diff --git a/cmd/tools/vast/vast.v b/cmd/tools/vast/vast.v
index 8d0db8d9bf..602b4753a0 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vast/vast.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vast/vast.v
@@ -1072,13 +1072,13 @@ fn (t Tree) comptime_call(node ast.ComptimeCall) &Node {
 	mut obj := create_object()
 	obj.add_terse('ast_type', t.string_node('ComptimeCall'))
 	obj.add_terse('method_name', t.string_node(node.method_name))
+	obj.add_terse('kind', t.enum_node(node.kind))
 	obj.add_terse('left', t.expr(node.left))
 	obj.add_terse('is_vweb', t.bool_node(node.is_vweb))
 	obj.add_terse('is_veb', t.bool_node(node.is_veb))
 	obj.add_terse('veb_tmpl', t.string_node(node.veb_tmpl.path))
 	obj.add_terse('args_var', t.string_node(node.args_var))
 	obj.add_terse('has_parens', t.bool_node(node.has_parens))
-	obj.add_terse('is_embed', t.bool_node(node.is_embed))
 	obj.add_terse('embed_file', t.embed_file(node.embed_file))
 	obj.add('method_pos', t.pos(node.method_pos))
 	obj.add_terse('left_type', t.type_node(node.left_type))
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index e1a6e9ebe6..6d49a84d66 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -2050,21 +2050,32 @@ pub mut:
 	typ_key    string // `f.typ` cached key for type resolver
 }
 
+pub enum ComptimeCallKind {
+	unknown
+	d
+	env
+	res
+	html
+	tmpl
+	method
+	pkgconfig
+	embed_file
+	compile_warn
+	compile_error
+}
+
 @[minify]
 pub struct ComptimeCall {
 pub:
-	pos              token.Pos
-	has_parens       bool // if $() is used, for vfmt
-	method_name      string
-	method_pos       token.Pos
-	scope            &Scope = unsafe { nil }
-	is_vweb          bool
-	is_veb           bool
-	is_embed         bool // $embed_file(...)
-	is_env           bool // $env(...) // TODO: deprecate after $d() is stable
-	is_compile_value bool // $d(...)
-	env_pos          token.Pos
-	is_pkgconfig     bool
+	pos         token.Pos
+	has_parens  bool // if $() is used, for vfmt
+	method_name string
+	kind        ComptimeCallKind
+	method_pos  token.Pos
+	scope       &Scope = unsafe { nil }
+	is_vweb     bool
+	is_veb      bool
+	env_pos     token.Pos
 mut:
 	is_d_resolved bool
 pub mut:
@@ -2087,7 +2098,7 @@ pub fn (mut cc ComptimeCall) resolve_compile_value(compile_values map[string]str
 	if cc.is_d_resolved {
 		return
 	}
-	if !cc.is_compile_value {
+	if cc.kind != .d {
 		return error('ComptimeCall is not \$d()')
 	}
 	arg := cc.args[0] or {
@@ -2109,7 +2120,7 @@ pub fn (mut cc ComptimeCall) resolve_compile_value(compile_values map[string]str
 // `ast.Expr`'s `str()' method (used by e.g. vfmt).
 pub fn (cc ComptimeCall) expr_str() string {
 	mut str := 'ast.ComptimeCall'
-	if cc.is_compile_value {
+	if cc.kind == .d {
 		arg := cc.args[0] or { return str }
 		if arg.expr.is_pure_literal() {
 			str = "\$${cc.method_name}('${cc.args_var}', ${arg})"
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 9e6e31e500..7129a46d4c 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -4669,7 +4669,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) find_obj_definition(obj ast.ScopeObject) !ast.Expr {
 	if mut expr is ast.Ident {
 		return c.find_definition(expr)
 	}
-	if mut expr is ast.ComptimeCall && expr.is_compile_value {
+	if mut expr is ast.ComptimeCall && expr.kind == .d {
 		if expr.result_type == ast.bool_type {
 			return ast.BoolLiteral{
 				val: expr.compile_value.bool()
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/comptime.v b/vlib/v/checker/comptime.v
index db69498033..a1b529cefe 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/comptime.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/comptime.v
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ fn (mut c Checker) comptime_call(mut node ast.ComptimeCall) ast.Type {
 	if node.left !is ast.EmptyExpr {
 		node.left_type = c.expr(mut node.left)
 	}
-	if node.method_name == 'compile_error' {
+	if node.kind == .compile_error {
 		c.error(c.comptime_call_msg(node), node.pos)
 		return ast.void_type
-	} else if node.method_name == 'compile_warn' {
+	} else if node.kind == .compile_warn {
 		c.warn(c.comptime_call_msg(node), node.pos)
 		return ast.void_type
 	}
-	if node.is_env {
+	if node.kind == .env {
 		env_value := util.resolve_env_value("\$env('${node.args_var}')", false) or {
 			c.error(err.msg(), node.env_pos)
 			return ast.string_type
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ fn (mut c Checker) comptime_call(mut node ast.ComptimeCall) ast.Type {
 		node.env_value = env_value
 		return ast.string_type
 	}
-	if node.is_compile_value {
+	if node.kind == .d {
 		node.resolve_compile_value(c.pref.compile_values) or {
 			c.error(err.msg(), node.pos)
 			return ast.void_type
 		}
 		return node.result_type
 	}
-	if node.is_embed {
+	if node.kind == .embed_file {
 		if node.args.len == 1 {
 			embed_arg := node.args[0]
 			mut raw_path := ''
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) comptime_call(mut node ast.ComptimeCall) ast.Type {
 
 		c.table.cur_fn = save_cur_fn
 	}
-	if node.method_name == 'html' {
+	if node.kind == .html {
 		ret_sym := c.table.sym(c.table.cur_fn.return_type)
 		if ret_sym.cname !in ['veb__Result', 'vweb__Result', 'x__vweb__Result'] {
 			ct_call := if node.is_veb { 'veb' } else { 'vweb' }
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) comptime_call(mut node ast.ComptimeCall) ast.Type {
 		c.stmts_ending_with_expression(mut node.or_block.stmts, c.expected_or_type)
 		return c.type_resolver.get_type(node)
 	}
-	if node.method_name == 'res' {
+	if node.kind == .res {
 		if !c.inside_defer {
 			c.error('`res` can only be used in defer blocks', node.pos)
 			return ast.void_type
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) comptime_if_cond(mut cond ast.Expr, pos token.Pos) ComptimeBr
 			}
 		}
 		ast.ComptimeCall {
-			if cond.is_pkgconfig {
+			if cond.kind == .pkgconfig {
 				mut m := pkgconfig.main([cond.args_var]) or {
 					c.error(err.msg(), cond.pos)
 					return .skip
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) comptime_if_cond(mut cond ast.Expr, pos token.Pos) ComptimeBr
 				m.run() or { return .skip }
 				return .eval
 			}
-			if cond.is_compile_value {
+			if cond.kind == .d {
 				t := c.expr(mut cond)
 				if t != ast.bool_type {
 					c.error('inside \$if, only \$d() expressions that return bool are allowed',
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/containers.v b/vlib/v/checker/containers.v
index 5c44998a2b..792763162a 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/containers.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/containers.v
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) eval_array_fixed_sizes(mut size_expr ast.Expr, size int, elem
 				fixed_size = size_expr.val.int()
 			}
 			ast.ComptimeCall {
-				if size_expr.is_compile_value {
+				if size_expr.kind == .d {
 					size_expr.resolve_compile_value(c.pref.compile_values) or {
 						c.error(err.msg(), size_expr.pos)
 					}
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/return.v b/vlib/v/checker/return.v
index f6215a7c5d..883fa31da9 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/return.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/return.v
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) return_stmt(mut node ast.Return) {
 			c.error('cannot use `${c.table.type_to_str(got_type)}` as ${c.error_type_name(exp_type)} in return argument',
 				exprv.pos())
 		}
-		if exprv is ast.ComptimeCall && exprv.method_name == 'tmpl'
+		if exprv is ast.ComptimeCall && exprv.kind == .tmpl
 			&& c.table.final_sym(exp_type).kind != .string {
 			c.error('cannot use `string` as type `${c.table.type_to_str(exp_type)}` in return argument',
 				exprv.pos)
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ fn has_top_return(stmts []ast.Stmt) bool {
 						return true
 					}
 				} else if stmt.expr is ast.ComptimeCall {
-					if stmt.expr.method_name == 'compile_error' {
+					if stmt.expr.kind == .compile_error {
 						return true
 					}
 				} else if stmt.expr is ast.LockExpr {
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/struct.v b/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
index 205330d45e..649cfd4d34 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) struct_decl(mut node ast.StructDecl) {
 				if sym.info is ast.ArrayFixed && field.typ == field.default_expr_typ {
 					if sym.info.size_expr is ast.ComptimeCall {
 						// field [$d('x' ,2)]int = [1 ,2]!
-						if sym.info.size_expr.method_name == 'd' {
+						if sym.info.size_expr.kind == .d {
 							c.error('cannot initialize a fixed size array field that uses `\$d()` as size quantifier since the size may change via -d',
 								field.default_expr.pos())
 						}
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
index 2c9018dd49..4ff3cda1f2 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) chan_init(mut node ast.ChanInit) {
 
 pub fn (mut f Fmt) comptime_call(node ast.ComptimeCall) {
 	if node.is_vweb {
-		if node.method_name == 'html' {
+		if node.kind == .html {
 			if node.args.len == 1 && node.args[0].expr is ast.StringLiteral {
 				if node.is_veb {
 					f.write('\$veb.html(')
@@ -2270,7 +2270,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) comptime_call(node ast.ComptimeCall) {
 		}
 	} else {
 		match true {
-			node.is_embed {
+			node.kind == .embed_file {
 				f.write('\$embed_file(')
 				f.expr(node.args[0].expr)
 				if node.embed_file.compression_type != 'none' {
@@ -2278,13 +2278,13 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) comptime_call(node ast.ComptimeCall) {
 				}
 				f.write(')')
 			}
-			node.is_env {
+			node.kind == .env {
 				f.write("\$env('${node.args_var}')")
 			}
-			node.is_pkgconfig {
+			node.kind == .pkgconfig {
 				f.write("\$pkgconfig('${node.args_var}')")
 			}
-			node.method_name in ['compile_error', 'compile_warn'] {
+			node.kind in [.compile_error, .compile_warn] {
 				if node.args.len == 0 {
 					if node.args_var.contains("'") {
 						f.write('\$${node.method_name}("${node.args_var}")')
@@ -2297,12 +2297,12 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) comptime_call(node ast.ComptimeCall) {
 					f.write(')')
 				}
 			}
-			node.method_name == 'd' {
+			node.kind == .d {
 				f.write("\$d('${node.args_var}', ")
 				f.expr(node.args[0].expr)
 				f.write(')')
 			}
-			node.method_name == 'res' {
+			node.kind == .res {
 				if node.args_var != '' {
 					f.write('\$res(${node.args_var})')
 				} else {
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/comptime.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/comptime.v
index f8d0e4d7af..6d03f12bd9 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/comptime.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/comptime.v
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_comptime_selector(expr ast.ComptimeSelector) string {
 }
 
 fn (mut g Gen) comptime_call(mut node ast.ComptimeCall) {
-	if node.is_embed {
+	if node.kind == .embed_file {
 		// $embed_file('/path/to/file')
 		g.gen_embed_file_init(mut node)
 		return
 	}
-	if node.method_name == 'env' {
+	if node.kind == .env {
 		// $env('ENV_VAR_NAME')
 		// TODO: deprecate after support for $d() is stable
 		val := util.cescaped_path(os.getenv(node.args_var))
 		g.write('_S("${val}")')
 		return
 	}
-	if node.method_name == 'd' {
+	if node.kind == .d {
 		// $d('some_string',<default value>), affected by `-d some_string=actual_value`
 		val := util.cescaped_path(node.compile_value)
 		if node.result_type == ast.string_type {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) comptime_call(mut node ast.ComptimeCall) {
 		}
 		return
 	}
-	if node.method_name == 'res' {
+	if node.kind == .res {
 		if node.args_var != '' {
 			g.write('${g.defer_return_tmp_var}.arg${node.args_var}')
 			return
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) comptime_call(mut node ast.ComptimeCall) {
 		return
 	}
 	if node.is_vweb {
-		is_html := node.method_name == 'html'
+		is_html := node.kind == .html
 		mut cur_line := ''
 
 		if !is_html {
@@ -799,11 +799,11 @@ fn (mut g Gen) comptime_if_cond(cond ast.Expr, pkg_exist bool) (bool, bool) {
 			return true, false
 		}
 		ast.ComptimeCall {
-			if cond.method_name == 'pkgconfig' {
+			if cond.kind == .pkgconfig {
 				g.write('${pkg_exist}')
 				return true, false
 			}
-			if cond.method_name == 'd' {
+			if cond.kind == .d {
 				if cond.result_type == ast.bool_type {
 					if cond.compile_value == 'true' {
 						g.write('1')
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
index ca334f4e0d..998583a677 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_to_str_method_call(node ast.CallExpr) bool {
 		g.gen_expr_to_string(left_node, rec_type)
 		return true
 	} else if left_node is ast.ComptimeCall {
-		if left_node.method_name == 'method' {
+		if left_node.kind == .method {
 			sym := g.table.sym(g.unwrap_generic(left_node.left_type))
 			if m := sym.find_method(g.comptime.comptime_for_method.name) {
 				rec_type = m.return_type
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) fn_call(node ast.CallExpr) {
 						typ = g.type_resolver.get_ct_type_or_default(expr.typ_key, typ)
 					}
 				} else if expr is ast.ComptimeCall {
-					if expr.method_name == 'method' {
+					if expr.kind == .method {
 						sym := g.table.sym(g.unwrap_generic(expr.left_type))
 						if m := sym.find_method(g.comptime.comptime_for_method.name) {
 							typ = m.return_type
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/golang/golang.v b/vlib/v/gen/golang/golang.v
index 52c6891a0f..2573b04ece 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/golang/golang.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/golang/golang.v
@@ -1542,21 +1542,21 @@ pub fn (mut f Gen) chan_init(mut node ast.ChanInit) {
 
 pub fn (mut f Gen) comptime_call(node ast.ComptimeCall) {
 	if node.is_vweb {
-		if node.method_name == 'html' {
+		if node.kind == .html {
 			f.write('\$vweb.html()')
 		} else {
 			f.write("\$tmpl('${node.args_var}')")
 		}
 	} else {
-		if node.is_embed {
+		if node.kind == .embed_file {
 			if node.embed_file.compression_type == 'none' {
 				f.write("\$embed_file('${node.embed_file.rpath}')")
 			} else {
 				f.write("\$embed_file('${node.embed_file.rpath}', .${node.embed_file.compression_type})")
 			}
-		} else if node.is_env {
+		} else if node.kind == .env {
 			f.write("\$env('${node.args_var}')")
-		} else if node.is_pkgconfig {
+		} else if node.kind == .pkgconfig {
 			f.write("\$pkgconfig('${node.args_var}')")
 		} else {
 			inner_args := if node.args_var != '' {
diff --git a/vlib/v/markused/walker.v b/vlib/v/markused/walker.v
index c55556012b..e9ce833eec 100644
--- a/vlib/v/markused/walker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/markused/walker.v
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ fn (mut w Walker) expr(node_ ast.Expr) {
 			if node.is_vweb {
 				w.stmts(node.veb_tmpl.stmts)
 			}
-			if node.is_embed {
+			if node.kind == .embed_file {
 				w.features.used_maps++
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v b/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
index 336c6bf615..f259e4d168 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/comptime.v
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ const error_msg = 'only `\$tmpl()`, `\$env()`, `\$embed_file()`, `\$pkgconfig()`
 fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 	err_node := ast.ComptimeCall{
 		scope: unsafe { nil }
+		kind:  .unknown
 	}
 	start_pos := p.tok.pos()
 	p.check(.dollar)
@@ -163,14 +164,14 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 		s := p.tok.lit
 		p.check(.string)
 		p.check(.rpar)
+		is_env := method_name == 'env'
 		return ast.ComptimeCall{
-			scope:        unsafe { nil }
-			method_name:  method_name
-			args_var:     s
-			is_env:       method_name == 'env'
-			is_pkgconfig: method_name == 'pkgconfig'
-			env_pos:      start_pos
-			pos:          start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
+			scope:       unsafe { nil }
+			method_name: method_name
+			kind:        if is_env { .env } else { .pkgconfig }
+			args_var:    s
+			env_pos:     start_pos
+			pos:         start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
 		}
 	} else if method_name in ['compile_error', 'compile_warn'] {
 		mut s := ''
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 		return ast.ComptimeCall{
 			scope:       unsafe { nil }
 			method_name: method_name
+			kind:        if method_name == 'compile_error' { .compile_error } else { .compile_warn }
 			args_var:    s
 			env_pos:     start_pos
 			pos:         start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 			return ast.ComptimeCall{
 				scope:       unsafe { nil }
 				method_name: method_name
+				kind:        .res
 				args_var:    type_index
 				pos:         start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
 			}
@@ -214,6 +217,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 		return ast.ComptimeCall{
 			scope:       unsafe { nil }
 			method_name: method_name
+			kind:        .res
 			pos:         start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
 		}
 	} else if method_name == 'd' {
@@ -230,12 +234,12 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 		]
 		p.check(.rpar)
 		return ast.ComptimeCall{
-			scope:            unsafe { nil }
-			is_compile_value: true
-			method_name:      method_name
-			args_var:         const_string
-			args:             args
-			pos:              start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
+			scope:       unsafe { nil }
+			method_name: method_name
+			kind:        .d
+			args_var:    const_string
+			args:        args
+			pos:         start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
 		}
 	}
 	has_string_arg := p.tok.kind == .string
@@ -280,13 +284,14 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 			p.register_auto_import('v.preludes.embed_file.zlib')
 		}
 		return ast.ComptimeCall{
-			scope:      unsafe { nil }
-			is_embed:   true
-			embed_file: ast.EmbeddedFile{
+			scope:       unsafe { nil }
+			method_name: method_name
+			kind:        .embed_file
+			embed_file:  ast.EmbeddedFile{
 				compression_type: embed_compression_type
 			}
-			args:       [arg]
-			pos:        start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
+			args:        [arg]
+			pos:         start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
 		}
 	}
 	// Compile vweb html template to V code, parse that V code and embed the resulting V function
@@ -324,6 +329,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 					is_vweb:     true
 					is_veb:      is_veb
 					method_name: method_name
+					kind:        if is_html { .html } else { .tmpl }
 					args_var:    literal_string_param
 					args:        [arg]
 					pos:         start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
@@ -371,6 +377,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_call() ast.ComptimeCall {
 		is_veb:      is_veb
 		veb_tmpl:    file
 		method_name: method_name
+		kind:        if is_html { .html } else { .tmpl }
 		args_var:    literal_string_param
 		args:        [arg]
 		pos:         start_pos.extend(p.prev_tok.pos())
@@ -537,6 +544,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) comptime_selector(left ast.Expr) ast.Expr {
 		return ast.ComptimeCall{
 			left:        left
 			method_name: method_name
+			kind:        .method
 			method_pos:  method_pos
 			scope:       p.scope
 			args_var:    ''
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v b/vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v
index e17634d9c3..cc9544464f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) parse_array_type(expecting token.Kind, is_option bool) ast.Typ
 					size_unresolved = false
 				}
 				ast.ComptimeCall {
-					if size_expr.is_compile_value {
+					if size_expr.kind == .d {
 						size_expr.resolve_compile_value(p.pref.compile_values) or {
 							p.error_with_pos(err.msg(), size_expr.pos)
 						}