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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000293 | file | General | public | 2021-10-20 13:01 | 2021-11-19 16:49 |
| Reporter | Yardanico | Assigned To | christos | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | feedback | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 5.40 | ||||
| Summary | 0000293: file is too strict with Nim file detection | ||||
| Description | https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=273 reported that Nim wasn't in the file database and Nim magic was subsequently added to the `file`, but it's too strict - the current magic definition was clearly written for `koch.nim` specifically, but Nim is a programming language with a lot of possible code. I think checking for `import` and `let` is enough for some minimal level of detection (if no other language matches that), and then for more accurate checking you can also check for the existence of `proc` or `echo`. I'm aware that quite a lot of languages have both`import` and `let` as keywords, but I think that file's magics would be enough to differentiate between them? | ||||
| Tags | bug, magic, nim-lang | ||||
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-20 13:01 | Yardanico | New Issue | |
| 2021-10-28 15:49 | christos | Assigned To | => christos |
| 2021-10-28 15:49 | christos | Status | new => assigned |
| 2021-10-28 15:49 | christos | Status | assigned => feedback |
| 2021-10-28 15:49 | christos | Note Added: 0003660 | |
| 2021-11-19 16:49 |
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Tag Attached: magic | |
| 2021-11-19 16:49 |
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Tag Attached: bug | |
| 2021-11-19 16:49 |
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Tag Attached: nim-lang |
