Am 31.01.2010 13:29, schrieb Simon Cross: > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Hanno Schlichting <ha...@hannosch.eu> wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Simon Cross >> <hodgestar+python...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I don't know whether I in favour of using a single pyr folder or not >>> but if a single folder is used I'd definitely prefer the folder to be >>> called __pyr__ rather than .pyr. >> >> Do you have any specific reason for that? > > It rather not have the confusion caused by stray .pyc files multiplied > by having said stray files buried in a hidden folder. > >> Using the leading dot notation is an established pattern to hide >> non-essential information from directory views. What makes this >> non-applicable in this situation and a custom Python notation better? > > Something being an established pattern doesn't mean it's a good idea. > If we're go with an by-convention argument anyway surely Python > conventions should take precedence -- this is *Python* after all. :) > > On the whole I'm against hiding folders because what information is > non-essential varies from situation to situation. People (including > me) regularly screw up dealing with .svn folders by including them in > source tarballs, copying parts of one working copy into another, etc.
+1. Having a single (visible) __pyr__ directory is much less clutter than multiple .pyc files anyway. Also, don't forget Windows users, for whom the dot convention doesn't mean anything. Georg -- Thus spake the Lord: Thou shalt indent with four spaces. No more, no less. Four shall be the number of spaces thou shalt indent, and the number of thy indenting shall be four. Eight shalt thou not indent, nor either indent thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to four. Tabs are right out. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
