Yes, looks strange? Why is the hash code part of API?

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 13:38 Igor Sapego <isap...@apache.org> wrote:

> Ok, I've quickly looked through API and I have a questions. Here
> is the code from the example:
>
> cache_name = 'my cache'
> hash_code = hashcode(cache_name)
> cache_create(conn, cache_name)
> result = cache_put(conn, hash_code, 'my key', 42)
>
> I'm not familiar with python, so here is the question. Why there is
> no "cache" class, and functions with hash code are used?
>
> Best Regards,
> Igor
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 9:01 PM Dmitry Melnichuk <
> dmitry.melnic...@nobitlost.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Igor,
> >
> > I totally agree with the point that auto-generated things does not
> > belong to the source tree.
> >
> > I already made short instructions on how to generate HTML documents with
> > Sphinx in README file. The instructions assume that the user is able to
> > use the common tools (Python, pip, virtualenv) and have them installed.
> >  From the beginning of the development we found it inconvenient for
> > those who wish to just read the documents and not fire up the whole
> > development process. That's why I included the prebuilt documents in the
> > repository.
> >
> > Note also, that Python programs, unlike Java ones, do not have the
> > additional build step and always distributed as text. So each user will
> > have to build the documents from the source to read it.
> >
> > To leverage this condition, most of Python package developers use
> > readthedocs.org service (freemium, engine is under MIT license) to
> > publish their documentation online. Unfortunately, the service can not
> > be used by our project because of the directory structure. RTD treats
> > the git root as a home to `docs` directory to build Sphinx docs out of
> > it. In our case it would build anything but the documents we need from
> > upstream git source. This situation can be fixed by developing Python
> > thin client in a separate git repository and including it in upstream as
> > a git sub-module, but I see this solution is too radical.
> >
> > Anyway, I am removing the prebuilt docs from now on, just as you
> > suggested. Hope that potential usability problems might be addressed in
> > the future.
> >
> > On 07/02/2018 09:41 PM, Igor Sapego wrote:
> > > By the way, guys,
> > >
> > > I can see generated docs under source control. We do not store them
> > > this way in Ignite. Instead, we have separate step during release,
> where
> > > we generate them and include in binary distribution.
> > >
> > > So you should remove documents from Git and provide us with
> instructions
> > > on how to generate docs during release.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Igor
> > >
> >
>

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