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+discard """
+  errormsg: "cannot 'importc' variable at compile time; c_printf"
+"""
+
+proc c_printf*(frmt: cstring): cint {.importc: "printf", header: "<stdio.h>", varargs, discardable.} =
+  ## foo bar
+  runnableExamples: discard
+static:
+  let a = c_printf("abc\n")