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5272 :: What does the asterisk do after a variable name?

• girng (orginal) [2019-10-03T20:52:18+02:00] view original

  Example:

  
  var
    users* {.threadvar.}: seq[string]
  Run

  I'm brand new to nim. Just heard about it today and I'm in love with the syntax.

  I googled but couldn't find anything. I think I read it was something to do with exports, but not sure?

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• mratsim (orginal) [2019-10-03T21:25:36+02:00] view original

  It makes the variable public and importable from other module/files

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• girng (orginal) [2019-10-03T21:28:32+02:00] view original

  Nice. I thought it had to do with pointers, references, etc. I was like omg lol

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