diff --git a/compiler/docgen.nim b/compiler/docgen.nim
index 4b52b1c92..8ae32492a 100644
--- a/compiler/docgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen.nim
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ proc newDocumentor*(filename: string, config: StringTableRef): PDoc =
   ga('send', 'pageview');
 
 </script>
-    """ % [config["doc.googleAnalytics"]]
+    """ % [config.getOrDefault"doc.googleAnalytics"]
   else:
     result.analytics = ""
 
diff --git a/compiler/rodread.nim b/compiler/rodread.nim
index e4530c2cc..2a85c8975 100644
--- a/compiler/rodread.nim
+++ b/compiler/rodread.nim
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ proc decodeSym(r: PRodReader, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
   else:
     internalError(info, "decodeSym: no ident")
   #echo "decoding: {", ident.s
-  result = r.syms[id]
+  result = r.syms.getOrDefault(id)
   if result == nil:
     new(result)
     result.id = id
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ proc processCompilerProcs(r: PRodReader, module: PSym) =
     inc(r.pos)
     var key = decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)
     inc(r.pos)                # #10
-    var s = r.syms[key]
+    var s = r.syms.getOrDefault(key)
     if s == nil:
       s = newStub(r, w, key)
       s.owner = module
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ proc getReader(moduleId: int): PRodReader =
   return nil
 
 proc rrGetSym(r: PRodReader, id: int, info: TLineInfo): PSym =
-  result = r.syms[id]
+  result = r.syms.getOrDefault(id)
   if result == nil:
     # load the symbol:
     var d = iiTableGet(r.index.tab, id)
diff --git a/lib/impure/re.nim b/lib/impure/re.nim
index 30081bb19..60bb6c77f 100644
--- a/lib/impure/re.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/re.nim
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import
   pcre, strutils, rtarrays
 
+{.deprecated.}
+
 const
   MaxSubpatterns* = 20
     ## defines the maximum number of subpatterns that can be captured.
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ type
     h: ptr Pcre
     e: ptr ExtraData
 
-  Regex* {.deprecated.} = ref RegexDesc ## a compiled regular expression
+  Regex* = ref RegexDesc ## a compiled regular expression
 
   RegexError* = object of ValueError
     ## is raised if the pattern is no valid regular expression.
diff --git a/lib/packages/docutils/rstgen.nim b/lib/packages/docutils/rstgen.nim
index 83e1b8b9f..4a0304a7c 100644
--- a/lib/packages/docutils/rstgen.nim
+++ b/lib/packages/docutils/rstgen.nim
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ proc initRstGenerator*(g: var RstGenerator, target: OutputTarget,
   g.seenIndexTerms = initTable[string, int]()
   g.msgHandler = msgHandler
 
-  let s = config["split.item.toc"]
+  let s = config.getOrDefault"split.item.toc"
   if s != "": g.splitAfter = parseInt(s)
   for i in low(g.meta)..high(g.meta): g.meta[i] = ""
 
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ proc renderIndexTerm*(d: PDoc, n: PRstNode, result: var string) =
   ## previously appeared to give a different identifier value for each.
   let refname = n.rstnodeToRefname
   if d.seenIndexTerms.hasKey(refname):
-    d.seenIndexTerms[refname] = d.seenIndexTerms[refname] + 1
+    d.seenIndexTerms[refname] = d.seenIndexTerms.getOrDefault(refname) + 1
   else:
     d.seenIndexTerms[refname] = 1
-  let id = refname & '_' & $d.seenIndexTerms[refname]
+  let id = refname & '_' & $d.seenIndexTerms.getOrDefault(refname)
 
   var term = ""
   renderAux(d, n, term)
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ proc generateDocumentationIndex(docs: IndexedDocs): string =
   sort(titles, cmp)
 
   for title in titles:
-    let tocList = generateDocumentationTOC(docs[title])
+    let tocList = generateDocumentationTOC(docs.getOrDefault(title))
     result.add("<ul><li><a href=\"" &
       title.link & "\">" & title.keyword & "</a>\n" & tocList & "</ul>\n")
 
@@ -786,7 +786,8 @@ proc renderSmiley(d: PDoc, n: PRstNode, result: var string) =
   dispA(d.target, result,
     """<img src="$1" width="15"
         height="17" hspace="2" vspace="2" class="smiley" />""",
-    "\\includegraphics{$1}", [d.config["doc.smiley_format"] % n.text])
+    "\\includegraphics{$1}",
+    [d.config.getOrDefault"doc.smiley_format" % n.text])
 
 proc parseCodeBlockField(d: PDoc, n: PRstNode, params: var CodeBlockParams) =
   ## Parses useful fields which can appear before a code block.
@@ -844,8 +845,8 @@ proc buildLinesHTMLTable(d: PDoc; params: CodeBlockParams, code: string):
   inc d.listingCounter
   let id = $d.listingCounter
   if not params.numberLines:
-    result = (d.config["doc.listing_start"] % id,
-              d.config["doc.listing_end"] % id)
+    result = (d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_start" % id,
+              d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_end" % id)
     return
 
   var codeLines = 1 + code.strip.countLines
@@ -856,9 +857,11 @@ proc buildLinesHTMLTable(d: PDoc; params: CodeBlockParams, code: string):
     result.beginTable.add($line & "\n")
     line.inc
     codeLines.dec
-  result.beginTable.add("</pre></td><td>" & (d.config["doc.listing_start"] % id))
-  result.endTable = (d.config["doc.listing_end"] % id) &
-      "</td></tr></tbody></table>" & (d.config["doc.listing_button"] % id)
+  result.beginTable.add("</pre></td><td>" & (
+      d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_start" % id))
+  result.endTable = (d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_end" % id) &
+      "</td></tr></tbody></table>" & (
+      d.config.getOrDefault"doc.listing_button" % id)
 
 proc renderCodeBlock(d: PDoc, n: PRstNode, result: var string) =
   ## Renders a code block, appending it to `result`.
diff --git a/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim b/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
index 5d74896bf..590b52c1a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ proc processClient(client: AsyncSocket, address: string,
     if request.reqMethod == "post":
       # Check for Expect header
       if request.headers.hasKey("Expect"):
-        if request.headers["Expect"].toLower == "100-continue":
+        if request.headers.getOrDefault("Expect").toLower == "100-continue":
           await client.sendStatus("100 Continue")
         else:
           await client.sendStatus("417 Expectation Failed")
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ proc processClient(client: AsyncSocket, address: string,
       # - Check for Content-length header
       if request.headers.hasKey("Content-Length"):
         var contentLength = 0
-        if parseInt(request.headers["Content-Length"], contentLength) == 0:
+        if parseInt(request.headers.getOrDefault("Content-Length"),
+                    contentLength) == 0:
           await request.respond(Http400, "Bad Request. Invalid Content-Length.")
           continue
         else:
@@ -232,16 +233,18 @@ proc processClient(client: AsyncSocket, address: string,
         continue
 
     case request.reqMethod
-    of "get", "post", "head", "put", "delete", "trace", "options", "connect", "patch":
+    of "get", "post", "head", "put", "delete", "trace", "options",
+       "connect", "patch":
       await callback(request)
     else:
-      await request.respond(Http400, "Invalid request method. Got: " & request.reqMethod)
+      await request.respond(Http400, "Invalid request method. Got: " &
+        request.reqMethod)
 
     # Persistent connections
     if (request.protocol == HttpVer11 and
-        request.headers["connection"].normalize != "close") or
+        request.headers.getOrDefault("connection").normalize != "close") or
        (request.protocol == HttpVer10 and
-        request.headers["connection"].normalize == "keep-alive"):
+        request.headers.getOrDefault("connection").normalize == "keep-alive"):
       # In HTTP 1.1 we assume that connection is persistent. Unless connection
       # header states otherwise.
       # In HTTP 1.0 we assume that the connection should not be persistent.
diff --git a/lib/pure/cgi.nim b/lib/pure/cgi.nim
index cfd768f91..200a4adf1 100644
--- a/lib/pure/cgi.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/cgi.nim
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ var
 proc getCookie*(name: string): TaintedString =
   ## Gets a cookie. If no cookie of `name` exists, "" is returned.
   if gcookies == nil: gcookies = parseCookies(getHttpCookie())
-  result = TaintedString(gcookies[name])
+  result = TaintedString(gcookies.getOrDefault(name))
 
 proc existsCookie*(name: string): bool =
   ## Checks if a cookie of `name` exists.
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/critbits.nim b/lib/pure/collections/critbits.nim
index bd7e083be..8c507d4fb 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/critbits.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/critbits.nim
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 ## container for a set or a mapping of strings. Based on the excellent paper
 ## by Adam Langley.
 
+include "system/inclrtl"
+
 type
   NodeObj[T] = object {.acyclic.}
     byte: int ## byte index of the difference
@@ -149,13 +151,14 @@ template get[T](c: CritBitTree[T], key: string): T {.immediate.} =
     else:
       raise newException(KeyError, "key not found")
 
-proc `[]`*[T](c: CritBitTree[T], key: string): T {.inline.} =
+proc `[]`*[T](c: CritBitTree[T], key: string): T {.inline, deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``c[key]``. If `key` is not in `t`, the
   ## ``KeyError`` exception is raised. One can check with ``hasKey`` whether
   ## the key exists.
   get(c, key)
 
-proc `[]`*[T](c: var CritBitTree[T], key: string): var T {.inline.} =
+proc `[]`*[T](c: var CritBitTree[T], key: string): var T {.inline,
+  deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``c[key]``. The value can be modified.
   ## If `key` is not in `t`, the ``KeyError`` exception is raised.
   get(c, key)
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/sets.nim b/lib/pure/collections/sets.nim
index 2195a2442..abe9cf85e 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/sets.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/sets.nim
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ proc rawGet[A](s: HashSet[A], key: A, hc: var Hash): int {.inline.} =
 
 proc `[]`*[A](s: var HashSet[A], key: A): var A =
   ## returns the element that is actually stored in 's' which has the same
-  ## value as 'key' or raises the ``EInvalidKey`` exception. This is useful
+  ## value as 'key' or raises the ``KeyError`` exception. This is useful
   ## when one overloaded 'hash' and '==' but still needs reference semantics
   ## for sharing.
   assert s.isValid, "The set needs to be initialized."
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ proc `[]`*[A](s: var HashSet[A], key: A): var A =
 
 proc mget*[A](s: var HashSet[A], key: A): var A {.deprecated.} =
   ## returns the element that is actually stored in 's' which has the same
-  ## value as 'key' or raises the ``EInvalidKey`` exception. This is useful
+  ## value as 'key' or raises the ``KeyError`` exception. This is useful
   ## when one overloaded 'hash' and '==' but still needs reference semantics
   ## for sharing. Use ```[]``` instead.
   s[key]
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim b/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
index 37d52b6de..329b2a1cb 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 import
   hashes, math
 
+include "system/inclrtl"
+
 type
   KeyValuePair[A, B] = tuple[hcode: Hash, key: A, val: B]
   KeyValuePairSeq[A, B] = seq[KeyValuePair[A, B]]
@@ -115,13 +117,13 @@ template getOrDefaultImpl(t, key): untyped {.immediate.} =
   var index = rawGet(t, key, hc)
   if index >= 0: result = t.data[index].val
 
-proc `[]`*[A, B](t: Table[A, B], key: A): B =
+proc `[]`*[A, B](t: Table[A, B], key: A): B {.deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``t[key]``. If `key` is not in `t`, the
   ## ``KeyError`` exception is raised. One can check with ``hasKey`` whether
   ## the key exists.
   get(t, key)
 
-proc `[]`*[A, B](t: var Table[A, B], key: A): var B =
+proc `[]`*[A, B](t: var Table[A, B], key: A): var B {.deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``t[key]``. The value can be modified.
   ## If `key` is not in `t`, the ``KeyError`` exception is raised.
   get(t, key)
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@ iterator mvalues*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B]): var B =
   for h in 0..high(t.data):
     if isFilled(t.data[h].hcode): yield t.data[h].val
 
-proc `[]`*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B], key: A): var B =
+proc `[]`*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B], key: A): var B {.deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``t[key]``.  If `key` is not in `t`, the
   ## ``KeyError`` exception is raised. One can check with ``hasKey`` whether
   ## the key exists.
@@ -418,13 +420,13 @@ proc rawGetDeep[A, B](t: OrderedTable[A, B], key: A, hc: var Hash): int {.inline
 proc rawGet[A, B](t: OrderedTable[A, B], key: A, hc: var Hash): int =
   rawGetImpl()
 
-proc `[]`*[A, B](t: OrderedTable[A, B], key: A): B =
+proc `[]`*[A, B](t: OrderedTable[A, B], key: A): B {.deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``t[key]``. If `key` is not in `t`, the
   ## ``KeyError`` exception is raised. One can check with ``hasKey`` whether
   ## the key exists.
   get(t, key)
 
-proc `[]`*[A, B](t: var OrderedTable[A, B], key: A): var B =
+proc `[]`*[A, B](t: var OrderedTable[A, B], key: A): var B{.deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``t[key]``. The value can be modified.
   ## If `key` is not in `t`, the ``KeyError`` exception is raised.
   get(t, key)
@@ -718,13 +720,13 @@ template ctget(t, key: untyped): untyped {.immediate.} =
     else:
       raise newException(KeyError, "key not found")
 
-proc `[]`*[A](t: CountTable[A], key: A): int =
+proc `[]`*[A](t: CountTable[A], key: A): int {.deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``t[key]``. If `key` is not in `t`,
   ## the ``KeyError`` exception is raised. One can check with ``hasKey``
   ## whether the key exists.
   ctget(t, key)
 
-proc `[]`*[A](t: var CountTable[A], key: A): var int =
+proc `[]`*[A](t: var CountTable[A], key: A): var int {.deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``t[key]``. The value can be modified.
   ## If `key` is not in `t`, the ``KeyError`` exception is raised.
   ctget(t, key)
@@ -873,7 +875,7 @@ iterator mvalues*[A](t: CountTableRef[A]): var int =
   for h in 0..high(t.data):
     if t.data[h].val != 0: yield t.data[h].val
 
-proc `[]`*[A](t: CountTableRef[A], key: A): var int =
+proc `[]`*[A](t: CountTableRef[A], key: A): var int {.deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the value at ``t[key]``. The value can be modified.
   ## If `key` is not in `t`, the ``KeyError`` exception is raised.
   result = t[][key]
diff --git a/lib/pure/marshal.nim b/lib/pure/marshal.nim
index 173cd1e81..134581a06 100644
--- a/lib/pure/marshal.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/marshal.nim
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ proc loadAny(p: var JsonParser, a: Any, t: var Table[BiggestInt, pointer]) =
       setPointer(a, nil)
       next(p)
     of jsonInt:
-      setPointer(a, t[p.getInt])
+      setPointer(a, t.getOrDefault(p.getInt))
       next(p)
     of jsonArrayStart:
       next(p)
diff --git a/lib/pure/mimetypes.nim b/lib/pure/mimetypes.nim
index 642419e64..1e315afb4 100644
--- a/lib/pure/mimetypes.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/mimetypes.nim
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ proc newMimetypes*(): MimeDB =
 proc getMimetype*(mimedb: MimeDB, ext: string, default = "text/plain"): string =
   ## Gets mimetype which corresponds to ``ext``. Returns ``default`` if ``ext``
   ## could not be found.
-  result = mimedb.mimes[ext]
+  result = mimedb.mimes.getOrDefault(ext)
   if result == "":
     return default
 
diff --git a/lib/pure/scgi.nim b/lib/pure/scgi.nim
index 1d54b4591..711e4a897 100644
--- a/lib/pure/scgi.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/scgi.nim
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ proc next*(s: var ScgiState, timeout: int = -1): bool =
       L = L * 10 + ord(d) - ord('0')
     recvBuffer(s, L+1)
     s.headers = parseHeaders(s.input, L)
-    if s.headers["SCGI"] != "1": raiseScgiError("SCGI Version 1 expected")
-    L = parseInt(s.headers["CONTENT_LENGTH"])
+    if s.headers.getOrDefault("SCGI") != "1": raiseScgiError("SCGI Version 1 expected")
+    L = parseInt(s.headers.getOrDefault("CONTENT_LENGTH"))
     recvBuffer(s, L)
     return true
 
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ proc handleClientRead(client: AsyncClient, s: AsyncScgiState) =
     case ret
     of ReadFullLine:
       client.headers = parseHeaders(client.input, client.input.len-1)
-      if client.headers["SCGI"] != "1": raiseScgiError("SCGI Version 1 expected")
+      if client.headers.getOrDefault("SCGI") != "1": raiseScgiError("SCGI Version 1 expected")
       client.input = "" # For next part
 
-      let contentLen = parseInt(client.headers["CONTENT_LENGTH"])
+      let contentLen = parseInt(client.headers.getOrDefault("CONTENT_LENGTH"))
       if contentLen > 0:
         client.mode = ClientReadContent
       else:
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ proc handleClientRead(client: AsyncClient, s: AsyncScgiState) =
         checkCloseSocket(client)
     of ReadPartialLine, ReadDisconnected, ReadNone: return
   of ClientReadContent:
-    let L = parseInt(client.headers["CONTENT_LENGTH"])-client.input.len
+    let L = parseInt(client.headers.getOrDefault("CONTENT_LENGTH")) -
+               client.input.len
     if L > 0:
       let ret = recvBufferAsync(client, L)
       case ret
diff --git a/lib/pure/strtabs.nim b/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
index e477c6f07..1c761cd92 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ template get(t: StringTableRef, key: string): stmt {.immediate.} =
       raise newException(KeyError, "key not found")
 
 proc `[]`*(t: StringTableRef, key: string): var string {.
-           rtl, extern: "nstTake".} =
+           rtl, extern: "nstTake", deprecatedGet.} =
   ## retrieves the location at ``t[key]``. If `key` is not in `t`, the
   ## ``KeyError`` exception is raised. One can check with ``hasKey`` whether
   ## the key exists.
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ proc raiseFormatException(s: string) =
   raise e
 
 proc getValue(t: StringTableRef, flags: set[FormatFlag], key: string): string =
-  if hasKey(t, key): return t[key]
+  if hasKey(t, key): return t.getOrDefault(key)
   # hm difficult: assume safety in taint mode here. XXX This is dangerous!
   if useEnvironment in flags: result = os.getEnv(key).string
   else: result = ""
diff --git a/lib/pure/xmltree.nim b/lib/pure/xmltree.nim
index 4a506546b..a9fc8998a 100644
--- a/lib/pure/xmltree.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/xmltree.nim
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ proc attr*(n: XmlNode, name: string): string =
   ## Returns "" on failure.
   assert n.kind == xnElement
   if n.attrs == nil: return ""
-  return n.attrs[name]
+  return n.attrs.getOrDefault(name)
 
 proc findAll*(n: XmlNode, tag: string, result: var seq[XmlNode]) =
   ## Iterates over all the children of `n` returning those matching `tag`.
diff --git a/lib/system/inclrtl.nim b/lib/system/inclrtl.nim
index 201a99ca7..3caeefcbc 100644
--- a/lib/system/inclrtl.nim
+++ b/lib/system/inclrtl.nim
@@ -51,3 +51,8 @@ when defined(nimlocks):
   {.pragma: benign, gcsafe, locks: 0.}
 else:
   {.pragma: benign, gcsafe.}
+
+when defined(nimTableGet):
+  {.pragma: deprecatedGet, deprecated.}
+else:
+  {.pragma: deprecatedGet.}
diff --git a/tests/testament/backend.nim b/tests/testament/backend.nim
index e2e2e2dd5..9ec0c0973 100644
--- a/tests/testament/backend.nim
+++ b/tests/testament/backend.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import strutils, db_sqlite, os, osproc
 
-var db: TDbConn
+var db: DbConn
 
 proc createDb() =
   db.exec(sql"""
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var
 
 proc `()`(cmd: string{lit}): string = cmd.execProcess.string.strip
 
-proc getMachine*(db: TDbConn): MachineId =
+proc getMachine*(db: DbConn): MachineId =
   var name = "hostname"()
   if name.len == 0:
     name = when defined(posix): getenv"HOSTNAME".string
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ proc getMachine*(db: TDbConn): MachineId =
     result = db.insertId(sql"insert into Machine(name, os, cpu) values (?,?,?)",
                          name, system.hostOS, system.hostCPU).MachineId
 
-proc getCommit(db: TDbConn): CommitId =
+proc getCommit(db: DbConn): CommitId =
   const commLen = "commit ".len
   let hash = "git log -n 1"()[commLen..commLen+10]
   let branch = "git symbolic-ref --short HEAD"()
diff --git a/tests/testament/htmlgen.nim b/tests/testament/htmlgen.nim
index 98ccf1170..15960f09a 100644
--- a/tests/testament/htmlgen.nim
+++ b/tests/testament/htmlgen.nim
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ div.tabContent.hide { display: none; }
 proc td(s: string): string =
   result = "<td>" & s.substr(0, 200).xmlEncode & "</td>"
 
-proc getCommit(db: TDbConn, c: int): string =
+proc getCommit(db: DbConn, c: int): string =
   var commit = c
   for thisCommit in db.rows(sql"select id from [Commit] order by id desc"):
     if commit == 0: result = thisCommit[0]
diff --git a/tests/testament/tester.nim b/tests/testament/tester.nim
index 636093a7f..ae8735ebe 100644
--- a/tests/testament/tester.nim
+++ b/tests/testament/tester.nim
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ proc callCompiler(cmdTemplate, filename, options: string,
   let c = parseCmdLine(cmdTemplate % ["target", targetToCmd[target],
                        "options", options, "file", filename.quoteShell])
   var p = startProcess(command=c[0], args=c[1.. ^1],
-                       options={poStdErrToStdOut, poUseShell})
+                       options={poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath})
   let outp = p.outputStream
   var suc = ""
   var err = ""
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ proc generatedFile(path, name: string, target: TTarget): string =
 
 proc codegenCheck(test: TTest, check: string, given: var TSpec) =
   try:
-    let (path, name, ext2) = test.name.splitFile
+    let (path, name, _) = test.name.splitFile
     let genFile = generatedFile(path, name, test.target)
     let contents = readFile(genFile).string
     if check[0] == '\\':
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ proc testSpec(r: var TResults, test: TTest) =
     let isJsTarget = test.target == targetJS
     var exeFile: string
     if isJsTarget:
-      let (dir, file, ext) = splitFile(tname)
+      let (dir, file, _) = splitFile(tname)
       exeFile = dir / "nimcache" / file & ".js" # *TODO* hardcoded "nimcache"
     else:
       exeFile = changeFileExt(tname, ExeExt)
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ proc testSpec(r: var TResults, test: TTest) =
 
 proc testNoSpec(r: var TResults, test: TTest) =
   # does not extract the spec because the file is not supposed to have any
-  let tname = test.name.addFileExt(".nim")
+  #let tname = test.name.addFileExt(".nim")
   inc(r.total)
   let given = callCompiler(cmdTemplate, test.name, test.options, test.target)
   r.addResult(test, "", given.msg, given.err)
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ proc testC(r: var TResults, test: TTest) =
     r.addResult(test, "", given.msg, given.err)
   elif test.action == actionRun:
     let exeFile = changeFileExt(test.name, ExeExt)
-    var (buf, exitCode) = execCmdEx(exeFile, options = {poStdErrToStdOut, poUseShell})
+    var (_, exitCode) = execCmdEx(exeFile, options = {poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath})
     if exitCode != 0: given.err = reExitCodesDiffer
   if given.err == reSuccess: inc(r.passed)
 
diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt
index 45bbe8c44..89e075b6c 100644
--- a/web/news.txt
+++ b/web/news.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ News
 
   Changes affecting backwards compatibility
   -----------------------------------------
-
+  - ``tables.[]``, ``strtabs.[]``, ``critbits.[]`` **now raise**
+    the ``KeyError`` **exception when the key does not exist**! Use the
+    new ``getOrDefault`` instead to get the old behaviour. Compile all your
+    code with ``-d:nimTableGet`` to get a listing of where your code
+    uses ``[]``!
   - The ``rawsockets`` module has been renamed to ``nativesockets`` to avoid
     confusion with TCP/IP raw sockets, so ``newNativeSocket`` should be used
     instead of ``newRawSocket``.
@@ -68,10 +72,10 @@ News
     * ``libeay32.dll``: Split into ``libeay32.dll`` and ``libeay64.dll``.
 
     Compile with ``-d:nimOldDLLs`` to make the stdlib use the old DLL names.
-  - Nim VM now treats objects as nkObjConstr nodes, and not nkPar nodes as it
-    was previously. Macros that generate nkPar nodes when object is expected are
-    likely to break. Macros that expect nkPar nodes to which objects are passed
-    are likely to break as well.
+  - Nim VM now treats objects as ``nkObjConstr`` nodes, and not ``nkPar`` nodes
+    as it was previously. Macros that generate ``nkPar`` nodes when object is
+    expected are likely to break. Macros that expect ``nkPar`` nodes to which
+    objects are passed are likely to break as well.
   - Base methods now need to be annotated with the ``base`` pragma. This makes
     multi methods less error-prone to use with the effect system.
   - Nim's parser directive ``#!`` is now ``#?`` in order to produce no conflicts
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ News
 
       echo f(0, "abc")
   - The ``ftpclient`` module is now deprecated in favour of the
-    ``asyncdispatch`` module.
+    ``asyncftpclient`` module.
   - In sequtils.nim renamed ``repeat`` function to ``cycle`` (concatenating
     a sequence by itself the given times), and also introduced ``repeat``,
     which repeats an element the given times.