Merge pull request #9015 from LemonBoy/fix-9013

Fix linking issue in cpp codegen

lib/system/hti.nim

@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ type
   PNimType = ptr TNimType
 
 when defined(nimTypeNames):
-  var nimTypeRoot {.compilerProc.}: PNimType
+  # Declare this variable only once in system.nim
+  when declared(ThisIsSystem):
+    var nimTypeRoot {.compilerProc.}: PNimType
+  else:
+    var nimTypeRoot {.importc.}: PNimType
 
 # node.len may be the ``first`` element of a set

tests/cpp/t9013.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+discard """
+  targets: "cpp"
+  cmd: "nim $target --debugger:native $options $file"
+"""
+
+# The --debugger switch is needed in order to enable the defined(nimTypeNames)
+# code path in hti.nim
+import typeinfo
+var tt: Any