# Is importing module is allowed inside @static?

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**Created:** [September 20, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-importing-module-is-allowed-inside-static/28975 "2019-09-20T02:34:52Z")\
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Yes it is.

What you see errors for the same reason it errors without the `@static`, the macro needs to be evaluated **BEFORE** the toplevel expression (i.e. `if ...` or `@static if ...`) can run so the macro is evaluated **BEFORE** you imported the module. Repeat `if` twice, first with import and second time with the macro should work. Note that for the `import`/`using` you don’t need `@static`. You only need it for the `@sk_import` since it’s a macro.

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