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INIT

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INIT(Request& context)

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>1_COMPONENT
>1_ONCE
>1_RENDER
>1_WS
>3_C++ Preprocessor
>unit_call

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Defines a worker-load hook for the current `.uce` unit.

When a worker instantiates the unit's compiled wasm module, the runtime checks whether the unit exposes `INIT(Request& context)`. If it does, the hook runs once for that instance before the unit begins serving requests from that worker-local copy.

Because UCE usually loads units on demand during a request, `INIT()` still receives a valid `Request& context`. Use it for worker-local initialization, not for request-local state that should reset each request.

## Typical Uses

- warm caches or parse static lookup data into globals
- initialize worker-local helper state for expensive component trees
- perform one-time registration work for that unit's in-memory copy

## Example


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print("INIT is a unit directive; place it at top level in a .uce unit.\n");