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7419 :: Nim compiler follows symbolic links too eagerly

• HJarausch (orginal) [2021-01-23T14:12:36+01:00] view original

  I like to use something like the following (on Linux)

  ln -s MyLibDebug.nim MyLib.nim

  or

  ln -s MyLibInTest.nim MyLib.nim

  and then somewhere

  import MyLib.nim

  but this fails with invalid module name: MyLib.nim

  This feels like a bug.

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• Stefan_Salewski (orginal) [2021-01-23T14:36:51+01:00] view original

  Have you tried

  
  cd whereMyModule lives
  ln -s MyLibDebug.nim mylib.nim
  
  import mylib
  Run

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• HJarausch (orginal) [2021-01-23T14:48:01+01:00] view original

  The former, i.e. MyLibDebug.nim is in the current folder where the source which imports mylib lives, as well.

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• xigoi (orginal) [2021-01-23T18:37:08+01:00] view original

  Why do you need to do this? Wouldn't it be better to use compiler switches?

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• HJarausch (orginal) [2021-01-23T18:44:53+01:00] view original

  I don't like to flood mylib.nim with when ....

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