From 77a884f178316155d348808c2e3255a17edef16b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:03:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] export every field of MemFile for more low level trickery;
 refs #9922

---
 lib/pure/memfiles.nim | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/pure/memfiles.nim b/lib/pure/memfiles.nim
index d2beb629a2..f04cf8feeb 100644
--- a/lib/pure/memfiles.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/memfiles.nim
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ type
     size*: int       ## size of the memory mapped file
 
     when defined(windows):
-      fHandle: Handle
-      mapHandle: Handle
-      wasOpened: bool   ## only close if wasOpened
+      fHandle*: Handle     ## **Caution**: Windows specific public field to allow
+                           ## even more low level trickery.
+      mapHandle*: Handle   ## **Caution**: Windows specific public field.
+      wasOpened*: bool     ## **Caution**: Windows specific public field.
     else:
-      handle: cint
+      handle*: cint        ## **Caution**: Posix specific public field.
 
 proc mapMem*(m: var MemFile, mode: FileMode = fmRead,
              mappedSize = -1, offset = 0): pointer =