3.26 Importing Modules Lazily: lazy-require

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3.26 | Importing Modules Lazily: lazy-require

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#### 3.26`` Importing Modules Lazily: lazy-require

(require racket/lazy-require) | package: base

The bindings documented in this section are provided by the racket/lazy-require library, not racket/base or racket.

> syntax (lazy-require [module-path (fun-import ...)] ...)
> fun-import |  | = |  | fun-id
> |  | | |  | (orig-fun-id fun-id)

Defines each fun-id as a function that, when called, dynamically requires the export named orig-fun-id from the module specified by module-path and calls it with the same arguments. If orig-fun-id is not given, it defaults to fun-id.

If the enclosing relative phase level is not 0, then module-path is also placed in a submodule (with a use of define-runtime-module-path-index at phase level 0 within the submodule). Introduced submodules have the names lazy-require-n-m, where n is a phase-level number and m is a number.

When the use of a lazily-required function triggers module loading, it also triggers a use of register-external-module to declare an indirect compilation dependency (in case the function is used in the process of compiling a module).

Examples:

> > (lazy-require
> [racket/list (partition)])
> > (partition even? '(1 2 3 4 5))
> '(2 4)
> '(1 3 5)
> > (module hello racket/base
> (provide hello)
> (printf "starting hello server\n")
> (define (hello) (printf "hello!\n")))
> > (lazy-require
> ['hello ([hello greet])])
> > (greet)
> starting hello server
> hello!

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