breaking change: symbol lookups in generics follows spec more closely; fixes #2664

compiler/semgnrc.nim

@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@ proc fuzzyLookup(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TSemGenericFlags,
       elif s.name.id in ctx.toMixin:
         result = newDot(result, symChoice(c, n, s, scForceOpen))
       else:
-        let sym = semGenericStmtSymbol(c, n, s, ctx)
+        let syms = semGenericStmtSymbol(c, n, s, ctx)
-        if sym.kind == nkSym:
+        if syms.kind == nkSym:
-          result = newDot(result, symChoice(c, n, s, scForceOpen))
+          let choice = symChoice(c, n, s, scForceOpen)
+          choice.kind = nkClosedSymChoice
+          result = newDot(result, choice)
         else:
-          result = newDot(result, sym)
+          result = newDot(result, syms)
 
 proc addTempDecl(c: PContext; n: PNode; kind: TSymKind) =
   let s = newSymS(skUnknown, getIdentNode(n), c)

lib/pure/collections/tables.nim

@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ proc `$`*[A, B](t: Table[A, B]): string =
   ## The `$` operator for hash tables.
   dollarImpl()
 
+proc hasKey*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B], key: A): bool =
+  ## returns true iff `key` is in the table `t`.
+  result = t[].hasKey(key)
+
 template equalsImpl() =
   if s.counter == t.counter:
     # different insertion orders mean different 'data' seqs, so we have
@@ -293,10 +297,6 @@ proc hasKeyOrPut*[A, B](t: var TableRef[A, B], key: A, val: B): bool =
   ## returns true iff `key` is in the table, otherwise inserts `value`.
   t[].hasKeyOrPut(key, val)
 
-proc hasKey*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B], key: A): bool =
-  ## returns true iff `key` is in the table `t`.
-  result = t[].hasKey(key)
-
 proc contains*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B], key: A): bool =
   ## alias of `hasKey` for use with the `in` operator.
   return hasKey[A, B](t, key)

tests/generics/mclosed_sym.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+type R* = object
+
+type Data*[T] = object
+  d*: T
+
+proc same(r:R, d:int) = echo "TEST2"
+
+proc doIt*(d:Data, r:R) =
+  r.same(1)      # Expecting this to invoke the local `same()` method

tests/generics/tclosed_sym.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+discard """
+  output: "TEST2"
+"""
+
+# bug #2664
+
+import mclosed_sym
+
+proc same(r:R, d:int) = echo "TEST1"
+
+doIt(Data[int](d:123), R())