OK. But then what is the difference between include and reload?

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Stefan Karpinski <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Why wouldn't it work in the REPL? It means "paste the contents of this
> file here".
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Bob Nnamtrop <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> >  include is just about splitting a single file into multiple pieces
>>
>> Ok. But then why does include work at the REPL prompt? What is the
>> difference between include and reload? I really think there are too many
>> ways to do the same thing.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Stefan Karpinski <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Conceptually, they are quite different:
>>>
>>>    - using/import/require are for acquiring "shared resources" – i.e.
>>>    modules that different bits of code might all independently want to use.
>>>    - include is just about splitting a single source file into multiple
>>>    pieces.
>>>
>>> Not sure if that helps.
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Jack Minardi <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks guys. I guess I thought only require didn't load twice as it is
>>>> specifically mentioned in the doc string.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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