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2026q2 Nim Core Libraries

Mar 31, 2026, 3 min read

ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs

Description

Maintain and extend the foundational Nim libraries required by IFT teams.

Task List

Protobuf Library Stabilization

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:protobuf-library
  • owner: Nitely
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/04/01
  • end-date: 2026/04/20

Description

  • Finalize the Nim Protobuf library implementation and bring it to a stable, production-ready state.
  • Close the remaining functionality, quality, and API gaps needed for broader adoption in IFT and Logos work.

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Multithreading and Thread Pool Library

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:thread-pool-library
  • owner: Nitely
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/04/21
  • end-date: 2026/05/15

Description

  • Improve nim-taskpools, with particular attention to the gaps tracked in issue #6 and related missing functionality.
  • Review and evaluate the existing implementations that Mamy built in the mratsim/constantine library.
    • The Constantine thread pools build on nim-taskpools.
  • Extract and adapt reusable components from Constantine where appropriate.
  • Reach out to Mamy for potential collaboration and explore EF funding options.
  • Merge the learnings into a robust, well-tested thread pool library and implement the missing parts identified during the review.

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CBOR Library CDDL Parsing

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:cbor-cddl-parsing
  • owner: Nitely
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/05/15
  • end-date: 2026/05/30

Description

  • Implement CDDL parsing in the CBOR library.
  • Establish the foundation needed for future CBOR/CDDL-driven features while keeping the scope focused on parser support for Q2.
  • This work should prepare for near-term needs around generating Nim code from CDDL, or the reverse direction, as those capabilities are expected to be needed soon.

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Unittest2 Expected Failures

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:unittest2-expected-failures
  • owner: Constantine
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/05/15
  • end-date: 2026/05/30

Description

  • Add support for expected failures in nim-unittest2.
  • Enable the testing workflow needed when work starts on larger features that require temporarily tracking known failing cases without losing test signal.

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Protobuf Serialization in libp2p

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:libp2p-protobuf-serialization
  • owner: Nitely/Constantine
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/06/01
  • end-date: 2026/06/30

Description

  • Add protobuf serialization support within libp2p, aligning scope and design with the existing libp2p stack and future messaging needs.
  • Build on the stabilized protobuf library and make the integration practical for real libp2p protocol work.

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PCP Support in nim-nat-traversal

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:nat-traversal-pcp-support
  • owner: Constantine
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/06/01
  • end-date: 2026/06/30

Description

  • Implement PCP support in nim-nat-traversal.
  • Evaluate the preferred option of wrapping libplum, removing the other two libraries, and getting rid of the current make-based build system.
  • Keep the native Chronos-based implementation as an alternative if it proves more practical.

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Nim LSP Stability and Editor Support

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:lsp-editor-support
  • owner: Constantine
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/04/01
  • end-date: 2026/06/01

Description

  • Improve the Nim LSP implementation to make editor support substantially more stable and usable.
  • Continue bug hunting and implementation work already started in Q1.
  • Treat nimsuggest as the practical short-term path: fix low-hanging-fruit bugs with immediate benefits, improve stability and performance for Nim 2 codebases of our size, and then work toward better feature completeness on the LSP side.
  • The end goal is better nim-langserver behavior and better integration in editors such as VS Code, with the added benefit that language servers may also be used as MCP providers.

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Documentation

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:docs
  • owner: Constantine
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/04/01
  • end-date: 2026/06/30

Description

  • Produce documentation for the core libs.

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Maintenance

  • fully qualified name: ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nim-core-libs:maintenance
  • owner: Constantine
  • status: not started
  • start-date: 2026/04/01
  • end-date: 2026/06/30

Description

  • Ongoing maintenance and fixes across Nim core libraries.

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