How to import local variable from another jsonnet file

[XiaosongWen]

Hi I have file a.libsonnet:

local panel = {
  new(...)::{... },
  createFromConfig(config)::
    this.new(),
};

local config = std.extVar('config');
panel.createFromConfig(config)

It seams if i only do in another file local panel = import 'a.libsonnet' will also execute panel.createFromConfig(config). Is there a way I can only import panel?

[sparkprime]

Some options:

• Put panel in its own libsonnet file and import it from both
• return an object like { panel: ..., config: ... } and then when you import it as foo, you can do foo.config or foo.panel depending on what you want.

[XiaosongWen]

@sparkprime Thanks for your suggestion, this is what I finaly did.