use typeof instead type (#16962)

compiler/sem.nim

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ proc commonType*(c: PContext; x, y: PType): PType =
     # range[0..4]. But then why is (range[0..4], 6) not range[0..6]?
     # But then why is (2,4) not range[2..4]? But I think this would break
     # too much code. So ... it's the same range or the base type. This means
-    #  type(if b: 0 else 1) == int and not range[0..1]. For now. In the long
+    #  typeof(if b: 0 else 1) == int and not range[0..1]. For now. In the long
     # run people expect ranges to work properly within a tuple.
     if not sameType(a, b):
       result = skipTypes(a, {tyRange}).skipIntLit(c.idgen)

compiler/semexprs.nim

@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ proc semOverloadedCallAnalyseEffects(c: PContext, n: PNode, nOrig: PNode,
     # consider: 'for x in pReturningArray()' --> we don't want the restriction
     # to 'skIterator' anymore; skIterator is preferred in sigmatch already
     # for typeof support.
-    # for ``type(countup(1,3))``, see ``tests/ttoseq``.
+    # for ``typeof(countup(1,3))``, see ``tests/ttoseq``.
     result = semOverloadedCall(c, n, nOrig,
       {skProc, skFunc, skMethod, skConverter, skMacro, skTemplate, skIterator}, flags)
   else:

compiler/seminst.nim

@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@ proc instantiateProcType(c: PContext, pt: TIdTable,
   # time adding the instantiated proc params into the current scope.
   # This is necessary, because the instantiation process may refer to
   # these params in situations like this:
-  # proc foo[Container](a: Container, b: a.type.Item): type(b.x)
+  # proc foo[Container](a: Container, b: a.type.Item): typeof(b.x)
   #
   # Alas, doing this here is probably not enough, because another
   # proc signature could appear in the params:
-  # proc foo[T](a: proc (x: T, b: type(x.y))
+  # proc foo[T](a: proc (x: T, b: typeof(x.y))
   #
   # The solution would be to move this logic into semtypinst, but
   # at this point semtypinst have to become part of sem, because it

compiler/semtypes.nim

@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ proc semProcTypeNode(c: PContext, n, genericParams: PNode,
         r = skipIntLit(r, c.idgen)
         if kind == skIterator:
           # see tchainediterators
-          # in cases like iterator foo(it: iterator): type(it)
+          # in cases like iterator foo(it: iterator): typeof(it)
           # we don't need to change the return type to iter[T]
           result.flags.incl tfIterator
           # XXX Would be nice if we could get rid of this
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ proc semTypeNode(c: PContext, n: PNode, prev: PType): PType =
   case n.kind
   of nkEmpty: result = n.typ
   of nkTypeOfExpr:
-    # for ``type(countup(1,3))``, see ``tests/ttoseq``.
+    # for ``typeof(countup(1,3))``, see ``tests/ttoseq``.
     checkSonsLen(n, 1, c.config)
     result = semTypeof(c, n[0], prev)
     if result.kind == tyTypeDesc: result.flags.incl tfExplicit