I’m building a package for which I want to minimize using load time. It has a bunch of dependencies that are only needed for some specific functionalities, called via specific methods. Can I somehow delay loading the dependencies until the user calls the methods that use them? What is the recommende…

You can put using in a function like this: function load_dep() @eval using Dependency end But this works only if you call this function from global scope, if you call it inside another function, you will not get this dependency in the calling function due to world age.

Load a dependency only when calling a method that needs it

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pablosanjose October 22, 2020, 3:04pm 7

Yeah, I know, I’ve been following that closely with much interest. It’s amazing. I just never thought to measure its effect on my work

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Load a dependency only when calling a method that needs it

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