nim-wiki/Tips-and-tricks.textile

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

h2. Using reserved words as identifiers

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

h2. Tricks with conditional compilation

```nimrod
const someFeature = True

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

h2. How do I echo in a {.noSideEffects.} proc?

You can use ``debugEcho`` for this.