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0 pointsgeokon4y ago0 comments

When it comes to specifically dynamically loading external libraries - is there a reason SCI can't incorporate `add-libs`? I mean clearly some libraries wouldn't load and will break (like if it's using Java code or something), but I imagine it could work for a large subset of code.

I get there are a few ways to have a REPL in the browser, but it seems a bit primitive if you can't get any libraries in (short of copy pasting namespaces). I understand babashka includes some internally - so it makes it at least suitable for a subset of tasks. But I think this dynamic library loader is a more flexible solution (or I'm overlooking some technical hurdle here)

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Borkdude4y ago

If you are running SCI on the JVM, then yes, it can do this, but this environment is running purely in your browser, no JVM back-end.

geokonOP4y ago

Oh, does `add-libs` require the JVM?

I thought it was in effect fetching remote code, from git or wherever, and then executing it (or loading it) in the local environment.

I'm just curious to understand the situation better, but which part architecturally strictly needs the JVM? Even with babashka, or on this website, I don't think anything stops me from Frankensteining in an external library in a running REPL. I could technically fetch the content of a library's repo and then copy each file and run its contents (with the ns blocks) in the REPL. Then the library would become locally available (assuming it's a very plain Clojure library that is)

I assume `add-libs` is sort of a convenience wrapper for the same idea

Borkdude4y ago

I thought you were referring to https://insideclojure.org/2018/05/04/add-lib/ which is an experimental feature of tools.deps.alpha. But sure, there could be an (add-lib ...) function in this environment which loads some external code.

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Borkdude4y ago

If you are running SCI on the JVM, then yes, it can do this, but this environment is running purely in your browser, no JVM back-end.

geokonOP4y ago

Oh, does `add-libs` require the JVM?

I thought it was in effect fetching remote code, from git or wherever, and then executing it (or loading it) in the local environment.

I assume `add-libs` is sort of a convenience wrapper for the same idea

Borkdude4y ago

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