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compiler/ast2nif.nim

@@ -951,6 +951,10 @@ proc populateInterfaceTablesFromIndex(c: var DecodeContext; module: FileIndex;
       if sym != nil:
         strTableAdd(interfHidden, sym)
 
+proc toNifFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; f: FileIndex): string =
+  let suffix = moduleSuffix(conf, f)
+  result = toGeneratedFile(conf, AbsoluteFile(suffix), ".nif").string
+
 proc loadNifModule*(c: var DecodeContext; f: FileIndex; interf, interfHidden: var TStrTable): PNode =
   let suffix = moduleSuffix(c.infos.config, f)
   let modFile = toGeneratedFile(c.infos.config, AbsoluteFile(suffix), ".nif").string

compiler/modulegraphs.nim

@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ when not defined(nimKochBootstrap):
     ## Loads module from NIF file when optCompress is enabled.
 
     # loadNifModule will check if the file exists internally
+    if not fileExists(toNifFilename(g.config, fileIdx)):
+      return nil
 
     # Create module symbol
     let filename = AbsoluteFile toFullPath(g.config, fileIdx)