fixes #1319

compiler/transf.nim

@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@ proc transformCall(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PTransNode =
           inc(j)
       add(result, a.PTransNode)
     if len(result) == 2: result = result[1]
+  elif getMagic(n) == mNBindSym:
+    # for bindSym(myconst) we MUST NOT perform constant folding:
+    result = n.PTransNode
   else:
     let s = transformSons(c, n).PNode
     # bugfix: check after 'transformSons' if it's still a method call:

tests/macros/tbindsym.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+discard """
+  output: '''TFoo
+TBar'''
+"""
+
+# bug #1319
+
+import macros
+
+type
+  TTextKind = enum
+    TFoo, TBar
+
+macro test: stmt =
+  var x = @[TFoo, TBar]
+  result = newStmtList()
+  for i in x:
+    result.add newCall(newIdentNode("echo"),
+      case i
+      of TFoo:
+        bindSym("TFoo")
+      of TBar:
+        bindSym("TBar"))
+
+test()