From 188ce5f3ee5c83d749918f9f286537d65a513c53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arne Döring <arne.doering@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:02:30 +0200
Subject: add nodeId proc to macros (#11456)

* add nodeId proc to macros

* add doc comment.

* fix typo
---
 lib/core/macros.nim | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index b0414153e..73f5790fa 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -1426,6 +1426,12 @@ proc boolVal*(n: NimNode): bool {.compileTime, noSideEffect.} =
   if n.kind == nnkIntLit: n.intVal != 0
   else: n == bindSym"true" # hacky solution for now
 
+when defined(nimMacrosGetNodeId):
+  proc nodeID*(n: NimNode): int {.magic: NodeId.}
+    ## Returns the id of ``n``, when the compiler has been compiled
+    ## with the flag ``-d:useNodeids``, otherwise returns ``-1``. This
+    ## proc is for the purpose to debug the compiler only.
+
 macro expandMacros*(body: typed): untyped =
   ## Expands one level of macro - useful for debugging.
   ## Can be used to inspect what happens when a macro call is expanded,
-- 
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