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[robgolding]

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[robgolding]

Sorry @owais—opened this too early 😅

[owais]

@robgolding No worries but this has been requested before and I'm not keen on accepting this feature. I think this should be implemented outside django-webpack-loader.

Instead, I'd recommend to submit PR that would make the "loader" part swappable so people can do something like this in django settings:

WEBPACK_LOADER = { "LOADER_CLASS": "my_module.LoaderClass" }

We can then dynamically use this class instead of the built-in one. The class can load the config from anywhere it wants. This would allow the community to add any loaders it needed without django-webpack-loader having to implement or agree with their design.

LMK if you have any questions. Let's discuss the design before jumping into code.

[robgolding]

Yeah, that makes total sense to me! I opened the PR by accident after modifying a fork as a proof-of-concept, but a dynamic loader class would be the best way to implement this properly for sure.