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Compilation regression from Nim 1.6 to Nim 2.0/devel on 64-bit non-x86 in $ #150

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For example, aarch64. This avoids intrinsics but uses uint128:

const
useIntrinsics = X86 and not stintNoIntrinsics
useInt128 = GCC_Compatible and sizeof(int) == 8 and not stintNoIntrinsics

import "."/"nim-stint"/stint
const x: UInt256 = 0.u256
discard $x
commit 7bb0ccc7842577243edc3b8d61f75bf498551a7a (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Author: andri lim <jangko128@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 27 19:55:11 2024 +0700

    Upgrade github actions to v4 (#149)

Nim 1.6 builds this fine:

Nim Compiler Version 1.6.19 [Linux: amd64]
Compiled at 2024-03-13
Copyright (c) 2006-2023 by Andreas Rumpf

git hash: afced7d9ab62be2d1394e884fe20ce1dd5f24918
active boot switches: -d:release

Nim 2.0 and devel both create compilation messages when doing the decimal base conversion relating to

{.emit:["*",bOut, " = (NU64)(", dblPrec," >> ", 64'u64, ") & 1;"].}
{.emit:["*",diff, " = (NU64)", dblPrec,";"].}

.cache/nim/r_d/@mnim-stint@sstint@sprivate@suint_div.nim.c:368:25: error: invalid type argument of unary ‘*’ (have ‘int’)
  368 |         nimln_(184);    *(*bOut_p0) = (NU64)(dblPrec >> 64ULL) & 1;
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~
.cache/nim/r_d/@mnim-stint@sstint@sprivate@suint_div.nim.c:369:25: error: invalid type argument of unary ‘*’ (have ‘NU64’ {aka ‘long unsigned int’})
  369 |         nimln_(185);    *(*diff_p1) = (NU64)dblPrec;
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~
.cache/nim/r_d/@mnim-stint@sstint@sprivate@suint_div.nim.c: In function ‘addC__nim45stintZstintZprivateZprimitivesZaddcarry95subborrow_u62’:
.cache/nim/r_d/@mnim-stint@sstint@sprivate@suint_div.nim.c:376:25: error: invalid type argument of unary ‘*’ (have ‘int’)
  376 |         nimln_(161);    *(*cOut_p0) = (NU64)(dblPrec >> 64ULL);
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~

with commits

Nim Compiler Version 2.0.3 [Linux: amd64]
Compiled at 2024-03-13
Copyright (c) 2006-2023 by Andreas Rumpf

git hash: e374759f29da733f3c404718c333f5f3cb5f332d
active boot switches: -d:release

and

Nim Compiler Version 2.1.1 [Linux: amd64]
Compiled at 2024-03-13
Copyright (c) 2006-2024 by Andreas Rumpf

git hash: 78c834dd76f273d8813247647531005a1f7db1a6
active boot switches: -d:release

Nim 2.0 generates this, in particular

static N_INLINE(
    void, subB__nim45stintZstintZprivateZprimitivesZaddcarry95subborrow_u88)(
    NU8 *bOut_p0, NU64 *diff_p1, NU64 a_p2, NU64 b_p3, NU8 bIn_p4) {
  unsigned __int128 dblPrec;
  dblPrec = (unsigned __int128)a_p2 - (unsigned __int128)b_p3 -
            (unsigned __int128)bIn_p4;
  *(*bOut_p0) = (NU64)(dblPrec >> 64ULL) & 1;  /* doesn't compile */
  *(*diff_p1) = (NU64)dblPrec;                 /* doesn't compile */
  popFrame();
}
static N_INLINE(
    void, addC__nim45stintZstintZprivateZprimitivesZaddcarry95subborrow_u62)(
    NU8 *cOut_p0, NU64 *sum_p1, NU64 a_p2, NU64 b_p3, NU8 cIn_p4) {
  unsigned __int128 dblPrec;
  dblPrec = (unsigned __int128)a_p2 + (unsigned __int128)b_p3 +
            (unsigned __int128)cIn_p4;
  *(*cOut_p0) = (NU64)(dblPrec >> 64ULL);      /* doesn't compile */
  *(*sum_p1) = (NU64)dblPrec;
  popFrame();
}

where Nim 1.6 generates:

static N_INLINE(
    void, subB__nim45stintZstintZprivateZprimitivesZaddcarry95subborrow_u78)(
    NU8 *bOut, NU64 *diff, NU64 a, NU64 b, NU8 bIn) {
  unsigned __int128 dblPrec;
  dblPrec =
      (unsigned __int128)a - (unsigned __int128)b - (unsigned __int128)bIn;
  *bOut = (NU64)(dblPrec >> 64ULL) & 1;
  *diff = (NU64)dblPrec;
  popFrame();
}
static N_INLINE(
    void, addC__nim45stintZstintZprivateZprimitivesZaddcarry95subborrow_u62)(
    NU8 *cOut, NU64 *sum, NU64 a, NU64 b, NU8 cIn) {
  unsigned __int128 dblPrec;
  dblPrec =
      (unsigned __int128)a + (unsigned __int128)b + (unsigned __int128)cIn;
  *cOut = (NU64)(dblPrec >> 64ULL);
  *sum = (NU64)dblPrec;
  popFrame();
}

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