diff --git a/compiler/passes.nim b/compiler/passes.nim
index c073047af..9b4a1b365 100755
--- a/compiler/passes.nim
+++ b/compiler/passes.nim
@@ -102,11 +102,14 @@ proc closePasses(a: var TPassContextArray) =
     if not isNil(gPasses[i].close): m = gPasses[i].close(a[i], m)
     a[i] = nil                # free the memory here
   
-proc processTopLevelStmt(n: PNode, a: var TPassContextArray) = 
+proc processTopLevelStmt(n: PNode, a: var TPassContextArray): bool = 
   # this implements the code transformation pipeline
   var m = n
   for i in countup(0, gPassesLen - 1): 
-    if not isNil(gPasses[i].process): m = gPasses[i].process(a[i], m)
+    if not isNil(gPasses[i].process): 
+      m = gPasses[i].process(a[i], m)
+      if isNil(m): return false
+  result = true
   
 proc processTopLevelStmtCached(n: PNode, a: var TPassContextArray) = 
   # this implements the code transformation pipeline
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ proc processImplicits(implicits: seq[string], nodeKind: TNodeKind,
     var str = newStrNode(nkStrLit, module)
     str.info = gCmdLineInfo
     importStmt.addSon str
-    processTopLevelStmt importStmt, a
+    if not processTopLevelStmt(importStmt, a): break
   
 proc processModule(module: PSym, filename: string, stream: PLLStream, 
                    rd: PRodReader) = 
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ proc processModule(module: PSym, filename: string, stream: PLLStream,
       while true: 
         var n = parseTopLevelStmt(p)
         if n.kind == nkEmpty: break 
-        processTopLevelStmt(n, a)
+        if not processTopLevelStmt(n, a): break
 
       closeParsers(p)
       if s.kind != llsStdIn: break 
diff --git a/compiler/sem.nim b/compiler/sem.nim
index 6495177a5..21bbdf4d2 100755
--- a/compiler/sem.nim
+++ b/compiler/sem.nim
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ proc myProcess(context: PPassContext, n: PNode): PNode =
       RecoverContext(c)
       c.InGenericInst = oldInGenericInst
       msgs.setInfoContextLen(oldContextLen)
-      result = ast.emptyNode
+      if getCurrentException() of ESuggestDone: result = nil
+      else: result = ast.emptyNode
       #if gCmd == cmdIdeTools: findSuggest(c, n)
   
 proc checkThreads(c: PContext) =
diff --git a/compiler/suggest.nim b/compiler/suggest.nim
index 51f250251..404f1c1bb 100755
--- a/compiler/suggest.nim
+++ b/compiler/suggest.nim
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const
   sectionContext = "con"
   sectionUsage = "use"
 
+#template sectionSuggest(): expr = "##begin\n" & getStackTrace() & "##end\n"
+
 proc SymToStr(s: PSym, isLocal: bool, section: string, li: TLineInfo): string = 
   result = section
   result.add(sep)