Re: sublimetext nim plugin (NimLime) hasn't worked since july

2020-03-06 Thread Lomar
Sorry to revoke this old thread, but I'm trying to install "NimLime" on Sublime Text 3.2.2 (Build 3211) and it's not listed at the available packages. I've added the github repository following the instructions: i) Package Control: Add Repository -> [https://github.com/Varriount/NimLime](https:

Module Introspection

2020-03-09 Thread Lomar
Sorry to revoke such an old thread, but from my understanding it would be great if nim had something equivalent with python’s "dir()", "obj.__dict__", “type(obj)" etc. Especially considering the great metaprogramming capabilities of this language, it's a shame that this level of reflection is m

Re: Module Introspection

2020-03-11 Thread Lomar
Thank you for taking the time to share these with me! I'll have a look and reply my feedback as to whether these options are close to the reflectivity I'm referring to. Nim is truly a unique, useful and very powerful language, it has some great potentials to become one of the leading ones in pr

Re: Module Introspection

2020-03-11 Thread Lomar
As I can see Araq is quite against this feature, due to its exposure of non-local ASM's? At least if this feature is implemented through macros. I quite don't understand why this is bad. I mean how is python achieving it through OOP and not meta? It's just a private function in each object and s

Re: Module Introspection

2020-03-18 Thread Lomar
Lol, now I get why nim is fighting so many years to convince for its value and get some proper funding. You're the benevolent, no one can force anyone to do something that they don't agree to, yet still the lack of a serious explanation, results in less confidence, at least to a part of the com

Re: Module Introspection

2020-03-18 Thread Lomar
Appreciate the explanation. I apologize for my previous criticism.