Quick query about modules. Is there any difference between writing a module with initialized global variables and using an __init__ function to initialize those variables? Allow me to explain with two demonstrations modules: # ModuleA.jl module ModuleA global gCache = Dict() end # ModuleB.jl …

You should probably just do version A. Thr global keyword there is redundant. This will run as a top level statement and will be cached at precompile time. __init__ can be useful when you need to execute code at runtime initialization. This is for things that are different on each run or depend on …

Module with global variables vs initialization with `init` function

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world-peace December 10, 2024, 4:21pm 3

(edit: woops - replied to the wrong post)

You’ve just answered my next question, which I just posted here

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