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4000 :: modifications to nim.cfg not working when hacking on compiler

• timothee (orginal) [2018-06-30T02:23:33+02:00] view original

  If I modify Nim/config/nim.cfg, some modifications don't seem to work:

  
  --verbosity:3 => works
  hint[source]=on => doesn't work
  Run

  eg, say I duplicate a definition in a file test.nim outside of Nim repo:

  #test.nim
  import osproc
  let a=1
  let a=1
  Run

  Nim/bin/nim c -o:app -r test.nim

  the hint hint[source]=on is correctly applied:

  main.nim(5, 5) Error: undeclared identifier: 'test_execCmdEx_temp'

  test_execCmdEx_temp()

  However, if I modify Nim/lib/pure/osproc.nim and introduce an error, the hint hint[source]=on is not applied:

  Nim/lib/pure/osproc.nim(830, 11) Error: redefinition of 'a'

  without the 2nd line (controlled by hint[source]=on`)

  What's weird is that other changes do work, eg --verbosity:3

  I also tried running ./koch tools and ./koch boot -d:release after modifying Nim/config/nim.cfg, but it didn't help

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