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? >> >> >
