whichModule (subsumes canImport / moduleExists)

[timotheecour]

const path = whichModule("exitprocs")
when path.len > 0 : import exitprocs)

other names: findModule.

links

• resolveSymbol(foo(args)) and overloadExists(foo(args)) to return symbol after overload resolution by timotheecour · Pull Request #12076 · nim-lang/Nim
• when (compiles do: import a): is very broken - Nim forum
• when fixed, update Is there a way to see if a module exists at compile time? - Nim forum

note

see also this comment: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/7222#45666

Please bring it on, add a std / moduletraits module featuring whichModule. Also add LINE and FILE like capabilities while you're at it. But these probably need an RFC so that we figure out how they should work wrt template expansions etc.