corrected backends.txt

compiler/vmgen.nim

@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 
 ## This module implements the code generator for the VM.
 
+# Important things to remember:
+# - The VM does not distinguish between definitions ('var x = y') and
+#   assignments ('x = y'). For simple data types that fit into a register
+#   this doesn't matter. However it matters for strings and other complex
+#   types that use the 'node' field; the reason is that slots are
+#   re-used in a register based VM. XXX Come up with an example.
+
 import
   unsigned, strutils, ast, astalgo, types, msgs, renderer, vmdef, 
   trees, intsets, rodread, magicsys, options, lowerings

doc/advopt.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Advanced commands:
-  //compileToC, cc          compile project with C code generator, see `Backend language options`_
+  //compileToC, cc          compile project with C code generator
-  //compileToCpp, cpp       compile project to C++ code, see `Backend language options`_
+  //compileToCpp, cpp       compile project to C++ code
-  //compileToOC, objc       compile project to Objective C code, see `Backend language options`_
+  //compileToOC, objc       compile project to Objective C code
-  //js                      compile project to Javascript, see `Backend language options`_
+  //js                      compile project to Javascript
   //rst2html                convert a reStructuredText file to HTML
   //rst2tex                 convert a reStructuredText file to TeX
   //jsondoc                 extract the documentation to a json file

doc/backends.txt

@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@
 :Version: |nimrodversion|
 
 .. contents::
-
+  "Heresy grows from idleness." -- Unknown.
-  "If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's
-  always more than one way to view a situation. What's true for the
-  group is also true for the individual. It's simple: overspecialize,
-  and you breed in weakness.  It's slow death." -- Major Motoko
-  Kusanagi
 
 
 Introduction
@@ -160,7 +155,7 @@ Create a ``calculator.nim`` file with the following content:
 .. code-block:: nimrod
 
   {.compile: "logic.c".}
-  proc addTwoIntegers(a, b: int): int {.importc.}
+  proc addTwoIntegers(a, b: cint): cint {.importc.}
 
   when isMainModule:
     echo addTwoIntegers(3, 7)
@@ -407,7 +402,8 @@ can then attach a GC to this thread via
   initGC()
 
 At the moment this support is still experimental so you need to expose these
-functions yourself or submit patches to request a public API. If the Nimrod
+functions yourself or submit patches to request a public API. 
-code you are calling is short lived, another possible solution is to disable
+
-the garbage collector and enable it after the call from your background
+It is **not** safe to disable the garbage collector and enable it after the
-thread.
+call from your background thread even if the code you are calling is short
+lived.

todo.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 version 0.9.6
 =============
 
+- some table related tests are wrong (memory usage checks)
+
 Concurrency
 -----------