Thanks, good workaround.

On Friday, August 22, 2014 12:16:03 PM UTC-4, Peter Simon wrote:
>
> From https://groups.google.com/d/topic/julia-users/AWCerAdDLQo/discussion 
> :
>
>  eval(Expr(:using,:PyPlot))
>
> can be used inside a conditional.
>
> --Peter
>
> On Friday, August 22, 2014 8:56:53 AM UTC-7, Spencer Lyon wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>> ​
>>
>

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