I wasn’t aware of that. Thanks for pointing it out. And that’s probably enough, even if support for fetch, project-specific installation and search path are likely useful extensions.
> On 16 Mar 2018, at 11:57, José Valim <[email protected]> wrote: > > The mechanism to do so currently in Mix is via archives. They do have some > limitations in that the installation is manual but that would probably be the > best way to extend configs. > > > > José Valim > www.plataformatec.com.br > Founder and Director of R&D > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently, there is no obvious way to use compiled code or external packages > in Mix config files. > > There are good reasons to not be able to use application code, because it's > the responsibility of Mix to build that code in the first place. > > Still, it's desirable to be able to introduce abstractions in config files, > else there is lots of low-quality ad-hoc code in configs, foreseeably. > > It is possible to place e.g. script code in `config/support.exs` and place > `Code.load_file("config/support.exs")` at the top of `config/config.exs`, but > that's only a workaround. And one that makes testing and reused quite hard. > > The question is - would it make sense to introduce *build dependencies* to > Mix? > > Build dependencies are a feature many compiled languages use. Java for > certain uses it, npm devDependencies fulfill the same role in Javascript, if > I'm not mistaken. > > They might be fetched and compiled in an additional build step. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/76181150-40c4-478e-99ca-3bddd7314519%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elixir-lang-core/AzSNanGU9gs/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4%2Bw29fWJdy2ihRaMvbEObtoG6C7Ud7yRGNUxdUjTZExOQ%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/8D206805-6CA7-444D-AE57-58BCE036B7E3%40planprop.de. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
