Merge pull request #128 from JuliaLang/precompile

0.4 precompilation functions

Author: stevengj

README.md

@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `Timer(timeout::Real, repeat::Real=0.0)` and `Timer(cb::Function, timeout::Real, repeat::Real=0.0)` allow julia 0.4-style Timers to be constructed and used.
 
+* `__precompile(iscompiled::Bool)__` and `include_dependency(path::AbstractString)` allow
+  Julia 0.4 precompilation information to be provided (with no effect in earlier versions).
+  (However, to enable precompiling in 0.4, it is better to explicitly put `VERSION >= v"0.4.0-dev+6521" && __precompile__()` before your `module` statement, so that Julia knows to precompile before anything in your module is evaluated.)
+
 ## Renamed functions
 
 * `itrunc`, `iround`, `iceil`, `ifloor` are now accessed via `trunc(T, x)`, etc. [#9133](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/9133)

src/Compat.jl

@@ -533,4 +533,14 @@ if VERSION < v"0.4.0-dev+5697"
     export Mmap
 end
 
+if VERSION < v"0.4.0-dev+6521"
+    __precompile__(::Bool) = nothing
+    export __precompile__
+end
+
+if VERSION < v"0.4.0-dev+6506"
+    include_dependency(::AbstractString) = nothing
+    export include_dependency
+end
+
 end # module

test/runtests.jl

@@ -409,3 +409,6 @@ Compat.@irrational mathconst_one 1.0 big(1.)
 @compat utf8(Mmap.mmap(@__FILE__(),Vector{Uint8},11,1)) == "sing Compat"
 
 @test base64encode("hello world") == "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ="
+
+@test nothing === __precompile__(false) # tests should never be precompiled
+@test nothing === include_dependency("foo")