One caveat is that we are coming up on a release shortly, so we're hoping to cut off features for 1.10 on Tuesday (09/09), which would include these new functions. After we cut the branch, it'll be safe to commit functions again - we'll send out an email when that is the case.
Lydia On 09/05/2014 03:12 PM, Lydia Duncan wrote: > Hi Francisco, > > In answer to your first question, I was following the precedent set by > Python in what seemed useful. It does seem a little repetitive, so > maybe we'll hold off on curDir until others request it. > > In answer to your second question, you are definitely welcome to help > implement! Anyone interested is going to want to check out the file > CONTRIBUTING.md for some things to do to get started, and places to look > for more information. > > Details-wise, most of them will be independent of each other, although > there are definitely those that will interact. I was going to be the > main implementer, so we should check to make sure we aren't implementing > the same function. The basic plan was to follow the same implementation > pattern as https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/pull/192, and > https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/pull/185 (although those function > names have been altered by > https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/pull/229, which should be taken > into account), adjusting as the need arose. I've got a patch out for > mkdir() right now, with the intention of adding octal (so it's nicer to > deal with) and then continuing on to probably either exists() or > chmod(). Is there one of the others that strikes your fancy? > > Thanks for the feedback, > Lydia > > On 09/05/2014 02:38 PM, Francisco Souza wrote: >> Seems nice! Just wondering why curDir exists. Isn't cwd enough? >> >> Do you have a plan already? Or may I or someone else help implement >> these functions and methods? :) >> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Lydia Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello Chapel users! >>> >>> We're looking into implementing more file library functions in the near >>> future and are looking for some community feedback. Please take some time >>> in the coming weeks to look over the high level document (fileProposal.txt) >>> and the more detailed function description (fileProposalDetails.chpl). We >>> would like to know your thoughts on the proposal, as well as a list of 10 >>> functions you'd like to see take priority over the others. >>> >>> Thanks for your time, and your continued interest in Chapel! >>> Lydia Duncan >>> (Chapel team) >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Slashdot TV. >>> Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. >>> http://tv.slashdot.org/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chapel-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/chapel-users >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Slashdot TV. > Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. > http://tv.slashdot.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Chapel-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/chapel-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Chapel-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/chapel-users
