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3548 :: Get location of nimcache folder at compile time

• cdome (orginal) [2018-02-14T16:58:17+01:00] view original

  Is it possible to get a location of nimcache folder at compile time?

  compileOption("nimcache")
  Run

  doesn't seem to work

  Thanks

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• c0ntribut0r (orginal) [2018-02-14T18:25:12+01:00] view original

  Maybe system.nimscript.nimcacheDir() may help?

  See github

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• cdome (orginal) [2018-02-15T15:15:04+01:00] view original

  Hi, nimcacheDir() seems to work only in the nimscript, I need it at module compilation time.

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• c0ntribut0r (orginal) [2018-02-16T10:02:32+01:00] view original

  The only thing I found is that nimscript function :( What's the use-case btw? I found the rule: when I try to do smth and there's no easy solution for it -> probably my code smells and I'm doing smth totally wrong :) Why do you ever need to touch the cache?

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• auxym (orginal) [2022-09-02T15:44:51+02:00] view original

  Old thread but wanted to post a solution because this thread turned up first in my searches. This worked for me:

  
  import std/compilesettings
  const nimcache = querySetting(SingleValueSetting.nimcacheDir)
  Run

  https://nim-lang.org/docs/compilesettings.html

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