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-rw-r--r--compiler/ast.nim6
-rw-r--r--compiler/astalgo.nim5
-rw-r--r--compiler/canonicalizer.nim1
-rw-r--r--compiler/lexer.nim3
-rw-r--r--compiler/parser.nim19
-rw-r--r--compiler/pragmas.nim18
-rw-r--r--compiler/renderer.nim8
-rw-r--r--compiler/semcall.nim42
-rw-r--r--compiler/semdata.nim16
-rw-r--r--compiler/semexprs.nim210
-rw-r--r--compiler/seminst.nim44
-rw-r--r--compiler/semstmts.nim55
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtypes.nim36
-rw-r--r--compiler/semtypinst.nim13
-rw-r--r--compiler/sigmatch.nim4
-rw-r--r--compiler/types.nim1
-rw-r--r--compiler/wordrecg.nim3
17 files changed, 282 insertions, 202 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/ast.nim b/compiler/ast.nim
index 2ce0afcc3..5c2349daa 100644
--- a/compiler/ast.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast.nim
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ const
   sfWrittenTo* = sfBorrow             # param is assigned to
   sfEscapes* = sfProcvar              # param escapes
   sfBase* = sfDiscriminant
+  sfIsSelf* = sfOverriden             # param is 'self'
 
 const
   # getting ready for the future expr/stmt merge
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ type
     tfByCopy,         # pass object/tuple by copy (C backend)
     tfByRef,          # pass object/tuple by reference (C backend)
     tfIterator,       # type is really an iterator, not a tyProc
-    tfShared,         # type is 'shared'
+    tfPartial,        # type is declared as 'partial'
     tfNotNil,         # type cannot be 'nil'
 
     tfNeedsInit,      # type constains a "not nil" constraint somewhere or some
@@ -533,7 +534,7 @@ const
   skError* = skUnknown
 
   # type flags that are essential for type equality:
-  eqTypeFlags* = {tfIterator, tfShared, tfNotNil, tfVarIsPtr}
+  eqTypeFlags* = {tfIterator, tfNotNil, tfVarIsPtr}
 
 type
   TMagic* = enum # symbols that require compiler magic:
@@ -753,7 +754,6 @@ type
   TScope* = object
     depthLevel*: int
     symbols*: TStrTable
-    usingSyms*: seq[PNode]
     parent*: PScope
 
   PScope* = ref TScope
diff --git a/compiler/astalgo.nim b/compiler/astalgo.nim
index 1a70875d4..4772009b4 100644
--- a/compiler/astalgo.nim
+++ b/compiler/astalgo.nim
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ proc reallySameIdent(a, b: string): bool {.inline.} =
   else:
     result = true
 
-proc strTableIncl*(t: var TStrTable, n: PSym): bool {.discardable.} =
+proc strTableIncl*(t: var TStrTable, n: PSym; onConflictKeepOld=false): bool {.discardable.} =
   # returns true if n is already in the string table:
   # It is essential that `n` is written nevertheless!
   # This way the newest redefinition is picked by the semantic analyses!
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@ proc strTableIncl*(t: var TStrTable, n: PSym): bool {.discardable.} =
       replaceSlot = h
     h = nextTry(h, high(t.data))
   if replaceSlot >= 0:
-    t.data[replaceSlot] = n # overwrite it with newer definition!
+    if not onConflictKeepOld:
+      t.data[replaceSlot] = n # overwrite it with newer definition!
     return true             # found it
   elif mustRehash(len(t.data), t.counter):
     strTableEnlarge(t)
diff --git a/compiler/canonicalizer.nim b/compiler/canonicalizer.nim
index 9afe4ab10..85dbe7536 100644
--- a/compiler/canonicalizer.nim
+++ b/compiler/canonicalizer.nim
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ proc hashType(c: var MD5Context, t: PType) =
     if tfThread in t.flags: c &= ".thread"
   else:
     for i in 0.. <t.len: c.hashType(t.sons[i])
-  if tfShared in t.flags: c &= "shared"
   if tfNotNil in t.flags: c &= "not nil"
 
 proc canonConst(n: PNode): TUid =
diff --git a/compiler/lexer.nim b/compiler/lexer.nim
index fc43f8d6a..69a0fea2a 100644
--- a/compiler/lexer.nim
+++ b/compiler/lexer.nim
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ type
     tkLet,
     tkMacro, tkMethod, tkMixin, tkMod, tkNil, tkNot, tkNotin,
     tkObject, tkOf, tkOr, tkOut,
-    tkProc, tkPtr, tkRaise, tkRef, tkReturn, tkShl, tkShr, tkStatic,
+    tkProc, tkPtr, tkRaise, tkRef, tkReturn,
+    tkShl, tkShr, tkStatic,
     tkTemplate,
     tkTry, tkTuple, tkType, tkUsing,
     tkVar, tkWhen, tkWhile, tkWith, tkWithout, tkXor,
diff --git a/compiler/parser.nim b/compiler/parser.nim
index c4681a5cd..f22177ac1 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.nim
+++ b/compiler/parser.nim
@@ -804,20 +804,24 @@ proc parsePragma(p: var TParser): PNode =
   else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ".}")
   dec p.inPragma
 
-proc identVis(p: var TParser): PNode =
+proc identVis(p: var TParser; allowDot=false): PNode =
   #| identVis = symbol opr?  # postfix position
+  #| identVisDot = symbol '.' optInd symbol opr?
   var a = parseSymbol(p)
   if p.tok.tokType == tkOpr:
     result = newNodeP(nkPostfix, p)
     addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(p.tok.ident, p))
     addSon(result, a)
     getTok(p)
+  elif p.tok.tokType == tkDot and allowDot:
+    result = dotExpr(p, a)
   else:
     result = a
 
-proc identWithPragma(p: var TParser): PNode =
+proc identWithPragma(p: var TParser; allowDot=false): PNode =
   #| identWithPragma = identVis pragma?
-  var a = identVis(p)
+  #| identWithPragmaDot = identVisDot pragma?
+  var a = identVis(p, allowDot)
   if p.tok.tokType == tkCurlyDotLe:
     result = newNodeP(nkPragmaExpr, p)
     addSon(result, a)
@@ -1803,10 +1807,11 @@ proc parseTypeClass(p: var TParser): PNode =
     addSon(result, parseStmt(p))
 
 proc parseTypeDef(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  #| typeDef = identWithPragma genericParamList? '=' optInd typeDefAux
+  #|
+  #| typeDef = identWithPragmaDot genericParamList? '=' optInd typeDefAux
   #|             indAndComment?
   result = newNodeP(nkTypeDef, p)
-  addSon(result, identWithPragma(p))
+  addSon(result, identWithPragma(p, allowDot=true))
   if p.tok.tokType == tkBracketLe and p.validInd:
     addSon(result, parseGenericParamList(p))
   else:
@@ -1903,7 +1908,7 @@ proc complexOrSimpleStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
   #|                     | 'converter' routine
   #|                     | 'type' section(typeDef)
   #|                     | 'const' section(constant)
-  #|                     | ('let' | 'var') section(variable)
+  #|                     | ('let' | 'var' | 'using') section(variable)
   #|                     | bindStmt | mixinStmt)
   #|                     / simpleStmt
   case p.tok.tokType
@@ -1940,7 +1945,7 @@ proc complexOrSimpleStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
   of tkVar: result = parseSection(p, nkVarSection, parseVariable)
   of tkBind: result = parseBind(p, nkBindStmt)
   of tkMixin: result = parseBind(p, nkMixinStmt)
-  of tkUsing: result = parseBind(p, nkUsingStmt)
+  of tkUsing: result = parseSection(p, nkUsingStmt, parseVariable)
   else: result = simpleStmt(p)
 
 proc parseStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
diff --git a/compiler/pragmas.nim b/compiler/pragmas.nim
index f10d552a1..2280ef712 100644
--- a/compiler/pragmas.nim
+++ b/compiler/pragmas.nim
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const
     wBreakpoint, wWatchPoint, wPassl, wPassc, wDeadCodeElim, wDeprecated,
     wFloatchecks, wInfChecks, wNanChecks, wPragma, wEmit, wUnroll,
     wLinearScanEnd, wPatterns, wEffects, wNoForward, wComputedGoto,
-    wInjectStmt, wDeprecated, wExperimental}
+    wInjectStmt, wDeprecated, wExperimental, wThis}
   lambdaPragmas* = {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv, wImportc, wExportc, wNodecl,
     wNosideeffect, wSideeffect, wNoreturn, wDynlib, wHeader,
     wDeprecated, wExtern, wThread, wImportCpp, wImportObjC, wAsmNoStackFrame,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const
     wPure, wHeader, wCompilerproc, wFinal, wSize, wExtern, wShallow,
     wImportCpp, wImportObjC, wError, wIncompleteStruct, wByCopy, wByRef,
     wInheritable, wGensym, wInject, wRequiresInit, wUnchecked, wUnion, wPacked,
-    wBorrow, wGcSafe, wExportNims}
+    wBorrow, wGcSafe, wExportNims, wPartial}
   fieldPragmas* = {wImportc, wExportc, wDeprecated, wExtern,
     wImportCpp, wImportObjC, wError, wGuard, wBitsize}
   varPragmas* = {wImportc, wExportc, wVolatile, wRegister, wThreadVar, wNodecl,
@@ -835,6 +835,15 @@ proc singlePragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, i: int,
         noVal(it)
         if sym.kind != skType or sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
         else: incl(sym.typ.flags, tfByCopy)
+      of wPartial:
+        noVal(it)
+        if sym.kind != skType or sym.typ == nil: invalidPragma(it)
+        else:
+          incl(sym.typ.flags, tfPartial)
+          # .partial types can only work with dead code elimination
+          # to prevent the codegen from doing anything before we compiled
+          # the whole program:
+          incl gGlobalOptions, optDeadCodeElim
       of wInject, wGensym:
         # We check for errors, but do nothing with these pragmas otherwise
         # as they are handled directly in 'evalTemplate'.
@@ -875,6 +884,11 @@ proc singlePragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, i: int,
           c.module.flags.incl sfExperimental
         else:
           localError(it.info, "'experimental' pragma only valid as toplevel statement")
+      of wThis:
+        if it.kind == nkExprColonExpr:
+          c.selfName = considerQuotedIdent(it[1])
+        else:
+          c.selfName = getIdent("self")
       of wNoRewrite:
         noVal(it)
       of wBase:
diff --git a/compiler/renderer.nim b/compiler/renderer.nim
index d63cba4be..12852ba3d 100644
--- a/compiler/renderer.nim
+++ b/compiler/renderer.nim
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ proc lsub(n: PNode): int =
   of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
     if sonsLen(n) > 1: result = MaxLineLen + 1
     else: result = lsons(n) + len("var_")
+  of nkUsingStmt:
+    if sonsLen(n) > 1: result = MaxLineLen + 1
+    else: result = lsons(n) + len("using_")
   of nkReturnStmt: result = lsub(n.sons[0]) + len("return_")
   of nkRaiseStmt: result = lsub(n.sons[0]) + len("raise_")
   of nkYieldStmt: result = lsub(n.sons[0]) + len("yield_")
@@ -1173,11 +1176,12 @@ proc gsub(g: var TSrcGen, n: PNode, c: TContext) =
     initContext(a)
     incl(a.flags, rfInConstExpr)
     gsection(g, n, a, tkConst, "const")
-  of nkVarSection, nkLetSection:
+  of nkVarSection, nkLetSection, nkUsingStmt:
     var L = sonsLen(n)
     if L == 0: return
     if n.kind == nkVarSection: putWithSpace(g, tkVar, "var")
-    else: putWithSpace(g, tkLet, "let")
+    elif n.kind == nkLetSection: putWithSpace(g, tkLet, "let")
+    else: putWithSpace(g, tkUsing, "using")
     if L > 1:
       gcoms(g)
       indentNL(g)
diff --git a/compiler/semcall.nim b/compiler/semcall.nim
index eba1059ef..916d897c9 100644
--- a/compiler/semcall.nim
+++ b/compiler/semcall.nim
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ proc pickBestCandidate(c: PContext, headSymbol: PNode,
 
   var syms: seq[tuple[a: PSym, b: int]] = @[]
   while symx != nil:
-    if symx.kind in filter: syms.add((symx, o.lastOverloadScope))
+    if symx.kind in filter:
+      syms.add((symx, o.lastOverloadScope))
     symx = nextOverloadIter(o, c, headSymbol)
   if syms.len == 0: return
 
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ proc pickBestCandidate(c: PContext, headSymbol: PNode,
     let sym = syms[i][0]
     determineType(c, sym)
     initCandidate(c, z, sym, initialBinding, syms[i][1])
-    z.calleeSym = sym
 
     #if sym.name.s == "*" and (n.info ?? "temp5.nim") and n.info.line == 140:
     #  gDebug = true
@@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ proc notFoundError*(c: PContext, n: PNode, errors: CandidateErrors) =
   else:
     localError(n.info, errGenerated, result)
 
-proc gatherUsedSyms(c: PContext, usedSyms: var seq[PNode]) =
-  for scope in walkScopes(c.currentScope):
-    if scope.usingSyms != nil:
-      for s in scope.usingSyms: usedSyms.safeAdd(s)
-
 proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
                       filter: TSymKinds;
                       errors: var CandidateErrors): TCandidate =
@@ -156,31 +151,30 @@ proc resolveOverloads(c: PContext, n, orig: PNode,
   else:
     initialBinding = nil
 
-  var usedSyms: seq[PNode]
-
-  template pickBest(headSymbol: expr) =
+  template pickBest(headSymbol) =
     pickBestCandidate(c, headSymbol, n, orig, initialBinding,
                       filter, result, alt, errors)
 
-  gatherUsedSyms(c, usedSyms)
-  if usedSyms != nil:
-    var hiddenArg = if usedSyms.len > 1: newNode(nkClosedSymChoice, n.info, usedSyms)
-                    else: usedSyms[0]
-
-    n.sons.insert(hiddenArg, 1)
-    orig.sons.insert(hiddenArg, 1)
-
-    pickBest(f)
-
-    if result.state != csMatch:
-      n.sons.delete(1)
-      orig.sons.delete(1)
-    else: return
 
   pickBest(f)
 
   let overloadsState = result.state
   if overloadsState != csMatch:
+    if c.p != nil and c.p.selfSym != nil:
+      # we need to enforce semchecking of selfSym again because it
+      # might need auto-deref:
+      var hiddenArg = newSymNode(c.p.selfSym)
+      hiddenArg.typ = nil
+      n.sons.insert(hiddenArg, 1)
+      orig.sons.insert(hiddenArg, 1)
+
+      pickBest(f)
+
+      if result.state != csMatch:
+        n.sons.delete(1)
+        orig.sons.delete(1)
+      else: return
+
     if nfDotField in n.flags:
       internalAssert f.kind == nkIdent and n.sonsLen >= 2
       let calleeName = newStrNode(nkStrLit, f.ident.s).withInfo(n.info)
diff --git a/compiler/semdata.nim b/compiler/semdata.nim
index 656bfc449..a13f2c232 100644
--- a/compiler/semdata.nim
+++ b/compiler/semdata.nim
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type
                               # statements
     owner*: PSym              # the symbol this context belongs to
     resultSym*: PSym          # the result symbol (if we are in a proc)
+    selfSym*: PSym            # the 'self' symbol (if available)
     nestedLoopCounter*: int   # whether we are in a loop or not
     nestedBlockCounter*: int  # whether we are in a block or not
     inTryStmt*: int           # whether we are in a try statement; works also
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ type
     inParallelStmt*: int
     instTypeBoundOp*: proc (c: PContext; dc: PSym; t: PType; info: TLineInfo;
                             op: TTypeAttachedOp): PSym {.nimcall.}
-
+    selfName*: PIdent
+    signatures*: TStrTable
 
 proc makeInstPair*(s: PSym, inst: PInstantiation): TInstantiationPair =
   result.genericSym = s
@@ -154,16 +156,6 @@ proc popOwner() =
 proc lastOptionEntry(c: PContext): POptionEntry =
   result = POptionEntry(c.optionStack.tail)
 
-proc pushProcCon*(c: PContext, owner: PSym) {.inline.} =
-  if owner == nil:
-    internalError("owner is nil")
-    return
-  var x: PProcCon
-  new(x)
-  x.owner = owner
-  x.next = c.p
-  c.p = x
-
 proc popProcCon*(c: PContext) {.inline.} = c.p = c.p.next
 
 proc newOptionEntry(): POptionEntry =
@@ -187,6 +179,8 @@ proc newContext(module: PSym): PContext =
   initStrTable(result.userPragmas)
   result.generics = @[]
   result.unknownIdents = initIntSet()
+  initStrTable(result.signatures)
+
 
 proc inclSym(sq: var TSymSeq, s: PSym) =
   var L = len(sq)
diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index 87d7764a2..16b4ee479 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -77,88 +77,6 @@ proc inlineConst(n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode {.inline.} =
   result.typ = s.typ
   result.info = n.info
 
-proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
-  case s.kind
-  of skConst:
-    markUsed(n.info, s)
-    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-    case skipTypes(s.typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind
-    of  tyNil, tyChar, tyInt..tyInt64, tyFloat..tyFloat128,
-        tyTuple, tySet, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
-      if s.magic == mNone: result = inlineConst(n, s)
-      else: result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-    of tyArrayConstr, tySequence:
-      # Consider::
-      #     const x = []
-      #     proc p(a: openarray[int])
-      #     proc q(a: openarray[char])
-      #     p(x)
-      #     q(x)
-      #
-      # It is clear that ``[]`` means two totally different things. Thus, we
-      # copy `x`'s AST into each context, so that the type fixup phase can
-      # deal with two different ``[]``.
-      if s.ast.len == 0: result = inlineConst(n, s)
-      else: result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-    else:
-      result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-  of skMacro: result = semMacroExpr(c, n, n, s, flags)
-  of skTemplate: result = semTemplateExpr(c, n, s, flags)
-  of skParam:
-    markUsed(n.info, s)
-    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-    if s.typ.kind == tyStatic and s.typ.n != nil:
-      # XXX see the hack in sigmatch.nim ...
-      return s.typ.n
-    elif sfGenSym in s.flags:
-      if c.p.wasForwarded:
-        # gensym'ed parameters that nevertheless have been forward declared
-        # need a special fixup:
-        let realParam = c.p.owner.typ.n[s.position+1]
-        internalAssert realParam.kind == nkSym and realParam.sym.kind == skParam
-        return newSymNode(c.p.owner.typ.n[s.position+1].sym, n.info)
-      elif c.p.owner.kind == skMacro:
-        # gensym'ed macro parameters need a similar hack (see bug #1944):
-        var u = searchInScopes(c, s.name)
-        internalAssert u != nil and u.kind == skParam and u.owner == s.owner
-        return newSymNode(u, n.info)
-    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-  of skVar, skLet, skResult, skForVar:
-    if s.magic == mNimvm:
-      localError(n.info, "illegal context for 'nimvm' magic")
-
-    markUsed(n.info, s)
-    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-    # if a proc accesses a global variable, it is not side effect free:
-    if sfGlobal in s.flags:
-      incl(c.p.owner.flags, sfSideEffect)
-    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-    # We cannot check for access to outer vars for example because it's still
-    # not sure the symbol really ends up being used:
-    # var len = 0 # but won't be called
-    # genericThatUsesLen(x) # marked as taking a closure?
-  of skGenericParam:
-    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-    if s.typ.kind == tyStatic:
-      result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-      result.typ = s.typ
-    elif s.ast != nil:
-      result = semExpr(c, s.ast)
-    else:
-      n.typ = s.typ
-      return n
-  of skType:
-    markUsed(n.info, s)
-    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-    if s.typ.kind == tyStatic and s.typ.n != nil:
-      return s.typ.n
-    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-    result.typ = makeTypeDesc(c, s.typ)
-  else:
-    markUsed(n.info, s)
-    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
-    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
-
 type
   TConvStatus = enum
     convOK,
@@ -1015,6 +933,116 @@ proc readTypeParameter(c: PContext, typ: PType,
         return newSymNode(copySym(tParam.sym).linkTo(foundTyp), info)
   #echo "came here: returned nil"
 
+proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, s: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
+  case s.kind
+  of skConst:
+    markUsed(n.info, s)
+    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
+    case skipTypes(s.typ, abstractInst-{tyTypeDesc}).kind
+    of  tyNil, tyChar, tyInt..tyInt64, tyFloat..tyFloat128,
+        tyTuple, tySet, tyUInt..tyUInt64:
+      if s.magic == mNone: result = inlineConst(n, s)
+      else: result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+    of tyArrayConstr, tySequence:
+      # Consider::
+      #     const x = []
+      #     proc p(a: openarray[int])
+      #     proc q(a: openarray[char])
+      #     p(x)
+      #     q(x)
+      #
+      # It is clear that ``[]`` means two totally different things. Thus, we
+      # copy `x`'s AST into each context, so that the type fixup phase can
+      # deal with two different ``[]``.
+      if s.ast.len == 0: result = inlineConst(n, s)
+      else: result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+    else:
+      result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+  of skMacro: result = semMacroExpr(c, n, n, s, flags)
+  of skTemplate: result = semTemplateExpr(c, n, s, flags)
+  of skParam:
+    markUsed(n.info, s)
+    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
+    if s.typ.kind == tyStatic and s.typ.n != nil:
+      # XXX see the hack in sigmatch.nim ...
+      return s.typ.n
+    elif sfGenSym in s.flags:
+      if c.p.wasForwarded:
+        # gensym'ed parameters that nevertheless have been forward declared
+        # need a special fixup:
+        let realParam = c.p.owner.typ.n[s.position+1]
+        internalAssert realParam.kind == nkSym and realParam.sym.kind == skParam
+        return newSymNode(c.p.owner.typ.n[s.position+1].sym, n.info)
+      elif c.p.owner.kind == skMacro:
+        # gensym'ed macro parameters need a similar hack (see bug #1944):
+        var u = searchInScopes(c, s.name)
+        internalAssert u != nil and u.kind == skParam and u.owner == s.owner
+        return newSymNode(u, n.info)
+    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+  of skVar, skLet, skResult, skForVar:
+    if s.magic == mNimvm:
+      localError(n.info, "illegal context for 'nimvm' magic")
+
+    markUsed(n.info, s)
+    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
+    # if a proc accesses a global variable, it is not side effect free:
+    if sfGlobal in s.flags:
+      incl(c.p.owner.flags, sfSideEffect)
+    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+    # We cannot check for access to outer vars for example because it's still
+    # not sure the symbol really ends up being used:
+    # var len = 0 # but won't be called
+    # genericThatUsesLen(x) # marked as taking a closure?
+  of skGenericParam:
+    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
+    if s.typ.kind == tyStatic:
+      result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+      result.typ = s.typ
+    elif s.ast != nil:
+      result = semExpr(c, s.ast)
+    else:
+      n.typ = s.typ
+      return n
+  of skType:
+    markUsed(n.info, s)
+    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
+    if s.typ.kind == tyStatic and s.typ.n != nil:
+      return s.typ.n
+    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+    result.typ = makeTypeDesc(c, s.typ)
+  of skField:
+    if c.p != nil and c.p.selfSym != nil:
+      var ty = skipTypes(c.p.selfSym.typ, {tyGenericInst, tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef})
+      while tfBorrowDot in ty.flags: ty = ty.skipTypes({tyDistinct})
+      var check: PNode = nil
+      if ty.kind == tyObject:
+        while true:
+          check = nil
+          let f = lookupInRecordAndBuildCheck(c, n, ty.n, s.name, check)
+          if f != nil and fieldVisible(c, f):
+            # is the access to a public field or in the same module or in a friend?
+            doAssert f == s
+            markUsed(n.info, f)
+            styleCheckUse(n.info, f)
+            result = newNodeIT(nkDotExpr, n.info, f.typ)
+            result.add makeDeref(newSymNode(c.p.selfSym))
+            result.add newSymNode(f) # we now have the correct field
+            if check != nil:
+              check.sons[0] = result
+              check.typ = result.typ
+              result = check
+            return result
+          if ty.sons[0] == nil: break
+          ty = skipTypes(ty.sons[0], {tyGenericInst})
+    # old code, not sure if it's live code:
+    markUsed(n.info, s)
+    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
+    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+  else:
+    markUsed(n.info, s)
+    styleCheckUse(n.info, s)
+    result = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+
 proc builtinFieldAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   ## returns nil if it's not a built-in field access
   checkSonsLen(n, 2)
@@ -1528,24 +1556,6 @@ proc newAnonSym(kind: TSymKind, info: TLineInfo,
   result = newSym(kind, idAnon, owner, info)
   result.flags = {sfGenSym}
 
-proc semUsing(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
-  result = newNodeI(nkEmpty, n.info)
-  if not experimentalMode(c):
-    localError(n.info, "use the {.experimental.} pragma to enable 'using'")
-  for e in n.sons:
-    let usedSym = semExpr(c, e)
-    if usedSym.kind == nkSym:
-      case usedSym.sym.kind
-      of skLocalVars + {skConst}:
-        c.currentScope.usingSyms.safeAdd(usedSym)
-        continue
-      of skProcKinds:
-        addDeclAt(c.currentScope, usedSym.sym)
-        continue
-      else: discard
-
-    localError(e.info, errUsingNoSymbol, e.renderTree)
-
 proc semExpandToAst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   var macroCall = n[1]
   var expandedSym = expectMacroOrTemplateCall(c, macroCall)
diff --git a/compiler/seminst.nim b/compiler/seminst.nim
index 2c767ffc6..4a45dee9d 100644
--- a/compiler/seminst.nim
+++ b/compiler/seminst.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,47 @@
 # This module implements the instantiation of generic procs.
 # included from sem.nim
 
+proc addObjFieldsToLocalScope(c: PContext; n: PNode) =
+  template rec(n) = addObjFieldsToLocalScope(c, n)
+  case n.kind
+  of nkRecList:
+    for i in countup(0, len(n)-1):
+      rec n[i]
+  of nkRecCase:
+    if n.len > 0: rec n.sons[0]
+    for i in countup(1, len(n)-1):
+      if n[i].kind in {nkOfBranch, nkElse}: rec lastSon(n[i])
+  of nkSym:
+    let f = n.sym
+    if f.kind == skField and fieldVisible(c, f):
+      c.currentScope.symbols.strTableIncl(f, onConflictKeepOld=true)
+      incl(f.flags, sfUsed)
+      # it is not an error to shadow fields via parameters
+  else: discard
+
+proc rawPushProcCon(c: PContext, owner: PSym) =
+  var x: PProcCon
+  new(x)
+  x.owner = owner
+  x.next = c.p
+  c.p = x
+
+proc rawHandleSelf(c: PContext; owner: PSym) =
+  if c.selfName != nil and owner.kind in {skProc, skMethod, skConverter, skIterator, skMacro} and owner.typ != nil:
+    let params = owner.typ.n
+    if params.len > 1:
+      let arg = params[1].sym
+      if arg.name.id == c.selfName.id:
+        c.p.selfSym = arg
+        arg.flags.incl sfIsSelf
+        let t = c.p.selfSym.typ.skipTypes(abstractPtrs)
+        if t.kind == tyObject:
+          addObjFieldsToLocalScope(c, t.n)
+
+proc pushProcCon*(c: PContext; owner: PSym) =
+  rawPushProcCon(c, owner)
+  rawHandleSelf(c, owner)
+
 iterator instantiateGenericParamList(c: PContext, n: PNode, pt: TIdTable): PSym =
   internalAssert n.kind == nkGenericParams
   for i, a in n.pairs:
@@ -248,7 +289,7 @@ proc generateInstance(c: PContext, fn: PSym, pt: TIdTable,
     addDecl(c, s)
     entry.concreteTypes[i] = s.typ
     inc i
-  pushProcCon(c, result)
+  rawPushProcCon(c, result)
   instantiateProcType(c, pt, result, info)
   for j in 1 .. result.typ.len-1:
     entry.concreteTypes[i] = result.typ.sons[j]
@@ -263,6 +304,7 @@ proc generateInstance(c: PContext, fn: PSym, pt: TIdTable,
     # a ``compiles`` context but this is the lesser evil. See
     # bug #1055 (tevilcompiles).
     #if c.compilesContextId == 0:
+    rawHandleSelf(c, result)
     entry.compilesId = c.compilesContextId
     fn.procInstCache.safeAdd(entry)
     c.generics.add(makeInstPair(fn, entry))
diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim
index edcf079fa..5d16f2fba 100644
--- a/compiler/semstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim
@@ -386,6 +386,30 @@ proc isDiscardUnderscore(v: PSym): bool =
     v.flags.incl(sfGenSym)
     result = true
 
+proc semUsing(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
+  result = ast.emptyNode
+  if not isTopLevel(c): localError(n.info, errXOnlyAtModuleScope, "using")
+  if not experimentalMode(c):
+    localError(n.info, "use the {.experimental.} pragma to enable 'using'")
+  for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n)-1):
+    var a = n.sons[i]
+    if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: suggestStmt(c, a)
+    if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
+    if a.kind notin {nkIdentDefs, nkVarTuple, nkConstDef}: illFormedAst(a)
+    checkMinSonsLen(a, 3)
+    var length = sonsLen(a)
+    if a.sons[length-2].kind != nkEmpty:
+      let typ = semTypeNode(c, a.sons[length-2], nil)
+      for j in countup(0, length-3):
+        let v = semIdentDef(c, a.sons[j], skParam)
+        v.typ = typ
+        strTableIncl(c.signatures, v)
+    else:
+      localError(a.info, "'using' section must have a type")
+    var def: PNode
+    if a.sons[length-1].kind != nkEmpty:
+      localError(a.info, "'using' sections cannot contain assignments")
+
 proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode =
   var b: PNode
   result = copyNode(n)
@@ -640,13 +664,20 @@ proc typeSectionLeftSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
     if a.kind != nkTypeDef: illFormedAst(a)
     checkSonsLen(a, 3)
-    var s = semIdentDef(c, a.sons[0], skType)
-    s.typ = newTypeS(tyForward, c)
-    s.typ.sym = s             # process pragmas:
-    if a.sons[0].kind == nkPragmaExpr:
-      pragma(c, s, a.sons[0].sons[1], typePragmas)
-    # add it here, so that recursive types are possible:
-    if sfGenSym notin s.flags: addInterfaceDecl(c, s)
+    let name = a.sons[0]
+    var s: PSym
+    if name.kind == nkDotExpr:
+      s = qualifiedLookUp(c, name)
+      if s.kind != skType or s.typ.skipTypes(abstractPtrs).kind != tyObject or tfPartial notin s.typ.skipTypes(abstractPtrs).flags:
+        localError(name.info, "only .partial objects can be extended")
+    else:
+      s = semIdentDef(c, name, skType)
+      s.typ = newTypeS(tyForward, c)
+      s.typ.sym = s             # process pragmas:
+      if name.kind == nkPragmaExpr:
+        pragma(c, s, name.sons[1], typePragmas)
+      # add it here, so that recursive types are possible:
+      if sfGenSym notin s.flags: addInterfaceDecl(c, s)
     a.sons[0] = newSymNode(s)
 
 proc typeSectionRightSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
@@ -655,8 +686,9 @@ proc typeSectionRightSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
     if a.kind == nkCommentStmt: continue
     if (a.kind != nkTypeDef): illFormedAst(a)
     checkSonsLen(a, 3)
-    if (a.sons[0].kind != nkSym): illFormedAst(a)
-    var s = a.sons[0].sym
+    let name = a.sons[0]
+    if (name.kind != nkSym): illFormedAst(a)
+    var s = name.sym
     if s.magic == mNone and a.sons[2].kind == nkEmpty:
       localError(a.info, errImplOfXexpected, s.name.s)
     if s.magic != mNone: processMagicType(c, s)
@@ -1206,9 +1238,10 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
     # Macros and Templates can have generic parameters, but they are
     # only used for overload resolution (there is no instantiation of
     # the symbol, so we must process the body now)
+    pushProcCon(c, s)
     if n.sons[genericParamsPos].kind == nkEmpty or usePseudoGenerics:
       if not usePseudoGenerics: paramsTypeCheck(c, s.typ)
-      pushProcCon(c, s)
+
       c.p.wasForwarded = proto != nil
       maybeAddResult(c, s, n)
       if sfImportc notin s.flags:
@@ -1217,7 +1250,6 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
         # unfortunately we cannot skip this step when in 'system.compiles'
         # context as it may even be evaluated in 'system.compiles':
         n.sons[bodyPos] = transformBody(c.module, semBody, s)
-      popProcCon(c)
     else:
       if s.typ.sons[0] != nil and kind != skIterator:
         addDecl(c, newSym(skUnknown, getIdent"result", nil, n.info))
@@ -1228,6 +1260,7 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
     if sfImportc in s.flags:
       # so we just ignore the body after semantic checking for importc:
       n.sons[bodyPos] = ast.emptyNode
+    popProcCon(c)
   else:
     if proto != nil: localError(n.info, errImplOfXexpected, proto.name.s)
     if {sfImportc, sfBorrow} * s.flags == {} and s.magic == mNone:
diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index ac425ba15..62d02fe10 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -673,7 +673,11 @@ proc semObjectNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   if n.kind != nkObjectTy: internalError(n.info, "semObjectNode")
   result = newOrPrevType(tyObject, prev, c)
   rawAddSon(result, base)
-  result.n = newNodeI(nkRecList, n.info)
+  if result.n.isNil:
+    result.n = newNodeI(nkRecList, n.info)
+  else:
+    # partial object so add things to the check
+    addInheritedFields(c, check, pos, result)
   semRecordNodeAux(c, n.sons[2], check, pos, result.n, result)
   if n.sons[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     # dummy symbol for `pragma`:
@@ -934,14 +938,18 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
           def = fitNode(c, typ, def)
     if not hasType and not hasDefault:
       if isType: localError(a.info, "':' expected")
-      let tdef = if kind in {skTemplate, skMacro}: tyExpr else: tyAnything
-      if tdef == tyAnything:
-        message(a.info, warnTypelessParam, renderTree(n))
-      typ = newTypeS(tdef, c)
-
-    if skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst}).kind == tyEmpty: continue
+      if kind in {skTemplate, skMacro}:
+        typ = newTypeS(tyExpr, c)
+    elif skipTypes(typ, {tyGenericInst}).kind == tyEmpty:
+      continue
     for j in countup(0, length-3):
       var arg = newSymG(skParam, a.sons[j], c)
+      if not hasType and not hasDefault and kind notin {skTemplate, skMacro}:
+        let param = strTableGet(c.signatures, arg.name)
+        if param != nil: typ = param.typ
+        else:
+          localError(a.info, "typeless parameters are obsolete")
+          typ = errorType(c)
       let lifted = liftParamType(c, kind, genericParams, typ,
                                  arg.name.s, arg.info)
       let finalType = if lifted != nil: lifted else: typ.skipIntLit
@@ -1307,11 +1315,6 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   of nkType: result = n.typ
   of nkStmtListType: result = semStmtListType(c, n, prev)
   of nkBlockType: result = semBlockType(c, n, prev)
-  of nkSharedTy:
-    checkSonsLen(n, 1)
-    result = semTypeNode(c, n.sons[0], prev)
-    result = freshType(result, prev)
-    result.flags.incl(tfShared)
   else:
     localError(n.info, errTypeExpected)
     result = newOrPrevType(tyError, prev, c)
@@ -1387,15 +1390,6 @@ proc processMagicType(c: PContext, m: PSym) =
     rawAddSon(m.typ, newTypeS(tyNone, c))
   of mPNimrodNode:
     incl m.typ.flags, tfTriggersCompileTime
-  of mShared:
-    setMagicType(m, tyObject, 0)
-    m.typ.n = newNodeI(nkRecList, m.info)
-    incl m.typ.flags, tfShared
-  of mGuarded:
-    setMagicType(m, tyObject, 0)
-    m.typ.n = newNodeI(nkRecList, m.info)
-    incl m.typ.flags, tfShared
-    rawAddSon(m.typ, sysTypeFromName"shared")
   else: localError(m.info, errTypeExpected)
 
 proc semGenericConstraints(c: PContext, x: PType): PType =
diff --git a/compiler/semtypinst.nim b/compiler/semtypinst.nim
index a7f28feec..d20704a2a 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypinst.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypinst.nim
@@ -14,22 +14,11 @@ import ast, astalgo, msgs, types, magicsys, semdata, renderer
 const
   tfInstClearedFlags = {tfHasMeta}
 
-proc sharedPtrCheck(info: TLineInfo, t: PType) =
-  if t.kind == tyPtr and t.len > 1:
-    if t.sons[0].sym.magic == mShared:
-      incl(t.flags, tfShared)
-      #if t.sons[0].sym.magic == mGuarded: incl(t.flags, tfGuarded)
-      if tfHasGCedMem in t.flags or t.isGCedMem:
-        localError(info, errGenerated,
-                   "shared memory may not refer to GC'ed thread local memory")
-
 proc checkPartialConstructedType(info: TLineInfo, t: PType) =
   if tfAcyclic in t.flags and skipTypes(t, abstractInst).kind != tyObject:
     localError(info, errInvalidPragmaX, "acyclic")
   elif t.kind == tyVar and t.sons[0].kind == tyVar:
     localError(info, errVarVarTypeNotAllowed)
-  else:
-    sharedPtrCheck(info, t)
 
 proc checkConstructedType*(info: TLineInfo, typ: PType) =
   var t = typ.skipTypes({tyDistinct})
@@ -40,8 +29,6 @@ proc checkConstructedType*(info: TLineInfo, typ: PType) =
     localError(info, errVarVarTypeNotAllowed)
   elif computeSize(t) == szIllegalRecursion:
     localError(info, errIllegalRecursionInTypeX, typeToString(t))
-  else:
-    sharedPtrCheck(info, t)
   when false:
     if t.kind == tyObject and t.sons[0] != nil:
       if t.sons[0].kind != tyObject or tfFinal in t.sons[0].flags:
diff --git a/compiler/sigmatch.nim b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
index 96df0c5c6..ceadc2fea 100644
--- a/compiler/sigmatch.nim
+++ b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type
                              # is this a top-level symbol or a nested proc?
     call*: PNode             # modified call
     bindings*: TIdTable      # maps types to types
+    magic*: TMagic           # magic of operation
     baseTypeMatch: bool      # needed for conversions from T to openarray[T]
                              # for example
     fauxMatch*: TTypeKind    # the match was successful only due to the use
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ proc initCandidate*(ctx: PContext, c: var TCandidate, callee: PSym,
       c.calleeScope = 1
   else:
     c.calleeScope = calleeScope
+  c.magic = c.calleeSym.magic
   initIdTable(c.bindings)
   c.errors = nil
   if binding != nil and callee.kind in routineKinds:
@@ -1691,7 +1693,7 @@ proc partialMatch*(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode, m: var TCandidate) =
   matchesAux(c, n, nOrig, m, marker)
 
 proc matches*(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode, m: var TCandidate) =
-  if m.calleeSym != nil and m.calleeSym.magic in {mArrGet, mArrPut}:
+  if m.magic in {mArrGet, mArrPut}:
     m.state = csMatch
     m.call = n
     return
diff --git a/compiler/types.nim b/compiler/types.nim
index 71ab84022..9aa991086 100644
--- a/compiler/types.nim
+++ b/compiler/types.nim
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ const
 const preferToResolveSymbols = {preferName, preferModuleInfo, preferGenericArg}
 
 proc addTypeFlags(name: var string, typ: PType) {.inline.} =
-  if tfShared in typ.flags: name = "shared " & name
   if tfNotNil in typ.flags: name.add(" not nil")
 
 proc typeToString(typ: PType, prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string =
diff --git a/compiler/wordrecg.nim b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
index 0a0534118..3e0e05a94 100644
--- a/compiler/wordrecg.nim
+++ b/compiler/wordrecg.nim
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ type
     wWrite, wGensym, wInject, wDirty, wInheritable, wThreadVar, wEmit,
     wAsmNoStackFrame,
     wImplicitStatic, wGlobal, wCodegenDecl, wUnchecked, wGuard, wLocks,
+    wPartial,
 
     wAuto, wBool, wCatch, wChar, wClass,
     wConst_cast, wDefault, wDelete, wDouble, wDynamic_cast,
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ const
     "computedgoto", "injectstmt", "experimental",
     "write", "gensym", "inject", "dirty", "inheritable", "threadvar", "emit",
     "asmnostackframe", "implicitstatic", "global", "codegendecl", "unchecked",
-    "guard", "locks",
+    "guard", "locks", "partial",
 
     "auto", "bool", "catch", "char", "class",
     "const_cast", "default", "delete", "double",