update ci.yml to test Nim 2.2; also test gcc-14 (#42)

* update ci.yml to test Nim 2.2; also test gcc-14

* stop testing C++ backend

* disable unused x86-only rdtsc reading function

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Co-authored-by: tersec <tersec@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: narimiran

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -19,27 +19,39 @@ jobs:
         target:
           - os: linux
             cpu: amd64
+          - os: linux-gcc-14 # This is to use ubuntu 24 and install gcc 14. Should be removed when ubuntu-latest is 26.04
+            cpu: amd64
           - os: linux
             cpu: i386
           - os: macos
             cpu: amd64
+          - os: macos
+            cpu: arm64
           - os: windows
             cpu: amd64
-          #- os: windows
-            #cpu: i386
-        branch: [version-1-6, version-2-0, devel]
+        branch: [version-2-0, version-2-2, devel]
         include:
           - target:
               os: linux
-            builder: ubuntu-20.04
+            builder: ubuntu-latest
+            shell: bash
+          - target:
+              os: linux-gcc-14 # This is to use ubuntu 24 and install gcc 14. Should be removed when ubuntu-latest is 26.04
+            builder: ubuntu-24.04
             shell: bash
           - target:
               os: macos
-            builder: macos-12
+              cpu: amd64
+            builder: macos-13
+            shell: bash
+          - target:
+              os: macos
+              cpu: arm64
+            builder: macos-latest
             shell: bash
           - target:
               os: windows
-            builder: windows-2019
+            builder: windows-latest
             shell: msys2 {0}
 
     defaults:
@@ -51,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.branch == 'devel' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install build dependencies (Linux i386)
         if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.target.cpu == 'i386'
@@ -97,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Restore Nim DLLs dependencies (Windows) from cache
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         id: windows-dlls-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: external/dlls-${{ matrix.target.cpu }}
           key: 'dlls-${{ matrix.target.cpu }}'
@@ -121,6 +133,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [[ '${{ matrix.target.cpu }}' == 'amd64' ]]; then
             PLATFORM=x64
+          elif [[ '${{ matrix.target.cpu }}' == 'arm64' ]]; then
+            PLATFORM=arm64
           else
             PLATFORM=x86
           fi
@@ -152,10 +166,19 @@ jobs:
             bash build_nim.sh nim csources dist/nimble NimBinaries
           echo '${{ github.workspace }}/nim/bin' >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
+      - name: Use gcc 14
+        # Should be removed when ubuntu-latest is 26.04
+        if : ${{ matrix.target.os == 'linux-gcc-14' }}
+        run: |
+          # Add GCC-14 to alternatives
+          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-14 14
+          # Set GCC-14 as the default
+          sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-14
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           nim --version
           nimble --version
+          gcc --version
           nimble install -y --depsOnly
           env NIMLANG=c nimble test
-          env NIMLANG=cpp nimble test

benchmarks/wtime.h

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static inline double Wtime_usec(void)
 	return tv.tv_sec * 1e6 + tv.tv_usec;
 }
 
+#if 0
 // Read time stamp counter on x86
 static inline unsigned long long readtsc(void)
 {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ static inline unsigned long long readtsc(void)
 	asm volatile ("rdtsc" : "=a" (lo), "=d" (hi));
  	return (unsigned long long)hi << 32 | lo;
 }
+#endif
 
 #define WTIME_unique_var_name_paste(id, n) id ## n
 #define WTIME_unique_var_name(id, n) WTIME_unique_var_name_paste(id, n)

taskpools.nimble

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ proc build(args, path: string) =
   exec nimc & " " & lang & " " & cfg & " " & flags & " " & args & " " & path
 
 proc run(args, path: string) =
-  build args & " -r", path
+  build args & " --mm:refc -r", path
   if (NimMajor, NimMinor) > (1, 6):
-    build args & " --mm:refc -r", path
+    build args & " --mm:orc -r", path
 
 task test, "Run Taskpools tests":
   # Internal data structures