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1027 :: I may have a problem

• Stefan_Salewski (orginal) [2015-03-15T20:53:24+01:00] view original

  In module gobject I have

  type
    GObject* =  ptr GObjectObj
    GObjectPtr* = ptr GObjectObj
    GObjectObj* = object of GTypeInstanceObj
      ref_count*: guint
      qdata*: GData

  And in my application

  import gobject
    
    var ttt: ptr GObjectObj
    var ttta: GObject
    var tttb: gobject.GObject

  For the last line I get

  test_completion.nim(72, 19) Hint: conversion from GObject to itself is pointless [ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded] test_completion.nim(72, 19) Error: type expected

  That was not really expected by me. :-(

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• EXetoC2 (orginal) [2015-03-15T21:03:30+01:00] view original

  This seems to imply that there's some issue with the style insensitivity, as in it's treated as GObject.GObject

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• Stefan_Salewski (orginal) [2015-03-17T13:41:27+01:00] view original

  Sorry, I really feel stupid, it was too late in the evening. Problem is only name of proc parameter.

  import gobject
  
  proc test_provider_dispose(gobject: GObject) =
    
    var ttta: GObject
    var tttb: gobject.GObject
    
    echo 0
  
  t2.nim(6, 19) Hint: conversion from GObject to itself is pointless [ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded]
  t2.nim(6, 19) Error: type expected

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• kirbyfan64sos (orginal) [2015-03-17T23:57:30+01:00] view original

  Do you have a recent version of Nim? The newer versions have partial case sensitivity; the first letter is case-sensitive, the rest isn't.

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• Stefan_Salewski (orginal) [2015-03-18T00:04:33+01:00] view original

  So my reply was unclear again? The problem is solved, it was caused by the stupid proc parameter name. That confused Nim compiler, and Nim compiler error message confused me.

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