = c.code[pc].regA
+
       createStr regs[ra]
       regs[ra].node.strVal = opGorge(regs[rb].node.strVal,
-                                     regs[rc].node.strVal)
+                                     regs[rc].node.strVal, regs[rd].node.strVal)
     of opcNError:
       stackTrace(c, tos, pc, errUser, regs[ra].node.strVal)
     of opcNWarning:
@@ -1276,7 +1278,7 @@ proc rawExecute(c: PCtx, start: int, tos: PStackFrame): TFullReg =
     of opcNSetIntVal:
       decodeB(rkNode)
       var dest = regs[ra].node
-      if dest.kind in {nkCharLit..nkInt64Lit} and
+      if dest.kind in {nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit} and
          regs[rb].kind in {rkInt}:
         dest.intVal = regs[rb].intVal
       else:
diff --git a/compiler/vmdef.nim b/compiler/vmdef.nim
index 047009f01..6900b17c2 100644
--- a/compiler/vmdef.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmdef.nim
@@ -60,12 +60,13 @@ type
     opcAddFloat, opcSubFloat, opcMulFloat, opcDivFloat, opcShrInt, opcShlInt,
     opcBitandInt, opcBitorInt, opcBitxorInt, opcAddu, opcSubu, opcMulu,
     opcDivu, opcModu, opcEqInt, opcLeInt, opcLtInt, opcEqFloat,
-    opcLeFloat, opcLtFloat, opcLeu, opcLtu, opcEqRef, opcEqNimrodNode, opcXor,
-    opcNot, opcUnaryMinusInt, opcUnaryMinusFloat, opcBitnotInt,
+    opcLeFloat, opcLtFloat, opcLeu, opcLtu,
+    opcEqRef, opcEqNimrodNode, opcSameNodeType,
+    opcXor, opcNot, opcUnaryMinusInt, opcUnaryMinusFloat, opcBitnotInt,
     opcEqStr, opcLeStr, opcLtStr, opcEqSet, opcLeSet, opcLtSet,
     opcMulSet, opcPlusSet, opcMinusSet, opcSymdiffSet, opcConcatStr,
     opcContainsSet, opcRepr, opcSetLenStr, opcSetLenSeq,
-    opcSwap, opcIsNil, opcOf, opcIs,
+    opcIsNil, opcOf, opcIs,
     opcSubStr, opcParseFloat, opcConv, opcCast,
     opcQuit, opcReset,
     opcNarrowS, opcNarrowU,
diff --git a/compiler/vmdeps.nim b/compiler/vmdeps.nim
index 21ee4967b..73016108d 100644
--- a/compiler/vmdeps.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmdeps.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-import ast, types, msgs, osproc, streams, options, idents
+import ast, types, msgs, osproc, streams, options, idents, securehash
 
 proc readOutput(p: Process): string =
   result = ""
@@ -15,18 +15,39 @@ proc readOutput(p: Process): string =
   while not output.atEnd:
     result.add(output.readLine)
     result.add("\n")
-  result.setLen(result.len - "\n".len)
+  if result.len > 0:
+    result.setLen(result.len - "\n".len)
   discard p.waitForExit
 
-proc opGorge*(cmd, input: string): string =
-  try:
-    var p = startProcess(cmd, options={poEvalCommand})
-    if input.len != 0:
-      p.inputStream.write(input)
-      p.inputStream.close()
-    result = p.readOutput
-  except IOError, OSError:
-    result = ""
+proc opGorge*(cmd, input, cache: string): string =
+  if cache.len > 0:# and optForceFullMake notin gGlobalOptions:
+    let h = secureHash(cmd & "\t" & input & "\t" & cache)
+    let filename = options.toGeneratedFile("gorge_" & $h, "txt")
+    var f: File
+    if open(f, filename):
+      result = f.readAll
+      f.close
+      return
+    var readSuccessful = false
+    try:
+      var p = startProcess(cmd, options={poEvalCommand})
+      if input.len != 0:
+        p.inputStream.write(input)
+        p.inputStream.close()
+      result = p.readOutput
+      readSuccessful = true
+      writeFile(filename, result)
+    except IOError, OSError:
+      if not readSuccessful: result = ""
+  else:
+    try:
+      var p = startProcess(cmd, options={poEvalCommand})
+      if input.len != 0:
+        p.inputStream.write(input)
+        p.inputStream.close()
+      result = p.readOutput
+    except IOError, OSError:
+      result = ""
 
 proc opSlurp*(file: string, info: TLineInfo, module: PSym): string =
   try:
diff --git a/compiler/vmgen.nim b/compiler/vmgen.nim
index 0743a4502..1bee9788a 100644
--- a/compiler/vmgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmgen.nim
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ proc codeListing(c: PCtx, result: var string, start=0; last = -1) =
       result.addf("\t$#\tr$#, L$#", ($opc).substr(3), x.regA,
                   i+x.regBx-wordExcess)
     elif opc in {opcLdConst, opcAsgnConst}:
-      result.addf("\t$#\tr$#, $#", ($opc).substr(3), x.regA,
-        c.constants[x.regBx-wordExcess].renderTree)
+      let idx = x.regBx-wordExcess
+      result.addf("\t$#\tr$#, $# ($#)", ($opc).substr(3), x.regA,
+        c.constants[idx].renderTree, $idx)
     elif opc in {opcMarshalLoad, opcMarshalStore}:
       let y = c.code[i+1]
       result.addf("\t$#\tr$#, r$#, $#", ($opc).substr(3), x.regA, x.regB,
@@ -169,8 +170,11 @@ proc getSlotKind(t: PType): TSlotKind =
 const
   HighRegisterPressure = 40
 
-proc getTemp(c: PCtx; typ: PType): TRegister =
-  let c = c.prc
+proc bestEffort(c: PCtx): TLineInfo =
+  (if c.prc == nil: c.module.info else: c.prc.sym.info)
+
+proc getTemp(cc: PCtx; typ: PType): TRegister =
+  let c = cc.prc
   # we prefer the same slot kind here for efficiency. Unfortunately for
   # discardable return types we may not know the desired type. This can happen
   # for e.g. mNAdd[Multiple]:
@@ -181,13 +185,13 @@ proc getTemp(c: PCtx; typ: PType): TRegister =
       return TRegister(i)
 
   # if register pressure is high, we re-use more aggressively:
-  if c.maxSlots >= HighRegisterPressure:
+  if c.maxSlots >= HighRegisterPressure and false:
     for i in 0 .. c.maxSlots-1:
       if not c.slots[i].inUse:
         c.slots[i] = (inUse: true, kind: k)
         return TRegister(i)
   if c.maxSlots >= high(TRegister):
-    internalError("cannot generate code; too many registers required")
+    globalError(cc.bestEffort, "VM problem: too many registers required")
   result = TRegister(c.maxSlots)
   c.slots[c.maxSlots] = (inUse: true, kind: k)
   inc c.maxSlots
@@ -196,9 +200,9 @@ proc freeTemp(c: PCtx; r: TRegister) =
   let c = c.prc
   if c.slots[r].kind in {slotSomeTemp..slotTempComplex}: c.slots[r].inUse = false
 
-proc getTempRange(c: PCtx; n: int; kind: TSlotKind): TRegister =
+proc getTempRange(cc: PCtx; n: int; kind: TSlotKind): TRegister =
   # if register pressure is high, we re-use more aggressively:
-  let c = c.prc
+  let c = cc.prc
   if c.maxSlots >= HighRegisterPressure or c.maxSlots+n >= high(TRegister):
     for i in 0 .. c.maxSlots-n:
       if not c.slots[i].inUse:
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ proc getTempRange(c: PCtx; n: int; kind: TSlotKind): TRegister =
           for k in result .. result+n-1: c.slots[k] = (inUse: true, kind: kind)
           return
   if c.maxSlots+n >= high(TRegister):
-    internalError("cannot generate code; too many registers required")
+    globalError(cc.bestEffort, "VM problem: too many registers required")
   result = TRegister(c.maxSlots)
   inc c.maxSlots, n
   for k in result .. result+n-1: c.slots[k] = (inUse: true, kind: kind)
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ proc genBreak(c: PCtx; n: PNode) =
       if c.prc.blocks[i].label == n.sons[0].sym:
         c.prc.blocks[i].fixups.add L1
         return
-    internalError(n.info, "cannot find 'break' target")
+    globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM problem: cannot find 'break' target")
   else:
     c.prc.blocks[c.prc.blocks.high].fixups.add L1
 
@@ -393,7 +397,7 @@ proc genLiteral(c: PCtx; n: PNode): int =
 proc unused(n: PNode; x: TDest) {.inline.} =
   if x >= 0:
     #debug(n)
-    internalError(n.info, "not unused")
+    globalError(n.info, "not unused")
 
 proc genCase(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest) =
   #  if (!expr1) goto L1;
@@ -509,10 +513,10 @@ proc needsAsgnPatch(n: PNode): bool =
 
 proc genField(n: PNode): TRegister =
   if n.kind != nkSym or n.sym.kind != skField:
-    internalError(n.info, "no field symbol")
+    globalError(n.info, "no field symbol")
   let s = n.sym
   if s.position > high(result):
-      internalError(n.info,
+    globalError(n.info,
         "too large offset! cannot generate code for: " & s.name.s)
   result = s.position
 
@@ -596,6 +600,18 @@ proc genBinaryABC(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; opc: TOpcode) =
   c.freeTemp(tmp)
   c.freeTemp(tmp2)
 
+proc genBinaryABCD(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; opc: TOpcode) =
+  let
+    tmp = c.genx(n.sons[1])
+    tmp2 = c.genx(n.sons[2])
+    tmp3 = c.genx(n.sons[3])
+  if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
+  c.gABC(n, opc, dest, tmp, tmp2)
+  c.gABC(n, opc, tmp3)
+  c.freeTemp(tmp)
+  c.freeTemp(tmp2)
+  c.freeTemp(tmp3)
+
 proc genNarrow(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: TDest) =
   let t = skipTypes(n.typ, abstractVar-{tyTypeDesc})
   # uint is uint64 in the VM, we we only need to mask the result for
@@ -710,9 +726,9 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
     c.gABI(n, opcSubImmInt, dest, tmp, 1)
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
-  of mPred, mSubI, mSubI64:
+  of mPred, mSubI:
     c.genAddSubInt(n, dest, opcSubInt)
-  of mSucc, mAddI, mAddI64:
+  of mSucc, mAddI:
     c.genAddSubInt(n, dest, opcAddInt)
   of mInc, mDec:
     unused(n, dest)
@@ -759,28 +775,28 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.freeTemp(d)
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
   of mCard: genCard(c, n, dest)
-  of mMulI, mMulI64: genBinaryABCnarrow(c, n, dest, opcMulInt)
-  of mDivI, mDivI64: genBinaryABCnarrow(c, n, dest, opcDivInt)
-  of mModI, mModI64: genBinaryABCnarrow(c, n, dest, opcModInt)
+  of mMulI: genBinaryABCnarrow(c, n, dest, opcMulInt)
+  of mDivI: genBinaryABCnarrow(c, n, dest, opcDivInt)
+  of mModI: genBinaryABCnarrow(c, n, dest, opcModInt)
   of mAddF64: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcAddFloat)
   of mSubF64: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcSubFloat)
   of mMulF64: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcMulFloat)
   of mDivF64: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcDivFloat)
-  of mShrI, mShrI64: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcShrInt)
-  of mShlI, mShlI64: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcShlInt)
-  of mBitandI, mBitandI64: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcBitandInt)
-  of mBitorI, mBitorI64: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcBitorInt)
-  of mBitxorI, mBitxorI64: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcBitxorInt)
+  of mShrI: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcShrInt)
+  of mShlI: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcShlInt)
+  of mBitandI: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcBitandInt)
+  of mBitorI: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcBitorInt)
+  of mBitxorI: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcBitxorInt)
   of mAddU: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcAddu)
   of mSubU: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcSubu)
   of mMulU: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcMulu)
   of mDivU: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcDivu)
   of mModU: genBinaryABCnarrowU(c, n, dest, opcModu)
-  of mEqI, mEqI64, mEqB, mEqEnum, mEqCh:
+  of mEqI, mEqB, mEqEnum, mEqCh:
     genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcEqInt)
-  of mLeI, mLeI64, mLeEnum, mLeCh, mLeB:
+  of mLeI, mLeEnum, mLeCh, mLeB:
     genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcLeInt)
-  of mLtI, mLtI64, mLtEnum, mLtCh, mLtB:
+  of mLtI, mLtEnum, mLtCh, mLtB:
     genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcLtInt)
   of mEqF64: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcEqFloat)
   of mLeF64: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcLeFloat)
@@ -796,7 +812,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     genNarrow(c, n, dest)
   of mUnaryMinusF64: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcUnaryMinusFloat)
   of mUnaryPlusI, mUnaryPlusF64: gen(c, n.sons[1], dest)
-  of mBitnotI, mBitnotI64:
+  of mBitnotI:
     genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcBitnotInt)
     genNarrowU(c, n, dest)
   of mZe8ToI, mZe8ToI64, mZe16ToI, mZe16ToI64, mZe32ToI64, mZeIToI64,
@@ -831,12 +847,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
   of mSwap:
     unused(n, dest)
-    var
-      d1 = c.genx(n.sons[1])
-      d2 = c.genx(n.sons[2])
-    c.gABC(n, opcSwap, d1, d2)
-    c.genAsgnPatch(n.sons[1], d1)
-    c.genAsgnPatch(n.sons[2], d2)
+    c.gen(lowerSwap(n, if c.prc == nil: c.module else: c.prc.sym))
   of mIsNil: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcIsNil)
   of mCopyStr:
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
@@ -934,7 +945,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.gABC(n, opcTypeTrait, dest, tmp)
     c.freeTemp(tmp)
   of mSlurp: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcSlurp)
-  of mStaticExec: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcGorge)
+  of mStaticExec: genBinaryABCD(c, n, dest, opcGorge)
   of mNLen: genUnaryABI(c, n, dest, opcLenSeq)
   of mNChild: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNChild)
   of mNSetChild, mNDel:
@@ -988,11 +999,12 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
       if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
       c.gABx(n, opcNBindSym, dest, idx)
     else:
-      internalError(n.info, "invalid bindSym usage")
+      localError(n.info, "invalid bindSym usage")
   of mStrToIdent: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcStrToIdent)
   of mIdentToStr: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcIdentToStr)
   of mEqIdent: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcEqIdent)
   of mEqNimrodNode: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcEqNimrodNode)
+  of mSameNodeType: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcSameNodeType)
   of mNLineInfo: genUnaryABC(c, n, dest, opcNLineInfo)
   of mNHint:
     unused(n, dest)
@@ -1013,7 +1025,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.gABC(n, opcCallSite, dest)
   of mNGenSym: genBinaryABC(c, n, dest, opcGenSym)
   of mMinI, mMaxI, mAbsF64, mMinF64, mMaxF64, mAbsI,
-     mAbsI64, mDotDot:
+     mDotDot:
     c.genCall(n, dest)
   of mExpandToAst:
     if n.len != 2:
@@ -1030,7 +1042,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
       globalError(n.info, "expandToAst requires a call expression")
   else:
     # mGCref, mGCunref,
-    internalError(n.info, "cannot generate code for: " & $m)
+    globalError(n.info, "cannot generate code for: " & $m)
 
 proc genMarshalLoad(c: PCtx, n: PNode, dest: var TDest) =
   ## Signature: proc to*[T](data: string): T
@@ -1062,6 +1074,7 @@ const
     tyUInt, tyUInt8, tyUInt16, tyUInt32, tyUInt64}
 
 proc fitsRegister*(t: PType): bool =
+  assert t != nil
   t.skipTypes(abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind in {
     tyRange, tyEnum, tyBool, tyInt..tyUInt64, tyChar}
 
@@ -1099,6 +1112,7 @@ proc genAddrDeref(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; opc: TOpcode;
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
     if not isAddr:
       gABC(c, n, opc, dest, tmp)
+      assert n.typ != nil
       if gfAddrOf notin flags and fitsRegister(n.typ):
         c.gABC(n, opcNodeToReg, dest, dest)
     elif c.prc.slots[tmp].kind >= slotTempUnknown:
@@ -1132,7 +1146,7 @@ proc whichAsgnOpc(n: PNode; opc: TOpcode): TOpcode = opc
 proc genAsgn(c: PCtx; dest: TDest; ri: PNode; requiresCopy: bool) =
   let tmp = c.genx(ri)
   assert dest >= 0
-  gABC(c, ri, whichAsgnOpc(ri), dest, tmp)
+  gABC(c, ri, whichAsgnOpc(ri), dest, tmp, 1-ord(requiresCopy))
   c.freeTemp(tmp)
 
 proc setSlot(c: PCtx; v: PSym) =
@@ -1140,7 +1154,7 @@ proc setSlot(c: PCtx; v: PSym) =
   if v.position == 0:
     if c.prc.maxSlots == 0: c.prc.maxSlots = 1
     if c.prc.maxSlots >= high(TRegister):
-      internalError(v.info, "cannot generate code; too many registers required")
+      globalError(v.info, "cannot generate code; too many registers required")
     v.position = c.prc.maxSlots
     c.prc.slots[v.position] = (inUse: true,
         kind: if v.kind == skLet: slotFixedLet else: slotFixedVar)
@@ -1183,9 +1197,10 @@ proc preventFalseAlias(c: PCtx; n: PNode; opc: TOpcode;
   # opcLdObj et al really means "load address". We sometimes have to create a
   # copy in order to not introduce false aliasing:
   # mylocal = a.b  # needs a copy of the data!
+  assert n.typ != nil
   if needsAdditionalCopy(n):
     var cc = c.getTemp(n.typ)
-    c.gABC(n, whichAsgnOpc(n), cc, value)
+    c.gABC(n, whichAsgnOpc(n), cc, value, 0)
     c.gABC(n, opc, dest, idx, cc)
     c.freeTemp(cc)
   else:
@@ -1230,10 +1245,11 @@ proc genAsgn(c: PCtx; le, ri: PNode; requiresCopy: bool) =
       internalAssert s.position > 0 or (s.position == 0 and
                                         s.kind in {skParam,skResult})
       var dest: TRegister = s.position + ord(s.kind == skParam)
+      assert le.typ != nil
       if needsAdditionalCopy(le) and s.kind in {skResult, skVar, skParam}:
         var cc = c.getTemp(le.typ)
         gen(c, ri, cc)
-        c.gABC(le, whichAsgnOpc(le), dest, cc)
+        c.gABC(le, whichAsgnOpc(le), dest, cc, 1)
         c.freeTemp(cc)
       else:
         gen(c, ri, dest)
@@ -1292,6 +1308,7 @@ proc genRdVar(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags) =
       if sfImportc in s.flags: c.importcSym(n.info, s)
       else: genGlobalInit(c, n, s)
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
+    assert s.typ != nil
     if gfAddrOf notin flags and fitsRegister(s.typ):
       var cc = c.getTemp(n.typ)
       c.gABx(n, opcLdGlobal, cc, s.position)
@@ -1369,7 +1386,7 @@ proc getNullValueAux(obj: PNode, result: PNode) =
       getNullValueAux(lastSon(obj.sons[i]), result)
   of nkSym:
     addSon(result, getNullValue(obj.sym.typ, result.info))
-  else: internalError(result.info, "getNullValueAux")
+  else: globalError(result.info, "cannot create null element for: " & $obj)
 
 proc getNullValue(typ: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   var t = skipTypes(typ, abstractRange-{tyTypeDesc})
@@ -1411,9 +1428,11 @@ proc getNullValue(typ: PType, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
       addSon(result, getNullValue(t.sons[i], info))
   of tySet:
     result = newNodeIT(nkCurly, info, t)
-  else: internalError(info, "getNullValue: " & $t.kind)
+  else:
+    globalError(info, "cannot create null element for: " & $t.kind)
 
 proc ldNullOpcode(t: PType): TOpcode =
+  assert t != nil
   if fitsRegister(t): opcLdNullReg else: opcLdNull
 
 proc genVarSection(c: PCtx; n: PNode) =
@@ -1441,7 +1460,7 @@ proc genVarSection(c: PCtx; n: PNode) =
         if a.sons[2].kind != nkEmpty:
           let tmp = c.genx(a.sons[0], {gfAddrOf})
           let val = c.genx(a.sons[2])
-          c.preventFalseAlias(a, opcWrDeref, tmp, 0, val)
+          c.preventFalseAlias(a.sons[2], opcWrDeref, tmp, 0, val)
           c.freeTemp(val)
           c.freeTemp(tmp)
       else:
@@ -1449,13 +1468,15 @@ proc genVarSection(c: PCtx; n: PNode) =
         if a.sons[2].kind == nkEmpty:
           c.gABx(a, ldNullOpcode(s.typ), s.position, c.genType(s.typ))
         else:
+          assert s.typ != nil
           if not fitsRegister(s.typ):
             c.gABx(a, ldNullOpcode(s.typ), s.position, c.genType(s.typ))
           let le = a.sons[0]
+          assert le.typ != nil
           if not fitsRegister(le.typ) and s.kind in {skResult, skVar, skParam}:
             var cc = c.getTemp(le.typ)
             gen(c, a.sons[2], cc)
-            c.gABC(le, whichAsgnOpc(le), s.position.TRegister, cc)
+            c.gABC(le, whichAsgnOpc(le), s.position.TRegister, cc, 1)
             c.freeTemp(cc)
           else:
             gen(c, a.sons[2], s.position.TRegister)
@@ -1522,7 +1543,7 @@ proc genObjConstr(c: PCtx, n: PNode, dest: var TDest) =
                           dest, idx, tmp)
       c.freeTemp(tmp)
     else:
-      internalError(n.info, "invalid object constructor")
+      globalError(n.info, "invalid object constructor")
 
 proc genTupleConstr(c: PCtx, n: PNode, dest: var TDest) =
   if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
@@ -1597,7 +1618,7 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
     of skType:
       genTypeLit(c, s.typ, dest)
     else:
-      internalError(n.info, "cannot generate code for: " & s.name.s)
+      globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot generate code for: " & s.name.s)
   of nkCallKinds:
     if n.sons[0].kind == nkSym:
       let s = n.sons[0].sym
@@ -1682,7 +1703,7 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
     c.freeTemp(tmp1)
     c.freeTemp(tmp2)
     if dest >= 0:
-      gABC(c, n, whichAsgnOpc(n), dest, tmp0)
+      gABC(c, n, whichAsgnOpc(n), dest, tmp0, 1)
       c.freeTemp(tmp0)
     else:
       dest = tmp0
@@ -1701,7 +1722,7 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
     else:
       globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM is not allowed to 'cast'")
   else:
-    internalError n.info, "cannot generate VM code for " & n.renderTree
+    globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "cannot generate VM code for " & $n)
 
 proc removeLastEof(c: PCtx) =
   let last = c.code.len-1
@@ -1717,7 +1738,8 @@ proc genStmt*(c: PCtx; n: PNode): int =
   var d: TDest = -1
   c.gen(n, d)
   c.gABC(n, opcEof)
-  if d >= 0: internalError(n.info, "some destination set")
+  if d >= 0:
+    globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM problem: dest register is set")
 
 proc genExpr*(c: PCtx; n: PNode, requiresValue = true): int =
   c.removeLastEof
@@ -1725,7 +1747,8 @@ proc genExpr*(c: PCtx; n: PNode, requiresValue = true): int =
   var d: TDest = -1
   c.gen(n, d)
   if d < 0:
-    if requiresValue: internalError(n.info, "no destination set")
+    if requiresValue:
+      globalError(n.info, errGenerated, "VM problem: dest register is not set")
     d = 0
   c.gABC(n, opcEof, d)
 
diff --git a/compiler/wordrecg.nim b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
index 63fd995c4..deb12536f 100644
--- a/compiler/wordrecg.nim
+++ b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type
     wFloatchecks, wNanChecks, wInfChecks,
     wAssertions, wPatterns, wWarnings,
     wHints, wOptimization, wRaises, wWrites, wReads, wSize, wEffects, wTags,
-    wDeadCodeElim, wSafecode, wNoForward,
+    wDeadCodeElim, wSafecode, wNoForward, wNoRewrite,
     wPragma,
     wCompileTime, wNoInit,
     wPassc, wPassl, wBorrow, wDiscardable,
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ const
 
     "assertions", "patterns", "warnings", "hints",
     "optimization", "raises", "writes", "reads", "size", "effects", "tags",
-    "deadcodeelim", "safecode", "noforward",
+    "deadcodeelim", "safecode", "noforward", "norewrite",
     "pragma",
     "compiletime", "noinit",
     "passc", "passl", "borrow", "discardable", "fieldchecks",