Hello Q,
Has there been any talk about possibility to use custom libraries or some other method to share code for all algos? I have some code that is common for all algos I use (order management framework of a kind) and I would like to share it with all the algos. Is this possible somehow or are there any plans to make this possible?
Awhile back, Fawce provided an outline of github integration, which would be one way to go (see his Oct. 26, 2014 comments on https://www.quantopian.com/posts/monolithic-code). I haven't heard any mention of it since then.
Mikko, it's a great feature request. We've brainstormed around a few different ways of implementing it. It's on the list of "to-dos" but it's not currently prioritized. Unfortunately my best answer right now is "someday."
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My one algorithm is getting large enough that navigating it as a single chunk of code is a bit of a pain. Looking forward to this feature.
Sunil
I would suggest that it should be possible just to use other algos as modules. That should be very straightforward to implement and should not cause any security problems (as the same security model would apply to that code as well) .
I mean something like "import myalgos.algoxyz as xyz" and the you could just use usual "xyz.do_something(...)"
That would make life a lot easier..
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