summary refs log tree commit diff stats
path: root/rod/c2nim/cparse.nim
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'rod/c2nim/cparse.nim')
-rwxr-xr-xrod/c2nim/cparse.nim1702
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1702 deletions
diff --git a/rod/c2nim/cparse.nim b/rod/c2nim/cparse.nim
deleted file mode 100755
index 2634e8598..000000000
--- a/rod/c2nim/cparse.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1702 +0,0 @@
-#
-#
-#      c2nim - C to Nimrod source converter
-#        (c) Copyright 2010 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## This module implements an Ansi C parser.
-## It translates a C source file into a Nimrod AST. Then the renderer can be
-## used to convert the AST to its text representation.
-
-# XXX cleanup of declaration handling.
-
-import 
-  os, llstream, rnimsyn, clex, idents, strutils, pegs, ast, astalgo, msgs,
-  options, strtabs
-
-type 
-  TParserFlag = enum
-    pfRefs,             ## use "ref" instead of "ptr" for C's typ*
-    pfCDecl,            ## annotate procs with cdecl
-    pfStdCall,          ## annotate procs with stdcall
-    pfSkipInclude,      ## skip all ``#include``
-    pfTypePrefixes,     ## all generated types start with 'T' or 'P'
-    pfSkipComments      ## do not generate comments
-  
-  TMacro {.final.} = object
-    name: string
-    params: int           # number of parameters
-    body: seq[ref TToken] # can contain pxMacroParam tokens
-  
-  TParserOptions {.final.} = object
-    flags: set[TParserFlag]
-    prefixes, suffixes: seq[string]
-    mangleRules: seq[tuple[pattern: TPeg, frmt: string]]
-    privateRules: seq[TPeg]
-    dynlibSym, header: string
-    macros: seq[TMacro]
-    toMangle: PStringTable
-  PParserOptions* = ref TParserOptions
-  
-  TParser* {.final.} = object
-    lex: TLexer
-    tok: ref TToken       # current token
-    options: PParserOptions
-    backtrack: seq[ref TToken]
-    inTypeDef: int
-    scopeCounter: int
-  
-  TReplaceTuple* = array[0..1, string]
-
-proc newParserOptions*(): PParserOptions = 
-  new(result)
-  result.prefixes = @[]
-  result.suffixes = @[]
-  result.macros = @[]
-  result.mangleRules = @[]
-  result.privateRules = @[]
-  result.flags = {}
-  result.dynlibSym = ""
-  result.header = ""
-  result.toMangle = newStringTable()
-
-proc setOption*(parserOptions: PParserOptions, key: string, val=""): bool = 
-  result = true
-  case key
-  of "ref": incl(parserOptions.flags, pfRefs)
-  of "dynlib": parserOptions.dynlibSym = val
-  of "header": parserOptions.header = val
-  of "cdecl": incl(parserOptions.flags, pfCdecl)
-  of "stdcall": incl(parserOptions.flags, pfStdCall)
-  of "prefix": parserOptions.prefixes.add(val)
-  of "suffix": parserOptions.suffixes.add(val)
-  of "skipinclude": incl(parserOptions.flags, pfSkipInclude)
-  of "typeprefixes": incl(parserOptions.flags, pfTypePrefixes)
-  of "skipcomments": incl(parserOptions.flags, pfSkipComments)
-  else: result = false
-
-proc ParseUnit*(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc openParser*(p: var TParser, filename: string, inputStream: PLLStream,
-                 options = newParserOptions())
-proc closeParser*(p: var TParser)
-
-# implementation
-
-proc OpenParser(p: var TParser, filename: string, 
-                inputStream: PLLStream, options = newParserOptions()) = 
-  OpenLexer(p.lex, filename, inputStream)
-  p.options = options
-  p.backtrack = @[]
-  new(p.tok)
-
-proc parMessage(p: TParser, msg: TMsgKind, arg = "") = 
-  #assert false
-  lexMessage(p.lex, msg, arg)
-
-proc CloseParser(p: var TParser) = CloseLexer(p.lex)
-proc saveContext(p: var TParser) = p.backtrack.add(p.tok)
-proc closeContext(p: var TParser) = discard p.backtrack.pop()
-proc backtrackContext(p: var TParser) = p.tok = p.backtrack.pop()
-
-proc rawGetTok(p: var TParser) = 
-  if p.tok.next != nil:
-    p.tok = p.tok.next
-  elif p.backtrack.len == 0: 
-    p.tok.next = nil
-    getTok(p.lex, p.tok^)
-  else: 
-    # We need the next token and must be able to backtrack. So we need to 
-    # allocate a new token.
-    var t: ref TToken
-    new(t)
-    getTok(p.lex, t^)
-    p.tok.next = t
-    p.tok = t
-
-proc findMacro(p: TParser): int =
-  for i in 0..high(p.options.macros):
-    if p.tok.s == p.options.macros[i].name: return i
-  return -1
-
-proc rawEat(p: var TParser, xkind: TTokKind) = 
-  if p.tok.xkind == xkind: rawGetTok(p)
-  else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, TokKindToStr(xkind))
-
-proc parseMacroArguments(p: var TParser): seq[seq[ref TToken]] = 
-  result = @[]
-  result.add(@[])
-  var i: array[pxParLe..pxCurlyLe, int]
-  var L = 0
-  saveContext(p)
-  while true:
-    var kind = p.tok.xkind
-    case kind
-    of pxEof: rawEat(p, pxParRi)
-    of pxParLe, pxBracketLe, pxCurlyLe: 
-      inc(i[kind])
-      result[L].add(p.tok)
-    of pxParRi:
-      # end of arguments?
-      if i[pxParLe] == 0 and i[pxBracketLe] == 0 and i[pxCurlyLe] == 0: break
-      if i[pxParLe] > 0: dec(i[pxParLe])
-      result[L].add(p.tok)
-    of pxBracketRi, pxCurlyRi:
-      kind = pred(kind, 3)
-      if i[kind] > 0: dec(i[kind])
-      result[L].add(p.tok)
-    of pxComma: 
-      if i[pxParLe] == 0 and i[pxBracketLe] == 0 and i[pxCurlyLe] == 0:
-        # next argument: comma is not part of the argument
-        result.add(@[])
-        inc(L)
-      else: 
-        # comma does not separate different arguments:
-        result[L].add(p.tok)
-    else:
-      result[L].add(p.tok)
-    rawGetTok(p)
-  closeContext(p)
-
-proc expandMacro(p: var TParser, m: TMacro) = 
-  rawGetTok(p) # skip macro name
-  var arguments: seq[seq[ref TToken]]
-  if m.params > 0:
-    rawEat(p, pxParLe)
-    arguments = parseMacroArguments(p)
-    if arguments.len != m.params: parMessage(p, errWrongNumberOfArguments)
-    rawEat(p, pxParRi)
-  # insert into the token list:
-  if m.body.len > 0:
-    var newList: ref TToken
-    new(newList)
-    var lastTok = newList
-    for tok in items(m.body): 
-      if tok.xkind == pxMacroParam: 
-        for t in items(arguments[int(tok.iNumber)]):
-          #echo "t: ", t^
-          lastTok.next = t
-          lastTok = t
-      else:
-        #echo "tok: ", tok^
-        lastTok.next = tok
-        lastTok = tok
-    lastTok.next = p.tok
-    p.tok = newList.next
-
-proc getTok(p: var TParser) = 
-  rawGetTok(p)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol:
-    var idx = findMacro(p)
-    if idx >= 0: 
-      expandMacro(p, p.options.macros[idx])
-
-proc parLineInfo(p: TParser): TLineInfo = 
-  result = getLineInfo(p.lex)
-
-proc skipComAux(p: var TParser, n: PNode) =
-  if (n != nil): 
-    if pfSkipComments notin p.options.flags:
-      if n.comment == nil: n.comment = p.tok.s
-      else: add(n.comment, "\n" & p.tok.s)
-  else: 
-    parMessage(p, warnCommentXIgnored, p.tok.s)
-  getTok(p)
-
-proc skipCom(p: var TParser, n: PNode) = 
-  while p.tok.xkind in {pxLineComment, pxStarComment}: skipcomAux(p, n)
-
-proc skipStarCom(p: var TParser, n: PNode) = 
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxStarComment: skipComAux(p, n)
-
-proc getTok(p: var TParser, n: PNode) =
-  getTok(p)
-  skipCom(p, n)
-
-proc ExpectIdent(p: TParser) = 
-  if p.tok.xkind != pxSymbol: 
-    parMessage(p, errIdentifierExpected, $(p.tok^))
-  
-proc Eat(p: var TParser, xkind: TTokKind, n: PNode) = 
-  if p.tok.xkind == xkind: getTok(p, n)
-  else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, TokKindToStr(xkind))
-  
-proc Eat(p: var TParser, xkind: TTokKind) = 
-  if p.tok.xkind == xkind: getTok(p)
-  else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, TokKindToStr(xkind))
-  
-proc Eat(p: var TParser, tok: string, n: PNode) = 
-  if p.tok.s == tok: getTok(p, n)
-  else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, tok)
-  
-proc Opt(p: var TParser, xkind: TTokKind, n: PNode) = 
-  if p.tok.xkind == xkind: getTok(p, n)
-  
-proc addSon(father, a, b: PNode) = 
-  addSon(father, a)
-  addSon(father, b)
-
-proc addSon(father, a, b, c: PNode) = 
-  addSon(father, a)
-  addSon(father, b)
-  addSon(father, c)
-  
-proc newNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeI(kind, getLineInfo(p.lex))
-
-proc newIntNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, intVal: BiggestInt, p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  result.intVal = intVal
-
-proc newFloatNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, floatVal: BiggestFloat, 
-                   p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  result.floatVal = floatVal
-
-proc newStrNodeP(kind: TNodeKind, strVal: string, p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  result.strVal = strVal
-
-proc newIdentNodeP(ident: PIdent, p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkIdent, p)
-  result.ident = ident
-
-proc newIdentNodeP(ident: string, p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newIdentNodeP(getIdent(ident), p)
-
-proc mangleRules(s: string, p: TParser): string = 
-  block mangle:
-    for pattern, frmt in items(p.options.mangleRules):
-      if s.match(pattern):
-        result = s.replace(pattern, frmt)
-        break mangle
-    block prefixes:
-      for prefix in items(p.options.prefixes): 
-        if s.startsWith(prefix): 
-          result = s.copy(prefix.len)
-          break prefixes
-      result = s
-    block suffixes:
-      for suffix in items(p.options.suffixes):
-        if result.endsWith(suffix):
-          setLen(result, result.len - suffix.len)
-          break suffixes
-
-proc mangleName(s: string, p: TParser): string = 
-  if p.options.toMangle.hasKey(s): result = p.options.toMangle[s]
-  else: result = mangleRules(s, p)
-
-proc isPrivate(s: string, p: TParser): bool = 
-  for pattern in items(p.options.privateRules): 
-     if s.match(pattern): return true
-
-proc mangledIdent(ident: string, p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkIdent, p)
-  result.ident = getIdent(mangleName(ident, p))
-
-proc newIdentPair(a, b: string, p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkExprColonExpr, p)
-  addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(a, p))
-  addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(b, p))
-
-proc newIdentStrLitPair(a, b: string, p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkExprColonExpr, p)
-  addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(a, p))
-  addSon(result, newStrNodeP(nkStrLit, b, p))
-
-proc addImportToPragma(pragmas: PNode, ident: string, p: TParser) =
-  addSon(pragmas, newIdentStrLitPair("importc", ident, p))
-  if p.options.dynlibSym.len > 0:
-    addSon(pragmas, newIdentPair("dynlib", p.options.dynlibSym, p))
-  else:
-    addSon(pragmas, newIdentStrLitPair("header", p.options.header, p))
-
-proc exportSym(p: TParser, i: PNode, origName: string): PNode = 
-  assert i.kind == nkIdent
-  if p.scopeCounter == 0 and not isPrivate(origName, p):
-    result = newNodeI(nkPostfix, i.info)
-    addSon(result, newIdentNode(getIdent("*"), i.info), i)
-  else:
-    result = i
-
-proc varIdent(ident: string, p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = exportSym(p, mangledIdent(ident, p), ident)
-  if p.scopeCounter > 0: return
-  if p.options.dynlibSym.len > 0 or p.options.header.len > 0: 
-    var a = result
-    result = newNodeP(nkPragmaExpr, p)
-    var pragmas = newNodeP(nkPragma, p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, pragmas)
-    addImportToPragma(pragmas, ident, p)
-
-proc fieldIdent(ident: string, p: TParser): PNode = 
-  result = exportSym(p, mangledIdent(ident, p), ident)
-  if p.scopeCounter > 0: return
-  if p.options.header.len > 0: 
-    var a = result
-    result = newNodeP(nkPragmaExpr, p)
-    var pragmas = newNodeP(nkPragma, p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, pragmas)
-    addSon(pragmas, newIdentStrLitPair("importc", ident, p))
-
-proc DoImport(ident: string, pragmas: PNode, p: TParser) = 
-  if p.options.dynlibSym.len > 0 or p.options.header.len > 0: 
-    addImportToPragma(pragmas, ident, p)
-
-proc newBinary(opr: string, a, b: PNode, p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
-  addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(getIdent(opr), p))
-  addSon(result, a)
-  addSon(result, b)
-
-proc skipIdent(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  expectIdent(p)
-  result = mangledIdent(p.tok.s, p)
-  getTok(p, result)
-
-proc skipIdentExport(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  expectIdent(p)
-  result = exportSym(p, mangledIdent(p.tok.s, p), p.tok.s)
-  getTok(p, result)
-
-proc skipTypeIdentExport(p: var TParser, prefix='T'): PNode = 
-  expectIdent(p)
-  var n = prefix & mangleName(p.tok.s, p)
-  p.options.toMangle[p.tok.s] = n
-  var i = newNodeP(nkIdent, p)
-  i.ident = getIdent(n)
-  result = exportSym(p, i, p.tok.s)
-  getTok(p, result)
-
-proc markTypeIdent(p: var TParser, typ: PNode) = 
-  if pfTypePrefixes in p.options.flags:
-    var prefix = ""
-    if typ == nil: 
-      prefix = "T"
-    else: 
-      var t = typ
-      while t != nil and t.kind in {nkVarTy, nkPtrTy, nkRefTy}: 
-        prefix.add('P')
-        t = t.sons[0]
-    expectIdent(p)
-    p.options.toMangle[p.tok.s] = prefix & mangleRules(p.tok.s, p)
-  
-# --------------- parser -----------------------------------------------------
-# We use this parsing rule: If it looks like a declaration, it is one. This
-# avoids to build a symbol table, which can't be done reliably anyway for our
-# purposes.
-
-proc expression(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc constantExpression(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc assignmentExpression(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc compoundStatement(p: var TParser): PNode
-proc statement(p: var TParser): PNode
-
-proc declKeyword(s: string): bool = 
-  # returns true if it is a keyword that introduces a declaration
-  case s
-  of  "extern", "static", "auto", "register", "const", "volatile", "restrict",
-      "inline", "__inline", "__cdecl", "__stdcall", "__syscall", "__fastcall",
-      "__safecall", "void", "struct", "union", "enum", "typedef",
-      "short", "int", "long", "float", "double", "signed", "unsigned", "char": 
-    result = true
-
-proc stmtKeyword(s: string): bool =
-  case s
-  of  "if", "for", "while", "do", "switch", "break", "continue", "return",
-      "goto":
-    result = true
-
-# ------------------- type desc -----------------------------------------------
-
-proc isIntType(s: string): bool =
-  case s
-  of "short", "int", "long", "float", "double", "signed", "unsigned":
-    result = true
-
-proc skipConst(p: var TParser) = 
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol and
-      (p.tok.s == "const" or p.tok.s == "volatile" or p.tok.s == "restrict"): 
-    getTok(p, nil)
-
-proc typeAtom(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  skipConst(p)
-  ExpectIdent(p)
-  case p.tok.s
-  of "void": 
-    result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p) # little hack
-    getTok(p, nil)
-  of "struct", "union", "enum": 
-    getTok(p, nil)
-    result = skipIdent(p)
-  elif isIntType(p.tok.s):
-    var x = "c" & p.tok.s
-    getTok(p, nil)
-    while p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol and 
-        (isIntType(p.tok.s) or p.tok.s == "char"):
-      add(x, p.tok.s)
-      getTok(p, nil)
-    result = mangledIdent(x, p)
-  else: 
-    result = mangledIdent(p.tok.s, p)
-    getTok(p, result)
-    
-proc newPointerTy(p: TParser, typ: PNode): PNode =
-  if pfRefs in p.options.flags: 
-    result = newNodeP(nkRefTy, p)
-  else:
-    result = newNodeP(nkPtrTy, p)
-  result.addSon(typ)
-  
-proc pointer(p: var TParser, a: PNode): PNode = 
-  result = a
-  var i = 0
-  skipConst(p)
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxStar:
-    inc(i)
-    getTok(p, result)
-    skipConst(p)
-    result = newPointerTy(p, result)
-  if a.kind == nkIdent and a.ident.s == "char": 
-    if i >= 2: 
-      result = newIdentNodeP("cstringArray", p)
-      for j in 1..i-2: result = newPointerTy(p, result)
-    elif i == 1: result = newIdentNodeP("cstring", p)
-  elif a.kind == nkNilLit and i > 0:
-    result = newIdentNodeP("pointer", p)
-    for j in 1..i-1: result = newPointerTy(p, result)
-
-proc newProcPragmas(p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkPragma, p)
-  if pfCDecl in p.options.flags: 
-    addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("cdecl", p))
-  elif pfStdCall in p.options.flags:
-    addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("stdcall", p))
-
-proc addPragmas(father, pragmas: PNode) =
-  if sonsLen(pragmas) > 0: addSon(father, pragmas)
-  else: addSon(father, nil)
-
-proc addReturnType(params, rettyp: PNode) =
-  if rettyp == nil or rettyp.kind != nkNilLit: addSon(params, rettyp)
-  else: addson(params, nil)
-
-proc parseFormalParams(p: var TParser, params, pragmas: PNode)
-
-proc parseTypeSuffix(p: var TParser, typ: PNode): PNode = 
-  result = typ
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.xkind 
-    of pxBracketLe:
-      getTok(p, result)
-      skipConst(p) # POSIX contains: ``int [restrict]``
-      if p.tok.xkind != pxBracketRi:
-        var tmp = result
-        var index = expression(p)
-        # array type:
-        result = newNodeP(nkBracketExpr, p)
-        addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("array", p))
-        var r = newNodeP(nkRange, p)
-        addSon(r, newIntNodeP(nkIntLit, 0, p))
-        addSon(r, newBinary("-", index, newIntNodeP(nkIntLit, 1, p), p))
-        addSon(result, r)
-        addSon(result, tmp)
-      else:
-        # pointer type:
-        var tmp = result
-        if pfRefs in p.options.flags: 
-          result = newNodeP(nkRefTy, p)
-        else:
-          result = newNodeP(nkPtrTy, p)
-        result.addSon(tmp)
-      eat(p, pxBracketRi, result)
-    of pxParLe:
-      # function pointer:
-      var procType = newNodeP(nkProcTy, p)
-      var pragmas = newProcPragmas(p)
-      var params = newNodeP(nkFormalParams, p)
-      addReturnType(params, result)
-      parseFormalParams(p, params, pragmas)
-      addSon(procType, params)
-      addPragmas(procType, pragmas)
-      result = procType
-    else: break
-
-proc typeDesc(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  #result = typeAtom(p)
-  #if result != nil:
-  #  result = pointer(p, result)
-  result = pointer(p, typeAtom(p))
-
-proc parseField(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode =
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxParLe: 
-    getTok(p, nil)
-    while p.tok.xkind == pxStar: getTok(p, nil)
-    result = parseField(p, kind)
-    eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-  else: 
-    expectIdent(p)
-    if kind == nkRecList: result = fieldIdent(p.tok.s, p) 
-    else: result = mangledIdent(p.tok.s, p)
-    getTok(p, result)
-
-proc takeOnlyFirstField(p: TParser, isUnion: bool): bool =
-  # if we generate an interface to a header file, *all* fields can be 
-  # generated:
-  result = isUnion and p.options.header.len == 0
-  
-proc parseStructBody(p: var TParser, isUnion: bool,
-                     kind: TNodeKind = nkRecList): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  eat(p, pxCurlyLe, result)
-  while p.tok.xkind notin {pxEof, pxCurlyRi}:
-    var baseTyp = typeAtom(p)
-    while true:
-      var def = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-      var t = pointer(p, baseTyp)
-      var i = parseField(p, kind)
-      t = parseTypeSuffix(p, t)
-      addSon(def, i, t, nil)
-      if not takeOnlyFirstField(p, isUnion) or sonsLen(result) < 1: 
-        addSon(result, def)
-      if p.tok.xkind != pxComma: break
-      getTok(p, def)
-    eat(p, pxSemicolon, lastSon(result))
-  eat(p, pxCurlyRi, result)
-
-proc structPragmas(p: TParser, name: PNode, origName: string): PNode = 
-  assert name.kind == nkIdent
-  result = newNodeP(nkPragmaExpr, p)
-  addson(result, exportSym(p, name, origName))
-  var pragmas = newNodep(nkPragma, p)
-  addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("pure", p), newIdentNodeP("final", p))
-  if p.options.header.len > 0:
-    addSon(pragmas, newIdentStrLitPair("importc", origName, p),
-                    newIdentStrLitPair("header", p.options.header, p))
-  addSon(result, pragmas)
-
-proc enumPragmas(p: TParser, name: PNode): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkPragmaExpr, p)
-  addson(result, name)
-  var pragmas = newNodep(nkPragma, p)
-  var e = newNodeP(nkExprColonExpr, p)
-  # HACK: sizeof(cint) should be constructed as AST
-  addSon(e, newIdentNodeP("size", p), newIdentNodeP("sizeof(cint)", p))
-  addSon(pragmas, e)
-  addSon(result, pragmas)
-
-proc parseStruct(p: var TParser, isUnion: bool): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkObjectTy, p)
-  addSon(result, nil, nil) # no pragmas, no inheritance 
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxCurlyLe:
-    addSon(result, parseStructBody(p, isUnion))
-  else: 
-    addSon(result, newNodeP(nkRecList, p))
-
-proc parseParam(p: var TParser, params: PNode) = 
-  var typ = typeDesc(p)
-  # support for ``(void)`` parameter list: 
-  if typ.kind == nkNilLit and p.tok.xkind == pxParRi: return
-  var name: PNode
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol: 
-    name = skipIdent(p)
-  else:
-    # generate a name for the formal parameter:
-    var idx = sonsLen(params)+1
-    name = newIdentNodeP("a" & $idx, p)
-  typ = parseTypeSuffix(p, typ)
-  var x = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-  addSon(x, name, typ)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxAsgn: 
-    # we support default parameters for C++:
-    getTok(p, x)
-    addSon(x, assignmentExpression(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(x, nil)
-  addSon(params, x)
-
-proc parseFormalParams(p: var TParser, params, pragmas: PNode) = 
-  eat(p, pxParLe, params)
-  while p.tok.xkind notin {pxEof, pxParRi}:
-    if p.tok.xkind == pxDotDotDot:  
-      addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("varargs", p))
-      getTok(p, pragmas)
-      break
-    parseParam(p, params)
-    if p.tok.xkind != pxComma: break
-    getTok(p, params)
-  eat(p, pxParRi, params)
-
-proc parseCallConv(p: var TParser, pragmas: PNode) = 
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol:
-    case p.tok.s
-    of "inline", "__inline": addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("inline", p))
-    of "__cdecl": addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("cdecl", p))
-    of "__stdcall": addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("stdcall", p))
-    of "__syscall": addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("syscall", p))
-    of "__fastcall": addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("fastcall", p))
-    of "__safecall": addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("safecall", p))
-    else: break
-    getTok(p, nil)
-
-proc parseFunctionPointerDecl(p: var TParser, rettyp: PNode): PNode = 
-  var procType = newNodeP(nkProcTy, p)
-  var pragmas = newProcPragmas(p)
-  var params = newNodeP(nkFormalParams, p)
-  eat(p, pxParLe, params)
-  addReturnType(params, rettyp)
-  parseCallConv(p, pragmas)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxStar: getTok(p, params)
-  else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, "*")
-  if p.inTypeDef > 0: markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-  var name = skipIdentExport(p)
-  eat(p, pxParRi, name)
-  parseFormalParams(p, params, pragmas)
-  addSon(procType, params)
-  addPragmas(procType, pragmas)
-  
-  if p.inTypeDef == 0:
-    result = newNodeP(nkVarSection, p)
-    var def = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-    addSon(def, name, procType, nil)
-    addSon(result, def)    
-  else:
-    result = newNodeP(nkTypeDef, p)
-    addSon(result, name, nil, procType)
-  
-proc addTypeDef(section, name, t: PNode) = 
-  var def = newNodeI(nkTypeDef, name.info)
-  addSon(def, name, nil, t)
-  addSon(section, def)
-  
-proc otherTypeDef(p: var TParser, section, typ: PNode) = 
-  var name, t: PNode
-  case p.tok.xkind
-  of pxParLe: 
-    # function pointer: typedef typ (*name)();
-    var x = parseFunctionPointerDecl(p, typ)
-    name = x[0]
-    t = x[2]
-  of pxStar:
-    # typedef typ *b;
-    t = pointer(p, typ)
-    markTypeIdent(p, t)
-    name = skipIdentExport(p)
-  else: 
-    # typedef typ name;
-    t = typ
-    markTypeIdent(p, t)
-    name = skipIdentExport(p)
-  t = parseTypeSuffix(p, t)
-  addTypeDef(section, name, t)
-
-proc parseTrailingDefinedTypes(p: var TParser, section, typ: PNode) = 
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxComma:
-    getTok(p, nil)
-    var newTyp = pointer(p, typ)
-    markTypeIdent(p, newTyp)
-    var newName = skipIdentExport(p)
-    newTyp = parseTypeSuffix(p, newTyp)
-    addTypeDef(section, newName, newTyp)
-
-proc enumFields(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkEnumTy, p)
-  addSon(result, nil) # enum does not inherit from anything
-  while true:
-    var e = skipIdent(p)
-    if p.tok.xkind == pxAsgn: 
-      getTok(p, e)
-      var c = constantExpression(p)
-      var a = e
-      e = newNodeP(nkEnumFieldDef, p)
-      addSon(e, a, c)
-      skipCom(p, e)
-    
-    addSon(result, e)
-    if p.tok.xkind != pxComma: break
-    getTok(p, e)
-    # allow trailing comma:
-    if p.tok.xkind == pxCurlyRi: break
-
-proc parseTypedefStruct(p: var TParser, result: PNode, isUnion: bool) = 
-  getTok(p, result)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxCurlyLe:
-    var t = parseStruct(p, isUnion)
-    var origName = p.tok.s
-    markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-    var name = skipIdent(p)
-    addTypeDef(result, structPragmas(p, name, origName), t)
-    parseTrailingDefinedTypes(p, result, name)
-  elif p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol: 
-    # name to be defined or type "struct a", we don't know yet:
-    markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-    var origName = p.tok.s
-    var nameOrType = skipIdent(p)
-    case p.tok.xkind 
-    of pxCurlyLe:
-      var t = parseStruct(p, isUnion)
-      if p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol: 
-        # typedef struct tagABC {} abc, *pabc;
-        # --> abc is a better type name than tagABC!
-        markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-        var origName = p.tok.s
-        var name = skipIdent(p)
-        addTypeDef(result, structPragmas(p, name, origName), t)
-        parseTrailingDefinedTypes(p, result, name)
-      else:
-        addTypeDef(result, structPragmas(p, nameOrType, origName), t)
-    of pxSymbol: 
-      # typedef struct a a?
-      if mangleName(p.tok.s, p) == nameOrType.ident.s:
-        # ignore the declaration:
-        getTok(p, nil)
-      else:
-        # typedef struct a b; or typedef struct a b[45];
-        otherTypeDef(p, result, nameOrType)
-    else: 
-      otherTypeDef(p, result, nameOrType)
-  else:
-    expectIdent(p)
-
-proc parseTypedefEnum(p: var TParser, result: PNode) = 
-  getTok(p, result)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxCurlyLe:
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var t = enumFields(p)
-    eat(p, pxCurlyRi, t)
-    var origName = p.tok.s
-    markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-    var name = skipIdent(p)
-    addTypeDef(result, enumPragmas(p, exportSym(p, name, origName)), t)
-    parseTrailingDefinedTypes(p, result, name)
-  elif p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol: 
-    # name to be defined or type "enum a", we don't know yet:
-    markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-    var origName = p.tok.s
-    var nameOrType = skipIdent(p)
-    case p.tok.xkind 
-    of pxCurlyLe:
-      getTok(p, result)
-      var t = enumFields(p)
-      eat(p, pxCurlyRi, t)
-      if p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol: 
-        # typedef enum tagABC {} abc, *pabc;
-        # --> abc is a better type name than tagABC!
-        markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-        var origName = p.tok.s
-        var name = skipIdent(p)
-        addTypeDef(result, enumPragmas(p, exportSym(p, name, origName)), t)
-        parseTrailingDefinedTypes(p, result, name)
-      else:
-        addTypeDef(result, 
-                   enumPragmas(p, exportSym(p, nameOrType, origName)), t)
-    of pxSymbol: 
-      # typedef enum a a?
-      if mangleName(p.tok.s, p) == nameOrType.ident.s:
-        # ignore the declaration:
-        getTok(p, nil)
-      else:
-        # typedef enum a b; or typedef enum a b[45];
-        otherTypeDef(p, result, nameOrType)
-    else: 
-      otherTypeDef(p, result, nameOrType)
-  else:
-    expectIdent(p)
-
-proc parseTypeDef(p: var TParser): PNode =  
-  result = newNodeP(nkTypeSection, p)
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol and p.tok.s == "typedef":
-    getTok(p, result)
-    inc(p.inTypeDef)
-    expectIdent(p)
-    case p.tok.s
-    of "struct": parseTypedefStruct(p, result, isUnion=false)
-    of "union": parseTypedefStruct(p, result, isUnion=true)
-    of "enum": parseTypedefEnum(p, result)
-    else: 
-      var t = typeAtom(p)
-      otherTypeDef(p, result, t)
-    eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-    dec(p.inTypeDef)
-    
-proc skipDeclarationSpecifiers(p: var TParser) =
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol:
-    case p.tok.s
-    of "extern", "static", "auto", "register", "const", "volatile": 
-      getTok(p, nil)
-    else: break
-
-proc parseInitializer(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxCurlyLe: 
-    result = newNodeP(nkBracket, p)
-    getTok(p, result)
-    while p.tok.xkind notin {pxEof, pxCurlyRi}: 
-      addSon(result, parseInitializer(p))
-      opt(p, pxComma, nil)
-    eat(p, pxCurlyRi, result)
-  else:
-    result = assignmentExpression(p)
-
-proc addInitializer(p: var TParser, def: PNode) = 
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxAsgn:
-    getTok(p, def)
-    addSon(def, parseInitializer(p))
-  else:
-    addSon(def, nil)  
-
-proc parseVarDecl(p: var TParser, baseTyp, typ: PNode, 
-                  origName: string): PNode =  
-  result = newNodeP(nkVarSection, p)
-  var def = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-  addSon(def, varIdent(origName, p))
-  addSon(def, parseTypeSuffix(p, typ))
-  addInitializer(p, def)
-  addSon(result, def)
-    
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxComma: 
-    getTok(p, def)
-    var t = pointer(p, baseTyp)
-    expectIdent(p)
-    def = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-    addSon(def, varIdent(p.tok.s, p))
-    getTok(p, def)
-    addSon(def, parseTypeSuffix(p, t))
-    addInitializer(p, def)
-    addSon(result, def)
-  eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-
-when false:
-  proc declaration(p: var TParser, father: PNode) =
-    # general syntax to parse is::
-    #
-    #   baseType ::= typeIdent | ((struct|union|enum) ident ("{" body "}" )?
-    #                                                      | "{" body "}")
-    #   declIdent ::= "(" "*" ident ")" formalParams ("=" exprNoComma)?
-    #               | ident ((formalParams ("{" statements "}")?)|"=" 
-    #                        exprNoComma|(typeSuffix("=" exprNoComma)? ))?
-    #   declaration ::= baseType (pointers)? declIdent ("," declIdent)*
-    var pragmas = newNodeP(nkPragma, p)
-    
-    skipDeclarationSpecifiers(p)
-    parseCallConv(p, pragmas)
-    skipDeclarationSpecifiers(p)
-    expectIdent(p)  
-
-proc declaration(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkProcDef, p)
-  var pragmas = newNodeP(nkPragma, p)
-  
-  skipDeclarationSpecifiers(p)
-  parseCallConv(p, pragmas)
-  skipDeclarationSpecifiers(p)
-  expectIdent(p)
-  var baseTyp = typeAtom(p)
-  var rettyp = pointer(p, baseTyp)
-  skipDeclarationSpecifiers(p)
-  parseCallConv(p, pragmas)
-  skipDeclarationSpecifiers(p)
-  
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxParLe: 
-    # Function pointer declaration: This is of course only a heuristic, but the
-    # best we can do here.
-    result = parseFunctionPointerDecl(p, rettyp)
-    eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-    return
-  ExpectIdent(p)
-  var origName = p.tok.s
-  getTok(p) # skip identifier
-  case p.tok.xkind 
-  of pxParLe: 
-    # really a function!
-    var name = mangledIdent(origName, p)
-    var params = newNodeP(nkFormalParams, p)
-    addReturnType(params, rettyp)
-    parseFormalParams(p, params, pragmas)
-    
-    if pfCDecl in p.options.flags:
-      addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("cdecl", p))
-    elif pfStdcall in p.options.flags:
-      addSon(pragmas, newIdentNodeP("stdcall", p))
-    addSon(result, exportSym(p, name, origName), nil) # no generics
-    addSon(result, params, pragmas)
-    case p.tok.xkind 
-    of pxSemicolon: 
-      getTok(p)
-      addSon(result, nil) # nobody
-      if p.scopeCounter == 0: DoImport(origName, pragmas, p)
-    of pxCurlyLe:
-      addSon(result, compoundStatement(p))
-    else:
-      parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ";")
-    if sonsLen(result.sons[pragmasPos]) == 0: result.sons[pragmasPos] = nil
-  of pxAsgn, pxSemicolon, pxComma:
-    result = parseVarDecl(p, baseTyp, rettyp, origName)
-  else:
-    parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ";")
-
-proc createConst(name, typ, val: PNode, p: TParser): PNode =
-  result = newNodeP(nkConstDef, p)
-  addSon(result, name, typ, val)
-
-proc enumSpecifier(p: var TParser): PNode =  
-  saveContext(p)
-  getTok(p, nil) # skip "enum"
-  case p.tok.xkind
-  of pxCurlyLe: 
-    closeContext(p)
-    # make a const section out of it:
-    result = newNodeP(nkConstSection, p)
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var i = 0
-    while true:
-      var name = skipIdentExport(p)
-      var val: PNode
-      if p.tok.xkind == pxAsgn: 
-        getTok(p, name)
-        val = constantExpression(p)
-        if val.kind == nkIntLit: i = int(val.intVal)+1
-        else: parMessage(p, errXExpected, "int literal")
-      else:
-        val = newIntNodeP(nkIntLit, i, p)
-        inc(i)
-      var c = createConst(name, nil, val, p)
-      addSon(result, c)
-      if p.tok.xkind != pxComma: break
-      getTok(p, c)
-      # allow trailing comma:
-      if p.tok.xkind == pxCurlyRi: break
-    eat(p, pxCurlyRi, result)
-    eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-  of pxSymbol: 
-    var origName = p.tok.s
-    markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-    result = skipIdent(p)
-    case p.tok.xkind 
-    of pxCurlyLe: 
-      closeContext(p)
-      var name = result
-      # create a type section containing the enum
-      result = newNodeP(nkTypeSection, p)
-      var t = newNodeP(nkTypeDef, p)
-      getTok(p, t)
-      var e = enumFields(p)
-      addSon(t, exportSym(p, name, origName), nil, e) # nil for generic params
-      addSon(result, t)
-      eat(p, pxCurlyRi, result)
-      eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-    of pxSemicolon:
-      # just ignore ``enum X;`` for now.
-      closeContext(p)
-      getTok(p, nil)
-    else: 
-      backtrackContext(p)
-      result = declaration(p)
-  else:
-    closeContext(p)
-    parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, "{")
-    
-# Expressions
-
-proc setBaseFlags(n: PNode, base: TNumericalBase) = 
-  case base
-  of base10: nil
-  of base2: incl(n.flags, nfBase2)
-  of base8: incl(n.flags, nfBase8)
-  of base16: incl(n.flags, nfBase16)
-
-proc unaryExpression(p: var TParser): PNode
-
-proc isDefinitelyAType(p: var TParser): bool = 
-  var starFound = false
-  var words = 0
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.xkind 
-    of pxSymbol:
-      if declKeyword(p.tok.s): return true
-      elif starFound: return false
-      else: inc(words)
-    of pxStar:
-      starFound = true
-    of pxParRi: return words == 0 or words > 1 or starFound
-    else: return false
-    getTok(p, nil)
-
-proc castExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxParLe: 
-    saveContext(p)
-    result = newNodeP(nkCast, p)
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var t = isDefinitelyAType(p)
-    backtrackContext(p)
-    if t:
-      eat(p, pxParLe, result)
-      var a = typeDesc(p)
-      eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-      addSon(result, a)
-      addSon(result, castExpression(p))
-    else: 
-      # else it is just an expression in ():
-      result = newNodeP(nkPar, p)
-      eat(p, pxParLe, result)
-      addSon(result, expression(p))
-      if p.tok.xkind != pxParRi:  
-        # ugh, it is a cast, even though it does not look like one:
-        result.kind = nkCast
-        addSon(result, castExpression(p))
-      eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-      #result = unaryExpression(p)
-  else:
-    result = unaryExpression(p)
-  
-proc primaryExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  case p.tok.xkind
-  of pxSymbol: 
-    if p.tok.s == "NULL": 
-      result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
-    else: 
-      result = mangledIdent(p.tok.s, p)
-    getTok(p, result)
-  of pxIntLit: 
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkIntLit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p, result)
-  of pxInt64Lit: 
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkInt64Lit, p.tok.iNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p, result)
-  of pxFloatLit: 
-    result = newFloatNodeP(nkFloatLit, p.tok.fNumber, p)
-    setBaseFlags(result, p.tok.base)
-    getTok(p, result)
-  of pxStrLit: 
-    # Ansi C allows implicit string literal concatenations:
-    result = newStrNodeP(nkStrLit, p.tok.s, p)
-    getTok(p, result)
-    while p.tok.xkind == pxStrLit:
-      add(result.strVal, p.tok.s)
-      getTok(p, result)
-  of pxCharLit:
-    result = newIntNodeP(nkCharLit, ord(p.tok.s[0]), p)
-    getTok(p, result)
-  of pxParLe:
-    result = castExpression(p)
-  else:
-    result = nil
-
-proc multiplicativeExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = castExpression(p)
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.xkind
-    of pxStar:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
-      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("*", p), a)
-      getTok(p, result)
-      var b = castExpression(p)
-      addSon(result, b)
-    of pxSlash:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
-      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("div", p), a)
-      getTok(p, result)
-      var b = castExpression(p)
-      addSon(result, b)
-    of pxMod:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
-      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("mod", p), a)
-      getTok(p, result)
-      var b = castExpression(p)
-      addSon(result, b)
-    else: break 
-
-proc additiveExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = multiplicativeExpression(p)
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.xkind
-    of pxPlus:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
-      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("+", p), a)
-      getTok(p, result)
-      var b = multiplicativeExpression(p)
-      addSon(result, b)
-    of pxMinus:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkInfix, p)
-      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("-", p), a)
-      getTok(p, result)
-      var b = multiplicativeExpression(p)
-      addSon(result, b)
-    else: break 
-  
-proc incdec(p: var TParser, opr: string): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkCall, p)
-  addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(opr, p))
-  gettok(p, result)
-  addSon(result, unaryExpression(p))
-
-proc unaryOp(p: var TParser, kind: TNodeKind): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(kind, p)
-  getTok(p, result)
-  addSon(result, castExpression(p))
-
-proc prefixCall(p: var TParser, opr: string): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkPrefix, p)
-  addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(opr, p))
-  gettok(p, result)
-  addSon(result, castExpression(p))
-
-proc postfixExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = primaryExpression(p)
-  while true:
-    case p.tok.xkind
-    of pxBracketLe:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkBracketExpr, p)
-      addSon(result, a)
-      getTok(p, result)
-      var b = expression(p)
-      addSon(result, b)
-      eat(p, pxBracketRi, result)
-    of pxParLe:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkCall, p)
-      addSon(result, a)
-      getTok(p, result)
-      if p.tok.xkind != pxParRi:
-        a = assignmentExpression(p)
-        addSon(result, a)
-        while p.tok.xkind == pxComma:
-          getTok(p, a)
-          a = assignmentExpression(p)
-          addSon(result, a)
-      eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-    of pxDot, pxArrow:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkDotExpr, p)
-      addSon(result, a)
-      getTok(p, result)
-      addSon(result, skipIdent(p))
-    of pxPlusPlus:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkCall, p)
-      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("inc", p))
-      gettok(p, result)
-      addSon(result, a)
-    of pxMinusMinus:
-      var a = result
-      result = newNodeP(nkCall, p)
-      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("dec", p))
-      gettok(p, result)
-      addSon(result, a)
-    else: break
-
-proc unaryExpression(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  case p.tok.xkind
-  of pxPlusPlus: result = incdec(p, "inc")
-  of pxMinusMinus: result = incdec(p, "dec")
-  of pxAmp: result = unaryOp(p, nkAddr)
-  of pxStar: result = unaryOp(p, nkDerefExpr)
-  of pxPlus: result = prefixCall(p, "+")
-  of pxMinus: result = prefixCall(p, "-")
-  of pxTilde: result = prefixCall(p, "not")
-  of pxNot: result = prefixCall(p, "not")
-  of pxSymbol:
-    if p.tok.s == "sizeof": 
-      result = newNodeP(nkCall, p)
-      addSon(result, newIdentNodeP("sizeof", p))
-      getTok(p, result)
-      if p.tok.xkind == pxParLe: 
-        getTok(p, result)
-        addson(result, typeDesc(p))
-        eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-      else:
-        addSon(result, unaryExpression(p))
-    else:
-      result = postfixExpression(p)
-  else: result = postfixExpression(p)
-
-proc expression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  # we cannot support C's ``,`` operator
-  result = assignmentExpression(p)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxComma:
-    getTok(p, result)
-    parMessage(p, errOperatorExpected, ",")
-    
-proc conditionalExpression(p: var TParser): PNode
-
-proc constantExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = conditionalExpression(p)
-
-proc lvalue(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = unaryExpression(p)
-
-proc asgnExpr(p: var TParser, opr: string, a: PNode): PNode = 
-  closeContext(p)
-  getTok(p, a)
-  var b = assignmentExpression(p)
-  result = newNodeP(nkAsgn, p)
-  addSon(result, a, newBinary(opr, copyTree(a), b, p))
-  
-proc incdec(p: var TParser, opr: string, a: PNode): PNode =
-  closeContext(p)
-  getTok(p, a)
-  var b = assignmentExpression(p)
-  result = newNodeP(nkCall, p)
-  addSon(result, newIdentNodeP(getIdent(opr), p), a, b)
-  
-proc assignmentExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  saveContext(p)
-  var a = lvalue(p)
-  case p.tok.xkind 
-  of pxAsgn:
-    closeContext(p)
-    getTok(p, a)
-    var b = assignmentExpression(p)
-    result = newNodeP(nkAsgn, p)
-    addSon(result, a, b)
-  of pxPlusAsgn: result = incDec(p, "inc", a)    
-  of pxMinusAsgn: result = incDec(p, "dec", a)
-  of pxStarAsgn: result = asgnExpr(p, "*", a)
-  of pxSlashAsgn: result = asgnExpr(p, "/", a)
-  of pxModAsgn: result = asgnExpr(p, "mod", a)
-  of pxShlAsgn: result = asgnExpr(p, "shl", a)
-  of pxShrAsgn: result = asgnExpr(p, "shr", a)
-  of pxAmpAsgn: result = asgnExpr(p, "and", a)
-  of pxHatAsgn: result = asgnExpr(p, "xor", a)
-  of pxBarAsgn: result = asgnExpr(p, "or", a)
-  else:
-    backtrackContext(p)
-    result = conditionalExpression(p)
-  
-proc shiftExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = additiveExpression(p)
-  while p.tok.xkind in {pxShl, pxShr}:
-    var op = if p.tok.xkind == pxShl: "shl" else: "shr"
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result 
-    var b = additiveExpression(p)
-    result = newBinary(op, a, b, p)
-
-proc relationalExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = shiftExpression(p)
-  # Nimrod uses ``<`` and ``<=``, etc. too:
-  while p.tok.xkind in {pxLt, pxLe, pxGt, pxGe}:
-    var op = TokKindToStr(p.tok.xkind)
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result 
-    var b = shiftExpression(p)
-    result = newBinary(op, a, b, p)
-
-proc equalityExpression(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = relationalExpression(p)
-  # Nimrod uses ``==`` and ``!=`` too:
-  while p.tok.xkind in {pxEquals, pxNeq}:
-    var op = TokKindToStr(p.tok.xkind)
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result 
-    var b = relationalExpression(p)
-    result = newBinary(op, a, b, p)
-
-proc andExpression(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  result = equalityExpression(p)
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxAmp:
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result 
-    var b = equalityExpression(p)
-    result = newBinary("&", a, b, p)
-
-proc exclusiveOrExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = andExpression(p)
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxHat:
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result 
-    var b = andExpression(p)
-    result = newBinary("^", a, b, p)
-
-proc inclusiveOrExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = exclusiveOrExpression(p)
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxBar:
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result 
-    var b = exclusiveOrExpression(p)
-    result = newBinary("or", a, b, p)
-  
-proc logicalAndExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = inclusiveOrExpression(p)
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxAmpAmp:
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result
-    var b = inclusiveOrExpression(p)
-    result = newBinary("and", a, b, p)
-
-proc logicalOrExpression(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = logicalAndExpression(p)
-  while p.tok.xkind == pxBarBar:
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result
-    var b = logicalAndExpression(p)
-    result = newBinary("or", a, b, p)
-  
-proc conditionalExpression(p: var TParser): PNode =  
-  result = logicalOrExpression(p)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxConditional: 
-    getTok(p, result) # skip '?'
-    var a = result
-    var b = expression(p)
-    eat(p, pxColon, b)
-    var c = conditionalExpression(p)
-    result = newNodeP(nkIfExpr, p)
-    var branch = newNodeP(nkElifExpr, p)
-    addSon(branch, a, b)
-    addSon(result, branch)
-    branch = newNodeP(nkElseExpr, p)
-    addSon(branch, c)
-    addSon(result, branch)
-    
-# Statements
-
-proc buildStmtList(a: PNode): PNode = 
-  if a.kind == nkStmtList: result = a
-  else:
-    result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, a.info)
-    addSon(result, a)
-
-proc nestedStatement(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  # careful: We need to translate:
-  # if (x) if (y) stmt;
-  # into:
-  # if x:
-  #   if x:
-  #     stmt
-  # 
-  # Nimrod requires complex statements to be nested in whitespace!
-  const
-    complexStmt = {nkProcDef, nkMethodDef, nkConverterDef, nkMacroDef,
-      nkTemplateDef, nkIteratorDef, nkMacroStmt, nkIfStmt,
-      nkWhenStmt, nkForStmt, nkWhileStmt, nkCaseStmt, nkVarSection, 
-      nkConstSection, nkTypeSection, nkTryStmt, nkBlockStmt, nkStmtList,
-      nkCommentStmt, nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockExpr, nkStmtListType, nkBlockType}
-  result = statement(p)
-  if result.kind in complexStmt:
-    result = buildStmtList(result)
-
-proc expressionStatement(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  # do not skip the comment after a semicolon to make a new nkCommentStmt
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxSemicolon: 
-    getTok(p)
-  else:
-    result = expression(p)
-    if p.tok.xkind == pxSemicolon: getTok(p)
-    else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, ";")
-
-proc parseIf(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  # we parse additional "else if"s too here for better Nimrod code
-  result = newNodeP(nkIfStmt, p)
-  while true: 
-    getTok(p) # skip ``if``
-    var branch = newNodeP(nkElifBranch, p)
-    skipCom(p, branch)
-    eat(p, pxParLe, branch)
-    addSon(branch, expression(p))
-    eat(p, pxParRi, branch)
-    addSon(branch, nestedStatement(p))
-    addSon(result, branch)
-    if p.tok.s == "else": 
-      getTok(p, result)
-      if p.tok.s != "if": 
-        # ordinary else part:
-        branch = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
-        addSon(branch, nestedStatement(p))
-        addSon(result, branch)
-        break 
-    else: 
-      break 
-  
-proc parseWhile(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkWhileStmt, p)
-  getTok(p, result)
-  eat(p, pxParLe, result)
-  addSon(result, expression(p))
-  eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-  addSon(result, nestedStatement(p))
-
-proc parseDoWhile(p: var TParser): PNode =  
-  # we only support ``do stmt while (0)`` as an idiom for 
-  # ``block: stmt``
-  result = newNodeP(nkBlockStmt, p)
-  getTok(p, result) # skip "do"
-  addSon(result, nil, nestedStatement(p))
-  eat(p, "while", result)
-  eat(p, pxParLe, result)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxIntLit and p.tok.iNumber == 0: getTok(p, result)
-  else: parMessage(p, errTokenExpected, "0")
-  eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxSemicolon: getTok(p)
-
-proc declarationOrStatement(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  if p.tok.xkind != pxSymbol:
-    result = expressionStatement(p)
-  elif declKeyword(p.tok.s): 
-    result = declaration(p)
-  else:
-    # ordinary identifier:
-    saveContext(p)
-    getTok(p) # skip identifier to look ahead
-    case p.tok.xkind 
-    of pxSymbol, pxStar: 
-      # we parse 
-      # a b
-      # a * b
-      # always as declarations! This is of course not correct, but good
-      # enough for most real world C code out there.
-      backtrackContext(p)
-      result = declaration(p)
-    of pxColon: 
-      # it is only a label:
-      closeContext(p)
-      getTok(p)
-      result = statement(p)
-    else: 
-      backtrackContext(p)
-      result = expressionStatement(p)
-
-proc parseTuple(p: var TParser, isUnion: bool): PNode = 
-  result = parseStructBody(p, isUnion, nkTupleTy)
-
-proc parseTrailingDefinedIdents(p: var TParser, result, baseTyp: PNode) =
-  var varSection = newNodeP(nkVarSection, p)
-  while p.tok.xkind notin {pxEof, pxSemicolon}:
-    var t = pointer(p, baseTyp)
-    expectIdent(p)
-    var def = newNodeP(nkIdentDefs, p)
-    addSon(def, varIdent(p.tok.s, p))
-    getTok(p, def)
-    addSon(def, parseTypeSuffix(p, t))
-    addInitializer(p, def)
-    addSon(varSection, def)
-    if p.tok.xkind != pxComma: break
-    getTok(p, def)
-  eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-  if sonsLen(varSection) > 0:
-    addSon(result, varSection)
-
-proc parseStandaloneStruct(p: var TParser, isUnion: bool): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
-  saveContext(p)
-  getTok(p, result) # skip "struct" or "union"
-  var origName = ""
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol: 
-    markTypeIdent(p, nil)
-    origName = p.tok.s
-    getTok(p, result)
-  if p.tok.xkind in {pxCurlyLe, pxSemiColon}:
-    if origName.len > 0: 
-      var name = mangledIdent(origName, p)
-      var t = parseStruct(p, isUnion)
-      var typeSection = newNodeP(nkTypeSection, p)
-      addTypeDef(typeSection, structPragmas(p, name, origName), t)
-      addSon(result, typeSection)
-      parseTrailingDefinedIdents(p, result, name)
-    else:
-      var t = parseTuple(p, isUnion)
-      parseTrailingDefinedIdents(p, result, t)
-  else:
-    backtrackContext(p)
-    result = declaration(p)
-
-proc parseFor(p: var TParser, result: PNode) = 
-  # 'for' '(' expression_statement expression_statement expression? ')'
-  #   statement
-  getTok(p, result)
-  eat(p, pxParLe, result)
-  var initStmt = declarationOrStatement(p)
-  addSonIfNotNil(result, initStmt)
-  var w = newNodeP(nkWhileStmt, p)
-  var condition = expressionStatement(p)
-  if condition == nil: condition = newIdentNodeP("true", p)
-  addSon(w, condition)
-  var step = if p.tok.xkind != pxParRi: expression(p) else: nil
-  eat(p, pxParRi, step)
-  var loopBody = nestedStatement(p)
-  if step != nil:
-    loopBody = buildStmtList(loopBody)
-    addSon(loopBody, step)
-  addSon(w, loopBody)
-  addSon(result, w)
-  
-proc switchStatement(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
-  while true:
-    if p.tok.xkind in {pxEof, pxCurlyRi}: break
-    case p.tok.s 
-    of "break":
-      getTok(p, result)
-      eat(p, pxSemicolon, result)
-      break
-    of "return", "continue", "goto": 
-      addSon(result, statement(p))
-      break
-    of "case", "default":
-      break
-    else: nil
-    addSon(result, statement(p))
-  if sonsLen(result) == 0:
-    # translate empty statement list to Nimrod's ``nil`` statement
-    result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
-
-proc rangeExpression(p: var TParser): PNode =
-  # We support GCC's extension: ``case expr...expr:`` 
-  result = constantExpression(p)
-  if p.tok.xkind == pxDotDotDot:
-    getTok(p, result)
-    var a = result
-    var b = constantExpression(p)
-    result = newNodeP(nkRange, p)
-    addSon(result, a)
-    addSon(result, b)
-
-proc parseSwitch(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  # We cannot support Duff's device or C's crazy switch syntax. We just support
-  # sane usages of switch. ;-)
-  result = newNodeP(nkCaseStmt, p)
-  getTok(p, result)
-  eat(p, pxParLe, result)
-  addSon(result, expression(p))
-  eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-  eat(p, pxCurlyLe, result)
-  var b: PNode
-  while (p.tok.xkind != pxCurlyRi) and (p.tok.xkind != pxEof): 
-    case p.tok.s 
-    of "default": 
-      b = newNodeP(nkElse, p)
-      getTok(p, b)
-      eat(p, pxColon, b)
-    of "case": 
-      b = newNodeP(nkOfBranch, p)
-      while p.tok.xkind == pxSymbol and p.tok.s == "case":
-        getTok(p, b)
-        addSon(b, rangeExpression(p))
-        eat(p, pxColon, b)
-    else:
-      parMessage(p, errXExpected, "case")
-    addSon(b, switchStatement(p))
-    addSon(result, b)
-    if b.kind == nkElse: break 
-  eat(p, pxCurlyRi)
-
-proc addStmt(sl, a: PNode) = 
-  # merge type sections is possible:
-  if a.kind != nkTypeSection or sonsLen(sl) == 0 or
-      lastSon(sl).kind != nkTypeSection:
-    addSon(sl, a)
-  else:
-    var ts = lastSon(sl)
-    for i in 0..sonsLen(a)-1: addSon(ts, a.sons[i])
-
-proc embedStmts(sl, a: PNode) = 
-  if a.kind != nkStmtList:
-    addStmt(sl, a)
-  else:
-    for i in 0..sonsLen(a)-1: 
-      if a[i] != nil: addStmt(sl, a[i])
-
-proc compoundStatement(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
-  eat(p, pxCurlyLe)
-  inc(p.scopeCounter)
-  while p.tok.xkind notin {pxEof, pxCurlyRi}: 
-    var a = statement(p)
-    if a == nil: break
-    embedStmts(result, a)
-  if sonsLen(result) == 0:
-    # translate ``{}`` to Nimrod's ``nil`` statement
-    result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
-  dec(p.scopeCounter)
-  eat(p, pxCurlyRi)
-
-include cpp
-
-proc statement(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  case p.tok.xkind 
-  of pxSymbol: 
-    case p.tok.s
-    of "if": result = parseIf(p)
-    of "switch": result = parseSwitch(p)
-    of "while": result = parseWhile(p)
-    of "do": result = parseDoWhile(p)
-    of "for": 
-      result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
-      parseFor(p, result)
-    of "goto": 
-      # we cannot support "goto"; in hand-written C, "goto" is most often used
-      # to break a block, so we convert it to a break statement with label.
-      result = newNodeP(nkBreakStmt, p)
-      getTok(p)
-      addSon(result, skipIdent(p))
-      eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-    of "continue":
-      result = newNodeP(nkContinueStmt, p)
-      getTok(p)
-      eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-      addSon(result, nil)
-    of "break":
-      result = newNodeP(nkBreakStmt, p)
-      getTok(p)
-      eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-      addSon(result, nil)
-    of "return":
-      result = newNodeP(nkReturnStmt, p)
-      getTok(p)
-      # special case for ``return (expr)`` because I hate the redundant
-      # parenthesis ;-)
-      if p.tok.xkind == pxParLe:
-        getTok(p, result)
-        addSon(result, expression(p))
-        eat(p, pxParRi, result)
-      elif p.tok.xkind != pxSemicolon:
-        addSon(result, expression(p))
-      else:
-        addSon(result, nil)
-      eat(p, pxSemicolon)
-    of "enum":
-      result = enumSpecifier(p)
-    of "typedef": 
-      result = parseTypeDef(p)
-    of "struct":
-      result = parseStandaloneStruct(p, isUnion=false)
-    of "union":
-      result = parseStandaloneStruct(p, isUnion=true)    
-    else: 
-      result = declarationOrStatement(p)
-  of pxCurlyLe:
-    result = compoundStatement(p)
-  of pxDirective, pxDirectiveParLe:
-    result = parseDir(p)
-  of pxLineComment, pxStarComment: 
-    result = newNodeP(nkCommentStmt, p)
-    skipCom(p, result)
-  of pxSemicolon:
-    # empty statement:
-    getTok(p)
-    if p.tok.xkind in {pxLineComment, pxStarComment}:
-      result = newNodeP(nkCommentStmt, p)
-      skipCom(p, result)
-    else:
-      result = newNodeP(nkNilLit, p)
-  else:
-    result = expressionStatement(p)
-    #parMessage(p, errStmtExpected)
-
-proc parseUnit(p: var TParser): PNode = 
-  result = newNodeP(nkStmtList, p)
-  getTok(p) # read first token
-  while p.tok.xkind != pxEof: 
-    var s = statement(p)
-    if s != nil: embedStmts(result, s)
-