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code owner: Arne Döring e-mail: [email protected] included from types.nim

Imports

ast, astalgo, trees, msgs, platform, renderer, options, lineinfos, int128, modulegraphs, astmsgs, wordrecg

Types

EffectsCompat = enum
  efCompat, efRaisesDiffer, efRaisesUnknown, efTagsDiffer, efTagsUnknown,
  efEffectsDelayed, efTagsIllegal
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OffsetAccum = object
  maxAlign*: int32
  offset*: int32
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OrdinalType = enum
  NoneLike, IntLike, FloatLike
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ProcConvMismatch = enum
  pcmNoSideEffect, pcmNotGcSafe, pcmNotIterator, pcmDifferentCallConv
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TDistinctCompare = enum
  dcEq,                     ## a and b should be the same type
  dcEqIgnoreDistinct,       ## compare symmetrically: (distinct a) == b, a == b
                             ## or a == (distinct b)
  dcEqOrDistinctOf           ## a equals b or a is distinct of b
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TParamsEquality = enum
  paramsNotEqual, paramsEqual, paramsIncompatible
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TPreferedDesc = enum
  preferName, preferDesc, preferExported, preferModuleInfo, preferGenericArg,
  preferTypeName, preferResolved, preferMixed, preferInlayHint,
  preferInferredEffects
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TTypeCmpFlag = enum
  IgnoreTupleFields,        ## NOTE: Only set this flag for backends!
  IgnoreCC, ExactTypeDescValues, ExactGenericParams, ExactConstraints,
  ExactGcSafety, AllowCommonBase, PickyCAliases, IgnoreFlags,
  PickyBackendAliases, IgnoreRangeShallow
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TTypeCmpFlags = set[TTypeCmpFlag]
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TTypeFieldResult = enum
  frNone, frHeader, frEmbedded
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TTypeIter = proc (t: PType; closure: RootRef): bool {.nimcall.}
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TTypePredicate = proc (t: PType): bool {.nimcall.}
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TTypeRelation = enum
  isNone, isConvertible, isIntConv, isSubtype, isSubrange,
  isBothMetaConvertible, isInferred, isInferredConvertible, isGeneric,
  isFromIntLit, isEqual
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Consts

abstractInstOwned = {tyAlias, tyTypeDesc, tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal,
                     tyOwned..tySink, tyInferred}
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abstractPtrs = {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal,
                tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyInferred, tySink, tyLent, tyOwned}
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abstractRange = {tyGenericInst, tyRange, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal, tyTypeDesc,
                 tyAlias, tyInferred, tySink, tyOwned}
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abstractVar = {tyVar, tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias,
               tyInferred, tySink, tyLent, tyOwned}
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skipPtrs = {tyVar, tyPtr, tyRef, tyGenericInst, tyTypeDesc, tyAlias, tyInferred,
            tySink, tyLent, tyOwned}
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szIllegalRecursion = -2
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szTooBigSize = -4
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szUncomputedSize = -1
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szUnknownSize = -3
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typedescInst = {tyAlias, tyTypeDesc, tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal,
                tyOwned..tySink, tyUserTypeClass, tyInferred}
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typedescPtrs = {tyAlias, tyTypeDesc, tyGenericInst, tyDistinct, tyOrdinal,
                tyPtr..tyVar, tyOwned..tyLent, tyInferred}
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Procs

proc addPragmaAndCallConvMismatch(message: var string; formal, actual: PType;
                                  conf: ConfigRef) {....raises: [ValueError],
    tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc addTypeDeclVerboseMaybe(result: var string; conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType) {.
    ...raises: [Exception, ValueError, KeyError, OSError],
    tags: [RootEffect, ReadDirEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc addTypeHeader(result: var string; conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType;
                   prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferMixed;
                   getDeclarationPath = true) {.
    ...raises: [Exception, ValueError, KeyError, OSError],
    tags: [RootEffect, ReadDirEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc align(arg: var OffsetAccum; value: int32) {.
    ...raises: [IllegalTypeRecursionError], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc analyseObjectWithTypeField(t: PType): TTypeFieldResult {.
    ...raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc baseOfDistinct(t: PType; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator): PType {.
    ...raises: [KeyError, Exception], tags: [ReadDirEffect, RootEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc canFormAcycle(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType): bool {.
    ...raises: [Exception, KeyError], tags: [RootEffect, ReadDirEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc classify(t: PType): OrdinalType {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc commonSuperclass(a, b: PType): PType {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc compareTypes(x, y: PType; cmp: TDistinctCompare = dcEq;
                  flags: TTypeCmpFlags = {}): bool {.
    ...raises: [KeyError, Exception, ERecoverableError], tags: [RootEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc compatibleEffects(formal, actual: PType): EffectsCompat {.
    ...raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc computeSize(conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType): BiggestInt {....raises: [Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc computeSizeAlign(conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType) {....raises: [Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError, Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc containsCompileTimeOnly(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc containsGarbageCollectedRef(typ: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc containsGenericType(t: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc containsHiddenPointer(typ: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc containsManagedMemory(typ: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc containsObject(t: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect],
                                      forbids: [].}
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proc containsTyRef(typ: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect],
                                       forbids: [].}
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proc containsUnresolvedType(t: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc elemType(t: PType): PType {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc enumHasHoles(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc equalParams(a, b: PNode): TParamsEquality {....raises: [Exception, KeyError],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc firstFloat(t: PType): BiggestFloat {....raises: [Exception, ValueError,
    KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [RootEffect,
    ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc firstOrd(conf: ConfigRef; t: PType): Int128 {....raises: [Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc floatRangeCheck(x: BiggestFloat; t: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc genericAliasDepth(t: PType): int {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc getAlign(conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType): BiggestInt {....raises: [Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc getFloatValue(n: PNode): BiggestFloat {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc getOrdValue(n: PNode): Int128 {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc getOrdValue(n: PNode; onError: Int128): Int128 {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc getOrdValueAux(n: PNode; err: var bool): Int128 {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc getProcConvMismatch(c: ConfigRef; f, a: PType; rel = isNone): (
    set[ProcConvMismatch], TTypeRelation) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc getProcHeader(conf: ConfigRef; sym: PSym;
                   prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName; getDeclarationPath = true): string {.
    ...raises: [Exception, KeyError, ValueError, OSError],
    tags: [RootEffect, ReadDirEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc getReturnType(s: PSym): PType {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc getSize(conf: ConfigRef; typ: PType): BiggestInt {....raises: [Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc inc(arg: var OffsetAccum; value: int32) {.
    ...raises: [IllegalTypeRecursionError], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc inheritanceDiff(a, b: PType): int {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc invalidGenericInst(f: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isCharArrayPtr(t: PType; allowPointerToChar: bool): bool {....raises: [
    Exception, ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc isCompileTimeOnly(t: PType): bool {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc isDefectException(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isDefectOrCatchableError(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc isEmptyContainer(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isException(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isFinal(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isFloatLit(t: PType): bool {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isGenericAlias(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isIntLit(t: PType): bool {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isOrdinalType(t: PType; allowEnumWithHoles: bool = false): bool {.
    ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isPureObject(typ: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isSinkTypeForParam(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isTupleRecursive(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc isUnsigned(t: PType): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc iterOverType(t: PType; iter: TTypeIter; closure: RootRef): bool {.
    ...raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc lacksMTypeField(typ: PType): bool {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc lastFloat(t: PType): BiggestFloat {....raises: [Exception, ValueError,
    KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [RootEffect,
    ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc lastOrd(conf: ConfigRef; t: PType): Int128 {....raises: [Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc lengthOrd(conf: ConfigRef; t: PType): Int128 {....raises: [Exception,
    ValueError, KeyError, OSError, IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc lookupFieldAgain(ty: PType; field: PSym): PSym {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc normalizeKind(conf: ConfigRef; k: TTypeKind): TTypeKind {....raises: [],
    tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc safeInheritanceDiff(a, b: PType): int {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc safeSkipTypes(t: PType; kinds: TTypeKinds): PType {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc sameBackendType(x, y: PType): bool {.
    ...raises: [KeyError, Exception, ERecoverableError], tags: [RootEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc sameBackendTypeIgnoreRange(x, y: PType): bool {.
    ...raises: [KeyError, Exception, ERecoverableError], tags: [RootEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc sameBackendTypePickyAliases(x, y: PType): bool {.
    ...raises: [KeyError, Exception, ERecoverableError], tags: [RootEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc sameDistinctTypes(a, b: PType): bool {.inline, ...raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc sameEnumTypes(a, b: PType): bool {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [],
                                        forbids: [].}
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proc sameFlags(a, b: PType): bool {.inline, ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc sameObjectTypes(a, b: PType): bool {....raises: [Exception],
    tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc sameType(a, b: PType; flags: TTypeCmpFlags = {}): bool {.
    ...raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc sameTypeOrNil(a, b: PType; flags: TTypeCmpFlags = {}): bool {.
    ...raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc searchTypeFor(t: PType; predicate: TTypePredicate): bool {.
    ...raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc skipConv(n: PNode): PNode {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc skipConvTakeType(n: PNode): PNode {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc skipGenericAlias(t: PType): PType {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc skipHidden(n: PNode): PNode {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc skipHiddenSubConv(n: PNode; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator): PNode {.
    ...raises: [KeyError, Exception], tags: [ReadDirEffect, RootEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc takeType(formal, arg: PType; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator): PType {.
    ...raises: [KeyError, Exception], tags: [ReadDirEffect, RootEffect],
    forbids: [].}
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proc targetSizeSignedToKind(conf: ConfigRef): TTypeKind {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}
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proc targetSizeUnsignedToKind(conf: ConfigRef): TTypeKind {....raises: [],
    tags: [], forbids: [].}
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proc typeMismatch(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; formal, actual: PType;
                  n: PNode) {....raises: [Exception, KeyError, ValueError, OSError,
                                       IOError, ERecoverableError], tags: [
    RootEffect, ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect],
                              forbids: [].}
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proc typeNameAndDesc(t: PType): string {.
    ...raises: [Exception, KeyError, ValueError], tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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proc typeToString(typ: PType; prefer: TPreferedDesc = preferName): string {.
    ...raises: [Exception, KeyError, ValueError], tags: [RootEffect], forbids: [].}
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Templates

template `$`(typ: PType): string
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template bindConcreteTypeToUserTypeClass(tc, concrete: PType)
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template foldAlignOf(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; fallback: PNode): PNode
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template foldOffsetOf(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; fallback: PNode): PNode
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template foldSizeOf(conf: ConfigRef; n: PNode; fallback: PNode): PNode
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template isResolvedUserTypeClass(t: PType): bool
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Licensed under the MIT License.
https://nim-lang.org/docs/compiler/types.html