nim-wiki/Tips-and-tricks.md

* Use "nimrod check myfile.nim" to check your program for errors, without code generation. This makes the process quicker.

## Using reserved words as identifiers

You can use the slanted quote string syntax if you need to use a reserved word as an identifier: ``var `type`: int``

## Tricks with conditional compilation

```nimrod
const someFeature = True

when someFeature:
  const someSubFeature = true
else:
  const someSubFeature = false
```

## How do I echo in a ``{.noSideEffects.}`` proc?

You can use ``debugEcho`` for this.