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2756 :: Error: ambiguous identifier: 'int' --use system.int or unknown.int

• strikr (orginal) [2017-01-25T06:10:30+01:00] view original

  working with example on page 14 of tut1.pdf.

  here is the code,

  
  var x : int32 = 1.int32
  
  var y : int8  = int8 ('a')
  
  var z : float = 2.5
  
  var sum : int = int (x) + int (y) + int (z)
  
  echo sum
  
  Run

  on compiling the following errror is seen

  
  $ nim compile int.nim
  Hint: used config file '/home/strikr/source-nim/nim/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
  Hint: system [Processing]
  Hint: int [Processing]
  int.nim(4, 22) Warning: a [b] will be parsed as command syntax; spacing is deprecated [Deprecated]
  int.nim(8, 21) Warning: a [b] will be parsed as command syntax; spacing is deprecated [Deprecated]
  int.nim(8, 31) Warning: a [b] will be parsed as command syntax; spacing is deprecated [Deprecated]
  int.nim(8, 41) Warning: a [b] will be parsed as command syntax; spacing is deprecated [Deprecated]
  int.nim(8, 11) Error: Error: ambiguous identifier: 'int' --use system.int or unknown.int
  
  Run

  the version of nim used is

  
  $ nim --version
  Nim Compiler Version 0.16.0 (2017-01-24) [Linux: amd64]
  Copyright (c) 2006-2017 by Andreas Rumpf
  
  git hash: 0ead17bf0ecb12e32f64c050f8d28f6c22a59adb
  active boot switches: -d:release
  
  Run

  what is missing in one's understanding about 'int' data type in nim ?

  what does the compiler mean by '--use system.int or unknown.int' ?

  the compiler doesn't accept it as an option.

  Is this to be specified as an option ? where ?

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• Araq (orginal) [2017-01-25T06:49:37+01:00] view original

  Do not name your file int.

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• strikr (orginal) [2017-01-25T07:55:12+01:00] view original

  Ohh ...

  files shouldn't be named with any datatype i suppose !

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• LeuGim (orginal) [2017-01-25T12:36:31+01:00] view original

  No, you can name it as any datatype, just the module's name becomes a symbol in the scope, the same as types or variables, so you can say write in your case int.x. Just there are 2 int then, so you have to be more explicit to use one of them, var sum : system.int = system.int (x) + system.int (y) + system.int (z) in your case, or type integer=system.int, and then use integer as the name for int type. If you really need that name for your module...

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