--exception:goto switch for deterministic exception handling (#12977)

This implements "deterministic" exception handling for Nim based on goto instead of setjmp. This means raising an exception is much cheaper than in C++'s table based implementations. Supports hard realtime systems. Default for --gc:arc and the C target because it's generally a good idea and arc is all about deterministic behavior.

Note: This implies that fatal runtime traps are not catchable anymore! This needs to be documented.
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@ -2675,10 +2675,13 @@ proc expr(p: BProc, n: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
line(p, cpsStmts, "(void)(" & a.r & ");\L")
of nkAsmStmt: genAsmStmt(p, n)
of nkTryStmt, nkHiddenTryStmt:
if p.module.compileToCpp and optNoCppExceptions notin p.config.globalOptions:
case p.config.exc
of excGoto:
genTryGoto(p, n, d)
of excCpp:
genTryCpp(p, n, d)
else:
genTry(p, n, d)
genTrySetjmp(p, n, d)
of nkRaiseStmt: genRaiseStmt(p, n)
of nkTypeSection:
# we have to emit the type information for object types here to support