genimport

const (
	// ImBuiltin import mechanism is:
	// 1. write a file $GOPATH/src/github.com/steele232/zoumacro/imports/$PKGPATH.go containing a single func init()
	//    i.e. *inside* gomacro sources
	// 2. tell the user to recompile gomacro
	ImBuiltin ImportMode = iota

	// ImThirdParty import mechanism is the same as ImBuiltin, except that files are created in a thirdparty/ subdirectory:
	// 1. write a file $GOPATH/src/github.com/steele232/zoumacro/imports/thirdparty/$PKGPATH.go containing a single func init()
	//    i.e. *inside* gomacro sources
	// 2. tell the user to recompile gomacro
	ImThirdParty

	// ImPlugin import mechanism is:
	// 1. write a file $GOPATH/src/gomacro_imports/$PKGPATH/$PKGNAME.go containing a var Packages map[string]Package
	//    and a single func init() to populate it
	// 2. invoke "go build -buildmode=plugin" on the file to create a shared library
	// 3. load such shared library with plugin.Open().Lookup("Packages")
	ImPlugin

	// ImInception import mechanism is:
	// 1. write a file $GOPATH/src/$PKGPATH/x_package.go containing a single func init()
	//    i.e. *inside* the package to be imported
	// 2. tell the user to recompile $PKGPATH
	ImInception
)