Now that I have auto-sourcing of init.fnl and syncing of package.path to fennel.path working in the dev branch, eventually I'll want to look into caching/precompiling init.fnl and external plugin code for faster startup times.
Thinking I can just do a basic mtime check as part of either the require call or via a new function, compile to lua if the .fnl source is newer than the .lua source, otherwise require the lua instead. This naturally won't be done for require-macros.
One added complexity would be making sure it's tracing usage of the include special to make sure inlined files are also checked for modifications.
Now that I have auto-sourcing of
init.fnland syncing ofpackage.pathtofennel.pathworking in the dev branch, eventually I'll want to look into caching/precompilinginit.fnland external plugin code for faster startup times.Thinking I can just do a basic
mtimecheck as part of either therequirecall or via a new function, compile to lua if the.fnlsource is newer than the.luasource, otherwise require the lua instead. This naturally won't be done forrequire-macros.One added complexity would be making sure it's tracing usage of the
includespecial to make sure inlined files are also checked for modifications.