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-rw-r--r--lib/core/macros.nim6
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/marshal.nim11
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/parsecfg.nim35
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/parsexml.nim140
-rw-r--r--lib/system.nim22
5 files changed, 182 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index 5b29d5e94..4d76d60c2 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ else: # bootstrapping substitute
     else:
       n.strValOld
 
+when defined(nimHasSymOwnerInMacro):
+  proc owner*(sym: NimNode): NimNode {.magic: "SymOwner", noSideEffect.}
+    ## accepts node of kind nnkSym and returns its owner's symbol.
+    ## result is also mnde of kind nnkSym if owner exists otherwise 
+    ## nnkNilLit is returned
+
 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
diff --git a/lib/pure/marshal.nim b/lib/pure/marshal.nim
index 980439759..b0bcfe535 100644
--- a/lib/pure/marshal.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/marshal.nim
@@ -280,6 +280,17 @@ proc `$$`*[T](x: T): string =
 
 proc to*[T](data: string): T =
   ## reads data and transforms it to a ``T``.
+  runnableExamples:
+    type
+      Foo = object
+        id: int
+        bar: string
+
+    let x = Foo(id: 1, bar: "baz")
+    # serialize
+    let y = ($$x)
+    # deserialize back to type 'Foo':
+    let z = y.to[:Foo]
   var tab = initTable[BiggestInt, pointer]()
   loadAny(newStringStream(data), toAny(result), tab)
 
diff --git a/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim b/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim
index 5fa2d8dc3..b991dd57f 100644
--- a/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim
@@ -17,12 +17,37 @@
 ##
 ## .. include:: ../../doc/mytest.cfg
 ##     :literal:
-## The file ``examples/parsecfgex.nim`` demonstrates how to use the
-## configuration file parser:
-##
-## .. code-block:: nim
-##     :file: ../../examples/parsecfgex.nim
 ##
+
+##[ Here is an example of how to use the configuration file parser:
+
+.. code-block:: nim
+
+    import
+      os, parsecfg, strutils, streams
+
+    var f = newFileStream(paramStr(1), fmRead)
+    if f != nil:
+      var p: CfgParser
+      open(p, f, paramStr(1))
+      while true:
+        var e = next(p)
+        case e.kind
+        of cfgEof: break
+        of cfgSectionStart:   ## a ``[section]`` has been parsed
+          echo("new section: " & e.section)
+        of cfgKeyValuePair:
+          echo("key-value-pair: " & e.key & ": " & e.value)
+        of cfgOption:
+          echo("command: " & e.key & ": " & e.value)
+        of cfgError:
+          echo(e.msg)
+      close(p)
+    else:
+      echo("cannot open: " & paramStr(1))
+
+]##
+
 ## Examples
 ## --------
 ##
diff --git a/lib/pure/parsexml.nim b/lib/pure/parsexml.nim
index fe933fb79..d8d5a7a2d 100644
--- a/lib/pure/parsexml.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/parsexml.nim
@@ -26,27 +26,125 @@
 ##   creates.
 ##
 ##
-## Example 1: Retrieve HTML title
-## ==============================
-##
-## The file ``examples/htmltitle.nim`` demonstrates how to use the
-## XML parser to accomplish a simple task: To determine the title of an HTML
-## document.
-##
-## .. code-block:: nim
-##     :file: ../../examples/htmltitle.nim
-##
-##
-## Example 2: Retrieve all HTML links
-## ==================================
-##
-## The file ``examples/htmlrefs.nim`` demonstrates how to use the
-## XML parser to accomplish another simple task: To determine all the links
-## an HTML document contains.
-##
-## .. code-block:: nim
-##     :file: ../../examples/htmlrefs.nim
-##
+
+##[
+
+Example 1: Retrieve HTML title
+==============================
+
+The file ``examples/htmltitle.nim`` demonstrates how to use the
+XML parser to accomplish a simple task: To determine the title of an HTML
+document.
+
+.. code-block:: nim
+
+    # Example program to show the parsexml module
+    # This program reads an HTML file and writes its title to stdout.
+    # Errors and whitespace are ignored.
+
+    import os, streams, parsexml, strutils
+
+    if paramCount() < 1:
+      quit("Usage: htmltitle filename[.html]")
+
+    var filename = addFileExt(paramStr(1), "html")
+    var s = newFileStream(filename, fmRead)
+    if s == nil: quit("cannot open the file " & filename)
+    var x: XmlParser
+    open(x, s, filename)
+    while true:
+      x.next()
+      case x.kind
+      of xmlElementStart:
+        if cmpIgnoreCase(x.elementName, "title") == 0:
+          var title = ""
+          x.next()  # skip "<title>"
+          while x.kind == xmlCharData:
+            title.add(x.charData)
+            x.next()
+          if x.kind == xmlElementEnd and cmpIgnoreCase(x.elementName, "title") == 0:
+            echo("Title: " & title)
+            quit(0) # Success!
+          else:
+            echo(x.errorMsgExpected("/title"))
+
+      of xmlEof: break # end of file reached
+      else: discard # ignore other events
+
+    x.close()
+    quit("Could not determine title!")
+
+]##
+
+##[
+
+Example 2: Retrieve all HTML links
+==================================
+
+The file ``examples/htmlrefs.nim`` demonstrates how to use the
+XML parser to accomplish another simple task: To determine all the links
+an HTML document contains.
+
+.. code-block:: nim
+
+    # Example program to show the new parsexml module
+    # This program reads an HTML file and writes all its used links to stdout.
+    # Errors and whitespace are ignored.
+
+    import os, streams, parsexml, strutils
+
+    proc `=?=` (a, b: string): bool =
+      # little trick: define our own comparator that ignores case
+      return cmpIgnoreCase(a, b) == 0
+
+    if paramCount() < 1:
+      quit("Usage: htmlrefs filename[.html]")
+
+    var links = 0 # count the number of links
+    var filename = addFileExt(paramStr(1), "html")
+    var s = newFileStream(filename, fmRead)
+    if s == nil: quit("cannot open the file " & filename)
+    var x: XmlParser
+    open(x, s, filename)
+    next(x) # get first event
+    block mainLoop:
+      while true:
+        case x.kind
+        of xmlElementOpen:
+          # the <a href = "xyz"> tag we are interested in always has an attribute,
+          # thus we search for ``xmlElementOpen`` and not for ``xmlElementStart``
+          if x.elementName =?= "a":
+            x.next()
+            if x.kind == xmlAttribute:
+              if x.attrKey =?= "href":
+                var link = x.attrValue
+                inc(links)
+                # skip until we have an ``xmlElementClose`` event
+                while true:
+                  x.next()
+                  case x.kind
+                  of xmlEof: break mainLoop
+                  of xmlElementClose: break
+                  else: discard
+                x.next() # skip ``xmlElementClose``
+                # now we have the description for the ``a`` element
+                var desc = ""
+                while x.kind == xmlCharData:
+                  desc.add(x.charData)
+                  x.next()
+                echo(desc & ": " & link)
+          else:
+            x.next()
+        of xmlEof: break # end of file reached
+        of xmlError:
+          echo(errorMsg(x))
+          x.next()
+        else: x.next() # skip other events
+
+    echo($links & " link(s) found!")
+    x.close()
+
+]##
 
 import
   hashes, strutils, lexbase, streams, unicode
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 92f51fe7e..3a18a715c 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2195,10 +2195,17 @@ iterator items*[T](a: set[T]): T {.inline.} =
 
 iterator items*(a: cstring): char {.inline.} =
   ## iterates over each item of `a`.
-  var i = 0
-  while a[i] != '\0':
-    yield a[i]
-    inc(i)
+  when defined(js):
+    var i = 0
+    var L = len(a)
+    while i < L:
+      yield a[i]
+      inc(i)
+  else:
+    var i = 0
+    while a[i] != '\0':
+      yield a[i]
+      inc(i)
 
 iterator mitems*(a: var cstring): var char {.inline.} =
   ## iterates over each item of `a` so that you can modify the yielded value.
@@ -3386,12 +3393,15 @@ when not defined(JS): #and not defined(nimscript):
       var e = getCurrentException()
       return if e == nil: "" else: e.msg
 
-    proc onRaise*(action: proc(e: ref Exception): bool{.closure.}) =
+    proc onRaise*(action: proc(e: ref Exception): bool{.closure.}) {.deprecated.} =
       ## can be used in a ``try`` statement to setup a Lisp-like
       ## `condition system`:idx:\: This prevents the 'raise' statement to
       ## raise an exception but instead calls ``action``.
       ## If ``action`` returns false, the exception has been handled and
       ## does not propagate further through the call stack.
+      ##
+      ## *Deprecated since version 0.18.1*: No good usages of this
+      ## feature are known.
       if not isNil(excHandler):
         excHandler.hasRaiseAction = true
         excHandler.raiseAction = action
@@ -3972,7 +3982,7 @@ proc addQuoted*[T](s: var string, x: T) =
   ##   tmp.add(", ")
   ##   tmp.addQuoted('c')
   ##   assert(tmp == """1, "string", 'c'""")
-  when T is string:
+  when T is string or T is cstring:
     s.add("\"")
     for c in x:
       # Only ASCII chars are escaped to avoid butchering