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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/system.nim | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | web/news.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim index 869658727..5e27bd83a 100644 --- a/lib/system.nim +++ b/lib/system.nim @@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ proc `..`*[T](b: T): TSlice[T] {.noSideEffect, inline.} = when not defined(niminheritable): {.pragma: inheritable.} +when not defined(nimunion): + {.pragma: unchecked.} const NoFakeVars* = defined(NimrodVM) ## true if the backend doesn't support \ ## "fake variables" like 'var EBADF {.importc.}: cint'. @@ -194,9 +196,10 @@ when not defined(JS): TGenericSeq {.compilerproc, pure, inheritable.} = object len, reserved: int PGenericSeq {.exportc.} = ptr TGenericSeq + UncheckedCharArray {.unchecked.} = array[0..100_000_000, char] # len and space without counting the terminating zero: NimStringDesc {.compilerproc, final.} = object of TGenericSeq - data: array[0..100_000_000, char] + data: UncheckedCharArray NimString = ptr NimStringDesc when not defined(JS) and not defined(NimrodVM): diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index f9ac1b66d..0001cece7 100644 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ News virtual machine. This fixes numerous bugs for ``nimrod i`` and for macro evaluation. - ``--gc:none`` produces warnings when code uses the GC. + - A ``union`` pragma for better C interoperability is now supported. + - Arrays can be annotated to be ``unchecked`` for easier low level + manipulations of memory. Language Additions |