Code preloading in release "eval" command

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As the doc suggests, in release, -mode embedded option is passed to VM only when start|daemon|install commands.

I see that eval is for executing small piece of code in the same environment of deployed release, so loading all module is not always required.

However, in some cases we do want to load modules before executing code. For example in our situation, we want to run master-data population script using eval. In that code we are using a bit of runtime reflection to conveniently enumerate existing Ecto.Schema models, originating from :code.all_loaded() and filtering them by checking reflection functions such as __schema__/1.

So my question is:

  • Is it currently possible to “eval” with -mode embedded?
  • If not, what should be the workaround? Including:
    • Another module preloading technique, or,
    • Nicer approach to enumerate particular type of modules, in release-compatible way

Thanks in advance!

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For now, we ended up originating from :code.all_available/0 instead of :code.all_loaded/0 and selectively load candidate modules (i.e., modules with our project names as namespace) then filtering them via reflection functions.

Although I would gladly hear any other approaches.