added system.slurp for easy embedding of resources

lib/pure/collections/lists.nim

@@ -35,7 +35,23 @@ type
   
   TDoublyLinkedRing* {.pure, final.}[T] = object ## a doubly linked ring
     head*: PDoublyLinkedNode[T]
-    
+
+proc initSinglyLinkedList*[T](): TSinglyLinkedList[T] =
+  ## creates a new singly linked list that is empty.
+  nil
+
+proc initDoublyLinkedList*[T](): TDoublyLinkedList[T] =
+  ## creates a new doubly linked list that is empty.
+  nil
+
+proc initSinglyLinkedRing*[T](): TSinglyLinkedRing[T] =
+  ## creates a new singly linked ring that is empty.
+  nil
+
+proc initDoublyLinkedRing*[T](): TDoublyLinkedRing[T] =
+  ## creates a new doubly linked ring that is empty.
+  nil
+
 proc newDoublyLinkedNode*[T](value: T): PDoublyLinkedNode[T] =
   ## creates a new doubly linked node with the given `value`.
   new(result)

lib/system.nim

@@ -1974,4 +1974,10 @@ proc getTypeInfo*[T](x: T): pointer {.magic: "GetTypeInfo".}
   ## get type information for `x`. Ordinary code should not use this, but
   ## the `typeinfo` module instead.
   
+proc slurp*(filename: string): string {.magic: "Slurp".}
+  ## compiletime ``readFile`` proc for easy `resource`:idx: embedding:
+  ## .. code-block:: nimrod
+  ##
+  ##   const myResource = slurp"mydatafile.bin"
+  ##