How to skip precompilation on `using`/`import` (for any given package)?

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I have a startup.jl file with

using Revise
using OhMyREPL
redirect_stderr(devnull) do
    @eval using AbbreviatedStackTraces
end

Since AbbreviatedStackTraces.jl doesn’t support precompilation, I silenced the warnings with the answer from How to disable the "skipping precompilation" info?. But, this still checks for precompiling, and adds even more overhead with redirect_stderr and @eval, slowing down REPL launch. Is there a way to tell Julia to not bother precompiling a given module?

P.S. Before redirecting stderr, this was the REPL

$ julia
Precompiling AbbreviatedStackTraces
  ? AbbreviatedStackTraces
[ Info: Precompiling AbbreviatedStackTraces [ac637c84-cc71-43bf-9c33-c1b4316be3d4]
[ Info: Skipping precompilation since __precompile__(false). Importing AbbreviatedStackTraces [ac637c84-cc71-43bf-9c33-c1b4316be3d4].
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I think a better way would be to use atreplinit:

atreplinit() do repl
    @eval using OhMyREPL
    redirect_stderr(devnull) do
        @eval using AbbreviatedStackTraces
    end
end

This should make the REPL load faster and also make it work inside VS Code. Ref: issue #38

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