Would this work for you?
pkg = symbol("NamedArrays") ## for example
eval(:($(Expr(:import, pkg))))
---david
On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 10:36:07 AM UTC+2, Andreas Lobinger wrote:
>
> Hello colleagues,
>
> i just stumbled across
>
> julia> using Compose
> INFO: Precompiling module Compose...
> WARNING: `require` is deprecated, use `using` or `import` instead
> in depwarn at deprecated.jl:73
> [inlined code] from deprecated.jl:693
> in require at no file:0
> in isinstalled at /home/lobi/.julia/v0.4/Compose/src/Compose.jl:36
> in include at ./boot.jl:261
> in include_from_node1 at ./loading.jl:304
> [inlined code] from none:2
> in anonymous at no file:0
> in process_options at ./client.jl:284
> in _start at ./client.jl:411
> while loading /home/lobi/.julia/v0.4/Compose/src/Compose.jl, in
> expression starting on line 155
>
>
> which is using require as function (of string) in
>
> function isinstalled(pkg, ge=v"0.0.0")
> try
> # Pkg.installed might throw an error,
> # we need to account for it to be able to precompile
> ver = Pkg.installed(pkg)
> ver == nothing && try
> # Assume the version is new enough if the package is in
> LOAD_PATH
> require(pkg)
> return true
> catch
> return false
> end
> return ver >= ge
> catch
> return false
> end
> end
>
> but afaics there is no replacement of require (in using or import) that
> enables this - importing from a string. Any good ideas?
>
>
