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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"load in tmp_{col}.py on first run IF there are no changes to the originating module.","articleBody":"# How to tell if there was a change to the file:\r\n\r\n## Hacky Idea 1:\r\nWhen generating python file\r\n1. Generate MD5 hash of the user module. (only imagining a single file)\r\n2. Place hash into generated flat script as a standard string variable user_module_hash.\r\n\r\nWhen initializing engine\r\n1. search for matching flat script within working directory\r\n2. Generate MD5 hash of the user module.\r\n3. test user_module_hash against generated hash\r\n4. if match use flat script\r\n5. if not match ignore flat script\r\n\r\n\r\n## Adjacent Idea 1:\r\nOnce we start generating these files, it would be nice to have a central place to keep them, and have them out of the way for user.\r\nStore flat file in a sqlite database, with it's hash, create date, etc.\r\nAlternatively we could store the files in a zipfile which acts as a document store.\r\nThis then means we have a place to store our results as well. (Which then I would want to look into optimizing writes to sqlite)","author":{"url":"https://github.com/hearnderek","@type":"Person","name":"hearnderek"},"datePublished":"2021-05-15T16:27:10.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/5/DeclarativePython/issues/5"}