the big renamefest: first steps

lib/system/alloc.nim

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-# Low level allocator for Nimrod. Has been designed to support the GC.
+# Low level allocator for Nim. Has been designed to support the GC.
 # TODO: 
 # - eliminate "used" field
 # - make searching for block O(1)

lib/system/ansi_c.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2013 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 # This include file contains headers of Ansi C procs
-# and definitions of Ansi C types in Nimrod syntax
+# and definitions of Ansi C types in Nim syntax
 # All symbols are prefixed with 'c_' to avoid ambiguities
 
 {.push hints:off}

lib/system/arithm.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/assign.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/atomics.nim

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2014 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-# Atomic operations for Nimrod.
+# Atomic operations for Nim.
 {.push stackTrace:off.}
 
 const someGcc = defined(gcc) or defined(llvm_gcc) or defined(clang)
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ when someGcc and hasThreadSupport:
 elif defined(vcc) and hasThreadSupport:
   proc addAndFetch*(p: ptr int, val: int): int {.
     importc: "NimXadd", nodecl.}
+  proc fence*() {.importc: "_ReadWriteBarrier", header: "<intrin.h>".}
 
 else:
   proc addAndFetch*(p: ptr int, val: int): int {.inline.} =

lib/system/avltree.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/cellsets.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2013 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/cgprocs.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/channels.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2014 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/chcks.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2013 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/debugger.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2013 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ proc checkWatchpoints =
       Watchpoints[i].oldValue = newHash
 
 proc endb(line: int, file: cstring) {.compilerproc, noinline.} =
-  # This proc is called before every Nimrod code line!
+  # This proc is called before every Nim code line!
   if framePtr == nil: return
   if dbgWatchpointHook != nil: checkWatchpoints()
   framePtr.line = line # this is done here for smaller code size!

lib/system/deepcopy.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2014 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/dyncalls.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/embedded.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/endb.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2013 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # with the application. Mostly we do not use dynamic memory here as that
 # would interfere with the GC and trigger ON/OFF errors if the
 # user program corrupts memory. Unfortunately, for dispaying
-# variables we use the ``system.repr()`` proc which uses Nimrod
+# variables we use the ``system.repr()`` proc which uses Nim
 # strings and thus allocates memory from the heap. Pity, but
 # I do not want to implement ``repr()`` twice.
 

lib/system/excpt.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2014 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ proc popCurrentException {.compilerRtl, inl.} =
 # some platforms have native support for stack traces:
 const
   nativeStackTraceSupported* = (defined(macosx) or defined(linux)) and
-                              not nimrodStackTrace
-  hasSomeStackTrace = nimrodStackTrace or 
+                              not NimStackTrace
+  hasSomeStackTrace = NimStackTrace or 
     defined(nativeStackTrace) and nativeStackTraceSupported
 
 when defined(nativeStacktrace) and nativeStackTraceSupported:
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ proc auxWriteStackTrace(f: PFrame, s: var string) =
 
 when hasSomeStackTrace:
   proc rawWriteStackTrace(s: var string) =
-    when nimrodStackTrace:
+    when NimStackTrace:
       if framePtr == nil:
         add(s, "No stack traceback available\n")
       else:
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ when not defined(noSignalHandler):
       GC_disable()
       var buf = newStringOfCap(2000)
       rawWriteStackTrace(buf)
-      processSignal(sig, buf.add) # nice hu? currying a la nimrod :-)
+      processSignal(sig, buf.add) # nice hu? currying a la Nim :-)
       showErrorMessage(buf)
       GC_enable()
     else:

lib/system/gc.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2013 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/gc2.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/gc_ms.nim

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2014 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-# A simple mark&sweep garbage collector for Nimrod. Define the 
+# A simple mark&sweep garbage collector for Nim. Define the 
 # symbol ``gcUseBitvectors`` to generate a variant of this GC.
 {.push profiler:off.}
 

lib/system/hti.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/inclrtl.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2014 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/jssys.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ proc raiseException(e: ref E_Base, ename: cstring) {.
   if excHandler != nil:
     excHandler.exc = e
   else:
-    when nimrodStackTrace:
+    when NimStackTrace:
       var buf = rawWriteStackTrace()
     else:
       var buf = ""

lib/system/mmdisp.nim

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2013 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-# Nimrod high-level memory manager: It supports Boehm's GC, no GC and the
-# native Nimrod GC. The native Nimrod GC is the default.
+# Nim high-level memory manager: It supports Boehm's GC, no GC and the
+# native Nim GC. The native Nim GC is the default.
 
 #{.push checks:on, assertions:on.}
 {.push checks:off.}
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ elif defined(nogc) and defined(useMalloc):
 
 elif defined(nogc):
   # Even though we don't want the GC, we cannot simply use C's memory manager
-  # because Nimrod's runtime wants ``realloc`` to zero out the additional
+  # because Nim's runtime wants ``realloc`` to zero out the additional
   # space which C's ``realloc`` does not. And we cannot get the old size of an
   # object, because C does not support this operation... Even though every
   # possible implementation has to have a way to determine the object's size.

lib/system/profiler.nim

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-# This file implements the Nimrod profiler. The profiler needs support by the
+# This file implements the Nim profiler. The profiler needs support by the
 # code generator. The idea is to inject the instruction stream
 # with 'nimProfile()' calls. These calls are injected at every loop end
 # (except perhaps loops that have no side-effects). At every Nth call a

lib/system/repr.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/reprjs.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/sets.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/syslocks.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/sysspawn.nim

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2014 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-## Implements Nimrod's 'spawn'.
+## Implements Nim's 'spawn'.
 
 when not declared(NimString): 
   {.error: "You must not import this module explicitly".}

lib/system/sysstr.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ proc addChar(s: NimString, c: char): NimString =
   inc(result.len)
 
 # These routines should be used like following:
-#   <Nimrod code>
+#   <Nim code>
 #   s &= "Hello " & name & ", how do you feel?"
 #
 #   <generated C code>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ proc addChar(s: NimString, c: char): NimString =
 #     appendString(s, strLit3);
 #   }
 #
-#   <Nimrod code>
+#   <Nim code>
 #   s = "Hello " & name & ", how do you feel?"
 #
 #   <generated C code>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ proc addChar(s: NimString, c: char): NimString =
 #     s = tmp0;
 #   }
 #
-#   <Nimrod code>
+#   <Nim code>
 #   s = ""
 #
 #   <generated C code>

lib/system/threads.nim

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-## Thread support for Nimrod. **Note**: This is part of the system module.
+## Thread support for Nim. **Note**: This is part of the system module.
 ## Do not import it directly. To activate thread support you need to compile
 ## with the ``--threads:on`` command line switch.
 ##
-## Nimrod's memory model for threads is quite different from other common 
+## Nim's memory model for threads is quite different from other common 
 ## programming languages (C, Pascal): Each thread has its own
 ## (garbage collected) heap and sharing of memory is restricted. This helps
 ## to prevent race conditions and improves efficiency. See `the manual for
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ##
 ## Example:
 ##
-## .. code-block:: nimrod
+## .. code-block:: Nim
 ##
 ##  import locks
 ##
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ when not defined(useNimRtl):
     # the GC can examine the stacks?
     proc stopTheWord() = discard
     
-# We jump through some hops here to ensure that Nimrod thread procs can have
-# the Nimrod calling convention. This is needed because thread procs are 
+# We jump through some hops here to ensure that Nim thread procs can have
+# the Nim calling convention. This is needed because thread procs are 
 # ``stdcall`` on Windows and ``noconv`` on UNIX. Alternative would be to just
 # use ``stdcall`` since it is mapped to ``noconv`` on UNIX anyway.
 
 type
   TThread* {.pure, final.}[TArg] =
-      object of TGcThread ## Nimrod thread. A thread is a heavy object (~14K)
+      object of TGcThread ## Nim thread. A thread is a heavy object (~14K)
                           ## that **must not** be part of a message! Use
                           ## a ``TThreadId`` for that.
     when TArg is void:

lib/system/timers.nim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this

lib/system/widestrs.nim

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #
 #
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
 #        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-# Nimrod support for C/C++'s `wide strings`:idx:. This is part of the system
+# Nim support for C/C++'s `wide strings`:idx:. This is part of the system
 # module! Do not import it directly!
 
 when not declared(NimString):