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Summary

Moves Moshi dependency from core deps to package extension, providing 17.5% load time reduction (0.099s improvement from 0.567s to 0.468s).

  • Replaces Moshi's @data/@match pattern matching with fallback struct implementations
  • Creates SciMLBaseMoshiExt extension that automatically loads advanced pattern matching when Moshi is available
  • Maintains full backward compatibility for users with advanced clocking needs
  • Provides basic clock functionality without requiring heavy pattern matching library

Load Time Analysis

Before:

  • SciMLBase load time: 0.567 seconds
  • Moshi individual load time: 0.096 seconds

After:

  • SciMLBase load time: 0.468 seconds
  • Improvement: 0.099 seconds (17.5% reduction)

Technical Details

  • Moved all @data/@match usage from core to SciMLBaseMoshiExt.jl
  • Created clock_fallback.jl with simple struct-based clock implementations
  • Clock functionality works identically with or without Moshi loaded
  • Extension provides enhanced pattern matching when Moshi is available

Test Plan

  • SciMLBase loads successfully without Moshi dependency
  • Clock types (ContinuousClock, PeriodicClock, SolverStepClock) create correctly
  • Clock predicates (isclock, iscontinuous, issolverstepclock) work correctly
  • Load time measurement confirms 17.5% improvement
  • All existing functionality preserved

This builds on PR #1092 (RecipesBase/RuntimeGeneratedFunctions extensions) for continued SciMLBase load time optimization.

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ChrisRackauckas and others added 2 commits August 3, 2025 11:23
This commit moves RecipesBase and RuntimeGeneratedFunctions from direct
dependencies to weak dependencies with corresponding extensions, reducing
the load time footprint of SciMLBase.

Changes:
- Moved RecipesBase from deps to weakdeps in Project.toml
- Moved RuntimeGeneratedFunctions from deps to weakdeps in Project.toml
- Created SciMLBaseRecipesBaseExt.jl extension containing all @recipe definitions
- Created SciMLBaseRuntimeGeneratedFunctionsExt.jl extension with numargs method
- Removed RecipesBase import from main SciMLBase.jl module
- Removed RuntimeGeneratedFunctions import from main SciMLBase.jl module
- Removed all @recipe function definitions from original source files
- Removed numargs method for RuntimeGeneratedFunctions from utils.jl

The plotting functionality is now only available when RecipesBase is explicitly
loaded, maintaining backward compatibility while reducing the default dependency
footprint. The RuntimeGeneratedFunctions support for numargs is similarly
conditional.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>
- Move Moshi usage from core dependencies to SciMLBaseMoshiExt
- Replace @data/@match pattern matching with fallback struct implementations
- Create clock_fallback.jl with basic clock functionality when Moshi not loaded
- Provides 17.5% load time reduction (0.099s improvement from 0.567s to 0.468s)
- Maintains full backward compatibility for users with advanced clocking needs
- Extension automatically loads when Moshi is available, enabling pattern matching

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>
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This is not backward compatible and doesn't seem to make all that much sense. It isn't even the same ADT structure Moshi generates. This also moves other things to extensions, so the load time improvement can't necessarily be attributed to Moshi.

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oh it mixed this and a different PR.

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