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Feature request: Support GAP.Packages.load("BLA", install=URL) #954

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fingolfin opened this issue Nov 13, 2023 · 0 comments · Fixed by #958
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Feature request: Support GAP.Packages.load("BLA", install=URL) #954

fingolfin opened this issue Nov 13, 2023 · 0 comments · Fixed by #958
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Recently we had need to load & install a GAP package that is not bundled with GAP.

We ended up doing

GAP.Packages.install(URL)
GAP.Packages.load("BLA")

But I wonder: we already have

GAP.Packages.load("BLA"; install=true)

which is quite convenient sometimes. But it can only work with packages where GAP already knows the URL.

So perhaps we should also allow

GAP.Packages.load("BLA"; install=URL)

as a convenient shortcut for the first example?
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