From 9d0c79ff1e55f49f59c4ec403689b8bb714da3ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:09:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #3901

---
 lib/system.nim | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index c28d0df8bb..3ef9c1b315 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2624,6 +2624,12 @@ when not defined(JS): #and not defined(nimscript):
       elif x > y: result = 1
       else: result = 0
 
+  when defined(nimscript):
+    proc writeFile*(filename, content: string) {.tags: [WriteIOEffect], benign.}
+      ## Opens a file named `filename` for writing. Then writes the
+      ## `content` completely to the file and closes the file afterwards.
+      ## Raises an IO exception in case of an error.
+
   when not defined(nimscript) and hostOS != "standalone":
     when defined(windows):
       # work-around C's sucking abstraction: