This package automtically create the environment and installs the needed packages when you run the Julia program (assuming “using QuickEnv” is at the top). Julia also has a neat feature of named environments, and QuickEnv search & find such an environment that the program can use to run in, and use …

Local Directory Projects (--project=.): Reproducible, but creates directory clutter and repetitive setup overhead for single-file scripts or quick calculations. Furthermore, it results in additional disk space usage and compile-time overhead due to redundant package downloads and precompilations. …

Also I find very weird to have code as special comments…

I have this unregistered package for doing the same thing: https://github.com/cjdoris/SelfContainedScripts.jl I’d say my package is a bit more verbose but also more principled, in that it includes the project file into the script, so you can have greater control over the project (like compat bounds…

There’s also this PR to bake such functionality into Julia. It seems to have stalled - last update was in January.

I don’t necessarily disagree, but let me point out that “using QuickEnv” is easier. And as pointed out by the package description, since it uses a named environment if it can find one, it does save (maybe a bit) of disk space. It definitely saves runtime in such a case, as the script/program starts …

Cool. But I think QuickEnv is a bit more friendly for a beginner user. No?

Interesting! Thanks for sharing. It does feel a bit too “magic” for my tastes to be honest. I’d rather my package management be very explicit, and once you start going with those special comments then why not just have a full UV like approach instead? So being explicit rather than defining what you…

[image] Sariel: As for the comments as directives. I think this is common. Never seen it in Julia code [image] Sariel: if there is a better alternative, I would be happy to use it. macro? Like @quickenv using Foo option1 option2

Autor of ShareAdd.jl here, looking if there is anything to borrow from these packages :slightly_smiling_face:

[image] Ben Elkin: is anything to borrow Well, possibly next to the already existing in the ShareAdd.jl two macros: @usingany (which imports from any available environment) and @usingtmp (which creates a temporary environment), add third one @usinghere which creates or updates environment in…

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ShareAdd.jl v2.6 is out, with the new macro @usinghere - see announcement.

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