From f489afa7e497b99bf07f8856f279f772f7b265bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek Sieka <arnetheduck@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:45:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] deprecate hotCodeReloading (#26107)

See https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/573 - deprecating for
visibility in 2.4, in case a maintainer wants to step up - else it can
be binned for 2.6
---
 compiler/commands.nim | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/compiler/commands.nim b/compiler/commands.nim
index 123e404141..597063a680 100644
--- a/compiler/commands.nim
+++ b/compiler/commands.nim
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
   of "hotcodereloading":
     processOnOffSwitchG(conf, {optHotCodeReloading}, arg, pass, info)
     if conf.hcrOn:
+      warningDeprecated(conf, info, "hotCodeReloading is deprecated, see https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/573 for further information")
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "hotcodereloading")
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "useNimRtl")
       # hardcoded linking with dynamic runtime for MSVC for smaller binaries