'pure' is now 'noStackFrame' for procs

compiler/pragmas.nim

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ const
 const
   procPragmas* = {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv, wImportc, wExportc, wNodecl, 
     wMagic, wNosideEffect, wSideEffect, wNoreturn, wDynLib, wHeader, 
-    wCompilerProc, wPure, wProcVar, wDeprecated, wVarargs, wCompileTime, wMerge, 
+    wCompilerProc, wProcVar, wDeprecated, wVarargs, wCompileTime, wMerge, 
-    wBorrow, wExtern, wImportCompilerProc, wThread, wImportCpp, wImportObjC}
+    wBorrow, wExtern, wImportCompilerProc, wThread, wImportCpp, wImportObjC,
+    wNoStackFrame}
   converterPragmas* = procPragmas
   methodPragmas* = procPragmas
   macroPragmas* = {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv, wImportc, wExportc, wNodecl, 
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ const
     wCheckpoint, wPassL, wPassC, wDeadCodeElim, wDeprecated, wFloatChecks,
     wInfChecks, wNanChecks, wPragma, wEmit, wUnroll, wLinearScanEnd}
   lambdaPragmas* = {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv, wImportc, wExportc, wNodecl, 
-    wNosideEffect, wSideEffect, wNoreturn, wDynLib, wHeader, wPure, 
+    wNosideEffect, wSideEffect, wNoreturn, wDynLib, wHeader, 
-    wDeprecated, wExtern, wThread, wImportcpp, wImportobjc}
+    wDeprecated, wExtern, wThread, wImportcpp, wImportobjc, wNoStackFrame}
   typePragmas* = {wImportc, wExportc, wDeprecated, wMagic, wAcyclic, wNodecl, 
     wPure, wHeader, wCompilerProc, wFinal, wSize, wExtern, wShallow, 
     wImportcpp, wImportobjc}
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ proc pragma(c: PContext, sym: PSym, n: PNode, validPragmas: TSpecialWords) =
           of wNodecl: 
             noVal(it)
             incl(sym.loc.Flags, lfNoDecl)
-          of wPure: 
+          of wPure, wNoStackFrame:
             noVal(it)
             if sym != nil: incl(sym.flags, sfPure)
           of wVolatile: 

compiler/wordrecg.nim

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type
     wFieldChecks, 
     wCheckPoint, wSubsChar, 
     wAcyclic, wShallow, wUnroll, wLinearScanEnd,
-    wWrite, wPutEnv, wPrependEnv, wAppendEnv, wThreadVar, wEmit
+    wWrite, wPutEnv, wPrependEnv, wAppendEnv, wThreadVar, wEmit, wNoStackFrame
     
   TSpecialWords* = set[TSpecialWord]
 
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ const
     "passc", "passl", "borrow", "fieldchecks",
     "checkpoint",
     "subschar", "acyclic", "shallow", "unroll", "linearscanend",
-    "write", "putenv", "prependenv", "appendenv", "threadvar", "emit"]
+    "write", "putenv", "prependenv", "appendenv", "threadvar", "emit",
+    "nostackframe"]
 
 proc findStr*(a: openarray[string], s: string): int = 
   for i in countup(low(a), high(a)): 

doc/manual.txt

@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ Nimrod identifiers shall be enclosed in a special character which can be
 specified in the statement's pragmas. The default special character is ``'`'``:
 
 .. code-block:: nimrod
-  proc addInt(a, b: int): int {.pure.} =
+  proc addInt(a, b: int): int {.noStackFrame.} =
     # a in eax, and b in edx
     asm """
         mov eax, `a`
@@ -2900,12 +2900,17 @@ structure:
 
 Pure pragma
 -----------
-The `pure`:idx: pragma serves two completely different purposes:
+An object type can be marked with the `pure`:idx: pragma so that its type 
-1. To mark a procedure that Nimrod should not generate any exit statements like
+field which is used for runtime type identification is omitted. This is
-   ``return result;`` in the generated code. This is useful for procs that only
+necessary for binary compatibility with other compiled languages.
-   consist of an assembler statement.
+
-2. To mark an object type so that its type field should be omitted. This is
+
-   necessary for binary compatibility with other compiled languages.
+NoStackFrame pragma
+-------------------
+A proc can be marked with the `noStackFrame`:idx: pragma to tell the compiler
+it should not generate a stack frame for the proc. There are also no exit
+statements like ``return result;`` generated. This is useful for procs that 
+only consist of an assembler statement.
 
 
 error pragma

lib/system/arithm.nim

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ const
 when asmVersion and not defined(gcc) and not defined(llvm_gcc):
   # assembler optimized versions for compilers that
   # have an intel syntax assembler:
-  proc addInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, pure.} =
+  proc addInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, noStackFrame.} =
     # a in eax, and b in edx
     asm """
         mov eax, `a`
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ when asmVersion and not defined(gcc) and not defined(llvm_gcc):
       theEnd:
     """
 
-  proc subInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, pure.} =
+  proc subInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, noStackFrame.} =
     asm """
         mov eax, `a`
         sub eax, `b`
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ when asmVersion and not defined(gcc) and not defined(llvm_gcc):
       theEnd:
     """
 
-  proc negInt(a: int): int {.compilerProc, pure.} =
+  proc negInt(a: int): int {.compilerProc, noStackFrame.} =
     asm """
         mov eax, `a`
         neg eax
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ when asmVersion and not defined(gcc) and not defined(llvm_gcc):
       theEnd:
     """
 
-  proc divInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, pure.} =
+  proc divInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, noStackFrame.} =
     asm """
         mov eax, `a`
         mov ecx, `b`
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ when asmVersion and not defined(gcc) and not defined(llvm_gcc):
       theEnd:
     """
 
-  proc modInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, pure.} =
+  proc modInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, noStackFrame.} =
     asm """
         mov eax, `a`
         mov ecx, `b`
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ when asmVersion and not defined(gcc) and not defined(llvm_gcc):
         mov eax, edx
     """
 
-  proc mulInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, pure.} =
+  proc mulInt(a, b: int): int {.compilerProc, noStackFrame.} =
     asm """
         mov eax, `a`
         mov ecx, `b`

todo.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Version 0.8.14
   not have an inbox per default
   - add --deadlock_prevention:on|off switch? timeout for locks?
 - make threadvar efficient again on linux after testing
-- ``pure`` --> ``noStackFrame``, ``noRtti``
 
 
 version 0.9.0

web/news.txt

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Changes affecting backwards compatibility
 - ``implies`` is no keyword anymore.
 - The ``is`` operator is now the ``of`` operator.
 - The ``is`` operator is now used to check type equivalence in generic code.
+- The ``pure`` pragma for procs has been renamed to ``noStackFrame``. 
 
 
 Language Additions