TableMetadataTools.jl
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Make Unitful a weak dependency to improve load time
It would be interesting to make Unitful not a required dependency, for example by using Package Extensions to define the unit-related functionality only when Unitful is loaded: https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/code-loading/#man-extensions
Currently, the Unitful dependency dominates the load time of TableMetadataTools:
julia> Pkg.status()
Status `/tmp/jl_Av2tSv/Project.toml`
[9ce81f87] TableMetadataTools v0.1.0
julia> @time_imports using TableMetadataTools
0.5 ms DataAPI
0.1 ms DataValueInterfaces
0.1 ms IteratorInterfaceExtensions
0.1 ms TableTraits
2.8 ms OrderedCollections
6.8 ms Tables
140.8 ms Unitful
0.3 ms TableMetadataTools
https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/code-loading/#man-extensions