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Macros: Expression X is of type X and has to be discarded

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• 👤 Asked by: Fayeure
• 📅 Asked on: 4/2/2026
• 🏷 Tags: compiler-errors, macros, preprocessor, typechecking, nim-lang

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Create a runtime location for a dynamic library using the nim FFI

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: huckfinn
• 📅 Asked on: 11/26/2025
• 🏷 Tags: ffi, nim-lang, dynamic-library

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How do I convert a string into a sequence of characters in Nim?

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• 💬 Answers: 8
• 👤 Asked by: Sebastian
• 📅 Asked on: 6/14/2018
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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How do I compile a Nim application that runs without a console window?

• 👍 Score: 3
• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: user4790554
• 📅 Asked on: 3/31/2016
• 🏷 Tags: console, nim-lang

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When importing Nim module for Lua bindings, error shows: "could not load: lua(|5.1|5.0).dll"

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: user4790554
• 📅 Asked on: 2/23/2016
• 🏷 Tags: dll, lua, nim-lang

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About the Nimble library: how to add a compile option and tell the compiler where the include and library files are located

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: kiyoken kiyoken
• 📅 Asked on: 10/6/2025
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang, nimble-nim

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How can this Nim function deal with the special case at compile time?

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: Enlico
• 📅 Asked on: 9/27/2025
• 🏷 Tags: assembly, compile-time, nim-lang, compiler-explorer

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How to properly pass arguments via command line in NIM?

• 👍 Score: 5
• 💬 Answers: 3
• 👤 Asked by: alec_djinn
• 📅 Asked on: 7/14/2017
• 🏷 Tags: parameter-passing, nim-lang

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How to compile Nim code as a Python extension module using Nimpy?

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• 💬 Answers: 0
• 👤 Asked by: rookie
• 📅 Asked on: 7/31/2025
• 🏷 Tags: python, package, nim-lang

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Field identifiers inside a nim tuple

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: Marcello Presulli
• 📅 Asked on: 6/24/2025
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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Are there Nim 2.0 compiler environment variables like for Perl PERL5LIB or Python PYTHONPATH

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: huckfinn
• 📅 Asked on: 5/5/2025
• 🏷 Tags: development-environment, nim-lang

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Nim language - createThread type mismatch at compile time

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: GiMS_Pang
• 📅 Asked on: 3/8/2025
• 🏷 Tags: multithreading, type-mismatch, nim-lang, createthread

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I can't make a macro which has an emit pragma on Nim-lang

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: kiyoken kiyoken
• 📅 Asked on: 2/17/2025
• 🏷 Tags: macros, nim-lang

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Window becomes nonresponsive and freezes with move attempt during long running process

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• 💬 Answers: 2
• 👤 Asked by: Sonicsmooth
• 📅 Asked on: 2/12/2025
• 🏷 Tags: winapi, nim-lang

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How to check types at compile time

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• 💬 Answers: 2
• 👤 Asked by: Sonicsmooth
• 📅 Asked on: 1/27/2025
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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How to get type information from HashSet and derived type (aka ancestors)

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• 💬 Answers: 2
• 👤 Asked by: Sonicsmooth
• 📅 Asked on: 1/22/2025
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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Nim infinite loop

• 👍 Score: 1
• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: bumbread
• 📅 Asked on: 7/21/2021
• 🏷 Tags: loops, nim-lang

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end parameter in echo for Nim?

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: How2
• 📅 Asked on: 12/21/2021
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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How to create a ref object without either creating it twice or copying it?

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• 💬 Answers: 2
• 👤 Asked by: Sonicsmooth
• 📅 Asked on: 1/12/2025
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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How to do nested/hierarchical views in VFL

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: Sonicsmooth
• 📅 Asked on: 1/5/2025
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang, visual-format-language

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Nim static compilation

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• 💬 Answers: 2
• 👤 Asked by: Sonicsmooth
• 📅 Asked on: 12/16/2024
• 🏷 Tags: static, nim-lang

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Nim lang syntax a = b = c = 7

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• 💬 Answers: 2
• 👤 Asked by: user17227456
• 📅 Asked on: 3/24/2022
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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Nim code parser

• 👍 Score: 8
• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: Lye Fish
• 📅 Asked on: 9/9/2015
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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How to sort array of tuples alphabetically only based on the first item of the tuple in nim?

• 👍 Score: -1
• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: Houdiee
• 📅 Asked on: 10/13/2024
• 🏷 Tags: sorting, tuples, sequence, nim-lang

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example of how to expose nim GC_unref to a c backend

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: verytemporary19090
• 📅 Asked on: 10/5/2024
• 🏷 Tags: integration, ffi, nim-lang

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Unpack multiple variables from sequence

• 👍 Score: 7
• 💬 Answers: 5
• 👤 Asked by: The Unfun Cat
• 📅 Asked on: 8/11/2015
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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File exists exception message

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• 💬 Answers: 2
• 👤 Asked by: Thomas Petit
• 📅 Asked on: 8/9/2024
• 🏷 Tags: path, nim-lang

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How to serve acme-challenge file dynamically with Jester REST API?

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: Muhit Raihan
• 📅 Asked on: 4/9/2024
• 🏷 Tags: rest, nim-lang, jester

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strings as functions during parsing

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• 💬 Answers: 1
• 👤 Asked by: agatzan
• 📅 Asked on: 6/10/2024
• 🏷 Tags: algorithm, templates, compiler-construction, nim-lang

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Nim lang LSP Extension for VSCode Broken?

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• 💬 Answers: 0
• 👤 Asked by: aurvyn
• 📅 Asked on: 8/4/2024
• 🏷 Tags: nim-lang

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