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6859 :: how to set C/C++ compiler, eg: `nim c --cxx:/usr/bin/g++-7 main.nim`

• timothee (orginal) [2020-09-25T19:47:08+02:00] view original

  how to set C/C++ compiler, eg: nim c --cxx:/usr/bin/g++-7 main.nim ?

  Ideally something like:

  nim c --cxx:/usr/bin/g++-7 main.nim nim c --c:/usr/bin/gcc-7 main.nim (both flags could be used in case nim programs requires using both c and c++ compilers)

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• Araq (orginal) [2020-09-25T20:19:00+02:00] view original

  --cc:gcc --gcc.exe=path but you're usually better off using a custom nim.cfg file.

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• timothee (orginal) [2020-09-25T20:47:32+02:00] view original

  thanks, that works! good enough although could be made more discoverable, maybe in nim --fullhelp

  and here's another example on OSX for C++:

  
  nim r -b:cpp --clang.cpp.exe=/usr/bin/clang++ main.nim
  Run

  you're usually better off using a custom nim.cfg file.

  sure, it depends on use cases

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