fixup

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ jobs:
         EOF
 
         sudo apt-fast update -qq
+        # `:i386` (e.g. in `libffi-dev:i386`) is needed otherwise you may get:
+        # `could not load: libffi.so` during dynamic loading.
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' \
           sudo apt-fast install --no-install-recommends --allow-downgrades -yq \
             g++-multilib gcc-multilib libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386 libgc-dev:i386 \
-            libsdl1.2-dev:i386 libsfml-dev:i386 libglib2.0-dev:i386 libffi-dev
+            libsdl1.2-dev:i386 libsfml-dev:i386 libglib2.0-dev:i386 libffi-dev:i386
 
         cat << EOF > bin/gcc
         #!/bin/bash

koch.nim

@@ -485,10 +485,6 @@ proc runCI(cmd: string) =
   ## build nimble early on to enable remainder to depend on it if needed
   kochExecFold("Build Nimble", "nimble")
 
-  ## test -d:nimHasLibFFI
-  execFold("nimble install -y libffi", "nimble install -y libffi")
-  kochExecFold("boot -d:release -d:nimHasLibFFI", "boot -d:release -d:nimHasLibFFI")
-
   if getEnv("NIM_TEST_PACKAGES", "false") == "true":
     execFold("Test selected Nimble packages", "nim c -r testament/testament cat nimble-packages")
   else:
@@ -502,6 +498,13 @@ proc runCI(cmd: string) =
 
     # main bottleneck here
     execFold("Run tester", "nim c -r -d:nimCoroutines testament/testament --pedantic all -d:nimCoroutines")
+    block: # CT FFI
+      when defined(posix): # windows can be handled in future PR's
+        execFold("nimble install -y libffi", "nimble install -y libffi")
+        const nimFFI = "./bin/nim.ctffi"
+        # no need to bootstrap with koch boot (would be slower)
+        execFold("build with -d:nimHasLibFFI", "nim c -d:release -d:nimHasLibFFI -o:$1 compiler/nim.nim" % [nimFFI])
+        execFold("test with -d:nimHasLibFFI", "nim c -r testament/testament --nim:$1 r tests/vm/tevalffi.nim" % [nimFFI])
 
     execFold("Run nimdoc tests", "nim c -r nimdoc/tester")
     execFold("Run nimpretty tests", "nim c -r nimpretty/tester.nim")

tests/vm/tevalffi.nim

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ foo:102:103:104
 foo:0.03:asdf:103:105
 ret={s1:foobar s2:foobar age:25 pi:3.14}
 '''
+  disabled: "windows"
 """
 
 # re-enable for windows once libffi can be installed in koch.nim