fix generic param substitution in templates (#22535)

* fix generic param substitution in templates

fixes #13527, fixes #17240, fixes #6340, fixes #20033, fixes #19576, fixes #19076

* fix bare except in test, test updated packages in CI

(cherry picked from commit 1cc4d3f)

Author: metagn

compiler/sem.nim

@@ -511,7 +511,13 @@ proc semAfterMacroCall(c: PContext, call, macroResult: PNode,
         # we now know the supplied arguments
         var paramTypes = newIdTable()
         for param, value in genericParamsInMacroCall(s, call):
-          idTablePut(paramTypes, param.typ, value.typ)
+          var givenType = value.typ
+          # the sym nodes used for the supplied generic arguments for
+          # templates and macros leave type nil so regular sem can handle it
+          # in this case, get the type directly from the sym
+          if givenType == nil and value.kind == nkSym and value.sym.typ != nil:
+            givenType = value.sym.typ
+          idTablePut(paramTypes, param.typ, givenType)
 
         retType = generateTypeInstance(c, paramTypes,
                                        macroResult.info, retType)

compiler/semcall.nim

@@ -595,7 +595,12 @@ proc semResolvedCall(c: PContext, x: TCandidate,
           else:
             x.call.add c.graph.emptyNode
         of skType:
-          x.call.add newSymNode(s, n.info)
+          var tn = newSymNode(s, n.info)
+          # this node will be used in template substitution,
+          # pretend this is an untyped node and let regular sem handle the type
+          # to prevent problems where a generic parameter is treated as a value
+          tn.typ = nil
+          x.call.add tn
         else:
           internalAssert c.config, false
 

tests/template/tgenericparam.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+block: # basic template generic parameter substitution
+  block: # issue #13527
+    template typeNameTempl[T](a: T): string = $T
+    proc typeNameProc[T](a: T): string = $T
+    doAssert typeNameTempl(1) == typeNameProc(1)
+    doAssert typeNameTempl(true) == typeNameProc(true)
+    doAssert typeNameTempl(1.0) == typeNameProc(1.0)
+    doAssert typeNameTempl(1u8) == typeNameProc(1u8)
+
+    template isDefault[T](a: T): bool = a == default(T)
+    doAssert isDefault(0.0)
+
+  block: # issue #17240
+    func to(c: int, t: typedesc[float]): t = discard
+    template converted[I, T](i: seq[I], t: typedesc[T]): seq[T] =
+      var result = newSeq[T](2)
+      result[0] = i[0].to(T)
+      result
+    doAssert newSeq[int](3).converted(float) == @[0.0, 0.0]
+
+  block: # issue #6340
+    type A[T] = object
+      v: T
+    proc foo(x: int): string = "int"
+    proc foo(x: typedesc[int]): string = "typedesc[int]"
+    template fooT(x: int): string = "int"
+    template fooT(x: typedesc[int]): string = "typedesc[int]"
+    proc foo[T](x: A[T]): (string, string) =
+      (foo(T), fooT(T))
+    template fooT[T](x: A[T]): (string, string) =
+      (foo(T), fooT(T))
+    var x: A[int]
+    doAssert foo(x) == fooT(x)
+
+  block: # issue #20033
+    template run[T](): T = default(T)
+    doAssert run[int]() == 0
+
+import options, tables
+
+block: # complex cases of above with imports
+  block: # issue #19576, complex case
+    type RegistryKey = object
+      key, val: string
+    var regKey = @[RegistryKey(key: "abc", val: "def")]
+    template findFirst[T](s: seq[T], pred: proc(x: T): bool): Option[T] =
+      var res = none(T) # important line
+      for x in s:
+        if pred(x):
+          res = some(x)
+          break
+      res
+    proc getval(searchKey: string): Option[string] =
+      let found = regKey.findFirst(proc (rk: RegistryKey): bool = rk.key == searchKey)
+      if found.isNone: none(string)
+      else: some(found.get().val)
+    doAssert getval("strange") == none(string)
+    doAssert getval("abc") == some("def")
+  block: # issue #19076
+    block: # case 1
+      var tested: Table[string,int]
+      template `[]`[V](t:Table[string,V],key:string):untyped =
+        $V
+      doAssert tested["abc"] == "int"
+      template `{}`[V](t:Table[string,V],key:string):untyped =
+        ($V, tables.`[]`(t, key))
+      doAssert (try: tested{"abc"} except KeyError: ("not there", 123)) == ("not there", 123)
+      tables.`[]=`(tested, "abc", 456)
+      doAssert tested["abc"] == "int"
+      doAssert tested{"abc"} == ("int", 456)
+    block: # case 2
+      type Foo[A,T] = object
+        t:T
+      proc init[A,T](f:type Foo,a:typedesc[A],t:T):Foo[A,T] = Foo[A,T](t:t)
+      template fromOption[A](o:Option[A]):auto =
+        when o.isSome:
+          Foo.init(A,35)
+        else:
+          Foo.init(A,"hi")
+      let op = fromOption(some(5))