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9382 :: why Hints comes yet even {.push hint[Name]: off.} is added?

• oyster (orginal) [2022-08-18T02:54:44+02:00] view original

  I am compiling the examples in https://github.com/khchen/winim/tree/master/examples/clr with latest cloned-and-compiled nim 1.7.1, but there is a lot of informations(mainly Hints, I think it is a kind of warning, am I right?)

  $ nim c simple_gui.nim
  Hint: used config file 'E:\msys64\home\USER\_nim\nim\config\nim.cfg' [Conf]
  Hint: used config file 'E:\msys64\home\USER\_nim\nim\config\config.nims' [Conf]
  ................................................................................................................................
  C:\Users\USER\.nimble\pkgs\winim-3.9.0\winim\clr.nim(218, 37) template/generic instantiation of `fmt` from here
  (1, 3) template/generic instantiation of `toHex` from here
  E:\msys64\home\USER\_nim\nim\lib\pure\strutils.nim(954, 13) Warning: target type is larger than source type [CastSizes]
  C:\Users\USER\.nimble\pkgs\winim-3.9.0\winim\clr.nim(737, 7) Hint: 'RuntimeHelp' should be: 'runtimeHelp' [Name]
  C:\tmp\winim-master\examples\clr\simple_gui.nim(43, 5) Hint: 'Size' should be: 'size' [Name]
  C:\tmp\winim-master\examples\clr\simple_gui.nim(44, 5) Hint: 'Point' should be: 'point' [Name]
  CC: E:/msys64/home/USER/_nim/nim/lib/system/ansi_c.nim
  ...
  Hint:  [Link]
  Run

  However if nim 1.6.6 is used, the output information is nicly short:

  $ /c/tmp/nim-1.6.6/bin/nim c simple_gui.nim
  Hint: used config file 'C:\tmp\nim-1.6.6\config\nim.cfg' [Conf]
  Hint: used config file 'C:\tmp\nim-1.6.6\config\config.nims' [Conf]
  .......................................................................................................................
  CC: stdlib_digitsutils.nim
  ...
  Hint:  [Link]
  Run

  I know nothing about {.push hint[Name]: off.} which I met hours ago in https://github.com/khchen/winim/issues/89#issuecomment-1218201067 .

  So why {.push hint[Name]: off.} in clr.nim can't kill C:\Users\USER\.nimble\pkgs\winim-3.9.0\winim\clr.nim(737, 7) Hint: 'RuntimeHelp' should be: 'runtimeHelp' [Name]? And how can we get rid off all Hint:?

  Thanks

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• oyster (orginal) [2022-08-18T02:56:05+02:00] view original

  btw, what is

  
  C:\Users\USER\.nimble\pkgs\winim-3.9.0\winim\clr.nim(218, 37) template/generic instantiation of `fmt` from here
  (1, 3) template/generic instantiation of `toHex` from here
  Run

  is it a warning, hints, or something else? and what is the purpose to show it?

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• mratsim (orginal) [2022-08-18T14:10:11+02:00] view original

  Some of those hints seem to be styling related.

  Regarding why push Name doesn't work, unfortunately the last time it was raised, we had a workaround resolution instead of fixing push hint[FOO]:off: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/4044

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• oyster (orginal) [2022-08-19T11:20:12+02:00] view original

  Thanks, mratsim.

  Then, what does

  
  C:\Users\USER\.nimble\pkgs\winim-3.9.0\winim\clr.nim(218, 37) template/generic instantiation of `fmt` from here (1, 3) template/generic instantiation of `toHex` from here
  Run

  mean? And what is the solution to kill such information?

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• mratsim (orginal) [2022-08-19T13:14:37+02:00] view original

  You need to solve the warning below.

  When you get a warning or an error, Nim details the generic calls as part of the trace.

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