compilation cache: better dependency checking

compiler/main.nim

@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ proc CommandScan(filename: string) =
 proc CommandSuggest(filename: string) = 
   msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
   semanticPasses()
+  registerPass(rodwrite.rodwritePass())
   compileProject(filename)
 
 proc WantFile(filename: string) = 

compiler/options.nim

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
                               # (for interfacing with C)
     optProfiler               # profiler turned on
   TOptions* = set[TOption]
-  TGlobalOption* = enum 
+  TGlobalOption* = enum       # **keep binary compatible**
     gloptNone, optForceFullMake, optBoehmGC, optRefcGC, optDeadCodeElim, 
     optListCmd, optCompileOnly, optNoLinking, 
     optSafeCode,              # only allow safe code
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
 
   TGlobalOptions* = set[TGlobalOption]
   TCommands* = enum           # Nimrod's commands
+                              # **keep binary compatible**
     cmdNone, cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC, 
     cmdCompileToEcmaScript, cmdCompileToLLVM, cmdInterpret, cmdPretty, cmdDoc, 
     cmdGenDepend, cmdDump, 
@@ -93,10 +94,10 @@ const
   DocTexConfig* = "nimdoc.tex.cfg"
 
 # additional configuration variables:
-var 
+var
-  gConfigVars*: PStringTable
+  gConfigVars* = newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive)
-  libpath*: string = ""
+  libpath* = ""
-  projectPath*: string = ""
+  projectPath* = ""
   projectName* = ""
   nimcacheDir* = ""
   gKeepComments*: bool = true # whether the parser needs to keep comments
@@ -200,4 +201,3 @@ proc binaryStrSearch*(x: openarray[string], y: string): int =
       return mid
   result = - 1
 
-gConfigVars = newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive)

compiler/rodread.nim

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #  - a section containing the compiler options and defines this
 #    module has been compiled with:
 #    OPTIONS:options\n
+#    GOPTIONS:options\n # global options
+#    CMD:command\n
 #    DEFINES:defines\n
 #  - FILES(
 #    myfile.inc
@@ -106,7 +108,8 @@ const
     "symbol file for $1 has the wrong version", 
     "file edited since last compilation: $1", 
     "list of conditional symbols changed for: $1", 
-    "list of options changed for: $1", "an include file edited: $1", 
+    "list of options changed for: $1", 
+    "an include file edited: $1", 
     "a module $1 depends on has changed"]
 
 type
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ type
   PRodReader* = ref TRodReader
 
 const 
-  FileVersion* = "1023"       # modify this if the rod-format changes!
+  FileVersion* = "1024"       # modify this if the rod-format changes!
 
 var rodCompilerprocs*: TStrTable
 
@@ -501,7 +504,15 @@ proc processRodFile(r: PRodReader, crc: TCrc32) =
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       r.options = cast[TOptions](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
       if options.gOptions != r.options: r.reason = rrOptions
-    of "DEFINES": 
+    of "GOPTIONS":
+      inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
+      var dep = cast[TGlobalOptions](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
+      if gGlobalOptions != dep: r.reason = rrOptions
+    of "CMD":
+      inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
+      var dep = cast[TCommands](int32(decodeVInt(r.s, r.pos)))
+      if gCmd != dep: r.reason = rrOptions
+    of "DEFINES":
       inc(r.pos)              # skip ':'
       d = 0
       while r.s[r.pos] > '\x0A': 

compiler/rodwrite.nim

@@ -421,6 +421,16 @@ proc writeRod(w: PRodWriter) =
   encodeVInt(cast[int32](w.options), options)
   f.write(options)
   f.write(rodNL)
+
+  var goptions = "GOPTIONS:"
+  encodeVInt(cast[int32](gGlobalOptions), goptions)
+  f.write(goptions)
+  f.write(rodNL)
+
+  var cmd = "CMD:"
+  encodeVInt(cast[int32](gCmd), cmd)
+  f.write(cmd)
+  f.write(rodNL)  
   
   f.write("DEFINES:")
   f.write(w.defines)

todo.txt

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ incremental compilation
   - test G, A, B example from the documentation
   - test init sections
 
-- fix remaining bugs
-
 
 version 0.9.0
 =============
@@ -66,9 +64,9 @@ Bugs
     result = forward(x)
 
 - bug: DLL generation is broken
-- bug: stress testing basic method example (eval) without ``-d:relase`` leaks
+- bug: stress testing basic method example (eval example) 
-  memory; good way to figure out how a fixed amount of stack can hold
+  without ``-d:relase`` leaks memory; good way to figure out how a 
-  an arbitrary number of GC roots!
+  fixed amount of stack can hold an arbitrary number of GC roots!
 
 
 version 0.9.XX