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| -rw-r--r-- | changelog.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/semstmts.nim | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual.rst | 2 |
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diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md index ea2c8a927..47d4460df 100644 --- a/changelog.md +++ b/changelog.md @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ tree from the symbol declaration instead of just the initializer portion. - To use multi-methods, explicit `--multimethods:on` is now needed. +- Generic methods are now deprecated; they never worked well. - Compile time checks for integer and float conversions are now stricter. For example, `const x = uint32(-1)` now gives a compile time error instead @@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ - A bug allowed `macro foo(): int = 123` to compile even though a macros has to return a `NimNode`. This has been fixed. -- With the exception of `uint` and `uint64`, conversion to unsigned types are now range checked during runtime. +- With the exception of `uint` and `uint64`, conversion to unsigned types + are now range checked during runtime. #### Breaking changes in the standard library diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim index be7d9a1bf..1aa5c9fec 100644 --- a/compiler/semstmts.nim +++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim @@ -1712,8 +1712,9 @@ proc semMethodPrototype(c: PContext; s: PSym; n: PNode) = if x.kind == tyObject and t.len-1 == n.sons[genericParamsPos].len: foundObj = true x.methods.add((col,s)) - if not foundObj: - message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "generic method not attachable to object type is deprecated") + message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "generic methods are deprecated") + #if not foundObj: + # message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "generic method not attachable to object type is deprecated") else: # why check for the body? bug #2400 has none. Checking for sfForward makes # no sense either. diff --git a/doc/manual.rst b/doc/manual.rst index 53f900ae3..00635fefc 100644 --- a/doc/manual.rst +++ b/doc/manual.rst @@ -3526,6 +3526,8 @@ the effects that a call to ``m`` might cause. **Note**: Compile-time execution is not (yet) supported for methods. +**Note**: Starting from Nim 0.20, generic methods are deprecated. + Inhibit dynamic method resolution via procCall ----------------------------------------------- |