Is it possible to import only some function from hardhat or plugins?

[ghost]

Is it possible to do smth like this using Typescript:
import {getContractAt} from "hardhat/.../hardhat-ethers/..."
or
import {name} from "hardhat/.../network/..."

... means some path

For example, I can do this:
import {getContractAt} from "@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers/internal/helpers"
but it won't work, because it wants HRE, so I need to import this from hardhat (as I add this import to hardhat-config.ts).

And if so, will it take up less space or load faster?

[fvictorio]

In general you can't use any Hardhat functionality if the HRE (the Hardhat environment) is not loaded. We are going to work in the future on making Hardhat more modular (starting from being able to create a Hardhat network without having a Hardhat project), but things like getContractAt are very much tied to a Hardhat project.