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• 11762 :: [2024-06-15T05:46:29+02:00] [Araq] It is annoying that the template doesn't resolve the symbol at template caller.
• 11558 :: [2024-05-06T14:38:52+02:00] [SolitudeSF] cannot evaluate at compile time
• 11550 :: [2024-05-05T13:50:48+02:00] [PMunch] Issue with C array
• 11493 :: [2024-04-25T20:11:58+02:00] [Araq] Nim “free(): invalid pointer” segfault (dynlib)
• 11400 :: [2024-04-09T15:59:43+02:00] [enthus1ast] Nim's equivalent of kwargs
• 11381 :: [2024-04-07T10:58:26+02:00] [sls1005] SIGSEGV: Illegal storage access on server windows 2008 and windows 2019
• 11364 :: [2024-04-05T09:59:03+02:00] [ingo] Fake a file?
• 11304 :: [2024-03-27T12:43:14+01:00] [Clonk] Access operator on distinct type of array
• 11302 :: [2024-03-27T10:11:23+01:00] [thindil] Cross compilation to Windows, linker error (unrecognized option '-z'
• 11294 :: [2024-03-25T14:01:04+01:00] [arnetheduck] List of GC'ed types
• 11274 :: [2024-03-21T12:51:11+01:00] [PMunch] Issues with identifier equality and FFI
• 11261 :: [2024-03-20T11:18:15+01:00] [Araq] Oversight or intentional?
• 11233 :: [2024-03-17T23:50:33+01:00] [PMunch] How to preallocate cstring for FFI call that fills it up
• 11203 :: [2024-03-12T16:13:41+01:00] [sls1005] gc/malebolgia bug?
• 11198 :: [2024-03-12T00:28:09+01:00] [giaco] Include vs import when using generics
• 11188 :: [2024-03-10T00:25:04+01:00] [Araq] A template to emit ARM asm
• 11172 :: [2024-03-06T22:29:19+01:00] [Araq] Problem with closures and ORC
• 11163 :: [2024-03-06T08:57:22+01:00] [Araq] Have I written a silly program or is there a "controlled" memory leak?
• 11148 :: [2024-03-05T08:18:13+01:00] [Araq] Artificial AST
• 11129 :: [2024-03-01T19:54:18+01:00] [Araq] Resizable arrays in Nim - difficulty in getting performance
• 11106 :: [2024-02-28T03:23:33+01:00] [Araq] What will happen if allocation fails?
• 11083 :: [2024-02-25T16:43:15+01:00] [jyapayne] single line ref seq[int] assignment
• 11036 :: [2024-02-18T15:49:36+01:00] [sls1005] type mismatch when static uint32 is given to the slice operator
• 11031 :: [2024-02-17T21:48:22+01:00] [didlybom] issues trying to install nim
• 10929 :: [2024-01-30T10:03:59+01:00] [Araq] Definition of name equivalence
• 10917 :: [2024-01-26T03:47:45+01:00] [Araq] Is `concept` similar to `interface` / `trait`?
• 10872 :: [2024-01-14T15:30:39+01:00] [Araq] How to easy create and init a large array? Its have values
• 10848 :: [2024-01-04T14:14:13+01:00] [Isofruit] newProc macro question
• 10831 :: [2024-01-02T06:46:08+01:00] [Araq] some MM modes leads to SIGSEGV
• 10824 :: [2024-01-01T13:03:43+01:00] [Araq] The nim installer for Windows contains malware
• 10823 :: [2024-01-01T11:42:10+01:00] [ElegantBeef] Are generic procedures default to `mixin`?
• 10817 :: [2023-12-31T10:07:46+01:00] [Araq] The bool type
• 10812 :: [2023-12-30T13:37:55+01:00] [Araq] specify lib dir by `--passL` can not work
• 10735 :: [2023-12-06T05:25:47+01:00] [sls1005] 2nd level parameter typing
• 10688 :: [2023-11-27T03:14:25+01:00] [Araq] Brackets and unary operators
• 10664 :: [2023-11-20T21:30:05+01:00] [PMunch] Nim in university context?
• 10632 :: [2023-11-14T00:00:41+01:00] [Araq] Move ref variable ro thread
• 10597 :: [2023-11-03T18:45:01+01:00] [Araq] Error: expression 'x' is of type 'y' and has to be used (or discarded)
• 10590 :: [2023-11-02T05:25:37+01:00] [Araq] With what parameters does echo call fwrite? Trying to implement fwrite in Nim.
• 10556 :: [2023-10-19T18:35:39+02:00] [lou15b] What is the need for "GC safe" when using ORC/ARC?
• 10547 :: [2023-10-12T16:26:12+02:00] [Akito] Compiling on i386: Pointer size mismatch between Nim and C/C++ backend
• 10533 :: [2023-10-07T15:28:45+02:00] [Araq] Details about procedures and their pointers
• 10507 :: [2023-09-21T21:06:46+02:00] [lou15b] Which tools do you use to code in Nim?
• 10501 :: [2023-09-20T08:00:20+02:00] [sls1005] How to use `--nimBasePattern`
• 10500 :: [2023-09-20T00:45:17+02:00] [sls1005] How to bind and utilize JavaScripts “new” operator while passing args
• 10485 :: [2023-09-15T15:33:31+02:00] [Araq] Usage of rawProc
• 10480 :: [2023-09-13T17:30:20+02:00] [Yardanico] how to compare rune with char
• 10437 :: [2023-08-24T17:08:03+02:00] [Araq] Inferring type of zero-sized collection from usage
• 10390 :: [2023-08-09T10:52:36+02:00] [sls1005] Some ideas about nimrtl
• 10380 :: [2023-08-05T13:21:57+02:00] [mratsim] Can I use Nim with GPU Computing?
• 10377 :: [2023-08-05T11:18:05+02:00] [Araq] A few (perhaps naive) questions
• 10376 :: [2023-08-05T04:56:26+02:00] [Ward] Dark Theme Problem in Nim Manual
• 10373 :: [2023-08-04T07:56:10+02:00] [Araq] Any way to produce Arm64 binaries for MacOS from choosenim versions of nim?
• 10369 :: [2023-08-02T17:18:48+02:00] [demotomohiro] Top-level generic variable
• 10354 :: [2023-07-25T17:15:46+02:00] [sls1005] The correct behavior of procedural variable initialization
• 10347 :: [2023-07-22T15:27:31+02:00] [Araq] Concepts in Nim v2
• 10342 :: [2023-07-17T23:38:44+02:00] [sls1005] Passing closures as C callbacks with cleanup functions
• 10337 :: [2023-07-14T10:18:01+02:00] [demotomohiro] MiniDumpWriteDump in memory
• 10335 :: [2023-07-12T17:15:57+02:00] [PMunch] GUI-LIB nip - button callback and object data
• 10326 :: [2023-07-06T19:40:38+02:00] [PMunch] How to pass a C array to a C function taking a pointer?
• 10322 :: [2023-07-04T16:29:19+02:00] [mratsim] Recursive Fibonacci function
• 10320 :: [2023-07-04T03:57:38+02:00] [Araq] Suggestion to improve proc type infer, and some complains
• 10314 :: [2023-07-01T20:22:57+02:00] [Araq] lvgl - callback issues
• 10308 :: [2023-06-28T11:23:13+02:00] [mashingan] Undeclared field - Unrecognized proc
• 10294 :: [2023-06-23T18:58:46+02:00] [giaco] Wrapping C++ classes and constructors lead me to compilation errors global vs local, stable vs devel
• 10286 :: [2023-06-19T21:24:05+02:00] [mantielero] macro - issue with the identifiers
• 10284 :: [2023-06-19T09:27:49+02:00] [pietroppeter] how to make a dll in nim-lang?
• 10275 :: [2023-06-15T21:23:33+02:00] [auxym] volatile_store codegen error ?
• 10272 :: [2023-06-13T20:22:19+02:00] [Araq] procs: forward declaration
• 10257 :: [2023-06-07T20:06:53+02:00] [Araq] C backend not finding NimMain()
• 10225 :: [2023-05-26T05:33:43+02:00] [Araq] DLL Terms
• 10215 :: [2023-05-21T20:07:57+02:00] [matkuki] NIM code compile to executable does not run on other systems.
• 10194 :: [2023-05-12T21:58:33+02:00] [Araq] Is there a way to tell the compiler to include/export unused functions
• 10191 :: [2023-05-11T07:56:37+02:00] [Araq] Can't import compiler/* anymore
• 10184 :: [2023-05-08T17:55:23+02:00] [Araq] High stack usage when calling `reset` on an object with a destructor
• 10180 :: [2023-05-07T04:37:52+02:00] [Araq] Is it bug of pragma nodecl?
• 10159 :: [2023-05-03T01:42:01+02:00] [didlybom] Mojo Language: Similarities/Differences with Nim, Potential Lessons for Adoption
• 10157 :: [2023-05-02T06:19:35+02:00] [arnetheduck] I'm curious about what happens when using compiler flag "-d:asyncBackend=chronos"
• 10143 :: [2023-04-29T08:02:41+02:00] [auxym] Can I download Nim on my iOS or Android device?
• 10138 :: [2023-04-27T02:21:45+02:00] [Araq] Why is this `cursor` causing error ?
• 10111 :: [2023-04-19T00:16:27+02:00] [lscrd] Type mismatch with echo and trouble accessing Type fields
• 10104 :: [2023-04-16T17:25:55+02:00] [Araq] How to make os (e.g. ubuntu) interpret nimscript shebang
• 10092 :: [2023-04-12T05:33:06+02:00] [mildred] Tcp buffer reuse for lower memory use
• 10074 :: [2023-04-05T16:47:19+02:00] [Araq] Calling Nim proc from C and handling the cstring (char array) returned
• 10072 :: [2023-04-05T11:51:02+02:00] [Araq] Future of typing ?
• 10067 :: [2023-04-04T13:17:21+02:00] [Araq] Is such HTML template possible?
• 10064 :: [2023-04-03T11:02:01+02:00] [cmc] Generic initialization procedure with default type
• 10060 :: [2023-04-01T14:41:26+02:00] [Araq] How do I test if varaible is a type of proc?
• 10049 :: [2023-03-30T22:53:16+02:00] [Araq] Any bad consequence of redefining equality for ref types?
• 10044 :: [2023-03-29T18:44:05+02:00] [Araq] Is the escape sequence case-insensitive?
• 10022 :: [2023-03-19T06:36:29+01:00] [jyapayne] Only one line will load. Need all lines in directory to load.
• 10011 :: [2023-03-16T15:41:36+01:00] [PMunch] All chr() up to 127 returns correct unicode character, but chr([128++]) returns �
• 10009 :: [2023-03-16T12:38:38+01:00] [sls1005] Newbie needs help with locks and gcsafe and segfaults
• 9975 :: [2023-03-09T19:04:43+01:00] [sls1005] Macros and interfacing with the world ?
• 9974 :: [2023-03-09T01:49:44+01:00] [sls1005] Getting a Compile Error - "Error: cannot open file: sockets"
• 9971 :: [2023-03-06T06:59:37+01:00] [Araq] Overflow Checks
• 9943 :: [2023-02-26T19:16:59+01:00] [moigagoo] JS backend: Can't return a proc that iterates over an openArray
• 9929 :: [2023-02-22T15:01:22+01:00] [Araq] new vs object literal for ref objects
• 9928 :: [2023-02-22T12:04:48+01:00] [PMunch] Garbage Collectors and Shared Libraries
• 9922 :: [2023-02-21T10:41:32+01:00] [juancarlospaco] Difference {.importcpp.} vs {.importjs.}
• 9910 :: [2023-02-19T20:11:13+01:00] [enthus1ast] SIGSEGV when creating a dunamic library in Nim and use it in nim (and posiibbly in other places too)
• 9909 :: [2023-02-19T12:46:47+01:00] [cblake] Is it possible to only compile the linked modules but not the executable?
• 9904 :: [2023-02-18T12:30:33+01:00] [elcritch] Is it possible to detect "not defined in header file" ?
• 9893 :: [2023-02-16T20:56:08+01:00] [PMunch] Expose static nim library to DLL
• 9884 :: [2023-02-13T10:20:52+01:00] [doofenstein] Immutable pointer type?
• 9880 :: [2023-02-10T19:50:41+01:00] [jyapayne] Trouble compiling libraries with cpp header
• 9868 :: [2023-02-05T18:15:44+01:00] [Araq] what's with deepCopy?
• 9866 :: [2023-02-04T23:02:30+01:00] [elcritch] Interface C++ objects with `wasMoved`?
• 9855 :: [2023-01-29T20:59:12+01:00] [sls1005] Newbie error: SIGSEGV: Illegal storage access. (Attempt to read from nil?)
• 9853 :: [2023-01-28T17:54:16+01:00] [elcritch] Accessing the generated C in comp time
• 9852 :: [2023-01-28T12:43:37+01:00] [mratsim] Cross-compiling for M1 mac from non-M1 mac
• 9843 :: [2023-01-23T14:39:49+01:00] [Araq] ORC Nim Compiler
• 9841 :: [2023-01-23T08:18:07+01:00] [auxym] how to convert to pure c++ code and how do i do classification prediction on my project? am new
• 9790 :: [2023-01-02T13:38:25+01:00] [moigagoo] Nim book in Japanese
• 9776 :: [2022-12-29T15:07:34+01:00] [Araq] Extracting multiple base types on FFI
• 9772 :: [2022-12-28T15:32:24+01:00] [DeletedUser] The meaning of `do`
• 9761 :: [2022-12-26T11:13:21+01:00] [Araq] Question about the let statement
• 9745 :: [2022-12-21T20:18:29+01:00] [Araq] Create a ref to a C allocated object to manage its memory
• 9744 :: [2022-12-21T13:35:09+01:00] [didlybom] Windows Defender detected Trojan.AndroidOS/Multiverze in Nim-1.6.10_64.zip
• 9742 :: [2022-12-20T08:17:53+01:00] [sls1005] converting C++ typedef to nim-lang
• 9724 :: [2022-12-14T16:14:28+01:00] [Araq] Nim Static linking OpenSSL issue with fork()
• 9719 :: [2022-12-13T09:33:46+01:00] [pietroppeter] Generic parameters
• 9707 :: [2022-12-09T03:18:56+01:00] [Araq] Return value for joinThread?
• 9704 :: [2022-12-08T12:04:34+01:00] [Araq] A new way for Nim to shine ? Faster than NodeJS interpreted Nim, taking advantage of declared types
• 9675 :: [2022-11-29T13:18:32+01:00] [shirleyquirk] Ideas about the exception-tracing system
• 9671 :: [2022-11-28T11:22:52+01:00] [shirleyquirk] Importing generic variables
• 9666 :: [2022-11-27T15:45:14+01:00] [pietroppeter] nimble master
• 9662 :: [2022-11-27T06:51:37+01:00] [Araq] imported C++ type naming
• 9658 :: [2022-11-26T12:36:43+01:00] [Araq] Weird ICE
• 9656 :: [2022-11-26T01:57:55+01:00] [Araq] Initial OS porting experience
• 9653 :: [2022-11-25T13:21:40+01:00] [sls1005] `cast` broken?
• 9648 :: [2022-11-24T17:29:02+01:00] [Araq] Does modifying cstring affect its string?
• 9644 :: [2022-11-23T15:33:48+01:00] [Araq] Is it allowed to use dealloc instead of free?
• 9642 :: [2022-11-23T11:39:48+01:00] [Araq] What's the name for wchar?
• 9622 :: [2022-11-16T08:22:48+01:00] [HJarausch] Nimble on Termux uses invalid temp folder
• 9619 :: [2022-11-15T18:46:40+01:00] [Araq] How to add a file to a project without importing
• 9617 :: [2022-11-15T17:36:32+01:00] [Araq] Nim 2: "Memory can be shared effectively between threads without copying in Nim version 2"
• 9608 :: [2022-11-14T07:32:59+01:00] [Araq] targeting 16bit system
• 9606 :: [2022-11-14T02:32:04+01:00] [Stefan_Salewski] Opportunity to adopt a new linker?
• 9604 :: [2022-11-14T01:33:19+01:00] [Araq] new to nim install fail Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
• 9601 :: [2022-11-13T14:29:21+01:00] [Araq] Memory strategies with OpenMP
• 9599 :: [2022-11-11T23:21:20+01:00] [mantielero] error: cannot convert 'tyObject_XEvent__EZvRvOUywFnBp4PzilZBoA' to 'XEvent&'
• 9597 :: [2022-11-11T10:38:13+01:00] [Araq] How to know if `--mm:arc` is applicable?
• 9590 :: [2022-11-09T01:36:49+01:00] [Dabod] Howto: reinterpret a contiguous region/chunk of memory as a sequence of a certain type?
• 9581 :: [2022-11-06T18:24:43+01:00] [Araq] wrapping c++ function - cannot instantiate 'T2'
• 9569 :: [2022-11-02T09:36:39+01:00] [Araq] To sink or not to sink
• 9566 :: [2022-11-01T07:23:23+01:00] [Araq] Looping Assertions
• 9565 :: [2022-10-31T07:30:54+01:00] [sls1005] nim-gdb: Undefined command: "import"
• 9563 :: [2022-10-30T17:02:52+01:00] [cblake] How to import a C array of unknown size?
• 9558 :: [2022-10-28T14:50:43+02:00] [demotomohiro] Calling conversions for C macros
• 9557 :: [2022-10-28T11:46:06+02:00] [Araq] Nimscript and GPL
• 9550 :: [2022-10-25T18:24:40+02:00] [DeletedUser] Has 'IsNullOrEmpty' been deprecated?
• 9549 :: [2022-10-25T17:00:07+02:00] [Araq] Tips on how to avoid Nim pointer instability bugs?
• 9512 :: [2022-10-08T05:26:32+02:00] [ElegantBeef] Shared libraries complie-time
• 9510 :: [2022-10-07T13:09:43+02:00] [Araq] Selecting/installing older nim package on FreeBSD
• 9500 :: [2022-09-30T10:18:30+02:00] [konradmb] How to chain anonymous proc with UFCS?
• 9482 :: [2022-09-20T22:03:20+02:00] [Araq] Is a Java-style GC possible?
• 9453 :: [2022-09-09T11:27:28+02:00] [mratsim] Nim Compiler Issues
• 9426 :: [2022-08-31T15:27:24+02:00] [archnim] Discreet Command Execution
• 9369 :: [2022-08-14T04:49:15+02:00] [jyapayne] Can't Get Length of Returned Table
• 9351 :: [2022-08-05T16:45:47+02:00] [Araq] Error using `bindSym` at compile time
• 9322 :: [2022-07-24T05:36:05+02:00] [curioussav] How to determine why shared lib is linked
• 9315 :: [2022-07-22T13:15:53+02:00] [Araq] Carbon lang
• 9309 :: [2022-07-17T21:07:05+02:00] [mratsim] Nim thread memory handling in threads with and without orc
• 9305 :: [2022-07-15T01:17:41+02:00] [Araq] Force compilation of unused parts of a module
• 9301 :: [2022-07-13T09:18:18+02:00] [Araq] New floating type problem
• 9284 :: [2022-07-06T12:09:47+02:00] [enthus1ast] How do I create the buffer for the "sendto" function?
• 9283 :: [2022-07-06T11:13:58+02:00] [enthus1ast] Test for static in macro
• 9278 :: [2022-07-03T01:39:33+02:00] [matthesoundman] How to let nim know to search an additional path for linking a lib?
• 9277 :: [2022-07-02T16:10:11+02:00] [Yardanico] errorStream(p) returns output stream
• 9264 :: [2022-06-25T21:23:48+02:00] [cblake] Back to the basics (of research) - Concurrent data-structures in 2.0 ?
• 9261 :: [2022-06-24T12:57:30+02:00] [demotomohiro] Unexpected empty sequence
• 9227 :: [2022-06-12T16:24:22+02:00] [treeform] Apologize on not Nim but is to knowing C directive
• 9208 :: [2022-06-05T21:23:24+02:00] [sky_khan] Please help me understand the performance difference between Nim/Rust in this (contrived) example
• 9180 :: [2022-05-28T19:14:53+02:00] [sls1005] Unable to compile nim to wasm on aarch64
• 9175 :: [2022-05-27T02:50:19+02:00] [ggibson] changing mingw cross compiler path?
• 9154 :: [2022-05-13T14:49:25+02:00] [Zoom] compile time function use Nim metaprogramming feature
• 9150 :: [2022-05-10T17:03:19+02:00] [sls1005] C++ copy-constructor issue when using {.constructor.} pragma
• 9105 :: [2022-04-14T19:15:30+02:00] [veksha] Map complex C++ types into Nim
• 9096 :: [2022-04-10T00:40:18+02:00] [Araq] =destroy for files and sockets
• 9089 :: [2022-04-08T15:43:17+02:00] [Araq] Possible workarounds for subclassing a c++ class and overriding a virtual method
• 9086 :: [2022-04-06T21:50:51+02:00] [PMunch] `=destroy` ref object of RootObj?
• 9083 :: [2022-04-06T10:55:43+02:00] [PMunch] C++ interop via Dynamic Library
• 9080 :: [2022-04-06T05:05:09+02:00] [Araq] {.nodecl} VS {.importc, nodecl} and return VS result
• 9072 :: [2022-04-03T08:03:16+02:00] [dom96] net: recv/readLine: How receive more one line or not waiting for fill buffer size?
• 9064 :: [2022-04-01T08:05:45+02:00] [Araq] SiSix and Nim
• 9058 :: [2022-03-29T22:25:56+02:00] [Araq] Automatic dereferencing for procs
• 9052 :: [2022-03-28T03:04:26+02:00] [DeletedUser] confusing behavior do to overloading of and for binary and, as well as logical and.
• 9034 :: [2022-03-24T09:56:57+01:00] [Araq] try except else
• 9033 :: [2022-03-24T00:41:25+01:00] [demotomohiro] How do we preallocate string as element of array as this is..
• 9032 :: [2022-03-23T16:10:38+01:00] [cblake] Ruby's parallel-like functionality in Nim
• 9021 :: [2022-03-18T14:39:48+01:00] [Araq] newSeq() named inconsistently?
• 9018 :: [2022-03-16T11:33:55+01:00] [PMunch] How to prevent nim generate C code access parent type through `Sup` field?
• 8997 :: [2022-03-10T18:00:59+01:00] [Araq] exportc: too many thread local variables
• 8994 :: [2022-03-10T02:58:31+01:00] [Araq] How to fetch value pointed by a C++ std::list iterator?
• 8978 :: [2022-03-05T00:54:27+01:00] [Araq] any particular reason on deprecating IndexError?
• 8970 :: [2022-03-03T05:52:05+01:00] [coffeepot] Can there be an else clause on a template (or macro)?
• 8963 :: [2022-02-28T01:12:05+01:00] [Araq] Performing goto in Nim
• 8958 :: [2022-02-26T13:19:41+01:00] [Araq] linux moving to C11
• 8955 :: [2022-02-26T06:16:03+01:00] [cblake] OrderedTable missing Seq methods
• 8945 :: [2022-02-24T13:36:07+01:00] [Araq] Knowledge on the failure in overloaded operator of two operands infix ?
• 8934 :: [2022-02-19T01:00:54+01:00] [demotomohiro] A constant reference/alias or pointer jut like as it is of C++ parameter
• 8932 :: [2022-02-18T18:43:34+01:00] [demotomohiro] error C2440: '=': cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'NCSTRING'
• 8916 :: [2022-02-14T22:18:42+01:00] [Araq] Using Nim for system libraries?
• 8915 :: [2022-02-14T13:46:01+01:00] [mratsim] Trouble interfacing with C/C++ single-header library
• 8908 :: [2022-02-13T09:01:25+01:00] [elcritch] Nimler not working on macOS
• 8881 :: [2022-02-08T10:54:04+01:00] [jyapayne] NImScript task and using a shebang line
• 8877 :: [2022-02-07T01:35:23+01:00] [Nycto] Void as a type in a tuple
• 8861 :: [2022-02-02T20:44:48+01:00] [treeform] zlib.h: No such file or directory error on Windows
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