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Ah, thank you for that context. Assuming this mechanism doesn’t have any major tradeoffs, I think it seems likely that popular packages will make use of it?
by peatmoss 4y ago
Ah, thank you for that context. Assuming this mechanism doesn’t have any major tradeoffs, I think it seems likely that popular packages will make use of it?
- cbkeller 4y agoYes, I think so (and many already have)
- kelipso 4y agoIt's very likely. I've only occasionally used in julia for a couple of years and I've been doing various hacks to improve load/compile times for my private packages pretty much since the beginning, so I imagine more experienced programmers would jump at it.
- ViralBShah 4y agoTwo tradeoffs to be aware of: 1. Slightly longer compile times at package install time, but that is ok since it is a one time cost. 2. During package development, building a pkgimage every time will lead to longer compile times because of native code generation. That is easily disabled during development with `julia --pkgimages=no`. The popular packages are already preparing for this.