fixes #9864 [backport]

compiler/ccgexprs.nim

@@ -31,10 +31,18 @@ proc intLiteral(i: BiggestInt): Rope =
     result = ~"(IL64(-9223372036854775807) - IL64(1))"
 
 proc genLiteral(p: BProc, n: PNode, ty: PType): Rope =
-  if ty == nil: internalError(p.config, n.info, "genLiteral: ty is nil")
   case n.kind
   of nkCharLit..nkUInt64Lit:
-    case skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange).kind
+    var k: TTypeKind
+    if ty != nil:
+      k = skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange).kind
+    else:
+      case n.kind
+      of nkCharLit: k = tyChar
+      of nkUInt64Lit: k = tyUInt64
+      of nkInt64Lit: k = tyInt64
+      else: k = tyNil # don't go into the case variant that uses 'ty'
+    case k
     of tyChar, tyNil:
       result = intLiteral(n.intVal)
     of tyBool:
@@ -46,8 +54,8 @@ proc genLiteral(p: BProc, n: PNode, ty: PType): Rope =
       result = "(($1) $2)" % [getTypeDesc(p.module,
           ty), intLiteral(n.intVal)]
   of nkNilLit:
-    let t = skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange)
+    let k = if ty == nil: tyPointer else: skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange).kind
-    if t.kind == tyProc and t.callConv == ccClosure:
+    if k == tyProc and skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange).callConv == ccClosure:
       let id = nodeTableTestOrSet(p.module.dataCache, n, p.module.labels)
       result = p.module.tmpBase & rope(id)
       if id == p.module.labels:
@@ -59,7 +67,9 @@ proc genLiteral(p: BProc, n: PNode, ty: PType): Rope =
     else:
       result = rope("NIM_NIL")
   of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
-    case skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange + {tyStatic, tyUserTypeClass, tyUserTypeClassInst}).kind
+    let k = if ty == nil: tyString
+            else: skipTypes(ty, abstractVarRange + {tyStatic, tyUserTypeClass, tyUserTypeClassInst}).kind
+    case k
     of tyNil:
       result = genNilStringLiteral(p.module, n.info)
     of tyString:

tests/macros/tescape_var_into_quotedo_as_const.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+discard """
+  output: '''ok'''
+"""
+# bug #9864
+import macros, tables
+
+proc bar(shOpt: Table[string, int]) = discard
+
+macro dispatchGen(): untyped =
+  var shOpt = initTable[string, int]()
+  shOpt["foo"] = 10
+  result = quote do:
+     bar(`shOpt`)
+
+dispatchGen()
+
+type
+  Foo = object
+    data: seq[int]
+
+proc barB(a: Foo) = discard
+
+proc shOptB(): auto =
+  var shOpt: Foo
+  shOpt.data.setLen 1 # fails
+  shOpt
+
+macro dispatchGenB(): untyped =
+  var shOpt = shOptB() # fails
+
+  result = quote do:
+     barB(`shOpt`)
+
+dispatchGenB()
+
+echo "ok"