Merge pull request #1446 from gradha/pr_links_typetraits_module

Links typetraits module

doc/lib.txt

@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ Core
 
 * `typeinfo <typeinfo.html>`_
   Provides (unsafe) access to Nimrod's run time type information. 
-  
+
+* `typetraits <typetraits.html>`_
+  This module defines compile-time reflection procs for working with types.
+
 * `actors <actors.html>`_
   Actor support for Nimrod; implemented as a layer on top of the threads and
   channels modules.

lib/pure/typetraits.nim

@@ -11,7 +11,26 @@
 ## working with types
 
 proc name*(t: typedesc): string {.magic: "TypeTrait".}
-  ## Returns the name of the given type
+  ## Returns the name of the given type.
+  ##
+  ## Example:
+  ##
+  ## .. code-block::
+  ##
+  ##   import typetraits
+  ##
+  ##   proc `$`*[T](some:typedesc[T]): string = name(T)
+  ##
+  ##   template test(x): stmt =
+  ##     echo "type: ", type(x), ", value: ", x
+  ##
+  ##   test 42
+  ##   # --> type: int, value: 42
+  ##   test "Foo"
+  ##   # --> type: string, value: Foo
+  ##   test(@['A','B'])
+  ##   # --> type: seq[char], value: @[A, B]
+
 
 proc arity*(t: typedesc): int {.magic: "TypeTrait".}
-  ## Returns the arity of the given type
+  ## Returns the arity of the given type

web/nimrod.ini

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ doc: "tools;niminst;nimgrep;gc;estp;idetools;docgen;koch;backends.txt"
 pdf: "manual;lib;tut1;tut2;nimrodc;niminst;gc"
 srcdoc2: "system.nim;impure/graphics;wrappers/sdl"
 srcdoc2: "core/macros;pure/marshal;core/typeinfo;core/unsigned"
-srcdoc2: "impure/re;pure/sockets"
+srcdoc2: "impure/re;pure/sockets;pure/typetraits"
 srcdoc: "system/threads.nim;system/channels.nim;js/dom"
 srcdoc2: "pure/os;pure/strutils;pure/math;pure/matchers;pure/algorithm"
 srcdoc2: "pure/complex;pure/times;pure/osproc;pure/pegs;pure/dynlib"