staticread.nim

import macros

macro foo(x: static[string]): untyped = 
    var r: seq[uint8] = @[]
    for i in 0 ..< x.len:
        r.add x[i].uint8
    result = quote do: `r`

const 
    resources {.exportc.} = foo(staticRead"resources.bin")

# BUG? resources is generated as array[0..len, int] instead of array[0..len, uint8]

# the following code is needed for the const to be generated in the .C file

proc calcSum() =
    var sum = 0
    for b in resources:
        sum = sum + b
    echo sum

calcSum()