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5515 :: Help needed on script for compiling Nim programs

• edu500ac (orginal) [2019-11-14T16:20:51+01:00] view original

  I am using a Makefile script for compiling Nim programs. However, RSDuck suggested the replacement of Makefile with nimscript. I confess that I didn't know anything about the very existence of nimscript, and I want to thank RSDuck for drawing my attention to it. However, in nimscript, I encountered the same kind of problem that I found in macros: The lack of simple examples. Anyway, here is the script I wrote:

  #!/usr/local/bin/nim
  
  mode = ScriptMode.Silent
  # Options: Silent, Verbose, Whatif
  
  let
    app=paramStr(2)
    src= app & ".nim"
    exe= app & ".x"
  
  let C= "nim c --hints:off --nimcache:xx -d:danger -o:"
  exec C & exe & " " & src
  
  mvFile exe,  "./bin/" &  exe
  
  # Usage: ./build.nims iterfib
  Run

  I would appreciate feedback about the above script from members of this forum. The main issues are: (1) I failed in turning hints off; (2) I would like to print a usage message, whenever user forgets the name of the application.

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• juancarlospaco (orginal) [2019-11-14T16:52:58+01:00] view original

  https://nim-lang.org/docs/nims.html https://github.com/kaushalmodi/nim_config/blob/master/config.nims

  Check the links may have useful stuff. The syntax and all is the same, so is a little bit of practice and try/error of some stuff that wont work on NimScript. You can check the len of paramStr and if its 0 then echo "Missing arguments".

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