From 96a7f9b31c84f14906b201d5e3b17c93d3878af6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:50:02 +0200
Subject: deprecate cuchar, don't redefine it (#18505)

---
 lib/system.nim | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/system.nim')

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 8aa9bd718..57d620e57 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -1427,8 +1427,8 @@ type # these work for most platforms:
     ## This is the same as the type `long double` in *C*.
     ## This C type is not supported by Nim's code generator.
 
-  cuchar* {.importc: "unsigned char", nodecl.} = uint8
-    ## This is the same as the type `unsigned char` in *C*.
+  cuchar* {.importc: "unsigned char", nodecl, deprecated: "use `char` or `uint8` instead".} = char
+    ## Deprecated: Use `uint8` instead.
   cushort* {.importc: "unsigned short", nodecl.} = uint16
     ## This is the same as the type `unsigned short` in *C*.
   cuint* {.importc: "unsigned int", nodecl.} = uint32
-- 
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