Stream: helpdesk (published)

Topic: Pkg writing: use pkg and export their namespace

Timothy (Jun 25 2021 at 11:45):

I'm writing a package that uses features from a number of others (ApproxFun, LinearAlgebra, IntervalSets, ...).

I would like to have the exports from those packages available too, just as if the user were to execute using ApproxFun, LinearAlgebra, IntervalSets, .... I've tried a bit of googling, but haven't come across an answer yet. If someone might know how this is done, that would be brilliant!

Felix Kastner (Jun 25 2021 at 12:36):

Look at Reexport.jl

Timothy (Jun 25 2021 at 12:54):

Thanks! I was trying to find some sort of base-julia functionality, but I see that doesn't exist from the README :slight_frown:

Simeon Schaub (Jun 25 2021 at 15:40):

Note that this is not necessarily a good idea though, since if you are reexporting someone else's API, you have to tag a breaking version any time any of your reexports releases a breaking version. It's generally preferable to have users be explicitly aware which packages they depend on, so compat can be handled appropriately.

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