remove old implementation of the roof operator; make tests green again; close #6292

compiler/semdata.nim

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ type
                               # in standalone ``except`` and ``finally``
     next*: PProcCon           # used for stacking procedure contexts
     wasForwarded*: bool       # whether the current proc has a separate header
-    bracketExpr*: PNode       # current bracket expression (for ^ support)
     mapping*: TIdTable
 
   TMatchedConcept* = object

compiler/semexprs.nim

@@ -1189,7 +1189,6 @@ proc semSubscript(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
      tyCString:
     if n.len != 2: return nil
     n.sons[0] = makeDeref(n.sons[0])
-    c.p.bracketExpr = n.sons[0]
     for i in countup(1, sonsLen(n) - 1):
       n.sons[i] = semExprWithType(c, n.sons[i],
                                   flags*{efInTypeof, efDetermineType})
@@ -1210,7 +1209,6 @@ proc semSubscript(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   of tyTuple:
     if n.len != 2: return nil
     n.sons[0] = makeDeref(n.sons[0])
-    c.p.bracketExpr = n.sons[0]
     # [] operator for tuples requires constant expression:
     n.sons[1] = semConstExpr(c, n.sons[1])
     if skipTypes(n.sons[1].typ, {tyGenericInst, tyRange, tyOrdinal, tyAlias}).kind in
@@ -1248,17 +1246,13 @@ proc semSubscript(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
       of skType:
         result = symNodeFromType(c, semTypeNode(c, n, nil), n.info)
       else:
-        c.p.bracketExpr = n.sons[0]
-    else:
-      c.p.bracketExpr = n.sons[0]
+        discard
 
 proc semArrayAccess(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
-  let oldBracketExpr = c.p.bracketExpr
   result = semSubscript(c, n, flags)
   if result == nil:
     # overloaded [] operator:
     result = semExpr(c, buildOverloadedSubscripts(n, getIdent"[]"))
-  c.p.bracketExpr = oldBracketExpr
 
 proc propertyWriteAccess(c: PContext, n, nOrig, a: PNode): PNode =
   var id = considerQuotedIdent(a[1], a)
@@ -1330,7 +1324,6 @@ proc semAsgn(c: PContext, n: PNode; mode=asgnNormal): PNode =
   of nkBracketExpr:
     # a[i] = x
     # --> `[]=`(a, i, x)
-    let oldBracketExpr = c.p.bracketExpr
     a = semSubscript(c, a, {efLValue})
     if a == nil:
       result = buildOverloadedSubscripts(n.sons[0], getIdent"[]=")
@@ -1340,9 +1333,7 @@ proc semAsgn(c: PContext, n: PNode; mode=asgnNormal): PNode =
         return n
       else:
         result = semExprNoType(c, result)
-        c.p.bracketExpr = oldBracketExpr
         return result
-    c.p.bracketExpr = oldBracketExpr
   of nkCurlyExpr:
     # a{i} = x -->  `{}=`(a, i, x)
     result = buildOverloadedSubscripts(n.sons[0], getIdent"{}=")

compiler/semmagic.nim

@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ proc skipAddr(n: PNode): PNode {.inline.} =
 proc semArrGet(c: PContext; n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(nkBracketExpr, n.info)
   for i in 1..<n.len: result.add(n[i])
-  let oldBracketExpr = c.p.bracketExpr
   result = semSubscript(c, result, flags)
-  c.p.bracketExpr = oldBracketExpr
   if result.isNil:
     let x = copyTree(n)
     x.sons[0] = newIdentNode(getIdent"[]", n.info)
@@ -274,35 +272,7 @@ proc magicsAfterOverloadResolution(c: PContext, n: PNode,
   of mDotDot:
     result = n
   of mRoof:
-    let bracketExpr = if n.len == 3: n.sons[2] else: c.p.bracketExpr
-    if bracketExpr.isNil:
-      localError(n.info, "no surrounding array access context for '^'")
-      result = n.sons[1]
-    elif bracketExpr.checkForSideEffects != seNoSideEffect:
-      localError(n.info, "invalid context for '^' as '$#' has side effects" %
-        renderTree(bracketExpr))
-      result = n.sons[1]
-    elif bracketExpr.typ.isStrangeArray:
-      localError(n.info, "invalid context for '^' as len!=high+1 for '$#'" %
-        renderTree(bracketExpr))
-      result = n.sons[1]
-    else:
-      # ^x  is rewritten to: len(a)-x
-      let lenExpr = newNodeI(nkCall, n.info)
-      lenExpr.add newIdentNode(getIdent"len", n.info)
-      lenExpr.add bracketExpr
-      let lenExprB = semExprWithType(c, lenExpr)
-      if lenExprB.typ.isNil or not isOrdinalType(lenExprB.typ):
-        localError(n.info, "'$#' has to be of an ordinal type for '^'" %
-          renderTree(lenExpr))
-        result = n.sons[1]
-      else:
-        result = newNodeIT(nkCall, n.info, getSysType(tyInt))
-        let subi = getSysMagic("-", mSubI)
-        #echo "got ", typeToString(subi.typ)
-        result.add newSymNode(subi, n.info)
-        result.add lenExprB
-        result.add n.sons[1]
+    localError(n.info, "builtin roof operator is not supported anymore")
   of mPlugin:
     let plugin = getPlugin(n[0].sym)
     if plugin.isNil:

compiler/semtempl.nim

@@ -113,13 +113,9 @@ type
     owner: PSym
     cursorInBody: bool # only for nimsuggest
     scopeN: int
-    bracketExpr: PNode
 
 template withBracketExpr(ctx, x, body: untyped) =
-  let old = ctx.bracketExpr
-  ctx.bracketExpr = x
   body
-  ctx.bracketExpr = old
 
 proc getIdentNode(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
   case n.kind
@@ -304,18 +300,6 @@ proc semTemplBodySons(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
   for i in 0 ..< n.len:
     result.sons[i] = semTemplBody(c, n.sons[i])
 
-proc oprIsRoof(n: PNode): bool =
-  const roof = "^"
-  case n.kind
-  of nkIdent: result = n.ident.s == roof
-  of nkSym: result = n.sym.name.s == roof
-  of nkAccQuoted:
-    if n.len == 1:
-      result = oprIsRoof(n.sons[0])
-  of nkOpenSymChoice, nkClosedSymChoice:
-    result = oprIsRoof(n.sons[0])
-  else: discard
-
 proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   semIdeForTemplateOrGenericCheck(n, c.cursorInBody)
@@ -506,8 +490,6 @@ proc semTemplBody(c: var TemplCtx, n: PNode): PNode =
       result = semTemplBodySons(c, n)
   of nkCallKinds-{nkPostfix}:
     result = semTemplBodySons(c, n)
-    if c.bracketExpr != nil and n.len == 2 and oprIsRoof(n.sons[0]):
-      result.add c.bracketExpr
   of nkDotExpr, nkAccQuoted:
     # dotExpr is ambiguous: note that we explicitly allow 'x.TemplateParam',
     # so we use the generic code for nkDotExpr too