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2834 :: Inbuilt vs Custom types

• geekboy (orginal) [2017-03-08T11:44:33+01:00] view original

  Is there a way to find out if a variable is of inbuilt type or a custom (user defined) type? TIA

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• Araq (orginal) [2017-03-08T11:58:51+01:00] view original

  Please use nimsuggest with your favourite editor. I move my mouse cursor over an identifier to see where it comes from and you can do the same. :-)

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• geekboy (orginal) [2017-03-08T13:00:33+01:00] view original

  @Araq thanks for the suggestion :). I already use nimsuggest. But I wanted to check in code if a variable is of inbuilt or custom type.

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• Araq (orginal) [2017-03-08T13:39:02+01:00] view original

  Ah ok. Well what's a builtin type? In system.nim? In the stdlib? You can use macros.getType and friends for compiletime introspection.

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