How to include into local scope?

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Sure, you can do that in Julia too.

macro include(filename::AbstractString)
    path = joinpath(dirname(String(__source__.file)), filename)
    return esc(Meta.parse("quote; " * read(path, String) * "; end").args[1])
end

then

let x = 5
    @include "wowPlot.jl"
end

or

function f(x)
    @include "wowPlot.jl"
end

will do what you expect (i.e. act as if you pasted the included code at that point). (@oxinabox had the same idea and was a bit quicker to post, but I had a chance to test mine and I believe it works.)

(I wouldn’t recommend this from a maintenance/reability standpoint, however! And even for short-term hacks I think it is better to write functions as soon as you find yourself re-using code.)

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