Embed octet-stream or text

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Is there an equivalent of the Embed meta-data from ActionScript, or include_str! and include_bytes! from Rust, in Haxe? I mean, a static, synchronous and relative-path way of embedding file within a library or program. I wish Haxe had the following syntax:

var ba = embed './data.bin' as 'application/octet-stream';

(Note the ./ part; it means relative to the actual Haxe script.)

At least for embedding either text or binary content. If this does not exist, can it be considered as feature?

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This would be the closest thing in straight Haxe: Embedding resources (Compiler Features - Resources) - Haxe - The Cross-platform Toolkit

If you move to OpenFL there is a more extensive Assets Library system.

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Unfortunately this would not work with libraries. That works for the entry point only (which runs the Haxe compiler command).

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Perhaps you could look into using macros for that: Include a file next to a Haxe module file - Macros - Haxe programming language cookbook

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