Merge pull request #2885 from apense/patch-4

Note about deprecation in generics.txt
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Andreas Rumpf
2015-06-09 15:03:46 +02:00

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@@ -164,11 +164,13 @@ Alternatively, the ``distinct`` type modifier can be applied to the type class
to allow each param matching the type class to bind to a different type.
If a proc param doesn't have a type specified, Nim will use the
``distinct auto`` type class (also known as ``any``):
``distinct auto`` type class (also known as ``any``). Note this behavior is
deprecated for procs; templates, however, support them:
.. code-block:: nim
# allow any combination of param types
proc concat(a, b): string = $a & $b
proc concat(a, b): string = $a & $b # deprecated
proc concat(a, b: any): string = $a & $b # preferred
Procs written with the implicitly generic style will often need to refer to the
type parameters of the matched generic type. They can be easily accessed using