Example of Python Modules for R

Python is known for a stellar module and import system that makes it incredibly easy to manage dependencies and track the etiology of local variables and functions.

This is an example python.sy project that demonstrates a minimal translation of Python's module system to R using syberia.

Example

Opening the R console from the root of the project, we notice

syberia_engine(".")$resource("toplevel")
# $chocolate
# [1] "Chocolate makes me happy!"
# 
# $coconut
# [1] "Eating coconut leaves one feeling delighted."

If you inspect toplevel.R, you will see it contains a "from-import" like syntax:

from(first.second.third) %import% c("chocolate", "coconut")

list(
  chocolate = chocolate("happy"),
  coconut   = coconut("delighted")
)