Merge branch 'devel' of github.com:nim-lang/Nim into devel

lib/posix/posix_other.nim

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type
 {.deprecated: [TSocketHandle: SocketHandle].}
 
 type
-  Time* {.importc: "time_t", header: "<time.h>".} = distinct int
+  Time* {.importc: "time_t", header: "<time.h>".} = distinct clong
 
   Timespec* {.importc: "struct timespec",
                header: "<time.h>", final, pure.} = object ## struct timespec

lib/pure/rationals.nim

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ proc toRational*[T:SomeInteger](x: T): Rational[T] =
   result.num = x
   result.den = 1
 
-proc toRational*(x: float, n: int = high(int32)): Rational[int] =
+proc toRational*(x: float, n: int = high(int) shr (sizeof(int) div 2 * 8)): Rational[int] =
   ## Calculates the best rational numerator and denominator
   ## that approximates to `x`, where the denominator is
   ## smaller than `n` (default is the largest possible
@@ -323,8 +323,13 @@ when isMainModule:
   assert abs(toFloat(y) - 0.4814814814814815) < 1.0e-7
   assert toInt(z) == 0
 
-  assert toRational(0.98765432) == 2111111029 // 2137499919
-  assert toRational(PI) == 817696623 // 260280919
+  when sizeof(int) == 8:
+    assert toRational(0.98765432) == 2111111029 // 2137499919
+    assert toRational(PI) == 817696623 // 260280919
+  when sizeof(int) == 4:
+    assert toRational(0.98765432) == 80 // 81
+    assert toRational(PI) == 355 // 113
+
   assert toRational(0.1) == 1 // 10
   assert toRational(0.9) == 9 // 10
 

lib/system.nim

@@ -743,6 +743,18 @@ proc newSeqOfCap*[T](cap: Natural): seq[T] {.
   ## ``cap``.
   discard
 
+when not defined(JS):
+  proc newSeqUninitialized*[T: SomeNumber](len: Natural): seq[T] =
+    ## creates a new sequence of type ``seq[T]`` with length ``len``.
+    ##
+    ## Only available for numbers types. Note that the sequence will be
+    ## uninitialized. After the creation of the sequence you should assign
+    ## entries to the sequence instead of adding them.
+
+    result = newSeqOfCap[T](len)
+    var s = cast[PGenericSeq](result)
+    s.len = len
+
 proc len*[TOpenArray: openArray|varargs](x: TOpenArray): int {.
   magic: "LengthOpenArray", noSideEffect.}
 proc len*(x: string): int {.magic: "LengthStr", noSideEffect.}