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-rw-r--r--lib/core/macros.nim20
-rw-r--r--lib/impure/rdstdin.nim18
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix.nim15
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/collections/tables.nim2
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/math.nim12
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/net.nim9
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/os.nim18
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/selectors.nim2
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/times.nim431
-rw-r--r--lib/system.nim38
-rw-r--r--lib/system/repr.nim6
-rw-r--r--lib/windows/winlean.nim8
12 files changed, 458 insertions, 121 deletions
diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index 22b9c4907..4c561df70 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ proc len*(n: PNimrodNode): int {.magic: "NLen", noSideEffect.}
   ## returns the number of children of `n`.
 
 proc add*(father, child: PNimrodNode): PNimrodNode {.magic: "NAdd", discardable,
-  noSideEffect.}
+  noSideEffect, locks: 0.}
   ## Adds the `child` to the `father` node. Returns the
   ## father node so that calls can be nested.
 
 proc add*(father: PNimrodNode, children: varargs[PNimrodNode]): PNimrodNode {.
-  magic: "NAddMultiple", discardable, noSideEffect.}
+  magic: "NAddMultiple", discardable, noSideEffect, locks: 0.}
   ## Adds each child of `children` to the `father` node.
   ## Returns the `father` node so that calls can be nested.
 
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ proc newNimNode*(kind: TNimrodNodeKind,
 proc copyNimNode*(n: PNimrodNode): PNimrodNode {.magic: "NCopyNimNode", noSideEffect.}
 proc copyNimTree*(n: PNimrodNode): PNimrodNode {.magic: "NCopyNimTree", noSideEffect.}
 
-proc error*(msg: string) {.magic: "NError", gcsafe.}
+proc error*(msg: string) {.magic: "NError", benign.}
   ## writes an error message at compile time
 
-proc warning*(msg: string) {.magic: "NWarning", gcsafe.}
+proc warning*(msg: string) {.magic: "NWarning", benign.}
   ## writes a warning message at compile time
 
-proc hint*(msg: string) {.magic: "NHint", gcsafe.}
+proc hint*(msg: string) {.magic: "NHint", benign.}
   ## writes a hint message at compile time
 
 proc newStrLitNode*(s: string): PNimrodNode {.compileTime, noSideEffect.} =
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ proc genSym*(kind: TNimrodSymKind = nskLet; ident = ""): PNimrodNode {.
   ## generates a fresh symbol that is guaranteed to be unique. The symbol
   ## needs to occur in a declaration context.
 
-proc callsite*(): PNimrodNode {.magic: "NCallSite", gcsafe.}
+proc callsite*(): PNimrodNode {.magic: "NCallSite", benign.}
   ## returns the AST of the invocation expression that invoked this macro.
 
 proc toStrLit*(n: PNimrodNode): PNimrodNode {.compileTime.} =
@@ -387,11 +387,11 @@ proc nestList*(theProc: TNimrodIdent,
     # This could easily user code and so should be fixed in evals.nim somehow.
     result = newCall(theProc, x[i], copyNimTree(result))
 
-proc treeRepr*(n: PNimrodNode): string {.compileTime.} =
+proc treeRepr*(n: PNimrodNode): string {.compileTime, benign.} =
   ## Convert the AST `n` to a human-readable tree-like string.
   ##
   ## See also `repr` and `lispRepr`.
-  proc traverse(res: var string, level: int, n: PNimrodNode) =
+  proc traverse(res: var string, level: int, n: PNimrodNode) {.benign.} =
     for i in 0..level-1: res.add "  "
     res.add(($n.kind).substr(3))
 
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ proc treeRepr*(n: PNimrodNode): string {.compileTime.} =
   result = ""
   traverse(result, 0, n)
 
-proc lispRepr*(n: PNimrodNode): string {.compileTime.} =
+proc lispRepr*(n: PNimrodNode): string {.compileTime, benign.} =
   ## Convert the AST `n` to a human-readable lisp-like string,
   ##
   ## See also `repr` and `treeRepr`.
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ proc `body=`*(someProc: PNimrodNode, val: PNimrodNode) {.compileTime.} =
   else:
     badNodeKind someProc.kind, "body="
 
-proc basename*(a: PNimrodNode): PNimrodNode {.compiletime.}
+proc basename*(a: PNimrodNode): PNimrodNode {.compiletime, benign.}
 
 
 proc `$`*(node: PNimrodNode): string {.compileTime.} =
diff --git a/lib/impure/rdstdin.nim b/lib/impure/rdstdin.nim
index b188ead1f..aaf2ed1ca 100644
--- a/lib/impure/rdstdin.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/rdstdin.nim
@@ -33,14 +33,16 @@ when defined(Windows):
     stdout.write(prompt)
     result = readLine(stdin, line)
 
-  proc readPasswordFromStdin*(prompt: string, password: var TaintedString) =
+  proc readPasswordFromStdin*(prompt: string, password: var TaintedString):
+                              bool {.tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} =
     ## Reads a `password` from stdin without printing it. `password` must not
-    ## be ``nil``!
+    ## be ``nil``! Returns ``false`` if the end of the file has been reached,
+    ## ``true`` otherwise.
     proc getch(): cint {.header: "<conio.h>", importc: "_getch".}
 
     password.setLen(0)
     var c: char
-    echo prompt
+    stdout.write(prompt)
     while true:
       c = getch().char
       case c
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ when defined(Windows):
         password.setLen(password.len - 1)
       else:
         password.add(c)
+    stdout.write "\n"
+    # TODO: How to detect EOF on Windows?
 
 else:
   import readline, history, termios, unsigned
@@ -80,7 +84,8 @@ else:
 
   discard readline.bind_key('\t'.ord, doNothing)
 
-  proc readPasswordFromStdin*(prompt: string, password: var TaintedString) =
+  proc readPasswordFromStdin*(prompt: string, password: var TaintedString):
+                              bool {.tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} =
     password.setLen(0)
     let fd = stdin.getFileHandle()
     var cur, old: Termios
@@ -89,10 +94,11 @@ else:
     cur.lflag = cur.lflag and not Tcflag(ECHO)
     discard fd.tcsetattr(TCSADRAIN, cur.addr)
     stdout.write prompt
-    discard stdin.readLine(password)
+    result = stdin.readLine(password)
+    stdout.write "\n"
     discard fd.tcsetattr(TCSADRAIN, old.addr)
 
 proc readPasswordFromStdin*(prompt: string): TaintedString =
   ## Reads a password from stdin without printing it.
   result = TaintedString("")
-  readPasswordFromStdin(prompt, result)
+  discard readPasswordFromStdin(prompt, result)
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix.nim b/lib/posix/posix.nim
index fbd07ca25..52bef6de4 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix.nim
@@ -70,17 +70,10 @@ const
   STDIN_FILENO* = 0  ## File number of stdin;
   STDOUT_FILENO* = 1 ## File number of stdout;
 
-when defined(endb):
-  # to not break bootstrapping again ...
-  type
-    TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>",
-            final, pure, incompleteStruct.} = object
-      ## A type representing a directory stream.
-else:
-  type
-    TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>",
-            final, pure.} = object
-      ## A type representing a directory stream.
+type
+  TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>",
+          incompleteStruct.} = object
+    ## A type representing a directory stream.
 
 type
   SocketHandle* = distinct cint # The type used to represent socket descriptors
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim b/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
index 7ed0e46cc..58305b010 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ proc `$`*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B]): string =
 proc `==`*[A, B](s, t: TableRef[A, B]): bool =
   if isNil(s): result = isNil(t)
   elif isNil(t): result = false
-  else: result = equalsImpl()
+  else: equalsImpl()
 
 proc newTableFrom*[A, B, C](collection: A, index: proc(x: B): C): TableRef[C, B] =
   ## Index the collection with the proc provided.
diff --git a/lib/pure/math.nim b/lib/pure/math.nim
index b9e057e78..b25a1df3a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/math.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/math.nim
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ proc nextPowerOfTwo*(x: int): int {.noSideEffect.} =
   result = x - 1 
   when defined(cpu64):
     result = result or (result shr 32)
-  when sizeof(int) > 16:
+  when sizeof(int) > 2:
     result = result or (result shr 16)
-  when sizeof(int) > 8:
+  when sizeof(int) > 1:
     result = result or (result shr 8)
   result = result or (result shr 4)
   result = result or (result shr 2)
@@ -129,25 +129,25 @@ proc variance*(x: openArray[float]): float {.noSideEffect.} =
     result = result + diff*diff
   result = result / toFloat(len(x))
 
-proc random*(max: int): int {.gcsafe.}
+proc random*(max: int): int {.benign.}
   ## returns a random number in the range 0..max-1. The sequence of
   ## random number is always the same, unless `randomize` is called
   ## which initializes the random number generator with a "random"
   ## number, i.e. a tickcount.
 
-proc random*(max: float): float {.gcsafe.}
+proc random*(max: float): float {.benign.}
   ## returns a random number in the range 0..<max. The sequence of
   ## random number is always the same, unless `randomize` is called
   ## which initializes the random number generator with a "random"
   ## number, i.e. a tickcount. This has a 16-bit resolution on windows
   ## and a 48-bit resolution on other platforms.
 
-proc randomize*() {.gcsafe.}
+proc randomize*() {.benign.}
   ## initializes the random number generator with a "random"
   ## number, i.e. a tickcount. Note: Does nothing for the JavaScript target,
   ## as JavaScript does not support this.
   
-proc randomize*(seed: int) {.gcsafe.}
+proc randomize*(seed: int) {.benign.}
   ## initializes the random number generator with a specific seed.
   ## Note: Does nothing for the JavaScript target,
   ## as JavaScript does not support this.
diff --git a/lib/pure/net.nim b/lib/pure/net.nim
index 4eacfea78..2b81b6fb0 100644
--- a/lib/pure/net.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/net.nim
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ proc bindAddr*(socket: Socket, port = Port(0), address = "") {.
     dealloc(aiList)
 
 proc acceptAddr*(server: Socket, client: var Socket, address: var string,
-                 flags = {SocketFlag.SafeDisconn}) {.tags: [ReadIOEffect].} =
+                 flags = {SocketFlag.SafeDisconn}) {.
+                 tags: [ReadIOEffect], gcsafe, locks: 0.} =
   ## Blocks until a connection is being made from a client. When a connection
   ## is made sets ``client`` to the client socket and ``address`` to the address
   ## of the connecting client.
@@ -938,8 +939,12 @@ proc connect*(socket: Socket, address: string, port = Port(0), timeout: int,
         doAssert socket.handshake()
   socket.fd.setBlocking(true)
 
-proc isSsl*(socket: Socket): bool = return socket.isSSL
+proc isSsl*(socket: Socket): bool = 
   ## Determines whether ``socket`` is a SSL socket.
+  when defined(ssl):
+    result = socket.isSSL
+  else:
+    result = false
 
 proc getFd*(socket: Socket): SocketHandle = return socket.fd
   ## Returns the socket's file descriptor
diff --git a/lib/pure/os.nim b/lib/pure/os.nim
index f01343673..820800a1a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/os.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/os.nim
@@ -1010,8 +1010,16 @@ proc copyFile*(source, dest: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
 proc moveFile*(source, dest: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
   tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].} =
   ## Moves a file from `source` to `dest`. If this fails, `OSError` is raised.
-  if c_rename(source, dest) != 0'i32:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+  when defined(Windows):
+    when useWinUnicode:
+      let s = newWideCString(source)
+      let d = newWideCString(dest)
+      if moveFileW(s, d, 0'i32) == 0'i32: raiseOSError(osLastError())
+    else:
+      if moveFileA(source, dest, 0'i32) == 0'i32: raiseOSError(osLastError())
+  else:
+    if c_rename(source, dest) != 0'i32:
+      raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
 
 when not declared(ENOENT) and not defined(Windows):
   when NoFakeVars:
@@ -1339,7 +1347,7 @@ proc rawRemoveDir(dir: string) =
     if rmdir(dir) != 0'i32 and errno != ENOENT: raiseOSError(osLastError())
 
 proc removeDir*(dir: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [
-  WriteDirEffect, ReadDirEffect].} =
+  WriteDirEffect, ReadDirEffect], benign.} =
   ## Removes the directory `dir` including all subdirectories and files
   ## in `dir` (recursively).
   ##
@@ -1385,7 +1393,7 @@ proc createDir*(dir: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [WriteDirEffect].} =
   rawCreateDir(dir)
 
 proc copyDir*(source, dest: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
-  tags: [WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect].} =
+  tags: [WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect], benign.} =
   ## Copies a directory from `source` to `dest`.
   ##
   ## If this fails, `OSError` is raised. On the Windows platform this proc will
@@ -1558,7 +1566,7 @@ proc copyFileWithPermissions*(source, dest: string,
 
 proc copyDirWithPermissions*(source, dest: string,
     ignorePermissionErrors = true) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
-    tags: [WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect].} =
+    tags: [WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect], benign.} =
   ## Copies a directory from `source` to `dest` preserving file permissions.
   ##
   ## If this fails, `OSError` is raised. This is a wrapper proc around `copyDir()
diff --git a/lib/pure/selectors.nim b/lib/pure/selectors.nim
index bd2564937..593eec15a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/selectors.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/selectors.nim
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ when isMainModule and not defined(nimdoc):
       sock: Socket
   
   var sock = socket()
-  if sock == sockets.InvalidSocket: raiseOSError(osLastError())
+  if sock == sockets.invalidSocket: raiseOSError(osLastError())
   #sock.setBlocking(false)
   sock.connect("irc.freenode.net", Port(6667))
   
diff --git a/lib/pure/times.nim b/lib/pure/times.nim
index 1cabd381b..e32ea786a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/times.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/times.nim
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                       # of the standard library!
 
 import
-  strutils
+  strutils, parseutils
 
 include "system/inclrtl"
 
@@ -63,44 +63,44 @@ elif defined(windows):
 elif defined(JS):
   type
     Time* {.importc.} = object
-      getDay: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getFullYear: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getHours: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getMilliseconds: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getMinutes: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getMonth: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getSeconds: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getTime: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getTimezoneOffset: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getDate: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getUTCDate: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getUTCFullYear: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getUTCHours: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getUTCMilliseconds: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getUTCMinutes: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getUTCMonth: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getUTCSeconds: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getUTCDay: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      getYear: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      parse: proc (s: cstring): Time {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setDate: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setFullYear: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setHours: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setMilliseconds: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setMinutes: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setMonth: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setSeconds: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setTime: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setUTCDate: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setUTCFullYear: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setUTCHours: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setUTCMilliseconds: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setUTCMinutes: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setUTCMonth: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setUTCSeconds: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      setYear: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      toGMTString: proc (): cstring {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
-      toLocaleString: proc (): cstring {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
+      getDay: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getFullYear: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getHours: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getMilliseconds: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getMinutes: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getMonth: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getSeconds: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getTime: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getTimezoneOffset: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getDate: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getUTCDate: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getUTCFullYear: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getUTCHours: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getUTCMilliseconds: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getUTCMinutes: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getUTCMonth: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getUTCSeconds: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getUTCDay: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      getYear: proc (): int {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      parse: proc (s: cstring): Time {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setDate: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setFullYear: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setHours: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setMilliseconds: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setMinutes: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setMonth: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setSeconds: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setTime: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setUTCDate: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setUTCFullYear: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setUTCHours: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setUTCMilliseconds: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setUTCMinutes: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setUTCMonth: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setUTCSeconds: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      setYear: proc (x: int) {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      toGMTString: proc (): cstring {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
+      toLocaleString: proc (): cstring {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
 
 type
   TimeInfo* = object of RootObj ## represents a time in different parts
@@ -139,42 +139,42 @@ type
 {.deprecated: [TMonth: Month, TWeekDay: WeekDay, TTime: Time,
     TTimeInterval: TimeInterval, TTimeInfo: TimeInfo].}
 
-proc getTime*(): Time {.tags: [TimeEffect], gcsafe.}
+proc getTime*(): Time {.tags: [TimeEffect], benign.}
   ## gets the current calendar time as a UNIX epoch value (number of seconds
   ## elapsed since 1970) with integer precission. Use epochTime for higher
   ## resolution.
-proc getLocalTime*(t: Time): TimeInfo {.tags: [TimeEffect], raises: [], gcsafe.}
+proc getLocalTime*(t: Time): TimeInfo {.tags: [TimeEffect], raises: [], benign.}
   ## converts the calendar time `t` to broken-time representation,
   ## expressed relative to the user's specified time zone.
-proc getGMTime*(t: Time): TimeInfo {.tags: [TimeEffect], raises: [], gcsafe.}
+proc getGMTime*(t: Time): TimeInfo {.tags: [TimeEffect], raises: [], benign.}
   ## converts the calendar time `t` to broken-down time representation,
   ## expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
 
-proc timeInfoToTime*(timeInfo: TimeInfo): Time {.tags: [], gcsafe.}
+proc timeInfoToTime*(timeInfo: TimeInfo): Time {.tags: [], benign.}
   ## converts a broken-down time structure to
   ## calendar time representation. The function ignores the specified
   ## contents of the structure members `weekday` and `yearday` and recomputes
   ## them from the other information in the broken-down time structure.
 
-proc fromSeconds*(since1970: float): Time {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
+proc fromSeconds*(since1970: float): Time {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
   ## Takes a float which contains the number of seconds since the unix epoch and
   ## returns a time object.
 
-proc fromSeconds*(since1970: int64): Time {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.} = 
+proc fromSeconds*(since1970: int64): Time {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.} = 
   ## Takes an int which contains the number of seconds since the unix epoch and
   ## returns a time object.
   fromSeconds(float(since1970))
 
-proc toSeconds*(time: Time): float {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
+proc toSeconds*(time: Time): float {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
   ## Returns the time in seconds since the unix epoch.
 
-proc `$` *(timeInfo: TimeInfo): string {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
+proc `$` *(timeInfo: TimeInfo): string {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
   ## converts a `TimeInfo` object to a string representation.
-proc `$` *(time: Time): string {.tags: [], raises: [], gcsafe.}
+proc `$` *(time: Time): string {.tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
   ## converts a calendar time to a string representation.
 
 proc `-`*(a, b: Time): int64 {.
-  rtl, extern: "ntDiffTime", tags: [], raises: [].}
+  rtl, extern: "ntDiffTime", tags: [], raises: [], benign.}
   ## computes the difference of two calendar times. Result is in seconds.
 
 proc `<`*(a, b: Time): bool {.
@@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ proc `==`*(a, b: Time): bool {.
 
 when not defined(JS):
   proc getTzname*(): tuple[nonDST, DST: string] {.tags: [TimeEffect], raises: [],
-    gcsafe.}
+    benign.}
     ## returns the local timezone; ``nonDST`` is the name of the local non-DST
     ## timezone, ``DST`` is the name of the local DST timezone.
 
-proc getTimezone*(): int {.tags: [TimeEffect], raises: [], gcsafe.}
+proc getTimezone*(): int {.tags: [TimeEffect], raises: [], benign.}
   ## returns the offset of the local (non-DST) timezone in seconds west of UTC.
 
-proc getStartMilsecs*(): int {.deprecated, tags: [TimeEffect], gcsafe.}
+proc getStartMilsecs*(): int {.deprecated, tags: [TimeEffect], benign.}
   ## get the miliseconds from the start of the program. **Deprecated since
   ## version 0.8.10.** Use ``epochTime`` or ``cpuTime`` instead.
 
@@ -744,6 +744,285 @@ proc format*(info: TimeInfo, f: string): string =
 
 {.pop.}
 
+proc parseToken(info: var TimeInfo; token, value: string; j: var int) =
+  ## Helper of the parse proc to parse individual tokens.
+  var sv: int
+  case token
+  of "d":
+    var pd = parseInt(value[j..j+1], sv)
+    info.monthday = sv
+    j += pd
+  of "dd":
+    info.monthday = value[j..j+1].parseInt()
+    j += 2
+  of "ddd":
+    case value[j..j+2].toLower():
+    of "sun":
+      info.weekday = dSun
+    of "mon":
+      info.weekday = dMon
+    of "tue":
+      info.weekday = dTue
+    of "wed":
+      info.weekday = dWed
+    of "thu":
+      info.weekday = dThu
+    of "fri":
+      info.weekday = dFri
+    of "sat":
+      info.weekday = dSat
+    else:
+      raise newException(ValueError, "invalid day of week ")
+    j += 3
+  of "dddd":
+    if value.len >= j+6 and value[j..j+5].cmpIgnoreCase("sunday") == 0:
+      info.weekday = dSun
+      j += 6
+    elif value.len >= j+6 and value[j..j+5].cmpIgnoreCase("monday") == 0:
+      info.weekday = dMon
+      j += 6
+    elif value.len >= j+7 and value[j..j+6].cmpIgnoreCase("tuesday") == 0:
+      info.weekday = dTue
+      j += 7
+    elif value.len >= j+9 and value[j..j+8].cmpIgnoreCase("wednesday") == 0:
+      info.weekday = dWed
+      j += 9
+    elif value.len >= j+8 and value[j..j+7].cmpIgnoreCase("thursday") == 0:
+      info.weekday = dThu
+      j += 8
+    elif value.len >= j+6 and value[j..j+5].cmpIgnoreCase("friday") == 0:
+      info.weekday = dFri
+      j += 6
+    elif value.len >= j+8 and value[j..j+7].cmpIgnoreCase("saturday") == 0:
+      info.weekday = dSat
+      j += 8
+    else:
+      raise newException(ValueError, "invalid day of week ")    
+  of "h", "H":
+    var pd = parseInt(value[j..j+1], sv)
+    info.hour = sv
+    j += pd
+  of "hh", "HH":
+    info.hour = value[j..j+1].parseInt()
+    j += 2
+  of "m":
+    var pd = parseInt(value[j..j+1], sv)
+    info.minute = sv
+    j += pd
+  of "mm":
+    info.minute = value[j..j+1].parseInt()
+    j += 2
+  of "M":
+    var pd = parseInt(value[j..j+1], sv)
+    info.month = Month(sv-1)
+    info.monthday = sv
+    j += pd
+  of "MM":
+    var month = value[j..j+1].parseInt()
+    j += 2
+    info.month = Month(month-1)
+  of "MMM":
+    case value[j..j+2].toLower():
+    of "jan":
+      info.month =  mJan
+    of "feb":
+      info.month =  mFeb
+    of "mar":
+      info.month =  mMar
+    of "apr":
+      info.month =  mApr
+    of "may":
+      info.month =  mMay
+    of "jun":
+      info.month =  mJun
+    of "jul":
+      info.month =  mJul
+    of "aug":
+      info.month =  mAug
+    of "sep":
+      info.month =  mSep
+    of "oct":
+      info.month =  mOct
+    of "nov":
+      info.month =  mNov
+    of "dec":
+      info.month =  mDec
+    else:
+      raise newException(ValueError, "invalid month") 
+    j += 3
+  of "MMMM":
+    if value.len >= j+7 and value[j..j+6].cmpIgnoreCase("january") == 0:
+      info.month =  mJan
+      j += 7
+    elif value.len >= j+8 and value[j..j+7].cmpIgnoreCase("february") == 0:
+      info.month =  mFeb
+      j += 8
+    elif value.len >= j+5 and value[j..j+4].cmpIgnoreCase("march") == 0:
+      info.month =  mMar
+      j += 5
+    elif value.len >= j+5 and value[j..j+4].cmpIgnoreCase("april") == 0:
+      info.month =  mApr
+      j += 5
+    elif value.len >= j+3 and value[j..j+2].cmpIgnoreCase("may") == 0:
+      info.month =  mMay
+      j += 3
+    elif value.len >= j+4 and value[j..j+3].cmpIgnoreCase("june") == 0:
+      info.month =  mJun
+      j += 4
+    elif value.len >= j+4 and value[j..j+3].cmpIgnoreCase("july") == 0:
+      info.month =  mJul
+      j += 4
+    elif value.len >= j+6 and value[j..j+5].cmpIgnoreCase("august") == 0:
+      info.month =  mAug
+      j += 6
+    elif value.len >= j+9 and value[j..j+8].cmpIgnoreCase("september") == 0:
+      info.month =  mSep
+      j += 9
+    elif value.len >= j+7 and value[j..j+6].cmpIgnoreCase("october") == 0:
+      info.month =  mOct
+      j += 7
+    elif value.len >= j+8 and value[j..j+7].cmpIgnoreCase("november") == 0:
+      info.month =  mNov
+      j += 8
+    elif value.len >= j+8 and value[j..j+7].cmpIgnoreCase("december") == 0:
+      info.month =  mDec
+      j += 8
+    else:
+      raise newException(ValueError, "invalid month") 
+  of "s":
+    var pd = parseInt(value[j..j+1], sv)
+    info.second = sv
+    j += pd
+  of "ss":
+    info.second = value[j..j+1].parseInt()
+    j += 2
+  of "t":
+    if value[j] == 'P' and info.hour > 0 and info.hour < 12:
+      info.hour += 12
+    j += 1
+  of "tt":
+    if value[j..j+1] == "PM" and info.hour > 0 and info.hour < 12:
+      info.hour += 12
+    j += 2
+  of "yy":
+    # Assumes current century
+    var year = value[j..j+1].parseInt()
+    var thisCen = getLocalTime(getTime()).year div 100
+    info.year = thisCen*100 + year
+    j += 2
+  of "yyyy":
+    info.year = value[j..j+3].parseInt()
+    j += 4
+  of "z":
+    if value[j] == '+':
+      info.timezone = parseInt($value[j+1])
+    elif value[j] == '-':
+      info.timezone = 0-parseInt($value[j+1])
+    else:
+      raise newException(ValueError, "Sign for timezone " & value[j])
+    j += 2
+  of "zz":
+    if value[j] == '+':
+      info.timezone = value[j+1..j+2].parseInt()
+    elif value[j] == '-':
+      info.timezone = 0-value[j+1..j+2].parseInt()
+    else:
+      raise newException(ValueError, "Sign for timezone " & value[j])
+    j += 3
+  of "zzz":
+    if value[j] == '+':
+      info.timezone = value[j+1..j+2].parseInt()
+    elif value[j] == '-':
+      info.timezone = 0-value[j+1..j+2].parseInt()
+    else:
+      raise newException(ValueError, "Sign for timezone " & value[j])
+    j += 6
+  of "ZZZ":
+    info.tzname = value[j..j+2].toUpper()
+    j += 3
+  else:
+    # Ignore the token and move forward in the value string by the same length
+    j += token.len
+    
+proc parse*(value, layout: string): TimeInfo =
+  ## This function parses a date/time string using the standard format identifiers (below)
+  ## The function defaults information not provided in the format string from the running program (timezone, month, year, etc)
+  ##
+  ## ==========  =================================================================================  ================================================
+  ## Specifier   Description                                                                        Example
+  ## ==========  =================================================================================  ================================================
+  ##    d        Numeric value of the day of the month, it will be one or two digits long.          ``1/04/2012 -> 1``, ``21/04/2012 -> 21``
+  ##    dd       Same as above, but always two digits.                                              ``1/04/2012 -> 01``, ``21/04/2012 -> 21``
+  ##    ddd      Three letter string which indicates the day of the week.                           ``Saturday -> Sat``, ``Monday -> Mon``
+  ##    dddd     Full string for the day of the week.                                               ``Saturday -> Saturday``, ``Monday -> Monday``
+  ##    h        The hours in one digit if possible. Ranging from 0-12.                             ``5pm -> 5``, ``2am -> 2``
+  ##    hh       The hours in two digits always. If the hour is one digit 0 is prepended.           ``5pm -> 05``, ``11am -> 11``
+  ##    H        The hours in one digit if possible, randing from 0-24.                             ``5pm -> 17``, ``2am -> 2``
+  ##    HH       The hours in two digits always. 0 is prepended if the hour is one digit.           ``5pm -> 17``, ``2am -> 02``
+  ##    m        The minutes in 1 digit if possible.                                                ``5:30 -> 30``, ``2:01 -> 1``
+  ##    mm       Same as above but always 2 digits, 0 is prepended if the minute is one digit.      ``5:30 -> 30``, ``2:01 -> 01``
+  ##    M        The month in one digit if possible.                                                ``September -> 9``, ``December -> 12``
+  ##    MM       The month in two digits always. 0 is prepended.                                    ``September -> 09``, ``December -> 12``
+  ##    MMM      Abbreviated three-letter form of the month.                                        ``September -> Sep``, ``December -> Dec``
+  ##    MMMM     Full month string, properly capitalized.                                           ``September -> September``
+  ##    s        Seconds as one digit if possible.                                                  ``00:00:06 -> 6``
+  ##    ss       Same as above but always two digits. 0 is prepended.                               ``00:00:06 -> 06``
+  ##    t        ``A`` when time is in the AM. ``P`` when time is in the PM.
+  ##    tt       Same as above, but ``AM`` and ``PM`` instead of ``A`` and ``P`` respectively.
+  ##    yy       Displays the year to two digits.                                                   ``2012 -> 12``
+  ##    yyyy     Displays the year to four digits.                                                  ``2012 -> 2012``
+  ##    z        Displays the timezone offset from UTC.                                             ``GMT+7 -> +7``, ``GMT-5 -> -5``
+  ##    zz       Same as above but with leading 0.                                                  ``GMT+7 -> +07``, ``GMT-5 -> -05``
+  ##    zzz      Same as above but with ``:00``.                                                    ``GMT+7 -> +07:00``, ``GMT-5 -> -05:00``
+  ##    ZZZ      Displays the name of the timezone.                                                 ``GMT -> GMT``, ``EST -> EST``
+  ## ==========  =================================================================================  ================================================
+  ##
+  ## Other strings can be inserted by putting them in ``''``. For example
+  ## ``hh'->'mm`` will give ``01->56``.  The following characters can be
+  ## inserted without quoting them: ``:`` ``-`` ``(`` ``)`` ``/`` ``[`` ``]``
+  ## ``,``. However you don't need to necessarily separate format specifiers, a
+  ## unambiguous format string like ``yyyyMMddhhmmss`` is valid too.    
+  var i = 0 # pointer for format string
+  var j = 0 # pointer for value string
+  var token = ""
+  # Assumes current day of month, month and year, but time is reset to 00:00:00. Weekday will be reset after parsing.
+  var info = getLocalTime(getTime())
+  info.hour = 0
+  info.minute = 0
+  info.second = 0
+  while true:
+    case layout[i]
+    of ' ', '-', '/', ':', '\'', '\0', '(', ')', '[', ']', ',':
+      if token.len > 0:
+        parseToken(info, token, value, j)
+      # Reset token
+      token = ""
+      # Break if at end of line
+      if layout[i] == '\0': break
+      # Skip separator and everything between single quotes
+      # These are literals in both the layout and the value string
+      if layout[i] == '\'':
+        inc(i)
+        inc(j)
+        while layout[i] != '\'' and layout.len-1 > i:
+          inc(i)
+          inc(j)
+      else:
+        inc(i)
+        inc(j)
+    else:
+      # Check if the letter being added matches previous accumulated buffer.
+      if token.len < 1 or token[high(token)] == layout[i]:
+        token.add(layout[i])
+        inc(i)
+      else:
+        parseToken(info, token, value, j)
+        token = ""
+  # Reset weekday as it might not have been provided and the default may be wrong
+  info.weekday = getLocalTime(timeInfoToTime(info)).weekday
+  return info
+
+
 when isMainModule:
   # $ date --date='@2147483647'
   # Tue 19 Jan 03:14:07 GMT 2038
@@ -778,3 +1057,51 @@ when isMainModule:
   # Interval tests
   assert((t4 - initInterval(years = 2)).format("yyyy") == "1995")
   assert((t4 - initInterval(years = 7, minutes = 34, seconds = 24)).format("yyyy mm ss") == "1990 24 10")
+
+  var s = "Tuesday at 09:04am on Dec 15, 2015"
+  var f = "dddd at hh:mmtt on MMM d, yyyy"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Tue Dec 15 09:04:00 2015")
+  # ANSIC       = "Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 2006"
+  s = "Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 2006"
+  f = "ddd MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006")
+  # UnixDate    = "Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 MST 2006"
+  s = "Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006"
+  f = "ddd MMM d HH:mm:ss ZZZ yyyy"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006")
+  # RubyDate    = "Mon Jan 02 15:04:05 -0700 2006"
+  s = "Mon Jan 02 15:04:05 -07:00 2006"
+  f = "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006")
+  # RFC822      = "02 Jan 06 15:04 MST"
+  s = "02 Jan 06 15:04 MST"
+  f = "dd MMM yy HH:mm ZZZ"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:00 2006")
+  # RFC822Z     = "02 Jan 06 15:04 -0700" # RFC822 with numeric zone
+  s = "02 Jan 06 15:04 -07:00"
+  f = "dd MMM yy HH:mm zzz"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:00 2006")
+  # RFC850      = "Monday, 02-Jan-06 15:04:05 MST"
+  s = "Monday, 02-Jan-06 15:04:05 MST"
+  f = "dddd, dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss ZZZ"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006")
+  # RFC1123     = "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST"
+  s = "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST"
+  f = "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss ZZZ"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006")
+  # RFC1123Z    = "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" # RFC1123 with numeric zone
+  s = "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -07:00"
+  f = "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006")
+  # RFC3339     = "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00"
+  s = "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z-07:00"
+  f = "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZzzz"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006")
+  # RFC3339Nano = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00"
+  s = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z-07:00"
+  f = "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.999999999Zzzz"
+  assert($s.parse(f) == "Mon Jan  2 15:04:05 2006")
+  # Kitchen     = "3:04PM"
+  s = "3:04PM"
+  f = "h:mmtt"
+  echo "Kitchen: " & $s.parse(f)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index ef70a2672..9dc233cb7 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2098,17 +2098,16 @@ when not defined(nimrodVM) and hostOS != "standalone":
     ## returns an informative string about the GC's activity. This may be useful
     ## for tweaking.
     
-  # XXX mark these as 'locks: 0' once 0.10.0 has been released
-  proc GC_ref*[T](x: ref T) {.magic: "GCref", gcsafe.}
-  proc GC_ref*[T](x: seq[T]) {.magic: "GCref", gcsafe.}
-  proc GC_ref*(x: string) {.magic: "GCref", gcsafe.}
+  proc GC_ref*[T](x: ref T) {.magic: "GCref", benign.}
+  proc GC_ref*[T](x: seq[T]) {.magic: "GCref", benign.}
+  proc GC_ref*(x: string) {.magic: "GCref", benign.}
     ## marks the object `x` as referenced, so that it will not be freed until
     ## it is unmarked via `GC_unref`. If called n-times for the same object `x`,
     ## n calls to `GC_unref` are needed to unmark `x`. 
     
-  proc GC_unref*[T](x: ref T) {.magic: "GCunref", gcsafe.}
-  proc GC_unref*[T](x: seq[T]) {.magic: "GCunref", gcsafe.}
-  proc GC_unref*(x: string) {.magic: "GCunref", gcsafe.}
+  proc GC_unref*[T](x: ref T) {.magic: "GCunref", benign.}
+  proc GC_unref*[T](x: seq[T]) {.magic: "GCunref", benign.}
+  proc GC_unref*(x: string) {.magic: "GCunref", benign.}
     ## see the documentation of `GC_ref`.
 
 template accumulateResult*(iter: expr) =
@@ -2248,14 +2247,9 @@ when not declared(sysFatal):
       e.msg = message & arg
       raise e
 
-when defined(nimlocks):
-  proc getTypeInfo*[T](x: T): pointer {.magic: "GetTypeInfo", gcsafe, locks: 0.}
-    ## get type information for `x`. Ordinary code should not use this, but
-    ## the `typeinfo` module instead.
-else:
-  proc getTypeInfo*[T](x: T): pointer {.magic: "GetTypeInfo", gcsafe.}
-    ## get type information for `x`. Ordinary code should not use this, but
-    ## the `typeinfo` module instead.
+proc getTypeInfo*[T](x: T): pointer {.magic: "GetTypeInfo", benign.}
+  ## get type information for `x`. Ordinary code should not use this, but
+  ## the `typeinfo` module instead.
 
 {.push stackTrace: off.}
 proc abs*(x: int): int {.magic: "AbsI", noSideEffect.} =
@@ -2455,14 +2449,10 @@ when not defined(JS): #and not defined(NimrodVM):
       ## Returns ``false`` if the end of the file has been reached, ``true``
       ## otherwise. If ``false`` is returned `line` contains no new data.
 
-    when not defined(booting):
-      proc writeln*[Ty](f: File, x: varargs[Ty, `$`]) {.inline, 
-                               tags: [WriteIOEffect], gcsafe, locks: 0.}
-        ## writes the values `x` to `f` and then writes "\n".
-        ## May throw an IO exception.
-    else:
-      proc writeln*[Ty](f: File, x: varargs[Ty, `$`]) {.inline, 
-                               tags: [WriteIOEffect].}
+    proc writeln*[Ty](f: File, x: varargs[Ty, `$`]) {.inline, 
+                             tags: [WriteIOEffect], benign.}
+      ## writes the values `x` to `f` and then writes "\n".
+      ## May throw an IO exception.
 
     proc getFileSize*(f: File): int64 {.tags: [ReadIOEffect], benign.}
       ## retrieves the file size (in bytes) of `f`.
@@ -2576,7 +2566,7 @@ when not defined(JS): #and not defined(NimrodVM):
     initAllocator()
   when hasThreadSupport:
     include "system/syslocks"
-    include "system/threads"
+    when hostOS != "standalone": include "system/threads"
   elif not defined(nogc) and not defined(NimrodVM) and hostOS != "standalone":
     when not defined(useNimRtl) and not defined(createNimRtl): initStackBottom()
     initGC()
diff --git a/lib/system/repr.nim b/lib/system/repr.nim
index 2de603cea..5a243cb44 100644
--- a/lib/system/repr.nim
+++ b/lib/system/repr.nim
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ proc reprEnum(e: int, typ: PNimType): string {.compilerRtl.} =
 type
   PByteArray = ptr array[0.. 0xffff, int8]
 
-proc addSetElem(result: var string, elem: int, typ: PNimType) {.gcsafe.} =
+proc addSetElem(result: var string, elem: int, typ: PNimType) {.benign.} =
   case typ.kind
   of tyEnum: add result, reprEnum(elem, typ)
   of tyBool: add result, reprBool(bool(elem))
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ when not defined(useNimRtl):
     for i in 0..cl.indent-1: add result, ' '
 
   proc reprAux(result: var string, p: pointer, typ: PNimType,
-               cl: var TReprClosure) {.gcsafe.}
+               cl: var TReprClosure) {.benign.}
 
   proc reprArray(result: var string, p: pointer, typ: PNimType,
                  cl: var TReprClosure) =
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ when not defined(useNimRtl):
     add result, "]"
 
   proc reprRecordAux(result: var string, p: pointer, n: ptr TNimNode,
-                     cl: var TReprClosure) {.gcsafe.} =
+                     cl: var TReprClosure) {.benign.} =
     case n.kind
     of nkNone: sysAssert(false, "reprRecordAux")
     of nkSlot:
diff --git a/lib/windows/winlean.nim b/lib/windows/winlean.nim
index 51a12141b..584f7cf48 100644
--- a/lib/windows/winlean.nim
+++ b/lib/windows/winlean.nim
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ when useWinUnicode:
                  bFailIfExists: cint): cint {.
     importc: "CopyFileW", stdcall, dynlib: "kernel32".}
 
+  proc moveFileW*(lpExistingFileName, lpNewFileName: WideCString,
+                 bFailIfExists: cint): cint {.
+    importc: "MoveFileW", stdcall, dynlib: "kernel32".}
+
   proc getEnvironmentStringsW*(): WideCString {.
     stdcall, dynlib: "kernel32", importc: "GetEnvironmentStringsW".}
   proc freeEnvironmentStringsW*(para1: WideCString): int32 {.
@@ -308,6 +312,10 @@ else:
                  bFailIfExists: cint): cint {.
     importc: "CopyFileA", stdcall, dynlib: "kernel32".}
 
+  proc moveFileA*(lpExistingFileName, lpNewFileName: cstring,
+                 bFailIfExists: cint): cint {.
+    importc: "MoveFileA", stdcall, dynlib: "kernel32".}
+
   proc getEnvironmentStringsA*(): cstring {.
     stdcall, dynlib: "kernel32", importc: "GetEnvironmentStringsA".}
   proc freeEnvironmentStringsA*(para1: cstring): int32 {.