Can I extend iex helpers?

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I knew that aliasing would work but I swear I tried an import_file_if_available ".iex.exs" and that it failed to actually import a module defined in that .iexs.exs but indeed it does work great! Thank you! :tada:

> cat ~/.iex.exs
defmodule JaxIEx do
  def rr(opts \\ []), do: IEx.Helpers.recompile(opts)
end

import JaxIEx
import_file_if_available ".iex.exs"
[07:04:23] jason@Jasons-MacBook-Air /Users/jason/dev/password-validator
> cat .iex.exs
defmodule ProjIExUtils do
  def my_helper, do: IO.puts("hello, world")
end

import ProjIExUtils
[07:04:41] jason@Jasons-MacBook-Air /Users/jason/dev/password-validator
> iex --dot-iex ~/.iex.exs -S mix
Erlang/OTP 26 [erts-14.2.5.2] [source] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [ds:8:8:10] [async-threads:1] [jit]

Interactive Elixir (1.17.2) - press Ctrl+C to exit (type h() ENTER for help)
iex(1)> rr
:noop
iex(2)> my_helper
hello, world
:ok
iex(3)>

Now if I update my i and s aliases to:

alias s='iex --dot-iex ~/.iex.exs -S mix phx.server'
alias i='iex --dot-iex ~/.iex.exs -S mix'

I can type rr instead of recompile :grin: