The issue is, those packages need to be compiled and in a specific order, how would that work? `hex` isn't a build tool, `mix` is.
On Monday, June 15, 2020 at 6:07:49 AM UTC-4, Simon St.Laurent wrote: > > I would love to see (some version of) both the original proposal and this > one. They would make IEx a lot more useful. > > Thanks, > Simon St.Laurent > *Introducing Elixir* > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 5:15 AM Stefan Chrobot <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> This is a nice proposal, but I'd rather have this go all the way and >> allow me to pull Hex packages while maintaining the current IEx session, so >> something like: >> >> $ iex --hex >> iex> Something.deps_get :some_http_client, "1.0.0" >> iex> SomeHttpClient.get(...) >> >> >> Best, >> >> Stefan >> >> pon., 15 cze 2020 o 10:47 Abdullah Esmail <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> napisał(a): >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I believe it would be extremely helpful to old and new elixir developers >>> to be able to try out packages without the need to create a whole project. >>> Developers coming from different backgrounds (python, ruby, etc) are >>> used to getting into the interactive shell and just importing/requiring the >>> package they need and start playing with it. >>> >>> I don't know if this is technically possible with iex, but it would >>> definitely change how I work with elixir in general. >>> >>> Something like: >>> iex --hex <package1> <package2> >>> >>> Even if it takes longer to start, at least I could try those packages >>> without creating a dummy project and including those packages as >>> dependencies and then compiling everything. >>> One command to rule them all. >>> >>> Maybe `iex --hex` could create a temporary dummy project behind the >>> scenes? >>> >>> For what it's worth, I'd be *very* willing to help work on implementing >>> this if it's going to happen. >>> >>> I apologize if this has been discussed or brought up before. I couldn't >>> find a similar topic. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/40ef0ab9-7d92-4601-b445-de7c5796c046o%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/40ef0ab9-7d92-4601-b445-de7c5796c046o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elixir-lang-core" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CACzMe7bTc_rfzwneWVruKYghGRePynjRAgXYXQGqTP_zon17hw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CACzMe7bTc_rfzwneWVruKYghGRePynjRAgXYXQGqTP_zon17hw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/d5609066-bfc8-4a7c-aaa2-0534ec8d9a2fo%40googlegroups.com.
