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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/core/typeinfo.nim | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/core/typeinfo.nim b/lib/core/typeinfo.nim index 84281485f..f3f00f9f5 100644 --- a/lib/core/typeinfo.nim +++ b/lib/core/typeinfo.nim @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ # distribution, for details about the copyright. # -## This module implements an interface to Nimrod's runtime type information. +## This module implements an interface to Nim's runtime type information. ## Note that even though ``TAny`` and its operations hide the nasty low level ## details from its clients, it remains inherently unsafe! +## +## See the `marshal <marshal.html>`_ module for what this module allows you +## to do. {.push hints: off.} @@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ type akUInt32 = 43, ## any represents an unsigned int32 akUInt64 = 44, ## any represents an unsigned int64 - TAny* = object {.pure.} ## can represent any nim value; NOTE: the wrapped + TAny* = object ## can represent any nim value; NOTE: the wrapped ## value can be modified with its wrapper! This means ## that ``TAny`` keeps a non-traced pointer to its ## wrapped value and **must not** live longer than @@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ type ppointer = ptr pointer pbyteArray = ptr array[0.. 0xffff, int8] - TGenSeq {.pure.} = object + TGenSeq = object len, space: int PGenSeq = ptr TGenSeq |