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authorAndreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>2017-10-30 17:21:05 +0100
committerAndreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>2017-10-30 17:21:05 +0100
commit08950649839c1df1504d495fccfea04bf11f55ed (patch)
tree8d56f635aec69802506b2e8498366e05140937d2 /lib/pure/includes
parenta155130cf2a1ba57501f5b22e4b6818fbc2bd0ae (diff)
downloadNim-08950649839c1df1504d495fccfea04bf11f55ed.tar.gz
getEnv now supports a 'default' parameter; refs #6019
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/pure/includes')
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/includes/osenv.nim4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/includes/osenv.nim b/lib/pure/includes/osenv.nim
index 8d2fc235a..ae62a5c4e 100644
--- a/lib/pure/includes/osenv.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/includes/osenv.nim
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ proc findEnvVar(key: string): int =
     if startsWith(environment[i], temp): return i
   return -1
 
-proc getEnv*(key: string): TaintedString {.tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
+proc getEnv*(key: string, default = ""): TaintedString {.tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
   ## Returns the value of the `environment variable`:idx: named `key`.
   ##
   ## If the variable does not exist, "" is returned. To distinguish
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ proc getEnv*(key: string): TaintedString {.tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
       return TaintedString(substr(environment[i], find(environment[i], '=')+1))
     else:
       var env = c_getenv(key)
-      if env == nil: return TaintedString("")
+      if env == nil: return TaintedString(default)
       result = TaintedString($env)
 
 proc existsEnv*(key: string): bool {.tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =