includestatt

Includestatt is a hypothetical programming construct described in discussions of language design and templating systems. The term combines include and stat, signaling its purpose to bring in statically defined data from external sources into a module, page, or template. In typical usage, includestatt enables embedding of precomputed statistics, configuration constants, or other read-only state without duplicating data across files. Implementation may occur at compile time, build time, or runtime, depending on the language or framework.

A common model is that includestatt takes a path or key to a stat block and binds it to a local constant or read-only object. This allows deterministic behavior and easier caching, since the data is considered static and versioned with the source. Benefits include reduced duplication, improved consistency across modules, and simpler reproducibility for testing and analytics pipelines. Limitations include tight coupling to the external stat source, potential performance costs if data is not cached, and the need for versioning and access control.

In practice, includestatt can be realized in several ways: as a preprocessor directive in a build system, as a templating directive in content management, or as a library call that fetches a stat block from a centralized registry. Because includestatt is not a standard feature of existing languages, real-world usage typically employs analogous mechanisms such as include, import, or macros that reference static data sources.

See also: include, import, macro, static data, configuration as code.