VM: allow setting ptr/pointer fields at CT #12825
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/cc @Araq
before PR:
Error: unhandled exception: intVal [FieldError]
whenever setting a ptr or pointer field (assigning a ptr variable at CT already works)
after PR:
setting a ptr or pointer field works
examples
there are many use cases, here's a simple one (example1 with pointer field) and a more elaborate one (example2 with ptr field)
example below requires building nim with -d:nimHasLibFFI and compiling with --experimental:compiletimeFFI for importc at CT
t0816.nim:
t0816b.nim:
note
I added a comment regarding
nkPtrLit, which is what compiler/evalffi.nim uses:ideally, nkPtrLit could be a new member of TNodeKind to avoid conflation; but this could be done in future PR