From 58480e57f984d3705c8e99de9a94d855caa2bec9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothee Cour <timothee.cour2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:49:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add workaround for
 https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2465#issuecomment-511076669

---
 lib/core/macros.nim | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index d509fc998e420..ab11729b2ff9c 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -1452,7 +1452,8 @@ macro genAst*(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped =
       (2, "asdf", "caller scope!", kfoo1, kfoo2, kfoo3, kfoo4)
 
   let params = newTree(nnkFormalParams, newEmptyNode())
-  let name = genSym(nskTemplate, "fun")
+  # using `_` as workaround, see https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2465#issuecomment-511076669
+  let name = genSym(nskTemplate, "_fun")
   let call = newCall(name)
   for a in args[0..^2]:
     var varName: NimNode