On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Alex Boisvert <boisv...@intalio.com>wrote:
> Hi Lifters, > > How would you feel about renaming .scala files to match the main > class/trait in them? > > Let me give you a few examples, > > lift/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/http/auth/Authentication.scala > currently holds a trait named HttpAuthentication. > I'd like to rename it HttpAuthentication.scala > > lift/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/http/Stateful.scala > currently holds the StatefulSnippet trait, > so I'd like to rename it StatefulSnippet.scala > > lift/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/http/Vars.scala > contains many things but the main class is AnyVar > so I'd like to rename it AnyVar.scala > > and so on... > > There are two reasons I'd like to make these changes. First, I think it's > a good convention and it makes it easier to locate some of the main classes > more easily (my Java roots are showing) and second, which is much more > selfish at this point, is that Buildr does recompilation checks based on > file timestamps and the existence of a corresponding .class file in the > target directory and so it would help Buildr avoid recompiling everything > all the time even though nothing has really changed. > > (I do realize practically nobody besides me uses Buildr in the Lift > community at this point but I do intend to demonstrate that it's a great > alternative to Maven. And no, I'm not trying to replace or eradicate Maven, > I'm just trying to make my own life simpler and share the results. I also > realize that it's likely scalac will have better recompilation detection in > the future that may make the second reason for this request irrelevant, > although I think the first reason is sufficient) > > What do you think? Because there is no API breakage for doing this, go right ahead. > > > alex > > > > > -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Git some: http://github.com/dpp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
