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# TL;DR

There are two incompatible async I/O libraries available for Nim, which is not a good thing given the fundamental layer at which these libraries operate. The risk is that this might split the library ecosystem. I hope to find a resolution for this situation that makes everybody happy.

# Background

Over the last few weeks/months I have seen a number of discussions on the Nim forum and the #nim IRC channel about the state of the Nim async library. After speaking with some (but not all!) of the people involved I figured it is time to make this into an official discussion to see how this can be resolved and we can move forward.

Here is the back story:

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Within an except clause it is possible to access the current exception using the following syntax:

  try:
    # ...
  except IOError as e:
    # Now use "e"
    echo "I/O error: " & e.msg

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