comparison with other packages

(migrated from https://github.com/idlewan/nim-fswatch/issues/1)

Curious how it compares to other packages

is that appropriate for use case as mentioned here:
https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/3159#19956 ? (FSMonitor - Nim forum)
Portable fsmonitor · Issue #6718 · nim-lang/Nim

related nim packages

[1] https://github.com/snowlt23/nimwatch readme says windows (win32api) and linux (inotify); osx and freebsd are marked as TODO
[2] https://github.com/idlewan/nim-fswatch => faced https://github.com/idlewan/nim-fswatch/issues/2
[3]lib/packages/fsmonitor.nim from nim stdlib https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/27b081d1f77604ee47c886e69dbc52f53ea3741f/lib/packages/fsmonitor.nim only works on linux (via inotify) and seems deprecated
[4] https://github.com/FedericoCeratto/nim-fswatch => doesn't work on OSX for me, see https://github.com/FedericoCeratto/nim-fswatch/issues/1
[5] https://github.com/paul-nameless/nim-fswatch (this one) => seems to work!

in D

there's this: https://code.dlang.org/packages/fswatch

Platform	Watching Directory	Watching File
Windows	ReadDirectoryChangesW (very fast, accurate)	polling using std.file.timeLastModified and std.file.exists (fast, not accurate for quick write)
Linux	inotify (very fast, accurate)	inotify (very fast, accurate)
Other	polling using std.file.dirEntries (slow, not accurate)	polling using std.file.timeLastModified and std.file.exists (fast, not accurate for quick write)

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was about to recommend Nim in this post https://forum.dlang.org/thread/igsegyczboysopismnft@forum.dlang.org (Can i watch folders/files for changes with D language?) (he was looking for a viable language with cross platform gui + file monitoring) but lack of file monitoring seems a blocker for that

paul-nameless / nim-fswatch

comparison with other packages #1

related nim packages

in D

other links

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