From e855019f84e93e01022ad57aa3624c8e4d237486 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: metagn <metagngn@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 19:37:02 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] add STRING_LITERAL macro back to nimbase.h for compatibility
 (#24957)

refs #24956, refs #24302
---
 lib/nimbase.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/nimbase.h b/lib/nimbase.h
index 3b4438331b..2144c84b0c 100644
--- a/lib/nimbase.h
+++ b/lib/nimbase.h
@@ -470,6 +470,13 @@ typedef char* NCSTRING;
 
 #define NIM_STRLIT_FLAG ((NU)(1) << ((NIM_INTBITS) - 2)) /* This has to be the same as system.strlitFlag! */
 
+/* unused in codegen after 2.2 but keep for compatibility: */
+#define STRING_LITERAL(name, str, length) \
+   static const struct {                   \
+     TGenericSeq Sup;                      \
+     NIM_CHAR data[(length) + 1];          \
+  } name = {{length, (NI) ((NU)length | NIM_STRLIT_FLAG)}, str}
+
 /* declared size of a sequence/variable length array: */
 #if defined(__cplusplus) && defined(__clang__)
 #  define SEQ_DECL_SIZE 1