adds a getter/setter for owner

compiler/ast.nim

@@ -814,8 +814,11 @@ type
 
 template nodeId(n: PNode): int = cast[int](n)
 
-template owner*(s: PSym|PType): PSym =
-  s.ownerField
+proc owner*(s: PSym|PType): PSym {.inline.} =
+  result = s.ownerField
+
+proc setOwner*(s: PSym|PType, owner: PSym) {.inline.} =
+  s.ownerField = owner
 
 type Gconfig = object
   # we put comments in a side channel to avoid increasing `sizeof(TNode)`, which

compiler/evaltempl.nim

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ proc evalTemplateAux(templ, actual: PNode, c: var TemplCtx, result: PNode) =
         if x == nil:
           x = copySym(s, c.idgen)
           # sem'check needs to set the owner properly later, see bug #9476
-          x.owner() = nil # c.genSymOwner
+          setOwner(x, nil) # c.genSymOwner
           #if x.kind == skParam and x.owner.kind == skModule:
           #  internalAssert c.config, false
           idTablePut(c.mapping, s, x)

compiler/ic/ic.nim

@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ proc symBodyFromPacked(c: var PackedDecoder; g: var PackedModuleGraph;
     result.guard = loadSym(c, g, si, s.guard)
     result.bitsize = s.bitsize
     result.alignment = s.alignment
-  result.owner() = loadSym(c, g, si, s.owner)
+  setOwner(result, loadSym(c, g, si, s.owner))
   let externalName = g[si].fromDisk.strings[s.externalName]
   if externalName != "":
     result.loc.snippet = externalName
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ proc typeHeaderFromPacked(c: var PackedDecoder; g: var PackedModuleGraph;
 proc typeBodyFromPacked(c: var PackedDecoder; g: var PackedModuleGraph;
                         t: PackedType; si, item: int32; result: PType) =
   result.sym = loadSym(c, g, si, t.sym)
-  result.owner() = loadSym(c, g, si, t.owner)
+  setOwner(result, loadSym(c, g, si, t.owner))
   when false:
     for op, item in pairs t.attachedOps:
       result.attachedOps[op] = loadSym(c, g, si, item)
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ proc setupLookupTables(g: var PackedModuleGraph; conf: ConfigRef; cache: IdentCa
                   name: getIdent(cache, splitFile(filename).name),
                   info: newLineInfo(fileIdx, 1, 1),
                   position: int(fileIdx))
-  m.module.owner() = getPackage(conf, cache, fileIdx)
+  setOwner(m.module, getPackage(conf, cache, fileIdx))
   m.module.flags = m.fromDisk.moduleFlags
 
 proc loadToReplayNodes(g: var PackedModuleGraph; conf: ConfigRef; cache: IdentCache;

compiler/modules.nim

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ template getModuleIdent(graph: ModuleGraph, filename: AbsoluteFile): PIdent =
 
 proc partialInitModule*(result: PSym; graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex; filename: AbsoluteFile) =
   let packSym = getPackage(graph, fileIdx)
-  result.owner() = packSym
+  setOwner(result, packSym)
   result.position = int fileIdx
 
 proc newModule*(graph: ModuleGraph; fileIdx: FileIndex): PSym =

compiler/sem.nim

@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ proc newSymG*(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: PContext): PSym =
     # when there is a nested proc inside a template, semtmpl
     # will assign a wrong owner during the first pass over the
     # template; we must fix it here: see #909
-    result.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+    setOwner(result, getCurrOwner(c))
   else:
     result = newSym(kind, considerQuotedIdent(c, n), c.idgen, getCurrOwner(c), n.info)
     if find(result.name.s, '`') >= 0:

compiler/semexprs.nim

@@ -2965,7 +2965,7 @@ proc semBlock(c: PContext, n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags; expectedType: PType = ni
     if sfGenSym notin labl.flags:
       addDecl(c, labl)
     elif labl.owner == nil:
-      labl.owner() = c.p.owner
+      setOwner(labl, c.p.owner)
     n[0] = newSymNode(labl, n[0].info)
     suggestSym(c.graph, n[0].info, labl, c.graph.usageSym)
     styleCheckDef(c, labl)

compiler/seminst.nim

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ proc freshGenSyms(c: PContext; n: PNode, owner, orig: PSym, symMap: var SymMappi
     elif s.owner == nil or s.owner.kind == skPackage:
       #echo "copied this ", s.name.s
       x = copySym(s, c.idgen)
-      x.owner() = owner
+      setOwner(x, owner)
       idTablePut(symMap, s, x)
       n.sym = x
   else:
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ proc instantiateProcType(c: PContext, pt: LayeredIdTable,
     internalAssert c.config, originalParams[i].kind == nkSym
     let oldParam = originalParams[i].sym
     let param = copySym(oldParam, c.idgen)
-    param.owner() = prc
+    setOwner(param, prc)
     param.typ = result[i]
 
     # The default value is instantiated and fitted against the final
@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@ proc generateInstance(c: PContext, fn: PSym, pt: LayeredIdTable,
     let passc = getLocalPassC(c, producer)
     if passc != "": #pass the local compiler options to the consumer module too
       extccomp.addLocalCompileOption(c.config, passc, toFullPathConsiderDirty(c.config, c.module.info.fileIndex))
-    result.owner() = c.module
+    setOwner(result, c.module)
   else:
-    result.owner() = fn
+    setOwner(result, fn)
   result.ast = n
   pushOwner(c, result)
 

compiler/semmagic.nim

@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ proc turnFinalizerIntoDestructor(c: PContext; orig: PSym; info: TLineInfo): PSym
   result = copySym(orig, c.idgen)
   result.info = info
   result.flags.incl sfFromGeneric
-  result.owner() = orig
+  setOwner(result, orig)
   let origParamType = orig.typ.firstParamType
   let newParamType = makeVarType(result, origParamType.skipTypes(abstractPtrs), c.idgen)
   let oldParam = orig.typ.n[1].sym
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ proc semNewFinalize(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
         discard "already turned this one into a finalizer"
       else:
         if fin.instantiatedFrom != nil and fin.instantiatedFrom != fin.owner: #undo move
-          fin.owner() = fin.instantiatedFrom
+          setOwner(fin, fin.instantiatedFrom)
         let wrapperSym = newSym(skProc, getIdent(c.graph.cache, fin.name.s & "FinalizerWrapper"), c.idgen, fin.owner, fin.info)
         let selfSymNode = newSymNode(copySym(fin.ast[paramsPos][1][0].sym, c.idgen))
         selfSymNode.typ = fin.typ.firstParamType
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ proc semNewFinalize(c: PContext; n: PNode): PNode =
           genericParams = fin.ast[genericParamsPos], pragmas = fin.ast[pragmasPos], exceptions = fin.ast[miscPos]), {})
 
         var transFormedSym = turnFinalizerIntoDestructor(c, wrapperSym, wrapper.info)
-        transFormedSym.owner() = fin
+        setOwner(transFormedSym, fin)
         if c.config.backend == backendCpp or sfCompileToCpp in c.module.flags:
           let origParamType = transFormedSym.ast[bodyPos][1].typ
           let selfSymbolType = makePtrType(c, origParamType.skipTypes(abstractPtrs))

compiler/semstmts.nim

@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ proc semVarOrLet(c: PContext, n: PNode, symkind: TSymKind): PNode =
         if sfGenSym notin v.flags:
           if not isDiscardUnderscore(v): addInterfaceDecl(c, v)
         else:
-          if v.owner == nil: v.owner() = c.p.owner
+          if v.owner == nil: setOwner(v, c.p.owner)
         when oKeepVariableNames:
           if c.inUnrolledContext > 0: v.flags.incl(sfShadowed)
           else:
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ proc semConst(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
         when defined(nimsuggest):
           v.hasUserSpecifiedType = hasUserSpecifiedType
         if sfGenSym notin v.flags: addInterfaceDecl(c, v)
-        elif v.owner == nil: v.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+        elif v.owner == nil: setOwner(v, getCurrOwner(c))
         styleCheckDef(c, v)
         onDef(a[j].info, v)
 
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ proc semForVars(c: PContext, n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
             v.typ = iter[i]
           n[0][i] = newSymNode(v)
           if sfGenSym notin v.flags and not isDiscardUnderscore(v): addDecl(c, v)
-          elif v.owner == nil: v.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+          elif v.owner == nil: setOwner(v, getCurrOwner(c))
       else:
         var v = symForVar(c, n[0])
         if getCurrOwner(c).kind == skModule: incl(v.flags, sfGlobal)
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ proc semForVars(c: PContext, n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
         v.typ = iterBase
         n[0] = newSymNode(v)
         if sfGenSym notin v.flags and not isDiscardUnderscore(v): addDecl(c, v)
-        elif v.owner == nil: v.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+        elif v.owner == nil: setOwner(v, getCurrOwner(c))
     else:
       localError(c.config, n.info, errWrongNumberOfVariables)
   elif n.len-2 != iterAfterVarLent.len:
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ proc semForVars(c: PContext, n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
             v.typ = iter[i][j]
           n[i][j] = newSymNode(v)
           if not isDiscardUnderscore(v): addDecl(c, v)
-          elif v.owner == nil: v.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+          elif v.owner == nil: setOwner(v, getCurrOwner(c))
       else:
         var v = symForVar(c, n[i])
         if getCurrOwner(c).kind == skModule: incl(v.flags, sfGlobal)
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ proc semForVars(c: PContext, n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
         n[i] = newSymNode(v)
         if sfGenSym notin v.flags:
           if not isDiscardUnderscore(v): addDecl(c, v)
-        elif v.owner == nil: v.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+        elif v.owner == nil: setOwner(v, getCurrOwner(c))
   inc(c.p.nestedLoopCounter)
   let oldBreakInLoop = c.p.breakInLoop
   c.p.breakInLoop = true
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ proc typeDefLeftSidePass(c: PContext, typeSection: PNode, i: int) =
           s = typsym
     # add it here, so that recursive types are possible:
     if sfGenSym notin s.flags: addInterfaceDecl(c, s)
-    elif s.owner == nil: s.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+    elif s.owner == nil: setOwner(s, getCurrOwner(c))
 
   if name.kind == nkPragmaExpr:
     if name[0].kind == nkPostfix:
@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ proc semProcAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, kind: TSymKind,
     n[namePos] = newSymNode(s)
   of nkSym:
     s = n[namePos].sym
-    s.owner() = c.getCurrOwner
+    setOwner(s, c.getCurrOwner)
   else:
     # Highlighting needs to be done early so the position for
     # name isn't changed (see taccent_highlight). We don't want to check if this is the
@@ -2629,7 +2629,7 @@ proc semIterator(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   # gensym'ed iterator?
   if n[namePos].kind == nkSym:
     # gensym'ed iterators might need to become closure iterators:
-    n[namePos].sym.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+    setOwner(n[namePos].sym, getCurrOwner(c))
     n[namePos].sym.transitionRoutineSymKind(skIterator)
   result = semProcAux(c, n, skIterator, iteratorPragmas)
   # bug #7093: if after a macro transformation we don't have an

compiler/semtypes.nim

@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ proc addParamOrResult(c: PContext, param: PSym, kind: TSymKind) =
     if sfGenSym in param.flags:
       # bug #XXX, fix the gensym'ed parameters owner:
       if param.owner == nil:
-        param.owner() = getCurrOwner(c)
+        setOwner(param, getCurrOwner(c))
     else: addDecl(c, param)
 
 template shouldHaveMeta(t) =

compiler/semtypinst.nim

@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ proc replaceTypeVarsS(cl: var TReplTypeVars, s: PSym, t: PType): PSym =
   result = copySym(s, cl.c.idgen)
   incl(result.flags, sfFromGeneric)
   #idTablePut(cl.symMap, s, result)
-  result.owner() = s.owner
+  setOwner(result, s.owner)
   result.typ = t
   if result.kind != skType:
     result.ast = replaceTypeVarsN(cl, s.ast)

compiler/transf.nim

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ proc freshVar(c: PTransf; v: PSym): PNode =
   else:
     var newVar = copySym(v, c.idgen)
     incl(newVar.flags, sfFromGeneric)
-    newVar.owner() = owner
+    setOwner(newVar, owner)
     result = newSymNode(newVar)
 
 proc transformVarSection(c: PTransf, v: PNode): PNode =