Implement language feature #6885 (#6954)

compiler/sem.nim

@@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ proc commonType*(x, y: PType): PType =
         result = newType(k, r.owner)
         result.addSonSkipIntLit(r)
 
+proc endsInNoReturn(n: PNode): bool =
+  # check if expr ends in raise exception or call of noreturn proc
+  var it = n
+  while it.kind in {nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr} and it.len > 0: 
+    it = it.lastSon
+  result = it.kind == nkRaiseStmt or 
+    it.kind in nkCallKinds and it[0].kind == nkSym and sfNoReturn in it[0].sym.flags
+
+proc commonType*(x: PType, y: PNode): PType =
+  # ignore exception raising branches in case/if expressions
+  if endsInNoReturn(y): return x
+  commonType(x, y.typ)
+
 proc newSymS(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: PContext): PSym =
   result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(n), getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
   when defined(nimsuggest):