deprecate existsDir; use dirExists instead (#14884)

changelog.md

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
 - add `macros.extractDocCommentsAndRunnables` helper
 
 - `strformat.fmt` and `strformat.&` support `= specifier`. `fmt"{expr=}"` now expands to `fmt"expr={expr}"`.
+- deprecations: `os.existsDir` => `dirExists`, `os.existsFile` => `fileExists`
 
 - Add `jsre` module, [Regular Expressions for the JavaScript target.](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions)
 

compiler/docgen.nim

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ proc presentationPath*(conf: ConfigRef, file: AbsoluteFile, isTitle = false): Re
     # we're (currently) requiring `isAbsolute` to avoid confusion when passing
     # a relative path (would it be relative wrt $PWD or to projectfile)
     conf.globalAssert conf.docRoot.isAbsolute, arg=conf.docRoot
-    conf.globalAssert conf.docRoot.existsDir, arg=conf.docRoot
+    conf.globalAssert conf.docRoot.dirExists, arg=conf.docRoot
     # needed because `canonicalizePath` called on `file`
     result = file.relativeTo conf.docRoot.expandFilename.AbsoluteDir
   else:

lib/pure/os.nim

@@ -1117,13 +1117,7 @@ proc fileExists*(filename: string): bool {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
     var res: Stat
     return stat(filename, res) >= 0'i32 and S_ISREG(res.st_mode)
 
-when not defined(nimscript):
-  when not defined(js): # `noNimJs` doesn't work with templates, this should improve.
-    template existsFile*(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped {.deprecated: "use fileExists".} =
-      fileExists(args)
-  # {.deprecated: [existsFile: fileExists].} # pending bug #14819; this would avoid above mentioned issue
-
-proc existsDir*(dir: string): bool {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadDirEffect],
+proc dirExists*(dir: string): bool {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadDirEffect],
                                      noNimJs.} =
   ## Returns true if the directory `dir` exists. If `dir` is a file, false
   ## is returned. Follows symlinks.
@@ -1150,7 +1144,7 @@ proc symlinkExists*(link: string): bool {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
   ##
   ## See also:
   ## * `fileExists proc <#fileExists,string>`_
-  ## * `existsDir proc <#existsDir,string>`_
+  ## * `dirExists proc <#dirExists,string>`_
   when defined(windows):
     when useWinUnicode:
       wrapUnary(a, getFileAttributesW, link)
@@ -1163,13 +1157,13 @@ proc symlinkExists*(link: string): bool {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
     return lstat(link, res) >= 0'i32 and S_ISLNK(res.st_mode)
 
 
-proc dirExists*(dir: string): bool {.inline, noNimJs.} =
-  ## Alias for `existsDir proc <#existsDir,string>`_.
-  ##
-  ## See also:
-  ## * `fileExists proc <#fileExists,string>`_
-  ## * `symlinkExists proc <#symlinkExists,string>`_
-  existsDir(dir)
+when not defined(nimscript):
+  when not defined(js): # `noNimJs` doesn't work with templates, this should improve.
+    template existsFile*(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped {.deprecated: "use fileExists".} =
+      fileExists(args)
+    template existsDir*(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped {.deprecated: "use dirExists".} =
+      dirExists(args)
+  # {.deprecated: [existsFile: fileExists].} # pending bug #14819; this would avoid above mentioned issue
 
 when not defined(windows) and not weirdTarget:
   proc checkSymlink(path: string): bool =
@@ -2026,7 +2020,7 @@ proc expandFilename*(filename: string): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
     # way of retrieving the true filename
     for x in walkFiles(result):
       result = x
-    if not fileExists(result) and not existsDir(result):
+    if not fileExists(result) and not dirExists(result):
       # consider using: `raiseOSError(osLastError(), result)`
       raise newException(OSError, "file '" & result & "' does not exist")
   else:
@@ -2323,7 +2317,7 @@ proc existsOrCreateDir*(dir: string): bool {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
   result = not rawCreateDir(dir)
   if result:
     # path already exists - need to check that it is indeed a directory
-    if not existsDir(dir):
+    if not dirExists(dir):
       raise newException(IOError, "Failed to create '" & dir & "'")
 
 proc createDir*(dir: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",

lib/pure/ssl_certs.nim

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ iterator scanSSLCertificates*(useEnvVars = false): string =
         if p.endsWith(".pem") or p.endsWith(".crt"):
           if fileExists(p):
             yield p
-        elif existsDir(p):
+        elif dirExists(p):
           for fn in joinPath(p, "*").walkFiles():
             yield fn
     else:

lib/system/nimscript.nim

@@ -131,18 +131,17 @@ proc fileExists*(filename: string): bool {.tags: [ReadIOEffect].} =
   ## Checks if the file exists.
   builtin
 
-template existsFile*(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped {.deprecated: "use fileExists".} =
-  # xxx: warning won't be shown for nimsscript because of current logic handling
-  # `foreignPackageNotes`
-  fileExists(args)
-
 proc dirExists*(dir: string): bool {.
   tags: [ReadIOEffect].} =
   ## Checks if the directory `dir` exists.
   builtin
 
-proc existsDir*(dir: string): bool =
-  ## An alias for ``dirExists``.
+template existsFile*(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped {.deprecated: "use fileExists".} =
+  # xxx: warning won't be shown for nimsscript because of current logic handling
+  # `foreignPackageNotes`
+  fileExists(args)
+
+template existsDir*(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped {.deprecated: "use dirExists".} =
   dirExists(dir)
 
 proc selfExe*(): string =

testament/categories.nim

@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ proc testNimblePackages(r: var TResults; cat: Category; packageFilter: string, p
       inc r.total
       var test = makeSupTest(url, "", cat)
       let buildPath = packagesDir / name
-      if not existsDir(buildPath):
+      if not dirExists(buildPath):
         if useHead:
           let (installCmdLine, installOutput, installStatus) = execCmdEx2("git", ["clone", url, buildPath])
           if installStatus != QuitSuccess:

tests/manyloc/keineschweine/keineschweine.nim

@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ ingameClient.registerHandler(KeyF12, down, proc() = toggleSpec())
 ingameClient.registerHandler(KeyF11, down, toggleShipSelect)
 ingameClient.registerHandler(MouseLeft, down, handleLClick)
 when defined(recordMode):
-  if not existsDir("data/snapshots"):
+  if not dirExists("data/snapshots"):
     createDir("data/snapshots")
   ingameClient.registerHandler(keynum9, down, proc() =
     if not isRecording: startRecording()

tests/manyloc/keineschweine/lib/client_helpers.nim

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ proc saveCurrentFile() =
   let
     path = expandPath(currentFileTransfer.assetType, currentFileTransfer.fileName)
     parent = parentDir(path)
-  if not existsDir(parent):
+  if not dirExists(parent):
     createDir(parent)
     echo("Created dir")
   writeFile path, currentFIleTransfer.data

tests/manyloc/nake/nakefile.nim

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ task "testskel", "create skeleton test dir for testing":
 task "clean", "cleanup generated files":
   var dirs = @["nimcache", "server"/"nimcache"]
   dirs.apply(proc(x: var string) =
-    if existsDir(x): removeDir(x))
+    if dirExists(x): removeDir(x))
 
 task "download", "download game assets":
   var

tests/newconfig/tfoo.nims

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ assert fileExists("tests/newconfig/tfoo.nims") == true
 assert dirExists("tests") == true
 
 assert fileExists("tests/newconfig/tfoo.nims") == true
-assert existsDir("tests") == true
+assert dirExists("tests") == true
 
 discard selfExe()
 

tests/test_nimscript.nims

@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ block:
   doAssert "./foo//./bar/".normalizedPath == "foo/bar".unixToNativePath
 
 block: # #14142
-  discard existsDir("/usr")
   discard dirExists("/usr")
   discard fileExists("/usr/foo")
   discard findExe("nim")

tools/nimgrep.nim

@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ proc styleInsensitive(s: string): string =
     else: addx()
 
 proc walker(pattern; dir: string; counter: var int, errors: var int) =
-  if existsDir(dir):
+  if dirExists(dir):
     for kind, path in walkDir(dir):
       case kind
       of pcFile:

tools/niminst/niminst.nim

@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ proc walkDirRecursively(s: var seq[string], root, explicit: string,
 
 proc addFiles(s: var seq[string], patterns: seq[string]) =
   for p in items(patterns):
-    if existsDir(p):
+    if dirExists(p):
       walkDirRecursively(s, p, p, false)
     else:
       var i = 0
       for f in walkPattern(p):
-        if existsDir(f):
+        if dirExists(f):
           walkDirRecursively(s, f, p, false)
         elif not ignoreFile(f, p, false):
           add(s, unixToNativePath(f))
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ template gatherFiles(fun, libpath, outDir) =
 
 proc srcdist(c: var ConfigData) =
   let cCodeDir = getOutputDir(c) / "c_code"
-  if not existsDir(cCodeDir): createDir(cCodeDir)
+  if not dirExists(cCodeDir): createDir(cCodeDir)
   gatherFiles(copyFile, c.libpath, cCodeDir)
   var winIndex = -1
   var intel32Index = -1
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ proc srcdist(c: var ConfigData) =
       if cpuname.cmpIgnoreStyle("i386") == 0: intel32Index = cpuA
       elif cpuname.cmpIgnoreStyle("amd64") == 0: intel64Index = cpuA
       var dir = getOutputDir(c) / buildDir(osA, cpuA)
-      if existsDir(dir): removeDir(dir)
+      if dirExists(dir): removeDir(dir)
       createDir(dir)
       var cmd = ("nim compile -f --symbolfiles:off --compileonly " &
                  "--gen_mapping --cc:gcc --skipUserCfg" &

tools/nimweb.nim

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ proc addFiles(s: var seq[string], dir, ext: string, patterns: seq[string]) =
   for p in items(patterns):
     if fileExists(dir / addFileExt(p, ext)):
       s.add(dir / addFileExt(p, ext))
-    if existsDir(dir / p):
+    if dirExists(dir / p):
       walkDirRecursively(s, dir / p, ext)
 
 proc parseIniFile(c: var TConfigData) =
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ proc buildPage(c: var TConfigData, file, title, rss: string, assetDir = "") =
     quit("[Error] cannot open: " & temp)
   var f: File
   var outfile = c.webUploadOutput / "$#.html" % file
-  if not existsDir(outfile.splitFile.dir):
+  if not dirExists(outfile.splitFile.dir):
     createDir(outfile.splitFile.dir)
   if open(f, outfile, fmWrite):
     writeLine(f, generateHTMLPage(c, file, title, content, rss, assetDir))