Merge pull request #8996 from LemonBoy/fix-2574

The VM cannot call methods

compiler/vmgen.nim

@@ -1842,6 +1842,9 @@ proc gen(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; flags: TGenFlags = {}) =
       let s = n.sons[0].sym
       if s.magic != mNone:
         genMagic(c, n, dest, s.magic)
+      elif s.kind == skMethod:
+        localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot call method " & s.name.s &
+          " at compile time")
       elif matches(s, "stdlib", "marshal", "to"):
         # XXX marshal load&store should not be opcodes, but use the
         # general callback mechanisms.

tests/vm/t2574.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+discard """
+  line: 14
+  errormsg: "cannot call method eval at compile time"
+"""
+
+type
+  PExpr = ref object of RootObj
+
+method eval(e: PExpr): int =
+  discard
+
+static:
+  let x = PExpr()
+  discard x.eval