**Language features** [Support for nested types](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/7449) and [support for cyclical imports](https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/6) would be huge boons for library wrapping.
The `range` keyword [has some issues and could be improved.](https://status-im.github.io/nim-style-guide/language.range.html) **Standard library** There is great community support for [interoperability with Python](https://github.com/yglukhov/nimpy), and good support for [generating C wrappers](https://github.com/nimterop/nimterop). It would be interesting to have first-party support for them - although maybe they're better off as external libraries. A hefty amount of modules have clunky names, for example: * Python's `os.walk` vs Nim's `os.walkDirRec` * `ansiBackgroundColorCode(c: Color)` from `terminal` (especially as this is designed to be used often, like ANSI codes) * `parseHexInt` and `parseHexStr` from `strutils` **Superficial syntax changes** I really dislike `%*` as the JSON operator. * It's not readable or intuitive. * JSON is not used enough to justify such a cryptic operator (unlike `$` for string conversion). * `json()` would be clearer, at the expense of +4 characters per usage. I also don't like `*` as the public marker. * It's not readable or intuitive. * A newcomer to Nim will have no idea what `*` does when stumbling across it the first time in a codebase. (the rest of Nim's syntax, by comparison, is very straightforward.) * `pub` or variants (`public`) are standard across many, many languages. * `*` has strong associations with pointers. * This can be confusing for a language that is as close to C as Nim is. I think `pub` would be much better. However, it does have some inconsistencies in block statements. # Current behavior (with `*` as the public marker) proc exportedEcho*(s: string) = echo s proc `*`*(a: string; b: int): string = result = newStringOfCap(a.len * b) for i in 1 .. b: result.add a var exportedVar*: int const exportedConst* = 78 type ExportedType* = object exportedField*: int type ExportedBlockType* = object exportedField*: int let exportedBlock*: int unexportedBlock: int Run # With `pub` as the public marker pub proc exportedEcho(s: string) = echo s pub proc `*`(a: string; b: int): string = result = newStringOfCap(a.len * b) for i in 1 .. b: result.add a pub var exportedVar: int pub const exportedConst = 78 pub type ExportedType = object pub exportedField: int type pub ExportedBlockType = object pub exportedField: int let pub exportedBlock: int unexportedBlock: int Run
