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-rw-r--r--compiler/llstream.nim8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/llstream.nim b/compiler/llstream.nim
index fffc8db48..b550716d6 100644
--- a/compiler/llstream.nim
+++ b/compiler/llstream.nim
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 import
   pathutils
 
-# support '-d:useGnuReadline' for backwards compatibility:
-when not defined(windows) and (defined(useGnuReadline) or defined(useLinenoise)):
-  import rdstdin
+template imp(x) = import x
+const hasRstdin = compiles(imp(rdstdin))
+when hasRstdin: import rdstdin
 
 type
   TLLRepl* = proc (s: PLLStream, buf: pointer, bufLen: int): int
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ proc llStreamClose*(s: PLLStream) =
   of llsFile:
     close(s.f)
 
-when not declared(readLineFromStdin):
+when not hasRstdin:
   # fallback implementation:
   proc readLineFromStdin(prompt: string, line: var string): bool =
     stderr.write(prompt)