M minpkg/core/utils.nim → minpkg/core/utils.nim

@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ proc dget*(i: In, q: MinValue, s: MinValue): MinValue =
   if not q.isDictionary:
     raiseInvalid("Value is not a dictionary")
   if q.dVal[s.getString].kind == minProcOp:
-    raiseInvalid("Key '$1' is set to a native value that cannot be retrieved." % [s.getString])
+    raiseInvalid("Key '$1' is set to an operator and it cannot be retrieved." % [s.getString])
   result = q.dVal[s.getString].val
 
 proc dget*(i: In, q: MinValue, s: string): MinValue =
   if not q.isDictionary:
     raiseInvalid("Value is not a dictionary")
   if q.dVal[s].kind == minProcOp:
-    raiseInvalid("Key $1 is set to a native value that cannot be retrieved." % [s])
+    raiseInvalid("Key $1 is set to an operator and it cannot be retrieved." % [s])
   result = q.dVal[s].val
 
 proc dhas*(q: MinValue, s: MinValue): bool =
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ # Assumes q is a dictionary
   var r = newSeq[MinValue](0)
   for item in q.dVal.values:
     if item.kind == minProcOp:
-      raiseInvalid("Dictionary contains native values that cannot be accessed.")
+      raiseInvalid("Dictionary contains operators that cannot be accessed.")
     r.add item.val
   return r.newVal
   
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ # Assumes q is a dictionary
   var r = newSeq[MinValue](0)
   for key, value in q.dVal.pairs:
     if value.kind == minProcOp:
-      raiseInvalid("Dictionary contains native values that cannot be accessed.")
+      raiseInvalid("Dictionary contains operators that cannot be accessed.")
     r.add key.newVal
     r.add value.val
   return r.newVal

M minpkg/lib/min_lang.nim → minpkg/lib/min_lang.nim

@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ let sym = i.scope.getSymbol(str)
     if sym.kind == minValOp:
       i.push sym.val
     else:
-      raiseInvalid("No source available for native symbol '$1'." % str)
+      raiseInvalid("Unable to display source: '$1' is an operator." % str)
 
   def.symbol("invoke") do (i: In):
     let vals = i.expect("'sym")
@@ -701,7 +701,8 @@ let mdl = vals[0]
       let symId = parts[p+1] 
       let origScope = i.scope
       i.scope = mdl.scope
-      i.scope.parent = origScope
+      if not i.scope.parent.isNil:
+        i.scope.parent = origScope
       let sym = i.scope.getSymbol(symId)
       i.apply(sym)
       i.scope = origScope

M next-release.md → next-release.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ * #141 - The **'** symbol is now an alias of the **quotesym** symbol (but its behavior remains the same: it can be used to created quotes symbols from a string), and the **'** sigil is equivalent to the new **quotesym** symbol, not **quote**.
 
 ### Fixes
 
+* #140 - It is now possible to invoke symbols on ROOT.
 * #147 - Fixed an error when processing operator output values.
 * Now adding **help.json** to installation folder when installing via nimble.
 * #151 - Added documentation for **integer**.