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result.add(letter)
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result.add(letter)
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const abcs = getAlphabet()
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const abcs = getAlphabet()
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var
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var
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foo = "bar"
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a = "foo"
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bar = "foo"
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b = 0
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# oops, I need to fix the names
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let temp = foo
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foo = bar
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bar = temp
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echo "abcs is ", abcs
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let
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echo "foo is ", foo
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c = "foo"
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echo "bar is ", bar
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d = 5
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a.add "bar" # This is fine because ``a`` is mutable.
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b.inc # This is also fine.
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c.add "bar" # This will result in an error.
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d.inc # As will this.
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```
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```
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```
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```
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$ nimrod c -r ./assignment.nim
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$ nimrod c --verbosity:2 ./assignment.nim
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abcs is abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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a20.nim(19, 0) Error: for a 'var' type a variable needs to be passed
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foo is foo
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c.add "bar" # This will result in an error.
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bar is bar
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^
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```
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```
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A `const` variable is evaluated at compile-time, so if you inspect the C sources, you'll see the following line:
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Without `--verbosity:2` only the error will be shown.
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A `const` variable's value will be evaluated at compile-time, so if you inspect the C sources, you'll see the following line:
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``` C
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``` C
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STRING_LITERAL(TMP129, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", 26);
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STRING_LITERAL(TMP129, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", 26);
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```
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```
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The limitation with `const` is that it cannot interface with C because there is no compile-time foreign function interface at this time.
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The limitation with this is that procedures which are evaluated at compile-time cannot interface with C because there is no compile-time foreign function interface at this time.
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`var` variables are the standard mutable variables, you can modify them after they've been assigned. `let` variables are also fairly standard immutable variables. This means you can assign to them at creation time and can't change them later on.
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As seen in the example, `var` variables are standard mutable variables, you can modify them after they've been assigned. `let` variables on the other hand are immutable variables. This means you can assign to them at creation time and can't change them later on. The difference between `let` and `const` is that a `const`'s expression must be evaluated at compile-time, a `let`'s expression doesn't have this requirement.
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