use old typeinfo generation for hot code reloading (#22518)

* use old typeinfo generation for hot code reloading

* at least test hello world compilation on orc

compiler/ccgtypes.nim

@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ proc genTypeInfoV2(m: BModule; t: PType; info: TLineInfo): Rope =
     return prefixTI.rope & result & ")".rope
 
   m.g.typeInfoMarkerV2[sig] = (str: result, owner: owner)
-  if m.compileToCpp:
+  if m.compileToCpp or m.hcrOn:
     genTypeInfoV2OldImpl(m, t, origType, result, info)
   else:
     genTypeInfoV2Impl(m, t, origType, result, info)

testament/categories.nim

@@ -81,10 +81,13 @@ proc runBasicDLLTest(c, r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string, isOrc =
   testSpec r, makeTest("tests/dll/nimhcr_unit.nim", options & " --threads:off" & rpath, cat)
   testSpec r, makeTest("tests/dll/visibility.nim", options & " --threads:off" & rpath, cat)
 
-  if "boehm" notin options and not isOrc:
+  if "boehm" notin options:
     # hcr tests
 
-    testSpec r, makeTest("tests/dll/nimhcr_basic.nim", options & " --threads:off --forceBuild --hotCodeReloading:on " & rpath, cat)
+    var basicHcrTest = makeTest("tests/dll/nimhcr_basic.nim", options & " --threads:off --forceBuild --hotCodeReloading:on " & rpath, cat)
+    # test segfaults for now but compiles:
+    if isOrc: basicHcrTest.spec.action = actionCompile
+    testSpec r, basicHcrTest
 
     # force build required - see the comments in the .nim file for more details
     var hcri = makeTest("tests/dll/nimhcr_integration.nim",

tests/dll/nimhcr_basic.nim

@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ discard """
 Hello world
 '''
 """
+# for now orc only tests successful compilation
 
 echo "Hello world"