simplify nimscript.nim

compiler/main.nim

@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ proc mainCommand* =
     gGlobalOptions.incl(optCaasEnabled)
     msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
     serve(mainCommand)
-  of "nop": discard
+  of "nop", "help": discard
   else:
     rawMessage(errInvalidCommandX, command)
 

lib/system/nimscript.nim

@@ -144,28 +144,13 @@ template task*(name: untyped; description: string; body: untyped): untyped =
   proc `name Task`() = body
 
   let cmd = getCommand()
-  if cmd.len == 0 or cmd ==? "help" or cmd == "nop":
+  if cmd.len == 0 or cmd ==? "help":
-    setCommand "nop"
+    setCommand "help"
     writeTask(astToStr(name), description)
   elif cmd ==? astToStr(name):
     setCommand "nop"
     `name Task`()
 
-type
-  VersionReq* = distinct string ## Describes a version requirement.
-
-template v*(name: string{lit}): VersionReq = VersionReq(name)
-template special*(name: string): VersionReq = VersionReq(name)
-template `<`*(v: VersionReq): VersionReq = VersionReq("<" & string(v))
-template `<=`*(v: VersionReq): VersionReq = VersionReq("<=" & string(v))
-template `>`*(v: VersionReq): VersionReq = VersionReq(">" & string(v))
-template `>=`*(v: VersionReq): VersionReq = VersionReq(">=" & string(v))
-template `&`*(a, b: VersionReq): VersionReq =
-  VersionReq(string(a) & " & " & string(b))
-
-const
-  anyVersion* = VersionReq("*")
-
 var
   packageName* = ""
   version*, author*, description*, license*, srcdir*,
@@ -173,7 +158,7 @@ var
 
   skipDirs*, skipFiles*, skipExt*, installDirs*, installFiles*,
     installExt*, bin*: seq[string]
-  requiresData*: seq[(string, VersionReq)]
+  requiresData*: seq[string]
 
-proc requires*(name: string; v: VersionReq) =
+proc requires*(deps: varargs[string]) =
-  requiresData.add((name, v))
+  for d in deps: requiresData.add(d)

todo.txt

@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ version 0.11.4
 
 - add "all threads are blocked" detection to 'spawn'
 - Deprecate ``immediate`` for templates and macros
-- make 'nil' work for 'add':
-  - resizeString
-  - incrSeq
-  - addChar
 
 
 version 1.0
@@ -36,6 +32,10 @@ version 1.0
 - split docgen into separate tool
 - special rule for ``[]=``, items, pairs
 - BUG: echo with template `$`*(info: TLineInfo): expr = toFileLineCol(info)
+- make 'nil' work for 'add':
+  - resizeString
+  - incrSeq
+  - addChar
 
 
 Concurrency