import vs inserting code

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Hey, interesting question! Generally, the result should be the same whether you insert code directly or import it, as long as both files are in the same directory and the code is unchanged.

one big issue can be the indents. i realized this when i was copying some code into different places in a current project (i have too many little projects). i have to change the indentation, sometimes. importing avoids because parsing is done in a separate context which starts at a new beginning. it may be possible to work around this by requiring the "insert" directive be at the proper indent and convert all the inserted indents by the amount that makes the first inserted like take the indent of that "insert".