nim-works/nimskull

`--listCmd:on` no longer works

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#1,514 opened on Apr 13, 2025

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Description

Example

# empty file

Actual Output

$ nim c -f --listCmd:on test.nim
........................................................
Hint: gc: orc; opt: none (DEBUG BUILD, `-d: release` generates faster code);  14922 lines; 0.428s; 23.086MiB peakmem; proj: test.nim; out: test [SuccessX]

Expected Output

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Hint: gc: orc; opt: none (DEBUG BUILD, `-d: release` generates faster code);  14922 lines; 0.428s; 23.086MiB peakmem; proj: test.nim; out: test [SuccessX]
<gcc invocations here>

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Research direction
Look for the code that handles the listCmd option in the Nim compiler, likely in the command line parsing or invocation part, and check why it no longer outputs the invocation commands.
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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75