better tester

tests/macros/tmacrogenerics.nim

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+discard """
+  file: "tmacrogenerics.nim"
+  msg: '''
+instantiation 1 with int and float
+instantiation 2 with float and string
+instantiation 3 with string and string
+counter: 3
+'''
+  output: "int\nfloat\nint\nstring"
+"""
+
+import typetraits, macros
+
+var counter {.compileTime.} = 0
+
+macro makeBar(A, B: typedesc): typedesc =
+  inc counter
+  echo "instantiation ", counter, " with ", A.name, " and ", B.name
+  result = A
+
+type 
+  Bar[T, U] = makeBar(T, U)
+
+var bb1: Bar[int, float]
+var bb2: Bar[float, string]
+var bb3: Bar[int, float]
+var bb4: Bar[string, string]
+
+proc match(a: int)    = echo "int"
+proc match(a: string) = echo "string"
+proc match(a: float)  = echo "float"
+
+match(bb1)
+match(bb2)
+match(bb3)
+match(bb4)
+
+static:
+  echo "counter: ", counter