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 CompressWithDefinitions

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Compress an expression, along with any needed definitions, so that it can be used in another session

Contributed by: Richard Hennigan (Wolfram Research)

ResourceFunction["CompressWithDefinitions"][expr]

compresses expr along with its dependent definitions.

Examples

Basic Examples (2) 

Compress an expression with dependent definitions:

In[1]:=
ClearAll[f, g]; f[x_] := g[x] + 1; g[x_] := 2 x; compressed = ResourceFunction["CompressWithDefinitions"][f]
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Definitions are restored when uncompressed:

In[2]:=
ClearAll[f, g]; Uncompress[compressed][5]
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Scope (2) 

Retrieve the ResourceFunction:

In[3]:=
ResourceFunction["CompressWithDefinitions"]
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Retrieve the ResourceObject:

In[4]:=
ResourceObject["CompressWithDefinitions"]
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Generalizations & Extensions (2) 

The compressed expression is an evaluation that restores definitions before returning the output:

In[5]:=
ClearAll[f, g]; f[x_] := g[x] + 1; g[x_] := 2 x; compressed = ResourceFunction["CompressWithDefinitions"][f];
In[6]:=
Uncompress[compressed, HoldForm]
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Compress by itself does not preserve definitions:

In[7]:=
c1 = Compress[Unevaluated[f[5]]]
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In[8]:=
c2 = ResourceFunction["CompressWithDefinitions"][Unevaluated[f[5]]]
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In[9]:=
ClearAll[f, g];
In[10]:=
Uncompress[c1]
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In[11]:=
Uncompress[c2]
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Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 15 August 2018

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