PackageCompiler - reduce system image

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Strip metadata/ir: see

Code obfuscation | Using the `--strip-ir` option in PackageCompiler.jl

I would like to distribute my package while hiding the source code. I came across PackageCompiler.jl and julia’s --strip-ir option to help, but when I load a sysimage generated using that option, I get an error that some source code is not available. Here is an example on a simple package with detailed steps: I have a module SimplePkg: module SimplePkg export nodoc nodoc(x) = sin(sqrt(x)) """ Returns sin(sqrt(x)) """ withdoc(x) = nodoc(x) end # module and a script “scratch.jl” that uses t…

strip standard libraries: see PackageCompiler docs here:

References · PackageCompiler

(in particular:

filter_stdlibs::Bool: If true, only include stdlibs that are in the project file. Defaults to false, only set to true if you know the potential pitfalls.

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