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7300 :: Compile to a single C file?

• xigoi (orginal) [2020-12-28T19:27:42+01:00] view original

  I sometimes participate in programming competitions. Many of those require you to submit a source code file to a judge, which will then compile and run it on hidden inputs. Usually the only supported languages are C and C++.

  I figured that since Nim transpiles to both of those, it could be possible to write solutions in Nim and then submit the produced C(++) code. However, the Nim compiler produces multiple files, which have to be individually compiled and linked together in a quite complex way.

  Is it somehow possible to transpile Nim into a single C(++) source file, which could then be compiled on its own without any external dependencies?

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• ggibson (orginal) [2020-12-28T20:37:20+01:00] view original

  I've gone down a similar rabbit hole: I don't think this is possible without some significant work integrating the various required generated source files. You can do it by hand, but there's no turn-key solution, and it's not simple to do by hand.

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• Araq (orginal) [2020-12-28T21:06:33+01:00] view original

  Post-processing the C code is easily done, but it's futile, participate in competitions that allow Nim code. Or do sports / meditation instead. Carpe diem.

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