DEDecabytes·Mar 31, 2023
It looks like it was fixed? https://github.com/dom96/choosenim/pull/227
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dom96 / choosenim
choosenim
Tool for easily installing and managing multiple versions of the Nim programming language.
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6 sourceshttps://nim-lang.org/docs/nimgrep.html
If you use choosenim to install Nim several executables get built/downloaded along with the compiler:
$ pwd && ls
/Users/me/.nimble/bin
choosenim nim nim-gdb nimble nimgrep nimpretty nimsuggest testament
https://github.com/dom96/choosenim#readme
In Nim version 2.0.0 release candidateTry nimgrep: https://nim-lang.org/docs/nimgrep.html
If you install Nim with choosenim[+], nimgrep will be available in ~/.nimble/bin along with the compiler, nimble, and some other helpful executables.
[+] https://github.com/dom96/choosenim#readme
In Nim 1.6.2Something I'm excited about: v1.6.2 integrates support for (not yet released) Nimble[1] v0.14, which will introduce project lockfiles. I've had terrible experiences with lockfiles in JS land, but they are sorely needed for Nim projects as (fingers crossed) they'll allow for reproducible builds without having to resort to the nimbus-build-system[2]. The latter isn't completely horrible — a lot of much appreciated hard work has gone into it, and it's been a real workhorse — but some days it feels like a big ball and chain.
I'll be much happier when I can cruise along with choosenim[3] and lockfiles and not have to worry about Makefile + submodules shenanigans.
[1] https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#readme
[2] https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-build-system#readme
[3] https://github.com/dom96/choosenim#readme
In Nim 1.6.2Easiest way to start with nim is via choosenim: https://github.com/dom96/choosenim
then `nimble install https://github.com/status-im/nim-stint`
Unfortunately I didn't have time to focus on documentation but the easiest way to get started with Stint is to check the tests: https://github.com/status-im/nim-stint/tree/master/tests.
The casts are there to check binary representation compatibility in the tests and are not needed otherwise.
Alternatively you can check:
- https://github.com/FedeOmoto/nim-gmp, A GMP wrapper (very low-level/C-like and not updated since 2015)
- https://github.com/status-im/nim-decimal, a arbitrary-precision floating point wrapper to MpDecimal (used by python). Unfortunately it's very low-level/C-like at the moment.
In A Programming Language UnderdogIndeed. It compiles to C so you have a lot of flexibility. glibc/musl isn't much of a dependency (except when you compile on a newer glibc leading to issues [1]), but I am still amazed at how easily I was able to produce a cross-platform executable for Windows (XP+ !!), macOS and Linux[2].
1 - https://github.com/dom96/choosenim/issues/15
2 - https://github.com/dom96/choosenim/releases
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