Moved to PrecompileTools precompilation.

Project.toml

@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
 FilePaths = "8fc22ac5-c921-52a6-82fd-178b2807b824"
 Lerche = "d42ef402-04e6-4356-9f73-091573ea58dc"
+PrecompileTools = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
 Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
-URIParser = "30578b45-9adc-5946-b283-645ec420af67"
+URIs = "5c2747f8-b7ea-4ff2-ba2e-563bfd36b1d4"
 cif_api_jll = "6fcef0ae-1c05-5fc1-b206-1cf994addbad"
 
 [compat]
 DataFrames = "^1.1.0"
 FilePaths = "^0.8.0"
 Lerche = "^0.5.0"
-URIParser = "^0.4.0"
+URIs = "1.5.0"
 cif_api_jll = "^0.4.2"
 julia = "^1.4.0"

src/CrystalInfoFramework.jl

@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 
 module CrystalInfoFramework
 using DataFrames
+using URIs
 using FilePaths   #easy cross-platform URI
-using URIParser
 using Lerche # for native parser
 using cif_api_jll # for cif API parser
+using PrecompileTools #for fast startup
 
 # **Exports**
 
@@ -73,7 +74,12 @@ import Base: isless
 include("DataContainer/Types.jl")
 include("DataContainer/DataSource.jl")
 include("DataContainer/Relations.jl")
+end
 
+#
+@compile_workload begin
+    c = Cif(joinpath(@__PATH__,"../test/nick1.cif"), native=true)
+    d = DDLm_Dictionary(joinpath(@__PATH__,"../test/ddl.dic"), ignore_imports=true)
 end
 
 end

src/ddlm_dictionary_ng.jl

@@ -1292,6 +1292,32 @@ fix_url(s::String,parent) = begin
     return URI(s)
 end
 
+# Following code copied from URIs/uris.jl. For some reason
+# this function was not recognised during precompilation
+
+const absent = SubString("absent", 1, 0)
+
+function URIs.URI(p::AbstractPath; query=absent, fragment=absent)
+    if isempty(p.root)
+        throw(ArgumentError("$p is not an absolute path"))
+    end
+
+    b = IOBuffer()
+    print(b, "file://")
+
+    if !isempty(p.drive)
+        print(b, "/")
+        print(b, p.drive)
+    end
+
+    for s in p.segments
+        print(b, "/")
+        print(b, URIs.escapeuri(s))
+    end
+
+    return URIs.URI(URIs.URI(String(take!(b))); query=query, fragment=fragment)
+end
+
 """
     to_path(::URI)