# Conditional import fails to compile

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** compiling, import\
**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/conditional-import-fails-to-compile/42907 "2021-10-06T21:10:45Z")\
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Thanks aziz and José.

Just so I really cement my understanding, the `body` block containing the import in the `only_in/2` macro is never unquoted in the module during compilation (or a preprocessing stage?), whereas mine fails because the import is directly in the module body. Is this correct?

Is there a good place to read up on the compilation process, or should i start digging through the Elixir source tree?

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