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0 pointscobby2y ago0 comments

Also Nim requires you to use unique field names across all variants.

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This annoying restriction is lifted in Nim 2; see the linked announcement.

xigoi2y ago

Where in the announcement does it say that?

They likely read "overloadable enums" and went "Oh Rust calls their tagged unions enums" so assumed all languages did.

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0 pointscobby2y ago0 comments

Also Nim requires you to use unique field names across all variants.

This annoying restriction is lifted in Nim 2; see the linked announcement.

xigoi2y ago

Where in the announcement does it say that?

They likely read "overloadable enums" and went "Oh Rust calls their tagged unions enums" so assumed all languages did.

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