Syntax for aliasing

[wizzardx]

Hi there.

Nim doesn't have a built-in alias command to rename identifiers to something more convenient (eg, D lang has that). But it's possible to get the same effect by using template metaprogramming.

Here's a couple of links with more info on that:

https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/2390

https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/7090

https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/1515

Could you please add a section for how to do aliasing?

[QuinnFreedman]

+1. This is my biggest annoyance with nim right now

[timotheecour]

But it's possible to get the same effect by using template metaprogramming.

it's not possible to do so reliably without the compiler patch in the linked PR https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/11822, see PR for details