# Hi, I am not sure if this is the right channel to ask but I was just curious. I
# am learning Nim and came across this example
# This is an example how an abstract syntax tree could be modelled in Nim
type
  NodeKind = enum  # the different node types
    nkInt,          # a leaf with an integer value
    nkFloat,        # a leaf with a float value
    nkString,       # a leaf with a string value
    nkAdd,          # an addition
    nkSub,          # a subtraction
    nkIf            # an if statement
  Node = ref object
    case kind: NodeKind  # the `kind` field is the discriminator
    of nkInt: intVal: int
    of nkFloat: floatVal: float
    of nkString: strVal: string
    of nkAdd, nkSub:
      leftOp, rightOp: Node
    of nkIf:
      condition, thenPart, elsePart: Node

var n = Node(kind: nkFloat, floatVal: 1.0)
# the following statement raises an `FieldDefect` exception, because
# n.kind's value does not fit:
n.strVal = ""

# What is happening here makes sense I think. I was just wondering does this
# create one Node type and just disable certain fields or does it create 6 nodes
# types?