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+#
+#
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+include "system/inclrtl"
+import std/private/since
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/[assertions, formatfloat]
+
+
+## This module contains the interface to the compiler's abstract syntax
+## tree (`AST`:idx:). Macros operate on this tree.
+##
+## See also:
+## * `macros tutorial <tut3.html>`_
+## * `macros section in Nim manual <manual.html#macros>`_
+
+## .. include:: ../../doc/astspec.txt
+
+## .. importdoc:: system.nim
+
+# If you look for the implementation of the magic symbol
+# ``{.magic: "Foo".}``, search for `mFoo` and `opcFoo`.
+
+type
+  NimNodeKind* = enum
+    nnkNone, nnkEmpty, nnkIdent, nnkSym,
+    nnkType, nnkCharLit, nnkIntLit, nnkInt8Lit,
+    nnkInt16Lit, nnkInt32Lit, nnkInt64Lit, nnkUIntLit, nnkUInt8Lit,
+    nnkUInt16Lit, nnkUInt32Lit, nnkUInt64Lit, nnkFloatLit,
+    nnkFloat32Lit, nnkFloat64Lit, nnkFloat128Lit, nnkStrLit, nnkRStrLit,
+    nnkTripleStrLit, nnkNilLit, nnkComesFrom, nnkDotCall,
+    nnkCommand, nnkCall, nnkCallStrLit, nnkInfix,
+    nnkPrefix, nnkPostfix, nnkHiddenCallConv,
+    nnkExprEqExpr,
+    nnkExprColonExpr, nnkIdentDefs, nnkVarTuple,
+    nnkPar, nnkObjConstr, nnkCurly, nnkCurlyExpr,
+    nnkBracket, nnkBracketExpr, nnkPragmaExpr, nnkRange,
+    nnkDotExpr, nnkCheckedFieldExpr, nnkDerefExpr, nnkIfExpr,
+    nnkElifExpr, nnkElseExpr, nnkLambda, nnkDo, nnkAccQuoted,
+    nnkTableConstr, nnkBind,
+    nnkClosedSymChoice,
+    nnkOpenSymChoice,
+    nnkHiddenStdConv,
+    nnkHiddenSubConv, nnkConv, nnkCast, nnkStaticExpr,
+    nnkAddr, nnkHiddenAddr, nnkHiddenDeref, nnkObjDownConv,
+    nnkObjUpConv, nnkChckRangeF, nnkChckRange64, nnkChckRange,
+    nnkStringToCString, nnkCStringToString, nnkAsgn,
+    nnkFastAsgn, nnkGenericParams, nnkFormalParams, nnkOfInherit,
+    nnkImportAs, nnkProcDef, nnkMethodDef, nnkConverterDef,
+    nnkMacroDef, nnkTemplateDef, nnkIteratorDef, nnkOfBranch,
+    nnkElifBranch, nnkExceptBranch, nnkElse,
+    nnkAsmStmt, nnkPragma, nnkPragmaBlock, nnkIfStmt, nnkWhenStmt,
+    nnkForStmt, nnkParForStmt, nnkWhileStmt, nnkCaseStmt,
+    nnkTypeSection, nnkVarSection, nnkLetSection, nnkConstSection,
+    nnkConstDef, nnkTypeDef,
+    nnkYieldStmt, nnkDefer, nnkTryStmt, nnkFinally, nnkRaiseStmt,
+    nnkReturnStmt, nnkBreakStmt, nnkContinueStmt, nnkBlockStmt, nnkStaticStmt,
+    nnkDiscardStmt, nnkStmtList,
+    nnkImportStmt,
+    nnkImportExceptStmt,
+    nnkExportStmt,
+    nnkExportExceptStmt,
+    nnkFromStmt,
+    nnkIncludeStmt,
+    nnkBindStmt, nnkMixinStmt, nnkUsingStmt,
+    nnkCommentStmt, nnkStmtListExpr, nnkBlockExpr,
+    nnkStmtListType, nnkBlockType,
+    nnkWith, nnkWithout,
+    nnkTypeOfExpr, nnkObjectTy,
+    nnkTupleTy, nnkTupleClassTy, nnkTypeClassTy, nnkStaticTy,
+    nnkRecList, nnkRecCase, nnkRecWhen,
+    nnkRefTy, nnkPtrTy, nnkVarTy,
+    nnkConstTy, nnkOutTy,
+    nnkDistinctTy,
+    nnkProcTy,
+    nnkIteratorTy,         # iterator type
+    nnkSinkAsgn,
+    nnkEnumTy,
+    nnkEnumFieldDef,
+    nnkArgList, nnkPattern
+    nnkHiddenTryStmt,
+    nnkClosure,
+    nnkGotoState,
+    nnkState,
+    nnkBreakState,
+    nnkFuncDef,
+    nnkTupleConstr,
+    nnkError,  ## erroneous AST node
+    nnkModuleRef, nnkReplayAction, nnkNilRodNode ## internal IC nodes
+    nnkOpenSym
+
+  NimNodeKinds* = set[NimNodeKind]
+  NimTypeKind* = enum  # some types are no longer used, see ast.nim
+    ntyNone, ntyBool, ntyChar, ntyEmpty,
+    ntyAlias, ntyNil, ntyExpr, ntyStmt,
+    ntyTypeDesc, ntyGenericInvocation, ntyGenericBody, ntyGenericInst,
+    ntyGenericParam, ntyDistinct, ntyEnum, ntyOrdinal,
+    ntyArray, ntyObject, ntyTuple, ntySet,
+    ntyRange, ntyPtr, ntyRef, ntyVar,
+    ntySequence, ntyProc, ntyPointer, ntyOpenArray,
+    ntyString, ntyCString, ntyForward, ntyInt,
+    ntyInt8, ntyInt16, ntyInt32, ntyInt64,
+    ntyFloat, ntyFloat32, ntyFloat64, ntyFloat128,
+    ntyUInt, ntyUInt8, ntyUInt16, ntyUInt32, ntyUInt64,
+    ntyUnused0, ntyUnused1, ntyUnused2,
+    ntyVarargs,
+    ntyUncheckedArray,
+    ntyError,
+    ntyBuiltinTypeClass, ntyUserTypeClass, ntyUserTypeClassInst,
+    ntyCompositeTypeClass, ntyInferred, ntyAnd, ntyOr, ntyNot,
+    ntyAnything, ntyStatic, ntyFromExpr, ntyOptDeprecated, ntyVoid
+
+  TNimTypeKinds* {.deprecated.} = set[NimTypeKind]
+  NimSymKind* = enum
+    nskUnknown, nskConditional, nskDynLib, nskParam,
+    nskGenericParam, nskTemp, nskModule, nskType, nskVar, nskLet,
+    nskConst, nskResult,
+    nskProc, nskFunc, nskMethod, nskIterator,
+    nskConverter, nskMacro, nskTemplate, nskField,
+    nskEnumField, nskForVar, nskLabel,
+    nskStub
+
+  TNimSymKinds* {.deprecated.} = set[NimSymKind]
+
+const
+  nnkMutableTy* {.deprecated.} = nnkOutTy
+  nnkSharedTy* {.deprecated.} = nnkSinkAsgn
+
+type
+  NimIdent* {.deprecated.} = object of RootObj
+    ## Represents a Nim identifier in the AST. **Note**: This is only
+    ## rarely useful, for identifier construction from a string
+    ## use `ident"abc"`.
+
+  NimSymObj = object # hidden
+  NimSym* {.deprecated.} = ref NimSymObj
+    ## Represents a Nim *symbol* in the compiler; a *symbol* is a looked-up
+    ## *ident*.
+
+
+const
+  nnkLiterals* = {nnkCharLit..nnkNilLit}
+  # see matching set CallNodes below
+  nnkCallKinds* = {nnkCall, nnkInfix, nnkPrefix, nnkPostfix, nnkCommand,
+                   nnkCallStrLit, nnkHiddenCallConv}
+  nnkPragmaCallKinds = {nnkExprColonExpr, nnkCall, nnkCallStrLit}
+
+{.push warnings: off.}
+
+proc toNimIdent*(s: string): NimIdent {.magic: "StrToIdent", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.0: Use 'ident' or 'newIdentNode' instead.".}
+  ## Constructs an identifier from the string `s`.
+
+proc `==`*(a, b: NimIdent): bool {.magic: "EqIdent", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.1; Use '==' on 'NimNode' instead.".}
+  ## Compares two Nim identifiers.
+
+proc `==`*(a, b: NimNode): bool {.magic: "EqNimrodNode", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Compare two Nim nodes. Return true if nodes are structurally
+  ## equivalent. This means two independently created nodes can be equal.
+
+proc `==`*(a, b: NimSym): bool {.magic: "EqNimrodNode", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.1; Use '==(NimNode, NimNode)' instead.".}
+  ## Compares two Nim symbols.
+
+{.pop.}
+
+proc sameType*(a, b: NimNode): bool {.magic: "SameNodeType", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Compares two Nim nodes' types. Return true if the types are the same,
+  ## e.g. true when comparing alias with original type.
+  discard
+
+proc len*(n: NimNode): int {.magic: "NLen", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Returns the number of children of `n`.
+
+proc `[]`*(n: NimNode, i: int): NimNode {.magic: "NChild", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Get `n`'s `i`'th child.
+
+proc `[]`*(n: NimNode, i: BackwardsIndex): NimNode = n[n.len - i.int]
+  ## Get `n`'s `i`'th child.
+
+template `^^`(n: NimNode, i: untyped): untyped =
+  (when i is BackwardsIndex: n.len - int(i) else: int(i))
+
+proc `[]`*[T, U: Ordinal](n: NimNode, x: HSlice[T, U]): seq[NimNode] =
+  ## Slice operation for NimNode.
+  ## Returns a seq of child of `n` who inclusive range `[n[x.a], n[x.b]]`.
+  let xa = n ^^ x.a
+  let L = (n ^^ x.b) - xa + 1
+  result = newSeq[NimNode](L)
+  for i in 0..<L:
+    result[i] = n[i + xa]
+
+proc `[]=`*(n: NimNode, i: int, child: NimNode) {.magic: "NSetChild",
+  noSideEffect.}
+  ## Set `n`'s `i`'th child to `child`.
+
+proc `[]=`*(n: NimNode, i: BackwardsIndex, child: NimNode) =
+  ## Set `n`'s `i`'th child to `child`.
+  n[n.len - i.int] = child
+
+template `or`*(x, y: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Evaluate `x` and when it is not an empty node, return
+  ## it. Otherwise evaluate to `y`. Can be used to chain several
+  ## expressions to get the first expression that is not empty.
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   let node = mightBeEmpty() or mightAlsoBeEmpty() or fallbackNode
+  ##   ```
+
+  let arg = x
+  if arg != nil and arg.kind != nnkEmpty:
+    arg
+  else:
+    y
+
+proc add*(father, child: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "NAdd", discardable,
+  noSideEffect.}
+  ## Adds the `child` to the `father` node. Returns the
+  ## father node so that calls can be nested.
+
+proc add*(father: NimNode, children: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode {.
+  magic: "NAddMultiple", discardable, noSideEffect.}
+  ## Adds each child of `children` to the `father` node.
+  ## Returns the `father` node so that calls can be nested.
+
+proc del*(father: NimNode, idx = 0, n = 1) {.magic: "NDel", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Deletes `n` children of `father` starting at index `idx`.
+
+proc kind*(n: NimNode): NimNodeKind {.magic: "NKind", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Returns the `kind` of the node `n`.
+
+proc intVal*(n: NimNode): BiggestInt {.magic: "NIntVal", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Returns an integer value from any integer literal or enum field symbol.
+
+proc floatVal*(n: NimNode): BiggestFloat {.magic: "NFloatVal", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Returns a float from any floating point literal.
+
+
+proc symKind*(symbol: NimNode): NimSymKind {.magic: "NSymKind", noSideEffect.}
+proc getImpl*(symbol: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "GetImpl", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Returns a copy of the declaration of a symbol or `nil`.
+proc strVal*(n: NimNode): string  {.magic: "NStrVal", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Returns the string value of an identifier, symbol, comment, or string literal.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `strVal= proc<#strVal=,NimNode,string>`_ for setting the string value.
+
+{.push warnings: off.} # silence `deprecated`
+
+proc ident*(n: NimNode): NimIdent {.magic: "NIdent", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.1; All functionality is defined on 'NimNode'.".}
+
+proc symbol*(n: NimNode): NimSym {.magic: "NSymbol", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.1; All functionality is defined on 'NimNode'.".}
+
+proc getImpl*(s: NimSym): NimNode {.magic: "GetImpl", noSideEffect, deprecated: "use `getImpl: NimNode -> NimNode` instead".}
+
+proc `$`*(i: NimIdent): string {.magic: "NStrVal", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.1; Use 'strVal' instead.".}
+  ## Converts a Nim identifier to a string.
+
+proc `$`*(s: NimSym): string {.magic: "NStrVal", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.1; Use 'strVal' instead.".}
+  ## Converts a Nim symbol to a string.
+
+{.pop.}
+
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor, NimPatch) >= (1, 3, 5) or defined(nimSymImplTransform):
+  proc getImplTransformed*(symbol: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "GetImplTransf", noSideEffect.}
+    ## For a typed proc returns the AST after transformation pass; this is useful
+    ## for debugging how the compiler transforms code (e.g.: `defer`, `for`) but
+    ## note that code transformations are implementation dependent and subject to change.
+    ## See an example in `tests/macros/tmacros_various.nim`.
+
+proc owner*(sym: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "SymOwner", noSideEffect, deprecated.}
+  ## Accepts a node of kind `nnkSym` and returns its owner's symbol.
+  ## The meaning of 'owner' depends on `sym`'s `NimSymKind` and declaration
+  ## context. For top level declarations this is an `nskModule` symbol,
+  ## for proc local variables an `nskProc` symbol, for enum/object fields an
+  ## `nskType` symbol, etc. For symbols without an owner, `nil` is returned.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `symKind proc<#symKind,NimNode>`_ to get the kind of a symbol
+  ## * `getImpl proc<#getImpl,NimNode>`_ to get the declaration of a symbol
+
+proc isInstantiationOf*(instanceProcSym, genProcSym: NimNode): bool {.magic: "SymIsInstantiationOf", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Checks if a proc symbol is an instance of the generic proc symbol.
+  ## Useful to check proc symbols against generic symbols
+  ## returned by `bindSym`.
+
+proc getType*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "NGetType", noSideEffect.}
+  ## With 'getType' you can access the node's `type`:idx:. A Nim type is
+  ## mapped to a Nim AST too, so it's slightly confusing but it means the same
+  ## API can be used to traverse types. Recursive types are flattened for you
+  ## so there is no danger of infinite recursions during traversal. To
+  ## resolve recursive types, you have to call 'getType' again. To see what
+  ## kind of type it is, call `typeKind` on getType's result.
+
+proc getType*(n: typedesc): NimNode {.magic: "NGetType", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Version of `getType` which takes a `typedesc`.
+
+proc typeKind*(n: NimNode): NimTypeKind {.magic: "NGetType", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Returns the type kind of the node 'n' that should represent a type, that
+  ## means the node should have been obtained via `getType`.
+
+proc getTypeInst*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "NGetType", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Returns the `type`:idx: of a node in a form matching the way the
+  ## type instance was declared in the code.
+  runnableExamples:
+    type
+      Vec[N: static[int], T] = object
+        arr: array[N, T]
+      Vec4[T] = Vec[4, T]
+      Vec4f = Vec4[float32]
+    var a: Vec4f
+    var b: Vec4[float32]
+    var c: Vec[4, float32]
+    macro dumpTypeInst(x: typed): untyped =
+      newLit(x.getTypeInst.repr)
+    doAssert(dumpTypeInst(a) == "Vec4f")
+    doAssert(dumpTypeInst(b) == "Vec4[float32]")
+    doAssert(dumpTypeInst(c) == "Vec[4, float32]")
+
+proc getTypeInst*(n: typedesc): NimNode {.magic: "NGetType", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Version of `getTypeInst` which takes a `typedesc`.
+
+proc getTypeImpl*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "NGetType", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Returns the `type`:idx: of a node in a form matching the implementation
+  ## of the type. Any intermediate aliases are expanded to arrive at the final
+  ## type implementation. You can instead use `getImpl` on a symbol if you
+  ## want to find the intermediate aliases.
+  runnableExamples:
+    type
+      Vec[N: static[int], T] = object
+        arr: array[N, T]
+      Vec4[T] = Vec[4, T]
+      Vec4f = Vec4[float32]
+    var a: Vec4f
+    var b: Vec4[float32]
+    var c: Vec[4, float32]
+    macro dumpTypeImpl(x: typed): untyped =
+      newLit(x.getTypeImpl.repr)
+    let t = """
+object
+  arr: array[0 .. 3, float32]"""
+    doAssert(dumpTypeImpl(a) == t)
+    doAssert(dumpTypeImpl(b) == t)
+    doAssert(dumpTypeImpl(c) == t)
+
+proc signatureHash*(n: NimNode): string {.magic: "NSigHash", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Returns a stable identifier derived from the signature of a symbol.
+  ## The signature combines many factors such as the type of the symbol,
+  ## the owning module of the symbol and others. The same identifier is
+  ## used in the back-end to produce the mangled symbol name.
+
+proc symBodyHash*(s: NimNode): string {.noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Returns a stable digest for symbols derived not only from type signature
+  ## and owning module, but also implementation body. All procs/variables used in
+  ## the implementation of this symbol are hashed recursively as well, including
+  ## magics from system module.
+  discard
+
+proc getTypeImpl*(n: typedesc): NimNode {.magic: "NGetType", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Version of `getTypeImpl` which takes a `typedesc`.
+
+proc `intVal=`*(n: NimNode, val: BiggestInt) {.magic: "NSetIntVal", noSideEffect.}
+proc `floatVal=`*(n: NimNode, val: BiggestFloat) {.magic: "NSetFloatVal", noSideEffect.}
+
+{.push warnings: off.}
+
+proc `symbol=`*(n: NimNode, val: NimSym) {.magic: "NSetSymbol", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.1; Generate a new 'NimNode' with 'genSym' instead.".}
+
+proc `ident=`*(n: NimNode, val: NimIdent) {.magic: "NSetIdent", noSideEffect, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since version 0.18.1; Generate a new 'NimNode' with 'ident(string)' instead.".}
+
+{.pop.}
+
+proc `strVal=`*(n: NimNode, val: string) {.magic: "NSetStrVal", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Sets the string value of a string literal or comment.
+  ## Setting `strVal` is disallowed for `nnkIdent` and `nnkSym` nodes; a new node
+  ## must be created using `ident` or `bindSym` instead.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `strVal proc<#strVal,NimNode>`_ for getting the string value.
+  ## * `ident proc<#ident,string>`_ for creating an identifier.
+  ## * `bindSym proc<#bindSym%2C%2CBindSymRule>`_ for binding a symbol.
+
+proc newNimNode*(kind: NimNodeKind,
+                 lineInfoFrom: NimNode = nil): NimNode
+  {.magic: "NNewNimNode", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Creates a new AST node of the specified kind.
+  ##
+  ## The `lineInfoFrom` parameter is used for line information when the
+  ## produced code crashes. You should ensure that it is set to a node that
+  ## you are transforming.
+
+proc copyNimNode*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "NCopyNimNode", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Creates a new AST node by copying the node `n`. Note that unlike `copyNimTree`,
+  ## child nodes of `n` are not copied.
+  runnableExamples:
+    macro foo(x: typed) =
+      var s = copyNimNode(x)
+      doAssert s.len == 0
+      doAssert s.kind == nnkStmtList
+
+    foo:
+      let x = 12
+      echo x
+
+proc copyNimTree*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "NCopyNimTree", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Creates a new AST node by recursively copying the node `n`. Note that
+  ## unlike `copyNimNode`, this copies `n`, the children of `n`, etc.
+  runnableExamples:
+    macro foo(x: typed) =
+      var s = copyNimTree(x)
+      doAssert s.len == 2
+      doAssert s.kind == nnkStmtList
+
+    foo:
+      let x = 12
+      echo x
+
+when defined(nimHasNoReturnError):
+  {.pragma: errorNoReturn, noreturn.}
+else:
+  {.pragma: errorNoReturn.}
+
+proc error*(msg: string, n: NimNode = nil) {.magic: "NError", benign, errorNoReturn.}
+  ## Writes an error message at compile time. The optional `n: NimNode`
+  ## parameter is used as the source for file and line number information in
+  ## the compilation error message.
+
+proc warning*(msg: string, n: NimNode = nil) {.magic: "NWarning", benign.}
+  ## Writes a warning message at compile time.
+
+proc hint*(msg: string, n: NimNode = nil) {.magic: "NHint", benign.}
+  ## Writes a hint message at compile time.
+
+proc newStrLitNode*(s: string): NimNode {.noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Creates a string literal node from `s`.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkStrLit)
+  result.strVal = s
+
+proc newCommentStmtNode*(s: string): NimNode {.noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Creates a comment statement node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkCommentStmt)
+  result.strVal = s
+
+proc newIntLitNode*(i: BiggestInt): NimNode =
+  ## Creates an int literal node from `i`.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkIntLit)
+  result.intVal = i
+
+proc newFloatLitNode*(f: BiggestFloat): NimNode =
+  ## Creates a float literal node from `f`.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkFloatLit)
+  result.floatVal = f
+
+{.push warnings: off.}
+
+proc newIdentNode*(i: NimIdent): NimNode {.deprecated: "use ident(string)".} =
+  ## Creates an identifier node from `i`.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkIdent)
+  result.ident = i
+
+{.pop.}
+
+proc newIdentNode*(i: string): NimNode {.magic: "StrToIdent", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Creates an identifier node from `i`. It is simply an alias for
+  ## `ident(string)`. Use that, it's shorter.
+
+proc ident*(name: string): NimNode {.magic: "StrToIdent", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Create a new ident node from a string.
+
+type
+  BindSymRule* = enum    ## Specifies how `bindSym` behaves. The difference
+                         ## between open and closed symbols can be found in
+                         ## `<manual.html#symbol-lookup-in-generics-open-and-closed-symbols>`_
+    brClosed,            ## only the symbols in current scope are bound
+    brOpen,              ## open for overloaded symbols, but may be a single
+                         ## symbol if not ambiguous (the rules match that of
+                         ## binding in generics)
+    brForceOpen          ## same as brOpen, but it will always be open even
+                         ## if not ambiguous (this cannot be achieved with
+                         ## any other means in the language currently)
+
+proc bindSym*(ident: string | NimNode, rule: BindSymRule = brClosed): NimNode {.
+              magic: "NBindSym", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Creates a node that binds `ident` to a symbol node. The bound symbol
+  ## may be an overloaded symbol.
+  ## if `ident` is a NimNode, it must have `nnkIdent` kind.
+  ## If `rule == brClosed` either an `nnkClosedSymChoice` tree is
+  ## returned or `nnkSym` if the symbol is not ambiguous.
+  ## If `rule == brOpen` either an `nnkOpenSymChoice` tree is
+  ## returned or `nnkSym` if the symbol is not ambiguous.
+  ## If `rule == brForceOpen` always an `nnkOpenSymChoice` tree is
+  ## returned even if the symbol is not ambiguous.
+  ##
+  ## See the `manual <manual.html#macros-bindsym>`_ for more details.
+
+proc genSym*(kind: NimSymKind = nskLet; ident = ""): NimNode {.
+  magic: "NGenSym", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Generates a fresh symbol that is guaranteed to be unique. The symbol
+  ## needs to occur in a declaration context.
+
+proc callsite*(): NimNode {.magic: "NCallSite", benign, deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since v0.18.1; use `varargs[untyped]` in the macro prototype instead".}
+  ## Returns the AST of the invocation expression that invoked this macro.
+  # see https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/387 as candidate replacement.
+
+proc toStrLit*(n: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Converts the AST `n` to the concrete Nim code and wraps that
+  ## in a string literal node.
+  return newStrLitNode(repr(n))
+
+type
+  LineInfo* = object
+    filename*: string
+    line*,column*: int
+
+proc `$`*(arg: LineInfo): string =
+  ## Return a string representation in the form `filepath(line, column)`.
+  # BUG: without `result = `, gives compile error
+  result = arg.filename & "(" & $arg.line & ", " & $arg.column & ")"
+
+#proc lineinfo*(n: NimNode): LineInfo {.magic: "NLineInfo", noSideEffect.}
+#  ## returns the position the node appears in the original source file
+#  ## in the form filename(line, col)
+
+proc getLine(arg: NimNode): int {.magic: "NLineInfo", noSideEffect.}
+proc getColumn(arg: NimNode): int {.magic: "NLineInfo", noSideEffect.}
+proc getFile(arg: NimNode): string {.magic: "NLineInfo", noSideEffect.}
+
+proc copyLineInfo*(arg: NimNode, info: NimNode) {.magic: "NLineInfo", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Copy lineinfo from `info`.
+
+proc setLine(arg: NimNode, line: uint16) {.magic: "NLineInfo", noSideEffect.}
+proc setColumn(arg: NimNode, column: int16) {.magic: "NLineInfo", noSideEffect.}
+proc setFile(arg: NimNode, file: string) {.magic: "NLineInfo", noSideEffect.}
+
+proc setLineInfo*(arg: NimNode, file: string, line: int, column: int) =
+  ## Sets the line info on the NimNode. The file needs to exists, but can be a
+  ## relative path. If you want to attach line info to a block using `quote`
+  ## you'll need to add the line information after the quote block.
+  arg.setFile(file)
+  arg.setLine(line.uint16)
+  arg.setColumn(column.int16)
+
+proc setLineInfo*(arg: NimNode, lineInfo: LineInfo) =
+  ## See `setLineInfo proc<#setLineInfo,NimNode,string,int,int>`_
+  setLineInfo(arg, lineInfo.filename, lineInfo.line, lineInfo.column)
+
+proc lineInfoObj*(n: NimNode): LineInfo =
+  ## Returns `LineInfo` of `n`, using absolute path for `filename`.
+  result = LineInfo(filename: n.getFile, line: n.getLine, column: n.getColumn)
+
+proc lineInfo*(arg: NimNode): string =
+  ## Return line info in the form `filepath(line, column)`.
+  $arg.lineInfoObj
+
+proc internalParseExpr(s, filename: string): NimNode {.
+  magic: "ParseExprToAst", noSideEffect.}
+
+proc internalParseStmt(s, filename: string): NimNode {.
+  magic: "ParseStmtToAst", noSideEffect.}
+
+proc internalErrorFlag*(): string {.magic: "NError", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Some builtins set an error flag. This is then turned into a proper
+  ## exception. **Note**: Ordinary application code should not call this.
+
+proc parseExpr*(s: string; filename: string = ""): NimNode {.noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Compiles the passed string to its AST representation.
+  ## Expects a single expression. Raises `ValueError` for parsing errors.
+  ## A filename can be given for more informative errors.
+  result = internalParseExpr(s, filename)
+  let x = internalErrorFlag()
+  if x.len > 0: raise newException(ValueError, x)
+
+proc parseStmt*(s: string; filename: string = ""): NimNode {.noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Compiles the passed string to its AST representation.
+  ## Expects one or more statements. Raises `ValueError` for parsing errors.
+  ## A filename can be given for more informative errors.
+  result = internalParseStmt(s, filename)
+  let x = internalErrorFlag()
+  if x.len > 0: raise newException(ValueError, x)
+
+proc getAst*(macroOrTemplate: untyped): NimNode {.magic: "ExpandToAst", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Obtains the AST nodes returned from a macro or template invocation.
+  ## See also `genasts.genAst`.
+  ## Example:
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   macro FooMacro() =
+  ##     var ast = getAst(BarTemplate())
+  ##   ```
+
+proc quote*(bl: typed, op = "``"): NimNode {.magic: "QuoteAst", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Quasi-quoting operator.
+  ## Accepts an expression or a block and returns the AST that represents it.
+  ## Within the quoted AST, you are able to interpolate NimNode expressions
+  ## from the surrounding scope. If no operator is given, quoting is done using
+  ## backticks. Otherwise, the given operator must be used as a prefix operator
+  ## for any interpolated expression. The original meaning of the interpolation
+  ## operator may be obtained by escaping it (by prefixing it with itself) when used
+  ## as a unary operator:
+  ## e.g. `@` is escaped as `@@`, `&%` is escaped as `&%&%` and so on; see examples.
+  ##
+  ## A custom operator interpolation needs accent quoted (``) whenever it resolves
+  ## to a symbol.
+  ##
+  ## See also `genasts <genasts.html>`_ which avoids some issues with `quote`.
+  runnableExamples:
+    macro check(ex: untyped) =
+      # this is a simplified version of the check macro from the
+      # unittest module.
+
+      # If there is a failed check, we want to make it easy for
+      # the user to jump to the faulty line in the code, so we
+      # get the line info here:
+      var info = ex.lineinfo
+
+      # We will also display the code string of the failed check:
+      var expString = ex.toStrLit
+
+      # Finally we compose the code to implement the check:
+      result = quote do:
+        if not `ex`:
+          echo `info` & ": Check failed: " & `expString`
+    check 1 + 1 == 2
+
+  runnableExamples:
+    # example showing how to define a symbol that requires backtick without
+    # quoting it.
+    var destroyCalled = false
+    macro bar() =
+      let s = newTree(nnkAccQuoted, ident"=destroy")
+      # let s = ident"`=destroy`" # this would not work
+      result = quote do:
+        type Foo = object
+        # proc `=destroy`(a: var Foo) = destroyCalled = true # this would not work
+        proc `s`(a: var Foo) = destroyCalled = true
+        block:
+          let a = Foo()
+    bar()
+    doAssert destroyCalled
+
+  runnableExamples:
+    # custom `op`
+    var destroyCalled = false
+    macro bar(ident) =
+      var x = 1.5
+      result = quote("@") do:
+        type Foo = object
+        let `@ident` = 0 # custom op interpolated symbols need quoted (``)
+        proc `=destroy`(a: var Foo) =
+          doAssert @x == 1.5
+          doAssert compiles(@x == 1.5)
+          let b1 = @[1,2]
+          let b2 = @@[1,2]
+          doAssert $b1 == "[1, 2]"
+          doAssert $b2 == "@[1, 2]"
+          destroyCalled = true
+        block:
+          let a = Foo()
+    bar(someident)
+    doAssert destroyCalled
+
+    proc `&%`(x: int): int = 1
+    proc `&%`(x, y: int): int = 2
+
+    macro bar2() =
+      var x = 3
+      result = quote("&%") do:
+        var y = &%x # quoting operator
+        doAssert &%&%y == 1 # unary operator => need to escape
+        doAssert y &% y == 2 # binary operator => no need to escape
+        doAssert y == 3
+    bar2()
+
+proc expectKind*(n: NimNode, k: NimNodeKind) =
+  ## Checks that `n` is of kind `k`. If this is not the case,
+  ## compilation aborts with an error message. This is useful for writing
+  ## macros that check the AST that is passed to them.
+  if n.kind != k: error("Expected a node of kind " & $k & ", got " & $n.kind, n)
+
+proc expectMinLen*(n: NimNode, min: int) =
+  ## Checks that `n` has at least `min` children. If this is not the case,
+  ## compilation aborts with an error message. This is useful for writing
+  ## macros that check its number of arguments.
+  if n.len < min: error("Expected a node with at least " & $min & " children, got " & $n.len, n)
+
+proc expectLen*(n: NimNode, len: int) =
+  ## Checks that `n` has exactly `len` children. If this is not the case,
+  ## compilation aborts with an error message. This is useful for writing
+  ## macros that check its number of arguments.
+  if n.len != len: error("Expected a node with " & $len & " children, got " & $n.len, n)
+
+proc expectLen*(n: NimNode, min, max: int) =
+  ## Checks that `n` has a number of children in the range `min..max`.
+  ## If this is not the case, compilation aborts with an error message.
+  ## This is useful for writing macros that check its number of arguments.
+  if n.len < min or n.len > max:
+    error("Expected a node with " & $min & ".." & $max & " children, got " & $n.len, n)
+
+proc newTree*(kind: NimNodeKind,
+              children: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new node with children.
+  result = newNimNode(kind)
+  result.add(children)
+
+proc newCall*(theProc: NimNode, args: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new call node. `theProc` is the proc that is called with
+  ## the arguments `args[0..]`.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkCall)
+  result.add(theProc)
+  result.add(args)
+
+{.push warnings: off.}
+
+proc newCall*(theProc: NimIdent, args: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode {.deprecated:
+  "Deprecated since v0.18.1; use 'newCall(string, ...)' or 'newCall(NimNode, ...)' instead".} =
+  ## Produces a new call node. `theProc` is the proc that is called with
+  ## the arguments `args[0..]`.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkCall)
+  result.add(newIdentNode(theProc))
+  result.add(args)
+
+{.pop.}
+
+proc newCall*(theProc: string,
+              args: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new call node. `theProc` is the proc that is called with
+  ## the arguments `args[0..]`.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkCall)
+  result.add(newIdentNode(theProc))
+  result.add(args)
+
+proc newLit*(c: char): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new character literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkCharLit)
+  result.intVal = ord(c)
+
+proc newLit*(i: int): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkIntLit)
+  result.intVal = i
+
+proc newLit*(i: int8): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkInt8Lit)
+  result.intVal = i
+
+proc newLit*(i: int16): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkInt16Lit)
+  result.intVal = i
+
+proc newLit*(i: int32): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkInt32Lit)
+  result.intVal = i
+
+proc newLit*(i: int64): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkInt64Lit)
+  result.intVal = i
+
+proc newLit*(i: uint): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new unsigned integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkUIntLit)
+  result.intVal = BiggestInt(i)
+
+proc newLit*(i: uint8): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new unsigned integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkUInt8Lit)
+  result.intVal = BiggestInt(i)
+
+proc newLit*(i: uint16): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new unsigned integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkUInt16Lit)
+  result.intVal = BiggestInt(i)
+
+proc newLit*(i: uint32): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new unsigned integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkUInt32Lit)
+  result.intVal = BiggestInt(i)
+
+proc newLit*(i: uint64): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new unsigned integer literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkUInt64Lit)
+  result.intVal = BiggestInt(i)
+
+proc newLit*(b: bool): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new boolean literal node.
+  result = if b: bindSym"true" else: bindSym"false"
+
+proc newLit*(s: string): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new string literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkStrLit)
+  result.strVal = s
+
+when false:
+  # the float type is not really a distinct type as described in https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/5875
+  proc newLit*(f: float): NimNode =
+    ## Produces a new float literal node.
+    result = newNimNode(nnkFloatLit)
+    result.floatVal = f
+
+proc newLit*(f: float32): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new float literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkFloat32Lit)
+  result.floatVal = f
+
+proc newLit*(f: float64): NimNode =
+  ## Produces a new float literal node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkFloat64Lit)
+  result.floatVal = f
+
+when declared(float128):
+  proc newLit*(f: float128): NimNode =
+    ## Produces a new float literal node.
+    result = newNimNode(nnkFloat128Lit)
+    result.floatVal = f
+
+proc newLit*(arg: enum): NimNode =
+  result = newCall(
+    arg.typeof.getTypeInst[1],
+    newLit(int(arg))
+  )
+
+proc newLit*[N,T](arg: array[N,T]): NimNode
+proc newLit*[T](arg: seq[T]): NimNode
+proc newLit*[T](s: set[T]): NimNode
+proc newLit*[T: tuple](arg: T): NimNode
+
+proc newLit*(arg: object): NimNode =
+  result = nnkObjConstr.newTree(arg.typeof.getTypeInst[1])
+  for a, b in arg.fieldPairs:
+    result.add nnkExprColonExpr.newTree( newIdentNode(a), newLit(b) )
+
+proc newLit*(arg: ref object): NimNode =
+  ## produces a new ref type literal node.
+  result = nnkObjConstr.newTree(arg.typeof.getTypeInst[1])
+  for a, b in fieldPairs(arg[]):
+    result.add nnkExprColonExpr.newTree(newIdentNode(a), newLit(b))
+
+proc newLit*[N,T](arg: array[N,T]): NimNode =
+  result = nnkBracket.newTree
+  for x in arg:
+    result.add newLit(x)
+
+proc newLit*[T](arg: seq[T]): NimNode =
+  let bracket = nnkBracket.newTree
+  for x in arg:
+    bracket.add newLit(x)
+  result = nnkPrefix.newTree(
+    bindSym"@",
+    bracket
+  )
+  if arg.len == 0:
+    # add type cast for empty seq
+    var typ = getTypeInst(typeof(arg))[1]
+    result = newCall(typ,result)
+
+proc newLit*[T](s: set[T]): NimNode =
+  result = nnkCurly.newTree
+  for x in s:
+    result.add newLit(x)
+  if result.len == 0:
+    # add type cast for empty set
+    var typ = getTypeInst(typeof(s))[1]
+    result = newCall(typ,result)
+
+proc isNamedTuple(T: typedesc): bool {.magic: "TypeTrait".}
+  ## See `typetraits.isNamedTuple`
+
+proc newLit*[T: tuple](arg: T): NimNode =
+  ## use -d:nimHasWorkaround14720 to restore behavior prior to PR, forcing
+  ## a named tuple even when `arg` is unnamed.
+  result = nnkTupleConstr.newTree
+  when defined(nimHasWorkaround14720) or isNamedTuple(T):
+    for a, b in arg.fieldPairs:
+      result.add nnkExprColonExpr.newTree(newIdentNode(a), newLit(b))
+  else:
+    for b in arg.fields:
+      result.add newLit(b)
+
+proc nestList*(op: NimNode; pack: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Nests the list `pack` into a tree of call expressions:
+  ## `[a, b, c]` is transformed into `op(a, op(c, d))`.
+  ## This is also known as fold expression.
+  if pack.len < 1:
+    error("`nestList` expects a node with at least 1 child")
+  result = pack[^1]
+  for i in countdown(pack.len - 2, 0):
+    result = newCall(op, pack[i], result)
+
+proc nestList*(op: NimNode; pack: NimNode; init: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Nests the list `pack` into a tree of call expressions:
+  ## `[a, b, c]` is transformed into `op(a, op(c, d))`.
+  ## This is also known as fold expression.
+  result = init
+  for i in countdown(pack.len - 1, 0):
+    result = newCall(op, pack[i], result)
+
+proc eqIdent*(a: string; b: string): bool {.magic: "EqIdent", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Style insensitive comparison.
+
+proc eqIdent*(a: NimNode; b: string): bool {.magic: "EqIdent", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Style insensitive comparison.  `a` can be an identifier or a
+  ## symbol. `a` may be wrapped in an export marker
+  ## (`nnkPostfix`) or quoted with backticks (`nnkAccQuoted`),
+  ## these nodes will be unwrapped.
+
+proc eqIdent*(a: string; b: NimNode): bool {.magic: "EqIdent", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Style insensitive comparison.  `b` can be an identifier or a
+  ## symbol. `b` may be wrapped in an export marker
+  ## (`nnkPostfix`) or quoted with backticks (`nnkAccQuoted`),
+  ## these nodes will be unwrapped.
+
+proc eqIdent*(a: NimNode; b: NimNode): bool {.magic: "EqIdent", noSideEffect.}
+  ## Style insensitive comparison.  `a` and `b` can be an
+  ## identifier or a symbol. Both may be wrapped in an export marker
+  ## (`nnkPostfix`) or quoted with backticks (`nnkAccQuoted`),
+  ## these nodes will be unwrapped.
+
+const collapseSymChoice = not defined(nimLegacyMacrosCollapseSymChoice)
+
+proc treeTraverse(n: NimNode; res: var string; level = 0; isLisp = false, indented = false) {.benign.} =
+  if level > 0:
+    if indented:
+      res.add("\n")
+      for i in 0 .. level-1:
+        if isLisp:
+          res.add(" ")          # dumpLisp indentation
+        else:
+          res.add("  ")         # dumpTree indentation
+    else:
+      res.add(" ")
+
+  if isLisp:
+    res.add("(")
+  res.add(($n.kind).substr(3))
+
+  case n.kind
+  of nnkEmpty, nnkNilLit:
+    discard # same as nil node in this representation
+  of nnkCharLit .. nnkInt64Lit:
+    res.add(" " & $n.intVal)
+  of nnkUIntLit .. nnkUInt64Lit:
+    res.add(" " & $cast[uint64](n.intVal))
+  of nnkFloatLit .. nnkFloat64Lit:
+    res.add(" " & $n.floatVal)
+  of nnkStrLit .. nnkTripleStrLit, nnkCommentStmt, nnkIdent, nnkSym:
+    res.add(" " & $n.strVal.newLit.repr)
+  of nnkNone:
+    assert false
+  elif n.kind in {nnkOpenSymChoice, nnkClosedSymChoice} and collapseSymChoice:
+    res.add(" " & $n.len)
+    if n.len > 0:
+      var allSameSymName = true
+      for i in 0..<n.len:
+        if n[i].kind != nnkSym or not eqIdent(n[i], n[0]):
+          allSameSymName = false
+          break
+      if allSameSymName:
+        res.add(" " & $n[0].strVal.newLit.repr)
+      else:
+        for j in 0 ..< n.len:
+          n[j].treeTraverse(res, level+1, isLisp, indented)
+  else:
+    for j in 0 ..< n.len:
+      n[j].treeTraverse(res, level+1, isLisp, indented)
+
+  if isLisp:
+    res.add(")")
+
+proc treeRepr*(n: NimNode): string {.benign.} =
+  ## Convert the AST `n` to a human-readable tree-like string.
+  ##
+  ## See also `repr`, `lispRepr`_, and `astGenRepr`_.
+  result = ""
+  n.treeTraverse(result, isLisp = false, indented = true)
+
+proc lispRepr*(n: NimNode; indented = false): string {.benign.} =
+  ## Convert the AST `n` to a human-readable lisp-like string.
+  ##
+  ## See also `repr`, `treeRepr`_, and `astGenRepr`_.
+  result = ""
+  n.treeTraverse(result, isLisp = true, indented = indented)
+
+proc astGenRepr*(n: NimNode): string {.benign.} =
+  ## Convert the AST `n` to the code required to generate that AST.
+  ##
+  ## See also `repr`_, `treeRepr`_, and `lispRepr`_.
+
+  const
+    NodeKinds = {nnkEmpty, nnkIdent, nnkSym, nnkNone, nnkCommentStmt}
+    LitKinds = {nnkCharLit..nnkInt64Lit, nnkFloatLit..nnkFloat64Lit, nnkStrLit..nnkTripleStrLit}
+
+  proc traverse(res: var string, level: int, n: NimNode) {.benign.} =
+    for i in 0..level-1: res.add "  "
+    if n.kind in NodeKinds:
+      res.add("new" & ($n.kind).substr(3) & "Node(")
+    elif n.kind in LitKinds:
+      res.add("newLit(")
+    elif n.kind == nnkNilLit:
+      res.add("newNilLit()")
+    else:
+      res.add($n.kind)
+
+    case n.kind
+    of nnkEmpty, nnkNilLit: discard
+    of nnkCharLit: res.add("'" & $chr(n.intVal) & "'")
+    of nnkIntLit..nnkInt64Lit: res.add($n.intVal)
+    of nnkFloatLit..nnkFloat64Lit: res.add($n.floatVal)
+    of nnkStrLit..nnkTripleStrLit, nnkCommentStmt, nnkIdent, nnkSym:
+      res.add(n.strVal.newLit.repr)
+    of nnkNone: assert false
+    elif n.kind in {nnkOpenSymChoice, nnkClosedSymChoice} and collapseSymChoice:
+      res.add(", # unrepresentable symbols: " & $n.len)
+      if n.len > 0:
+        res.add(" " & n[0].strVal.newLit.repr)
+    else:
+      res.add(".newTree(")
+      for j in 0..<n.len:
+        res.add "\n"
+        traverse(res, level + 1, n[j])
+        if j != n.len-1:
+          res.add(",")
+
+      res.add("\n")
+      for i in 0..level-1: res.add "  "
+      res.add(")")
+
+    if n.kind in NodeKinds+LitKinds:
+      res.add(")")
+
+  result = ""
+  traverse(result, 0, n)
+
+macro dumpTree*(s: untyped): untyped = echo s.treeRepr
+  ## Accepts a block of nim code and prints the parsed abstract syntax
+  ## tree using the `treeRepr` proc. Printing is done *at compile time*.
+  ##
+  ## You can use this as a tool to explore the Nim's abstract syntax
+  ## tree and to discover what kind of nodes must be created to represent
+  ## a certain expression/statement.
+  ##
+  ## For example:
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   dumpTree:
+  ##     echo "Hello, World!"
+  ##   ```
+  ##
+  ## Outputs:
+  ##   ```
+  ##   StmtList
+  ##     Command
+  ##       Ident "echo"
+  ##       StrLit "Hello, World!"
+  ##   ```
+  ##
+  ## Also see `dumpAstGen` and `dumpLisp`.
+
+macro dumpLisp*(s: untyped): untyped = echo s.lispRepr(indented = true)
+  ## Accepts a block of nim code and prints the parsed abstract syntax
+  ## tree using the `lispRepr` proc. Printing is done *at compile time*.
+  ##
+  ## You can use this as a tool to explore the Nim's abstract syntax
+  ## tree and to discover what kind of nodes must be created to represent
+  ## a certain expression/statement.
+  ##
+  ## For example:
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   dumpLisp:
+  ##     echo "Hello, World!"
+  ##   ```
+  ##
+  ## Outputs:
+  ##   ```
+  ##   (StmtList
+  ##    (Command
+  ##     (Ident "echo")
+  ##     (StrLit "Hello, World!")))
+  ##   ```
+  ##
+  ## Also see `dumpAstGen` and `dumpTree`.
+
+macro dumpAstGen*(s: untyped): untyped = echo s.astGenRepr
+  ## Accepts a block of nim code and prints the parsed abstract syntax
+  ## tree using the `astGenRepr` proc. Printing is done *at compile time*.
+  ##
+  ## You can use this as a tool to write macros quicker by writing example
+  ## outputs and then copying the snippets into the macro for modification.
+  ##
+  ## For example:
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   dumpAstGen:
+  ##     echo "Hello, World!"
+  ##   ```
+  ##
+  ## Outputs:
+  ##   ```
+  ##   nnkStmtList.newTree(
+  ##     nnkCommand.newTree(
+  ##       newIdentNode("echo"),
+  ##       newLit("Hello, World!")
+  ##     )
+  ##   )
+  ##   ```
+  ##
+  ## Also see `dumpTree` and `dumpLisp`.
+
+proc newEmptyNode*(): NimNode {.noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Create a new empty node.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkEmpty)
+
+proc newStmtList*(stmts: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode =
+  ## Create a new statement list.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkStmtList).add(stmts)
+
+proc newPar*(exprs: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create a new parentheses-enclosed expression.
+  newNimNode(nnkPar).add(exprs)
+
+proc newPar*(exprs: varargs[NimNode]): NimNode {.deprecated:
+        "don't use newPar/nnkPar to construct tuple expressions; use nnkTupleConstr instead".} =
+  ## Create a new parentheses-enclosed expression.
+  newNimNode(nnkPar).add(exprs)
+
+proc newBlockStmt*(label, body: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create a new block statement with label.
+  return newNimNode(nnkBlockStmt).add(label, body)
+
+proc newBlockStmt*(body: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create a new block: stmt.
+  return newNimNode(nnkBlockStmt).add(newEmptyNode(), body)
+
+proc newVarStmt*(name, value: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create a new var stmt.
+  return newNimNode(nnkVarSection).add(
+    newNimNode(nnkIdentDefs).add(name, newNimNode(nnkEmpty), value))
+
+proc newLetStmt*(name, value: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create a new let stmt.
+  return newNimNode(nnkLetSection).add(
+    newNimNode(nnkIdentDefs).add(name, newNimNode(nnkEmpty), value))
+
+proc newConstStmt*(name, value: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create a new const stmt.
+  newNimNode(nnkConstSection).add(
+    newNimNode(nnkConstDef).add(name, newNimNode(nnkEmpty), value))
+
+proc newAssignment*(lhs, rhs: NimNode): NimNode =
+  return newNimNode(nnkAsgn).add(lhs, rhs)
+
+proc newDotExpr*(a, b: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create new dot expression.
+  ## a.dot(b) -> `a.b`
+  return newNimNode(nnkDotExpr).add(a, b)
+
+proc newColonExpr*(a, b: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Create new colon expression.
+  ## newColonExpr(a, b) -> `a: b`
+  newNimNode(nnkExprColonExpr).add(a, b)
+
+proc newIdentDefs*(name, kind: NimNode;
+                   default = newEmptyNode()): NimNode =
+  ## Creates a new `nnkIdentDefs` node of a specific kind and value.
+  ##
+  ## `nnkIdentDefs` need to have at least three children, but they can have
+  ## more: first comes a list of identifiers followed by a type and value
+  ## nodes. This helper proc creates a three node subtree, the first subnode
+  ## being a single identifier name. Both the `kind` node and `default`
+  ## (value) nodes may be empty depending on where the `nnkIdentDefs`
+  ## appears: tuple or object definitions will have an empty `default` node,
+  ## `let` or `var` blocks may have an empty `kind` node if the
+  ## identifier is being assigned a value. Example:
+  ##
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   var varSection = newNimNode(nnkVarSection).add(
+  ##     newIdentDefs(ident("a"), ident("string")),
+  ##     newIdentDefs(ident("b"), newEmptyNode(), newLit(3)))
+  ##   # --> var
+  ##   #       a: string
+  ##   #       b = 3
+  ##   ```
+  ##
+  ## If you need to create multiple identifiers you need to use the lower level
+  ## `newNimNode`:
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   result = newNimNode(nnkIdentDefs).add(
+  ##     ident("a"), ident("b"), ident("c"), ident("string"),
+  ##       newStrLitNode("Hello"))
+  ##   ```
+  newNimNode(nnkIdentDefs).add(name, kind, default)
+
+proc newNilLit*(): NimNode =
+  ## New nil literal shortcut.
+  result = newNimNode(nnkNilLit)
+
+proc last*(node: NimNode): NimNode = node[node.len-1]
+  ## Return the last item in nodes children. Same as `node[^1]`.
+
+
+const
+  RoutineNodes* = {nnkProcDef, nnkFuncDef, nnkMethodDef, nnkDo, nnkLambda,
+                   nnkIteratorDef, nnkTemplateDef, nnkConverterDef, nnkMacroDef}
+  AtomicNodes* = {nnkNone..nnkNilLit}
+  # see matching set nnkCallKinds above
+  CallNodes* = nnkCallKinds
+
+proc expectKind*(n: NimNode; k: set[NimNodeKind]) =
+  ## Checks that `n` is of kind `k`. If this is not the case,
+  ## compilation aborts with an error message. This is useful for writing
+  ## macros that check the AST that is passed to them.
+  if n.kind notin k: error("Expected one of " & $k & ", got " & $n.kind, n)
+
+proc newProc*(name = newEmptyNode();
+              params: openArray[NimNode] = [newEmptyNode()];
+              body: NimNode = newStmtList();
+              procType = nnkProcDef;
+              pragmas: NimNode = newEmptyNode()): NimNode =
+  ## Shortcut for creating a new proc.
+  ##
+  ## The `params` array must start with the return type of the proc,
+  ## followed by a list of IdentDefs which specify the params.
+  if procType notin RoutineNodes:
+    error("Expected one of " & $RoutineNodes & ", got " & $procType)
+  pragmas.expectKind({nnkEmpty, nnkPragma})
+  result = newNimNode(procType).add(
+    name,
+    newEmptyNode(),
+    newEmptyNode(),
+    newNimNode(nnkFormalParams).add(params),
+    pragmas,
+    newEmptyNode(),
+    body)
+
+proc newIfStmt*(branches: varargs[tuple[cond, body: NimNode]]): NimNode =
+  ## Constructor for `if` statements.
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   newIfStmt(
+  ##     (Ident, StmtList),
+  ##     ...
+  ##   )
+  ##   ```
+  result = newNimNode(nnkIfStmt)
+  if len(branches) < 1:
+    error("If statement must have at least one branch")
+  for i in branches:
+    result.add(newTree(nnkElifBranch, i.cond, i.body))
+
+proc newEnum*(name: NimNode, fields: openArray[NimNode],
+              public, pure: bool): NimNode =
+
+  ## Creates a new enum. `name` must be an ident. Fields are allowed to be
+  ## either idents or EnumFieldDef:
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   newEnum(
+  ##     name    = ident("Colors"),
+  ##     fields  = [ident("Blue"), ident("Red")],
+  ##     public  = true, pure = false)
+  ##
+  ##   # type Colors* = Blue Red
+  ##   ```
+
+  expectKind name, nnkIdent
+  if len(fields) < 1:
+    error("Enum must contain at least one field")
+  for field in fields:
+    expectKind field, {nnkIdent, nnkEnumFieldDef}
+
+  let enumBody = newNimNode(nnkEnumTy).add(newEmptyNode()).add(fields)
+  var typeDefArgs = [name, newEmptyNode(), enumBody]
+
+  if public:
+    let postNode = newNimNode(nnkPostfix).add(
+      newIdentNode("*"), typeDefArgs[0])
+
+    typeDefArgs[0] = postNode
+
+  if pure:
+    let pragmaNode = newNimNode(nnkPragmaExpr).add(
+      typeDefArgs[0],
+      add(newNimNode(nnkPragma), newIdentNode("pure")))
+
+    typeDefArgs[0] = pragmaNode
+
+  let
+    typeDef   = add(newNimNode(nnkTypeDef), typeDefArgs)
+    typeSect  = add(newNimNode(nnkTypeSection), typeDef)
+
+  return typeSect
+
+proc copyChildrenTo*(src, dest: NimNode) =
+  ## Copy all children from `src` to `dest`.
+  for i in 0 ..< src.len:
+    dest.add src[i].copyNimTree
+
+template expectRoutine(node: NimNode) =
+  expectKind(node, RoutineNodes)
+
+proc name*(someProc: NimNode): NimNode =
+  someProc.expectRoutine
+  result = someProc[0]
+  if result.kind == nnkPostfix:
+    if result[1].kind == nnkAccQuoted:
+      result = result[1][0]
+    else:
+      result = result[1]
+  elif result.kind == nnkAccQuoted:
+    result = result[0]
+
+proc `name=`*(someProc: NimNode; val: NimNode) =
+  someProc.expectRoutine
+  if someProc[0].kind == nnkPostfix:
+    someProc[0][1] = val
+  else: someProc[0] = val
+
+proc params*(someProc: NimNode): NimNode =
+  if someProc.kind == nnkProcTy:
+    someProc[0]
+  else:
+    someProc.expectRoutine
+    someProc[3]
+
+proc `params=`* (someProc: NimNode; params: NimNode) =
+  expectKind(params, nnkFormalParams)
+  if someProc.kind == nnkProcTy:
+    someProc[0] = params
+  else:
+    someProc.expectRoutine
+    someProc[3] = params
+
+proc pragma*(someProc: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Get the pragma of a proc type.
+  ## These will be expanded.
+  if someProc.kind == nnkProcTy:
+    result = someProc[1]
+  else:
+    someProc.expectRoutine
+    result = someProc[4]
+proc `pragma=`*(someProc: NimNode; val: NimNode) =
+  ## Set the pragma of a proc type.
+  expectKind(val, {nnkEmpty, nnkPragma})
+  if someProc.kind == nnkProcTy:
+    someProc[1] = val
+  else:
+    someProc.expectRoutine
+    someProc[4] = val
+
+proc addPragma*(someProc, pragma: NimNode) =
+  ## Adds pragma to routine definition.
+  someProc.expectKind(RoutineNodes + {nnkProcTy})
+  var pragmaNode = someProc.pragma
+  if pragmaNode.isNil or pragmaNode.kind == nnkEmpty:
+    pragmaNode = newNimNode(nnkPragma)
+    someProc.pragma = pragmaNode
+  pragmaNode.add(pragma)
+
+template badNodeKind(n, f) =
+  error("Invalid node kind " & $n.kind & " for macros.`" & $f & "`", n)
+
+proc body*(someProc: NimNode): NimNode =
+  case someProc.kind:
+  of RoutineNodes:
+    return someProc[6]
+  of nnkBlockStmt, nnkWhileStmt:
+    return someProc[1]
+  of nnkForStmt:
+    return someProc.last
+  else:
+    badNodeKind someProc, "body"
+
+proc `body=`*(someProc: NimNode, val: NimNode) =
+  case someProc.kind
+  of RoutineNodes:
+    someProc[6] = val
+  of nnkBlockStmt, nnkWhileStmt:
+    someProc[1] = val
+  of nnkForStmt:
+    someProc[len(someProc)-1] = val
+  else:
+    badNodeKind someProc, "body="
+
+proc basename*(a: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## Pull an identifier from prefix/postfix expressions.
+  case a.kind
+  of nnkIdent: result = a
+  of nnkPostfix, nnkPrefix: result = a[1]
+  of nnkPragmaExpr: result = basename(a[0])
+  else:
+    error("Do not know how to get basename of (" & treeRepr(a) & ")\n" &
+      repr(a), a)
+
+proc `$`*(node: NimNode): string =
+  ## Get the string of an identifier node.
+  case node.kind
+  of nnkPostfix:
+    result = node.basename.strVal & "*"
+  of nnkStrLit..nnkTripleStrLit, nnkCommentStmt, nnkSym, nnkIdent:
+    result = node.strVal
+  of nnkOpenSymChoice, nnkClosedSymChoice, nnkOpenSym:
+    result = $node[0]
+  of nnkAccQuoted:
+    result = ""
+    for i in 0 ..< node.len:
+      result.add(repr(node[i]))
+  else:
+    badNodeKind node, "$"
+
+iterator items*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.inline.} =
+  ## Iterates over the children of the NimNode `n`.
+  for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+    yield n[i]
+
+iterator pairs*(n: NimNode): (int, NimNode) {.inline.} =
+  ## Iterates over the children of the NimNode `n` and its indices.
+  for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+    yield (i, n[i])
+
+iterator children*(n: NimNode): NimNode {.inline.} =
+  ## Iterates over the children of the NimNode `n`.
+  for i in 0 ..< n.len:
+    yield n[i]
+
+template findChild*(n: NimNode; cond: untyped): NimNode {.dirty.} =
+  ## Find the first child node matching condition (or nil).
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   var res = findChild(n, it.kind == nnkPostfix and
+  ##                          it.basename.ident == ident"foo")
+  ##   ```
+  block:
+    var res: NimNode
+    for it in n.children:
+      if cond:
+        res = it
+        break
+    res
+
+proc insert*(a: NimNode; pos: int; b: NimNode) =
+  ## Insert node `b` into node `a` at `pos`.
+  if len(a)-1 < pos:
+    # add some empty nodes first
+    for i in len(a)-1..pos-2:
+      a.add newEmptyNode()
+    a.add b
+  else:
+    # push the last item onto the list again
+    # and shift each item down to pos up one
+    a.add(a[a.len-1])
+    for i in countdown(len(a) - 3, pos):
+      a[i + 1] = a[i]
+    a[pos] = b
+
+proc `basename=`*(a: NimNode; val: string) =
+  case a.kind
+  of nnkIdent:
+    a.strVal = val
+  of nnkPostfix, nnkPrefix:
+    a[1] = ident(val)
+  of nnkPragmaExpr: `basename=`(a[0], val)
+  else:
+    error("Do not know how to get basename of (" & treeRepr(a) & ")\n" &
+      repr(a), a)
+
+proc postfix*(node: NimNode; op: string): NimNode =
+  newNimNode(nnkPostfix).add(ident(op), node)
+
+proc prefix*(node: NimNode; op: string): NimNode =
+  newNimNode(nnkPrefix).add(ident(op), node)
+
+proc infix*(a: NimNode; op: string;
+            b: NimNode): NimNode =
+  newNimNode(nnkInfix).add(ident(op), a, b)
+
+proc unpackPostfix*(node: NimNode): tuple[node: NimNode; op: string] =
+  node.expectKind nnkPostfix
+  result = (node[1], $node[0])
+
+proc unpackPrefix*(node: NimNode): tuple[node: NimNode; op: string] =
+  node.expectKind nnkPrefix
+  result = (node[1], $node[0])
+
+proc unpackInfix*(node: NimNode): tuple[left: NimNode; op: string; right: NimNode] =
+  expectKind(node, nnkInfix)
+  result = (node[1], $node[0], node[2])
+
+proc copy*(node: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## An alias for `copyNimTree<#copyNimTree,NimNode>`_.
+  return node.copyNimTree()
+
+proc expectIdent*(n: NimNode, name: string) {.since: (1,1).} =
+  ## Check that `eqIdent(n,name)` holds true. If this is not the
+  ## case, compilation aborts with an error message. This is useful
+  ## for writing macros that check the AST that is passed to them.
+  if not eqIdent(n, name):
+    error("Expected identifier to be `" & name & "` here", n)
+
+proc hasArgOfName*(params: NimNode; name: string): bool =
+  ## Search `nnkFormalParams` for an argument.
+  expectKind(params, nnkFormalParams)
+  for i in 1..<params.len:
+    for j in 0..<params[i].len-2:
+      if name.eqIdent($params[i][j]):
+        return true
+
+proc addIdentIfAbsent*(dest: NimNode, ident: string) =
+  ## Add `ident` to `dest` if it is not present. This is intended for use
+  ## with pragmas.
+  for node in dest.children:
+    case node.kind
+    of nnkIdent:
+      if ident.eqIdent($node): return
+    of nnkExprColonExpr:
+      if ident.eqIdent($node[0]): return
+    else: discard
+  dest.add(ident(ident))
+
+proc boolVal*(n: NimNode): bool {.noSideEffect.} =
+  if n.kind == nnkIntLit: n.intVal != 0
+  else: n == bindSym"true" # hacky solution for now
+
+proc nodeID*(n: NimNode): int {.magic: "NodeId".}
+  ## Returns the id of `n`, when the compiler has been compiled
+  ## with the flag `-d:useNodeids`, otherwise returns `-1`. This
+  ## proc is for the purpose to debug the compiler only.
+
+macro expandMacros*(body: typed): untyped =
+  ## Expands one level of macro - useful for debugging.
+  ## Can be used to inspect what happens when a macro call is expanded,
+  ## without altering its result.
+  ##
+  ## For instance,
+  ##
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   import std/[sugar, macros]
+  ##
+  ##   let
+  ##     x = 10
+  ##     y = 20
+  ##   expandMacros:
+  ##     dump(x + y)
+  ##   ```
+  ##
+  ## will actually dump `x + y`, but at the same time will print at
+  ## compile time the expansion of the `dump` macro, which in this
+  ## case is `debugEcho ["x + y", " = ", x + y]`.
+  echo body.toStrLit
+  result = body
+
+proc extractTypeImpl(n: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## attempts to extract the type definition of the given symbol
+  case n.kind
+  of nnkSym: # can extract an impl
+    result = n.getImpl.extractTypeImpl()
+  of nnkObjectTy, nnkRefTy, nnkPtrTy: result = n
+  of nnkBracketExpr:
+    if n.typeKind == ntyTypeDesc:
+      result = n[1].extractTypeImpl()
+    else:
+      doAssert n.typeKind == ntyGenericInst
+      result = n[0].getImpl()
+  of nnkTypeDef:
+    result = n[2]
+  else: error("Invalid node to retrieve type implementation of: " & $n.kind)
+
+proc customPragmaNode(n: NimNode): NimNode =
+  expectKind(n, {nnkSym, nnkDotExpr, nnkBracketExpr, nnkTypeOfExpr, nnkType, nnkCheckedFieldExpr})
+  let
+    typ = n.getTypeInst()
+
+  if typ.kind == nnkBracketExpr and typ.len > 1 and typ[1].kind == nnkProcTy:
+    return typ[1][1]
+  elif typ.typeKind == ntyTypeDesc:
+    let impl = getImpl(
+      if kind(typ[1]) == nnkBracketExpr: typ[1][0]
+      else: typ[1]
+    )
+    if impl.kind == nnkNilLit:
+      return impl
+    elif impl[0].kind == nnkPragmaExpr:
+      return impl[0][1]
+    else:
+      return impl[0] # handle types which don't have macro at all
+
+  if n.kind == nnkSym: # either an variable or a proc
+    let impl = n.getImpl()
+    if impl.kind in RoutineNodes:
+      return impl.pragma
+    elif impl.kind in {nnkIdentDefs, nnkConstDef} and impl[0].kind == nnkPragmaExpr:
+      return impl[0][1]
+    else:
+      let timpl = getImpl(if typ.kind == nnkBracketExpr: typ[0] else: typ)
+      if timpl.len>0 and timpl[0].len>1:
+        return timpl[0][1]
+      else:
+        return timpl
+
+  if n.kind in {nnkDotExpr, nnkCheckedFieldExpr}:
+    let name = $(if n.kind == nnkCheckedFieldExpr: n[0][1] else: n[1])
+    var typInst = getTypeInst(if n.kind == nnkCheckedFieldExpr or n[0].kind == nnkHiddenDeref: n[0][0] else: n[0])
+    while typInst.kind in {nnkVarTy, nnkBracketExpr}: typInst = typInst[0]
+    var typDef = getImpl(typInst)
+    while typDef != nil:
+      typDef.expectKind(nnkTypeDef)
+      let typ = typDef[2].extractTypeImpl()
+      if typ.kind notin {nnkRefTy, nnkPtrTy, nnkObjectTy}: break
+      let isRef = typ.kind in {nnkRefTy, nnkPtrTy}
+      if isRef and typ[0].kind in {nnkSym, nnkBracketExpr}: # defines ref type for another object(e.g. X = ref X)
+        typDef = getImpl(typ[0])
+      else: # object definition, maybe an object directly defined as a ref type
+        let
+          obj = (if isRef: typ[0] else: typ)
+        var identDefsStack = newSeq[NimNode](obj[2].len)
+        for i in 0..<identDefsStack.len: identDefsStack[i] = obj[2][i]
+        while identDefsStack.len > 0:
+          var identDefs = identDefsStack.pop()
+
+          case identDefs.kind
+          of nnkRecList:
+            for child in identDefs.children:
+              identDefsStack.add(child)
+          of nnkRecCase:
+            # Add condition definition
+            identDefsStack.add(identDefs[0])
+            # Add branches
+            for i in 1 ..< identDefs.len:
+              identDefsStack.add(identDefs[i].last)
+          else:
+            for i in 0 .. identDefs.len - 3:
+              let varNode = identDefs[i]
+              if varNode.kind == nnkPragmaExpr:
+                var varName = varNode[0]
+                if varName.kind == nnkPostfix:
+                  # This is a public field. We are skipping the postfix *
+                  varName = varName[1]
+                if eqIdent($varName, name):
+                  return varNode[1]
+
+        if obj[1].kind == nnkOfInherit: # explore the parent object
+          typDef = getImpl(obj[1][0])
+        else:
+          typDef = nil
+
+macro hasCustomPragma*(n: typed, cp: typed{nkSym}): untyped =
+  ## Expands to `true` if expression `n` which is expected to be `nnkDotExpr`
+  ## (if checking a field), a proc or a type has custom pragma `cp`.
+  ##
+  ## See also `getCustomPragmaVal`_.
+  ##
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   template myAttr() {.pragma.}
+  ##   type
+  ##     MyObj = object
+  ##       myField {.myAttr.}: int
+  ##
+  ##   proc myProc() {.myAttr.} = discard
+  ##
+  ##   var o: MyObj
+  ##   assert(o.myField.hasCustomPragma(myAttr))
+  ##   assert(myProc.hasCustomPragma(myAttr))
+  ##   ```
+  let pragmaNode = customPragmaNode(n)
+  for p in pragmaNode:
+    if (p.kind == nnkSym and p == cp) or
+        (p.kind in nnkPragmaCallKinds and p.len > 0 and p[0].kind == nnkSym and p[0] == cp):
+      return newLit(true)
+  return newLit(false)
+
+macro getCustomPragmaVal*(n: typed, cp: typed{nkSym}): untyped =
+  ## Expands to value of custom pragma `cp` of expression `n` which is expected
+  ## to be `nnkDotExpr`, a proc or a type.
+  ##
+  ## See also `hasCustomPragma`_.
+  ##
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   template serializationKey(key: string) {.pragma.}
+  ##   type
+  ##     MyObj {.serializationKey: "mo".} = object
+  ##       myField {.serializationKey: "mf".}: int
+  ##   var o: MyObj
+  ##   assert(o.myField.getCustomPragmaVal(serializationKey) == "mf")
+  ##   assert(o.getCustomPragmaVal(serializationKey) == "mo")
+  ##   assert(MyObj.getCustomPragmaVal(serializationKey) == "mo")
+  ##   ```
+  result = nil
+  let pragmaNode = customPragmaNode(n)
+  for p in pragmaNode:
+    if p.kind in nnkPragmaCallKinds and p.len > 0 and p[0].kind == nnkSym and p[0] == cp:
+      if p.len == 2 or (p.len == 3 and p[1].kind == nnkSym and p[1].symKind == nskType):
+        result = p[1]
+      else:
+        let def = p[0].getImpl[3]
+        result = newTree(nnkPar)
+        for i in 1 ..< def.len:
+          let key = def[i][0]
+          let val = p[i]
+          result.add newTree(nnkExprColonExpr, key, val)
+      break
+  if result.kind == nnkEmpty:
+    error(n.repr & " doesn't have a pragma named " & cp.repr()) # returning an empty node results in most cases in a cryptic error,
+
+macro unpackVarargs*(callee: untyped; args: varargs[untyped]): untyped =
+  ## Calls `callee` with `args` unpacked as individual arguments.
+  ## This is useful in 2 cases:
+  ## * when forwarding `varargs[T]` for some typed `T`
+  ## * when forwarding `varargs[untyped]` when `args` can potentially be empty,
+  ##   due to a compiler limitation
+  runnableExamples:
+    template call1(fun: typed; args: varargs[untyped]): untyped =
+      unpackVarargs(fun, args)
+      # when varargsLen(args) > 0: fun(args) else: fun() # this would also work
+    template call2(fun: typed; args: varargs[typed]): untyped =
+      unpackVarargs(fun, args)
+    proc fn1(a = 0, b = 1) = discard (a, b)
+    call1(fn1, 10, 11)
+    call1(fn1) # `args` is empty in this case
+    if false: call2(echo, 10, 11) # would print 1011
+  result = newCall(callee)
+  for i in 0 ..< args.len:
+    result.add args[i]
+
+proc getProjectPath*(): string = discard
+  ## Returns the path to the currently compiling project.
+  ##
+  ## This is not to be confused with `system.currentSourcePath <system.html#currentSourcePath.t>`_
+  ## which returns the path of the source file containing that template
+  ## call.
+  ##
+  ## For example, assume a `dir1/foo.nim` that imports a `dir2/bar.nim`,
+  ## have the `bar.nim` print out both `getProjectPath` and
+  ## `currentSourcePath` outputs.
+  ##
+  ## Now when `foo.nim` is compiled, the `getProjectPath` from
+  ## `bar.nim` will return the `dir1/` path, while the `currentSourcePath`
+  ## will return the path to the `bar.nim` source file.
+  ##
+  ## Now when `bar.nim` is compiled directly, the `getProjectPath`
+  ## will now return the `dir2/` path, and the `currentSourcePath`
+  ## will still return the same path, the path to the `bar.nim` source
+  ## file.
+  ##
+  ## The path returned by this proc is set at compile time.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `getCurrentDir proc <os.html#getCurrentDir>`_
+
+proc getSize*(arg: NimNode): int {.magic: "NSizeOf", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Returns the same result as `system.sizeof` if the size is
+  ## known by the Nim compiler. Returns a negative value if the Nim
+  ## compiler does not know the size.
+proc getAlign*(arg: NimNode): int {.magic: "NSizeOf", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Returns the same result as `system.alignof` if the alignment
+  ## is known by the Nim compiler. It works on `NimNode` for use
+  ## in macro context. Returns a negative value if the Nim compiler
+  ## does not know the alignment.
+proc getOffset*(arg: NimNode): int {.magic: "NSizeOf", noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Returns the same result as `system.offsetof` if the offset is
+  ## known by the Nim compiler. It expects a resolved symbol node
+  ## from a field of a type. Therefore it only requires one argument
+  ## instead of two. Returns a negative value if the Nim compiler
+  ## does not know the offset.
+
+proc isExported*(n: NimNode): bool {.noSideEffect.} =
+  ## Returns whether the symbol is exported or not.
+
+proc extractDocCommentsAndRunnables*(n: NimNode): NimNode =
+  ## returns a `nnkStmtList` containing the top-level doc comments and
+  ## runnableExamples in `a`, stopping at the first child that is neither.
+  ## Example:
+  ##
+  ##   ```nim
+  ##   import std/macros
+  ##   macro transf(a): untyped =
+  ##     result = quote do:
+  ##       proc fun2*() = discard
+  ##     let header = extractDocCommentsAndRunnables(a.body)
+  ##     # correct usage: rest is appended
+  ##     result.body = header
+  ##     result.body.add quote do: discard # just an example
+  ##     # incorrect usage: nesting inside a nnkStmtList:
+  ##     # result.body = quote do: (`header`; discard)
+  ##
+  ##   proc fun*() {.transf.} =
+  ##     ## first comment
+  ##     runnableExamples: discard
+  ##     runnableExamples: discard
+  ##     ## last comment
+  ##     discard # first statement after doc comments + runnableExamples
+  ##     ## not docgen'd
+  ##   ```
+
+  result = newStmtList()
+  for ni in n:
+    case ni.kind
+    of nnkCommentStmt:
+      result.add ni
+    of nnkCall, nnkCommand:
+      if ni[0].kind == nnkIdent and ni[0].eqIdent "runnableExamples":
+        result.add ni
+      else: break
+    else: break