fixes #2603

compiler/semmacrosanity.nim

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ proc ithField(n: PNode, field: int): PSym =
   result = nil
   case n.kind
   of nkRecList:
-    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1): 
+    for i in countup(0, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       result = ithField(n.sons[i], field-i)
-      if result != nil: return 
+      if result != nil: return
   of nkRecCase:
     if n.sons[0].kind != nkSym: internalError(n.info, "ithField")
     result = ithField(n.sons[0], field-1)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ proc ithField(n: PNode, field: int): PSym =
   else: discard
 
 proc annotateType*(n: PNode, t: PType) =
-  let x = t.skipTypes(abstractInst)
+  let x = t.skipTypes(abstractInst+{tyRange})
   # Note: x can be unequal to t and we need to be careful to use 't'
   # to not to skip tyGenericInst
   case n.kind
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ proc annotateType*(n: PNode, t: PType) =
     if x.kind in {tyString, tyCString}:
       n.typ = t
     else:
-      globalError(n.info, "string literal must be of some string type")    
+      globalError(n.info, "string literal must be of some string type")
   of nkNilLit:
     if x.kind in NilableTypes:
       n.typ = t

todo.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 version 0.10.4
 ==============
 
-- make 'nil' work for 'add':
-  - resizeString
-  - incrSeq
-  - addChar
 
 
 version 0.10.6 (RC1?)
@@ -15,6 +11,10 @@ version 0.10.6 (RC1?)
 - finish 'parallel' or mark as experimental
 - Deprecate ``immediate`` for templates and macros
 - special case varargs[untyped] and varargs[typed]
+- make 'nil' work for 'add':
+  - resizeString
+  - incrSeq
+  - addChar
 
 
 version 1.0