proc-$ to stringify typedesc

fixes nim-lang#5827
cdunn2001 · May 18, 2017 · 87862cc · 87862cc
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commit 87862cc
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diff --git a/lib/pure/typetraits.nim b/lib/pure/typetraits.nim
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ proc name*(t: typedesc): string {.magic: "TypeTrait".}
   ##
   ##   import typetraits
   ##
-  ##   proc `$`*(T: typedesc): string = name(T)
-  ##
   ##   template test(x): stmt =
   ##     echo "type: ", type(x), ", value: ", x
   ##
@@ -31,6 +29,10 @@ proc name*(t: typedesc): string {.magic: "TypeTrait".}
   ##   test(@['A','B'])
   ##   # --> type: seq[char], value: @[A, B]
 
+proc `$`*(t: typedesc): string =
+  ## Stringify a type, so that "echo type(42)" will work
+  name(t)
+
 proc arity*(t: typedesc): int {.magic: "TypeTrait".}
   ## Returns the arity of the given type