I am working on a library that defines various types as well as a few
“helper” functions to plot those types with PyPlot.
If I do [import|using] PyPlot at the top level of any file in my package,
PyPlot is loaded when I do [using|import] MyPackage. This makes the startup
time for my package much much longer.
What I would like to do is instead of having to load it when my package
loads, I could load it when someone calls one of the functions that needs
it.
Here is an example of what I would like to do:
function plot_my_type(x::MyType)
if !isdefined(:PyPlot)
using PyPlot
end
# finish the function by plotting with PyPlot
end
I haven’t been able to get a solution that works for this. Does anyone know
if it is possible?
