removed newString proc again, reverted some unnecesary changes

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Arne Döring 2017-06-06 21:19:50 +02:00
commit ddea990a70
8 changed files with 16 additions and 38 deletions

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@ -1872,21 +1872,6 @@ proc `$` *[Enum: enum](x: Enum): string {.magic: "EnumToStr", noSideEffect.}
## a ``$`` operator for a concrete enumeration is provided, this is
## used instead. (In other words: *Overwriting* is possible.)
proc newString*[N](data: array[N, char]): string {.noSideEffect.} =
## Construct a string from an array of characters. The `data` is
## expected to be a null terminated string as it is often used in C.
when nimvm:
# cannot cast on the vm
# not recommended to use this procedure on the vm at all, but at least it doesn't fail.
result = ""
for c in data:
if c == '\0':
return
else:
result.add c
else:
result = $(cast[cstring](data[0].unsafeAddr))
# undocumented:
proc getRefcount*[T](x: ref T): int {.importc: "getRefcount", noSideEffect.}
proc getRefcount*(x: string): int {.importc: "getRefcount", noSideEffect.}