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[Admicos]

reqpack allows you to package all your requirements (require() calls) into a single file

NOTE

I made this in about an hour out of a random idea i had, so this might not be very reliable, YMMV.

USAGE

reqpack <filename>

CONFIGURATION

Create the configuration file using reqpack --extract-conf. All options should be pretty self explanatory

LIMITATIONS

• Dynamic requires (calling require with anything but a single string) need use_require_if_not_found and cannot be packed
  
• Probably more i can't remember right now

DOWNLOAD

wget (latest): https://gitlab.com/a.../v3/reqpack.lua

wget (v2): https://gitlab.com/a.../v2/reqpack.lua

wget (v1): https://gitlab.com/a.../v1/reqpack.lua

packman: admicos/reqpack

Edited by Admicos, 10 June 2018 - 01:12 PM.

[Janne]

So, I just tested this and noticed that you replace every require call with a custom one(__require__). Earlier I've been using lua squish(does not work well on windows) which extracts the code from each files and puts it in the package.preload table, leaving the require calls as is. Really neat what you've done, but personally I'd prefer it if package.preload was used.

[InDieTasten]

I just skimmed through the code. As far as I can tell, require() is not really like a function. It's more like a preprocessor directive (like #pragma once #include "filepath" from C/C++), right?

[Admicos]

InDieTasten, on 02 June 2018 - 10:10 PM, said:

I just skimmed through the code. As far as I can tell, require() is not really like a function. It's more like a preprocessor directive (like #pragma once #include "filepath" from C/C++), right?

Yes. But I kept the require syntax same so you could run your programs before packing.

[Admicos]

Janne, on 02 June 2018 - 03:32 PM, said:

So, I just tested this and noticed that you replace every require call with a custom one(__require__). Earlier I've been using lua squish(does not work well on windows) which extracts the code from each files and puts it in the package.preload table, leaving the require calls as is. Really neat what you've done, but personally I'd prefer it if package.preload was used.

(Sorry for the late response, didn't see your post until now)

Doing it like I did should allow programs to run on older cc versions that don't support require. But the way lua squish does it looks neat as well. I might put an option or something for that sometime.

[apemanzilla]

crunch, my bundler uses package.loaders, so require can be used as normal for both internal and external modules. Using package.preload seems potentially dangerous, as they might be loaded in the wrong order. /shamelessplug

Edited by apemanzilla, 03 June 2018 - 06:29 PM.

[SquidDev]

apemanzilla, on 03 June 2018 - 06:29 PM, said:

Using package.preload seems potentially dangerous, as they might be loaded in the wrong order.

package.preload doesn't cause anything to be evaluated - you just provide a function which can be evaluated to return the module when needed. Dumping into package.loaded however could cause issues with things loading in the incorrect order (especially if you lazy-load packages).

[apemanzilla]

SquidDev, on 03 June 2018 - 06:31 PM, said:

apemanzilla, on 03 June 2018 - 06:29 PM, said:

Using package.preload seems potentially dangerous, as they might be loaded in the wrong order.

package.preload doesn't cause anything to be evaluated - you just provide a function which can be evaluated to return the module when needed. Dumping into package.loaded however could cause issues with things loading in the incorrect order (especially if you lazy-load packages).

Ah, my bad - I got package.loaded and package.preload mixed.

[Admicos]

reqpack v2:

• Compatibility with OC and Lua CLI (no dependencies)
  
• package.preload support

wget https://gitlab.com/admicos/reqpack/raw/v2/reqpack.lua

Edited by Admicos, 07 June 2018 - 12:44 PM.

[Admicos]

reqpack v3:

• Ignoring (ignore requires you don't want packed)
  
• Setting the full package path (instead of appending to the system path)

wget https://gitlab.com/admicos/reqpack/raw/v3/reqpack.lua