Adds overridable orderArguments function (#3489)gh-2259

Closes #3488

2 files changed, 33 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/base-compiler.js b/lib/base-compiler.js
index fda955b19..a13a1efe4 100644
--- a/lib/base-compiler.js
+++ b/lib/base-compiler.js
@@ -662,6 +662,18 @@ export class BaseCompiler {
         }));
     }
 
+    orderArguments(options, inputFilename, libIncludes, libOptions, libPaths, libLinks, userOptions, staticLibLinks) {
+        return options.concat(
+            [this.filename(inputFilename)],
+            libIncludes,
+            libOptions,
+            libPaths,
+            libLinks,
+            userOptions,
+            staticLibLinks,
+        );
+    }
+
     prepareArguments(userOptions, filters, backendOptions, inputFilename, outputFilename, libraries) {
         let options = this.optionsForFilter(filters, outputFilename, userOptions);
         backendOptions = backendOptions || {};
@@ -689,8 +701,15 @@ export class BaseCompiler {
         }
 
         userOptions = this.filterUserOptions(userOptions) || [];
-        return options.concat([this.filename(inputFilename)], libIncludes, libOptions, 
-          libPaths, libLinks, userOptions, staticLibLinks);
+        return this.orderArguments(options,
+            inputFilename,
+            libIncludes,
+            libOptions,
+            libPaths,
+            libLinks,
+            userOptions,
+            staticLibLinks,
+        );
     }
 
     filterUserOptions(userOptions) {
diff --git a/lib/compilers/nim.js b/lib/compilers/nim.js
index d0124db61..5d24bb923 100644
--- a/lib/compilers/nim.js
+++ b/lib/compilers/nim.js
@@ -125,4 +125,16 @@ export class NimCompiler extends BaseCompiler {
     isCfgCompiler(/*compilerVersion*/) {
         return true;
     }
+
+    orderArguments(options, inputFilename, libIncludes, libOptions, libPaths, libLinks, userOptions, staticLibLinks) {
+        return options.concat(
+            libIncludes,
+            libOptions,
+            libPaths,
+            libLinks,
+            userOptions,
+            [this.filename(inputFilename)],
+            staticLibLinks,
+        );
+    }
 }