Allow `Mix.Task.run "compile.elixir"` to compile scoped path

[chrismccord]

In Phoenix, we would like to compile only the files in the web/ directory at runtime via:

Mix.Task.run "compile.elixir", ["web"]

However, today this compiles the entire project. I can take a look at tackling this if José or Eric have any pointers.

[bitwalker]

Just out of curiosity, what's the use case for compiling at runtime? If someone wanted to run Phoenix in a release, would this break? I've been meaning to address Phoenix apps specifically in exrm soon, but I could see this being a potential issue.

[scrogson]

I think this is specifically for the dev env?

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Paul Schoenfelder
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Just out of curiosity, what's the use case for compiling at runtime? If someone wanted to run Phoenix in a release, would this break? I've been meaning to address Phoenix apps specifically in exrm soon, but I could see this being a potential issue.

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[bitwalker]

Ah that would make more sense. If that's the case, nevermind!

[chrismccord]

This is just for code reloading in development so no worries on the exrm side :)

[josevalim]

I am thinking about being a bit more explicit. Something like:

Mix.Task.run "compile.elixir", ["--elixirc-paths", "web"]

Thoughts?

[chrismccord]

Looks good to me